To ask for my money back?

[TuesdayRuby]

DD (3.5) was signed up to Forest School pre-Covid. I think I paid around £30 for six lessons, of which we only went to one. We then went into lockdown and they haven’t properly opened up again until now. Well, I’ve moved further afield now and can’t take DD to the sessions! AIBU to contact the centre and ask for my money back? FWIW it’s part of the locally run children’s centre (ie usually runs free playgroups etc).

YANBU - it’s money on your account for a course you can’t attend. Get a refund!
YABU - let the poor children’s centre keep the money!

Pretty sure I have some unused swimming lessons floating around too (pun intended )

On what planet is it poverty shaming?

@InsanelyPregnantAndSore

Honestly comes down to how much difference it makes to your families budget.

If things are tight there is no shame and nothing wrong in asking for the money back. If things aren’t then maybe let it go.

I hate the poverty shaming on threads like this. Making people feel bad for not being in a position to simply give away £25 FFS

The money is already spent.

It's not the schools' fault that OP has moved!

@GappyValley

I hate the poverty shaming on threads like this. Making people feel bad for not being in a position to simply give away £25 FFS

But OP had already ‘given it away’
She clearly could afford to swap the money for the classes
For reasons outside her control, she didn’t get the classes but it’s not like she had that money earmarked for food which she didn’t get. It was ‘given away’ for a short activity.

It’s like all the people who whined about delays to holiday refunds and said they ‘couldn’t afford to lose the money’
Well you quite clearly could afford to lose it, because your plan was to go on holiday and then return without that money and without anything to show for it other than a tan.
It’s a sunk cost, it’s budgeted as spent
It was deemed as ‘spare’ money to be spent on a fun activity

This. She could afford, she gave it in the first place, not their fault she's moved.

Write it off