How big hearted Britain keeps on giving: We’re now fifth most charitable nation in the world

  • U.S. 最高の,を越すs league, UK moves up from eighth

Digging deep: Britain's charity was revealed at a time when the Government are introducing austerity measures at home

Digging 深い: Britain's charity was 明らかにする/漏らすd at a time when the 政府 are introducing 緊縮 対策 at home

Britain has been 率d the world’s fifth most charitable country.

It moved up from eighth place last year in a 熟考する/考慮する of 153 nations carried out by the Charities 援助(する) 創立/基礎.

The U.S. (機の)カム 最高の,を越す of the World Giving 索引 2011 ? which 階級s nations based on how likely 国民s are to 寄付する money, volunteer their time and help strangers ? followed by Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

The Netherlands was sixth, with the 最高の,を越す ten 完全にするd by? Canada, Sri Lanka, Thailand? and Laos.

にもかかわらず the squeeze on income, 79 per cent of Britons give money to charity each month, up from 73 per cent in 2010, によれば the 研究.

This is at a time when the 政府 has controversially 公約するd to 持続する levels of overseas 援助(する) にもかかわらず 緊縮 対策 at home.

The 調査する 設立する that only Thais were more generous than Britons, with 85 per cent likely to make a reg ular charitable 寄付. Ireland and the Netherlands were 共同で third on 75 per cent.

Some 28 per cent of the UK 全住民 volunteer time each month (負かす/撃墜する from 29 per cent last year) and 63 per cent help a stranger (up from 58 per cent).

世界的な there was a 2 per cent 増加する in people helping strangers and a 1 per cent 増加する in volunteering over the past 12 months, but a 1 per cent 減少(する) in giving to charity, the 熟考する/考慮する based on Gallup 投票ing data discovered.

John Low, 長,指導者 (n)役員/(a)執行力のある of the Charities 援助(する) 創立/基礎,? said: ‘It is amazing that during these 堅い 経済的な times an 圧倒的な 大多数 of the UK 全住民 gives to charity.

‘It shows just how 深い-seated the idea of charity and charitable giving is in our society.

'However, there is always more that can be done. Creating an even stronger culture of giving in the UK will 要求する 現在進行中の かかわり合い and 成果/努力 by 政府, 商売/仕事 and charities.'

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