'Absolutely scandalous' charity

[El Cid 220]

This article[/url] is about four charities who are taking a man to high court for an estate valued at £340,000. The lady had made a Will leaving her estate to Dogs Trust, World Animal Protection, Friends Of The Animals and Heart Research UK.

 

The anti-charity brigade do seem to be using this to bring up negative news about charities.

 

I guess all those complaining will be shocked to learn that there are around 90,000 prostitutes working in the UK.

 

According to data from the Office for National Statistics, prostitution contributed £5.3 billion to the UK economy in 2009.

 

What is that saying, charity starts at home why are people complaining about 5? charity workers going with prostitutes, when it happens over 500,000 times in the UK

[mrcharlie 10]

Is it not true that prostitution is the oldest profession? I once read that the earliest known examples of advertising were women in ancient Pompeii

who would tack nails/pins into the soles of their sandals that spelt "Follow Me" as they walked along dusty paths.

I agree it's a profession that most of us would gladly like to see disappear - incredibly demeaning for all involved in my view.

But as the crude saying goes " Every woman is sat on a fortune" sorry

Some it seems are forced to cash in this asset - how utterly depressing in the 21st century!!

Edited February 17, 2018 by mrcharlie

[ukdobby 224]

Surprised Brenan Cox and his sister-in-law hasn't given us their opinion on the happenings,they are always on tv.

 

He's appeared and guess what.

[area 51 10]

I see Brendan Cox has set up another,he knows where he can make a good living from.

 

Its just broke on the BBC website that he has quit his positions at all the charities including the Jo Cox foundation.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43101434

[ultracynic 10]

I see the Guardian is currently silent on this issue...

[ukdobby 224]

I see the Guardian is currently silent on this issue...

 

He was head of 2 charities in his wife's name probably on a good pay check,the bloke is a sleaze and had walked before the fall.

[Flanker7 20]

I see the Guardian is currently silent on this issue...

 

1st page - 2nd story = https://www.theguardian.com/uk

 

Yawn , back on topic please.

[ENG601PM 10]

1st page - 2nd story = https://www.theguardian.com/uk

 

Yawn , back on topic please.

 

It's very pertinent that somebody can walk out of one charity under a cloud of sexual impropriety, complete with police reports, and walk straight into another, one of which he's a trustee of.

 

Seems like the Charity Commission needs a bit of an overhaul but the danger there is throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

[ukdobby 224]

Nasty slur there. Well done.

 

So it's a nasty slur is it,let's have your opinion.

[libuse 10]

Not surprising then that the likes of the RSPCA are one of the biggest landowners in this country.

 

 

Genuinely interested - have you got a source for that? It's something I've never heard before

[Jeffrey Shaw 90]

Seems like the Charity Commission needs a bit of an overhaul.

Not so. Its main job is to supervise charities' compliance with the law, not to decide whether trustees are moral people and appropriate to hold office- the latter is a task for other trustees of the charity, its subscribing members, and its beneficiaries.

See the Charities Act 2011 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/25/contents (esp. sections 14-16).

[Anna B 1,414]

Don't stop giving to charities. Just give to small local ones that make every penny count.