Minutes of meeting between the Department of Health (DH), The Macfarlane Trust (MFT and The Eileen Trust (ET). The purpose of the meeting was to agree how to implement a ministerial decision on funding. This was to increase funding to MFT and ET for 2009/10 to a joint total of 3.932m. Payments to beneficiaries would be increased to 12,800 a year. Attendees agreed to use the Skipton Fund as the vehicle to make these payments and set a deadline of 15 December for arrangements to be in place. The merger of MFT and ET was also discussed. It was agreed a meeting would be arranged with the Charity Commission.