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2008-09 Citizenship survey: volunteering and charitable giving topic report

Veronique Jochum — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:30:30 +0000

Using 2008-09 Citizenship Survey data, CLG has just produced a report that looks at participation in formal and informal volunteering and trends in participation over time. It discusses the activities that volunteers do, the organisations they help, sources of information and motivations for, benefits from, and barriers to participating in volunteering. It also reports on participation in employer-supported volunteering. The report then focuses on charitable giving, looking at who gives to charity, the ways in which people give to charity and the amount of money people give.

Regarding volunteering, the report indicates that the number of people formally volunteering at least once a month has fallen since 2005 (26% in 2008-09 compared to 29% in 2005) but that people who volunteer regularly are volunteering more hours. It also notes that people who regularly participate in formal or informal volunteering are more likely to give to charity than people who are not regular volunteers.

Seasonal giving

Veronique Jochum — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:54:47 +0000

The Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy has just released new research on how levels of giving are affected by seasonal factors. An analysis of the National Expenditure and Food Survey shows that:

“the average weekly value of donations follows a slightly U-shaped trend across the year, varying considerably by quarter;
lowest levels of giving are found in the summer months, when average weekly donating is down by 11% compared to the autumn and winter quarters;
the higher amounts observed in the earlier part of the year are due mainly to gifts from wealthier households, and may be related to the end of the tax year in March/April;
low-income households are particularly generous towards the end of the year and Christmas”.

CGAP newsletter

Veronique Jochum — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:51:21 +0000

The Pathways through Participation project will be looking at a range of participatory activities including charitable giving. For those interested in giving, it’s worth looking at the work of the Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy, which have just published their first newsletter.