Doug Varley, a lawyer in the Washington offices of Caplin & Drysdale who advises tax-exempt and nonprofit organizations, including Mr. Sharry's, said, "I think most charities try very hard to comply with the electioneering ban.
David McHattie, head of charities at Barclays, said: "The rise of online across all business areas, including the charity sector, is very hard to ignore.
Yes, Christmas is a time for giving, but charities have to work very hard to give consumers a reason to donate to them - and this Christmas is likely to be really tough, given the economic climate.
Mr Thomas told BBC News: "David Cameron's claim that in his Big Society we're all in it together was never credible, but this leaked report confirms that ministers were being given independent evidence showing charities were going to be hit very hard by funding cuts, with the poorest and most deprived areas being hit hardest.
Since poverty tends to predispose people to unhealthy habits, this can make tax- or charity-funded health care for all very hard to sustain.
It's very hard to evaluate a charity like ours on the basis of efficiency, says business manager James Reed.
The 43-year-old American, who recovered from life-threatening cancer in 1996, told the BBC in January that his ban made it very hard to do the charity work he did throughout most of his post-cancer career.
He said: "I took part in a charity basketball game and I was finding it very hard to breathe, but I thought it was because I was out of shape.
You'd think that folks who care enough about needy people to work very hard to feed them would have charity to spare for each other.
I tried very hard to tell him to stay with charity work rather than join the fight.
