Parliamentary inquiry into Growing Giving

The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) has launched a year-long cross-party Parliamentary inquiry into Growing Giving in a bid to source ideas on how to boost young philanthropy, workplace giving and giving in older age.

Former cabinet minister David Blunkett will be joined by Tory MP Andrew Percy and Liberal Democrat Peer Baroness Tyler in chairing the inquiry, which launched on 12 March with an initial focus on giving by children.

The launch was accompanied by CAF-commissioned research, which estimated that children between nine and 11 years of age donate nearly £20million to charity each year, or £1.99 each a month.

In its first stage, the Growing Giving inquiry will be investigating how to harness and grow giving by under-18s, and in particular how to instill habits of giving for later life.

CAF has issued a call for written evidence on how to get young people giving more. For further information, including how to submit evidence before the closing date of Monday 29 April, visit www.growinggiving.org.uk/latest-news/a-call-for-written-evidence.

In later stages the inquiry will focus on growing giving in the workplace and then how to encourage individuals to carry on giving as they get older. CAF hopes the inquiry will result in tangible proposals, which will enable more giving in general.