Wallpaper profit for charities

Howard Lake | 4 April 2001 | News

The Lord Chancellor was criticised for the expense of redecorating his appartments in 1998 at a cost of £650,000 to the taxpayer.

The Lord Chancellor was criticised for the expense of redecorating his appartments in 1998 at a cost of £650,000 to the taxpayer. He has now announced that charities have benefited to the tune of £2m as a result of opening the appartments for fundraising events and guided tours.

Read Expensive decor pays its way for charity by Francis Gibb at The Times.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.