The best ways to give to charity over Christmas

Despite - or perhaps because of - its air of rampant consumerism, Christmas is a time of year when most of us think about giving to charity. But what's the best way to give: cash, shares... a cow?

Despite or perhaps because of the air of rampant consumerism, Christmas is a time of year when many of us think about giving to charity.

But with nearly 200,000 registered organisations vying for your attention, the question is how best to go about it, and who to give your money to.

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Tim graduated with a history degree from Cambridge University in 1989 and, after a year of travelling, joined the financial services firm Ernst and Young in 1990, qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1994.

He then moved into financial markets training, designing and running a variety of courses at graduate level and beyond for a range of organisations including the Securities and Investment Institute and UBS. He joined MoneyWeek in 2007.