Government intervention in the internal running of a charity?
I read with much interest this BBC News article titled "Kids Company's Camila Batmanghelidjh asked to step down by government". The full article is available here . Charities are there to ensure resources (financial, people, services and physical resources) are used effectively to aid the beneficiaries of the charity, in this case children. It must also ensure they are not misappropriated and the long term viability of the organisation is assured. Bring negative publicity certainly impacts its ability today to be effective and threatens its long term viability. By having funds restricted must be impacting its ability to deliver the much needed services to children and impacts its services it can offer in the future. Internal governance processes at the charity should be there to ensure sound financial management, ensure stakeholder interests are being appropriately managed and ensure transparency for all. The BBC article implies many of these duties are not being met by t...