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== Stories ==
* Regulator announces statutory enquiry after identifying concerns about its governance and management.<ref name="enquiry">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-announces-statutory-inquiry-into-mermaids</ref>
== Donors ==
== Donors ==
* Lottery funding
* Received £500,000 National lottery funding.<ref name="lottery">https://archive.is/quOFy</ref>
 
* Starbucks donated 50p per Mermaids cookie and committed to send £100,000.<ref name="starbucks">https://archive.is/DTzD4</ref>
<blockquote>At the England National Funding Panel meeting on 21st November 2018 an award of £500,000 was made to the charity Mermaids.<ref name="lottery">https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/media/documents/Mermaids-UK-Review-Report_February-2019.pdf</ref></blockquote>
* Received £10,000 from [[UK Youth]].<ref name="ukyouth">https://archive.is/PaVyq</ref>
 
* Starbucks
 
<blockquote>Mermaids is delighted to announce that we have partnered with speciality coffee retailer Starbucks...During the campaign, they’ll be selling a limited edition Mermaids cookie in selected stores across the UK. 50p from each cookie sold will go towards funding our helpline services...Starbucks has committed to a contribution of £100,000 to Mermaids for this partnership..<ref name="starbucks">https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/whats-your-name/#:~:text=Just%20like%20us%2C%20Starbucks%20believes,towards%20funding%20our%20helpline%20services</ref></blockquote>
 
* UK Youth
 
<blockquote>Mermaids, another transgender charity, received £10,000 in the 2019-20 financial year from a fund administered by UK Youth, a charity which receives hundreds of thousands of pounds each year in government grants and lottery funding.<ref name="telegraph">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/09/02/trans-activist-charities-receive-taxpayers-money-loophole</ref></blockquote>


== Charities Commission ==
== Charities Commission ==
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== People ==
== People ==
* [[Hannah Graf MBE]]<ref name="people">https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/patrons/</ref>
* [[Hannah Graf]]<ref name="people">https://archive.is/PM7Xp</ref>
* [[Jake Graf]]<ref name="people"></ref>
* [[Jake Graf]]<ref name="people"></ref>
* [[Munroe Bergdorf]]<ref name="people"></ref>
* [[Munroe Bergdorf]]<ref name="people"></ref>
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== Stories ==
== Stories ==
* Trans charity Mermaids giving breast binders to children behind parents’ backs
* Gave breast binders to children behind parents backs.<ref name="breastbinders">https://archive.is/12Dpt</ref>
 
* Regulator announces statutory enquiry after identifying concerns about its governance and management.<ref name="enquiry">https://archive.is/iaOO4</ref>
<blockquote>A transgender children’s charity is giving potentially dangerous chest-flattening devices to 14-year-olds against their parents’ wishes<ref name="breastbinders">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/25/exclusive-trans-charity-mermaids-giving-breast-binders-children/</ref></blockquote>


== Twitter ==
== Twitter ==

Latest revision as of 12:26, 12 January 2024

Donors

  • Received £500,000 National lottery funding.[1]
  • Starbucks donated 50p per Mermaids cookie and committed to send £100,000.[2]
  • Received £10,000 from UK Youth.[3]

Charities Commission

Companies House

People

Stories

  • Gave breast binders to children behind parents backs.[5]
  • Regulator announces statutory enquiry after identifying concerns about its governance and management.[6]

Twitter

Notes

  1. ↑ https://archive.is/quOFy
  2. ↑ https://archive.is/DTzD4
  3. ↑ https://archive.is/PaVyq
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 https://archive.is/PM7Xp
  5. ↑ https://archive.is/12Dpt
  6. ↑ https://archive.is/iaOO4
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