Generation Y – the giving generation

The giving youth

Think this generation is full of selfish layabouts? Think again….

Here are some astonishing figures from a recent report By HRH The Prince of Wales

• 45 percent of young people volunteer at least once a month and 80 percent donate money to charity each month.

• Young people who volunteer give on average 3.57 hours a month.This is the equivalent of £210 million a year at minimum wage

• They also donate approximately £110 million to charity each year.

• Almost 40 percent of the voluntary work carried out by young people takes place through churches or religious organisations and 10 percent of those who declared themselves non-religious still volunteer through a religious organisation.

Shocking isn’t it? It makes a change to hear some good news, even if it will not go mainstream!

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