Do you still give to charity?

pandamonia

i pay tax and enough of that goes to the charity cases in this country already. reduce my income tax and ill give some of it to charity. until then im looking after number 1

SandC

I've made a conscious decision not to give anything in aid of the charity which my company supports this year. The committee arrange all manner of fundraising stuff so we can hand over a considerable amount each year. As there have been no pay raises they can go whistle for this but I will continue to support the charities that I choose to give to on a personal level.

geoffky

i give my local big issue seller a fiver and a pouch of tobacco when i see him.. and then think there go i but for the grace of god....

over the years i have collected tens of thousands of pounds for the RNLBI......

Kez100

No, I don't actually.

I always gave as and when to particular causes and avoided the monthy DD type donations. I thought it was the sensible way to do it - especially as teh children were forever nringing home sponsored events and it meant we could support them with good donations to stop them having to ask others over and over. I suppose we used to give about £200 a year.

Now I realise that we have tended to stop/reduce those and because we pay nothing DD it has had an effect of reducing what we give.

Yes, we still do poppy appeal, sponsor the children a bit and buy and give to charity shops, but nothing major because we never set ourselves up that way.

Mind you we don't have the greatest of incomes and are concerned for our jobs so there is a valid reason behind it.

PasturesNew

I've never donated to charity. I get 90% of my clothes and shoes at charity shops though (if that counts).

I've given a Big Issue seller £1 about twice in the last 5 years too (the hot looking ones).

So nothing's changed for me.

setmefree2

We still give the same amount through Give as you Earn (through payroll). We donate to Oxfam. Things would have to get really bad before we stopped giving. As PN says we also donate quite abit to Oxfam charity shops, books, DVDs and very occasionally clothes.

Posters who donate regularly to a charity should look at doing it through payroll as the donation is made tax free.

Castleman

Yes.

10% of our post tax incomes. Always have done and plan to continue unless we literally can't afford to keep under a roof and put any food on the table.

6% split between sponsoring a child and a couple of regular charities and then 4% to give to whatever we choose each month depending on what comes up in the world/locality.

thriftybabe

drc wrote: »

When out shopping today I noticed the Big Issue seller and it made be wonder how charities and things like the Big Issue have been affected by the financial crisis. I wonder if a lot of people have stopped giving charitable donations, as the crunch bites are these some of the first things to go? Are we as a nation as altruistic as we think and when push comes to shove do we stop giving to hold on to the 'pennies'?

I still give although I'm not keen on the Big Issue at the best of times, so prefer to give to my chosen charities.

drc, you are a mind reader! Thought about this thread last week but did not do it!

At the moment we have three monthly standing orders and hope to continue you this if possible. We gave extra at Xmas (more than we would normally give) to various charities as I doubt we will be giving to them at Xmas this year.

lynzpower

I cancelled a lot of my charity donations when I was getting debt free but am now starting again. Charity is needed now more than ever.

I have given loads to the charity shops recently, and have a few more bags to go ( which even if they got a quid a piece Ive given them about 50 quids worth over the last few weeks)

wigglebeena

Only my automatic subscriptions. Easier that way: don't have to think about it, not tempted to stop it (because I don't think about it).