# Majority support small charities but less than half can name one - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/06/20/majority-support-small-charities-but-less-than-half-can-name-one/ - Published: 2019-06-20T08:00:37+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **Two thirds (67%) of people in the UK think small charities have a positive impact on their local community according to CAF research released during this year’s Small Charity Week.** However, less people think this is the case both nationally and internationally, [Charities Aid Foundation](https://www.cafonline.org/)’s findings show, and less than half – 41% – of people could name at least one small charity when asked. According to the research, 71% of people in the UK say they have helped a small charity at some point, whether through donating money, sponsoring, fundraising, volunteering or giving goods away, such as to a charity shop. ## Advertisement It also shows that 64% of people are likely donate money to a small charity in the future, whilst 66% are likely to give goods, and that older generations are likelier to give goods to small charities, whilst 16-24 year olds are more likely than average to volunteer their time. Tessa Tyler Todd, Policy and Public Affairs Manager at [Small Charities Coalition](https://www.smallcharities.org.uk/) commented: > “It’s great that a majority of the public is likely to support small charities > in the future and view their impact as positive. Having said that, it’s clear > that we need to raise more awareness.” > “Raising awareness of small charities will ensure that more can have an impact > on people’s lives. The time to do that is now; Small Charity Week is the ideal > time to support these relationships.” The research was conducted by YouGov, which surveyed 1,096 adults from 20-26 May online. * **[4 funding opportunities available to UK charities & community groups](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/07/05/4-funding-opportunities-available-uk-charities-community-groups/)**( 5 July 2019) * **[Successful year for VAL as it contributes £1.7 million to local economy](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/09/11/successful-year-val-contributes-1-7m-local-economy/)**( 11 September 2019) * **[NI foundation will increase giving](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/02/06/ni-foundation-will-increase-giving/)**( 6 February 2020) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)