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| − | Brings together: [[Ashoka]], [[CAN]], the [[Scarman Trust]], [[SSE]], [[Senscot]], the [[Scottish network for social entrepreneurs]] and Comic Relief. It was given a | + | Brings together: [[Ashoka]], [[CAN]], the [[Scarman Trust]], [[SSE]], [[Senscot]], the [[Scottish network for social entrepreneurs]] and Comic Relief. It was given a endowment to fund pet projects and aid in the privatising of public services. {{ref|enterprising}} |
Their board includes: | Their board includes: | ||
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*[[Andrew Mawson]]:[[CAN]]. | *[[Andrew Mawson]]:[[CAN]]. | ||
| − | UnLtd wanted to turn itself into a bank (also the ambition of [[CAN]]) and lend the money rather than give it away. | + | UnLtd wanted to turn itself into a bank (also the ambition of [[CAN]]) and lend the money rather than give it away.{ref|Newstart}} Now run by [[John Rafferty]], once 'Tony Blair's most trusted ally in Scotland', who was briefly Chief of Staff and a Special Adviser to the late [[Donald Dewar]]. Rafferty ran Labour's campaign in Scotland with no reference to the Scottish party and he was tipped to be Dewar's chief of staff.{{ref|Herald}} After being 'controversially dismissed', he was 'pulled in' from [[TimeBank]] (also in the Mezzanine) as UnLtd's chief executive. Rafferty was head of the National Lottery Charities Board in Scotland (UnLtd's money comes from the Lottery via the Millennium Commission).{{ref|Newstart2}} |
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| − | + | ==Notes== | |
| − | + | {{note|enterprising}} http://www.enterprising-communities.org.uk/members.shtml#biog1 | |
| − | + | {{note|Newstart}} http://www.newstartmag.co.uk/unltd.html | |
| − | + | {{note|Herald}} http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/archive/20-5-1999-23-41-15.html | |
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| + | {{note|Newstart2}} http://www.newstartmag.co.uk/unltd.html | ||