As his Gatsby Charitable Foundation reaches 50, the businessman and benefactor says that philanthropy is no substitute for benefits
David Sainsbury, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, who for 50 years has been a major benefactor of charities, education, research, the arts and projects in developing countries, and whose foundation has already given away more than £1bn, is appalled when I ask if he watched last month’s TV programme Get a House for Free, in which millionaire Marco Robinson gave a flat to the applicant deemed to be the most worthy recipient.
“I can’t think of anything I would like less,” he murmurs. “This is the reason why I believe in the proper welfare state, because I think these things should be a right. And I would hate to put myself in a position of trying to judge other people’s worthiness.”
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