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