Monday, November 27, 2006

Charity does not begin in poshest suburbs - National - smh.com.au

Charity does not begin in poshest suburbs - National - smh.com.au: "WHEN it comes to promises to leave money to charity, putting money where your mouth is does not come so easily to residents of Sydney's wealthiest suburbs.

Well-off areas represented just four of the top 50 suburbs that bequeath money to charity each year. But research conducted by a new group representing four charities found that people living in higher-income suburbs were more likely to say they intended to leave money in their will.

Some of Sydney's richest suburbs - Darling Point, Edgecliff, Elizabeth Bay, Rushcutters Bay, Double Bay and Point Piper - all appeared in the top 100 suburbs for intended bequests. But none from these suburbs who said they would give were recorded as actually bequeathing any money in their wills. Yet the dead of Mosman, Randwick and Cremorne appeared to deliver on their promises."

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