AS THE SANDY LANE Charitable Trust rolls out this year’s million-dollar philanthropic works, the principals are bemoaning Government bureaucracy which is stopping them spending their funds.
Trustee Derrick Smith, who is also part owner of Sandy Lane Hotel, along with trustee Phillipa Challis, made the comments as they hosted the annual charity auction and dinner last Friday night at Sandy Lane. They were joined
by fellow trustees John Lodge, bassist of the Moody Blues, and Julian Sacher.
This year, the trust is looking to build a Psychiatric Children’s Centre on the grounds of the Black Rock facility mooted in 2009. It would house children, who required help, in a facility away from the general adult population.
Challis revealed the trust had “put in the planning, but we are waiting for Cabinet to approve the project. (HLE)
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