# Majority of grassroots organisations feeling financial impact of cost-of-living crisis

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/05/10/majority-of-grassroots-organisations-feeling-financial-impact-of-cost-of-living-crisis/
- Published: 2023-05-10T09:08:00+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The majority of grassroots charities and causes are impacted by the cost-of-living
crisis and expect to raise even less money in the future, according to a report 
from giving platform easyfundraising.**

Easyfundraising’s survey of grassroots charitable organisations received 1,658 responses,
most of which were from very small hyper-local causes and charities with a turnover
of less than £5,000 per year.

The vast majority of respondents said they have seen their income fall – with 63%
reporting that the cost-of-living crisis has had a severe or moderate impact on 
their fundraising income. 59% are also predicting that their income will go down
in the future.

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Tina Costello, Chief Executive of [Heart of England Community Foundation](https://www.heartofenglandcf.co.uk/),
commented:

> “As the CEO of a charity who offers grants to the voluntary and community sector,
> the easyfundraising report reinforces the conversations we’re having with organisations.
> We know times are challenging everyone but the charitable sector relies on public
> generosity and grant funding to not only thrive but to survive. My personal frustration
> is when I hear people saying that ‘they need to be sustainable’. How can a charity,
> often relying on donations and grants, be sustainable when they want to offer 
> an accessible, affordable service to their beneficiaries whilst balancing their
> ongoing running costs?”

This year [easyfundraising](https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/community/) has seen
the number of causes signed up to its platform increase by 35% and the number of
people giving via the platform increase by 49%.

Commenting on the survey findings, its CEO James Moir said:

> “People still want to give to the causes that they care about, but household budgets
> are stretched and often something has to give.
>  
> “I think in the past charities saw giving platforms like us as just a small part
> of what they do, but all our data from sign-ups show that’s starting to change
> quite dramatically.”