Parts of regulator’s report into Kids Company ‘irrational’ and ‘extremely unfair’, High Court rules
A judicial review into the Charity Commission’s inquiry report into the defunct charity upheld two elements of the challenge, led by Kids Company’s former clinical director, Michael-Karim Kerman, but rejected the remainder.
The judge found some of the regulator’s findings into the charity were “unbalanced and one-sided”.
But he rejected the claim that the inquiry report was irrational overall and said the claimant had failed to prove the entire report should be declared unlawful and removed from publication.
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NPC merges with philanthropy charity
The Beacon Collaborative has merged into the charity think tank NPC in a bid to consolidate their activities to increase the amount and effectiveness of UK philanthropy.
The merger follows the completion of the Beacon Collaborative’s initial five-year programme last year, which aimed to catalyse growth in UK philanthropy in partnership with leading sector bodies.
The charity, which was established in 2019 by the philanthropists Cath Dovey and Matthew Bowcock, will continue its work to bolster UK philanthropy as part of NPC, and will maintain its own branding.
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Retailer raises £50m for major charity
The clothing-to-homewares retailer TK Maxx has raised more than £50m for Cancer Research UK over the past two decades.
The charity’s partnership with TK Maxx, its largest corporate funder, encourages customers to donate their second-hand clothing in stores, to help stock CRUK’s charity shops.
Since the partnership was launched in 2004, the retailer has raised more than £50m to help fund research to better prevent, detect and treat cancer affecting children and young people.
The charity said that with TK Maxx’s support, it had funded more than 260 research projects into children and young people’s cancers since 2008, supporting a community of about 1,000 scientists, doctors and nurses.