To find constant requests for sponsorship tedious?

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I mean, they just seem never ending.

And of course it's great to raise money for charity, but if I donated a tenner every time someone I know does one of these requests, I'd be skint in no time.

Latest one is, a close friend of mine has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Some friends we have in common (we all know each other from uni although I'm not close with this particular group) have set up a sponsorship page to raise money for cancer by doing some run through some mud or something. Fair enough and I planned to chuck them a tenner nearer the time. But the demands for it are getting on my wick. 'THANKS SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU LOVELY PEOPLE WHO HAVE DONATED. IF YOU HAVE'NT, WHY NOT?! IT TAKES SECONDS. STEP OUTSIDE YOUR BUBBLE CANCER MIGHT COME FOR YOU ONE DAY!'

It might, but my tenner donation isn't going to change that or make my friend better is it so why make people feel shite about it?!

I sponsored a mate for doing the marathon recently- fair enough- but a month on and he's doing the moonwalk as well so the bombarding for donations has started all over again.

And don't get me started on the younger sister of a friend who is asking for donations to go out to Malawi on a gap year to 'help' build a school.

I am supporting my friend in other ways and I will sponsor but AIBU to think the constant donation and sponsor fishing is just bloody irritating?!

Well I have just signed up to do a Moonwalk event. It is to raise money for a charity close to our families heart.
I am thinking that I will have to donate a fair chunk of the "sponsorship" myself.
It does upset me though when in-laws don't support it when I am doing it in memory of one of dhs relatives amongst others.
Yet every year we support said relatives fundraising endeavours.

The mums what's app group at DDs school is a constant stream of this and marketing for their cottage industry businesses- think overpriced cupcakes, exam good luck packages etc. The selling feels a bit like MLM. It really is every two to three weeks.

I think I'm a terrible person because I get sick of how it seems like everything is for cancer (kids ones excepted). I am generous and do donate regularly, but it's usually to other things or animal charities because it's people that cause these animals to be in a horrible state.

One of my DD's brownie leaders is dreadful for this. It comes from a good place.

A few weeks ago all the leaders were doing brutal run. So either sponsor them a tenner or join in and raise £100 sponsorship for the new guide hall.

I hid.

At my previous workplace I would get 1- emails a week asking me to sponsor them doing something "for charity". Buuuut the emails were always one or two lines about the charity and twenty lines about "I feel, my goals, my motives, my mine meeeee meee meeeeee". So freaking unappealing. One of my best friends is retired and works a day a week in a charity shop and I only know about it, because when I worked PT we used to eat lunch together once a week and so she mentioned that she couldn't do Wednesdays.
Oh, and my former coworkers also tried to make me do marathons and stuff like that with them. I told them that if there was ever an offer for "do a spa day for charity" or "take a nap for charity", then I would sign up but untill then, no. I did support them when they sold doughnuts for charity, though

Yes, I get fed up of this.

A relative of mine has a Go fund me page to raise money for her university tuition fees (no option for loan, don't want to explain because it's too outing). She's sharing it on FB and so are a few family members.

Whilst I'm quite happy to give to her myself, I can't bring myself to ask others to do the same. Why on Earth should they care?

Nichelette

I think I'm a terrible person because I get sick of how it seems like everything is for cancer blush (kids ones excepted). I am generous and do donate regularly, but it's usually to other things or animal charities because it's people that cause these animals to be in a horrible state

Well I’ll have to join you in being a horrible person because I am the same. I only donate to animal charities.

I have started to decline sponsorship requests for tasks that are not a stretch for that individual.

Someone with no fear of heights and physically fit doing an abseil is not a challenge. If a person was terrified of heights, then I think this is a massive achievement - and would sponsor them. Basically Not just a jolly.

That's pretty much my logic too duck

It's why I was horrified at someone wanting to raise £300 based on their baby doing completely random things which the child will not be aware they are doing.

I went on to a sponsor site ready to give a tenner but somebody had given a hundred.I didn't expect to have to have everyone know how much I was giving. I felt embarrassed so didn't sponsor.

The facebook birthday donation thing is equally outrageous