U.K. Charity Mermaids Is Under Scrutiny By Charity Commission

[Carolyn Marie]

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63837761

 

I have no idea if these issues are legit, but I won't be shocked if they are.  Many charities run afoul of laws and regulations, and that would include those that assist and support trans people.  We'll see what happens.

 

Carolyn Marie

[tracy_j]

I don't know about Mermaids but, having in the past been closely involved with a somewhat smaller charity run by volunteers, I can attest that there is often very little knowledge of the law, even with respect to charities. It's only the big charity concerns who will likely have good legal support on their boards. In the most part they have no intention of breaking the rules but, as we know, ignorance is no excuse.

 

Tracy

[VickySGV]

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The Charity Commission said opening the inquiry does not mean it has found any wrongdoing.

 

Baseline audits are a normal thing for charities and the ones I was involved with as an auditor usually came up with nothing worse than that a former signatory for bank checks had not been removed from the account after the signatory had died in office or that bank receipts were not being turned into bookkeeper although the funds were showing on the bank statement, thus the statement showing too much money (the minutes of the organization were also quiet on the transactions because of that too.)  Nothing evil or felonious just carelessness corrected by a thorough review and admonishment.

 

 

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 An interim report into gender services for children in March raised concerns that some binding devices may be potentially harmful.

 

A case where some POTENTIAL for harm exists, and a demand for ZERO potential for it by depriving ALL beneficiaries.  😵 😵  Even on these forums we know that some forms of binding carry the possibility of harm and we have done our best to recommend against those actions.  This is a matter between the Trans Man and their supportive medical team and NOT some busybody in the neighborhood who read The Daily Mail's scare piece on it.