# Time, gentlefolk, please

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2000/01/17/time-gentlefolk-please/
- Published: 2000-01-17T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

The Elizabeth Finn Charitable Trust, formerly the Distressed Gentlefolk’s Aid Association,
wants “professional and similar” people to consider asking it for help. Too few 
of them, it seems, feel they should ask for charitable help in times of need.

Read Professionals unwilling to seek charity on BBC News Online.

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