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| Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh to quit charity and blames government's 'ugly games' | |
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| Camila Batmanghelidjh is to stand down as head of the Kids Company charity - and blamed "ugly games" after the government declined to hand over £3m in funding. | |
| A cash crisis at the troubled charity, which gives therapy to abused and traumatised children, will force it to half in size, sack hundreds of staff and make £14m in cuts, Ms Batmanghelidjh said. | A cash crisis at the troubled charity, which gives therapy to abused and traumatised children, will force it to half in size, sack hundreds of staff and make £14m in cuts, Ms Batmanghelidjh said. |
| It comes after the Cabinet Office declined to hand over a £3m in funding because of concerns about Ms Batmanghelidjh's leadership and the charity's ability to run itself, according to a report by BBC Newsnight and Buzzfeed. | It comes after the Cabinet Office declined to hand over a £3m in funding because of concerns about Ms Batmanghelidjh's leadership and the charity's ability to run itself, according to a report by BBC Newsnight and Buzzfeed. |
| Ms Batmanghelidjh, one of the country's most high-profile campaigners for disadvantaged children, initially refused to comment, but then last night announced that she would be stepping down from the charity she founded after nearly 20 years as its head. | Ms Batmanghelidjh, one of the country's most high-profile campaigners for disadvantaged children, initially refused to comment, but then last night announced that she would be stepping down from the charity she founded after nearly 20 years as its head. |
| She told the Guardian: “Some ugly games are being played. The facts are that the vulnerable children of this country remain largely unprotected. There’s no point in shooting the messenger if the message is uncomfortable. I am being silenced.” | She told the Guardian: “Some ugly games are being played. The facts are that the vulnerable children of this country remain largely unprotected. There’s no point in shooting the messenger if the message is uncomfortable. I am being silenced.” |
| The Cabinet Office last year ordered a review of grants made to the charity following the raising of concerns about its governance. | The Cabinet Office last year ordered a review of grants made to the charity following the raising of concerns about its governance. |
| But Kids Company has also been praised in the past by David Cameron for its "visionary" work with young people. Mr Cameron personally intervened to ensure that officials did not cut off funding to the charity, according to Dominic Cummings, a former special adviser in the Department for Education. | But Kids Company has also been praised in the past by David Cameron for its "visionary" work with young people. Mr Cameron personally intervened to ensure that officials did not cut off funding to the charity, according to Dominic Cummings, a former special adviser in the Department for Education. |
| A spokeswoman for Kids Company told the Independent that Ms Batmanghelidjh had announced her intention to stand down "at some point" in her 20th year at the helm. | |
| An exact date for her departure had not been set, the spokeswoman added. She said that Ms Batmanghelidjh would stay on in a campaigning, though not an executive role. |