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Wildlife charity linked to Carrie Johnson faces probe over £50,000 interior design bill

Carrie Johnson's boss wife's Victoria Aspinall or her firm received £352,658 over a four-year period from two charities. The £50,000 from Howletts Wild Animal Trust (HWAT) was in 2021

Daily Mirror

Next steps for Maindy Park in Cardiff after controversial decision on land swap

If a proposed land swap involving land at Maindy Park goes ahead it will pave the way for the expansion of Cathays High

Wales Online

Key decision made on future of historic Welsh velodrome

The independent committee will make a recommendation to Cardiff Council's cabinet

Wales Online

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Watchdog investigates charity set up by UK billionaire over £16m ski clubhouse

Exclusive: Jim Ratcliffe Foundation helps fund exclusive facility at club where he and his daughter have skied for years

The Guardian - UK

Michelle Mone’s husband in row over charity donations to firm run by ex-Tory leader IDS

Charity bankrolled by Doug Barrowman donated nearly £500,000 to Centre for Social Justice, co-founded by Iain Duncan Smith.

Daily Record

Ex-boss of homelessness charity ‘spent thousands on luxury travel and meals’

Both CEO Lee Dribben and his father Lee oversaw the spending of thousands of pounds of foundation cash on the upkeep and repair of properties they personally owned

Evening Standard

Ex-homelessness charity bosses get 15-year ban for misuse of funds

Charity Commission inquiry showed Ashley and Lee Dribben spent large sums meant for vulnerable people on themselves

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North East Homeless announces closure amid Charity Commission investigation

The homeless charity, based in North Shields, has said no further donations should be made to its back account

Chronicle Live

Ex-homeless charity boss spent thousands on own properties and luxury items

The Ashley Foundation, which was registered as a charity in 1997, operates hostels and flats for homeless people in Blackpool, Sunderland and Blackburn

Chronicle Live

Ex-homelessness charity boss ‘spent thousands on luxury travel and Apple watches’

The Charity Commission said it had found evidence of ‘serious financial mismanagement’.

The Independent UK

Kids Company founder cleared to challenge critical watchdog report in court

Camila Batmanghelidjh told she has arguable case to appeal against verdict that collapsed charity was mismanaged

The Guardian - UK

Founder of Bristol charity Kids Company can mount court challenge over critical report

Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh said after the ruling: “I am pleased that the case will be heard in full.”

Bristol Post

Founder of collapsed charity can mount court challenge over regulator’s report

A High Court judge has given Camila Batmanghelidjh ‘permission’ to pursue a judicial review of a Charity Commission report.

The Independent UK

University of Cambridge to return looted Benin bronzes

Approval for the restitution of 116 artefacts was given by the Charity Commission.

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Regulator escalates investigation into trans charity Mermaids

‘Newly identified’ governance and management issues prompt Charity Commission statutory inquiry

The Independent UK

Watchdog launches investigation into trans rights charity Mermaids

Charity Commission says statutory inquiry follows ‘newly identified’ concerns about its governance

Belfast Live

UUP defends candidate's attendance at performance of song with UVF lyrics

The footage appears to show a woman dancing while draped in a UVF flag and another woman holding an inflatable toy gun

The Guardian - UK

UK super-rich less charitable than decade ago, says charity chief

Chair of Charity Commission says voluntary sector faces ‘existential crisis’ as incomes of top 1% rise but philanthropy falls

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Chronicle Live

North East Homeless under investigation by Charity Commission after concerns raised

The Charity Commission has launched a compliance case into the governance of North East Homeless (NEH)

The National (Scotland)

Chief executive of transgender charity Mermaids resigns from post

THE chief executive of the transgender children’s charity Mermaids has resigned, the organisation has said.

The Independent UK

Chief executive of transgender children’s charity Mermaids resigns

Susie Green is stepping down after six years after recent intense public scrutiny of the charity.

The Guardian - UK

Head of trans children charity Mermaids resigns after six years

Susie Green is stepping down amid intense public scrutiny of charity in recent months

Evening Standard

Eton probed by regulator after pupils ‘heckle’ state schoolgirls

There were reports of bad behaviour after a talk by Nigel Farage

The Guardian - UK

Charity Commission reviews complaint against climate sceptic thinktank

Move comes after lawyers and MPs raised concerns about charitable status of Global Warming Policy Foundation

The Guardian - UK

Mermaids: why has the trans charity been in the news?

The claims and counter-claims against the charity at the heart of the debate over trans children

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