Pubs raised more than £100m for charity in 2013, according to a survey by PubAid, the group that highlights work undertaken by UK pubs to help charities.
The survey, which was also carried out in 2009 and 2011, has consistently demonstrated that pubs in the UK and Northern Ireland raise on average £2,000 each per year and total annual fundraising tops the £100m mark. While the figure for 2013 was slightly below that from the survey from 2011, it has been pointed out that there are now fewer pubs.
Keith Knowles, a founder of PubAid and chief executive of Beds & Bars, said: “It’s amazing and a tribute to licensees that even through what are unquestionable testing times across the retail sector, that they still invest so much time and effort into fundraising – I think that says so much about the selflessness of licensees in the UK and Northern Ireland.”
The research also showed that 96% of licensees engaged in one type of fundraising or another, from a collection box on the bar, though to large organised events.
Ross Piggott, of RPBI Ltd, who alongside CGA Strategy, carried out the survey on behalf of PubAid, said: “These are very robust figures. We polled over a thousand licensees and if anything, these figures are conservative.”
The survey shows a drop in the amount given towards military-related charities, with cancer charities topping the poll of those receiving the most funds from fundraising in pubs.
