To ask how much you give to charity?

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Not TAAT but in response to the disposable income thread.

How much money (either amount or percentage of income) do you regularly give to charity?

There a quite a lot of people who seem to have lots of disposable income, and it made me realise that I give to charity, and hadn't thought of it as part of my 'disposable income' though it is. I was wondering if people give much away?

As a couple we give to charity about 8% of our after tax income.

I volunteer, support an animal charity, and donate a veg box via the local Food Hub each week. I put items in for the food bank at the supermarket.

I always buy extra an pop it in the food bank trolley.
We sponsor a girl and love getting updates.
Also each year we pick a charity and donate £10 a week to them.
It's not much but we try to do our bit

That shitload of plastic bags I get through mailbox...

That'll be from a big charity.

Small charities don't have anything like the budgets of large charities.

Thank goodness some people trust us, or have researched thoroughly and understand how our income is spent.

I think people don't trust big ones too much. I know many people who very much prefer to give to local charities rather than giant ones.

We get plastic bags thru postbox, but then no one ever comes to collect! Have to organise our own donation routine. The bags are useful around the house. Some are not really charities, they sell clothes for cash instead, but I don't mind because it's still recycling (and did I mention that charity shops are overflowing with too many donations right now, anyway).

Have automatic direct debits set up for two charities. £55 total and have given it for years. At least 10 for one of them.

I pay £20 through GAYE (Give as you earn) so they take it pre tax, my company matches it and they can claim gift aid too.

£0. We have no income at all right now and are surviving on savings. I have done a few sponsored things over the years and made one off donations. My amazon account donates a percentage of my purchases to a chosen charity. I did volunteer roughly 8 hours a week before covid put a stop to that. I’ll probably increase those hours once they reopen as they will be inundated and I don’t know how long it will be before I can find paid work.

Oops....no gift aid as its taken pre-tax!

A monthly direct debit of £9 to 'sponsor' a dog.
One off donations or dog food buying whenever the dog rescue that we got our dog from appeals on fb.
Lots of good quality charity shop donations.
Food for the food bank whenever I shop at the supermarket, maybe £3 a week's worth.
Sponsoring fb friends for their various charity endeavors.
Then every year I choose a charity to direct debit maybe £10 a month to. It changes every year.

I thought that the plastic bags that come through the door are usually companies that are not charities - certainly the ones that we seem to get always have 'lookalike' logos and then small print that explains that they are a company and donate 1p from every £1000 they earn to the named charity.

I donate £50 a month to our local food bank. I never remember while I'm out shopping, which I've been doing less of this year anyway, naturally so it's easier for me to do this way. But I f I see a post saying they have run out of specific items then I will go out to buy those and drop them off.

Very little - just spontaneous donations according to need or how much I have in my purse
I work full time for a small local charity and volunteer for 2 others
I also shop in charity shops a lot!

I had some charity ones, some company ones. As if we don't have enough plastic rubbish around. I used them as bin bags, but still.

By the way major animal charities (particularly dog ones) have got more money than they know what to do with. Anyone who donates to Battersea or the Dog's Trust would be better off donating to smaller, local animal charities.

I rarely give cash but donate to charity/furniture shops. I volunteer for a charity, help out with various additional roles and am a trustee.

About £20 in direct debits to Refuge, MOAS and the air ambulance . We used to do a few more but we’re on a low income and had to cut down- DH isn’t allowed to talk to people at the door anymore because he can’t say no!
Also do one off donations here and there to particular causes or friends doing fundraising. If I come into some unexpected money I always like to give a bit of it to charity.

There are sites to assess larger charities, like Give Well. For smaller charities, it can take a bit more digging, but the information should be out there.

By Direct Debit, we do a tenner per person per month. Each of my kids are now old enough that they can research with their father and I & pick one. We go through them each year. What percentage of our income that is depends on the month, many years ago our donations were about 10% post-tax, but now it's significantly less with so many more outgoings.

We also, per-COVID, would check through charity shops for most things before hitting the stores, regularly put some in the containers at check-outs, and such. Currently holding onto a few things for charities shop as I keep being told they're overflowing with stuff & don't want to add to any burden.

For time/effort, I've 'donated' research work to some smaller support group charities and my kids are all in SJA & quite looking forward to volunteering with them again when their youth groups reopen.

We sponsor a child so that's £26 a month

Then on top of that we do about £1000-£2000 at Christmas after we get our bonuses to various charities (mainly local)

Part time worker so lowish income. £25 per month. DH gives around the same.

Also give to charities in the form of raffle tickets, Christmas appeals, and door knockers

I contribute via my employer to Give As You Earn, which adds extra via gift aid
We also participate in various fund raising events

I've contributed on behalf of friends who were doing sponsored events or instead of birthday presents at their request

I recycle/donate to charity shops

I donate food ( not money) to food banks

I have also hand made items for various charities

I've also donated my time in the past

I give 2% annually plus I’m paying for University for a girl from Kenya through a charity.

Aiming for 10% but can't quite get there. Probably around 7% financially, and pre-Covid I spent many hours volunteering.

I don’t on a regular basis. I will add to the food bank collection every couple of weeks. That could be anything from a single tin, san pro or something from BOGOF. I don’t have a direct debit with a chosen charity but will occasionally support a friend if they ask for sponsor money. I have volunteered my time for nursery and school events but can’t commit to this on a regular basis.