# Bah Humbug

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/12/08/bah-humbug/
- Published: 2008-12-08T09:39:48+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Isn’t it funny in this time of credit crunch, collapsing banks, economic crisis,
and more doom and gloom predictions everywhere you turn, how some fundraisers and
organisations appear to be oblivious to what is going on? In fact, over the past
few weeks I have come across a number of examples of abysmal practice that just 
makes you wonder whether, even now, some charities just assume the money will just
keep on rolling in.**

If these weren’t so sad, it would almost be funny!

I know of a supporter who raised around £1,000 doing an event for a charity and 
simply needed the charity to give him a receipt so that he could get the money match
funded by his employer and double the value of his gift.  He has emailed them three
times now and had absolutely no response. 

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I’m sure he feels really valued and will be bound to do even more for them next 
year.

A potential supporter informed a well-known charity they were keen to sponsor two
children via a high level giving product. They requested packs and information in
September and chased again, but to date have received nothing.

I’m sure they still feel there is a genuine need that they can help meet.

A number of charities shared in a newspaper appeal. They were allowed one follow-
up contact to readers who responded with a donation, but only one of the six had
bothered. They reached an extra 20,000 people while the other five just took the
money and moved on.

It must be great to be so flush with cash to be able to just ignore offers and opportunities
to raise extra funds even with little or no effort required.

Bah humbug.