If you attended the Countdown to CoP (as was) Summer School in 2023 you will know the The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Machynlleth. According to a piece in Private Eye (Eye 1675, p41) CAT may be on its last legs. The visitor centre closed early in 2024, and both of the joint CEOs departed earlier this year. Many of the trustees have also gone, and the eco-cabins have been closed on electrical and fire safety grounds. CAT has been awarded £13.5m from the Mid Wales Growth Deal, but must first secure £11.5m of private match funding. The Eye says "the queue is short of institutional investors willing to commit £11.5m to a charity on an emergency bridge loan ... having just mislaid both of its chief execs and half its board, and with buildings condemned on site".
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