The National Trust has ordered all of its volunteers to undergo diversity training as the organisation continues its woke rebrand.
The heritage body is forcing everyone, including rangers who do not work with the public, to carry out the training as they return to work from lockdown.
It has already caused friction among volunteers and led to several resignations, with one slamming the Trust s new political agenda .
The National Trust has ordered all of its volunteers to undergo diversity training as the organisation continues its woke rebrand
The everyday inclusion training is run online alongside courses including fire safety and data protection.
National Trust members have launched a campaign against the charity s woke agenda as it was today accused of lecturing the public and demonising history.
Restore Trust was established following furious criticism of a report detailing links between 93 of the Trust s properties and historic slavery and colonialism.
The group, described as a forum where members can discuss their concerns about the future of the charity , says visitors should not leave venues feeling their history has been demonised .
They say there has been a relentless diminution of standards at the Trust and have accused the charity of patronising and lecturing the public, according to the Telegraph.
Trust s report detailed links between 93 properties and slavery and colonialism
Winston Churchill s former home, Chartwell, in Kent, was on the list
Move prompted a fierce backlash and the trust faced accusations of wokeism
But Charity Commission today cleared it of breaking charity law
Brexiteer Nigel Farage said he had become increasingly appalled by the trust
Historian Simon Heffer said he was astonished the trust had not been censured
Campaigners hope to preserve public access to Shute Barton manor house
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Campaigners opposing the National Trust’s plans for the permanent closure to the public of the Shute Barton medieval manor house are due to meet a Trust official later this week.
A petition set up to fight the controversial proposal quickly reached more than 750 signatures and the issue made headlines in the national press.
The protest was triggered when the National Trust announced in a letter to Shute Barton volunteer guides that the house would become exclusively a holiday property and that the general public would no longer be able to access it. The letter, from David Ford, the Trust’s general manager for South and East Devon properties, also informed Shute Barton guides that their services would no longer be required. The Trust blamed Covid-related cutbacks for the closure. The decision was made without any public consultation.
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A hairdresser at work in Vienna, but April 12 is the earliest salons may open in England
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SIR – We are concerned that the fiscal impact of the Government’s lockdown measures on women is being overlooked.
The virus has taken its toll on a great many people in Britain, but a significant number of female employers, entrepreneurs and employees are being affected – and the damage could take decades to repair.
More women than men work in sectors that have shut down. Mothers are almost 50 per cent more likely than fathers to have lost their jobs or been forced to leave because school closures have created a childcare crisis.