UK Giving 2011, the most in-depth and long-running study of charitable giving habits, has been released today.
The report (PDF, 921KB), commissioned by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) and NCVO, shows that over the last year (2010/11) the UK public gave £11 billion to charity.
An additional 1.1 million people donated money to charity; however, the average (median) amount given per month fell from £12 in 2009/10 to £11.
Despite more of the public deciding to support charities, in real terms the total value of donations remained the same as the previous year. Donations are now worth £900 million less in real terms than the amount given in 2007/08, the year before the UK entered recession.
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