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  1. Paul Chapman

    RSPB proposes cuts?

    Indeed. Pressganging school kids en masse into anything is doomed to failure.... All the best Paul
  2. Paul Chapman

    RSPB proposes cuts?

    About really the ages targeted & indeed, the nature of the engagement. I have seen exceptional engagement work done by other organisations targeted at young children & engagement in nature that I have no doubt will have lasting effects. To be honest, giving up on this probably reflects more on...
  3. Paul Chapman

    RSPB proposes cuts?

    Many years as a financial services & pensions litigation specialist. I'm guessing no one really wants a discussion of the balancing exercise between the effects of the financial crisis on the value of underlying pension assets & the welcome reduction of the cost of final salary benefits (to the...
  4. Paul Chapman

    RSPB proposes cuts?

    I think that most are familiar with the increase in shops and similar on Reserves. It seems to have been a senior management focus over the last several years. The retail trade and indeed the cafe trade is difficult and it requires expert decision-making to make any money. Superficially...
  5. Paul Chapman

    RSPB proposes cuts?

    What information is there out there detailing the 10% increase in the running costs and where the increases manifest themselves. In general terms, like many, I am in a position where perhaps I could contribute more towards the RSPB. My personal red lines in doing so - as with any conservation...
  6. Paul Chapman

    RSPB proposes cuts?

    Thank you. An excellent return but selling your soul and a mismatch with your aims is clearly not a sustainable direction so difficult to see how such a result is "free". I am very conscious that my view of the natural world is out of step with the majority. 😀 All the best Paul
  7. Paul Chapman

    RSPB proposes cuts?

    The most bizarre thing about that advertising campaign was its association with a lottery type scheme based around a win of a luxury house far beyond any individual's needs. It is exactly the type of mismatch between human aspiration and sustainability that has seen us as a species devastate...
  8. Paul Chapman

    RSPB proposes cuts?

    Let's face it anyone who lived in Harlow (like us?) had few choices and I suspect many moth listers discovered its existence as a result of Raspberry Clearwing. 😀 I would take Amwell (even as a working quarry) or Hatfield Forest (when it was a better woodland) over it. But unless I am...
  9. Paul Chapman

    RSPB proposes cuts?

    I was forwarded this whilst I was in Oman:- https://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/24674876.rspb-rainham-marshes-one-60-sites-facing-proposed-cuts/ "However, a document seen by the Recorder reveals the extent of planned cuts across the country, as the charity attempts to make "annual savings...
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