The proportion of people donating to charitable causes in a typical month has decreased over the last
year, from 58% to 55%. Participation in charitable giving nevertheless remains relatively widespread with
over half of adults giving in 2011/12, equivalent to 28.4 million adults. The 58% level of giving last year was joint highest since the survey began, equalled only in 2005/06. Giving this year seems to have decreased back to a more typical level; apart from the dip in 2008/09, the proportion giving was stable at 56% between 2006/07 and 2009/10.
Women continue to be more likely to give to charity than men (58% compared to 52%). In 2011/12
women aged 45-64, and women aged 65 or more are the groups mostly to give (62%) and they also
gave the largest median amount (£15). Although consistently the most likely to give, the percentage
of people in managerial and professional groups giving has decreased (66% compared to 70% in the previous year), as has the amount they give (£17 compared to £20)
23% of the total amount donated was to children's charity's and 14% was to over seas.
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