Charities and unofficial organisations which provide help to the public are reporting that there has been an increase in people asking for donations as the Christmas season progresses.

Avonelle Hector Joseph of Is There Not A Cause (Itnac) said there has been an uptick in people asking for assistance.

“Some organisations do Christmas drives, but because we are doing this all through the year, supplying food, housing, books, etc, we already have a clientele that resort to us for Christmas and of course this year, we have more people.