Our benefits

Rewards and discounts

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We have partnered with Vivup (a leading UK-based employee benefits and wellbeing platform designed to support employees across the public and private sectors) to provide colleagues with a variety of benefits.

myBenefits

Our online platform is designed to improve your physical, financial, and mental wellbeing. The types of benefits include

  • payroll pay (salary sacrifice)
  • lifestyle savings (shopping discounts)
  • help and support (resources to help and support life’s ups and downs).

What's we offer

  • Cycle to work: Save up to 37% on the latest bikes and accessories.
  • Green car scheme: Drive away with a brand-new ultra low emission car that’s fully maintained and insured, with no deposit.
  • Gym membership: Access to over 3,700 participating clubs. Includes the main chains such as PureGym and Virgin Active as well as leisure centres, outdoor bootcamps, yoga, pilates, budget gyms and more.
  • Home and electronics: Thousands of products on offer including TV’s, laptops, mobiles, gaming, domestic and garden appliances, DIY, furniture, kids’ toys, fragrances and jewellery all available from the UK’s leading home and electrical retailers Currys, PC World, Carphone Warehouse and Argos.
  • Lifestyle savings: Access a huge range of discounts across the UK’s major retailers including technology, fashion, supermarkets, travel and much more.
  • Shared Cost Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs): AVCs provide an opportunity for employees who are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme to pay additional contributions to increase their pension pot at retirement. The main advantage of Shared Cost AVCs over a standard AVC option, is that as well as receiving full Income Tax savings, you'll not pay National Insurance Contributions (NICs) on the amount of pay that you've sacrificed.

Other benefits

Public transport season ticket

Using public transport instead of the car avoids parking problems and helps reduce congestion on our roads. However, the up-front costs of buying a season ticket can be substantial. One of the benefits on offer is the option to ask for a salary advance to enable you to purchase a public transport season ticket. This is like an interest-free loan and can reduce bus and train travel costs. You can also purchase insurance to protect the ticket if you want to. Details on how to apply are on the Orb when you join us.