Rich people getting sponsored to do fun stuff

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Fucking hell, another extremely wealthy acquaintance has just done this. It makes no sense. You like running half marathons, so do it. If you want to donate, then great - you could give thousands and it would be like one of us dropping a tenner. Why ask your colleagues, who are on average considerably less well off, to give so you can further feed your ego?

AIBU to think most charity sponsorship bis bullshit?

We didn't. Its cf..ery at its finest.

Yes @TabbyMumz. Yes. And it's camouflaged, virtue-signalling cf-ery, which is even worse than standard cf-ery....

So why are people still constantly doing this?? Can anyone explain how it seems ok, if you would be able to simply donate yourself...?

I hear you OP and you re not being unreasonable at all...I donate when I want,how I want to, to my chosen two charities.I do not expect a fanfare or a standing ovation and to dine out on my good deeds for years to come.I do what I do privately.These people are grabby and without morals and dignity and dress it up all in the name of their own ego as to how fabulously charitable they are, Makes me sick!

So why are people still constantly doing this?? Can anyone explain how it seems ok, if you would be able to simply donate yourself...?

I think the majority people who do this tend to be a mix of entitled, deluded, and a little bit stupid. And the rest tend towards manipulative cheeky-fuckery.

Totally agree OP

Whats worse is when Big Brenda from accounts comes round with her clip board for donations to her latest wing walk/ bungee jump (will she never learn?!!) she makes sure her expenses come out of any money given first. Cheeky cow says it all really..personal glory and the charity part comes a sad second to her ego...

Yanbu

In other news does anyone want to sponsor me going on holiday to scarborough in october half term, i’m raising money for knackered haggard old hairdressers who will go mental if they have to listen to one more game of fucking fortnite, cheers guys, love ya

YANBU

It really annoys me.

I was desperate to do the Inca Trail. It was a proper bucket list holiday and myself and DH saved for ages to go.

Came back, told a friend how good it was, and then she asked me to sponsor her to do it!
I said no (money was tight and, amazingly enough, I already gave money to the charity she was raising money for). She was annoyed because, as far as she was concerned, I clearly had plenty of money as I had just been on a huge holiday to Peru.

Yanbu

I run marathons because I want to, because I enjoy the training, I like to challenge myself and love the race day itself. Sadly running for yourself is somewhat frowned upon these days, you are expected to run for charity, I have lost count of the time I have been asked 'who am I running for' only to get the disapproving noise when they find out I am not.

As for the Africa gap year jolly, fuck right off.

MadameButterface.....put me down for a fiver!!!

I hate this too. Had a girl asking for donations at work. She needed £1,000 to get the sky dive for free. When she didn't make the target she got upset as shes always wanted to do it?! I remember thinking wtf?! Thought charity was about giving and not what you can get out of it! When my mil passed away. We all (apart from bil) donated to the hospice she died in. The bil decided to enter a race instead and asked for sponsorship from us all, to forward to the hospice instead?! He is a bank manager and on a great salary!!! Rich people asking poorer people to subsidize their lives.

No, I agree, and I've seen very rich celebrities do this too. I always think that's uber showing-off whilst being a tight-wad.
Wouldn't be so bad if, as a nod to their wealth they would match and double all donations or something.

I really fancy doing a charity bike ride next year, it's 100km round London overnight and it sounds so much fun. But you have to raise £250 minimum which is too much for me to pay myself and I just couldn't ask anyone else to pay for me to do it. I know plenty of people would happily ask but not me.

I have found my people!

They dont just 'have to' rebuild some of these structures in Africa, in some places thats the whole scheme- have some western kids pay to come in and build, when they're gone take it all down then repeat. Also have them meet a school of 'orphans' who actually have parents and its just like an attraction.

it's bad, isn't it? I have a "friend" who does this. Quite well off, no need to work but good at extracting money from people for her next big adventure ... Sponsored climb up Kilimanjaro anyone???
She suggested I should join her - I do have dream destinations! I actually looked into this, and you have to raise 3-4k - which is a lot considering that you still have to book your own flight and any extra sightseeing through the organisers.
Someone is making money and it's not the charity you want to raise the money for. All BS if you ask me!

I’m in the same boat as you @Sewbean, there are loads of charity ‘fitness’ things I’d like to get involved with to give me something to train for and raising some money for charity but I don’t want to ask people to give me a tenner to walk/bike loads of miles. I want to pay a reasonable amount to participate and that’s my donation!

"Also have them meet a school of 'orphans' who actually have parents and its just like an attraction."
Yes.....this is so true.

A work colleague did one of these Peru things, about 3 people donated from work and he ended up having to finance at least £2k himself. He did some fundraising and didn’t raise much, mostly from just close family. I certainly didn’t donate anything

Somebody said it on ere the other week, imagine some Chinese tourists or something being bought into a british children's home to play with the kids like they're dogs for the day?

I hate these sponsor things too. If I want to support a charity I’ll send it direct, I don’t need to give it to ‘you’ to give in for me.

When my kids were at school and brought sponsor forms home I wouldn’t allow them to ask (pester) anyone to sponsor them, i’d just put ourselves ( parents) down, and sibling, and send in a £5 or something.

I gave up sponsoring people for 2019, also adding money in collections for birthdays, weddings, leaving do etc. It is very liberating.

YANBU particularly about voluntourism

I read an interesting article recently which stated that the volunteer kids are basically keeping orphanages in business which is a problem because a) a lot of the orphans actually have parents but have been persuaded to give them up and b) it’s well proven that orphanages are not good places for children which is why they do not exist in the same form in this country.

But it’s ok as long as Tarquin and Helena have something to put on their CV before they swan off to Oxford

YABU! All of you are getting annoyed at someone raising money for charity? Who cares what their financial background is? I assume they've probably made a big donation themselves if they have the means.

Damn, how can you get angry at money going to charity. I don't get it.