Brits' pounds 13k to charity.BRITONS give pounds 230 a year to charity, adding up to pounds 13,000 during their lifetime, research revealed yesterday. Direct debit direct debit Noun an order given to a bank or other financial institution by an account holder to pay an amount of money from the account to a specified person or company at regular intervals direct debit n is the most popular way for people to make gifts, accounting for around pounds 150. On top of this we spend pounds 20 a year in charity shops and sponsor an average of 2.4 people annually, says finance group Clerical Medical. A further pounds 11.63 a year goes into charity boxes, with more for disasters like the Asian tsunami. Clerical Medical said: "We really are a generous nation as pounds 13,000 is quite a chunk of money." |
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