UK Giving 2012An overview of charitable giving in

the UK, 2011-12

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1. Introduction: charitable giving in the UK

This slide pack reports on charitable donations made by the UK adult population.

Giving to charity manifests itself in many different ways: from giving loose change to monthly direct debits; from giving to the homeless to international NGOs. Not all charitable giving is to charities. Donations might be made by individuals or collectively as families; donors could be children or adults. We capture some, though not all, of this complexity.

In a typical year there are many different surveys of giving. These inevitably produce different results or incomplete pictures (e.g. omnibus surveys are unlikely to include major philanthropists).

This slide pack is based on questions that have been asked in the ONS Omnibus survey every year since 2004.

• The sample size varies a little from year to year; in 2011/12 3,319 interviews were achieved, spread evenly over the three months (June 1,196, October 1,063 and February 1,060).

• The response rate over the three months averaged 61% (June 66%, October 58% and February 59%).

• Our estimates are based upon the responses by a representative sample of British adults.

• We ask what causes people support, what methods they use to give, and how much they gave in the last month.

• These results are weighted to reflect the population and grossed to produce annual estimates.

• Previous years’ totals are adjusted for inflation.

2. How do we estimate what people give?

• UK Giving 2012 is the eighth report in a series of in-depth surveys of the charitable giving habits of the UK public.

• The survey is commissioned by the NCVO and CAF, and is carried out in three waves (June, October and February) by the Office of National Statistics as a module in the Omnibus survey.

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3. What proportion of the population give to charity?

• The proportion of people donating to charitable causes in a typical month has decreased over the last year, from 58% to 55%.

• Giving this year seems to have decreased back to a more typical level; apart from the dip in 2008/09, the proportion giving was stable at 56% between 2006/07 and 2009/10.

• Over half of adults gave in a typical month in 2011/12, equivalent to 28.4 million donors.

• This year the decline in participation (from 55% to 58% in 2010/11) has outweighed the rate of increase in the adult population.

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4. How many people give in a typical month?

5. How much do donors typically give each month?

• The median monthly gift to charity in 2011/12 was £10 per donor. • The mean is much higher, at £27/month per donor. That’s because a small number of

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7. How much is given in total?

• Based on our survey of individuals we estimate that £9.3bn was given to charity in 2011/12

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8. Is the amount given changing over time?

• The estimated total amount donated to charity by adults in 2011/12 was £9.3 billion. Compared to 2010/11, this is a decrease of £1.7 billion in cash terms, and a decrease of £2.3 billion in real terms, after adjusting for inflation.

• Between 2010/11 and 2011/12, the total amount donated has decreased by 15% on the unadjusted totals and by 20% in real terms (adjusting the 2010/11 total for inflation).

• Women are more likely to give than men (58% compared to 52%).

• In 2011/12 women aged 45-64, and women aged 65 or more are the groups mostly to give (62%) and they also gave the largest median amount (£15).

• Although consistently the most likely to give, the percentage of people in managerial and professional groups giving has decreased (66% compared to 70% in the previous year), as has the amount they give (£17 compared to £20).

9. Who gives?

10. What are the most popular causes?

• In 2011/12 medical research was supported by 33% of donors and was the most popular cause, as for all previous years of the survey.

• Religious causes attracted the largest donations on average, with a median amount given of £20 per month, and received 17% of the overall amount donated.

Where to find out more

UK GivingBoth the UK Giving 2012 full report and summary can be downloaded via www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/giving and www.cafonline.org/giving

Other sources on givingMillion Pound Donors:

http://www.kent.ac.uk/sspssr/cphsj/documents/C000028_A4MPReport_V13_051211.pdfThe UK Civil Society Almanac 2012: www.ncvo-vol.org.uk/almanac The World Giving Index 2011: www.cafonline.org/worldgivingindex The ESRC Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy: www.cgap.org.uk