{"id":3038,"date":"2025-12-12T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=3038"},"modified":"2025-12-12T09:07:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T09:07:39","slug":"datchet-parish-council-continues-to-take-legal-action-against-the-drcct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=3038","title":{"rendered":"Datchet Parish Council continues to take legal action against the DRCCT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A message from Ewan Larcombe (as Chair of the Datchet Recreation Centre Charity Trust (DRCCT) and a Datchet Parish Councillor first elected in 1986)<\/p>\n<p>It appears that <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>after eight months<\/strong><\/span> of futile effort &#8211; <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>some new<\/strong> <strong>Datchet Parish Councillors<\/strong><\/span> (individually <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>named<\/strong><\/span> in their own DPC April 2025 Public Statement <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/DPC-DRRCT-Statement-15.04.25-v3.docx\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span>)\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>continue to spend public money<\/strong><\/span> promoting the unsubstantiated assertion that they own and control the Datchet Recreation Centre Charity Trust (DRCCT) assets.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>It is true\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>that the DPC holds and manages significant local assets for the benefit of the community.<\/li>\n<li>that the DRCCT holds and manages significant local assets for the benefit of the community.<\/li>\n<li>that the DRCCT Trustees are also DPC Councillors<\/li>\n<li>that dual-roles are covered by the disclosure rules<\/li>\n<li>that DPC and DRCCT have similar objectives<\/li>\n<li>that <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">DPC and DRCCT governance is legally different<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>that DPC and DRCCT have <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>different sources of funds<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>that DPC and DRCCT have <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>overlapping uses of funds<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>that DPC and DRCCT have <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">different treasurers<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>that <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>DPC and DRCCT have different banks<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li>that DPC and DRCCT have different accounting systems<\/li>\n<li>that <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">DPC does not govern or control the DRCCT<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>that the DRCCT does not govern or control the DPC<\/li>\n<li>that until April 2025 the relationship between DPC and DRCCT was guided by the &#8216;Division of Responsibilities&#8217; agreement.<\/li>\n<li>that DPC continues to take legal action against the DRCCT<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">that DPC refuses to consider the issues in public<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the hope of making some progress in the New Year, please see an open letter and <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MEMORANDUM-OF-UNDERSTANDING-draft-v3.docx\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">draft Memorandum of\u00a0 Understanding<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span> for consideration by all parties.<\/p>\n<p>Ewan Larcombe\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Datchet Parish Councillor and DRCCT Chair)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A message from Ewan Larcombe (as Chair of the Datchet Recreation Centre Charity Trust (DRCCT) and a Datchet Parish Councillor first elected in 1986) It appears that after eight months of futile&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[172,170],"class_list":["post-3038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-datchet-parish-council","tag-drcct"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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