Kids Company charity founder Camila Batmanghelidjh dies aged 61, reports say
manchestereveningnews.co.ukKids Company charity founder Camila Batmanghelidjh has died aged 61, according to reports. The Iranian-born social justice campaigner founded Kids Company in 1996 to support vulnerable children and young people in London and Bristol.
It attracted a number of celebrity backers including former prime minister David Cameron, Coldplay, artist Damien Hirst and comedian Michael McIntyre.
Ms Batmanghelidjh was made a CBE for her charity work. However, the charity was wound up in 2015 after police launched an investigation, which was dropped seven months later, into unfounded allegations of abuse and exploitation, following the broadcast of a BBC Newsnight report. Try MEN Premium now with our amazing New Year offer...
just click here to give it a go. In 2021, a bid to ban Ms Batmanghelidjh and seven ex-trustees from being company directors was rejected by a High Court judge.
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