Phoney consultations further afield
A tweet this morning by Robert Thompson ( @Rgt71Robert) , Vicar of St Mary & St James, London NW6 suggesting that 'consultation' about the Church Commissioners' Strategic Development Funding spend is as deeply flawed elsewhere as it is in Cornwall. He writes: Thanks to those many clergy who contacted me about my tweet on these successful SDF bids They have been called ‘vanity projects’ & forms of ‘money laundering for particular networks’ & it is clear that the ‘consultations’ instead of leading any change of plans, partnership or co-creation, were simply an information events about their imposition on others. There is also a clear disquiet about the lack of any meaningful listening from Senior staff in the Episcopal Areas affected & the Diocese. The entire process has simply exacerbated low levels of trust & clergy morale. The questions ordinary parish clergy are asking are 1) why can they & their parishes be invested in rather than we continually p...