, < Regeneration, < New Start editorial index page The news on the street is that there could be up to £5bn lying dormant in British bank accounts. Accounts orphaned by the death of their owners, forgotten by divorced couples or opened for children who never had the pleasure of seeing them grow. These are accounts that haven’t been touched for 15 years and, so the reasoning goes, ought to be reclaimed or put to good use until they are reclaimed. Projects that can count the number of people walking though their doors or the number of bums on seats may well be the funders’ favourites.