# Observer focus on giving to charity

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/07/22/observer-focus-giving-charity/
- Published: 2000-07-22T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Cash supplement in today’s Observer focuses on how to give to charity. It examines
affinity credit cards, financial products (savings and insurance), free charity 
ISPs, fair trade and other food products, and of course giving time as a volunteer.

The Cash supplement in today’s Observer focuses on how to give to charity. It examines
affinity credit cards, financial products (savings and insurance), free charity 
ISPs, fair trade and other food products, and of course giving time as a volunteer.
Read [Your shopping can raise a trolley-load of cash for charity](http://www.observer.co.uk/cash/story/0,6903,346214,00.html)
by Virginia Wallis.

There is also an analysis of how much banks donate to charity. Read [Like money from the bank – up to a percentage point](http://www.observer.co.uk/cash/story/0,6903,346215,00.html).
Finally the supplement features tax-efficient giving and the new tax breaks. Read
How to give until it hurts a little less.

The newspaper includes a table listing 22 affinity credit cards, how much users 
generate for the charity, and the total raised to date by each card.

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