Regular Giving Grows for Third Consecutive Year in U.K., Fundraising Report Finds

PRESS RELEASE (May 9, 2011) — The annual benchmarking report for charity Direct Debit donations, released today by Rapidata - the leading Bacs approved bureau for the processing of direct debits – presents positive growth in regular giving for the third consecutive year. Although the UK has avoided ‘double dip’ recession the latest economic reports have shown smaller growth than hoped. Despite this, charitable regular giving is proving robust with a positive growth trend that demonstrates the resilience of the charity sector that can only encourage fundraising confidence (see executive summary below).