Get the National Trust back to its real mission.
QUICK VOTE REPORT
Restore Trust has published a report on the National Trust’s undemocratic use of a ‘Quick Vote’ in its AGMs.
CLANDON PARK REPORT
Restore Trust has published a report on the National Trust’s response to the 2015 fire at Clandon Park and its plans for the future of the house.
“If ever the Trust is deflected from protecting individual places of historic interest and natural beauty, then it will have betrayed its fundamental objectives. If it becomes preoccupied with a sense of being some great national institution, it will be in danger of making a fool of itself.”
— Merlin Waterson, The National Trust: The First Hundred Years (1994)
“The proposal gives the lie to the much vaunted belief in 'For ever for Everyone' if the Fine Rooms are not to be kept for future generations to see.”
Jeffrey Haworth on the proposal to keep Clandon Park as an empty shell
“We have thousands of plaster fragments from the Marble Hall and from the other significant plaster ceilings in the house and we’re gradually able to assess what has survived. With the help of artists and craftspeople of today, there is certainly enough of the wonderful historic sculpture to reconstruct these beautiful, ornate ceilings so that we’ll be able to warmly welcome visitors back to Clandon Park.”
Sophie Chessum, Project Curator, in 2015
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PROTECT
We want the National Trust to:
maintain standards of conservation and presentation,
protect a ‘spirit of place’, and
preserve history for the enjoyment of future generations.
CONSERVE
We want the National Trust to:
return to founding principles,
emphasize evolution not revolution,
care for what unites us, and
help us to enjoy the places we love.
LISTEN
We want the National Trust to:
hear members’ views,
recognize volunteer contributions, and
respect specialist curators.