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I have great sympathy for the members of the Anson Trust, they are trying to do their best for the village and fulfil the wishes of the Anson Sisters as is their duty....

BUT

• They have to manage a trust with rapidly dwindling resources that many good men before them failed to halt the decline of
• They have to satisfy the exceedingly restrictive requirements placed on them by the Charities Commission
• They have to satisfy the interests of the Oxford Diocesan Trust
• There are probably awkward conflicts between the interests of the Oxford Diocesan Trust, The Charities Commission and the wishes of the Anson Sisters
• They seem (for reasons I fail to understand) unable to take advantage of any funding and grants available to other organisation responsible for community facilities
• To protect the interests above they have in the past kept much of their business secret from the village and their meetings, minutes and papers are still not fully open to public scrutiny

Provision of a village hall and similar facilities be managed by a much more publicly visible group able to

• Take advantage of Lottery grants
• Take advantage of EEC grants
• Take advantage of funding for sport in general and the UK hosted Olympics in particular
• Be able to organise fund raising activities

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