Do you regularly give to charity?

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And if so, which charity(s) do you support?

When I had my dd I gave a small amount regularly to a children’s charity. I have kind of got out of the habit of it and feel I probably should?

Acts435

Every penny you donate goes to the person who needs it.

You can choose local people in need

I have small (£5) monthly direct debits set up to Cancer Research, Amnesty International and Marie Curie.

Yes it comes out of my salary directly every month

I have always done give as you earn, usually 4 or 5 charities at £5 a month each. It comes out of pre tax salary so is tax efficient.

I've supported various charities over the years Click Sergeant, Teenage Cancer Trust, Amnesty, Alzheimer's, RNLI etc. But now I'm focusing on smaller, environment charities Cheshire Wildlife Trust, The Woodland Trust, People's Trust for Endangered Species and Marine Conservation. I also give ad hoc donations to eg Cats Protection and Dogs Trust.

Plus point is that it gets me out of the Red Nose Day and Pudsey Stuff at work!

Yes, have about seven direct debits, some very small like £3, up to one that is £20. If I had more income I would give a lot more but at the moment I am saving like mad for upcoming statutory mat leave. I feel like I can't justify not giving anything to charity if I am buying a £3 coffee every week or spending £60 a month in pubs/restaurants. There are so many people in the world that are in such dire situations. I also have Give as You Live set up so whenever I do online shopping a donation goes to charity (that doesn't cost me anything).

Thanks for posting about Acts345 @Artdecolover, I just donated. Interesting approach.

Monthly DD to a homeless charity. Used to do one to another charity also but got supremely pissed off with the begging letters they regularly sent asking me to increase my donation.

I've got regular monthly standing orders/direct debits to Scope, Amnesty, Women's Aid, Rethink and GoodGym. I've got a couple of Patreons too. I usually sponsor friends quite generously, give to crowd funders every couple of months, donate some money to Combat Stress on Remembrance Day and will usually do the big TV things too. I feel fortunate to have the money to spare and give to causes that matter to me, although the monthly ones are still only about 1.5% of my take home pay.

Just to add you can set up AmazonSmile on your Amazon account & choose a charity to support; then each time you purchase qualifying items from them they make a donation (think it's 0.5%) it might be pennies but it adds up.
Same with easyfundraising - if you install the app/software & shop through their links donations are made to your chosen charity.

I had direct debits to Great Ormond St hospital who helped my DD as a baby and MIND for about twenty years. I can’t afford that anymore but I always sponsor people when I can.

I sponsor a child via Plan.
Your thread has reminded me that since I'm in a better position financially at the moment I could renew my monthly DD to a charity.

4 hours of my time each and every week in a local charity shop. It's also a rare week I don't come home with a purchase.

Small monthly DDs to Oxfam and RNIB, pound coin into street collections when convenient, buy Big Issue when asked. Husband does DDs to Centrepoint and RNLI. Occasionally contribute to crowd funding, usually when it’s a woman who is being treated very badly IMO.

No - only occasionally, and never very much.

Yes, I give to small charities where I think my donation makes more of a difference.
So Treetops, a local children's hospice
The Frozen Ark saving endangered animals through frozen DNA
Local rape crisis

I have a monthly standing order to a local dog rescue & donate yearly to others. I tend to donate goods to Marie Curie / Salvation Army, the latter not necessarily for their shops but the homeless / vulnerable shelters they run.

Yes.

A local children's hospice
Doctors without Borders.
Canadian Red Cross when they have donation drives for specific disasters such as forest fires.
A local advertising-free TV station that offers very high quality documentaries etc.
Local food bank.

I pay monthly to Anthony Nolan. A friend of mine has Leukaemia and they saved her life when she first got it.

I used to do a lot for charity but I don't anymore. It's something I definitely need to get back into.

Monthly donation to Trussel Trust. Others on a more ad hoc basis - disaster appeals, local charities, etc

I work for a charity. I'm a fundraiser. I give regularly to several causes. Partly because I fundamentally believe in charities and partly to mystery shop!

I use a CAF account so make a monthly donation in to that, then I can make donations to various causes.

I also support the school, RSPB (that's a guilt donation due to 2 cats), Cycling UK and LendWithCare. I'm also a Patreon to a social enterprise at £6 per month.

I always support charities that support women and girls and those in poverty.

After being a fundraiser for big charities I moved to an organisation that advises philanthropists. Now all my donations go to smaller grass roots groups. Just better value for money and often better impact. And I say that after working for BIG charities!

I like Women's Resource Centra, Nia, FiLiA and Women's Funds. I prefer the regional women's fund for my area.

If you are a higher rate tax payer the best way to give is via payroll giving as you get the tax benefit at source. ie a £10 donation costs you £6.

In the good old days some companies used to match or double match too which meant a higher rate tax payer could make a £10 donation costing them £6 and the charity would get £30!!!! Ah, RBS how I miss you being in profit!

I also support friend and family when I can by sponsoring them at events.

I regularly spend up to £100 per month on my charitable support.

I may have to cut back though. Things are getting expensive

A local cat charity
SPANA
IRC

Yes. My local authority has a charity which supports care leavers with items / things they would otherwise not be able to afford.

I work with kids in care for the same local authority so it means a lot to me.

I donate globally via Kiva and reloan anything I receive back. Locally I do more ad hoc but includes money and food.

This is inspiring. Loving some of these ideas. At the moment our children are our charity....

I'm a single mum on benefits (full time carer to my autistic son). I've donated every month to the NSPCC since I was in my early 20s, I now also donate £5 a month to women's aid who were lifesavers after my abusive relationship. I also donate all my old clothing, toys to their charity shop. When I can I also donate to the prospect hospice as they were so wonderful with my Nan. I'm so grateful for the help I've received from these charities I wish I could do more, but I do what I can.