Children in need auctions on radio 2

[AngelSparks]

This is so annoying

Chris Evans trying to get people to bid for experiences, that most of us don't have a chance of having the money for

One item went for £280,000!!!!
That would buy my house! !!

The one yesterday was a raffle: texts cost £3 or £4.

i think i drove yesterday, so had control on the radio!! Radio 4!!

I quite enjoy listening to people bidding, and donating tens of thousands of pounds to charity so they can have things I don't want. Good on them. How many of those people would give that much money to a good cause otherwise? Separate them from as much of their money as possible, that's what I say

Glad it wasn't just me who felt alienated. I too was stuck in the car listening to it and thinking who are these people who can afford such large donations other than CE and his cronies.

YY to a raffle. Although I don't like CiN anyway.

YABU

I don't have a problem with the auctions, really, but I don't find it entertaining to listen to for a whole week. I often switch Chris Evans off throughout the year, though, because all the CarFest etc talk bores me.

There was one auction last year that I remember thinking was in quite poor taste, something like eating in a different gourmet restaurant every day for a week IIRC. With the record rise in foodbanks and many people, including its own listeners, having to choose between heating and eating, I thought it was quite insensitive to go so overboard.

I liked the sound of the marathon one though! Especially because the winners could go on to raise more sponsorship themselves for any charity if they wanted to. Does anyone know how much it raised in the end?

The kind of people who bid £280,000 are the types who set aside a percentage of their wealth to donate to charity every year. Most would probably donate anyway, but perhaps to a different charity, not CiN.

Jealousy isn't a very attractive quality.....

We have this thread every year.

The whole point is to raise money, not to provide you with an experience you couldn't otherwise afford.

Bloody hell, what a bitter OP. You do realise that yet, these people clearly have money to burn, but what they're actually doing is giving vast amounts of it to a children's charity?

Same exact bloody whingy oh poor me thread last year.

And there usually is a raffle - and I see there has been one, this year, too.

YABU I love listening to the auctions every year & thinking what I'd bid for if I could.

Don't be jealous about something that raises millions to help disadvantaged children

It's annoying that six figure sums are being raised for charity, because you can't get a mortgage? And you're really asking if YABU?

The auctions raised £5.5m this year. And there was a phone in raffle for a table at the Dine and Disco. Terry did it every year, Chris now does it (and raises far more money). If you can think of another way of raising £5.5m then crack on.

But it's £5.5m that probably won't get spent on actual charity work at all! It's all a sham!

Could you elaborate, Disappointed?

I like hearing the huge sums of money raised but there are definitely times when it all starts to get a bit self indulgent with the celebs. A few years ago he had some sportsmen ringing in wanting to be a part of it (who could blame them) and Chris Evans had to keep reminding them the event was to raise money. That is when it gets a bit unpalatable.

Also, doesn't Chris Evans own the pub where the event takes place (The Mulberry)? He must get very good publicity as a result of this auction.

To me its the constant talking about it ALL SODDING PROGRAMME, and it is only in reach for a few - I dont need to hear about the five cars that are available so many times in one programme, its constant,

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and yeah - maybe we do have this thread every sodding year, but thats because every sodding year people are fucked off with it....

To the person objecting to the buildup of reserves - did you not follow the story of Kids Company? That's what happens when charities don't have a really solid buildup of reserves.

I agree angel - it's all about Chris Evans and what he enjoys.
It was very different when good old Terry used to do it.

No it wasn't!! It was EXACTLY the same when Terry did it. A whole week of boring radio with these auctions that are totally out of the reach of most people taking over the show.

My reaction then was the same as it has been this week - turn over to Classic FM.

Don't get me wrong - I think CiN does a lot of good and I do like Chris Evans. But this sort of thing makes very poor radio.

Planet rock is your answer.

Before Disappointed goes off on a possibly Daily Mail inspired rant...

CiN has about £90m held in reserve, both normal accounts and investments. The DM made a huge fuss about it, asked why the money was sat there instead of being used for good deeds.

Sensible folks said, "Of course they do. They pay out over a number of years, s they need to hold reserves to ensure that any project offered money over 3 years will get it, that the money won't run out before they get their final installment"

"Pah!" said the DM "They would say that, wouldn't they?"

And they have a raffle prize every year £3 a ticket; Yes Chris Evans owns the pub - and puts the multiple nights on for free, food, drink, satff, marquee hire, etc etc etc.

That sham raises so much money that funds so many good causes that even DH, who cannot stand the idea of Friday night's jollity he hibernates every year, donates (as ling as he doesn't have to go anywhere or wear anything).

Having been a recipient of 3 years funding, in a local charity, I know how much that funding is relied on. You don't often get 3 years worth of money, guaranteed!

YY Ourblanche a charity local to me has had three years funding guaranteed from CiN.. security that has meant to much to people using it.
I have pondered a bit listening this week how come there are so many people with so much money to spend and why don't I know more of them but good for them I say!

[i think i drove yesterday, so had control on the radio!! Radio 4!!]

So, you have 'Junior just a minute'... the show that revealed my inner Herod. "If you have enjoyed this show please donate..." I didn't, so I won't.

And it is one of those things... MN threads abound where people with a lot of money are castigated for not doing something charitable with it. Yet when they are given a public platform for doing so they are castigated for, erm, doing something charitable with it.