Lottery Funding
Discussion
Just heard on the radio
Though they do fund thai chi, massage and interior design lessons for scottish drug dealers (£2.5M).
Jamaican poet financed to tour Jamaica for inspiration.
£40,000 to a clown to travel the world finding out what clowns contribute to society.
A £4,000,000 trust for Peruvian guineapig farmers, to breed fatter guineapigs..
And a firm NO to
St Leonards hospice.
Roy Afred retired seafarers home.
St Dunstans amputee home.
Imelda house childrens hospice.
Now I'm not suggesting these worthy charitable institutions should expect the cash, or be deemed more worthy than any other cause, but somehow the lotteries' QWANGOs intentions seem sadly misplaced.
Name and shame?
May 7th - don't buy lottery tickets as a mark of respect for VE day?
edited slightly to correct appalling speed toiping attempt
>>> Edited by Scruffy on Thursday 7th April 10:38
talksport said:
The National Lottery has just refused funding for a memorial for 16,000 service men and women killed since '45 saying that it doesn't fit any of their criteria - it doesn't meet any available funding stream.
Though they do fund thai chi, massage and interior design lessons for scottish drug dealers (£2.5M).
Jamaican poet financed to tour Jamaica for inspiration.
£40,000 to a clown to travel the world finding out what clowns contribute to society.
A £4,000,000 trust for Peruvian guineapig farmers, to breed fatter guineapigs..
And a firm NO to
St Leonards hospice.
Roy Afred retired seafarers home.
St Dunstans amputee home.
Imelda house childrens hospice.
Now I'm not suggesting these worthy charitable institutions should expect the cash, or be deemed more worthy than any other cause, but somehow the lotteries' QWANGOs intentions seem sadly misplaced.
Name and shame?
May 7th - don't buy lottery tickets as a mark of respect for VE day?
edited slightly to correct appalling speed toiping attempt
>>> Edited by Scruffy on Thursday 7th April 10:38
Whilst I agree in principle that the Lottery Quango does indeed have somewhat misplaced priorities, I wouldnt neccesarily agree that the Peruvian Guinea Pig farmers fall under this criteria.
Unlike ourselves in the UK who view these animals as cuddly little pets, in their native environment where they originated from, ie Peru, they are seen as nothing more than a burger in a furry coat, akin to cattle.
As such, cant really see a problem with spending only £4000 to enable some of the worlds poorest people to feed themselves by way of larger food animals. (my....the winter evenings just fly by.....)
Unlike ourselves in the UK who view these animals as cuddly little pets, in their native environment where they originated from, ie Peru, they are seen as nothing more than a burger in a furry coat, akin to cattle.
As such, cant really see a problem with spending only £4000 to enable some of the worlds poorest people to feed themselves by way of larger food animals. (my....the winter evenings just fly by.....)
Plotloss said:
Astonishing.
They recently contributed £300K to build a village hall that can house 250...
...theres only 75 people in the village...
Sorry as Chairman of the village Community Council, looking at about £15k's worth of new floor to be installed, I have to say I agree with funding projects like this, it is community based, the hall will be there for years to come and it is likely the population of the village will grow.
Not to mention that 250 is the max it would be allowed to hold. The 'comfort level' is likely to be much closer to 175. Still a lot? Have to seen the guest list for any weddings, etc, recently?
LMAO I belong to a charity group that supports a very rare Genetic defect - we desperately needed fund to help in researching a means of giving families with known sufferers a blood test to prevent other family members dying under an Anaesthetic ( at present, testing is done via a muscle biopsy and children under 11 cannot be tested for it ).
It took a lot of hard work to eventually get the Lottery funding as we couldn't satisfy the criteria of our research being of benefit to the whole population.
The memorial will probably fall under the same criteria - no benefit to the community as a whole.
Piccy mate
>> Edited by Piccy mate on Thursday 7th April 13:28
It took a lot of hard work to eventually get the Lottery funding as we couldn't satisfy the criteria of our research being of benefit to the whole population.
The memorial will probably fall under the same criteria - no benefit to the community as a whole.
Piccy mate
>> Edited by Piccy mate on Thursday 7th April 13:28
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