Charitable donations given in England 2015, by means survey

This statistic presents the means through which adults donated money to charitable causes in the last year in England as of 2015. Of respondents, 38.2 percent said they had donated money via collecting tins including those delivered door-to-door and placed in the street, a pub, at work, on a shop counter or other location.

Share of adults donating money to charity in last 12 months in England in 2015, by means

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Money in collecting tins	37.6%
Buying raffle tickets (NOT national lottery)	37.8%
Buying goods from a charity shop or catalogue	32.7%
Sponsorship	26.4%
Regular direct debit, standing order, covenant or debit from salary, payroll giving	25.2%
Donations into a collection box at a free event or attraction	24.3%
Fundraising events	22.1%
Occasional donations by cheque or credit/debit card	19.3%
Collection at church, mosque or other place of worship	19.8%
Gift aid contributions on top of an entry fee to an event or attraction	17.5%
Did not give any money	14.7%
Giving to people begging on the street	16.1%
A charity envelope for house-to-house collections	9.2%
Membership fees or supporter schemes for a charitable organisation	9.6%
Given money on an online crowdfunding platform	4.4%
Other method of giving (excluding donating goods or prizes)	1.8%

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Release date

January 2017

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Region

United Kingdom (England)

Survey time period

2014 to 2015

Number of respondents

9,687 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI)

Supplementary notes

This statistic using original data from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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