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Sadly the #NationalTrust is becoming a joke.
As #Hexham MP I want reform of this, once great, organisation.
A thread on:
- their redundancy plan
- their £1Billion+ assets
- and 4 yr failures of local #Northumberland treasures
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https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/george-stephensons-birthplace-closed-national-12556133.amp
As #Hexham MP I want reform of this, once great, organisation.
A thread on:
- their redundancy plan
- their ÂŁ1Billion+ assets
- and 4 yr failures of local #Northumberland treasures
1/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/george-stephensons-birthplace-closed-national-12556133.amp
Their recent disaster is their plan to dismiss their experts 2/: https://twitter.com/arthistorynews/status/1296800219410178048?s=21
This latest approach is consistent with poor behaviour of the #NationalTrust for years, as my constituents know.
They closed #Stephenson’s birthplace in #Wylam in 2017 without any consultation + have shown no intention to reopen.
And they have over ÂŁ1Billion + in the bank 3/
They closed #Stephenson’s birthplace in #Wylam in 2017 without any consultation + have shown no intention to reopen.
And they have over ÂŁ1Billion + in the bank 3/
Clearly many organisations have been affected by #Covid19 ... that is understood; but the overriding impression for many yrs is of a “dumbing down” of what was created by the 1907 National Trust Act. Their approach in #Northumberland is proof 4/ https://www.hexham-courant.co.uk/news/18196308.rail-pioneers-landmark-reopen-2025/
More details of the #NationalTrust proposals nationally show
- widespread closures (my negative experience as a constituency MP with #NT will be replicated countrywide)
- changing the “visitor experience” 5/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8652387/amp/Is-National-Trust-turning-national-joke-GUY-ADAMS-investigates.html
- widespread closures (my negative experience as a constituency MP with #NT will be replicated countrywide)
- changing the “visitor experience” 5/ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8652387/amp/Is-National-Trust-turning-national-joke-GUY-ADAMS-investigates.html
I am asking @DCMS ministers to review the @nationaltrust.
It is created by the 1907 National Trust Act + ensuing statutes + its approach can be altered by @HouseofCommons
My concern is for this great institution, + its millions of members, whose support is being abused. 6/
It is created by the 1907 National Trust Act + ensuing statutes + its approach can be altered by @HouseofCommons
My concern is for this great institution, + its millions of members, whose support is being abused. 6/
The experience of this #MP is of a #nationaltrust organisation that has
- lost its way,
- has forgotten its roots / reason for existence
+ is disdainful
They clearly have no plans for reopening #GeorgeStephensons birthplace in #Wylam 7/
- lost its way,
- has forgotten its roots / reason for existence
+ is disdainful
They clearly have no plans for reopening #GeorgeStephensons birthplace in #Wylam 7/
