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She attended [[Sherborne Girls|Sherborne Girls School]], an [[Independent school (United Kingdom)|independent school]] in [[Dorset]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://howtomakeadifference.net/2009/08/camila-batmanghelidjh|title=How to Make a Difference |publisher=Howtomakeadifference.net |date=3 August 2009|accessdate=17 September 2010}}</ref> She attended the [[University of Warwick]] where she received a first class degree in Theatre and the Dramatic Arts.<ref name=independent>Deborah Orr, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/colourful-character-camila-batmanghelidjh-on-her-unique-approach-to-charity-work-1219607.html "Colourful character: Camila Batmanghelidjh on her unique approach to charity work"] ''The Independent'', Saturday 3 January 2009</ref> At the age of 25 she was employed as a part-time [[psychotherapist]] in a project in [[Camberwell]], south London, funded by [[Children in Need]].<ref name=independent/> She has claimed to have been practising psychotherapy for more than twenty years,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukinalbania.fco.gov.uk/en/visit-uk/london-2012-olympics/see-britain/camila-batmanghelidjh |title=Camila Batmanghelidjh |publisher=Foreign and Commonwealth Office |work=UK in Albania |archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130217073211/http://ukinalbania.fco.gov.uk/en/visit-uk/london-2012-olympics/see-britain/camila-batmanghelidjh |archivedate=17 March 2013}}</ref> although she has apparently no formal qualifications on or membership in professional self-regulatory organisations with regards to psychotherapy.<ref>{{cite web|title = QUENTIN LETTS on colourful Kids Company questioning in Parliament|url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3275138/He-looked-like-pudding-waiter-sitting-bowl-fruit-salad-QUENTIN-LETTS-sees-charity-chiefs-face-MPs.html|website = Mail Online|accessdate = 2015-10-16}}</ref>
She attended [[Sherborne Girls|Sherborne Girls School]], an [[Independent school (United Kingdom)|independent school]] in [[Dorset]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://howtomakeadifference.net/2009/08/camila-batmanghelidjh|title=How to Make a Difference |publisher=Howtomakeadifference.net |date=3 August 2009|accessdate=17 September 2010}}</ref> She attended the [[University of Warwick]] where she received a first class degree in Theatre and the Dramatic Arts.<ref name=independent>Deborah Orr, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/colourful-character-camila-batmanghelidjh-on-her-unique-approach-to-charity-work-1219607.html "Colourful character: Camila Batmanghelidjh on her unique approach to charity work"] ''The Independent'', Saturday 3 January 2009</ref> At the age of 25 she was employed as a part-time [[psychotherapist]] in a project in [[Camberwell]], south London, funded by [[Children in Need]].<ref name=independent/> She has claimed to have been practising psychotherapy for more than twenty years,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukinalbania.fco.gov.uk/en/visit-uk/london-2012-olympics/see-britain/camila-batmanghelidjh |title=Camila Batmanghelidjh |publisher=Foreign and Commonwealth Office |work=UK in Albania |archiveurl=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20130217073211/http://ukinalbania.fco.gov.uk/en/visit-uk/london-2012-olympics/see-britain/camila-batmanghelidjh |archivedate=17 March 2013}}</ref> although she has apparently no formal qualifications on or membership in professional self-regulatory organisations with regards to psychotherapy.<ref>{{cite web|title = QUENTIN LETTS on colourful Kids Company questioning in Parliament|url = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3275138/He-looked-like-pudding-waiter-sitting-bowl-fruit-salad-QUENTIN-LETTS-sees-charity-chiefs-face-MPs.html|website = Mail Online|accessdate = 2015-10-16}}</ref>


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==Charity work==

===Place2B school charity===
In 1991, Batmanghelidjh was involved in the formation of ''The Place to Be'' (now ''Place2Be''), a [[Charitable organization|charity]] working with troubled children in [[primary schools]].<ref>{{cite web|author= Sally Williams |url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3357117/Place2Be-its-good-to-talk.html/|title= Place2B: It's Goood to Talk|publisher= The Telegraph|date=27 September 2007|accessdate=2 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="bbc.co.uk"/> Place2Be had originated from a [[Southwark]] [[Family Service Unit]] (FSU) "The Place to Be", placing a counsellor in a primary school.<ref name="place2be.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.place2be.org.uk/our-story/the-early-years-of-place2be/|title=The early years of Place2Be|work=place2be.org.uk}}</ref> Batmanghelidjh left the charity in 1995.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{cite web |url=http://www.place2be.org.uk/our-story/the-early-years-of-place2be/|title=The early years of Place2Be|accessdate=12 August 2015}}</ref> She was replaced by [[Benita Refson]].<ref name="place2be.org.uk"/> Place2Be now reaches 80,000 children, working in 235 schools across the UK.<ref name="place2be1">{{cite web |url=http://www.place2be.org.uk/what-we-do/|title= What We Do|publisher= The Place2B|accessdate=2 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="place2be1"/>

===Southwark's Urban Academy===
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'''The Urban Academy''' was a post-16 educational and life skills academy at 34 [[Decima Street]] in, [[Southwark]], [[south London]]. It was founded by Camila Batmanghelidjh and was run by her Kids Company organisation. The college ended on 5 August 2015 due to allegations Kids Company has faced in recent years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0500lewisham/tm_objectid=17724776&method=full&siteid=50100&headline=an-honour-to-help-kids-name_page.html|title=Mirror Online: The intelligent tabloid. #madeuthink|work=Icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk|accessdate=2015-10-31}}</ref><ref>[http://www.london.gov.uk/gangs/projects/southwark/project-06.jsp ]{{dead link|date=October 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.urbanacademy.org.uk/] {{dead link|date=October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/10/29/kids-company-camila-batmanghelidjh-salary-pay-_n_8418208.html |title=Kids Company's Camila Batmanghelidjh Paid Greater Proportion Of Income Than Britain's Top Charities |publisher=Huffingtonpost.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2015-10-31}}</ref>

===Kids Company===
{{Main|Kids Company}}
In 1996, after leaving the Place2Be, Batmanghelidjh founded Kids Company, a charity that provided care to children whose lives had been disrupted by poverty, abuse and trauma. Originally a single drop-in centre in Camberwell, Kids Company claimed that it helped some 36,000 children, young people and families, although this figure is disputed and the organisation is said to have reached only 1,600 children.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2015/08/the-inside-story-of-how-the-spectator-broke-the-kids-company-scandal/?ref=yfp|title=The inside story of how The Spectator broke the Kids Company scandal |publisher=The Spectator |date=6 August 2015 |accessdate=9 August 2015}}</ref> The charity operated through a network of street level centres, alternative education centres, therapy houses and with over 40 schools in London and Bristol as well as a performing arts programme in Liverpool.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/feb/22/camila-batmanghelidjh-interview |title=Camila Batmanghelidjh: ‘I chose the vocation’ |publisher=The Guardian |date=22 February 2013 |accessdate=2 September 2014}}</ref>

[[Deborah Orr]], in an interview with Batmanghelidgh, reported in 2012 that fifteen independent evaluations of Kids Company had found that 96 per cent of children assisted return to education and employment and an "impact on crime reduction" of 88 per cent.<ref name=independent/>

In July 2015 a report by [[Newsnight]] and [[BuzzFeed]] revealed that public funding for Kids Company was to be withheld unless Batmanghelidjh was replaced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-33356304|title=Kids Company's Camila Batmanghelidjh asked to step down by government|author=Chris Cook|date=3 July 2015|work=BBC News}}</ref> On 3 July it was reported that Batmanghelidjh would step down as chief executive in the next few months and continue in a "presidential" role.<ref name=guardian-20150703>{{cite news |url=http://www.theguardian.com/society/2015/jul/03/camila-batmanghelidjh-to-leave-kids-company |title=Camila Batmanghelidjh to leave Kids Company, citing political 'ugly games' |author=Patrick Butler |newspaper=The Guardian |date=3 July 2015 |accessdate=10 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=telegraph-20150705>{{cite news |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11719428/Kids-Company-under-new-Charity-Commission-scrutiny-amid-fears-for-its-future.html |title=Kids Company under new Charity Commission scrutiny amid fears for its future |author=John Bingham |newspaper=Daily Telegraph |date=5 July 2015 |accessdate=10 July 2015}}</ref>

On 5 August 2015, Kids Company closed its operations<ref name= BBC6Aug>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33798285 |title=Kids Company: '£3m donation withdrawn amid police probe'|date=6 August 2015 |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref> less than a week after receiving a government grant of £3,000,000. The charity was given the money against the advice of officials, who had raised concerns about value for money and how it would be spent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33641889 |title=Kids Company charity in closure warning – BBC News |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2015-10-16}}</ref> The charity had announced that it was closing down because "it is unable to pay its debts as they fall due”.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/kids-company-founder-camila-batmanghelidjh-lashes-out-at-illspirited-ministers-as-she-announces-organisation-is-about-to-go-bankrupt-10441606.html|title=Kids Company: Camila Batmanghelidjh lashes out at 'ill-spirited ministers' as she announces the organisation is about to go bankrupt|author=Oliver Wright|newspaper=The Independent|date=5 August 2015|accessdate=6 August 2015}}</ref>

Speaking to the Telegraph newspaper in August 2015, Camila Batmanghelidjh said she hoped Kids Company could make a comeback after some restructuring and once the media storm had died down.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/11797646/Kids-Company-could-return-after-a-restructure.html|title=Kids Company could return after a 'restructure’|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=11 August 2015|accessdate=14 August 2015}}</ref>
In mid-August 2015, Batmanghelidjh announced that she would be opening a food bank in Lambeth, south London. She said fifty former staff had volunteered to help run the pop-up' 'Kids Dining Room'' in Loughborough Junction to provide food for up to 3,000 children and young people. Approximately 200 people used the service in August 2015. <ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/People/article1594232.ece|title=Camila opens food kitchen as taxpayer faces £25m Kids Company bill|work=[[The Sunday Times]]|date=16 August 2015|accessdate=18 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3203782/|title=Is-start-Kids-Company-2-0-Volunteers-closed-charity-open-pop-dining-room-handing-food-parcels-150-people.html|work=[[The Daily Mail]]|date=19 August 2015|accessdate=14 November 2015}}</ref>

===Recent investigations===
As part of a greater investigation by the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Charities Commission]], the [[National Audit Office (United Kingdom)|National Audit Office]] (NAO) and [[PricewaterhouseCoopers|PricewaterhouseCoopers UK]] (PwC UK) were commissioned by the Commission to investigate the collapse of [[Kids Company]]. Mrs Batmanghelidjh was reported to have had a £90,000 salary at [[Kids Company]] for 2014-2015.<ref name="huffingtonpost.co.uk"/><ref name="huffingtonpost.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/10/29/kids-company-camila-batmanghelidjh-salary-pay-_n_8418208.html|title=Kids Company's Camila Batmanghelidjh Paid Greater Proportion Of Income Than Britain's Top Charities|work=The Huffington Post UK}}</ref><ref name="bbc.co.uk1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34668157|title=Kids Company: Ministers had report on charity's spending|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref name="bbc.co.uk1"/> Camilla blamed a [[News media|media]] and [[civil service]] led [[smear campaign]] for the demise of her [[Charitable organization|charity]] and its "exceptional value".<ref name="bbc.co.uk1"/><ref name="bbc.co.uk1" />


==Awards and honours==
==Awards and honours==

Revision as of 15:55, 28 January 2016

Camila Batmanghelidjh
CBE
Camilla Batmanghelidjh in 2011
Bornc. 1963
Iran
Known forCharity executive and author in the United Kingdom
Camila Batmanghelidjh's voice
Recorded January 2013 from the BBC Radio 4 programme Desert Island Discs

Camila Batmanghelidjh, CBE (/kəˈmɪlə bætmænˈɡɛl[invalid input: 'ɨ']dʒ/; Persian: کامیلا باتمانقلیچ Kamylā Batmanghelych; born c. 1963) is an Iranian-born author and charity executive in the United Kingdom. She is best known as the founder of Kids Company, a charity which, until its financial collapse in August 2015,[1] worked with inner-city children and young people in the UK.

Early life

Batmanghelidjh was born in Iran. Her mother was a Belgian, whilst her father was the Iranian doctor Fereydoon Batmanghelidj. She was born two-and-a-half months premature, with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck, and she was not expected to survive. Her birth was not registered and the date was not noted.[2] Batmanghelidh believes that her severe dyslexia comes from her traumatic birth.[3]

She attended Sherborne Girls School, an independent school in Dorset.[4] She attended the University of Warwick where she received a first class degree in Theatre and the Dramatic Arts.[5] At the age of 25 she was employed as a part-time psychotherapist in a project in Camberwell, south London, funded by Children in Need.[5] She has claimed to have been practising psychotherapy for more than twenty years,[6] although she has apparently no formal qualifications on or membership in professional self-regulatory organisations with regards to psychotherapy.[7]

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Awards and honours

Batmanghelidjh receiving an honorary degree from the Open University in 2008

In 2009 Batmanghelidjh was named Businesswoman of the Year in the Dods and Scottish Widows Women in Public Life Awards.[8] She has also received Ernst and Young's Social Entrepreneur of the Year award (2006),[citation needed] Third Sector magazine's Most Admired Chief Executive (2007)[citation needed] and the Centre for Social Justice's lifetime achievement award in 2009.[citation needed] Batmanghelidjh has been awarded honorary degrees and doctorates by several universities including York St John University,[9] the Open University,[10] Brunel University,[11] London South Bank University[12] and Nottingham Trent University.[13]

In February 2013, she was named one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.[14] She was appointed an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to children and young people.[15] In September 2014 she became an Honorary Fellow of UCL.[16]

Publications

  • Batmanghelidjh, Camila (2007). Shattered Lives. London: Jessica Kingsley. ISBN 1-8431-0603-5.
  • Batmanghelidjh, Camila (2013). Mind the Child. London: Particular Books, Penguin Random House. ISBN 1-8461-4655-0.

References

  1. ^ Rothwell, James (7 August 2015). "Kids Company boss Camila Batmanghelidjh turned HQ into private 'Aladdin's den'". Telegraph. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. ^ Rayment, Tim. "The Odd Couple". The Sunday Times date=6 December 2015. p. 2. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help); Missing pipe in: |work= (help); Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ Interview by Deborah Orr (3 January 2009). "Colourful character: Camila Batmanghelidjh on her unique approach to charity work – Profiles – People". The Independent. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
  4. ^ "How to Make a Difference". Howtomakeadifference.net. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  5. ^ a b Deborah Orr, "Colourful character: Camila Batmanghelidjh on her unique approach to charity work" The Independent, Saturday 3 January 2009
  6. ^ "Camila Batmanghelidjh". UK in Albania. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Archived from the original on 17 March 2013.
  7. ^ "QUENTIN LETTS on colourful Kids Company questioning in Parliament". Mail Online. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Past winners 2009". Womeninpubliclifeawards.co.uk. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  9. ^ Haydn Lewis (14 November 2013). "York St John University degree results – Day 2". The York Press. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  10. ^ "Honorary Graduates 2008". The Open University. 25 April 2008. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Camila Batmanghelidjh – 2011". Brunel University London. 6 September 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  12. ^ "Camila Batmanghelidjh Honorary Fellowship". London South Bank University. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  13. ^ "Charity leader Camila Batmanghelidjh to receive honorary degree". Nottingham Trent University. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  14. ^ "BBC Radio 4 – Woman's Hour – The Power List 2013". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2015.
  15. ^ "2013 Honours List" (PDF). Gov.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  16. ^ "Honorary Fellows of UCL". Ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2015.

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