Three things

Here are 3

Pick one. Each takes about as long as it says.

• Turn the one-off donation into a standing order

  Charities can plan against regular income and cannot plan against appeals. Five pounds monthly beats sixty at Christmas.

  5 minutesMore than $10An organization

• Give a local group one evening

  Small charities and clubs cannot afford the professional help they need, and the gap is usually one evening wide.

  An afternoonFreeAn organization

• Give to the unfashionable thing

  Money follows stories. Drainage, insurance and boiler repairs raise nothing and close more organizations than anything else.

  5 minutesMore than $10An organization