Tag: Charities Aid Foundation

Brits expected to donate £2.8bn to charity during the festive season

Stuart Mitchell

The British public are expected to give an estimated £2.8 billion to charities during November and December this year, according to Charities Aid Foundation’s UK Giving research. November and December are typically the peak months for giving, when the highest number of people say they give to charity. This coincides with Christmas charity campaigns, and events such as Giving Tuesday, Children in Need and the Poppy Appeal. Some charities rely on their Christmas fundraising to fund their work for the following year. New Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) research has found…

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Charities Aid Foundation marks 100 years with record distributions to support local and global causes

Stuart Mitchell

The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) distributed £1.132 billion on behalf of individuals and businesses in its last financial year, increasing by £108 million compared to the previous year. The Trustees Report for 2023/24 highlights how these funds helped hundreds of thousands of charities in every part of the UK and around the world. The Charities Aid Foundation marks its centenary this year after being created in 1924 as part of the National Council of Social Service, now the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), to encourage giving to charities, before…

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Number of UK donors fell in 2023, yet amount donated rose

Stuart Mitchell

The UK public donated an estimated £13.9bn (€16.2bn) to charities in 2023, an increase of nearly 10%, according to the 20th annual UK Giving Report from the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). The rise from £12.7bn in 2022 came despite long-term declines in the number of people giving – this has dropped from 69% of the public in 2016 to 65% in 2019, and to 58% in 2023. Average donations have grown by about 40%, from £47 in 2019 to £65 in 2023. CAF’s chief executive says these figures demonstrate the…

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Public backs charity access to AI, research finds

Stuart Mitchell

“AI must not be the privilege of the few” People around the world recognise the benefits that Artificial Intelligence can bring to further charitable causes, according to new research from the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF). Indeed, most people (70%) believe that efforts should be made to help charities of different sizes and resources to access AI. Ahead of Microsoft’s first Global Non-Profit Leaders Summit in Seattle, which a thousand non-profit leaders are expected to attend, CAF is encouraging technology companies to consider how charities of all sizes can access the…

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Cost of living crisis puts £3.2 billion of potential charity donations under threat

Stuart Mitchell

New poll data compiled on behalf of Big Give, the UK’s largest match funding organisation, has identified that due to the cost of living crisis, 25% of the public will give less to charity this Christmas, which if spread across a year represents a staggering £3.2 billion. Last year, the UK public donated an estimated £12.7 billion to charity, according to Charities Aid Foundation*. In addition, a significant number (20%) of the respondents polled by Savanta** are not planning to donate to charity at all in December. Of those who…

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