National Trust’s child ‘mentors’

THE National Trust has invited children to “reverse mentor” their staff and volunteers on colonialism, it was revealed last weekend.

The charity put together a so-called “child advisory board” featuring 100 primary school children, who have been participating in the Trust’s Colonial Countryside project, in association with Leicester University experts.

Organisers said the aim was to ensure that “British imperial history is fully represented in the organisation’s country houses”.

However, it has sparked backlash. Tory MP Sir John Hayes said it was a “source of sadness that the National Trust are out of touch with the reality of militancy they are explicitly endorsing.”