Young keen to help others, says charity
Published: June 1, 2005
Despite the image of young people as hood-wearing yobs, most of them would like to give up their time to do voluntary work, according to a new report today.
More than a third of youngsters questioned in a poll conducted by Oxfam revealed they had volunteered to help a charity in the past year.
Of the 300 polled, most of the 16 to 24-years-olds said they would happily stop watching TV and spring into action if they were asked to do some voluntary work.
The survey showed that most would welcome the chance to do something useful with their spare time and two out of three said the Government should offer more incentives to young people to volunteer.
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