Philanthropist gives struggling families a helping hand

By Leah Mahon

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H O IS property developer is giving away thousands of pounds to struggling families amid the surging cost to live tkinson set up a business with his nieces that runs a ash Giveaway after seeing firsthand how countless people are battling to put food on the table or to keep the lights and heating on he businessman of igerian heritage who coaches on building generational wealth and investing in properties said: I ve always been uite big on helping others I ve grown up in a hristian environment and we ve always been taught to give away some money to the church and to people in need I m fortunate enough to have been able to make some money for uite some time and I ve been trying to find different avenues to help people r tkinson revealed that a recent encounter with his mother helped to further inspire his altruistic efforts She told him about a friend who was helping people in need and he gave her to contribute he friend then went on to pass the donation around to people she knew he entrepreneur later got a te t from her relaying a story from their pastor about how his gener- ous sum had helped one lady in desperate need

She described tkinson s donation as a blessing from God because the lady only had p to feed her kids that week

He admits he knew the cost of living crisis was taking a toll on people but didn t believe it when he heard how much this mother had to live off r tkinson decided to give her a call so he could hear her story for himself What he heard affected him greatly

It touched me the lady s plight I m in a position to help some people and I thought let s see who we can help hat s when my niece and I started up this little business and we re ust trying to save the world by helping people where we can ccording to the Office for ational Statistics per cent of adults found it difficult to afford to pay bills

In October a survey revealed that per cent of people were worried about being able to afford food in the ne t month and percent said they d skipped a meal or cut down the si e of their meals o be considered for and his niece s ash Giveaway ampaign visit www givetolani co uk or head to s Instagram page t alife

CRISIS: nderson with a cash giveaway winner whose bills were soaring