Originally Posted by
Lencoboy
Last week all of us clients at my day centre were given a free Easter egg each.
Which immediately reminded me that at my previous day centre some 15-20 years ago that would have been totally unthinkable as they (or perhaps Staffs CC) had devised a blanket rule where not only staff members were strictly forbidden from giving gifts to clients, but also the reverse; clients strictly forbidden from giving staff members 'gifts' (including Christmas cards), plus they weren't allowed to accept gifts or any other donations in general from 'non-clients'.
As far as the likely prohibition of giving out free Easter eggs and the like to clients was concerned, it probably wasn't only because they were too tight financially but because they likely feared getting it in the neck if, say, one or two of the clients had an adverse reaction (e. g, due to diabetes, allergies, etc), so they banned such things outright.
But at least at my current day centre, the staff/management (in spite of whatever respective 'flaws'/'foibles' they may have in their own right) seem to have more of a 'common sense' attitude rather than a 'black and white' totally risk-averse attitude.
In fact, I think they can sometimes be a bit more lax with certain things on occasions, though thankfully none of the clients there appear to have come to any real harm so far due to it (AFAIK).