Philanthropy in a Recession: An analysis of UK media representations and implications for charitable giving Paper presented at NCVO/VSSN Researching the Voluntary Sector conference 8-9 September 2009 Beth Breeze Centre for Philanthropy, Humanitarianism and Social Justice University of Kent b.breeze@kent.ac.uk & Gareth G Morgan, Centre for Voluntary Sector Research, Sheffield Hallam University gareth.morgan@shu.ac.uk Corresponding author: Beth Breeze CPHSJ School of Social Policy, Sociology & Social Research University of Kent Canterbury CT2 7NF Tel: 01227 824 303 E-mail b.breeze@kent.ac.uk Please note, this is a working paper in progress - please contact the authors before citing in case a later version is available