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Loss of Grant - Andy Howie - 21-04-2013 Morning everyone, I want to make this clear, I am posting here as Andy Howie the person, not Exec Dir, Mod or anything else that I happen to do in chess in Scotland. I am frustrated at the loss of the grant. What really sticks in my throat is I speak to my European counterparts frequently and I know how badly off we are in comparison with other Euro countries. Andorra, for example gets 6 times the amount we get and it is the size of Cumbernauld! I don't particularly want to take this lying down. That unfortunately is not my style. I am thinking of writing to my MSP and wondered if I can get everyone to do the same. Nothing focuses a politicians mind when they have their locals upset about something! Re: Loss of Grant - andyburnett - 21-04-2013 What reasons did they give for knocking us back? Are there any changes we can make to improve our chances of funding? Is there an appeal process? Shocking news though ![]() Re: Loss of Grant - David G Congalton - 21-04-2013 I have copied the notifcation below, from the head of funding. Whilst no feedback has been received yet, I have looked at the list of recipients and I could not argue that any of them are not deserving. They all seem to fall into a particular category of support or service provider, which Chess Scotland does not. Quote:Dear Applicant, Re: Loss of Grant - David Deary - 21-04-2013 I have to say I am really disappointed by this. I'll leave it at that for now or else I'll get into trouble! =o If anyone is interested - bodies who received funding are in the PDF below: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://bigblogscotland.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/tseif-table-of-awards.pdf">http://bigblogscotland.files.wordpress. ... awards.pdf</a><!-- m --> Edit to add: I think CS was placed in a no win situation when you compare CS to some of the bodies on that list. If you look at the list and compare what CS does to these bodies you would think we were applying for the wrong grant! (Which we weren't but that's my point) Re: Loss of Grant - David Deary - 21-04-2013 I have contacted my local MSP (Kenneth Gibson) and I walk past his constituency office every lunch time so I'll drop in and try to get a meeting with him. I would advise as many people as possible to do the same with their elected representatives. I cannot believe we have the honour of hosting the Chess Commonwealth Championships next year and this is the kind of response we get from our Government. It beggars belief. Re: Loss of Grant - Andy Howie - 21-04-2013 David Deary Wrote:I have to say I am really disappointed by this. I'll leave it at that for now or else I'll get into trouble! =o You won't be in trouble... I am having to take frequent walks from the keyboard Re: Loss of Grant - Andy Howie - 21-04-2013 David Deary Wrote:I have contacted my local MSP (Kenneth Gibson) and I walk past his constituency office every lunch time so I'll drop in and try to get a meeting with him. I would advise as many people as possible to do the same with their elected representatives. No like button on the forum ![]() Re: Loss of Grant - andyburnett - 21-04-2013 Tourette Scotland £51,840 I think between us we might have done enough today to deserve a share of this ![]() Re: Loss of Grant - amuir - 21-04-2013 will we have enough money to host Commonwealth Champs and go to Norway Olympiad next year ? Re: Loss of Grant - Adam Bremner - 21-04-2013 How much money were we actually getting, and where was the majority of it going? I.e. where is the area that will be losing out? |