Catholic school and Christmas jumper day

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Hi. This is a bit of an issue I've been turning over in my mind the last few days.
I work for a council. I don't work in schools but my job brings me into contact with school children of all ages quite a lot.
I should say that I don't have children and have no plans to have any.
I've recently found out from the parent of a pupil at one of the state Catholic schools in our district that the money collected for Christmas jumper day is going to a pro-life charity. This really, really does not sit right with me. I know that it reflects Catholic values but it just seems so extreme and divisive.
Why not just give the money to a 'neutral' charity like Save The Children or if it has to be something Catholic then what's wrong with CAFOD? Why do something that will alienate and anger a lot of people, including surely some parents/pupils??
I'm not even sure what a pro-life charity actually does other than abuse vulnerable women but that's beside the point...
I don't know what to do. I really really want to make a complaint but I have no idea how to word it or where to address it.
I'm also not sure what implications there would be because I'm an employee of the council!!
Or as a non-parent and non-Catholic should I just mind my own business??
I should add that I am in the west of Scotland so there are sectarian issues as well.
Please help me wise folk of Mumsnet! What would you do??

I don't think Christmas jumper day should be done for any other charity than save the children.

However this is not really your place to comment OP. And you do not know (or haven't said) which pro-life charity they were supporting. They are all very different.

that's AWFUL!! my dd's catholic school had jumper day in aid of st v de p. she would agree with not contributing to a pro-life fund raiser. you are not being unreasonable.

We all pay taxes and probably all have something we wouldn't actually want to support be it wars, abortions, benefits for certain groups or whatever. It is the nature of living in a democracy, sometimes we disagree with things that other people are perfectly entitled to support. As long as they aren't supporting terrorists or something illegal it is their business.

RC schools vary in that some are very religious and conservative and some aren't. One of mine was run historically by nuns (1960s/1970) and then certainly by very catholic teachers (1980s onwards) We were taught that abortion was wrong and was about killing innocent babies. (Or at least that's what I remember). So whilst it seems a bit extreme nowadays to promote pro life, it is part of the belief set of many Catholics. People who chose an RC faith school should understand that. Despite my DC being baptised, I chose not to send them to RC school for this type of reason

So OP I understand your view and personally would only do xmas jumper day for save the children (or cafod as an alternative) but I'm not sure you can complain. Thats down to the parent body if they don't agreee with it to complain to the HT

Where I work we do several different ‘Christmas jumper’ days every year for a different charity each time. They are well publicised and that way if you don’t want to donate to a particular charity you have the choice.
I think a pro life charity muscling in on something designed to make children’s lives better seems kinda ironic...