four-wheel-drive Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 I was watching it on TV tonight and one of the things was people running marathons or jumping out of planes etc and expecting other people to pay them to do it you can call me a miserable old **** but if you want but it really gets up my nose people using the excuse that they are doing something for charity. when we all now that they are doing it because they want to do it if they really want to do something for a charity instead of spending all of the time training just get a part time job and give the money that they earn but now what they do is blackmail other people if you refuse to pay them you are made to feel like a bad person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double10 Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 sounds about right, but what about acts such as shaving their heads for sponsors? As they are then putting themselves through suffering to raise money, not doing something they enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 I was watching it on TV tonight and one of the things was people running marathons or jumping out of planes etc and expecting other people to pay them to do it you can call me a miserable old **** but if you want but it really gets up my nose people using the excuse that they are doing something for charity. when we all now that they are doing it because they want to do it if they really want to do something for a charity instead of spending all of the time training just get a part time job and give the money that they earn but now what they do is blackmail other people if you refuse to pay them you are made to feel like a bad person. I'm doing a sponsored sunbath in the summer, probably Spain or even the south of France, I'm hoping to raise a grand or two, basically just enough to get me and the family, err I mean support team, out there to get those homeless donkeys a propper shelter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bry-M Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Totally agree. A friend did a 'sponsored' bike ride across Jordan. He had to raise £3k. I wonder how much the charity actually saw after the costs of flights/accommodation/food/bike hire/organisers fee were deducted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenNE Posted January 31, 2014 Report Share Posted January 31, 2014 Totally agree. A friend did a 'sponsored' bike ride across Jordan. He had to raise £3k. I wonder how much the charity actually saw after the costs of flights/accommodation/food/bike hire/organisers fee were deducted? you can say the same about most charities Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big bad lindz Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 If someone is prepaired to pay for the cost of the event themselfs, ie entry fees, parachute jump etc and not use the money raised by the sponsorship then good and well. I have a good mate who is in a wheel chair and he is planning a parachute jump later this year for Help the Heros and I know he is paying all the costs up front out of his own pocket so he will be getting my support. Otherwise I am usually cautious about donating via a sponsorship. BBL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willxx Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 I find it difficult to drum up any enthusiasm or support for someone who is "walking the great wall of China" or "climbing Kilimanjaro" or anything else which sounds suspiciously like a coded "help pay for my holiday of a lifetime": the fact that they wrap it up in raising money for one charity or another annoys the hell out of me. If the charity is that important to you that you want to show your willingness to sacrifice then give up your own annual holiday and donate the cost of that then ask people to support you by making a contribution for you to stay here instead of flying off on a self serving grand adventure and the whole amount raised can go to your chosen charity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 The London marathon has raised over £600 million since it started. Also instead of having a sweeping judgment,have a look at Vikings thread "looking for sponsorship" When I ran the great north run,I raised money for our local hospice, who has looked after various members of my family. So what if someone wants a bit of glory going up Kilimanjaro. If you don't approve,don't give. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashman Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 The London marathon has raised over £600 million since it started. So what if someone wants a bit of glory going up Kilimanjaro. If you don't approve,don't give. That was the point of the Room 101 discussion. the Kraut's example was a friend who got stroppy because he wouldn't sponsor him to walk around the Cotswolds for charity. So, it's people asking for money to do stuff they would do in any case. A bit like, "sponsor me to go shooting," if that's not too close to home... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 I agree with four-wheel-drive, why sponsor someone to trek over the Andes (when they are often less than fit) when the cost of the adventure is greater than the sum raised. I also get peed off with plebs on TV who sail backwards around the world on a Lolly Stick and then bleat on for years about how hard it was/is-well don't bleedin do it then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felly100 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 I was going to do the run anyway,but I raised a few hundred quid to go towards a lift,to bring terminally ill people,down to the garden of the hospice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Whilst I agree that funding someone's lifelong dream holiday under the guise of sponsorship is a bit suspect, don't be too cynical about all sponsorship requests. For example my eight year old niece recently swam a kilometre in order to raise sponsorship money for a para-Olympian swimmer with MS (who wants to go to Rio) who won medals in the London Olympics. It was entirely my niece's own idea to do this, after the athlete visited her school and my niece thought it 'wasn't fair' that she didn't have a sponsor. So and she raised over £1000 from just £5, £10 and £20 donations. It was a pretty cool thing to do and something she can (and should) look back on with pride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 I rode john o groats to lands end on a honda c90 for charity but I funded everything myself and my mates. I earned £1100 for epilepsy bereaved ( my sister) and yes I had the time of my life doing it while following the coast all the way down but it raised awareness for the charity and cost me £1000 to do lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Crikey you deserve some praise for doing that on a C90! What became of the Honda? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 eBay lol after keeping it a few years it just rotted away 140 mpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 First bike I ever rode was a clapped out old C70. Aged about 14 and in the local woods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 I've been asked for pics and a thread so if people ask I will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted February 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 I was expecting to be seeing a lot of people slagging me off for saying this my real point is most of these people are doing something that they want to do and expecting other people to give money this is a can of worms and I do admire some people for what they have done but and it is a big BUT as I see it most of these people are just on a big ego trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 yeah, there is more than a little truth in the OP! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HDAV Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Totally agree. A friend did a 'sponsored' bike ride across Jordan. He had to raise £3k. I wonder how much the charity actually saw after the costs of flights/accommodation/food/bike hire/organisers fee were deducted? Normally the charity gets the £3k they pay the costs themselves, if you run a marathon for a charity you pay the entry fee and have to raise a minimum, London particularly is over subscribed but they give charities a discount on entry fees so runner pays entry of £70 through public ballot (not guaranteed to get a place) or £40 through charity (guaranteed place) and you have to raise £500 minimum or similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 I hate heights. In 94 I did a 200ft abseil down Barclays Bank's, 168 Fenchurch Street in the City of London (no longer there, it's now a new building with a big Marks & Spencer) and raised over £500 for the Guide Dogs for the Blind charity. Certainly not something I did for the fun or enjoyment, though a challenge for sure. The Para's supervising the event had to pull the rope through my hands to remove the gauntlets and silk gloves as I could open them up as they had cramped where I had gripped the rope so tightly. Terrifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southern Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 I raised £1100 for a cancer charity in 2004 for shaving my head, although, to be fair, it saved me money in shampoo for a few months. In 2012 I and 49 others did John O'Groats to Land's End on 50cc mopeds. It took us a week. I think we raised somewhere north of £27k for a teenage cancer charity. I'd love to do a skydive one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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