Credit crunch will harm charity income, predicts research

By Hannah Jordan, Third Sector Online, 5 June 2008

Charities could be facing a drop in donations because of public worries about the current slump in the economy, according to new research.

A telephone poll of more than 500 British adults by market research organisation Nems revealed that 31 per cent of regular donors expected to donate less in the near future. Half of those questioned admitted that they had limited their donations to the recent Burma appeals because of financial concerns....