| Capt Tom Foundation 11:08 - Jul 5 with 3219 views | blueasfook |
It's a shame the name and memory of this amazing gentleman is being sullied by the dodgy dealings of his daughter.
I guess the spa will be getting knocked down. Just hope more sinister dealings aren't uncovered by the Charity Commission investigation. |  |
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| Capt Tom Foundation on 11:23 - Jul 5 with 3151 views | Steve_M |
Was he really walking up and down the garden or trying to get away from his family?
It was pretty obviously all about the grift for his daughter when they took a 99 year old to Barbados at a time when travel was advised against.
This is genius though.
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| Capt Tom Foundation on 11:53 - Jul 5 with 3059 views | Help |
#nevertrustatoryvoter |  |
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| Capt Tom Foundation on 12:04 - Jul 5 with 3017 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 11:53 - Jul 5 by Help |
#nevertrustatoryvoter |
Never trust anyone who says they will do 100 laps of their garden and actually does widths.
I blame Naga Munchetty. Instead of fawning over him every morning she should have told him to get back out there and do it properly.
That's when the rot started. That's when the daughter realised they were untouchable and could get away with anything. [Post edited 5 Jul 2023 12:05]
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| Capt Tom Foundation on 12:56 - Jul 5 with 2906 views | blueasfook |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 11:23 - Jul 5 by Steve_M |
Was he really walking up and down the garden or trying to get away from his family?
It was pretty obviously all about the grift for his daughter when they took a 99 year old to Barbados at a time when travel was advised against.
This is genius though.
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she calls herself a "life coach" apparently. There's a fraudulent job for starters. | |
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| Capt Tom Foundation on 13:10 - Jul 5 with 2838 views | giant_stow |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 12:56 - Jul 5 by blueasfook |
she calls herself a "life coach" apparently. There's a fraudulent job for starters. |
Can be, but there are some proper ones out there too. I built a site for a women offering 'visibility coaching' to other women at 7 grand for the programme - exploiting her own. That was an uncomfortable job - she never paid me, but I didn't chase her - glad to wash my hands of it and learn the lesson.
Re the OP, I guess everyone ought to be a little careful about whats said, but it looks really bad. In the Guardian, it said she couldn't get the Charity Commission to agree to her charity paying her 100 grand per year as CEO, but sqeaked through a 9 month contract at 85gs.. grim. |  |
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| Capt Tom Foundation on 13:18 - Jul 5 with 2808 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 13:10 - Jul 5 by giant_stow |
Can be, but there are some proper ones out there too. I built a site for a women offering 'visibility coaching' to other women at 7 grand for the programme - exploiting her own. That was an uncomfortable job - she never paid me, but I didn't chase her - glad to wash my hands of it and learn the lesson.
Re the OP, I guess everyone ought to be a little careful about whats said, but it looks really bad. In the Guardian, it said she couldn't get the Charity Commission to agree to her charity paying her 100 grand per year as CEO, but sqeaked through a 9 month contract at 85gs.. grim. |
Some of the money that was raised "For the NHS" has found it's way to hospitals, though.
For example, sponsors may be interested to know that their generous donations have funded large framed pictures of Captain Sir Tom Moore that have been sent to NHS hospitals.
I am going to come out and say it publicly, because I said it privately at the time:
I have known a number of 100 year olds. They could either walk or they couldn't. Walking the width of a patio and back, with a wheeled zimmer, was perfectly normal activity for him, and nothing like Michael Watson completing the London Marathon, for example.
The whole thing was a weird attention seeking personality cult, and the nation should be ashamed of its gullibility in indulging his daughter. | | | |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 13:35 - Jul 5 with 2761 views | Illinoisblue |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 13:18 - Jul 5 by ArnoldMoorhen |
Some of the money that was raised "For the NHS" has found it's way to hospitals, though.
For example, sponsors may be interested to know that their generous donations have funded large framed pictures of Captain Sir Tom Moore that have been sent to NHS hospitals.
I am going to come out and say it publicly, because I said it privately at the time:
I have known a number of 100 year olds. They could either walk or they couldn't. Walking the width of a patio and back, with a wheeled zimmer, was perfectly normal activity for him, and nothing like Michael Watson completing the London Marathon, for example.
The whole thing was a weird attention seeking personality cult, and the nation should be ashamed of its gullibility in indulging his daughter. |
Mad old time, wasn’t it? 100-year-old bloke walking in his garden becomes a hero, while the docile British public gathered on their doorsteps to clap once a week. All while those in charge pocketed millions through dodgy deals and carried on partying. |  |
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| Capt Tom Foundation on 13:55 - Jul 5 with 2717 views | Steve_M |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 13:35 - Jul 5 by Illinoisblue |
Mad old time, wasn’t it? 100-year-old bloke walking in his garden becomes a hero, while the docile British public gathered on their doorsteps to clap once a week. All while those in charge pocketed millions through dodgy deals and carried on partying. |
It reflects the sense of boredom at the time but also the media's inane appetite for "human interest" stories especially if there's a charity angle involved.
See also the tediumfests of Comic Relief and Children in Need which make people feel good about raising a few tens of millions but ignore completely how much more efficiently services could be funded by the state. | |
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| Capt Tom Foundation on 14:49 - Jul 5 with 2561 views | blueasfook |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 13:55 - Jul 5 by Steve_M |
It reflects the sense of boredom at the time but also the media's inane appetite for "human interest" stories especially if there's a charity angle involved.
See also the tediumfests of Comic Relief and Children in Need which make people feel good about raising a few tens of millions but ignore completely how much more efficiently services could be funded by the state. |
The CEO of any charity (and many do) taking a 100k+ salary is just obscene. | |
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| Capt Tom Foundation on 16:32 - Jul 5 with 2443 views | Steve_M |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 14:49 - Jul 5 by blueasfook |
The CEO of any charity (and many do) taking a 100k+ salary is just obscene. |
Not sure that's true, large charities with a substantial turnover should employee competent professionals to run them. Small grifting charities have less need. | |
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| Capt Tom Foundation on 18:30 - Jul 5 with 2296 views | Wonky |
Harry Billenge on the other hand come rain or shine spent over 60 years raising money for the British Legion. There's many more like him outthere. |  | | |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 18:47 - Jul 5 with 2268 views | ArnoldMoorhen |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 14:49 - Jul 5 by blueasfook |
The CEO of any charity (and many do) taking a 100k+ salary is just obscene. |
I don't entirely agree with this. If you have an organisation handling tens of millions a year, as the largest charities in the UK do, then you need to have a proper salary structure reflecting additional responsibility at each level, and you need people to have a lot to lose towards the top, so they don't just go "Oh well, I'll just get another job, with less hassle, paying more".
Staff recruitment and retention is a massive cost and obstacle in the Third Sector. People don't expect to be paid the maximum for their professional skill-set, but it has to be in touching distance of the average for their profession and experience. | | | |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 18:48 - Jul 5 with 2259 views | ronnyd |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 13:10 - Jul 5 by giant_stow |
Can be, but there are some proper ones out there too. I built a site for a women offering 'visibility coaching' to other women at 7 grand for the programme - exploiting her own. That was an uncomfortable job - she never paid me, but I didn't chase her - glad to wash my hands of it and learn the lesson.
Re the OP, I guess everyone ought to be a little careful about whats said, but it looks really bad. In the Guardian, it said she couldn't get the Charity Commission to agree to her charity paying her 100 grand per year as CEO, but sqeaked through a 9 month contract at 85gs.. grim. |
I believe the lady and her husband have previous. Sad besmirching the name of an old warrior.
Added. Money corrupts sadly. [Post edited 5 Jul 2023 18:49]
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| Capt Tom Foundation on 18:50 - Jul 5 with 2247 views | Mullet |
Hope they do some serious jail time if there's clear fraud etc.
Found the whole thing very weird, but it was a very weird time. Imagine putting a price on your old man's dignity though. |  |
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| Capt Tom Foundation on 20:09 - Jul 5 with 2150 views | Guthrum |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 14:49 - Jul 5 by blueasfook |
The CEO of any charity (and many do) taking a 100k+ salary is just obscene. |
You wouldn't expect the CEO of a major business with operations on several continents, thousands of workers, eight- or nine-figure turnover, dealing with senior government figures internationally, to have a salary of less than £100k. Why should it not be the same for a charity of similar size? It's a full-time role requiring high-calibre people.
Without an efficient and professionally-run organisation - which takes money and structure - much more of the money will fail to get to where it's needed. |  |
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| Capt Tom Foundation on 20:40 - Jul 5 with 2067 views | Radlett_blue |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 13:55 - Jul 5 by Steve_M |
It reflects the sense of boredom at the time but also the media's inane appetite for "human interest" stories especially if there's a charity angle involved.
See also the tediumfests of Comic Relief and Children in Need which make people feel good about raising a few tens of millions but ignore completely how much more efficiently services could be funded by the state. |
See particularly the execrable BBC Breakfast, which has become Blue Peter for adults. Sob stories & happy clappy charity "human interest" stories abound, with never any questioning of anyone involved. |  |
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| Capt Tom Foundation on 21:13 - Jul 5 with 2017 views | rgp1 |
| Capt Tom Foundation on 20:40 - Jul 5 by Radlett_blue |
See particularly the execrable BBC Breakfast, which has become Blue Peter for adults. Sob stories & happy clappy charity "human interest" stories abound, with never any questioning of anyone involved. |
Questioning the narrative gets you vilified. | | | |
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