Private nursery raising funds for themselves

[Onwallstreet]

What do we think about this?

It's a private nursery in a small village. Parents have just got a message saying could anyone donate raffle prizes ( and then buy tickets) for a winter raffle to raise funds for 'books and educational resources '

It's a business. It's not a charity or community group. It's owned by a family with some members as employees.
Parents pay for children to go there or claim the statutory free hours.

I appreciate that nurseries are having a tough time financially and I would feel different if it was a community venture. But it's a business, they should be self sufficient shouldn't they?

If I'm buying tickets that means more profit for the owners.

I agree with you, our local soft play has been asking for toy donations to their baby area

But it does bother me at the nursery. I can't see much difference between it and the high street shops going under because they aren't making enough profit.

But the shops don't get screwed by the government/local councils who.pay a pittance for thier goods and expect them to cover the shortfall out of thier income.

If you would rather the nursery go under like shops are doing fair enough. If everyone did that I can imagine the outcry when there are no. more nurseries available as they have all given up running without a profit.