CAF Campaigns | Supporting the charity sector and working for you

OUR PASSION

We are champions for charity, campaigning to build a better world. Our work influences policy makers to create a positive environment for charities and the people who support them. Working with charities, businesses, donors and governments we are using our knowledge and experience to build a stronger society.

our campaigns

Place-based giving

Philanthropy can transform communities around the UK. How can we better understand and tackle the challenges facing our communities?

Can we build a culture of giving in towns and cities?

Giving Tuesday

Giving Tuesday is a global campaign asking people to give their time, money and voice to charity. We run the UK's Giving Tuesday campaign.

How can I get involved on Giving Tuesday?

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Growing giving around the world

With as many as 2.4 billion people set to join the world’s middle classes by 2030 we want to transform their communities through giving.

How can we create a thriving global civil society?

Future:Good

Learn how technology from Artificial Intelligence to Blockchain will transform charities and become a huge force for good.

How will technology shape the world?

influencing government

We work with governments and all those who are interested in charities to encourage giving, and help charities and social enterprises to flourish. We champion the contribution that charities, donors and volunteers make to society. We are:

Informing and influencing the Government’s Civil Society Strategy
Creating a positive environment for charities
Working with other charities and their supporters to shape the future of giving
Ensuring that metro mayors and regional government promote place-based giving

How we work together

understanding giving

Our research gives us unique insight into charitable giving. We provide free research and analysis that helps to inform charities, companies, donors, policy-makers, researchers and journalists. Our unique UK Giving research and CAF World Giving Index are among the most influential pieces of charity research published annually. For this, and our full suite of research, visit the CAF Research Hub.

latest comment and insight from our blogs

Read our insights into giving and our thoughts on how developments in society and technology can open up new opportunities for doing good.

Our think-tank, Giving Thought, is where we consider the key challenges facing civil society, explore how and why people and companies give, and test radical new ideas that could shape the future of charity. Our Public Affairs blog will keep you up to date with our views.

15 January 2018

Millions Now Giving Will Never Die: Life Extension, Whole-Brain Emulation and Philanthropy
New developments in technology may make it possible for use to extend our lifespans well beyond their natural length- perhaps even indefinitely. What might this mean for philanthropy in the future, given how important a role death has played in shaping the way we give?
5 January 2018

General levy on single-use plastic items could generate millions for good causes

This morning the media has been set alight with the idea of the aptly named ‘#lattelevy’, the concept of paying a 25p levy on disposable coffee cups, to build on the success of the plastic bag levy which has been incredibly successful in reducing the use of plastic bags, and has also generated unprecedented funds for local and national charitable causes.
1 December 2017

Ledger Good Deeds Shine: Using blockchain to measure, record and predict social impact
One of the potentially transformative things about blockchain technology is that it can be used to record assets and value of all kinds. What might this mean for future efforts to measure and record social value? Could it even give rise to social impact prediction markets?
22 November 2017

Budget 2017 - what do charities need to know?
We analyse the content of the 2017 Budget, looking at what the Chancellor's statement means for charities.