TFFC, thankfully the Army have full support of their superiors and Defence Lands or DIO!and i know for sure that 2 of these centres put money back into the pot to support their own regiments involvement and promote the sport to service personnel. One has no JSAT money to fall back on but has a good business plan to operate a great centre without putting pressure on the already bursting defence budget.
Leon, all of Skydive Westons activities were under contract or lease that they had to bid for. The offer to support JSAT for 500k was to help the pot ( as such ) so public money didnt have to be used as Top Bunk Tester states. It would have been very simple to continue the centre as it was, whilst benefiting them at the same time without dipping further in the 'pot' and continuing supporting service personnel at weekends and during the week.
As Spectre 150 states,' its disgraceful' what has happened to RAF Weston on the Green and its once thriving community.