To Think This Is Cheeky - Fete - Cake Contest Related??

[RockinHippy]

genuine question as I'm not sure if this is the norm or not?

Plus I sometimes Facepaint at local festivals, usually just book a stall as you would if selling, but I've had a few problems in the past with organisers messing me around & changing the booking arrangements at the last minute & then expecting me to paint for free & they keep the takings so my pee taking gauge is highly primed with these sort of fetes.

Bake Off style contest, I enquires about details, as I was interested in taking part & thought I could rope DD in for the teen section too, as she needs something to pick her up as she's struggling with an injury & in a wheelchair at the moment

Turns out there is no prize, just a small cup & medal for the runner up, small entrance fee

Cakes are kept as donations & sold off at the end of the day - proceeds go to - the event organisers

They've taken my enquiry as I am entering, telling me the name is on the list, big sell on the fact the judge, who works for a local bakery trained in Paris, implying this makes the contest a real big deal, I'm not impressed by this - now also hassling me to put DDs name down too.

AIBU to think this is just as much of a pee take as expecting people who have no links to the Fete or area per se, to Facepaint for free & therefore expecting a lot & pretty cheeky

If the fete is run by a not-for-profit body though to provide (presumably) leisure activities for the community then that's charitable without needing to be a registered charity which is miles away from being personal profit.
But the painting "miscommunication" (sceptical about their motives) thing is ridiculous as is the hardsell and we're bang in the middle of fete season so I'd ditch them and go somewhere else instead.

Still not clear who gets the money for the cakes!

The renting stalls thing is not unusual. The stall holder pays a flat rate of rent, but keeps all takings from the stall. This happens at school fetes, and so on, organised he the PTA.

I sort of get what you're saying about paying an entrance fee, and then having to donate your cake, as well. If you don't want to do it, though, and don't think it's a worthwhile cause, or don't think it's good value for money, then don't do it?

Still not clear exactly where the money raised goes.

Does it go into personal, individual pockets?

Eh? The money's raised, funds the fete itself I can't see how that can be the case - the fete at our school makes 2K profit (once the cost of running it is taken away) so I can't see how a fete can be non-profitable. The excess money must go somewhere, surely? Can you google and investigate further?

It is the norm for a community or village fete. The profits usually go to the running of the village hall or something similar. Which is often a registered charity. Is this what you mean by 'organisers'.

It should not be the norm where it is a 'community' fete run by the local land/estate owners who have allowed the commoners into their manor for a summer fete. But sometimes that happens, yes really, in villages near my family.

Are you sure that there's no charitable outcomes? My DH used to be in Round Table who ran the local village fete. Round Table then distributed the profits back to local charities (eg Scouts / Guides / Village in Bloom / Playgroups) when they received funding applications.

Highly unlikely that there's any local authority funding - I think that spare cash to support fetes and galas has gone by the wayside!

I'm confused! I thought the OP meant a couple of local people organized the event and pocketed the profits

If the money goes back into the community it's quite normal.

I'm currently trying to organize our school summer fayre, I would love to know how people raise £2k at theirs! I would love to raise that much!

Two words LittleMissIntrovert... Sweet Tombola.
Ok £2k is a high target but get the kids gambling for sugar and you'll rake in the cash.

LittleMissIntrovert

Have it over lunchtime with a BBQ (well advertised as such so people know that they will be buying their lunch out - also have available children's 'lunch bags' - sandwich, apple, babybel, crisps etc), a bar (sell Pimms, plus larger and soft drinks) and a good tea tent (with donated cakes!!). We make most our money on the food/drink.

Well, you know in advance, so you can say yes or no.

I am an organiser of a medium/large annual community event and, although we don't do a Bake Off, the way yours is run is how we would do ours, except that we wouldn't chatge an entry fee. There wouldn't be a cash prize but we would make a big fuss of the winner.
Our fair costs around £7k to put on. It would be more like £15k if we didn't work our arses off throughout the year to beg and borrow stuff and source sponsorship. We rely heavily on "on the day" to balance the books and make enough surplus to get us started for the next year, although last year ends did not quite meet so we started with nothing this year. We've got some grant funding and some volunteer time that's helping, but we, as organisers, don't take a penny from the event. We can't, under the terms of our constitution.

OP can you clarify what you mean by the 'organisers'?

A good raffle, local businesses donate prizes, tickets are a pound each, a book of 5 go into each childs book bag.

sweet/chocolate/bottle tombola

sweet jars

uniform stalls

face painting

If you mean the proceeds go to the community the. Yabu.

I used to bake for dcss school fete , man the stall ( for free), give dcs money to buy cakes and invariably they would buy more e back!

Thus in effect costing me twice as much
. But it was for the school.

It sounds a bit like the Gala days that all the villages have around here have, where there is a series of free events, including elaborate Queen and King ceremonies with all sorts of attendants, free food and entertainment for children and competitions for decorated houses (which have to be seen to be believed), they are hugely expensive to run and rely on fundraising throughout the year and at the events to keep going. They are a lovely thing for the community, very inclusive of all the local children (unless they go to private school, like mine, in which case they are ruthlessly excluded!).

The money is probably going to the school not the actual people organising the competition.

At our Christmas fare stall holders pay a fee to book a table, donate a product to our raffle and keep their own takings. We recently had a cake sale for charity. Parents sent in cake, kids bought them, four figures to charity. All good.

From your OP I don't see what it is you're complaining about as you don't seem to have grasped the concept of competition and fund raising