awards for all or free for all

[johno]

i notice from the shu report bhw 23 march 2007 that linda brooks applied and was granted 4000 from awards for all. the money is to publish a centenary book which will be sold at a profit. these are facts taken from the shu official report and produced by the shu official pro. this is clearly an shu application. as i have taken the opportunity to have a look at awards for all guidelines i am extremely concerned that the rules laid down have been ignored. in order to apply for a grant a few conditions have to be met. a)an individual cannot apply no organisation with a turnover of more than 20000 annually will receive an award or can qualify for an award. the shu turnover is always in excess of 20000. the last three years average is around 80000. the shu charges five times what it pays for rings. this is done to make a profit to pay wages etc. the shu makes profit from selling ties rubber rings books seals stationery etc etc. so is certainly a profit making organisation. any awards granted by awards for all have to be used to support members free of charge. so i take it the book will be sold at a price which will bring in the 3000. this would mean the subsidy of 4000 would go to the mebers. this would also mean that the book could only be sold to shu members. as can easily be seen there are a number of complicated issues here. i am sure if tessa jowell ( tessa.jowell@culture.gsi.gov.uk) the minister for sport and culture and media was aware of this situation then serious damage could be done to fuiture applications from pigeon organisations. treating these awards as a free for all is highly dangerous and extremely ireesposible.

[Guest]

sad

[Guest]

i thought that any organisation/person cannot make a profit from any funding that is given...if this is right then surely this will break rules set by the awards for all funding organisation?....paul

[Guest]

johno i thaught that all the feds had to pay something for this book and a sale was set to take place towards it as well so how much does one need to publish the likes of this? i would have thaught that £4000 sould be nearly their so with all that money coming in where is it going to go?

[Guest]

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