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Is it tight to put £2 in a leaving collection?

Am I being tight?Weddings and celebrationsFrom the Vouchernaut deskThursday 29 October

Is it tight to put £2 in a leaving collection?

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On 3 September, BBC News reported that workers put an average of £11.65 into an office collection in the first three months of 2026, according to GiftRound's analysis of more than 5,000 contributions. The data covers birthdays and weddings as well as leaving dos. It gives a £2 leaving contribution a point of comparison.

In a 2023 instantprint survey of 1,000 UK office workers, 9% said they usually gave £0 to £2 to a workplace collection. Another 34% gave £3 to £5, while 19% said they did not take part. Those answers describe collections generally.

I also found a Nationwide survey of 2,017 office workers carried out in December 2019. It put average annual spending on leaving cards and presents at £97.32. Some 54% were happy to contribute, while 26% felt pressured. How often an envelope comes round, and how close you are to the person leaving, change what a single contribution means.

What's a fair amount? A leaving collection: what published surveys found and what readers said at other amounts.