How many redundancies?

Not sure liking is quite how I'd like to respond, it's more an acknowledgment to the posting. I hadn't long seen Mark Avery's mention of the redundancies. I think I can safely say the RSPB isn't alone as far as conservation organisations having financial issues either.

Mike B said:

Not sure liking is quite how I'd like to respond, it's more an acknowledgment to the posting.

Yeah, I get that.  It's terrible, isn't it?  

When Martin Harper who left the RSPB and his position was never replaced when he left and that position was never replaced and his position was never replaced!  Also a lot more redundancies over recent years. Maybe have a look at the financial position wil give you an idea why. Lots of  teenagers getting free admission, some of the cafe’s at RSPB reserves cutting back on they have on the menu. Some reserves getting  far fewer visitors in general. Saltholme had cut bank on there menus. Caurlaverock  the WWT reserve have closed there cafe except in school holidays. Just a few of the problems. A less people paying the admission f fee! What do you expect. I didn’t want to say as it was popular the decision at the time. But less paying the admission fee! What do you expect! And the cafes cost for buying food  compared to other other cafe in towns or countryside . And the cost of living is getting bigger and lots struggling and no end in sight. I’m afraid that is probably the readon. But that in my opinion is probably true!

 https://markavery.info/2024/09/25/rspb-in-some-trouble/

Here is Mark Avery’s blog. For any new members he was the director for conservation before Martin Harper. And when Martin left the RSPB for a new job. That position has never be replaced. The National Trust made big redundancies and also other wildlife conservation organisation have had to do the same over the same period  The RSPB should have been more open about this such as the National Trust where. Sadly the present economic situation won’t end soon. The present situation can’t be just ignored!

It will be interesting seeing what the financial situation and all the details. I’ve register to watch and ask uestion at the 2024 RSPB. AGM! Any RSPB member can register I register every year and any RSPB member can register

1. About five years ago, the RSPN brought in for the RSPB something called structural efficiency where a lot of staff where made redundant. A few new positions where created including junior positions who all hadlarger wages given in higher wages. A sign of problems if you’ve noticed hardly any new reserves mentioned excel one new publicised in Scotland, Now talking about disposing of some of the RSPB reserve by the RSPB. So the AGM of the few weeks time will be more important than usual!  That is one of the reasons there are no permanent moderators now. But it will be interesting reading about the. Finance at the RSPB”s AGM in a few weeks time.

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Scuttlebutt was that the org may have got middle manager heavy and they need to keep reserve staff and overall managemant in place to keep as much going as possible- :)

Probably imported all these European beavers and otters to assist the RSPB staff; then then cost was 2/3 of their staffing budget..

This is correct. It affects all the Assistant Wardens employed by the RSPB. Nobody above that level is affected. I posted a document on another chat talking about this and the reclassification of reserves. I posted the document outlining which reserves were due to be "mothballed" or "disposed of" by the RSPB (basically all the Woodland reserves. I have been told that the RSPB management want me to take down this document with immediate effect because they do not want the general membership to find out what is going on (only employees and active volunteers on reserves have been given access to the document. I have not had a chance to take the document down yet, so it is still there, I am waiting to be asked directly by the RSPB management to take it down rather than through an intermediary!!

For the document go to the chat "Secret Reserves Categorisation"