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TWO IN FIVE Irish people say they have donated more than €100 to charities in the past year, according to a new survey.
The survey was carried out on 2,001 people by Amárach on behalf of the Charities Regulator to gauge the public’s attitudes and engagement with registered charities in Ireland.
The survey found that 90% of Irish people have donated to charity in the past year.
40% of people who responded to the survey said that they donated more than €100 to charities in the past year, with the most popular ways of donating being buying a raffle/lottery ticket, sponsoring someone and donating through a charity’s website.
Of those donating, 52% are donating to charity at least every two months.
88% of respondents said they had not changed the type of charity they support as a result of Covid-19.
The breakdown of charitable causes people donated to is as follows:
“These findings demonstrate the high level of public support for charities in Ireland today,” Helen Martin, chief executive of the Charities Regulator, said.
“What’s particularly heartening to see is that people are becoming more aware of the importance of regulation and of checking out a charity before they make a donation,” Martin said.
“86% of respondents to the survey recognised the role of charities as an important one and the majority of respondents (72%) recognised being that only registered charities are regulated,” she said.
“However, while 57% of those we surveyed said they check if a charity is registered before donating, we would like this figure to be higher.”
Martin said any member of the public wishing to donate their time, money or any items to charity should check that the charity is listed on the Register of Charities, which is available to view here.
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Hospice get my donations, a service that you hope your family never need, but is invaluable if you do.
Fair play to Irish people they have a big heart……I’ve become much more picky on who gets my money. Adi and Maureen take no salary now that’s commitment I for one can give to
Stop giving money to corrupt corporate charity. Drink it or smoke it or gamble it on the horses. You will be doing your nation and your neighbours a favour!
@Bill ORourke: very unfair to guilt us into giving money when we’re all struggling. I do buy sandwiches and stuff to homeless Irish people outside supermarkets but that’s it
@Anna Carr: not everyone is struggling, savings on deposit in credit unions and banks are at a record high. Large swathes of the population are very comfortable financially.
@EillieEs: I understand that but some charities are not using donations ethically and it’s hard to know which is which. That’s why I like to give to the source.
I have steered away from recognised charities and sent directly to grass roots/volunteers where you have a better chance of the money being used for its intended purpose and not lining the pockets of CEO and administration costs.
@Jennifer Kelly: it’s sicking looking at the salarys of the CEO’s when donating
I have stopped giving to these organisations my hard earned money
Pieta house and croi are two great charities, I always try give too
@Tarraing Mo Liathróidí: were some people who run pieta house giving themselves massive bonuses?
Every month a direct debit goes to Dogs Trust and The Donkey Scantuary, the price of a takeaway to each of them so why not?
SIMON
Charities are big business with CEOs who delegate to Managers and that’s where most of your donations are going. It costs around 650gs for TV running adds on top so next time you want to donate research the totally voluntary charities who can’t afford to advertise.
We don’t have charities for our public libraries or street lighting. So why are they necessary for a basic state service such as housing?
I h give to our local animal foundation, and the Irish Cancer Society every month. I also do a Facebook fundraiser once a year for the Irish Cancer Society, and one for The Simon Community. Both those charities have either helped me, or people close to me. I don’t have much, but feel it’s important to give what I can.
Still sending mine to Bunny Carr
I can’t wait for the country to reopen everyone has money
@Gavin Lynam: So your take from this story is that everyone has money??….alllllllrighty then
I find it utterly bizarre that we now have pandemic related charaties to raise funding for Healthcare workers, inc I assume Hospital Consultants. Acknowledge most work reasonably hard but all of these healthcare workers are on full salaries etc
SVP.
Before you donate check the salary, the pension and the company car plus expenses of the CEO.
You will be shocked.
@Tim Quigley: why do you presume that every Charity has an overpaid CEO and staff drawing down excessive expenses?? There are thousands of small but vital Charities who get by on small budgets and a notable absence of (highly) paid workers.
I fully believe in giving to charity but when u read about the scandalous theft of donated monies by bothar employees u get v disillusioned .I wont stop giving but wonder if a lot of it ever reaches the intended target .
Donate money? Hell no
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