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Originally Posted by Livia
The Trussell Trust, while stating it is apolitical, has a Labour Party member as chairman. Now, if the boot was on the other foot and the chairman of some organisation being discussed was a Tory, people would suspect a manipulation of the figures. As it's a Labour member, all the Labour supporters will think that it's gospel because Labour are not capable of manipulation, are they.
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Are you then suggesting the figures are manipulated, Trussell Trust has been associated via the chairman and trustees with both parties, how would that affect the recording of service users?
'Are rumours that The Trussell Trust was founded by Conservative councillor Noel Atkins true? Is The Trussell Trust affiliated to the Conservative party?
There are some misleading blogs circulating online that suggest that The Trussell Trust is in some way affiliated to the Conservative Party, which is completely untrue: The Trussell Trust is an a-political charity that receives no government funding.
A former trustee was a Conservative councillor but he was not a founding member (he was in post from 2007 – 2012) and his role as councillor was entirely separate to his role as trustee at The Trussell Trust. The Trussell Trust’s Chairman, Chris Mould, is a member of the Labour Party but this does not mean that The Trussell Trust is affiliated to the Labour Party either. Trustees are appointed to govern charities and have an individual as well as collective responsibility to exercise proper independence in their discharge of those duties – i.e they cannot allow personal political or professional connections to guide them when carrying out duties as trustees.'
http://www.trusselltrust.org/rumour-response
22-04-2015, 10:42 AM
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