Does Children in Need still support Mermaids, anyone know?

[Keyperfect]

Hi. My children's school is fundraising for Children in Need. I felt a bit squeamish about CIN before because of some stuff I read on here but I don't know if they have severed links with Mermaids now. Anyone know? I've tried googling but haven't been able to find this info. Thanks

I don't know, but tbh, I don't trust their judgment any more, so I don't donate. I actually think the BBC are pretty shocking in many respects. Their recent investigation into unequal pay is an absolute travesty.
I choose a couple of organisations very carefully and donate to them directly. I donate to my local foodbank. IMO CIN is a bit of a gravy train.
Any charity with even a whiff of Stonewall is an emphatic no from me, which is sad because I have raised thousands for one or two of them in the past.

Hmm, well I went to their interactive map and put in the Leeds postcode and it didn't come up. So maybe Children in Need have quietly dropped them?

www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/

it doesn't seem to be on their list (I did a key word search) but The Proud Trust and Gendered Intelligence came up.

They gave them a grant about 3 years ago I think. Most grants from trusts are over 2 or 3 years so I imagine the period of the grant has now finished rather than that they’ve been dropped.

It doesn't seem to be on their list (I did a key word search) but The Proud Trust and Gendered Intelligence came up.

I would like to say - seriously-? But it really doesn’t surprise me.

A fun dice game with Pudsey anyone...?

Aside - aren’t these among the charities the Dept of Ed have explicitly told schools not to use?

My childs school are fundraising for children in need.
No uniform day for a donation.
I dont know if i should just send him in uniform, without uniform and no donation or send a note explaining the no donation?
Or put 2p in the envelope?

@MoonPomme

My childs school are fundraising for children in need. No uniform day for a donation. I dont know if i should just send him in uniform, without uniform and no donation or send a note explaining the no donation? Or put 2p in the envelope?

Send him in non-uniform, with a note saying you are donating elsewhere

Thanks very much for that info. I have the same dilemma Moonpomme. Not sure what to do but probably just send them in with £1. Wish the money gathered could go to food bank or some other charity

I wish the money could just go to the school - same dilemma here x

@Toseland

I wish the money could just go to the school - same dilemma here x

Me too, or the local food bank like at harvest festival

@Keyperfect

Thanks very much for that info. I have the same dilemma Moonpomme. Not sure what to do but probably just send them in with £1. Wish the money gathered could go to food bank or some other charity

Really, if you do send the £1 in ask it to be donated elsewhere (food bank, for instance). There has been institutional capture at the BBC. Not tin-foil-hatting, it is true. If we control anything, we control where our own money goes.

@MoonPomme

My childs school are fundraising for children in need. No uniform day for a donation. I dont know if i should just send him in uniform, without uniform and no donation or send a note explaining the no donation? Or put 2p in the envelope?

I would like to make a stand but not at DD's expense. She wants to wear her own clothes and I don't want her to feel bad for not bringing her money in

CIN came up all over my twitter feed the other day with people angry that they have given a substantial donation to BLM.

You would think, with all the scandals and fraud we have seen in recent years, that schools would not be allowed to appropriate parents' money in this way.
Charitable giving is a personal choice. Schools are manipulating children and blackmailing parents.
Being nagged to bake cakes is bad enough. I don't mind donating to the school, for the school, but I really object to schools taking my money and giving it to a third party to then give to unsavoury, unscrupulous organisations.
The samaritain's purse racket is another thing that enrages me.

I don't mind donating to the school, for the school, but I really object to schools taking my money and giving it to a third party to then give to unsavoury, unscrupulous organisations.

Spot on

@Cwenthryth

CIN came up all over my twitter feed the other day with people angry that they have given a substantial donation to BLM.

Not true it seems.

[]fullfact.org/online/children-in-need-blm/]]

My donation will only be a couple of pounds max anyway as im not exactly flush myself, but it all adds up even in a small school, replicate that the country over.
I hate that they are guilt tripping parents in this way.
There is a food bank down the road, a local charity that our schools church support, either would be so much better.
Not sure what to write on a note and resent the fact I have to justify my giving choices especially when things are so tight for a lot of people right now.

Send your children in non-uniform I did this last year. No teacher is going to say where’s £1 coin when we’ve got families barely surviving financially due to the pandemic.

My kids school are asking people to donate via just giving. Seeing as most parents are doing this anonymously, whose checking?

Sorry that meant to say send them in non-uniform without the money.

I did a thread on this, too.

Children in Need www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/4071659-Children-in-Need

From the other side of this, as a teacher I hate days like CIN day. But if we didn't fundraise for it, we'd get feedback from it the other way round. Totally agree about CIN being a murky organisation. So don't worry - we have lots of children who come in without donations but in home clothes. No one asks about donations specifically.

Sorry I missed your previous thread McDuffy, d'oh! Thanks for linking it here.

For any charity event, schools should clearly state that donations are voluntary not compulsory. It's really poor organisation if a school asks individual children where their donation is - there are so many reasons why a parent might not be able to donate and they should never have to explain why.
Every non-uniform day we have goes something like this: 95% of children in their own clothes, 5% missed the letter and come in uniform. Anything up to around £100 is usually raised and we're a school of nearly 300 children. I would never be able to say who donated because it goes in a bucket before they get in the class.

Thanks for the correction PaleBlueMoonlight! I thought it sounded weird.

My kids are on a non uniform day for children in need but I’m not donating and when my daughter asked me why I told her it’s because they give money to charities that I do not approve of. She suggested we donate to Lumos instead.