Mermaids
Stories
- Regulator announces statutory enquiry after identifying concerns about its governance and management.[1]
Donors
- Lottery funding
At the England National Funding Panel meeting on 21st November 2018 an award of £500,000 was made to the charity Mermaids.[2]
- Starbucks
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..[3]
- UK Youth
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.[4]
Charities Commission
Companies House
People
Stories
- Trans charity Mermaids giving breast binders to children behind parents’ backs
A transgender children’s charity is giving potentially dangerous chest-flattening devices to 14-year-olds against their parents’ wishes[6]
Notes
- ↑ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/regulator-announces-statutory-inquiry-into-mermaids
- ↑ https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/media/documents/Mermaids-UK-Review-Report_February-2019.pdf
- ↑ https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/whats-your-name/#:~:text=Just%20like%20us%2C%20Starbucks%20believes,towards%20funding%20our%20helpline%20services
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/09/02/trans-activist-charities-receive-taxpayers-money-loophole
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 https://mermaidsuk.org.uk/patrons/
- ↑ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/09/25/exclusive-trans-charity-mermaids-giving-breast-binders-children/