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You're the one avoiding the question.
As for 'democracy' in who the money goes to, like what? How could that possibly work?
Asylum Aid
Dynamo Dykes Lesbian Volleyball Club.
Nicaragua Solidarity Camapign
Tamil Action Support Committee
Kurdish Housing Association
Islington Zairean Refugee Group
Igede-Ekiti Descendants Union UK
Uganda Communal Parenting Arena
Association of Blind Asians
What would the great British public say about supporting the above and all the others? I'm not making a moral judgement on the above's suitablity, I'm simply saying the great British public are denied any involvement in the process - and in my view they should be involved.
Now, I look forward to your answer to my questions bonga.
Simple, really.
A source for that? And rough figures as to how much they gained?
As for your question about introducing 'democracy' into the process, I asked how? How could you possibly do it?
Would you be kind enough to respond as I did to yours.
Well, whats the point in discussing a 'principle' if you have no idea how to impliment it?
First provide evidence for your assertions.
The residents of a Cheshire village applied for lottery funding to help them rebuild their old village hall, the centre of their community. Of course this sensible application was turned down because "it did not meet in a significant way any of our published priorities."
When asked what this meant, they were told, "it did not cater for enough asylum seekers, refugees, or people from ethnic minorities."
This is why the great British public need to get involved, left to quango's it simply sinks into the slime of Political Correctness.
As for adding 'democracy' into the process, maybe getting more local people to apply for local grants would be a good idea. Or more widely broadcasting what charities they help.
Heres another one for you.
In January this year a life-boat crew in Upton-upon-Severn, Worcs, was refused £5,000 for a new Land Rover because "it didn't save enough people from ethnic minorities, asylum seekers, or refugees."
Political Correctness or what???? Its time the great British public had a say in who gets what.
You cant even make up quotes properly, save people from ethnic minorities?
Can you reference that please.
In other words, Rich Kid's talking nonsense, as per usual.
*TM Daily Mail
I've just had the whole office looking at me as i genuinely laughed out loud at this post.
I wonder if they hired a few "ethnic minorities" to periodically jump into the sea then they'd get the funding they needed?
I don't think that even "The Sword of Truth" would print something that was so obviously a lie.
http://www.c-f.org.uk/about-us/our-grants-programmes/strategic-grants/strategic-grants-priority-information.html
Says the website, what part of that dont you like?
That's the community fund - one of several grant-awarding funds which dispense lottery money, each of which has different funding priorities.
Secondly, from your link I quote:
Only two of the six groups are specifically to do with refugees, asylum seekers and ethnic minorities, and between them they cover people of all backgrounds and ethnic groups.
In other words, you seem to be assuming that because the site happens to mention refugees, ethnic minorities and asylum seekers, that's all they're interested in funding - which is, needless to say, completely wrong.
No it doesn't. It identifies 6 groups, which include BMEs and Asylum seekers. As its part of the programme aimed at the most disadvantaged that seems fair.
If a lifeboat fund applied to them for funding they weren't going to get it, the same as Black Single Lesbian Mothers is not going to get any funding from a grant source which aims to fund safety at sea.
Well the rest of us 'people' here dont have an issue with it, I'm asking you, who started this thread and obviously have an issue with it.
What part of the list of 6 dont you like?
You're just proving further what a worthless rag it is.
I read a cracking story in "The Distortion of the Truth" about how an asylum seeker ran over a lady. Now if she'd got run over by anyone other than an asylum seeker do you think it would have made it into the national press? The Daily "Hate" Mail would make me laugh if i didn't think that people believed its distortions and lies.