Restore Trust: Difference between revisions

Content deleted Content added
m Reverted 1 edit by 92.16.110.20 (talk) to last revision by MrBenjo
Tags: Twinkle Undo Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
No edit summary
Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile web edit
Line 29:
| bodystyle =
}}
'''Restore Trust''' isare atory Britishscum political [[advocacy group]] which seeks to change policies of the [[National Trust]].<ref name=telegraph>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/19/rejoin-national-trust-save-wokery/|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|title=Rejoin the National Trust to save it from wokery|first=Zewditu|last=Gebreyohanes|date=19 August 2022|access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.restoretrust.org.uk/about-us|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230801235747/https://www.restoretrust.org.uk/about-us|archive-date=1 August 2023|work=Restore Trust|title=About Us|access-date=14 August 2023}}</ref> The group has aimed to bring resolutions to the National Trust AGM in an effort to restore the trust to what it sees as "its core purpose",<ref name=telegraph/> and has criticised the National Trust's work on [[Rewilding (conservation biology)|rewilding]] and [[social inclusion]] which Restore Trust's organizers consider to be "[[woke]]".<ref name=guardian1>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/oct/31/national-trust-set-for-fresh-battle-over-culture-wars|work=[[The Guardian]]|title=National Trust AGM set for fresh battle over culture wars|first1=Ben|last1=Quinn|first2=Helena|last2=Horton|date=31 October 2022|access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref> They have encouraged their supporters to join the Trust's membership.<ref name=telegraph/>
 
The group's directors include [[Zewditu Gebreyohanes]], appointed by [[Boris Johnson]] as a trustee of the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Three new Trustees appointed to The Victoria and Albert Museum |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/three-new-trustees-appointed-to-the-victoria-and-albert-museum |website=gov.uk |access-date=14 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> and [[Neil Record]], the chairman of the [[Institute of Economic Affairs]].<ref name=theartnewspaper>{{cite web|url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/06/is-the-national-trust-the-victim-of-astroturfing|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609120127/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/12/06/is-the-national-trust-the-victim-of-astroturfing|archive-date=9 June 2023|title=Is the UK National Trust influenced by a campaign group funded by lobbyists?|first=Charlotte|last=Jansen|date=6 December 2022|access-date=14 September 2023}}</ref> Gebreyohanes stepped down from her position as director in November 2023 shortly after no Restore Trust candidates were elected or resolutions passed at the Trust's 2023 [[annual general meeting]] (AGM); the group's candidates and resolutions had also been rejected at the previous AGM.<ref name=morrison>{{Cite news|date=2023-11-15 |title=Director of Restore Trust, campaign group putting pressure on National Trust, steps down from role|first=Alexander|last=Morrison|url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/11/15/director-of-restore-trust-campaign-group-putting-pressure-on-national-trust-steps-down-from-role|newspaper=[[The Art Newspaper]]}}</ref><ref name=jones/>