Charities miss out on £135 million this Christmas, says Giving Campaign
Howard Lake | 12 December 2003 | News
The Giving Campaign says that charities are
missing out on £135 million of income at Christmas 2003 because not enough donors are currently giving through Gift Aid.
The national campaign to raise the national level of giving is encouraging donors and charities to remember to use and promote Gift Aid this Christmas.
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In December last year, people donated over £1 billion to charity, but this figure could have been a great deal higher if more people has given through Gift Aid. This Christmas, if all taxpayers who currently give to charity were to use Gift Aid on their donations, it would mean an extra £135 million for the recipient charities.
Phillip Mind, Director of The Giving Campaign says: “With only around 20% of donors currently using Gift Aid, charities are missing out on millions more in vital income.”
TV presenter Davina McCall is helping to promote the Christmas campaign.
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.