Square Chapel Arts Centre Management: failed the business, got retained, furloughed.

Operational staff: worked their socks off, made redundant, might be able to re-apply.

Got it.

Square Chapel Arts Centre The Old Courts Arts Council England Pete Massey Calderdale Council What happened between you incorporating Square Chapel CIC on 17/07, and all the redundancies on the 31/07? Aren't there laws to protect jobs in these sort of transfers?

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Nice of you to say when they never paid you for letting Square Chapel Arts Centre staff park in your car park when they were taking money each month from our wages! #SundayThoughts #KindnessMatters  

Becky Davenport Yorkshire Grit Halifax Courier Public Accounts Committee BBC Yorkshire Calderdale Council Square Chapel Arts Centre Semantics! You've failed to retain 4/5ths of staff, but celebrating like you've done wonders for the local community... In essence you've just bought a building

Did you lose your job at Square Chapel Arts Centre How many do recognise? 3 Directors ONLY Where were these jobs advertised? Seems they have converted to a CIC Tim Swift Robin Tuddenham 💙 What community benefit purpose is being met by this CIC not giving old staff their jobs back? #NoScrutiny

Becky Davenport @sixmill1 Yorkshire Grit Halifax Courier Public Accounts Committee BBC Yorkshire Calderdale Council Out of 50? And this is a success?

Sadly not many of about 50 just 5. All office staff of course. 3 of 5 of them Directors who mismanaged it so it went bankrupt are back there to mismanage it again. That’s the injustice of it. No investigation no apologies- contractors and artists not paid!

Well Said! They are Tweeting all sorts today as a smokescreen. Why can’t people see through it? Who are all those new people filling the roles of the staff made redundant Square Chapel Arts Centre and WHY weren’t they offered their jobs back? 1/2...

Becky Davenport Yorkshire Grit Halifax Courier Public Accounts Committee BBC Yorkshire Calderdale Council It's been an awfully quiet day. Square Chapel Arts Centre Any news on why you couldn't retain any of the operational staff but found room for senior management? You can't be shipping over operational staff from Wigan whilst keeping senior management posts duplicated?

sofiacann1 Square Chapel Arts Centre Are you re-hired?

Very kind of you to say especially as Square Chapel Arts Centre were charging us staff each month from our wages to park in your car park but never paid you for it. Halifax Courier #Mismanagement #WorkersAlwaysPay #TheTruthWillComeOut BBC Panorama #BuriedByCovid National Audit Office

I am really happy that Square Chapel has been saved but I am gutted for all those people who lost their jobs and those artists who lost money (I was one). I hope there can be a place for the workers in the new square chapel arts centre. Please don’t forget them..

Not all the staff have been saved though. Let’s remember that, even though I’m pleased for Halifax that this beautiful venue can reopen.