Charity criticised for handing senior role to Aimee Challenor who defended paedophile dad

Well done the Coventry Observer for investigating this. Note the 'stonewalling' tactics from the Lib Dems. With a general election happening they must be desperately hoping that the press will ignore the "activities" of some of their other political officers.

Aimee says that Aimee's partner's twitter was hacked... yeah right!

Probably by the same person who hacked Rebekah Vardy's Instagram.

Just like the ex- IT consultant who is now the CEO of a charity that had a data breach...

So glad this is being covered and that Prism was also mentioned. I'm not on board with the pronouns but I'm grateful to see some half decent journalism taking place.

Funny how often these people get “hacked”. So many of them are IT nerds, as well. You’d think they have better cyber security.

'Ms Challenor, aged 22, told us tonight her partner’s Twitter account had been hacked, adding: “The tweets that were purported to appear on my partner’s account were not his thoughts or opinions.

“He deleted the tweets as soon as he could'

'Hacked', was it, aye?

I see a lot of TRAs and "allies" say that Aimee is a fairly fragile vulnerable young person themselves, after growing up in a household like that, and so should not be held to the same standards as anyone else, and that we are mean to connect the sins of the father to Aimee.

Yes, that’s an often repeated excuse for Aimee’s behaviour. However, if you’re a young woman that has been raped and you feel uncomfortable sharing a space with a male bodied person, then you’re a horrible bigot and terf that needs to ‘get over it’. Teflon Teflon Teflon.

I see a lot of TRAs and "allies" say that Aimee is a fairly fragile vulnerable young person themselves, after growing up in a household like that, and so should not be held to the same standards as anyone else, and that we are mean to connect the sins of the father to Aimee.

If that's the case then that's a reason to prevent Aimee from having any responsibilities towards children and young people, and indeed it's also a counter-indication that Aimee is in a good place to have a political career of any sort at all.

I just don't understand why anyone, anywhere, would imagine that a position on a children's and youth charity would be a good choice for someone who had demonstrably failed at safeguarding (and isn't it amazing that hiring someone who they knew tortured and raped a ten-year-old is being minimised and excused by so many people), and whose current partner is a self-admitted Minor Attracted Person (and what a euphemism that is).

I mean, if you want to do charitable work, there's a ton of stuff out there that isn't child-related. Hell, Aimee until very recently was gunning for deputy leader of the Green Party, but hadn't noticeably done any environmental campaigning work at all. Why not do a bit of that?

There will be an apology and mass unblocking now right?

Aimee says that Aimee's partner's twitter was hacked... yeah right! I'm glad there is light being shone on Aimee's activities at last.

Another investigation
coventryobserver.co.uk/news/exclusive-transgender-activist-aimee-challenor-no-longer-in-coventry-lib-dem-post-amid-investigation-into-safeguarding-complaints/

This person is relentless.

If you didn't know about this person, you wouldn't know their gender identity from the article - it is consistent throughout with pronouns etc, no mention that this person is trans. If you didn't know, you wouldn't know from the reporting. I'm uncomfortable with the omission, probably because I know if their history. Barracker's words about pronouns spring to mind.

The Australian connection
threadreaderapp.com/thread/1188865064037568513.html

Any idea where I can find the archived version? Sorry to be dim..

The blog has been scrubbed and huge swathes of AC & NK's online stuff has 'mysteriously' disappeared. It's archived, though.

Hi. Can anyone direct me to the blog article by Nathaniel Knight (rather than the Twitter feeds)? I found it last night and now can't...

And their, Aimees that is, farms page is an eye opener.

Indeed it is. I didn't think this story could get worse than what I already knew about.

Who made the decision that Aimee should be allowed to work with vulnerable children?

By the way I saw someone on the Twitter thread say that the full Veritas report is no longer available, so just FYI to anyone who may wish to refer to it - it has been archived there.

AC has spent a considerable amount of time 'advising' local police on all matters 'trans' and has been publicly thanked for their input.

I'm a bit confused as to how the article can describe this charity as 'police-backed'.

Possibly funded through a small grant from the police and crime commissioner, though I can’t see any record of it from a quick Google.

mobile.twitter.com/PhilHealyWMP/status/1183669593568665600

Probably because if this horse
Of course he never responded. The police officer that is.

I'm a bit confused as to how the article can describe this charity as 'police-backed'.

Maybe the journo got a bit mixed up on Google.

But yes a complete safeguarding nightmare which explicitly recruits vulnerable and isolated young people.

Sarah
Yea here the thread about their fiance. And their, Aimees that is, farms page is an eye opener.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3639203-Nathaniel-Knight-partner-of-Aimee-Challenor-worrying-twitter-admissions

The twitter profile for prism has gone private.

At one time Prism posted more photos and videos of the adult volunteers running the service and I thought everyone of them were oddballs (to put it politely)

For many of the young people who use our service they struggle with social isolation, bullying or loneliness which can manifest itself as mild to severe mental health problems including depression

I think it should be remembered that Challenor was once one of those vulnerable young people who turned to Prism (or its predecessor) for support.

It's a youth club and, according to PRISM, For many of the young people who use our service they struggle with social isolation, bullying or loneliness which can manifest itself as mild to severe mental health problems including depression

So it's for vulnerable children and youths as mentioned upthread.