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Opening attractions, allowing face-to-face contact essential for charities restarting

The reopening of visitor attractions and community centres, and permitting face-to-fact contact with the people they are helping, are what charities say they need in order to get back on their feet.

CAF Coronavirus Emergency Relief funds first 500 organisations

The Charities Aid Foundation’s Coronavirus Emergency Fund has paid grants to over 500 charitable organisations across the UK, totalling more than £2.3 million.

Britons shift donations to NHS charities rather than children, animals

Charitable giving in the UK has shifted dramatically towards support for hospitals and NHS organisations in the weeks since the coronavirus pandemic took hold as donations to children and animal welfare charities have declined.

One in four charities not set up to take donations online, new poll finds

A quarter of charities in the UK are not set up to take digital donations of any kind, according to our latest poll taken by thousands of UK charities.

#GivingTuesdayNow – our time to say thanks

#GivingTuesdayNow is a global day of unity and generosity taking place on May 5, 2020 as an emergency response to the unprecedented situation caused by Covid-19.