Kids Company closure: What went wrong? - BBC News
Founded in 1996 in south London, it provided practical, emotional and educational support to up to 36,000 deprived and vulnerable inner-city children and young people. It employed more than 600 people, with high-profile supporters including Prime Minister David Cameron. When it closed, Kids Company said 11 centres in London...…
Investigation: the government's funding of Kids Company ...
Kids Company received at least £46 million of public funding (£42 million in central government grants; £2 million from local authorities and £2 million in grants from a number of Lottery bodies). The majority of the funding (£28 million) came from the Department for Education (DfE) and its predecessors.…
Kids Company funding: National Audit Office report ...
Oct 29, 2015 · Kids Company's former boss Camila Batmanghelidjh testifying at the hearing into the charity's collapse. Parliament.TV Kids Company, the charity that collapsed in disarray earlier this year, once received 20% of the total funding given to charities by the Department for Education.…
Kids Company - Wikipedia
Funding was provided by businesses and through government grants. In 2015, it was first reported that Kids Company was in significant financial difficulty. A £3 million grant from the government was temporarily withheld until Batmanghelidjh agreed to resign as chief executive…Founder: Camila Batmanghelidjh…
How Kids Company 'bullied' ministers into funding them ...
Oct 29, 2015 · Kids Company won public funding for 13 years from government ministers despite grave reservations repeatedly being raised by civil servants, according to a new report into the now-closed charity by...…
Kids Company, And The Scam Of Government Funded Charities ...
Aug 07, 2015 · Kids Company, And The Scam Of Government Funded Charities August 7, 2015 October 29, 2015 Samuel Hooper Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh – who reportedly had five personal assistants and turned her office into a palatial throne room with a tree in the centre – ran her organisation into the ground and dumped the thousands of young people who relied on the ……
Investigation the government's funding of Kids Company
funding of Kids Company Our investigation focuses on the closure of the charity Kids Company, which was funded by the government for at least 15 years.…
Kids Company pressed every funding button – but lost sight ...
Oct 29, 2015 · Kids Company pressed every funding button – but lost sight of kids it was set up to serve. National Audit Office report offers lesson for everyone providing public services for disadvantaged people – beneficiaries must come first.Author: Peter Beresford…
Two years on from Kids Company, are ... - The Guardian
Aug 08, 2017 · Kids Company claimed that it provided services to 36,000 children, young adults and their families each year. Now they had nowhere to go. Now they had nowhere to go.Author: Asheem Singh…
Kids Company funding: ministerial direction - GOV.UK
Jul 16, 2015 · It requests a ministerial direction relating to the funding of the charity Kids Company. This letter also sets out the reasons for requesting a ministerial direction. The second letter was written by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Minister for the Cabinet Office to the Permanent Secretary.Author: Cabinet Office…