Who Are the Givers? Briefing Paper on British Social Attitudes to Charitable Giving

This Institute for Philanthropy paper summarizes the findings of the annual British Social Attitudes Survey on the attitudes and values of Britons regarding charitable giving and philanthropy, and on their behavior. The authors differentiate the target group by age, education, religion, income, political affiliation, and newspaper readership, and determines that there are broadly three groups in British society: contributors, bystanders, and investors