Calling all National Trust members

I've received the purple booklet but find it confusing as the resolutions aren't numbered? Do you mean page 24?

There is a group called 'Restore Trust' who have tabled most of the resolutions and having done some investigation into them, I have avoided every motion they tabled.

They came on the scene a year or so ago and, although I searched high and low. I could not find any address for them or name of anyone who ran it or was involved in it. So I decided they were best avoided.

I have since discovered that the organisation is: A small group of highly committed and well-funded right-wing ideologues with a history of climate scepticism and lobbying against climate change policies are linked with attempts to take over one of the country’s most important national institutions, the National Trust. leftfootforward.org/2021/11/how-climate-sceptic-groups-are-linked-to-attempts-to-take-control-of-the-national-trust/

Go to the site and read all the information they have about this group and its leaders and financers and then be very careful which motions you vote for.

I suspect the motion the OP recommends would not be in keeping with the aims of 'Restore Trust' so does not emanate from them, In fact I am fairly sure I voted for it, because there was one motion at the end that was not NT approved, but was not put forward by 'Restore Trust' that i did vote for.

Why don't they change bank? Serious question.

Probably because they have decided that it would be so difficult to find a bank that didn't tick someones objection list would be so difficult, they might as well stay where they are.

The resolution is the one that refers to the National Trust's "banking arrangements". It was not filed by Restore Trust but by a group of members who care about nature and protecting it from profit-seeking corporations.

It asks the NT to engage with Barclays (instead of switching bank) so that Barclays commits to stopping the financing of all fossil fuel extraction by 2030. If it fails to agree to this, then the NT should find a greener bank.

Given NT's size as a client of Barclays they can wield a lot of power by asking Barclays to change its policies. If that fails, they should indeed find a new bank.

Barclays has so many clients many times the size of the NT and lose someof these clients every year for a variety of reasons. I think you are over estimating the NT's clout with its bank, BOSullivan I doubt they could do anything to affect Barclay's policy position. Their choice is between leave or stay.

Anyway, as a matter of interest, can you think of any bank that doesn't tick someone's 'dont deal with' list so would cause the NT even more problems with some members objecting to it, if they were to transfer.

M0nica

Barclays has so many clients many times the size of the NT and lose someof these clients every year for a variety of reasons. I think you are over estimating the NT's clout with its bank, BOSullivan I doubt they could do anything to affect Barclay's policy position. Their choice is between leave or stay.

Anyway, as a matter of interest, can you think of any bank that doesn't tick someone's 'dont deal with' list so would cause the NT even more problems with some members objecting to it, if they were to transfer.

It's a fair point. But whether you believe NT has any clout or not (although it doesn't take many big clients to effect change), this campaign and NT members voting for the resolution & NT leaving Barclays also has many other positive impacts: it creates a reputational risk for Barclays among its clients and customers. The bank deems this a financial risk according to its annual report and has changed its policies because of this in the past.

Triodos is a good green bank, but unfortunately not suitable for a client as large as NT

Precisely, the NT leaves Barclays, where do they go. they might as well stay where they are.

The NT will think very hard before campaigning against government policy, as for Barclays, find a bank that is squeaky clean and not involved in any controversy.

I have just done a quick search on GN and this is the only thread the OP is on.

Is there an agenda here?

That is what I suspect.