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FYI - there is another side to this ...
Wiltshire Heritage Museum is an independent charity. In the past, our employees were in the local authority Pension Scheme, current employees are now in a different scheme.
When the last member of staff who was in the local authority Pension Scheme retired, we were informed that the deficit that we needed to pay was £440,000 as a single lump sum. This would have made us insolvent.
With the support of our local authority, the Pension Scheme have agreed that we can pay off the deficit at £21,000 a year for the next 20 years.
This is equivalent to a full-time member of staff. We have 5fte and 4 p/time members of staff, so the impact of this payment is large.
We receive £35,500 in grant from our local authority, and £3,000 from our town council, and already had a substantial deficit before this happened. We have frozen an important post, cut hours and are increasing charges. Even before all this, we generated £7 for each £1 we receieve in grant.
We are not alone - there are a number of museums in similar positions if you look carefully at their accounts.
David
David Dawson
Director, WANHS
Wiltshire Heritage Museum
41 Long Street
Devizes
SN10 1NS
Telephone: 01380 727369
The Wiltshire Heritage Museum and Library are owned and operated by the Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society (WANHS). Funding comes primarily from private sources, but also through annual grants from Wiltshire Council, Devizes Town Council and parish councils, as well as other sources for specific projects.
Nothing in this e-mail message amounts to a contractual or any other legal commitment on the part of the WANHS unless confirmed by a signed communication on official paper.
For further information about the Society and Museum visit www.wiltshireheritage.org.uk.
Founded 1853. Registered Charity No. 1080096. A Company Limited by Guarantee Registered in England No. 3885649, 41 Long Street, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 1NS
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From: List for discussion of issues in museum education in the UK. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stephen Stigwood
Sent: 28 November 2011 14:57
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Subject: Pensions
FYI whether you're striking or not:
The Unite union have compiled a "dossier of hypocrisy" that shows how long Cabinet ministers would have to work on the MPs pension scheme to get what local government workers can expect to receive.
George Osborne would only have to work 1 ½ years to earn a typical LGPS pension of £5,600/year.
A typical local government worker would have to work 124 years to get a pension equal to what Communities & Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles would receive if he retired in 2015.
Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley has a pension almost 10 times higher than the average health worker.
A typical public sector worker would have to work 3 lifetimes to earn Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude's pension & 2 lifetimes to earn Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander's pension
These are the entitlements for Ministers in a Government that has the audacity to say our pensions are gold plated!
Steve
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