Fundraiser put charity's reputation at risk, says commission

By David Ainsworth, Third Sector Online, 6 March 2008

A charity has been slammed for signing a contract that allowed a fundraiser to keep 80 per cent of the money he collected.

Newcastle businessman Terry Hands raised £247,000 selling competition tickets on behalf of the Summertime Trust, a charity for disabled children based in the city. But he kept £198,000 and passed only £49,000 to the charity. A Charity Commission report said that the contract the trust had signed with Hands contravened...

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