‘Thrown under the bus!’ Children in Need boss who quit over trans row lashes out at scandal-stricken LGBT charity
A former BBC Children in Need chair has claimed she was “thrown under the bus” for speaking out against an LGBT charity.
Rosie Millard resigned from her position in November saying she did not feel she had the full support of her board after she demanded Children in Need stopped funding LGBT Youth Scotland.
The charity was given just under half a million in funding by the BBC organisation across 14 years.
However, Millard told Times Radio, she had discovered the charity had “a lot of problems which I felt would bring Children in Need into reputational damage.”
The charity was thrown into dispute after former chief executive, James Rennie, was convicted in 2009 as a ringleader of Scotland’s biggest paedophile network.
The charity acknowledged in a statement on its website that it has had “challenges”, noting that a contributor to a coming-out guide published by the charity in 2009 was convicted of crimes against children in 2024. The charity said it condemns “any actions which harm children and young people.”
The current chief executive has accused Millard of having “anti-inclusivity motives” and pointing to “historic allegations against us in attempts to destroy our reputation.”
While Children in Need did cancel funding to the charity, Millard said she felt she could not stay on as she did not have the support of her board.
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