Camila Batmanghelidjh died

I met her several times - she provided qualified therapeutic services for Primary schools - much needed and yes, her heart was in the right place. It was Kids Company that attracted all the massive funding that seemed to be so poorly managed. But they did work with some of the most hard to reach young people who other agencies had given up on.

I recon there's a number of children and young people who benefitted from her charities and that's a great legacy.

Give it time

I've been to a couple of lectures by her. She was great - not just passionate but well informed too. I have colleagues who are ex employees who say the same (although agree that there was disorganisation).

Why does the media love the notion of a "trans child" (hence Mermaids still exist despite safeguarding issues) but have no interest in the extremely deprived youngsters that Kids Company were reaching? Why aren't the media tearing down Stonewall for scamming buckets of cash giving out biased and incorrect equalities training?

Extremely sad news.

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmpubacc/504/50403.htm

That was broadly what I got from friends in the sector.

She was absolutely not exonerated. The charity commission report was damning.

I completely agree that her heart was in the right place, but the organization she ran was a mess.

I read a couple of her books. Her heart was in the right place.

It’s often referred to as if it were true, and an example of poor safeguarding- on here, I m sure.

I think someone did post a link about how she had been exonerated, but some how no one really took it up.

I was surprised by that article- the way she’s spoken about I assumed that bad practice had been found!
It’s often referred to as if it were true, and an example of poor safeguarding- on here, I m sure.

61 is very young. How sad.

Yes 61 does seem young. And not to have had her public image restored by the prejudiced media / establishment that set out to destroy her.

In 2015, Batmanghelidjh and the charity’s trustees closed Kids Company after its growing financial troubles were exacerbated by a BBC report claiming sexual abuse had taken place at the charity. This triggered a public and media backlash. Police subsequently investigated the allegations, and found no evidence of wrongdoing.

For months she was vilified in the parts of the media, despite protesting her innocence, an extraordinary reversal of her earlier popularity with the press. The official receiver launched a high-profile and expensive attempt to ban her from holding senior roles in public life, finally culminating in a 10-week court case in 2021.

The high court exonerated Batmanghelidjh, and rejected the claim that Kids Company had been mismanaged and charitable funds misspent. The judge praised her for the “enormous dedication she showed to vulnerable young people over many years” and her achievement in building a successful charity that did “incredible work”.

Shame on them for unjustly accusing her.

Especially when you think of all those (white, male) personalities they cover up for.