Every penny counts to help charities

Why are the British so generous and give money to charities even when they are short of money themselves?   Wang Zhi Yang, Shenyang

A lot of Chinese students who come to study in the UK find it difficult to understand why so much money is given to charities.

There are millions of charities or charitable organizations in the UK. In fact, you can hardly think of any good cause that doesn't have a charity linked to it.

Oxfam; Cancer Research; the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children(NSPCC) and the Royal society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(RSPCC) are just a few of the big names that most people are familiar with.

It is true that British people do give money to charities but there are many different reasons why people are doing so.

Listen to Lily's report and do the quiz. Afterwards you can take a quiz based on what you've heard.

Download and listen to Lily's report 点击此处下载录音材料

Download the script of this programme 点击此处下载文字材料

Test your knowledge with this quiz 点击此处做小测试

Do you have a question about Britain?
你有没有对英国的疑问？

Then email us at chinaelt@bbc.co.uk or

click here

欢迎你把问题通过电子邮件发给我们：chinaelt@bbc.co.uk

或点击此处