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Did the captain Tom foundation charity really use the money to build their own spa pool??

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Terryer · 05/07/2023 07:25

Just reading the paper this morning and see the family of Captain Tom have been ordered to pull down a building in their garden with a spa pool. I think it's a planning issue but the inference is that they used the money raised to build it. Did they really?

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NerrSnerr · 05/07/2023 07:39

They used the foundation's name on the application and the charity weren't aware of it.

From day 1 they were clearly in it for the money and publicity and they did pretty well out of it with high wages from the charity, a special lockdown holiday to Barbados and I imagine a lot more.

readbooksdrinktea · 05/07/2023 07:39

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 05/07/2023 07:34

The whole thing was a grift.

This.

Survey99 · 05/07/2023 07:35

The way I read it is they used the reason of needing an office for the foundation to get by planning permission and built a spa. But with their own money, the issue is misuse of the foundations name to obtain planning permission then building something else.

TastesLikeStrawberriesOnASummerEvening · 05/07/2023 07:34

The whole thing was a grift.

Whataretheodds · 05/07/2023 07:33

Sounds like there should be a criminal investigation

Thefieldisfallow · 05/07/2023 07:32

They certainly used the charity's name on part of the application.

ZenNudist · 05/07/2023 07:32

I don't know what your voting options are but we only know what the papers tell us that the charity commission rarely investigates and does so in the face of evidence of grave misconduct.

There's also an article a year old saying the daughter tried to award herself a £100k salary and then got £60k for a 3 day a week role before being replaced with an experienced fundraising and charity worker.

I think its incredibly crooked if true and drags her father's good name into the mud.

I felt sad thinking how Captain Tom really inspired some people I know and he was seen as a hero. How awful to use that name by registration of him as a "brand" then use it for self enrichment rather than what he actually stood for.

notsayingmuch · 05/07/2023 07:31

I notice that the article doesn't state that, it just invites the reader to draw that conclusion. My thoughts are that the family seem pretty wealthy, and with the passing of Capt Tom there would have been an inheritance.

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