The London Voluntary Service Council's second Big Squeeze report looked at the impact of the recession and the community and voluntary organisations that support them.
The survey found that increasing levels of unemployment had most severely hit disabled people, people from black and ethnic minority communities and young people.
Responding to the survey Caroline Morecroft-Taunt, fundraising manager at The Prince's Trust said: "Enquiries about our programmes from disadvantaged young people has hugely increased since the recession, in some cases by as much as 50 per cent.
"We work with the most disadvantaged young people who are unemployed and low achievers. In the current economic climate they are being overlooked for jobs, apprenticeships and training opportunities in favour of more newly unemployed candidates."
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