4th February 2014, 08:30 PM
Boxoffrogs Wrote:the only organisation left to pick up the pieces will be Historic England or English Heritage..depending on who ends up as the responsible body....
If that ends up being the case there are huge cost/manpower implications, and there's no mention anywhere that I can see of increased funding for the new 'Historic England' body.
The Society of Antiquaries response is worth reading: http://www.sal.org.uk/EH_New_Model_SAL_Response.pdf
They highlight the issue that the consultation document is pretty optimistic about the levels of revenue to be generated by philanthropy and increased membership, with not a lot of detailed justification of the figures. In a sentence:
"The consistently optimistic language of the document itself raises serious misgivings, with no SWOT analysis, no risk analysis and no mention of any possible downsides"