Hi all
We are still waiting to hear from our advisors more about the plans that are emerging, but we will share with you what we know at the moment, and then keep you up to date as soon as anything new comes through.
It is not true that Dore Australia is in liquidation, but what is true is that it has been put into voluntary administration. This is a very important difference as the motive of the exercise is to evaluate different options for setting up a sustainable model for the delivery of the Dore Program going forward.
The reason for this decision is that whilst the current business model has been reaching 1,000s of people and achieving life-changing results, it would never be able to reach the millions of people that need help. The company must restructure to enable that to happen. Currently Wynford Dore is subsidising each client by amounts up to A$2,500 each. This he can’t do for ever.
The issues of learning and attention are problems that the Government should be taking responsibility for. They don’t even automatically screen every child in our schools. Dore has spent huge sums of money developing screening tests and providing them for parents who are concerned. The vast sums of money that Wynford has put into all the research has not been aided by anyone – he has done something that government should have done. A project like this needs the support of Governments so that we can get the economies of scale to make it available and affordable for all that need it – whether or not they can afford it. The reason why Dore has tackled it is because nothing else deals with the root cause and helps so many symptoms. Everyone knows that their child only gets one chance through school, waiting 20 years for Governments to realise what they need to do means that our children will struggle the rest of their lives needlessly.
We are doing our best to make it available now. If they came along today to put it into schools, we would help them all we could – and that is where it needs to be.
Most families are very appreciative that Wynford has been prepared to fund this for many years, and the fact that he and all the staff have worked very hard indeed (and in his case without taking one cent of pay) to get this to as many as possible. Many realise this but of course a few aren’t aware of the level of commitment and the motives behind it. We are all very sad that this step has had to be taken, but we are hopeful that a very rapid solution will be announced soon.
As soon as we have more news, we will pass it on.
In the meantime, please forward any questions or comments to dore@dore.co.uk
The Dore Communications Team