| School Sponsorship 13:36 - Oct 2 with 566 views | Zx1988 |
Mrs Zx and I got presented with a sponsorship form for our niece last night. Apparently her school is participating in a fitness session 'led' by an Invictus Games athlete, for which we're being invited to sponsor her, with the aim of helping the school to purchase new sports equipment.
Reading through the small print, it seem like an absolute con.
If we were to donate £10, £3.50 would go to 'Great Athletes' to pay them for organising the session, after which they would take a further 40% of any remaining funds. The school would then get a voucher for the remaining £3.90, to be spent on equipment or activities supplied by Great Athletes and/or their partners.
Is cr*p like this par for the course these days? |  |
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| School Sponsorship on 13:45 - Oct 2 with 523 views | Illinoisblue |
Having been involved with raising money for youth sports teams and high school teams, in the last few years there’s been an explosion of online fundraising platforms; all of them raking off a decent percentage for doing nothing more than hosting a web page and processing payments. 10 to 15% seems to be the norm over here.
Sounds like your niece’s school is getting a terrible awful deal. |  |
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| School Sponsorship on 13:50 - Oct 2 with 471 views | Zx1988 |
| School Sponsorship on 13:45 - Oct 2 by Illinoisblue |
Having been involved with raising money for youth sports teams and high school teams, in the last few years there’s been an explosion of online fundraising platforms; all of them raking off a decent percentage for doing nothing more than hosting a web page and processing payments. 10 to 15% seems to be the norm over here.
Sounds like your niece’s school is getting a terrible awful deal. |
That's what we were thinking. We're part minded to just send the money straight to the school, with a covering note requesting that it is used towards the school's sporting provision unless they have any more pressing requirements. | |
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| School Sponsorship on 14:00 - Oct 2 with 436 views | mellowblue |
| School Sponsorship on 13:45 - Oct 2 by Illinoisblue |
Having been involved with raising money for youth sports teams and high school teams, in the last few years there’s been an explosion of online fundraising platforms; all of them raking off a decent percentage for doing nothing more than hosting a web page and processing payments. 10 to 15% seems to be the norm over here.
Sounds like your niece’s school is getting a terrible awful deal. |
At leat an Invictus athlete/ injured ex-serviceman is being benefited financially and emotionally. Does seem weighed too much in the sport's provider's benefit. Should have been a cap so that the athlete and it's organization cover their costs (wages, travel, bit of profit); anything above it goes to the school, i.e a fixed cost quote. And I speak as someone with almost twenty years experience as a school governor specializing in p.e and finance. | | | |
| School Sponsorship on 17:29 - Oct 2 with 271 views | BrandonsBlues |
question the head teacher on why they agreed to proceed with this company on that basis | | | |
| School Sponsorship on 17:36 - Oct 2 with 246 views | Illinoisblue |
| School Sponsorship on 17:29 - Oct 2 by BrandonsBlues |
question the head teacher on why they agreed to proceed with this company on that basis |
In my experience the answer will (understandably) be that teachers, staff and volunteers don’t have the time or resources to gather the donations themselves so when a company comes in with their shiny platform it’s just easy to sign up. | |
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| School Sponsorship on 17:44 - Oct 2 with 218 views | redrickstuhaart |
That sounds utterly disgraceful. It should be exposed and boycotted. | | | |
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