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SPIRIT OF SALFORD EVENT COST COUNCIL ALMOST £25,000
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Star date: 7th July 2014
A Salford Star Exclusive
SPIRIT OF SALFORD WEEKENDER LOST £17,000 – DESPITE MAYOR SAYING IT WOULD COST NOTHING
The Spirit of Salford weekend event at the end of May, which City Mayor Ian Stewart said publicly would cost tax payers of Salford "not a penny extra", actually cost £24,921 with income of just £7,760.
Salford Council has revealed details of the £17,161 loss in response to a Freedom of Information request from the Salford Star. The flop event saw just 200 tickets sold, while money was spent on fireworks and bottles of bubbly - as campaigners protested on the Civic Centre lawn over a cut of £50,000 to the Salford Children's `Jam Butty' Camp.
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Announcing details of his big Spirit of Salford event at a full meeting of Salford Council in spring, City Mayor Ian Stewart said it would cost council tax payers "not a penny extra".
In fact, the Spirit of Salford weekend event was a financial flop that actually lost £17,161.03. The evening concert, which saw Salford singer Ren Harvieu headlining, sold only around 200 tickets out of around 500 that were on sale, the Salford Star understands, while public money was spent on fireworks and bottles of champagne for bands.
In response to a Freedom of Information request, Salford Council has revealed that the total cost of holding the two day Spirit of Salford weekender - held on 31st May and 1st June - was £24,921.15, while total income was just £7,760.12, leaving a loss of £17,161.03.
Ticket sales for the Saturday evening music and fireworks `spectacular' amounted to just £2,830.40 (included in the £7,760.12 income figure).
On the Saturday, as part of the Spirit of Salford weekender, Salford Council held a children's event - and campaigners trying to save the Salford Children's `Jam Butty' Camp set up an `illegal' stall to protest at the Mayor's hypocrisy…
…The campaigners were convinced that despite the Mayor saying the event wouldn't cost anything, it was costing plenty – money that would be better spent saving the Salford Children's Camp (see previous Salford Star article – click here).
Now they're concerns seem to have been borne out…
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Anthony Dowd wrote
at 19:01:31 on 12 July 2014 |
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| I know this may seem strange stewart - given your role as dictator - but just maybe ALL these people are RIGHT, and YOU are WRONG?
Stop wasting money on useless PR & vanity projects that give you something to bleat about and cementing your political power base with your cronies and over-paid mini-mayors.
Instead, STOP cutting vital services. The cuts are down to YOU!
The REAL people of Salford want more from their 'leaders'. |
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at 08:35:20 on 09 July 2014 |
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| I'm still trying to fathom out at what point SCC turned into a social club. I don't want them to entertain me in any way shape or form, I'm quite capable of sourcing my own entertainment, thank you. I've never agreed or given them a mandate to spend money on amusing people. They're delusional and arrogant to think they have the in house expertise to deliver social events and turn a profit. Better to ditch the frivolous/folly projects and concentrate on their real job.. delivering good core services, not a lot to ask for is it? |
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John Barton wrote
at 18:48:03 on 08 July 2014 |
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| It's Salford Council can't expect anything else |
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Vicky pendlebury wrote
at 08:17:59 on 08 July 2014 |
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| I had never seen this farce advertised maybe this is the reason only 200 tickets sold, wonder if that was sold for cash or freebies for the select ones ? The council cut back on vital. Basic services eg bin collections to fund things the minority are interested in eg the 200 who attended. I suppose the vast salary the mayor is on the loss amount of this event is nothing |
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Prisoner Irlam wrote
at 21:47:06 on 07 July 2014 |
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| Disgracefull !!!!!!!!!! A labour run council majority !!!!!! Outrageous voted in by the minority !!!!!!!!! Oh what lovely rosy garden in m44 Pravda magazine , Broken Britain sadly it is |
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Joe Oneill wrote
at 20:30:11 on 07 July 2014 |
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| Every thing Labour touches is like the skittles advertisement on tv, only when Labour touch it things turns brown and smell pretty bad, |
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Penny for your thought wrote
at 19:55:40 on 07 July 2014 |
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| Well Greedy was right. It did not cost a penny extra. It cost £17,161.03 extra. Now start up the bullshit spreading about "It was not about making money. It was about giving something back to the people of Salford."
The list of these idiots blowing our money just keeps getting longer. The BBC orchestra, Peel Holdings, Godliman Watson, Urban Splash etc. The next time that the want to publicise Salford, maybe the slogan "the city that keeps on giving"? |
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mary ferrer wrote
at 19:55:17 on 07 July 2014 |
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| How can the council justifi spending OUR money on this, when they are taking funding away from the young,old and disabled of this city. They haven't a very good track record in making a profit on any event they put on. PINK ICE FASCO on the lawn. They were out of pocket each and every year.Wonder did they ever get the £65.000 the fairground people owed them? Then we had the proms in the park. If we added up all the money they have wasted on these two alone,bet it would keep some of the services that are now being cut.But never mind, they won't have to worry as the cutbacks won't effect them and it wasn't their money. So sod the rest of us. so long as they can have their little events and don't have to put their hands the their pockets. |
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Karl Davison wrote
at 14:57:45 on 07 July 2014 |
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| Is Mr Stewart willing to keep to his promise and dig deep and pay the rest of this PR stunt out from his own wage? |
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