heretics. 536. BBC Charity Head Quits Over Scandal - Rosie Millard
May 15, 2025
Rosie Millard, former chair of BBC Children in Need and a prominent journalist, shares her shocking reasons for resigning from the charity. She reveals troubling insights into safeguarding issues and funding decisions, particularly regarding LGBT Youth Scotland. Millard discusses the urgent need for accountability in children's charities and critiques the internal failures at the BBC. The conversation also touches on broader societal implications of gender ideology, public safety, and the challenges of navigating charity governance amidst rising controversies.
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Charity Chair's Disturbing Discovery
- Rosie Millard uncovered disturbing links between BBC Children in Need funding and LGBT Youth Scotland's involvement with convicted abusers.
- She discovered the charity promoted controversial transgender policies to primary school children, raising serious safeguarding concerns.
BBC Charity Faces Existential Risk
- BBC Children in Need's funding of LGBT Youth Scotland carried existential reputational risk due to abuse and transgender policy concerns.
- The charity funded youth clubs that exposed children to contentious gender ideology and risky environments.
Impact of Supreme Court on Gender Ideology
- The Supreme Court ruling that biological sex is immutable shifted public and institutional attitudes on transgender policies.
- Courage to oppose harmful transgender interventions in children is increasing amid growing evidence of risks.