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Why Do People Employ Consultants
A Consultant is a conman who borrows your watch to tell you the time and then charges you the earth for his professional services.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The numbers in the article don't make much sense. For example it says:
> Captain Tom became a national hero in 2020 after walking 100 laps of his garden in aid of the NHS during the pandemic. His final lap was broadcast live on BBC Breakfast and he managed to raise a staggering £33million for NHS Charities Together, a federation of over 250 charities that support the health service.
> As a result of Captain Tom’s fundraising, each of the members of NHS Charities Together was granted £35,000 in a first wave of hand-outs. In the second wave, money was calculated at £7 per staff member at each of the NHS trusts it supports.
So if we just consider the "first wave" and a minimum of 250 charities each granted £35,000, that's £8.75M doshed out. Whereas in other places, it says:
> Financial statements published by the Captain Tom Foundation show that between May 2020 and May last year it spent £400,637, after taking in more than £1million of charitable donations.
Only £400,637? I'm thinking the "Captain Tom Foundation" is a separate entity from most of the money he raised.
> Captain Tom became a national hero in 2020 after walking 100 laps of his garden in aid of the NHS during the pandemic. His final lap was broadcast live on BBC Breakfast and he managed to raise a staggering £33million for NHS Charities Together, a federation of over 250 charities that support the health service.
> As a result of Captain Tom’s fundraising, each of the members of NHS Charities Together was granted £35,000 in a first wave of hand-outs. In the second wave, money was calculated at £7 per staff member at each of the NHS trusts it supports.
So if we just consider the "first wave" and a minimum of 250 charities each granted £35,000, that's £8.75M doshed out. Whereas in other places, it says:
> Financial statements published by the Captain Tom Foundation show that between May 2020 and May last year it spent £400,637, after taking in more than £1million of charitable donations.
Only £400,637? I'm thinking the "Captain Tom Foundation" is a separate entity from most of the money he raised.
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The trustees are Captain Tom's son-in-law, a solicitor and an experienced business man. Setting up a new charity and managing money is expensive
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While the consultancy fees are shocking, so is
// £162,336 of that was spent on management. //
I read that to be payments to his daughters/family, (£240,000 spent on fundraising).
Sadly, just another example where a charity is hijacked, and just a fraction of the money raised goes to the good causes, and the rest goes to the circling vultures.
// £162,336 of that was spent on management. //
I read that to be payments to his daughters/family, (£240,000 spent on fundraising).
Sadly, just another example where a charity is hijacked, and just a fraction of the money raised goes to the good causes, and the rest goes to the circling vultures.
Raising and distributing money doesn’t happen without the work of professionals. I worked in the charitable sector for 40 years and I have done freelance for a charity. Would you expect me to be paid less than you?
As it happens now I have retired I volunteer for two charities but people who run them have mortgages and families to support just the same as the next person.
As it happens now I have retired I volunteer for two charities but people who run them have mortgages and families to support just the same as the next person.
Canary - Obviously your summary is the sarcastic / humourous version of a profession to which you have taken a dislike.
It's possible to do that with anything - Professional Football - twenty-two divas kicking a bag of wind about, and so on .....
My wife is an educational consultant, paid to go into schools, and find and fix problems using her expertise.
Clearly, she would not agree with your perception of her profession, but such is life.
It's possible to do that with anything - Professional Football - twenty-two divas kicking a bag of wind about, and so on .....
My wife is an educational consultant, paid to go into schools, and find and fix problems using her expertise.
Clearly, she would not agree with your perception of her profession, but such is life.
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