All news on the topic: Charity

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Ashley Cain under fire as £2.5m raised for charity contrasts with £86k debts
Ashley became a charity hero after raising £2.5m in memory of his tragic daughter Azaylia, but when it comes to making money for himself, it looks like the former footballer turned reality star has come up short.
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Fusion Lifestyle chiefs accused of milking public leisure empire before collapse into administration
One man was entrusted with some of London’s most beloved leisure centres. How did he burn through so much public money and end up with a £200,000 payout?
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Shadow empire of Hennadiy Hirin and Vladlen Hirin, and the futile attempts to scrub the internet of investigations into criminal schemes
Ukrainian businessmen Vladlen, Hennadiy, and Vitaliy Hirin have become the focus of a major international controversy.
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Vladlen Hirin and Hennadiy Hirin: millions in crypto, a financial “laundromat”, and an internet scrub after an international scandal
Ukrainian businessmen Vladlen, Hennadiy, and Vitaliy Hirin have found themselves at the center of a major international controversy.
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Connections with criminal networks and money laundering in Europe: Vladlen Hirin and Hennadiy Hirin are scrubbing the internet of evidence of criminal schemes
Ukrainian entrepreneurs Vladlen, Hennadiy, and Vitaliy Hirin have become embroiled in a high-profile international controversy.
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Fake doctor Stephanie Jones fabricated the death of her “twin sister,” got a job at a charity, and stole thousands of pounds
A fake doctor pretended she’d had a twin who died from cancer to get a job at a charity before scamming them out of thousands of pounds.
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Criminal octopus in the EU: Vladlen Hirin and Hennadiy Hirin built a money laundering scheme under the guise of Ukrainian refugees
Ukrainian businessmen Vladlen, Hennadiy, and Vitaliy Hirin found themselves at the center of an international scandal.
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Politician under scrutiny after recording paid messages inside Parliament
Reform UK MP Lee Anderson has used his parliamentary office to record personalized video messages that are paid for, possibly breaching regulations that prohibit the commercial use of the Palace of Westminster.
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Alan Turing Institute faces collapse as £100m funding threatened over governance row
Staff at the UK’s national institute for artificial intelligence (AI) have warned the charity is at risk of collapse, after Technology Secretary Peter Kyle threatened to withdraw its funding.
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Joel Dommett loses consciousness during London Marathon but completes the race
Joel Dommett has explained what occurred when his 2025 London Marathon attempt took a disastrous turn, with the star fainting and regaining consciousness inside an ambulance.
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Manchester United cuts support for veterans: former club players left without assistance
Former Manchester United players from the age before megabucks salaries are ‘struggling’ after a donation was withdrawn from a charity supporting them, a trustee has said.
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Macmillan Cancer Support reduces workforce by 25% and eliminates hardship program
Charity claims it has implemented significant changes to ensure its future as the Guardian discovers it spent £100m more than it raised over the past six years.
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Captain Tom’s daughter claims charity investigation has ruined their family’s reputation
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter has said his family has been left ‘devastated’ by the official investigation into the charity in his name.
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An invisible threat has taken hundreds of lives of those returning to war-torn homes
Bashar Al-Assad’s regime collapse in December 2024 was meant to mark a turning point for Syria. Instead, an insidious threat is unfolding beneath the feet of its people.
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An investigation has revealed the aggressive and threatening methods used by predatory loan sharks in the UK
Exclusive figures released by the debt charity StepChange to the Mirror showed that around 14.5million people in the UK will struggle to afford Christmas this year.
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Captain Tom’s daughter’s company to be STRUCK OFF after profiting from Covid hero’s scandal-hit charity
Captain Tom’s daughter’s company is set to be struck off after making thousands of pounds from the Covid hero’s charity.