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Workplace gifts

Practical guidance for organising a leaving collection at work, with a timeline, voluntary contributions and low-pressure messages for office and remote colleagues.

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Workplace

How to organise a leaving collection at work

Choose one organiser, confirm a collection is appropriate, open it roughly one to two weeks before the leaving date, send one invitation and one polite reminder, then close early enough to arrange the gift and messages.

9 min readThe Group Gift Guide editorial teamReviewed 13 September 2026