Camila Batmanghelidjh’s work was monitored by volunteer trustees but this is no way to run vital services. No wonder charities struggle to survive
- Asheem Singh is former chief executive of charity leaders’ network Acevo
On 5 August 2015, some of Britain’s most vulnerable children were abandoned when Kids Company, the charity led by Camila Batmanghelidjh, went bust. Kids Company claimed that it provided services to 36,000 children, young adults and their families each year. Now they had nowhere to go.
The postmortem that followed blamed various parties, including chair Alan Yentob, the charity’s trustees, its charismatic founder and government ministers. Collective irresponsibility was apparently the norm.
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