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After our recent post which mentioned comrade George Lee Unison branch secretary was difficult to contact to say the least, some Unison members have been in touch with Pilton Sucks to say they to have had difficulty contacting the elusive comrade Lee.

So we tried to track down the workers friend and staunch defender comrade Lee. First stop was the Unison office in George 1v Bridge in Edinburgh,all we got there was the usual crap they dish out to members saying no-one was available and could not tell us when Mr. Lee would be in the office but leave your number and someone would get back to us.

By chance we got lucky when a dis-satisfied member got in contact to tell us the elusive comrade Lee was now assistant unit manager at a care home in Marionville Edinburgh. We got in contact with this particular care home to ask comrade Lee why he has turned his back on the members and was just bullshiting them with crap and more crap.

Of course the comrade was not available to take our call as he was to busy nurturing his own career and making sure he was alright. It appears from our post bag that comrade- i’m alright jack- Lee has sold a number of members out while boosting his own little corner of the world.

This is indeed a sad situation not we hasten to add for comrade Lee but for the members who have been sold out while the comrade moved up the greasy pole. We suggest in the best interests of all the Unison members that comrade Lee stand down immediatly and stop kidding on he is interested in union matters. All that matters to comrade Lee is how far up the greasy pole he can get,even if it means standing on the backs of Unison  members to do it.

One question we do have though and it is one which seems to puzzle a number of people.What do they actually do in that union office on George the 1v Bridge Edinburgh?They might as well record a tape and play it when people ring up for advice or help. It could go something like this.

No- one is available to talk to you at the moment but if you leave your number someone will get back to you. -Yeah of course they will. 

A couple of our readers have been asking us to put a post up on finance and some of the ways in which we the public are conned. So here goes.

Tens of thousands of people have a current account and thousands have had enough of the banks treating us like mugs.

Because that is actually the problem. The bankers think we are too stupid to notice the strokes they pull and/are too bone idle to get off our backsides and do something if we catch them with their hands in our pockets. And,do you know what? they have made a vast amount of money out of us over the years because they have been absolutely right.

Not any more. The war between the banks and their customers over illegal and unfair charges has exposed not only the extent to which customers have been taken for a ride but how keen people are to get their own back. Here are just five of the reasons why you should switch accounts when you are unhappy with the service you are getting.

CURRENT ACCOUNT CON 1 YOUR OVERDRAFT.

How much interest are you paying on your overdraft? if you don’t know and you are regularly overdrawn you should check out the table below. With introductory offers on credit cards lending money at 0% and the leading current accounts lending it for as little as 5.9% why should you fork out 18% for the dubious priviledge of an overdraft.

BANK ACCOUNT                                                                     TYPICAL OVERDRAFT AER

NATWEST CURRENT PLUS                                                              18.86%

LlOYDS TSB CLASSIC                                                                          18.7%

BARCLAYS STANDARD                                                                       15.6%

HSBC BANK ACCOUNT                                                                         18.3%

ALLIANCE AN LEICESTER PREMIER DIRECT                               5.9%[0% IN THE FIRST YEAR]

Running a £1000 overdraft on a Nat West  Current Plus Account and switching it to Alliance and Leicester’s Premier Direct Account would save you in the first year £188 and £129 each year after that [assuming the overdraft rates remain the same] It’s a no brainer.

CURRENT ACCOUNT CON 2 LOW CREDIT INTEREST

If you spend most of the month in credit then you won’t have to worry about your overdraft interest rate. But you should consider the rate of interest paid on your credit balance. Here again the high street names tend to come up short.

BANK ACCOUNT                                                                               CREDIT INTEREST AER

NATWEST CURRENT PLUS                                                                         0.1%

LLOYDS TSB CLASSIC                                                                                    0.1%

BARCLAYS STANDARD                                                                                  0.1%

HSBC ACCOUNT                                                                                                0.1%

ALLIANCE AND LEICESTER PREMIER DIRECT                                      6.1%

CURRENT ACCOUNT CON 3       ILLEGAL  CHARGES

Thousands of people have been reclaiming penalty charges levied on their accounts over the last six years following judgements by the OFT that charges must reflect the actual costs of administering a unauthorised transaction and notifying the customer.

The best way to avoid these charges in the first place is to arrange an overdraft when you fear you may go overdrawn and/or reduce your spending. If you have a reasonable relationship with your bank you should also be able to get charges waived without too much trouble.

That said the banks know full well how their penalty charges trigger rapidly increasing debts after very small over spends-and they have been happy to take your money all these years. So if you have been put through the wringer by the penalty charge debt spiral go ahead and claim your charges back. Set up an alternative bank account first though,as the bank may close your account if you proceed with a claim against them

CURRENT ACCOUNT CON 4 THE CHEQUE CLEARING SWINDLE.

Isn’t it amazing that in this day and age that money paid into your account by cheque should have to clear for day’s on end. We alledgedly put a man on the moon in1969 but now in 2007 it still takes up to six days to properly CLEAR money paid into an account through the CENTRAL CLEARING SYSTEM, farcical. The only way round this is to make and receive as many payments electronically as possible-even then they can take two days to clear.

BANK                                                                        CHEQUE PAYMENTS TO CLEAR

NATWEST                                                           THREE TO FIVE WORKING DAYS

LLOYDS TSB                                                       THREE TO FOUR WORKING DAYS

BARCLAYS                                                           THREE TO SIX WORKING DAYS

HSBC                                                                      THREE TO FIVE WORKING DAYS

ALLIANCE AND LEICESTER                            FOUR TO SIX WORKING DAYS

CURRENT ACCOUNT CON 5                  FEE PAYING ACCOUNTS

ALL THE BANKS OFFER PACKAGED ACCOUNTS THAT CHARGE A MONTHLY FEE.You get offered a free range or discounted benifits in exchange for your hard cash. The banks are good at claiming that these benifits are worth a fortune but if you look at them carefully most of them are of little value to most people.

Still for some people these accounts mat be worthwhile,not though for many of the 150,000 Citibank customers who were recently switched from the free Sterling current account to a fee-charging account without being consulted about it. Citibank requires them to opt out if they want to continue to receive a monthly fee- free bank account. Many customers were not pleased.

The only way consumers will get the upper hand over these organisations is if we actively seek out the best deals and complain when we don’t get the level of service we are entitled to. That dosen’t mean it will serve your interests to fall out with your bank unnecessarily but it does mean that you should make sure you are not getting ripped off.           

What’s Happening.

People can get full details of the Waterfront development at www.waterfront-ed.com.

We have been asked to provide this information by some local activists which we are delighted to do. You may find that this information is not your experience of what has been happening down Waterfront way.

Housing devevelopment worked closely with Waterfront Edinburgh Ltd on the design of proposed housing and the selection of developers to ensure that affordable housing is included in the Waterfront development.

                                                WHAT’S PLANNED.

The development includes plans to provide up to 6500 new homes on land belonging to Waterfront Edinburgh Ltd,Second Site[formerly the British Gas Site] and Forth Properties Ltd at Granton Harbour. Approximately 1000 of these dwellings will be for affordable housing.

So there’s the info. Please don’t shoot the messenger we to are more than sceptical about 1000 affordable homes in fact we are not just sceptical it’s just not true. Of course there is even more.

Approximately 2.5 acres of land for affordable housing will be developed within the former British Gas site with the development expected to begin in2004/5. It’s now October 2007 where is the affordable housing.

Friends and readers. Our readership is on the up and we are getting viewers from right across the British mainland and beyond. Starting with two we now have seven working members looking at a cross section of issues that affects peoples lives alonside issues that readers raise themselves.

Our anti workplace bullying campaign started with a comment made by a reader and has grown into a full scale investiation into in this instance the dreadful events within the Muirhouse Social Work Centre,which has brought the whole Department into disrepute. Other local issues which are of public interest and concern we have also done our best to delve into dispite the spin which has gone on.

the whole secrecy issue surrounding the Waterfront has now been brought out into the public arena highlighting what went on there and the need for a fresh start bringing the local community on board. Pilton Sucks has played it’s part and will continue to do so informing the public of matters that others would like to remain secret.

We realise that Pilton sucks and Edinburgh Sucks has been damed in certain quarters but then again those that do the daming want everything done away from public scrutiny and behind closed doors. For to long a few have made the running and given two fingers to everybody else and then play it as done in the public interest. The growth of both Pilton and Edinburgh Sucks is evidence that the public want to know what is going on in their name and with their money.

We will continue to dig in the public interest and inform our readers what is really going on behind their backs. Those that are tainted by greed and corruption must realise not everybody is at it,and that there are those that are keen to tell us who is up to what.

Our most recent recruit is a Social Worker attached to Criminal Justice who was sickened at what happened at the Muirhouse Social Work Centre and the lack of any action taken to stop what has been going on. We are building a network of people keen to see fair play and we have been pleasantly suprised to find that not only members of the public keen to be involved but right across the board within the City employ those that wish to stop mis-management which has an adverse effect on peoples lives.

For instance we have heard a rumour,which we have to say is at yet unconfirmed that stab vests may be issued to certain members of staff within Criminal Justice,this after demands from this group of staff to be protected from potential attack. If this rumour is accurate then the comments made by Chief Social Worker and staff guardian angel Michelle Miller about abuse to staff being acceptable makes her position as a senior manager look increasingly doubtful and Ms Miller herself looking a lonely isolated figure.

If we can confirm these rumours then Ms Miller is at odds with the staff that she has a duty of care and protection to. No abuse is acceptable in what ever form and however it is painted to look. We repeat that if a service user was abused in what ever form by an employee of the careing sharing Health and Social Care Department then action would be taken, rightly so against that employee.

We say again that the same goes for staff who are abused by so called colleagues or service users,action must be taken against them to deter it happening again. Why then Ms. Miller when you where faced with over whelming evidence of abuse against staff in Muirhouse you did nothing, except we are informed that you where of the opinion that abuse against staff was alright and acceptable and even a cultural thing.

So once again if these rumours are true then we will be asking for the resignation of the Chief Social Worker who believes it is alright to abuse staff. 

Friends and readers. Our mail bag continues to bring interesting comments and worthwhile points of view on a number of issues. A group of workers within the Education Department have asked if we can point them in the right direction with regards to work place bullying and we are pleased to do so.

We tried to contact George Lee of Unison for an up to date look at how Unison are dealing with work place bullying,but it seems Mr. Lee is in hiding and is no-where to be found. It looks like comrade Lee has found himself a cushey number and dosen’t want to rock the boat. It seems comrade Lee has become the invisible man and has not been returning phone calls from members deciding his own interests come first,this after him being elected branch secretary at the  AGM.

So it is left to John mine’s a pint Ross to deal with members issues,god help the members.So our own intrepid investigator George[no relation to comrade Lee] has put together a booklet and will send it to the workers in the education department with a view to placing it on their notice board so that other staff members can be made aware of the laws on workplace bullying and how to deal with it.

George contacted the Unison branch in Edinburgh asking for either Mr. Ross or Mr. Lee but was told they where not available but to leave his phone number and someone would get back to him. George is still waiting.

After our report to you about how a former employee was treated at the Muirhouse Social Work Centre,George’s P.O box was inundated with council staff members voicing support for our anti workplace bullying campaign.

One in particular who was a former part time worker at this centre. She was a part time Community Service worker and in her words she told us that it was a”very hostile place to work”She had heard from staff members elsewhere that bullying was openly carried out and all the other Community Service Departments knew about it. She herself felt uncomfortable and is no longer there.

Before taking up a part time post in Muirhouse several of her colleagues had warned her off saying she would be subjected to bullying as well as this was how things where done in this Social Work Centre. She to witnessed staff being humiliated and degraded with nothing being done to prevent it. She actually spoke to her own manager about it and his reply was to keep her head down and get out of there as quick as possible.

He had told her that as far as he was concerned he wanted nothing to do with what was going on but that it had to be stopped soon as we would all be tarred with the same brush.An interesting comment and one that shows knowledge of what was going on and how staff where being treated within this team.

It is now clear that many people within other districts of the City knew that destructive behaviour was being dished out to staff within the Community Service organisation in Muirhouse,and we are aware that this had filtered out to management at the former head office in Shrubhill.

Why then was nothing done to stop it. Why was it allowed to continue for so long resulting in a number of staff being subjected to undermining,bullying and harrassment, as a former employee put it. No- One it seems was willing to stop this manager from abusing staff even when the evidence was right under their noses. George has uncovered that the bully was well known to senior management and that he had engraciated himself to them on a number of occassions.

Certainly it appears to have worked as he was allowed to continue abusing staff and get away with it. George has contacted Waverley Court for their comments but was told that investigations where ongoing and no comment would be made.

To allow staff to be abused is bad enough but to allow staff to be abused while working with convicted offenders is a whole new ball game. We already know where Chief Social Worker Michelle Miller stands in all this,she deems it acceptable for staff to be abused and we understand she calls it “A cultural thing” A quite staggering admission to make and one we are sure she must regret saying.

This clearly sends out the message that it is open house on abusing staff,wheather you are a service user or a jobsworth small minded thug who impersonates as a manager. We passed Ms. Millers comments on to a City Councillor who was to say the least shocked that a senior employee would take such a line and turn a blind eye to staff abuse what ever nature the abuse took. Staff can have no confidence in a person who takes such a line,and they can be sure of no protection when it comes to their safety at work.

We remind Ms. Miller and her colleagues the City has a duty of care to its staff and as a senior person she should be well aware of that and inforce it,to the letter. We have had an off the record comment from a senior person who is attached to Criminal Justice,who say’s that “I was personally aware of mis-management in Muirhouse and that some members of staff had openly complained of ill treatment,I spoke with some of my colleagues but I was unaware of any action being taken to prevent this kind of behaviour”

He went on to say there was a culture of as he put it “of watching your back” yet another unacceptable culture to add to Ms. Millers list.  

Why friends and readers would a bunch of mud slingers try to do down a charity. Pilton Sucks finds this difficult to understand,until you look a little deeper and find that all that glistens is certainly not gold. We are told that a discontented staff group are trying to rubbish the Pilton Equalities Project,the dastardly bunch,but wait a minute, anything that has Community lapdog Irene Garden as chair should be the subject of intense scrutiny.

Ms. Garden under instruction from Councillor Maginnis rubbished the Six Circle project then disappeared only to resurface as chair of PEP, My My how strange. George our intrepid investigator has found out that whilst merging with PEP the Muirhouse Six Circle Project had it’s debt wiped clean. First question who by? and was our honourable councillor in any way involved. You bet your life she was.

George also found out after talking to a former employee of the project that fraud took place within the project. Second Question Was this the subject of a police inquirey? Answer  nobody knowes or at least is not saying. How much fraud took place and who tried to cover it up? Who picked up the tab? and was the former manager ever charged with anything or in fact was he cleared of any wrong doing? Again nobody knowes or is not saying.

Was any monies given to Mr. Nicol as a package to go quitely or was he fired? Does anybody know or was it  swept under the carpet to smooth a merger with PEP. George has been busy looking for answers to this mystery and what part the Pilton Partnership played in this merger,and Ms. Maginnis’s direct involvement with the merger. What part does the spineless Don Miller guardian of the money play in all this as he hids away in his ivory tower at Waverley Court.

George has uncovered skull duggery with this merger with it seems nobody prepared to talk less they are dragged in themselves. Pilton Sucks believes that the City of Edinburgh along with the police launch an inquirey into this whole business. While Labour ran this Community of Greater Pilton together with a small band of hangers they done what they liked with no opposition.

The Six Circle mess is great cause for concern. The public interest was certainly not served only the self interest of Councillor Maginnis and her band of merry hangers on. This community has suffered contempt, deceit and lies,and we need to clear the air and get to the bottom of this seedy business.

Irene Garden’s letter [or who ever really wrote it] in July’s NEN was not factual as it stated PEP was the subject of two independent enquiries,one by the Health and Social Care Department[Don Millers employers-yes him again,and PEP’s sponsoring department] As stated this seems not to be factual if Mary Burnside’s  [NEN’s editor]investigation? is correct,as it was a senior official at the City Of Edinburgh Council on behalf of the Chief Executive who carried out the investigation.

For the editor and friend of Councillor Maginnis of a paper to state a letter sent to her ”is factually incorrect” is quite astonishing she really has to be a bit more of a lateral thinker and more objective. We know Ms Burnside has more information in her posession than she is letting on, we wonder if the name Jim Verth rings a bell. Let us briefly remind you to save any denials. It goes something like this.

Jim Verth- Head of City Wide Services. Health and Social Care. Shrubhill House 7 Shrub Place Edinburgh EH7 4Pd

10 November 2005

Dear Jim. Remember now. 

Friends and readers.As you may be aware George our intrepid reporter/investigator has had his teeth into what has been going on at the now infamous Muirhouse Social Work Centre. Many of our readers have been following the Health and Social Care’s tissue of lies and cover up’s regarding the serious workplace bullying that went on there including one of the victims who tried to take his own life after being bullied to a standstill.

On Friday 19-10-07 Pilton Sucks was contacted by a former employee of the Muirhouse Social Work Centre,who left after being subjected to abusive behaviour and consistent undermining. This person gave his name and of course we checked it out as he insisted to make sure everything was above board. This person is still employed within the city but with a different department.

George met with him and listened to his story. It was a graphic account of mis-management ,blatent disregard of health and safety issues and of staff subjected to isolation with no support but plenty of bullying by the line manager[whose name we do have] This person supervised people on Community Service and told us that the service users were more than aware that he was being undermined and took full advantage of the situation knowing that he would get no support only critisism from his so-called manager.

He was subjected to verbal abuse from his manager who always hid behind the rules something we where already aware of,and that he was concious that this manager was trying to get rid of him,again something we are familiar with,and have encouraged the department to look at with regards to staff turnover.

He told us that he was practically at his wits end and his moral was so low he started to believe it was him that was always at fault,something a serial bully is a past master at. He had spoken with colleagues at length about the action that should be taken,but was convinced nobody would listen,something that has up to now proven to be correct. George spent about an hour with this former employee,who has a detailed list of what he was subjected to and by whom.

He also made it clear to us that his manager had assistance with this abusive behaviour,his assistant was all to keen to impress by going along with this abuse and bullying and made no attempt to put a stop to it,in fact as a rookie we where told to the Criminal Justice set-up he could be easily and willingly manipulated to do exactly as this thug of a manager wanted.

All in all George just listened to the diary of systematic abuse suffered by this employee,and we know for certain he was not alone in being subjected to abuse. We also know from a conversation a Social Worker had with a senior manager that it was well known that there was-in his words -a managerial problem in Muirhouse.

Still nothing was done and the bullying was allowed to go on,even though it was starting to filter out to the other Community Service teams that the Muirhouse Centre was a no-go area. We also had information again from a former employee who worked just one Saturday at the Muirhouse Centre and did not go back,as he could not stand the way he was watched over,this employee worked in another district and Saturday would have been overtime for him.

Why senior management have allowed this situation to continue when they knew there was a problem defeats logic. Employees have come forward to tell what was really going on at this Centre,and still nothing is done to combat the problem of an employee who lacks self restraint but is cunning enough to hid behind the rules when it suits.

We are certain that senior management have enough evidence to nail this creep but sit on their hands and do nothing. We now know that humanitarian of the year and senior Social Worker Michelle Miller believes that some abusive behaviour is acceptable towards staff and has we are told put this down on paper. Would Ms. Miller find abuse to service users acceptable. Certainly not so why is it acceptable to abuse staff?

We think she would find it very difficult to justify this in a court of law,and she may yet have to. Mass cover up and a maze of lies and deceit,all in order it seems to protect a bully,who it appears everybody in Criminal Justice is aware of,and is common knowledge amongst Community Service staff.

The former employee has had time to reflect upon his period in the Muirhouse Centre and this has only made him more determined to make sure this thug is caught and punished for his crimes. Nobody ,he told George has the right to abuse others but it certainly seems that this bully has been given the green light by his managers to carry on abusing others.

Our Social Work group have been informed about this latest development and are only to willing to pass information to us if it helps rid Social Work of this thug. 

Gerry Imrie formally the then  interim manager of the Six Circle project got a phone call from Jimmy Butler[an employee of the Pilton Partnership who the Partnership had offered to support and advise the Six Circle Project] saying Elizabeth Maginnis had phoned him,Irene Garden had just phoned her in a flap and not making any sense about the previous night’s Six Circle meeting-another clear breach of the Six Circle Project’s confidentiality-and could he go along and see EM that lunchtime.

EM basically informed GI that the merger was a forgone conclusion and told him to behave himself. It seems after this meeting Mr. Butler advised the Six Circle interim manager that he should ask for another meeting with EM tell her who he was and cut himself a deal. It seems Mr. Butler was told there had been enough clandestine meetings already.

In a meeting at PEP shortly after for both projects to get together to see if a merger was feasible. EM gave a detailed presentation on how the merger would take place and stated that she would present this to the funders. When Six Circle’s interim manager GI raised concerns that there seemed to be no mention of Six Circle’s services Mr. Butler jumped up on cue and slated Six Circle’s services and announced to everyone in the room that a merger was the only way ahead.

In their defence Mr. Butler was reminded that the funders or anyone else for that matter had no problems with the services of Six Circle and that he was not Qualified to criticize Six Circle’s services.

The merger went ahead.

Irene Garden “disappeared” for the last three months of Six Circle’s existance and no one at Six Circle could get a hold of her.

This was because she had been working as PEP’s Chairperson for those three months and as we all know still is today. Quite a turn round for someone who could not raise enough voted for any position on PEP’s Management Committee at PEP’s previous AGM- as she applied for them all-due to her previous poor record.

To quote an Edinburgh Councillor” IT SEEMS TO ANYONE LIKE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST HERE. The connection is odd to say the least.

What reward did Mr. Butler receive for his services to EM. Why did the slippery treasurer Don Millar employed in a senior position within the Health and Social Care Department[Criminal Justice] not speak up as there was Social Work monies invoved with this project at the time. Many people know Millar to be a spineless individual but he had a duty to call time on this murky merger.

It is clear that underhand methods where used to force a merger with PEP and undoubtably favours where granted. Once again we see corruption in this community and the mere fact that the Partnership was used as a hammer to hit Six Circle must be called into question.

Pilton sucks through Helen our reporter tried to contact the spineless Don Millar but of course he was unavailable for comment. It is long overdue that these people where brought to account for their behaviour. Six Circle had it’s problems like many other projects but it worked with very vunerable people in this community and warranted more support than the back stabbing it received.

Friends and readers. This letter was found by Helen our roving reporter during the week.

To quote more than one or two leading members of the community on PEP’s failure to make any sort of reply to my letter in August’s NEN challenging their claims in the previous month’s, NEN

Unfortunately for Mrs Maginnis, Mrs Garden and certain member’s of PEP’s Management Committee burying their heads in the sand and clinging on to their posts when caught out misleading the community,referring agencies and what appears to be the Office of Scottish Regulator is not going to work in your favour.

As the above mentioned were not willing to take my advice and do the honourable thing and step down a section of PEP staff have again contacted OSCR and the Health and Social Care Department with irrefutable documentary evidence that Elizabeth Maginnis lied to nearly 40 statutory and voluntary agencies regarding staff’s “appropriate” qualifications to the detriment of the most vulnerable in our community and other gross professional misconduct being carried out by PEP’s management.

I and many other’s are disgusted with PEP management,one in particular who took satisfaction in terminating and forcing staff/volunteer’s to resign though when it comes down to their own positions, in the face of  irrefutable proof are quite prepared to cling on to their own positions, having exposed PEP’s employee’s dispute to the media and drag their own projects reputation through the dirt at the risk to the project and it’s services to the community.

A section of PEP’s staff were also disgusted by Malcolm Chisholm’s speech at PEP’s last AGM congratulating PEP on their “trail blazing” work in challenging attitudes to mental health etc knowing he had received a copy of the “Document” of their concerns stating his only role now is to be a “champion of the people”

The authorities have been given a second chance to take action to ensure our services to the vunerable are being run correctly and to their optimum levels. If they fail us again then it’s up to the community to act, being fully informed,to demand why no action is being taken.

If the community does not act then we will always be burdened by third rate or less councillors and politicians but more tragically third-rate services for the most vunerable in our community will always burden us.

It’s time for people to join us and stand up for what is right in this community.

Well there you have it friends and readers the letter NEN would not print but Helen our own reporter did. The cloud which hangs over this very well funded project continues to darken with as you have read staff more than unhappy about the management of the project. Helen also found out that the same Mrs. Garden was also chair of the former Six Circle project but during the so called merger with PEP could not be contacted.

Helen also noted,that in contradiction to Elizabeth Maginnis’s assertions”nobody is more aware than she of the various conflicts of interest and that she is scrupulous in observing the necessary legal protocols.

Well it did not seem she had any scruples when the interim Manager of the Muirhouse Six Circle Project sought assistance from the Pilton Partnership of which she was Chairperson at the time. No sooner than he sought assistance from the Partnership to save the Six Circle Project than Ms. Maginnins was plotting to carve it up as part of her empire building.

Irene Garden lapdog to Ms. Maginnis had previously recommended PEP’s administrator TRISH LAING to be seconded to Six Circle to assist the previous manager with his paperwork, this individual was MORE than interested in Six Circle business and breached Six Circle’s confidentiality by feeding this information back to Ms. Maginnis.

After Six Circle’s manager had resigned and Six Circle’s Management Committee had voted to carry on running the project,at a later date Irene Garden-who had previously been a senior member of PEP’s Management Committee-proposed a merger with PEP

Shortly after this at another Six Circle Management Committee meeting Irene Garden was informed the interim manager had been running a campaign to save the Six Circle project and she was not happy.

Helen has uncovered with the help of our digger George more about this so called merger and the role played in it by an employee of the Pilton Partnership.

Watch this space.