David Thomas: Come and share my Eton playing fields
The IndependentThe best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The outgoing chairman of the British Olympic Association, Lord Moynihan, said yesterday that private schools registered as charities should share their sports facilities with local state schools as "an essential part of the public benefit requirement under the Charities Act". The first is that private schools need access to their courts and pitches every single day of every school week. Without those ideals being woven into the very fabric of state education, you can open up every private playing field and sports hall in the country and it won't make a damn bit of difference.
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