How Often Do People Give To Charity ?.

[William51]

I contribute every month to cancer research and Macmillan nurses and do one offs like the Covid last year and Ukraine this year. How often do people give ?.

[barry1010]

I tithe, so monthly to a few charities.

[carrot99]

I donate monthly to both Battersea Dogs Home and the PDSA.

[Ken4155]

I would like to believe that the majority of us do not feel the need to broadcast how much and how often we give to charity.

[William51]

I understand and appreciate what Ken says.

[Buenchico]

^^^ Ken regards his local bookmaker as a charity and makes frequent donations ;-)

I have to admit that I tend to give to charity mainly when I'm 'given a bit of a prod' towards doing so. For example, I'm a member of the Suffolk Wildlife Trust, paying a monthly subscription to the organisation. However that's only because a very nice gentleman knocked on my door and invited me to sign up. (He was a dedicated member of SWT, not one of those annoying professional 'chuggers').

Somewhat similarly, whenever the self-service kiosk in McDonald's invites me to round up my payment to donate to the Ronald McDonald charity, I always do so. It's just the same when I use self-checkouts in Asda and get invited to add a donation onto my bill in order to help those in Ukraine. Again, I automatically do so.

However I do own up to needing that 'bit of a push' to get any money out of me for charity at other times.

[nailit]

Why we have 'charity' in the 5th richest nation in the world
is beyond me....
However (to answer the OP)
People also give their time to charity.
And time is a much more important commodity than money.
No one knows how much time we have, money is a different thing!!

[barry1010]

You are right, nailit - time is the most valuable asset we have. Once an hour is spent it is gone forever.

[Maydup]

I give one day a week to one charity and a half day a week to another.
I am a member of maybe three charities who have venues or reserves, partly as a donation and partly to benefit from discounts on entry fees. I also do a couple of charity lotteries with organisations close to my heart; I gave to Ukraine this year and the odd Just Giving campaign.