Charitable Giving and Philanthropy

Thinkpieces

• Offering attractive options: What can current retail consumption tell us about donor spending in the recession? Cathy Pharoah and Robert Shaw. Read the article. www.charitytimes.com

• The Symbolism of Giving: CGAP Researcher Kay Henderson analyses the influence on entrepreneurial philanthropy of economic, social, cultural and symbolic forms of capital. (pdf)

• What are CGAP's views on the latest results for individual giving in the UK? See the survey.
• Cathy Pharoah: Trends in Giving during economic downturn. (pdf)
• Beth Breeze: Donors aren't dopes - The impact of the recession on charitable giving. (pdf)
• Eleanor Shaw: Giving, philanthropy, recession and the future. (pdf)
• Karl Wilding: Giving Giving Gone? Recent Trends in Charitable Giving in the UK. (pdf)

• Beth Breeze responds in the Financial Times: The new age of philanthropy will not wither in these dark days in response to the article: Even in a recession, charitable giving can go up as well as down.
• Dr. Karl Wilding and Professor John Mohan on how the recession will affect charities (The Guardian) and also look at historical evidence on how economic downturns have affected charities in the past.
• Cathy Pharoah and Beth Breeze of the Centre for Charitable Giving and Philanthropy give views on impact of recession on philanthropy in the Guardian
• Guardian's January 'Public' magazine featured an article by Jenny Harrow on recession issues for the Sector.

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