speedmark charity rip off in local schools

[mitchs02]

has anyone else got concerns about the speedmark football sponsorship sessions ..we have been given fundraising forms from bessemer grange but guess this company is elsewhere...fifty per cent of all sponsorship money raised is going to the company for inflatable footballs, medals etc etc...the profit to date is more than two million...so one million plus to the company, who are completely unaccountable.

has anyone else got concerns or information..it seems terrible to me?

[nunheadmum]

It does sound strange. I'd expect a charge for any event and perhaps an additional cost per participant. But 50% of sponsorship sounds strange as it's an unknown amount. I haven't heard of the company but I'll certainly be looking for more info on them if they raise their head in our school /PTA!

[espelli]

They came to a school I used to work in and told us that a famous football player was coming to run the day. The kids were most disappointed that he had been mildly famous in the early eighties and wasn't anyone they had ever heard of.

The 50% of the sponsorship money going to the company is a rip off and the event itself is a let down. It's a shame schools are still being conned into taking part. A sponsored beat the goalie that we organised ourselves went down much better and all the sponsorship money went to the school.

[edanna]

Mitchs02, have you voiced your concerns to the head or deputy head?