David Beckham and Victoria have donated 1m to charity in the past five years

David and Victoria Beckham have donated almost £1m to charity in the past five years.

David, 34, and Victoria, 35, have helped others in many different ways, such as buying wheelchairs for disabled children.

Since 2005, the pair’s charity, Victoria and David Beckham Children’s Charity, has given £913,269. It is claimed donations fell from £102,209 in 2008 to £11,917 last year. Spending also dropped from £335,502 to £32,474.

It had given to 12 different causes up to April 2009. One of these donations was £2,487 to The Aids Mobility Centre.

The Mobility Centre’s managing director, David Watling, said: “To have raised so much money and helped so many people is amazing. Some of these wheelchairs can cost £10,000 and they are life-changing.”