Alan Yentob has stepped down as BBC creative director, saying that his role at failed charity Kids Company was a “serious distraction”. Mr Yentob, who was chairman of trustees at
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Vulnerable children across the country are likely to have lost out as a result of the Government’s decision to treat failed charity Kids Company as a “special case”, a parliamentary
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Record numbers of cancer patients are relying on charity grants for essentials such as clothing and heating. Macmillan Cancer Support said thousands of people struggle every year to cope with
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The founder of the defunct Kids Company charity has denied handing out hundreds of pounds “willy-nilly” in payments to vulnerable young people. Camila Batmanghelidjh said that all the payments made
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Concerns about collapsed charity Kids Company were being raised with trustees and regulators over several years, an investigation has found. The investigation by BBC’s Newsnight and BuzzFeed News uncovered documents
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The “domineering” founder of an international aid charity fronted by the Duchess of Cornwall secured lucrative contracts for his son so he could buy a new house, a court has
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New laws governing charities have cleared the House of Lords. The Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Bill will now go to the House of Commons for MPs to give it
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Scotland’s oldest Children’s charity, Carolina House Trust, celebrates its Bicentenary anniversary in 2015. In order to recognise their fantastic work the charity is holding a black tie dinner dance fundraiser
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Kids Company has closed its doors on thousands of young people after running out of money as its high profile founder Camila Batmanghelidjh blamed “rumour-mongering civil servants” and “ill-suited ministers”
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It is “complete rubbish” to claim there was serious financial mismanagement at collapsed charity Kids Company, chairman of trustees Alan Yentob has insisted. Mr Yentob, a senior BBC executive, said
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