Hull, the NHS & a £400,000 Yacht???

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Have you heard about this? I'm sorry but the idiot that came up with this idea is..........well, an IDIOT.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/health/3195750/NHS-trust-to-buy-400000-yacht.html

A health trust is planning to spend £400,000 on a 72ft yacht to help jobless teenagers make better "lifestyle choices".

By Paul Stokes
Last Updated: 7:02PM BST 14 Oct 2008

Hull Teaching Primary Care Trust is behind the scheme designed to help improve the long-term health prospects of teenagers.

It aims to remove 150 jobless people, initially those aged 17 to 19, from the unemployment register each year and engage them in training.

Ten week programmes would include two weeks at sea on the yacht, like those used in the round-the-world Clipper race, operated by a new organisation called the Wilberforce Sailing Academy.

The £400,000-a-year running costs would also be met from public funds.

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