Prospect responds to National Trust’s announcement of 500 job cuts

Steve Thomas, Deputy General Secretary of Propsect, said:

“It is regrettable that National Trust has ended up in the situation where it has to make these cuts but it is welcome that after consultation it has reduced its savings target by £2m saving 76 jobs. Disappointingly, after a busy summer welcoming tourists and the British public to Britain’s historic venues many of our members are still facing compulsory redundancy.

“Our members are custodians of the country’s cultural, historic and natural heritage and cuts of this scale will inevitably have an impact on that mission.

“Prospect will be working with management to ensure that that this process does indeed secure the future operation of the trust and the preservation of vital national heritage. We will continue to support members through what is a challenging time.”