So its being investigated, seems there is something fishy about how the money is spent.
I donated to this "charity". If it is used to line peoples pocket and not to help people then this is really awful and I hope the guilty get punished very harshly.
This makes me sick. Other genuine charities will now suffer if this is true.
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There was talk of an investigation earlier in the year
Someone was claiming that a family member made themselves effectively the CEO of the charity and put themselves on 100 grand a year salary
But that's just what I read
I guess we'll see |
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"So its being investigated, seems there is something fishy about how the money is spent.
I donated to this "charity". If it is used to line peoples pocket and not to help people then this is really awful and I hope the guilty get punished very harshly.
This makes me sick. Other genuine charities will now suffer if this is true.
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It's not the money Sir Tom raised, that went to the NHS charities.
His family set up another charity after he died, it's already been investigated once and looks dodgy to me. |
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By *harpDressed ManMan
over a year ago
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It's not the money Sir Tom raised, that went to the NHS charities.
His family set up another charity after he died, it's already been investigated once and looks dodgy to me."
According to the BBC, they were copyrighting "Captain Tom" in April 2020, before the charity was set up in May.
For context, he was still doing the walk in April 2020, and we were all locked down until June.
My point being that his family haven't hung around in leveraging him, even if this charity is all above board. |
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It's not the money Sir Tom raised, that went to the NHS charities.
His family set up another charity after he died, it's already been investigated once and looks dodgy to me.
According to the BBC, they were copyrighting "Captain Tom" in April 2020, before the charity was set up in May.
For context, he was still doing the walk in April 2020, and we were all locked down until June.
My point being that his family haven't hung around in leveraging him, even if this charity is all above board."
Absolutely, hardly a fitting legacy. |
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See see i told everyone this wouldnt end well all they saw was sweet little old man all i saw was glory and fame hunter and the daughter was just as bad with it  oh lets knight him ok says bojo pandering
Oh so sad he died i know lets have a day of tributes
Oh iv an idea lets build a statue
Oh wait a minute for all that pandering we forgot to check the figures and it turns out to be dodge city
As obi wan once said whos the more foolish the fool or the fool that follows them
Smug rant complete  |
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"So its being investigated, seems there is something fishy about how the money is spent.
I donated to this "charity". If it is used to line peoples pocket and not to help people then this is really awful and I hope the guilty get punished very harshly.
100% agree I also donated
This makes me sick. Other genuine charities will now suffer if this is true.
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"See see i told everyone this wouldnt end well all they saw was sweet little old man all i saw was glory and fame hunter and the daughter was just as bad with it oh lets knight him ok says bojo pandering
Oh so sad he died i know lets have a day of tributes
Oh iv an idea lets build a statue
Oh wait a minute for all that pandering we forgot to check the figures and it turns out to be dodge city
As obi wan once said whos the more foolish the fool or the fool that follows them
Smug rant complete "
Someone who cannot separate the dreams, generosity of people who believe in good, from the greed of lesser people .You have a right to comment but not gloat, you have no understanding of the goodwill of people, even less why. |
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"See see i told everyone this wouldnt end well all they saw was sweet little old man all i saw was glory and fame hunter and the daughter was just as bad with it oh lets knight him ok says bojo pandering
Oh so sad he died i know lets have a day of tributes
Oh iv an idea lets build a statue
Oh wait a minute for all that pandering we forgot to check the figures and it turns out to be dodge city
As obi wan once said whos the more foolish the fool or the fool that follows them
Smug rant complete "
Oh mate get a bloody grip, he did what he did as he was a kind hearted old school Englishman. Any scandals or greed were not his own doing. I am sure he did more in those weeks for society than you have your whole lifetime |
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Sir Tom raised funds for NHS Charities Together which was set up in 2008. The £38m he raised was distributed through the network of NHS charities.
The charity being investigated was set up by his family. His daughter was appointed as CEO on £100k while serving as a trustee. |
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By *omRachCouple
over a year ago
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"There was talk of an investigation earlier in the year
Someone was claiming that a family member made themselves effectively the CEO of the charity and put themselves on 100 grand a year salary
A VERY CLOSE family member by all accounts
But that's just what I read
I guess we'll see "
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
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"See see i told everyone this wouldnt end well all they saw was sweet little old man all i saw was glory and fame hunter and the daughter was just as bad with it oh lets knight him ok says bojo pandering
Oh so sad he died i know lets have a day of tributes
Oh iv an idea lets build a statue
Oh wait a minute for all that pandering we forgot to check the figures and it turns out to be dodge city
As obi wan once said whos the more foolish the fool or the fool that follows them
Smug rant complete
Oh mate get a bloody grip, he did what he did as he was a kind hearted old school Englishman. Any scandals or greed were not his own doing. I am sure he did more in those weeks for society than you have your whole lifetime "
Such a small gesture, turned into such an achievement, now this. What would Sir Tom say now? |
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"See see i told everyone this wouldnt end well all they saw was sweet little old man all i saw was glory and fame hunter and the daughter was just as bad with it oh lets knight him ok says bojo pandering
Oh so sad he died i know lets have a day of tributes
Oh iv an idea lets build a statue
Oh wait a minute for all that pandering we forgot to check the figures and it turns out to be dodge city
As obi wan once said whos the more foolish the fool or the fool that follows them
Smug rant complete
Oh mate get a bloody grip, he did what he did as he was a kind hearted old school Englishman. Any scandals or greed were not his own doing. I am sure he did more in those weeks for society than you have your whole lifetime "
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By *eisty LadyWoman
over a year ago
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"So its being investigated, seems there is something fishy about how the money is spent.
I donated to this "charity". If it is used to line peoples pocket and not to help people then this is really awful and I hope the guilty get punished very harshly.
This makes me sick. Other genuine charities will now suffer if this is true.
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I didn’t like this at the time or since.
It was supported by tv because he was a rich old bloke pottering around the garden on his estate
If it’s been an old bloke on benefits walking daily to get his shopping from Asda to keep himself alive and getting sponsored in the process to raise fund for a charity he’d probably have raised sod all |
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"So its being investigated, seems there is something fishy about how the money is spent.
I donated to this "charity". If it is used to line peoples pocket and not to help people then this is really awful and I hope the guilty get punished very harshly.
This makes me sick. Other genuine charities will now suffer if this is true.
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I didn’t like this at the time or since.
It was supported by tv because he was a rich old bloke pottering around the garden on his estate
If it’s been an old bloke on benefits walking daily to get his shopping from Asda to keep himself alive and getting sponsored in the process to raise fund for a charity he’d probably have raised sod all"
Who cares if he was a rich posh old bloke, he did it for everyone of every class and creed.
Bit disgusted with some of the comments aimed at him on here. |
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By *hoirCouple
over a year ago
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"All charities deduct 'expenses' from the amount they receive. Its a way for some people to earn a living."
This is not remotely true. They have to disclose that money as wages of stewards.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"This "charity" set up by his daughter had expenses of £240000 (daughters salary £100000)and made charitable donation £160000. Seems bit iffey
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That bit doesn't sound good. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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(I gather there's an enquiry into all this now. Hopefully it will actually find + publish all the facts. And hopefully there's nothing actually amiss. It'd be a real shame if there was any sort of scam here.) |
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"If his daughter left her 250k job to operate this charity .. would that make a difference … she may have just the skills necessary to manage the charity and make sure it met it’s purpose ?
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Speaking of his daughter, it struck me that she never missed an opportunity to get herself onto TV during the whole Mr Moore coverage. I really wouldnt be surprised if she is the guilty party in this. |
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"Seriously! Are we thinking that the head of all charities is not earning a fooking fortune! Big business these days ! "
*Some* charities. Many small charities are entirely run by volunteers.
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"British fair play at its best… guilty until proved otherwise..
No smoke without fire I guess"
Let’s see what the enquiry finds then cast aspersions …
On that basis everyone who stands trial
Is already guilty…. |
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Sounds to me like they’re just milking the new charity they’ve set up for everything they can. Whilst morally dubious, I’ve not heard anything so far that sounds outright illegal.
I think the point of contention hinges around the fact that the family registered ‘Captain Tom’ trademarks prior to starting the charity. One of the Trustees (the daughter) has then applied to be appointed CEO on a large salary, and the charity will have to pay their private company that holds the trademarks for the use of those trade marks. So yet more money in the bag for the family.
Morally dubious. Illegal? Not so sure. |
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"British fair play at its best… guilty until proved otherwise..
No smoke without fire I guess
Let’s see what the enquiry finds then cast aspersions …
On that basis everyone who stands trial
Is already guilty…."
I don't really care anyway. I was sick of hearing about Mr Moore before he died, let alone afterwards. |
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"See see i told everyone this wouldnt end well all they saw was sweet little old man all i saw was glory and fame hunter and the daughter was just as bad with it oh lets knight him ok says bojo pandering
Oh so sad he died i know lets have a day of tributes
Oh iv an idea lets build a statue
Oh wait a minute for all that pandering we forgot to check the figures and it turns out to be dodge city
As obi wan once said whos the more foolish the fool or the fool that follows them
Smug rant complete "
Jeez..... |
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It's not the first time the charity has been investigated.....it will be closed soon and the veil lifted on those involved.....the whole operation stinks of a money grab |
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