to think this is cheeky?

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I tire of middle class parents who live in middle class areas and send their middle class children to middle class football teams sending me fundraising requests to help buy their football strips. I get that this is possibly quite expensive, but so are other hobbies, that other children (including my own) have.
I only have limited money. I love to support charities where I can, they make such a huge difference to people in need, the environment, research and so forth. But as for Chelsea and Ruben's football kits, if you want them to have it, put your Prosecco down and put your hand into your Radley handbag and pull some money out yourself.
Am I in the minority here?

I agree with you. Why aren't they fundraising for something this will help the community. I'm sure the parents can afford a football strip.

That. Lots of typos this morning.

Are you sure it isnt rugby?

YANBU bit I'm sure somebody will be along to tell you otherwise!

Is this a thing?! I'm probably that middle class person you're talking about and we pay for everything we need ourselves?!

Immpersonally sick of people undertaking sponsored running at work - at least 5 requests going around any time, one person sent one through and the minimum amount was £30!!!

Sponsorship requests don't belong at work IMO.

Where I live people seem willing to contribute towards kids doing things lihe football teams/ dancing. I think it's more middle class people that dont want to. If you dont have the money then dont contribute .

Wow, never even heard of this, thankfully. How utterly odd. I must have a different sort of friend/acquaintance group to other MNs because if anyone did that that I know it be a WTF? moment. Having said that I’m sure at some point in the next few years they’ll be at least one request from a distant friend of a friend to help sponsor Jacintha or Farquhar in their quest to raise money for their very important and life changing trip to Africa to build a school/community centre/well whatever.

We’re very middle class with a lot of well off friends and I’ve never known anybody fundraise for that kind of thing.

Asking people to sponsor their teens gap year annoys me though, if you want your teen to go on a year long holiday then pay for it yourself.

This drives me nuts. I only ever put in a donation to my own kids sponsor stuff never ask anybody else.

Nephew started school. I over heard Bil asking for sponsor I butted in "are you going to sponsor our son. I never send the form round as I hate asking for money".
So we've never asked each other since.

I've never come across this. Who are these people? How do you know them? How do you receive the requests?

If it's on social media, just block or unfollow them.

I am constantly asked to pay for exciting holidays for older teenagers and young adults I know. Hiking in the Amazon, climbing mountains, teaching orphans. They are all from well off families and are perfectly capable of working to pay for their holiday. When I say this I was met with incredulous looks - apparently it’s normal to get ‘sponsorship’ for everything these days. I find it bizarre.

The middle classes where I live would die before they'd let their children play football.

I have never seen a fundraiser for a football strip and am pretty close to your description.

Nope, never heard of that.
Parents pay for kit here

I agree with OP. You must cut your coat according to your cloth, not expect others to chip in. If you are really poor and can access help all well and good but to ask for help when real economies can be made is cheeky.

Everyone plays football round here. Not all the families have much money. However I don't get why they are personally asking people for money. All our kits are sponsored by local businesses and partly paid for out of subs.

Yes, I have someone who's children ski, and they set up a page to contribute to their ski trips/equipment etc!!
One of my children is really talented in her hobby, but I wouldn't dream of asking other parents for money to fund it!! Another child is fantastic at swimming, but we don't get begging letters from them either.

Middle class naice village here. Our kid’s kit is sponsored by local company but we pay £18 a month for his football.

I point blank refuse to shell out towards Finn’s £3000 safari holiday, even if he is spending 3 days of it assembling a hut (which will no doubt then be pulled down ready for the next lot of voluntourists to assemble).

Around here it's usually kids at the end of shopping counters with buckets offering to pack your shopping for you (badly) and hoping you will put some money in their bucket. And the "cause" is usually so their cricket/rugby team can go on a trip to [insert foreign country] to play matches.

Fuck off. Play matches in the UK.

Most teams round here have company sponsors who pay for the kit, so the kit plus training kit come as part of the annual subs, which are usually pretty good value.

I've never heard of people asking for money to buy football kits.

YANBU.

In the winter storms the roof of the local scout hut was damaged and an appeal went out on the local forum for help with materials for repairs. This was answered positively. Then they asked for volunteers to help clear the mess and do the repairs. There was a lot of internal damage and mess and there were more and more requests for help.

One person volunteered a day but posted in the group that none of the parents of the DCs who actually used the hut were doing anything to help or contributing funds for the repairs.

Cheeky fuckery at its finest.

A bloke at my last place of work was fundraising to send his son to scouts jamboree in America - he is on a good wage as is his wife - cf

Scouts selected for the jamboree are expected to fundraise. Some of the money gets used to help other scouts.

YANBU. I do wonder if my DDs will want to go on a school trip that has one of these requirements to raise your own money for it. I'd find that mortifying as we could pay for it.