Scientology gifts

Dear Mr Thackeray,

Please see the attached letter with regards to your Freedom of Information request.

Kind regards

Michelle Wash
Information Management Officer
Telephone: 01375 652592
[email address]

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Date: 01/04/2009

Dear Mr Thackeray

Re: Freedom of Information

Thank you for your request for the following information:

1)
Please provide a list of all gifts, hospitality or donations supplied to
the Council as a corporate body, or to any individuals within the Council,
over the past 5 years.

By 'Scientology organisations', I mean organisations which promote,
recruit members for, or raise money for, Church of Scientology

Religious Education College Incorporated (a foreign corporation which
has been denied charitable status in the UK).

To the best of my knowledge a list of such organisations would
include:

Jive Aces / Church of Scientology Inc / Greenfields School /
Greenfields Educational Trust / Hubbard Foundation / ABLE / Applied

Scholastics International / Narconon / Criminon / The Way to
Happiness Foundation International / Church of Scientology

Religious Education College Inc / Office of Special Affairs (OSA) /
Sea Org / Youth for Human Rights International / Citizens

Commission on Human Rights (United Kingdom) Ltd

2)
Please provide details of any Scientology related correspondence in
respect of, and any Scientology related events attended by, Ian Harrison,
Ex-Mayor of Thurrock, and Daphne Hart, Ex-Mayoress.

The information below has been supplied in response to your request for
the above mentioned information. We hope the information supplied
satisfies your original request.

The Mayor receives an invitation every year to the Annual Gala Charity
Concert at Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead. This, I believe, is the
Hubbard Foundation headquarters. In the past five years the attendance has
been as follows:

26.10.03 - Cllr Gerard Rice and Guest attended concert.

31.10.04 - Cllr Ian Harrison & Guest attended concert.

23.10.05 - Cllr Colin Churchman & Guest accepted the invitation but were
unable to go at the last minute. An employee attended in his place and
went with a guest to the concert.

22.10.06 - Cllr Joy Redsell declined the invitation but subsequently went
on a private visit to Saint Hill Manor on 07.02.07. She received lunch and
a small paperweight as a memento of the visit.

28.10.07 - Cllr Diane Revell & Cllr Mike Revell attended concert.

There are no other records of any gifts, hospitality or donations by
Scientology Organisations.
If you are unhappy with the Council's response you can make a complaint
via the Council's complaints procedures and this will be looked into. If
you are not happy with this decision you may then appeal to the
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Yours faithfully

Rachael Steel
Information Management Officer
Information Management Team
Policy, Organisation and Development
3rd Floor
Civic Offices
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Grays
Essex RM17 6SL

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