7 June 2012
Her Majesty, The Queen supports hundreds of British charities to
raise £1.4bn a year for good causes, according to new research to
mark the Diamond Jubilee.
Research by the Charities Aid Foundation, which works with
donors and charities to promote giving, shows that the Queen is one
of the world’s greatest supporters of charities, helping hundreds
of large and small charities of which she is patron raise a total
of £1,427,000,000, according to their latest figures.
Queen Elizabeth II is patron to a staggering 510 charities in
Britain, including Cancer Research UK, the British Red Cross and
Barnado’s.
The Royal Family sets an amazing example supporting 2,415
charities in Britain and nearly 3,000 worldwide. The Duke of
Edinburgh, Prince Philip, is the patron of the Charities Aid
Foundation.
The Duchess of Cambridge has been following in the Queen’s
footsteps with her work for Action on Addiction, East Anglia’s
Children’s Hospices and the Scout Association, among others.
The Queen’s grandchildren support 16 charitable organisations
between them.
Prominent in the Queen’s charity work are charities that deal
with community and civic causes, which make up 14% of the
organisations she supports, followed by education and training
charitable organisations which account for a further 14%.
John Low, Chief Executive of the Charities Aid Foundation,
said:
“In this Jubilee year, we say a big thank you to the Queen for
setting such a fantastic example through the huge support she, and
the whole Royal Family, gives to charities large and small.
“As in so much she does, the Queen has set an amazing example
when it comes to her charitable support making an enormous
difference to millions of people up and down the country; doing
more for charity in the last 60 years than probably any other
monarch in history.
“The Diamond Jubilee is all about celebrating the benefit the
Queen has brought to this country during her reign, and these
figures certainly prove that her support is invaluable to the
charity sector.
“We want to promote a culture where supporting charities by
giving time or money is the norm. The Queen’s work for charities of
all types is an example to all of us.”
Source: The Charities Aid Foundation resource of Charity
Commission data available on the Charity Trends website, and the
royal charities database.
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