Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Britain, UK news from The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online-Charities reap rewards of tsunami effect

Britain, UK news from The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online: "harities reap rewards of tsunami effect
By Alexandra Frean and Tosin Sulaiman

THE tsunami disaster charity appeal has created a ripple effect in charitable giving, boosting donations across the entire voluntary sector in the first six months of the year, research suggests.

Fears that the non-tsunami fundraising efforts in Britain would be hit by donor fatigue appear to be unfounded, with more than a third of charities experiencing an increase in public donations and a quarter experiencing no decline at all.

Only a quarter of the 132 leading charities surveyed by the Institute of Fundraising (IoF) said that donations have fallen in 2005, compared with last year, but most expect the drop to be short-lived"

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