Mental Health and Cancer Top the UK’s Charity Donations
164,000 people die from cancer in the UK each year and 17 million Brits are affected by mental health problems
UK’s No.1 will-writing service unveils how charitable Wales REALLY is this Remember a Charity Week
- Leading online will writer Farewill finds that 80% of their customers, who donate money to charity in their wills, pledge on average £24K while the national average stands at £3.3k per person
- 40% of Wales have stated that they will ONLY donate money to charities that they have a personal relationship with
- Over a quarter of those in Wales state that if they knew their family was looked after financially, they would donate all/the majority of their money to charity
- 53% of Wales would rather donate money to smaller local charities as they know it will make a positive impact within their communities
Dan Garrett, CEO and Co-founder of Farewill, discusses how gifts in wills can help bridge a £10 billion funding gap, which would provide essential funding to the UK’s most important charities
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