Handouts

I find it interesting how people and organisations keep coming back to us for more and more financial assistance. This is the type of thing that really puts us off donations because it’s never enough to give a one-off donation. You give once and it is always followed up by them asking for more. I think I wrote about this not long ago, in fact, when one of our regular groups where we donate called again to ask us to increase the amount. I said no to them last time. And there are the people in your life that ask for assistance. We certainly don’t want to refuse help to those in need, particularly if they were close family or friends and they are just going through some tough times. But in some of these cases, the person seems to spend more time begging for more money than making use of what we’ve already given. This always puts us in the awkward position of having to say no to people we love and care about.