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Should The Mix accept sponsorship from a vaping company?
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We've been approached by a vaping company who are interested in sponsoring an event we will be running later in the year, and our fundraising team want to know what you think around whether this would be a good idea for us to accept? The company in question aim to help people stop smoking by using vapes, however there is an ethical question as to whether we should be associating with companies that sell potentially addictive products. We want to get an understanding of what you think about this, so vote in the poll and let us know your thoughts below
Should The Mix accept sponsorship from a vaping company? 14 votes
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is it okay to ask how hard it is to come by someone who sponsers an event? if theres another company interested I would say go for them, but that's just my opinion...
& Now i just look really stupid lol
I personally think smoking and vaping is a nasty habit and would no way allow either to sponsor something because it just promotes it
Thanks so much for your views, it's really helpful To clarify a few points, by sponsorship, we mean that they would make a financial contribution towards the event, which would likely mean they would get advertising at the event. Don't think you look stupid @Shaunie, I didn't word things particularly clearly
@Past User - that sounds like a painful consequence of vaping, it's an interesting question around sponsorship. I think it probably depends on the event, if it's a really big one, then it's quite easy as brands want to be involved with things that have a big reach. We wanted to get the views of young people on this because it is important for us to make sure we are responsible in what brands we associate with, and if we accept money from companies that don't fit well with our mission, then it undermines what we do. As @GreenTea says, by accepting sponsorship, it can give a seal of approval from an organisation, and so it's something that we want to be careful about.
In terms of the company, I am not 100% sure @Aidan - all I know is it is a vaping company, so would assume not e-cigs, though full disclosure, I had no idea there was a difference
The challenge for our organisation is that we aim to empower young people to make the best decisions for themselves, which means that we look to get good quality information to people to help them make informed choices. With that, it means that we tend to be fairly neutral on things like this. From all your feedback, it seems like it's quite clear that there is a difference between giving good quality information on an issue versus actively promoting something, so I will make sure this gets fedback to our fundraising team.
Thanks all for your views, super helpful