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A RATTLE OF TINS ON THE HEATH

CASH-STRAPPED bosses at the Corporation of London are issuing Heath staff with collecting tins to raise money to maintain the 900-acre site.
A report to the Corporation’s Open Spaces committee which met on Friday at the Guildhall said the Corporation’s open spaces – including the Heath, a registered charity since 1997 –needed to start actively raising cash to boost funds.
Heath bosses will be now be given a “tool kit” including advice on how to publicise its charity status, a list of organisations to approach for money – and collecting tins.
Suggested moves included representatives of the Heath setting up a Trust and electing trustees separate from the Heath management committee.
According to Ms Adams in the report: “This should distance the site from the perception that the Corporation is a wealthy organisation.”
At present, money to manage the Heath comes from the Corporation’s private fund – a collection of property and equity built up over centuries called City’s Cash and estimated to be worth at least £1 billion.

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