Andy Onchan Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 1 hour ago, woody2 said: beach buddies have just got £75k....... For what purpose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Some more of those hideous orange bins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 58 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: Some more of those hideous orange bins. I hope not. I thought Bill Dale had secured commercial sponsorship for that kind of thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 6 hours ago, Andy Onchan said: For what purpose? https://www.gov.im/news/2018/may/04/beach-buddies-scheme-to-help-maintain-more-of-the-islands-footpaths/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hissingsid Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 Fair enough some of the footpaths are dreadful x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Well, for me that highlights just how screwed up IOMG policies are. We can afford to give up to £75k to a charity but not support an existing service that has the potential to put up to16 people on the dole, i.e. the Red Cross non-competitive tender. Joined up government? My arse. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecobob Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 On 7/6/2018 at 10:55 PM, CharlieBrown said: Beach buddies has largely been a Facebook campaign and was founded in 2007 and Facebook 2004, by 2007 Facebook was the becoming the dominant social media platform. Consider yourself schooled. Thanks. I'm always happy to learn. But my point still stands. On 7/7/2018 at 9:19 AM, John Wright said: And it did so because, however much it looked like a collective, there was someone at the Centre organising and giving direction. It can be a problem with small charities and social or community organisations, lots of people interested in the beginning but then descending into chaos as sectional interests compete. Its a really difficult balancing act, offering the vision, recruiting, keeping together and then ensuring that there is a focus, direction of travel, aims and organisation. Youve got to have someone in charge and manipulating ( often surreptitiously ) to acheive long term success and survival. And Bill was able to do that but I'm still sure that it was an easier climate then to instigate. If he were to begin today with a post of Facebook stating his aims for the very first time, he'd be crucified by bedtime. That was the point of my argument that today it's so hard to get anything off the ground. There's a group of volunteers who now want to fix the wheel. Brave buggers. They've got an uphill battle all the way. I'd be starting with the commissioners before they offload it to government. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Andy Onchan said: Well, for me that highlights just how screwed up IOMG policies are. We can afford to give up to £75k to a charity but not support an existing service that has the potential to put up to16 people on the dole, i.e. the Red Cross non-competitive tender. Joined up government? My arse. and what will the doi staff be doing now this has been passed on..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 1 hour ago, woody2 said: and what will the doi staff be doing now this has been passed on..... Harmless Harmer, if you're reading this would you care to answer that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holte End Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 19 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said: Harmless Harmer, if you're reading this would you care to answer that? Turned them into middle management I am guessing to look after contractors doing the jobs they use too, with two or three overall new C.S managers too look after them all . Which should in their logic bring costs down. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieBrown Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 22 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said: Harmless Harmer, if you're reading this would you care to answer that? I walked a large section of the coastal footpath last week, it would appear very little is being done currently, and what is been done is too late, two blokes with strimmers round by glen maye battling grass at shoulder height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 How many other structures have we got that date back to 1895? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieBrown Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 35 minutes ago, Moghrey Mie said: How many other structures have we got that date back to 1895? Loads of shitty churches for a start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gladys Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 It is was not a proper operational wheel and was built as a little embellishment by the Victorians as I understand it. It is basically a bit of scene-setting, is that really heritage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 how about the "listed" horse tram shed that they are going to knock down after paying £600k for it and rebuild for £1.5 million..... no shortage of cash...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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