6/11/2023 0 Comments Charity watchdog![]() The case is a regulatory compliance case and not a statutory inquiry, meaning that this is not in itself a finding of wrongdoing, but rather it is the first step the Commission can take in examining potential wrongdoing. We have opened a regulatory compliance case, and have written to the trustees. Hilary Cass, who wrote the interim Cass Review ( pdf) on the now-closed transgender clinic for minors, Tavistock, said that binding processes used to conceal the breasts of those suffering from gender dysphoria were ‘painful, and potentially harmful.”Ī Charity Commission spokesperson told The Epoch Times by email: “Concerns have been raised with us about Mermaids’ approach to safeguarding young people. It also claimed that staff with no medical training were found to have given advice to users as young as 13, and that puberty-blocking drugs were being promoted as “safe and totally reversible.”Īfter the publication of the story, the Charity Commission received and assessed a number of complaints about Mermaids.Ī breast-binder is a body brace device for girls who want to flatten their breasts to appear male. ![]() Mermaids is a children’s charity that supports “gender variant and transgender youth.” It also provides gender-diversity training in many places such as the NHS, schools, social services, children and adolescent mental health services, police and uniformed services, as well as other charity and corporate clients.Īn investigation in The Telegraph alleged that the charity sent chest-flattening devices to children as young as 13 and 14 against their parents’ wishes or behind their parents’ backs. On Friday, the Charity Commission, the regulatory body for charities in England and Wales, confirmed that it is looking into concerns about Mermaids’ approach to safeguarding young people. ![]() The British charity Mermaids, which promotes transgenderism in gender-dysphoric children, is being scrutinised over safeguarding concerns after claims it supplied chest-binding devices to teenagers.
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