Mick Hartley

LGBT Youth Scotland – the troubled charity that pushes gender ideology in Scottish primary schools – makes the news again. From the Times:

The chairwoman of BBC’s Children in Need charity has quit, alleging “institutional failure” over grants awarded to a youth transgender charity hit by ­child abuse scandals.

Rosie Millard, 59, a writer and broadcaster, resigned after six years at the charity, sending a scathing letter to its board.

The letter, seen by The Times, criticised Children in Need’s chief executive, Simon Antrobus, for his response, amid revelations that it awarded £466,000 in grants to LGBT Youth Scotland (LGBTYS).

The former chief executive of LGBTYS, James Rennie, was convicted in 2009 of child sex ­assaults. Children in Need started giving grants to the charity seven months later.

Another man, who wrote a schools guide for the youth charity, was convicted this year of sharing indecent images of children, including some of newborn babies.

Children in Need suspended grants to the charity only in May after Millard says she alerted them to the 2009 case. It withdrew funding three months later after a review.

Millard alleged there had been “institutional failure”, suggesting serious questions about due diligence for Children in Need.

Millard also accused Antrobus of ­failing to respond “with the necessary level of seriousness”. She said that he eventually cut funding to the charity only because of fear of negative publicity.

She claimed that on hearing of her ­discovery of the child abuse, he had complained that it had spoilt his enjoyment of a Bruce Springsteen ­concert.

It's the BBC. Of course they'd give money to a charity with a T, no questions asked.