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London Legal walk raises £310k for advice centres

Sponsorship Great news that money has been raised for the legal services for the poor that the oh-so-Socialist Labour party has decided it will no longer fund via the tax-payer. However am I only one that hates being asked for sponsorship for really easy and/or fun things? When I was younger Scouts used to knock on my door asking for sponsorship for doing useful things like sweeping up leaves or litter or washing cars. Instead, people now ask you to give your money to charity so that they can do things that they want to do themselves, and that are generally of no value to the person asked to sponsor them. It might still be for charidee, but it's you that is contributing, not the person being sponsored as it was with the Scouts. And at risk of sounding cynical about this event, at least running a marathon is actually difficult. Walking 10km by contrast is - almost literally - a walk in the park.

20-May-2008

3:29 pm