Why do people give?

Howard Lake | 1 May 2001 | News

Stephen Lee told delegates at Charityfair that early results of a survey of 2,000 donors and 2,000 non-donors confirm that donors prefer a more personal relationship with the charities they support.

Stephen Lee told delegates at Charityfair that early results of a survey of 2,000 donors and 2,000 non-donors confirm that donors prefer a more personal relationship with the charities they support.

For the top six reasons why people give to charities according to Lee’s research for the Henley Management Centre read Golden handshakes by Nicola Hill at SocietyGuardian.

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• Staff redundancies at NCVO (2 May 2001)
  

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.