School calendar yields unwanted publicity

Howard Lake | 14 December 2001 | News

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The trend in charity fundraising calendars showing people in various states of undress was bound to end in tears.

Ananova.com reports that a school calendar featuring six-form pupils in poses described as “provocative” has been criticised by the NSPCC as “inadvisable, irresponsible and ill-judged”. The calendar is entitled (in)appropriately “Sexey’s Hot Twelve”, because it was produced at Sexey’s School in Somerset, and sells for £5. It was not, however, designed to raise funds for charity, but was part of a business studies project.

The school says it was only intended as an internal venture and parental permission
was obtained.

Read “Charities rap school’s ‘provocative’ calendar” at Ananova.com.

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.