To think sponsorships should go?

[IsThisIt2021]

DC came home with a sponsorship form. The child who raises the most money will win a prize. Am I being unreasonable to think that sponsorships should be a thing of the past? Putting a prize on it for the most money raised seems very unfair

I don’t like the idea of a prize for fundraising the most money, if anything it should be a case of everyone who takes any sponsor money is gets entered to the draw.

But I have no issue with sponsorship in general as a method of fundraising

I just whack in a tenner myself and leave my friends and family alone.

Urgh. Do they still do this at school. I used to just bung in the money myself in the end. I hated the DC feeling they had to ask people and them feeling they couldn't say no. Then all the asking for the money after the event.
There was always one child that raised £££££s and was very smug about it.

Aren't all prizes unfair in a sense? I mean normally only one person can win it.

However, I agree sponsorships should go. There's nothing worse than the constant 'Please sponsor my child/grandchild' botherers in the workplace and on SM.

I dreaded getting a sponsorship form from school when DC were younger. We lived away from family and ended up having to just put people's names on and a small amount of money in ourselves. Kids with smaller or poorer families are at a disadvantage from the start in this. It's an unfair way to do it - it would be better to at least have a random winner from all who have taken part.

It’s a sponsored read. Which will be carried out at home and school. Obviously the school will know who’s read there but this is a school where some parents refuse to ensure their child reads / does homework so not too sure how it’s going to work out. I know due to funding etc schools are in need of making money, it just seems one thing after the other money wise at the moment. Adding in a prize for the most raised has made me not want to put any in at all.

Like PPs I’d usually just throw the money in rather than ask again & again for sponsors.
On the back of that it’s beginning to feel like whichever parent can throw the most in, is who’s child wins.

I don't like sponsored events. Why give people money for playing an online game for hours. or to go abroad and walk somewhere for miles, or running from A to be in bare feet and dressed as a chicken.
I raise money for a particular charity by making things and selling them, donating my time and materials. Ok, I'm fortunate that I have a craft skill that I can use. In my case it works well. I enjoy my craft, people want to buy what I make and the charity does excellent work with the money. But I'd never ask people to sponsor me to carry out my hobby,

@Takingabreakagain

I dreaded getting a sponsorship form from school when DC were younger. We lived away from family and ended up having to just put people's names on and a small amount of money in ourselves. Kids with smaller or poorer families are at a disadvantage from the start in this. It's an unfair way to do it - it would be better to at least have a random winner from all who have taken part.

This is the reason why I’ve always just thrown the money in. We have no family nearby and the people/friends I would ask also have their own children to ‘sponsor’.