{"id":1613,"date":"2012-07-02T14:04:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T14:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/p=?1613"},"modified":"2012-07-02T14:04:40","modified_gmt":"2012-07-02T14:04:40","slug":"military-charity-giving-increased-by-26-in-last-4-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forcespenpals.net\/gb\/news\/military-charity-giving-increased-by-26-in-last-4-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Military charity giving increased by 26% in last 4 years"},"content":{"rendered":"
Armed forces charities are receiving record amounts despite the current economic recession.<\/p>\n
Donations have increased by 26 per cent since 2008 as Britons continue to showcase their generosity, the Sun reports.<\/p>\n
Help for Heroes has seen the biggest boom, with its income rising by 181 per cent in the four-year period, while Save Our Soldiers has experienced an 87 per cent hike.<\/p>\n
This is at odds with the general pattern of charitable giving, as cash gifts have dropped by five per cent across the board.<\/p>\n
Charities Aid Foundation director Richard Harrison stated: "Forces charities do amazing work for soldiers, veterans and their families. They have touched the hearts of the many people who want to do something."<\/p>\n
He added the figures prove that Britons have no problem rallying around to support a worthy cause.<\/p>\n
A series of military-themed events took place on Saturday (June 30th) to celebrate Armed Forces Day.<\/p>\n
Posted by Trevor Smith<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Charities that help the armed forces are getting more money than any other good cause. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n