The chair of the BBC's Children in Need charity has resigned, after reports that she protested over grants awarded to an LGBT youth charity, whose former chief had been involved in a child abuse scandal.

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BBC Children in Need chair resigns over grants to scandal-hit charity

Rosie Millard quit over grants for LGBT youth charity whose ex-chief was convicted of child sex assaults.

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LGBT Youth Scotland accuses ex-Children in Need chair Rosie Millard of using historic allegations in a bid ‘to destroy our reputation’

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Children in Need chair resigns, criticising grants to LGBT+ charity

The chair of BBC's Children In Need, Rosie Millard, has quit her role in protest after £466,000 was set to be allocated to LGBTYS whose former boss had previously come under fire

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Children In Need boss quits in protest after huge sum handed to scandal-hit charity

CHILDREN in Need chairwoman Rosie Millard has quit over payments made to a scandal-hit charity whose ex-boss is convicted paedo.  The 59-year-old accused the BBC charity for disadvantage kids of “institutional failure” in an explosive letter after £460,000 of grants were awarded to controversial group LGBT Youth Scotland.  HARRY RICHARDSChildren in Need chairwoman Rosie Millard[/caption]
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Children in Need chairman quits over payments to scandal-hit LGBT charity

The BBC Children in Need chief has quit her role after the charity granted £460,000 to an LGBT group - which has faced child sex abuse scandals.Rosie Millard hit out at the BBC charity, accusing the body of “institutional failure” in her resignation letter, which has been seen by The Times.The 59-year-old British broadcaster targeted chief executive Simon Antrobus for his response to the news that £466,000 was given to LGBT Youth Scotland (LGBTY…

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'Institutional failure!' Children in Need chief quits after BBC charity splashes £460k on grants to scandal-stricken LGBT group

Last week the BBC announced that the 2024 Children in Need appeal had raised more than £39 million for charity. With such large sums of money, comes great responsibility – which charities are worthy of funding, and which ones should be kept at the end of the proverbial bargepole?  This week, Rosie Millard has resigned as chair

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Why did Children in Need fund a charity linked to a paedophile scandal?

CHILDREN in Need’s boss has quit and launched a scathing attack over its past support for a Scottish Government-funded trans charity hit with child sex scandals. Rosie Millard, 59, resigned – after six years at the head of the charity – with a devastating letter to the board, reports The Times. HARRY RICHARDSChildren in Need chairwoman Rosie Millard resigned in a blistering letter to the board[/caption]
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Children In Need boss quits over £466K funding of scandal-hit youth charity

Children in Need's chair has quit over payments to charity LGBT Youth Scotland. It seems that £466,000 in grants was awarded to the organisation, starting seven months after James Rennie, the then chief executive of LGBTYS, was convicted of child sex assaults in 2009. And this year Andrew Easton, who co-authored schools guidance for LGBTYS, was convicted  [...] The post Children in Need’s chair has quit over payments to charity appeared first on…

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