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Telegraph readers’ response to new National Trust voting system
Telegraph readers have written to the Editor to express concern over the National Trust’s new voting system - which has a ‘quick vote’ option to ratify the Board’s preferred candidates - and urging members to vote against these candidates.
National Trust coffers swell by £140m as hundreds of jobs cut
The Times reported on Restore Trust’s mission in an article on 17 September 2022 about National Trust job cuts, despite their rising income.
National Trust shortage of volunteers sees iconic period homes close their doors
Director of Restore Trust, Zewditu Gebreyohanes, spoke to the Daily Mirror on 16 September 2022 about how a shortage of volunteers is leading the National Trust to remove access to some of its properties.
Rejoin the National Trust to save it from wokery
Our resolutions at the next annual meeting can restore the trust to its core purpose, but only if we have the votes
National Trust rewilding projects leaves tenants feeling pushed out
Several farming tenants and the Tenant Farmers Association (TFA) are concerned by what they see as the over-zealous way in which the National Trust is taking productive agricultural land back in-hand for rewilding.
National Trust members demand creation of independent watchdog
The National Trust could be forced to appoint its own watchdog to ensure it is accountable to its members, volunteers and tenants.
Restore Trust, a campaign group made up of the charity’s members, also wants to abolish discretionary votes by the chairman at the annual meeting, which means that the views of individual members can be overruled.
The greatest power you have to bring about change is to be a member of the National Trust and vote in AGMs.