Monday, June 19, 2006

Community Newswire-YOUNGSTERS GENEROUSITY SHAPED BY SCHOOLS

Community Newswire: "YOUNGSTERS GENEROUSITY SHAPED BY SCHOOLS



By Rosamond Hutt, Community Newswire
SOCIAL Charity, 19 Jun 2006 - 16:14

New research into the younger generation's giving habits has found young people are more likely to give time and money to good causes if they take part in charitable activities at school.

The Citizenship Foundation's report out today said young people were primed to be generous at home, but their charitable inclinations could be increased by an ethos of giving at school.

Children involved in charity work through the school curriculum saw themselves as more likely to be long-term givers of time and money, the study showed."
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