Trustee who let beneficiary stay at his house barred for life

By Laura Whateley, Third Sector Online, 2 January 2008

A Southampton charity allowed a trustee access to its vulnerable beneficiaries despite knowing that he had "an unspent conviction for inappropriate contact with children", a Charity Commission inquiry has revealed.

Stephen Browne was allowed to drive the charity’s minibus, and, on one occasion, a beneficiary stayed at his home, the investigation found. It concluded that three trustees at Southampton and District Sports and Leisure Association for the Disabled were aware of Browne’s criminal conviction but took no action. Southampton social...

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