How Your Money Is Spent
What the Money Is Spent On
The money collected is distributed to our member agencies to supply emergency relief. Your money is spent on emergency supplies such as food, water and medical help. The members also work to provide longer-term help working with people affected by disaster to rebuild their lives and livelihoods, so they are able to support themselves and their families long term.
Accountability
The Disasters Emergency Committee is legally accountable for using your money responsibly. We monitor and review the way that our members spend the money raised and publish the results on our website so they are available for the public to see.
Administration Costs
There are no administration costs incurred for our appeals. The costs charged to our appeals are for fundraising, which is a maximum of five per cent of the total funds raised. This includes one per cent for monitoring and review how the members spent the funds.
This is a maximum possible spend and therefore it is important to emphasise that the more we raise the less we spend. On average 95p in every pound is spent on providing emergency relief aid.