Wrong to put public donations at risk
AS A trustee of the Young Explorers Foundation charity I am restricted in what I can invest charity funds in .
It seems to me that Comic Relief investments in stocks and shares which can go up and down might not be allowed by the Charity Commission and they could lose their charitable status. Why are they playing the market with donations which should go direct to the good causes they purport to support? Are they not satisfied with the millions the public donate each year?
PHILIP PEARCE-SMITH MBE, trustee and director, the Young Explorers Foundation.
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