Charity Begins At Home!

 

A charity commission report found evidence of “inappropriate” payments, misconduct and mismanagement at Care4Calais, a charity that played a key part in legal action which have held up the Government’s Rwanda deportation flights.

It described as “inappropriate” payments of £340,000 from the charity into the personal account of Care4Calais’ founder and former trustee Clare Moseley, an arrangement that it said put its funds at “undue risk”.

As the old saying goes "charity begins at home"!

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BBC Repeats Cancer UK's Lie That Obesity Causes Cancer

The BBC is now repeating Cancer UK's lie that obesity causes cancer.

"Being overweight or obese is a growing cause of cancer in the UK while cases caused by smoking are falling, according to a large study."

Obesity does NOT cause cancer, it is a risk factor.

There is a difference between a CAUSE and a RISK.

It would be nice if the PR department of Cancer UK, and the BBC journalists could grasp that difference!

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Cancer UK Trolled By McDonald's

Wait for it! pic.twitter.com/GzZV25EgOa

— Persian Rose (@PersianRose1) March 9, 2018

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Cancer Research UK Weighs In On Obesity

Cancer Research UK has weighed in on obesity.

According to Cancer Research "obesity is the UK's biggest cause of cancer after smoking".

Cancer Research then go on to define a "healthy weight" by invoking BMI.

Well here are a few wee points:

1 Obesity might well be a "risk factor" (as indeed are all other things in our lives..eg food, drink, exercise, lifestyle, cleaning products, genes etc), but it it NOT a CAUSE of cancer!

2 BMI as a means of identifying a healthy weight is bollocks, as everyone apart from Nanny knows.

3 Cancer Research, I thought, is meant to use its funds to research cures for cancer rather than preach against the obese.


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Whither Oxfam?

Pound to a penny that Oxfam will cease to exist within the next year or, at the very least, have changed its name in an effort to rebrand itself and distance itself from its loss of ethics!

Oh, and here is what I wrote about Oxfam January 2017:

"Oh, and by the way, Oxfam has net assets of Euro391M as at March 2015. Oxfam should lead by example and disburse the liquid portion of those assets!"

People/charities/governments will be queuing to get their hands on all of that money!


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Nanny Would Prefer Dehydration, Rather Than Coke

The boss of the “consumer voice” NGO who complained about cola being given to earthquake victims has deleted this tweet. pic.twitter.com/p6ExrlP56f

— Christopher Snowdon (@cjsnowdon) November 16, 2017

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Camila Blames Cameron

1st up on my @bbc5live prog Camila Batmanghelidjh-boss of defunct Kids Co, who claims she was sold down the river by David Cameron |10am 📻 pic.twitter.com/lEEQGFsBBT

— Emma Barnett (@Emmabarnett) October 18, 2017

In February 2016 I wrote:

"Loyal readers know that I have been less than impressed with the Kids Company, and the clowns that were allegedly "in charge" of that clusterfuck of an organisation.

I am pleased to see that the Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) have given that failed organisation, and its "leaders" a well deserved kicking.

Unsurprisingly the clown in chief, Camila Batmanghelidjh, denies everything and is quoted by the BBC saying that the report "is a product of bias and rumour"."

It seems Camila is still in  denial!

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Nanny Has Major Sense of Humour Failure

Oh dear Nanny really has a had a major sense of humour failure wrt funds raised for Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust.

It seems that because the funds were raised by men dressed as nurses, the hospital has turned down a donation.

For why?

Nanny believes that their behaviour was "highly-sexualised" and "demeaning".

The Telegraph reports that the men raised £2,500 in the event in Ludlow, Shropshire, which sees them dress up as female nurses and take to the streets with collection buckets.

The fundraising drive for Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust has been taking place without complaint for 30 years, raising around £90,000 in total.

However, Jan Ditheridge, chief executive of the trust, said she is not comfortable with how the event portrays medical staff and refused the donation.

In a letter to the Ludlow Hospital League of Friends, Ms Ditheridge and chair of the trust Mike Ridley, said:

"The presentation of men dressed as female nurse sin a highly-sexualised and demeaning way is wrong, very outdated and insulting to the profession."

Peter Corfield, chairman of the League of Friends of Ludlow Hospital, described the refusal of the cash as "absolutely ridiculous."

He added:

"The event has always run with the full knowledge and support of the hospital and primary care trust management with participation by NHS staff.

The whole thing is a light-hearted fundraiser which has raised between £2,500 and £6,500 each year and so over that period of time it's a very tidy sum."

Ms Ditheridge, chief executive of the trust said:

"It isn't okay to portray healthcare professionals in this way.

We have previously asked that this doesn't happen and therefore don't think it's right to accept any money associated with this activity.

I'm sure the event was organised with the best intentions and we are sorry if it's made people feel uncomfortable or embarrassed.

Many people kindly and selflessly raise money for our organisation, and especially for our hospitals. We are eternally grateful for that."

Dear oh dear :(
 

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Oxfam's Policy of Envy

Billionaires Attacked By @oxfamgb Have Made $60 Billion in Charitable Donations #GuidoData https://t.co/WvYBr4BZWD pic.twitter.com/zdWDbz7g46

— Guido Fawkes (@GuidoFawkes) January 16, 2017

Oxfam, instead of looking for pro active means to promote growth that helps bring people out of poverty, instead has decided to decry those individuals who themselves have contributed in bucket loads to charity.

The politics of envy is an easy card to play, but an unworthy one!

Oh, and by the way, Oxfam has net assets of Euro391M as at March 2015. Oxfam should lead by example and disburse the liquid portion of those assets!

Oh, one more thing, Oxfam's list excludes many very wealthy people eg George Soros!

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Life Causes Cancer

It would appear that modern life is killing children, with the number of youngsters diagnosed with cancer rising 40% in the past 16 years because of air pollution, pesticides, poor diets and radiation.

That at least is what researchers at the charity Children with Cancer UK believe, they claim that there are now 1,300 more cancer cases a year compared with 1998.

Apparently, the increase is most notable in teenagers and young adults aged between 15 and 24, where the incidence rate has risen from around 10 cases in 100,000 to nearly 16.

Researchers say that although some of the rise can be explained by improvements in cancer diagnoses and more screening, the majority is probably caused by environmental factors.

Please note that word "probably", ie they are not certain!

Anyhoo, if the researchers are to be believed amongst the list of causes are:

- air pollution
- mobile phones
- BBQ's
- solvents in household cleaners
- power lines
- CT scans
- bright light at night etc

The list is endless!

The solution?

Stop breathing and stop living!

Alternatively we could go back to Victorian times, before most of these factors existed (air pollution aside). Unfortunately the infant and child mortality figures were off the scale in those days, and the chances are you would die of TB, cholera, pneumonia, measles, whooping cough or simply "old age" at around 35.

Nowadays most babies born are likely to survive into teenage-hood, hence the statistical increase in those with cancer. 

In other words, because we are living longer and our babies don't die at birth or in infancy, we have swapped one form of death for another.

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#CamilaGate

As per the Telegraph:

"Alleway wasn’t especially keen to expose her subject as paranoid, narcissistic, belligerent, manipulative, self-pitying, evasive, irresponsible and needy. But Batmanghelidjh didn’t give her much other material to work with. A distressed voice behind the camera asked ever more journalistic questions about huge sums squandered on a private swimming pool, taxis, not to mention the money stuffed into brown envelopes so Kids Company clients could allegedly pay their drug dealers."

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A Question of Governance - Auntie Castigated

Loyal readers know that I have been less than impressed with the Kids Company, and the clowns that were allegedly "in charge" of that clusterfuck of an organisation.

I am pleased to see that the Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) have given that failed organisation, and its "leaders" a well deserved kicking.

Unsurprisingly the clown in chief, Camila Batmanghelidjh, denies everything and is quoted by the BBC saying that the report "is a product of bias and rumour".

Disregarding her delusions, the PACAC report also gives Yentob and Auntie a kicking too (as per this extract):

House of Commons conclusion on #kidscompany trustee #Yentob damming https://t.co/RRF5YGamZc pic.twitter.com/dWTupNnCIO

— Adam Bates (@AdamBates_D6) February 1, 2016

Auntie had better watch out, PACAC may well go after her next!

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Kids Company Fallout - Another Clown Quits

Alan Yentob has weaseled out of censure over allegations that he interfered with the BBC's coverage of the collapse of Kids Company, after quitting his executive role before Auntie's governing body could launch an independent investigation into the claims.

Yentob, who chaired the failed charity, said that he had decided to step down from his £183,000 creative director post at the end of this year, because of the “serious distraction” caused by claims that he had tried to influence the output of the BBC’s news programmes. He will retain his position as host of Imagine, the arts strand, for which he thought to be paid around £150,000 a year.

The Telegraph understands that Yentob had been warned that the BBC Trust was on the brink of announcing an inquiry into his behaviour. 

This is not over yet, by any means!

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Nanny Argues With Herself Over Health and Safety

The final Lido Nights Christmas charity show, scheduled to be performed in the Saltdean Lido, billed as the “last ever” has been cancelled.


Why?

Health and Safety!

Except that the show had been organised since June, and the outgoing trustees of the Lido claim that all licences, insurances and safety certificates are in place.

Former trustee Ethel Trigg is quoted by Brighton and Hove News:

“Before we handed over the building to the new trustees we had our own Risk Assessment carried out in the presence of Brighton and Hove City Council, and everything was up to standard. The new trustees individual Risk Assessment must obviously be contradictory to ours.”

Organiser Chris Mr Nieto says he offered to pay for any extra insurance, and believes that any health and safety issues raised by the new trustees, such as contractors’ equipment left by fire exits, can easily be overcome.

However,  new chair Cathy Gallagher said:

“We have also been reviewing health and safety matters and carrying out a risk assessment.

There has been an urgency about this as we were being asked to confirm that  the a Lido Night event scheduled for 28 November 2015 would be supported by the trustees.

Unfortunately in the short time available to us we were not able to recommend the event proceed based on the information available to us.

We realise that there will be a disappointment for all of those who were looking forward to the event and we are really sorry about that, but we hope you will understand that health and safety has to be our main priority at any event, no matter what the cause or beneficiary.

As trustees it is fair to say we are risk averse as we consider we have a duty of care to all visitors to the community centre.”

It sounds to me as though the new trustees don't trust the old trustees, wrt their health and safety review, and are using "lack of time" as an excuse to avoid making any effort to go ahead.

Is it any wonder that those of us who live and function in the real world don't respect health and safety "experts"?

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Send In The Clowns!

This is what happens when people and Prime Ministers are distracted and bedazzled by clowns!

Are we sure that fraud hasn't been committed in the Kids Company?

Where did the money go????


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#CamilaGate - Would You Give £46M To a Clown Masquerading as a Charity Helping Kids?

Loyal readers know that I have written about Kids Company on several occasions. As such it should as no surprise to learn that the National Audit Office has found that Kids Company received at least £46M of public money, despite repeated concerns about how it was run.

Financial concerns were raised as far back as 2002, yet the government relied on the charity's own self-assessment to monitor its performance!

Would you give £46M to a clown masquerading as a charity helping kids?

What the fuck was going on there, and why did the government kowtow to this organisation and its clown?

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#CamilaGate

Camila Batmanghelidjh faces questions from MPs today. How Miles blew the whistle on Kids Co http://t.co/neKHJgLdSC pic.twitter.com/hLy2IlDa9c

— The Spectator (@spectator) October 15, 2015

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Charity Scam

Way back in July I mused about whether "charities" were really "charities" or in fact businesses.

It seems clear to me that most are in fact businesses, as verified by reports that The Information Commissioner's Office is looking into claims that an 87-year-old man's personal details were sold or passed on by charities up to 200 times.

The BBC recently reported that that Samuel Rae, who has dementia, lost £35,000 after his information ended up with scammers.

How did the scammers get his information?

The information was passed to charities when Mr Rae filled in a survey, but did not tick a box stating that he did not want his personal details shared.

Former army colonel Mr Rae is said to have been contacted by and asked for money by charities more than 730 times after his data was repeatedly sold.

Call me "picky", but that in my view is harassment of the worst sort!

Charities contacted him for up to five years after he had asked them to stop, with some requesting money as many as 38 times in a year.

Steve Eckersley, of the Information Commissioner's Office, said:

"If charities are buying and selling personal information without any thought of the wishes of the people involved, it suggests not only a disregard for the law, but also a disconnect with the supporters whose generosity they rely on."

Many charities have morphed into businesses, and have lost sight of what they were created to do and who they are meant to serve.

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Send In The Clowns

Apparently Nanny gave £3M of our money to a bunch of clowns!

As per the Telegraph:

"The former boss of Kids Company used the charity’s money to pay the boarding school fees for her chauffeur’s daughter, it was claimed, as it emerged the band Coldplay could step in to save part of the embattled organisation. 

The revelation comes amid allegations of financial mismanagement by Camila Batmanghelidjh as pressure grows for charities to be more accountable. 

The Charity Commission confirmed to the Daily Telegraph it is looking into allegations by the charity’s former employees of “inappropriate spending” but it said it is not a formal investigation at this point and that no firm conclusion has been reached. 

However, the Mail on Sunday reported the charity helped finance a spot for the teenage daughter of Jeton Cavolli, her personal chauffeur, at Dauntsey’s School where fees reach nearly £30,000 a year."

Where's the £3M gone then?
 

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Nanny Loves Kids and Their Company

In mid July I wrote the following about Kids Company:

"There has been a fuss in the media recently over the resignation of Camila Batmanghelidjh, from her position of CEO of a charity Kids Company that she founded.

It transpires the heart of the issue relates to non payment by the charity of nearly £700K of unpaid National Insurance to HMRC in 2003.

HMRC has written off £589,587 of the amount owed (at the taxpayers' expense) and Nanny, it seems, will hand over £3M of taxpayers' money to continue to fund the charity.

Laurence Guinness, director of communications at Kids Company, is quoted by the Third Sector saying that the charity had:

"experienced a delay in making National Insurance payments to HMRC as resources were focused on meeting the immediate needs of a high number of vulnerable children with complex needs who were not receiving statutory support".

A "delay"?

Twelve years??

When does a charity cease to be a charity, and become a business?"

Barely three weeks on, and the "charity" is now closing down amid some very ugly rumours indeed about various issues.

BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said warnings had been sounded as far back as the Labour government:

"All those reasons, it seems, were put to one side - and the reason, bluntly, is because it appears Kids Company was a charity which enjoyed the protection of Downing Street, under Gordon Brown and David Cameron."

The observant amongst you will be asking, what about the £3M of taxpayers' money that was handed over?

The Cabinet Office's lead official raised concerns that the grant, intended for a "transformation and downsizing plan", would be poor value for money, but was told by ministers to press ahead.

It seems that Nanny will make an attempt to get it back, not least because the Cabinet Office believes that the conditions attached to its use were not met!

Any bets as to whether the money is still there??


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