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future of the largest outdoor festival in Europe is in doubt after organizers abandoned for lack of funds and volunteers

the chronic lack of funds

, disagreements on the level of police internal conflicts and the future of Notting Hill Carnival in danger after his two co-directors to leave, saying that the case of 46 years unmanageable.

Despite attracting over one million people during the holiday, the largest outdoor festival in Europe does not have a main sponsor private is largely organized by volunteers.

"It is still regarded as an event in the Caribbean, not just take it seriously," said Ancil Barclay, a director who co-filed its notice of this week. "Carnival is developing. Everybody likes the carnival, but when it comes to establishing appropriate structures in place is a total lack of investment."

Fellow co-director, Chris Boothman, said the carnival was historically sufficient funds - managed mainly by two volunteers - when events such as Salon of the mayor would expect many financial and logistics.

"Carnival is not just a free for all parties," he said. "His roots in the celebration of the emancipation of slavery and has a high artistic value, but it's a fight to defend those values ??when it is so inadequate." None of the staff full time with experience in lobbying, the carnival will not get the recognition he deserved, he said.

The success of the carnival this year was considered essential to the image of London, after the devastation of the riots in early summer. However, conflicts of interest between the police, who wanted the event ends earlier to avoid problems and masquerade bands were worried they would not get around the road in time has caused problems for the organizers.

"There is a sense that we change the event, they sold," said Barclay. "But I live in Notting Hill - I understand the balance must be perfect."

The couple announced their resignation from the board of Kensington and Chelsea this week, and members of the Metropolitan Police, City Hall, and the organizers of the Olympic Games in 2012.

Barclay

confident that Carnival 2012 will go ahead - in the context of the Olympic Games would be too embarrassing to see that there -. But fears for the future

"Beyond 2012 is questionable, because it is so underfunded," he said. "Most people do not realize that all this was led by two volunteers should be a alarm: .. If the value of the Notting Hill Carnival, then invest in it "

Far from the image of a community carnival in the same direction pushing the paint a couple of power plays and infighting. In a letter to various authorities of both volunteer organizers wrote that after post-carnival meeting on September 21, "it became clear he had lost the level of support necessary to effectively prosecute."

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organizers is that they can produce plans for Carnival 2012 in the chaos.

"I am concerned about the year 2012, the needs of a group of people who understand the need for adequate investment and support of the authorities and is not in place," said Boothman, a lawyer who was the Chief Legal Officer of the former Commission for Racial Equality and a member of the Metropolitan Police Authority. "We went because I believe that, as things we can do - . And frankly, if we can not, I'm not sure you can "
Barclay said there is a lack of willingness to change the current way of working. "We need a complete overhaul to the carnival fit for purpose, but there is a power struggle between people with a lot of historical baggage."

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