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While being a charity trustee should be a rewarding and exciting experience, the position of trusteeship is one of the most onerous responsibilities an individual can take on. In its publication, The Essential Trustee (CC3), the Charity Commission makes clear:
“to be a trustee requires time, understanding and effort” and “good intentions aren’t enough to fulfil your responsibilities”. These are sentiments echoed in the conclusions of the Committee’s reports.
Kids Company was founded in 1996 by Camilla Batmanghelidjh with the aim of providing practical, emotional and educational support to vulnerable children and young people. Over the course of its existence it received government grants in excess of £42 million but its demand-led operating model meant that fnancially it was always on a “knife-edge”. The charity closed on 5 August 2015, following the launch of a Metropolitan Police investigation into allegations of sexual abuse at the charity. These allegations emerged on the same day that the Government released a grant of £3 million to the charity intended to enable an emergency restructure. The police investigation has subsequently been closed, having found no evidence to support the allegations of abuse. However, the allegations meant that potential funders and donors disappeared and this, given the charity’s already precarious financial position led, ultimately, to its collapse.
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