Originally Posted by
jackson.alan46
You're right of course ; this is the Giant's Causeway Visitors' Centre in Northern Ireland , which has been awarded £3 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund. This awards funds from the UK national lottery for projects which are supposed to benefit the public rather than private gain.
The problem is of course that such money is "ring fenced"; there are limits to how it may be spent.
Right now one could argue that much more be sent for the Haiti earthquake disaster. A few months ago the Philippines deserved far more money than they received for the typhoon Ondoy damage.
In this country and the Philippines almost limitless resources could be spent to improve health and treat illness. But certain illnesses, like cancer, attract a high proportion of what is available, and less emotive conditions such as mental health or physiotherapy arguably attract too little.
It's partly down to "who shouts loudest" and fires the public's sympathy; but where limited resources go is certainly not always fair; there's winners and losers.
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