to think that there are too many people expecting sponsorship...

[hystericalmum]

for doing stuff for charity?
Every few days I am getting requests to sponsor someone for doing something for some charity.
I think they are doing something really worthwhile but I simply can't afford to sponsor people all the time.
Also now, am getting follow up requests as the person isn't getting enough sponsorship.
I give to charities of my choice when I can, but I'm not going to be gult tripped into sponsoring people all the time for various charities.

While we are on the subject.... do you want to sponsor me :)

no

Totally agree.
It seems like some people (and I stress not all) are doing things 'for charity' like a parachute jump and only just about raising the minimum sponsorship by ragging on friends / work colleagues rather than really putting anything into fundraising itself. More for the experience than the charity? Someone I know did a parachute jump for charity and when asked what charity they could not remember - maybe they landed on their head?

If you are raising money - why not try approaching lunch clubs or retired people's clubs (like Probus or WI or church) and offering to come in and give a talk about your charity or what you are doing - they will then usually give a donation or you can pass round sponsorship form - at least then you are giving back something.

Or try an auction of promises - something like that.

YA (definitely) NBU - I am always getting asked to sponsor someone for stuff like walking around their garden, climbing their own stairs etc etc for charity.
But, on the other hand, it is ghastly trying to screw sponsorship out of people. I've done a sponsored run and ended up making most of the sponsorship donations myself! Still, the charity got the money, so it sort of worked. I wonder how many people end up doing this?

I agree - my bank statements seems to be full of justgiving instead of anyone nice like topshop these days

Agree totally. In fact, just the other day (and in additional to the usual personal requests, email round robins and facebook requests, two girls aged about nine or ten knocked on the door to see if I would sponsor some school run. I didn't know them from adam and whilst they seemed lovely and genuine, I was really uncomfortable to be asked I had no way of knowing if they were going to do the thing they were supposed to do, whether the money would make it to the right place but more importantly just couldn't really afford to add two strangers to the list of people needing to be sponsored. However, because I am so wimpy about saying 'no' to anything, I ended up sponsoring them a fiver. (Doesn't seem to be 10p a mile anymore either - people expect you to commit a fixed amount these days regardless!!). Anyway, fortunately, I think we must have been on holiday when they did their collection as I never saw them again, but I am definitely going to tougher at saying 'no'!

YANBU

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I'd rather pick the charities I support on the basis of my view of their work rather than a guilt trip from a casual acquaintance.

YANBU

The charity holidays are the worst IMO -cycling the great wall of china or some other jaunt (though I appreciate some participants pay the costs of the holiday rather than the sponsorship money going towards it)

And what is it with being expected to pay up before events have taken place?

And don't get me started on people who do no or little training for the London Marathon and wander round in 7-8 hours or so - OK so they make it round but they could make an effort to train for it - it's meant to be a run for goodness sakes!

YABU. Just say no if you're not interested. No-one is "expecting" sponsorship, simply requesting it. Double glazing calls are far more greedy and pointless than people trying to raise money for charity.