Research / statistics

The Military Wives Choir, which secured the Christmas number one single position, has raised £503,985 for the Royal British Legion and the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) fr

The Financial Times 2011-2012 Seasonal Appeal has raised £3.3 million for international development charity Sightsavers, the most that the annual appeal has raised since it began in 2005.

Donations in memory of an individual are the most popular request in a recent analysis of obituary notices by A Giving Tribute, the in memoriam company that is 'the caring alternative to funeral flowe

Customers at high street toy shop The Entertainer have raised over £100,000 for charity in just six months by donating their electronic spare change pennies.

Charity shopping website easyfundraising.org.uk has now give away more than £3 million to thousands of good causes since it was established in 2005.

UNICEF UK's redeveloped My Fundraising tool has raised £500,000 in eight months.

Two leading Irish charities have reported contrasting fundraising fortunes in the last year.

The voluntary sector workforce has shrunk by 8.7% in the past 12 months according to analysis of the Labour Force Survey by Skills - Third Sector, the skills and training charity.

Fundraising recruitment specialists the Kage Partnership report that fundraisers at all levels in the London area secured an average salary increase in 2011 of 1%.