MANUAL THE INDEX CHARITY INDEX The stats that show how we give, what we give and to whom 29% Amount women in 2018 gave to animal charities. Only 19% of men did so 7% of people leave money to a charity in their will 48% 250,000 of people in 2016 who donated to charity, donated to cancer charities tonnes of textiles went to charity shops instead of landfill in 2017 83% £25K The average charity worker's salary in the UK 47% Proportion of medical funding that charities contribute to in the UK 14 1136 Foundation year of the Hospital of St Cross, one of the oldest charities in the UK £295M The average amount that is raised by charity shops for good causes each year 64% of people in the UK volunteer at least once a year. A 6% drop from 2014 figures 167,972 The number of registered charities situated in England and Wales in 2018 COMPILED BY Julian Thomas The volume of charity shops in the UK that England is home to