Let's explore the charity abseil a little more, shall we, Simon?
- The event was supposed to take place on 30 July.
- It was postponed at that time, fair enough.
- Your online fundraising total sits at £1,341 and is still accepting donations.
- 52 supporters (
out of circa 900k followers) have donated money for a challenge you don't appear to have yet done.
- You have taken all the accolades and compliments about what an amazing guy you are for
not doing this.
- You have not updated your fundraising page - at any point - to say it was postponed.
- You have not updated your grid post caption with a quick edit to say what happened.
- You do not appear to have given any update at all beyond "yippee, now I can go to Camp Bestival!" back in July.
Simon, I recommend you do the following three things as a matter of urgency:
- Update both the fundraising page and your instagram with details of what happened, and a note of the new date.
- If there is no new date, and bearing in mind almost four (4) months have already elapsed, close your page to new donations.
- Offer your donors the opportunity to claim their money back if you won't be doing the challenge in the near future. I suspect most will still want it to go to the charity, but it should be their choice.
This is more important than filming yourself scoffing a sandwich and arsing around watching TikTok videos.
It is unconscionable, IMO, to solicit and take donations in this way and then go radio silent.