Thinking for the Future...

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“Such an amalgamation might achieve cost savings without severely impacting on the skills and professionalism of current staff. And whilst we are at it why not bring the National idiots Trust(s) into the equation.”

kev If you think that of my shroudenfruden it isn’t a patch on the national idiots trusts'. The national trust are all over the, get rid of eh, great mass debate

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201011/cmselect/cmcumeds/writev/464/048.htm

almost think that they have been reading some of my stuff

[SIZE=3]“The problem particularly affects DCMS’s Arm’s Length Bodies, since so many are established as charities, and are therefore required by law to hold adequate reserves or to raise funds from private sources for furthering their charitable purposes”
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and they know their bullshit is based on

[SIZE=3]This private sector (no it blinking isnt)approach to funding arts and heritage is to some degree exemplified by the National idiots Trust’s own business model. Nearly a third (31%) of our income derives from the subscriptions of our members, with the rest of our income coming from legacies (16%), enterprises (14%), investments (9%), rents (9%), catering operations (8%), admission fees (4%) and fundraising appeals (3%).1 Just 6% of our total income is attributed to grants provided by the public sector and others, although of course we also benefit greatly from the tax advantages that come with our charitable status.
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how can they claim that they have a business model
But hopefully at some point they will be shown to be no different to

http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/Article/1030653/portrait-charity-crisis-National-Trust-Scotland/