# One in four hit by donor fatigue

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/1999/07/11/one-four-hit-donor-fatigue/
- Published: 1999-07-11T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

One in four people do not give to charities because they think charities ask too
much of them, according to new research.
A survey of 2,500 by by Henley Management
College has found that one in four people suffer from “donor fatigue.” They think
that charities ask for too much from them.

 

 

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A similar percentage say that they can’t afford to give to charity.

 

 

Read Charity fatigue strikes one in four by Sally Pook a the Electronic Telegraph.

 

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