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 National (Scotland) · Nov 26, 2022
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 Independent UK · Nov 26, 2022
Head of trans children charity Mermaids resigns after six years Susie Green is stepping down amid intense public scrutiny of charity in recent months The Guardian - UK · Nov 25, 2022
Eton probed by regulator after pupils ‘heckle’ state schoolgirls There were reports of bad behaviour after a talk by Nigel Farage Evening Standard · Nov 23, 2022
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 · Nov 21, 2022
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 The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2022
Watchdog criticises Oxford college over handling of dean dispute Christ Church college spent £6m in legal fees and PR costs in effort to oust its head The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2022
LGB Alliance provides ‘public benefit’, court hears, in case brought by trans group Claim made in final arguments of action brought by Mermaids seeking removal of charitable status from LGB Alliance The Guardian - UK · Nov 7, 2022
Rishi Sunak defends think tank behind Liz Truss Budget disaster OLD Prime minister warned that ‘gullible’ politicians could fall for free market think tank claims again The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022
Strip climate sceptic thinktank of charitable status, MPs urge Global Warming Policy Foundation is a lobbying organisation, says complaint submitted to Charity Commission The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2022
Geraint Thomas' former coach lays out all the major problems with the plan to bulldoze Maindy Velodrome Alan Davis says the new plans for a velodrome in Cardiff Bay are not what the community wants or needs Wales Online · Oct 12, 2022
Mosque investigated after trustee promoted ‘jihad by sword’ to children Charity watchdog fears further harm at Brighton Mosque due to management dispute The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2022
Charity Commission probes Brighton Mosque after trustee’s terrorism conviction The mosque was issued with an official warning earlier this year after former trustee Abubaker Deghayes was convicted of encouraging terrorism. The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2022
Transgender charity Mermaids being investigated over chest binders for children claims The Charity Commission said it had received complaints concerning the supply of chest-binders to children without parental consent The Independent UK · Sep 30, 2022
The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022 Art dealer used cancer charity funds on project to build giant dragon statue Simon Wingett spent hundreds of thousands on plans for landmark that he hoped would rival the Angel of the North
The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022 Museums in England and Wales to gain powers to dispose of objects on moral grounds Exclusive: a provision of the new Charities Act could have a significant impact on restitution cases for years to come
The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2022 ‘Lie of gender identity’ spurred founding of LGB Alliance, court told Co-founder says group offended by ‘redefinition’ of homosexuality as she defends charity against accusation of anti-trans agenda
The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2022 Judge to consider trans charity’s appeal to strip LGB Alliance of legal status Mermaids claims gay rights organisation was set up to lobby against rights of transgender people
The Guardian - UK · Sep 7, 2022 Tenants fear eviction as Cornwall estate is put on market for £15.75m Trevalga estate was put in trust in 1950s to preserve its future but trustees believe it can be sold because of archaic ‘royal lives clause’
The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2022 Residents of village ‘untouched by modern world’ fear eviction as it goes on sale for £15m Villagers launch campaign against sale of Cornish hamlet after former owner leaves it in will with instruction to ‘preserve it’ and not break it up
The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2022 Museum to return ownership of looted items as ‘moral’ thing to do The items were taken from Benin City by British troops in February 1897.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022 Charity Commission opens compliance case into donor to the Prince’s Trust Move to examine the Barrowman Foundation comes amid mounting scrutiny of Charles’s charity
Daily Mirror · Aug 6, 2022 Prince Charles charity 'accepts £3million pledge from billionaire Russian oligarch' Viatcheslav Moshe Kantor, who was sanctioned by the UK following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is understood to have pledged £3 million to the Prince's Foundation
Manchester Evening News · Aug 4, 2022 Former trustees of troubled Moss Side charity banned by the Charity Commission Hartley Hanley and Mike Bisson 'are responsible for persistent and prolonged failures in the management' of Moss Side and Hulme Community Development Trust, according to the regulator
Evening Standard · Aug 1, 2022 Prince Charles will not face Charity Commission investigation over bin Laden charity donations The Charity Commission will not investigate reports Prince Charles’ charity accepted £1 million in donations from relatives of Osama bin Laden.