We don't know for sure yet but do you think this lot (or this in particular) were lining their own pockets? The founder of Kids Company has said it will have to "abandon a lot of children" as she confirmed its closure. Camila Batmanghelidjh told BBC Radio 4's The Report "rumour-mongering civil servants", ministers and the media had "put the nail" in the charity.The charity, which immediately ended its work with 40 schools in London and Bristol, had been given a £3m government grant a week ago.The government said it was "disappointed" at the outcome. In a statement, the Cabinet Office said Kids Company had been "unable to move to a sustainable financial position". It said it was working with local authorities to ensure young people "have access to the services they require". please log in to view this image Bent as a nine bob note I'll bet, seen this before years ago with The Glasgow Moonbeams charity, ****s that ran that were payng themselves a hefty wedge, the whole family was on that gravy train.People that set up charities and pay themselves top dollar and expense accounts are as low as it gets.
Most charities are a ****ing farce though - pretty certain most donations etc are used for inflated salaries and, by the end of paying expenses and wages, there's diddly squat left for the actual cause. Also, 'Camila Batmanghelidjh' . She sounds like that honky last month who was going around saying she was a Looney Tune.
She looks like the type of person who puts their bare feet up on the back of your seat on an aeroplane.
looks like its curtains for the batman http://cache2.asset-cache.net/gc/47...f8b3M3JucDH9+arkqBFyNWzXtjoXCRcjihb05Z/AQrA==
A daughter of a friend turned Mussie recently. She looks like they have blown up a curtain store and the entire stock has landed on her. With temperatures forecast to hit 30c I predict a weekend to challenge her faith. Still on the plus side her Kenyan husband has slipped into the country.
Live Aid was good , they did a big concert at Wembley and sorted out Africa in one go. No more balloon belly pickaninnys on telly eating a rusk with flies all over it's gob. Sir Bob Geldoff is a hero. Feed the Wooo oo orld let them know it's Christmas time.
As central government, local authorities and charities pick up the pieces of Kids Company, the charity which collapsed insolvent in early August, new details are emerging of the discussions that preceded the Cabinet Office paying a controversial £3m grant to the charity in late July - just days before it closed its doors.BBC Newsnight and BuzzFeed News have learned of a document, emailed to civil servants in the name of Alan Yentob, chair of the charity's trustees, on 2 June. It warned that a sudden closure of the charity would mean a "high risk of arson attacks on government buildings". The document also warned of a high risk of "looting" and "rioting", and cautioned that the "communities" served by Kids Company could "descend into savagery". The document was written in language that civil servants across government described as "absurd", "hysterical" and "extraordinary". The document was the first part of the case made by Kids Company, which sought to help young people up to the age of 24, for the £3m grant. It was part of a proposal that the financially troubled charity should be restructured into a much smaller "child wellbeing hub", which could survive on a smaller income. The Cabinet Office has acknowledged receiving a copy of the document, which was also sent to at least two London local authorities. The central government department has, however, declined to comment beyond noting that this document was not the basis upon which the charity was given the £3m grant. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Mr Yentob, also the BBC's creative director, said: "The document... was an appendix written by the Safeguarding Team, who set out all the potential risks to be taken into account in the event of closure."
The charity also routinely paid for private school fees for staff, and some £769,000 of its funding last year was spent on just 25 clients - many of them adults in their 20s or 30s
She accepted that the £769,000 for the 25 "top ranking" clients looked "huge" but insisted there were reasons behind the spending. "It looks huge but if you peel back the narrative behind those cases, you will understand why they cost so much." The newspaper reported Kids Company paid for employees' offspring to go to private schools "to reduce staff stress levels". Ms Batmanghelidjh said: "As part of a wellbeing package, if there are staff having difficulties at home we have a policy of helping them to reduce stress at home as well. We have helped a range of staff with a range of things."
