# ICM poll finds 86% of 18-24 year olds donated to Tsunami disaster appeal

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2005/02/16/icm-poll-finds-86-1824-year-olds-donated-tsunami-disaster-appeal/
- Published: 2005-02-16T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

An unprecidented proportion of young people responded to the Tsunami Appeal, according
to a new ICM opinion poll. ICM have found that 86% of 18-24 year olds say they gave
money to a charity in response to the disaster, this despite younger people normally
being the least likely to give to charity.
The ICM poll of 1000 people commissioned
by NCVO also found that a quarter of those who say they responded to the Tsunami
disaster are not regular donors to charity. This rises to 37% for 18- 24 year olds.
44% of those who gave said they were regular donors and will continue to give as
much as they usually do to other charities. 10% of Tsunami donors said they were
regular donors who would give more to others causes this year.

Young people are normally far less likely to give to charity than any other age 
group. According to previous research 55% of 16-24 year olds say they give to charity
compared with the overall national average of 65% of people.

The ICM poll also looked at how people’s support for charities might be affected
if there was a downturn in the economy sometime in the future. 68% of respondents
said that a downturn, such as a drop in house prices, would have virtually no impact
on their charitable giving.

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