Save the Manor House

Save the Manor House The Manor House after years of Local Authority ownership is threatened with change - community manag This is unfair and disproportionate.

The Manor House after years of Local Authority ownership is threatened with change - community management if an organisation comes forward, otherwise...what? Bradford needs to find massive budget savings, yet aims to achieve half of the Museums service savings by ending staffing at the Manor House. Bradford aims to pass ownership of the Manor House to a community management group. This might seem

OK until you realise the implications:
1 it will need at least 2 volunteers at any time to run it
2 the considerable imput from Bradford staff will gradually be lost
3 the contents of the Museum are, many of them, from Ilkley. Yet the Manor House will struggle to remain accredited and if it isn't Bradford cannot leave any of the contents there
4 within 2 or 3 years the intention is that the ownership of the Manor House passes entirely to the Community Management. They will then have to find considerable sums - annually in respect of insurance and utilities, from time to time in respect of any repairs or maintenance. No endowment may be offered to fund any of this, so it's back to lottery and other beneficial funding if they can get it.

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Castle Yard
Ilkley
LS299DT

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Tuesday 1pm - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm
Sunday 1pm - 4pm

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+441943600066

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