Dear Sir or Madam,

I and others are deeply concerned at the workings of a charity
named COMMON PURPOSE which seems deeply ingrained in many Councils,
hence I request that you detail total expenditure (if any) by
Thanet District Council on Common Purpose courses for each of the
following years: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 to date.

Please also supply a copy of the invoice for each Common Purpose
course paid for by Thanet District Council.

By "Common Purpose", I mean the training organisation of that name:
http://www.commonpurpose.org/home.aspx

Yours faithfully,

Linda Greyson.

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Dear Ms Greyson,

In response to your freedom of information request, I can confirm that we have made 2 payments to Common Purpose:

1. The first payment was made to Common Purpose at Suite 2, East Wing, 40 Churchill Square, Kings Hill, West Malling ME19 4YU. The payment was for £2702.50 and was made on 12/08/03.

2.The other payment was made to Common Purpose at 30 Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling ME19 4QG. It was made on 04/08/04 for £5522.50 covering two orders each for £2761.25.

I'm afraid I am unable to send you copies of the invoices as these are held in storage offsite and there would be a cost implication in retrieving them.

Regards
Sarah Martin
Financial Services Manager

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