![]() ![]() In contrast, men are more likely than women to support medical research (25% vs 20%), religious causes (13% vs 11%) and schools, colleges and education (5% vs 3%). Women are more likely than men to support animal welfare charities (32% vs 21%), children or young people (25% vs 21%) and the arts (4% vs 3%).Animal welfare is the most popular with 27% of donors giving to this cause in the UK, followed by support for children or young people (24%) and medical research (22%).90% of women reported taking part in at least one charitable activity in 2019/2020 compared with 83% of men.People aged over 65 are more likely to engage in charitable activities (65% donate money to charity) although around half the adult population across other age ranges also donate (49% of 16-24 years 53% of 25 – 44 years and 59% of 45 – 64 years).Despite the pandemic creating or increasing financial worries, which led to 1 in 10 people donating less than usual, 1 in 4 people have said they would now increase their donations to charity.At the height of the pandemic in 2020, it was reported that up to a fifth of people in the UK were giving to charities that supported the NHS or were linked to healthcare.Many people funded charities in stages as funding needs developed, with the majority of charities receiving more than one grant and a quarter receiving three or more.360 giving research reports that grant makers acted quickly to the pandemic – 42% of grants were awarded before June 2020.The average monthly donation in the UK in 2021 was £49.62% of people in the UK gave to charity via donation or sponsorship in 2020.People gave £11.3 billion to charity in the UK in 2020, up from £10.6 billion in 2019.The global philanthropy market is estimated to be £182 billion.Please refer to the footnotes for original sources. NPT UK curates statistics from recent studies and reports on charitable giving and philanthropy in the UK.
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