In the news today, charity donations have dropped in the past year as households feel the pinch.
Having just completely "restructured" our charity donations, this rang very true with me! I cancelled about seven direct debits, most of which were to big, national/international charities, set up some new ones with charities that are local/meaningful to us, and reduced the amount we give overall. To put this into context, we had been giving to the previous charities for ten years in most cases, so I don't feel bad.
This is partly also because DC1 has started school and we now get lots of requests from there (something new every week) for money and other donations. We also aren't paying off our credit card in full at the moment and can't really afford it.
Plus we give one-off donations for sponsorship or events like Children in Need, and we tend to be quite generous.
Have you changed your charity habits as you have felt the pinch?
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Do you give less money to charity now than before?
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PoppyWearer · 13/11/2012 08:01
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