New centre for research into charitable giving confirmed
Howard Lake | 16 October 2006 | News
Ed Miliband, Minister for the Third Sector, has announced plans to establish a new centre for research into philanthropy and charitable giving. The £2 million centre will be a partnership between the Office of the Third Sector (OTS) in the Cabinet Office, the Carnegie UK Trust, the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Scottish Executive (SE).
The Office of the Third Sector (OTS) will invest £750,000 to set up the centre, the Carnegie UK Trust will invest at least £250,000 between now and 2011, the Scottish Executive will put in £25,000 a year for three years, and ESRC will match fund these contributions.
Ed Milliband, Minister for the Third Sector, said: “We live in a society where many people give. Between three-fifths and three-quarters of us regularly give to charity, donating over £8 billion a year. But we still know far too little about how people cab best be motivated to give and why they choose to give in one way rather than another.
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“High quality research and development is an essential component for the success of the third sector. If more people made use of the generous tax breaks available, this alone could boost charities’ income by up to £600 million.”
The creation of a centre of excellence was a key recommendation of the Government’s charitable giving strategy, “A Generous Society”, published in November 2005.
Salvatore LaSpada, Chief Executive of Institute for Philanthropy, said: “The Institute for Philanthropy has long advocated for an increase in funding for fundamental, academically rigorous research and we are delighted that the new centre will begin to address this gap.”
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.