76% donate 'as much as before 2008'

%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%More than three-quarters of Britons are giving the same amounts to charity or more than they were before the economic downturn struck, in further signs that consumer confidence is improving, according to research.

Some 76% of people surveyed for Halifax who have made donations in the past year said the sums of money they gave were either at the same levels as they were before 2008 or that they were being more generous.