Trust in aid charities has fallen significantly following the Oxfam scandal, but they are still trusted slightly more than religious charities, according to data published today.
A survey carried out in February by consultancy nfpSynergy found that 54 per cent of the public said they trusted charities “a great deal” or “quite a lot” – down from 60 per cent in August 2017.
The survey found that trust in the whole charity sector has varied from 70 per cent at its high point in 2010, to 47 per cent at its low point in 2015, in the middle of newspaper criticism of fundraising tactics.
The survey found that when asked about different types of charity, public trust had changed little compared to previous surveys, for every sector except aid.
They survey found that some sub-sectors were significantly more trusted than others. Cancer charities were the most trusted, at 76 per cent, and religious charities were the least trusted, at 32 per cent.
Of the 15 sectors, aid charities were in 14th place. Trust in them had fallen from 40 per cent to 36 per cent.
The full list of most and least trusted sectors is below:
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