Young people in the South West of England have had enough of ‘spend, spend, spend’, says the Dubit research, conducted by The National Young Volunteers Service – and nearly 80 per cent of those questioned ‘would consider giving up their personal time, to do a good deed instead of buying a gift this year’.
Apparently, 59 per cent of the 16-24 year olds surveyed said Christmas was just “too commercial”, with around half planning to spend less on the festivities this year.
We should point out that The National Young Volunteers Service goes by the thrillingly ‘with it’ acronym of ‘V’ (can one letter be an acronym?)
Anyway, the ‘V’ (not to be confused with The The), are calling for young people to give the ‘gift of time’ this Christmas (not to be confused with a wrist watch).
According to V (no, not Henry V or V staring Robert Englund) [ed - gosh, we need younger reporters on the PRSD]: ‘Many young people, especially if they are unemployed, don’t think their time is worth anything.
“However, The Office of National Statistics’ figures show the average hour of a 16-25 year olds’ time is worth £7.07. This means an hour of mowing the lawn for your dad is worth the same as a decent bottle of wine! Whatever your ‘gift of time’ may be “V” has a free personalised Time Token which can be gift wrapped, ready to pop under the tree, for friends or family.”
Visit the V inspired website to download your own personalised Time Token, or log on to Facebook and see the new Time Token application
•If you know a young person who would like to get into journalism, ask them to get in touch with the PRSD at info@peoplesrepublicofsouthdevon.co.uk
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I’ve opted out of the whole presents thing this year – after watching the ‘Story of Stuff’ I realised just how sick the whole materialistic side of Christmas makes me feel – so my family are just buying presents for the children this year. And Christmas is already proving to be so much less stressful! It is very liberating – and actually when I discussed the matter with other members of my family I realised that they felt the same too – they didn’t want any presents because their houses are already too full of junk, and they didn’t want the hassle of having to spend money they really can’t afford at the moment. I’m not against presents, but I am against having to buy all these presents at a set time each year, which doesn’t really make any of us feel any happier.
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