Cycling UK Forum

I have recently had dealings with, well more like a battle with a local land charity set up by my local parish council. It has proved to be impossible to make this charity accountable for its actions and the Charity Commissioners were useless doing everything possible to avoid taking action. In the end the issue is going to court. The management of Charities are all powerful and in this case even the parish council can not control the charity it set up. This could happen to the CTC members who could find they loose control of their own club and are then powerless to rectify matters. I urge with great passion borne of having dsealt with a charity (Yes real experience of it - a problem which has been going on over a year now) DO NOT vote for charitabe status. It could mean total loss of control by the members.