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Originally Posted by Gayle
Sorry Jaysay but I completely disagree. No one is more equal than others - I know exactly what you mean by this - if the forms are filled in and application fulfils the criteria then there is no justification for refusing it.
The system is not flawed. The flaws come in the applications.
The Big Lottery is managed in Newcastle Upon Tyne. Bids from all around the country are processed there. Arts Council have regional offices so bids are processed in Manchester for our area and the same for Heritage Lottery, they have a regional centre. So there is no bias towards southern based projects!
They are not run by 'bleeding hearts' in fact I think it's the opposite and it's almost too clinical. If you sent in an application that was too emotional but not full of the correct data and information it would definitely get refused.
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I have actually seen one of these forms, although a long time ago, and to be quite honest, you need to be a boffin just to fill in the basics. However, I still say that the people who actually play the lottery should have a say in where the money goes. You say there is no bias, but tell me how many people who play the lottery have actually been the the Royal Opera House or the National Ballet, yet these London based organisaions were showered with Millions of Lotter money, to me I'd sooner see money spent in Rhyddings Park or The Accrington Blind society rather than projects which are suported by people who have probably never bought a lottery ticket in their lives