Yeah this needs looking into . Looks like they have a couple of serial bullshit artists on the board of a semi legal charity and one of them is also on the board of the National Women’s Council. Ffs. They need some forensic accountants to go through that TENI group.
It’s even more sad when you see that the HSE could get 30 newly qualified nurses for a year for the same money.
Slightly awkward but have they checked if she’s registered under her deadname (pre-transition name)?
In a way, it’s admirable progress to see Trans activists joining the broader NGO sector in rinsing us for everything we’re worth.
Anecdotally, I’ve heard a couple of stories from friends who worked with people that either made up their degrees or lied to get a position.
One was a with a well known mental health charity and another for a private company.
I wonder how many people do it in Ireland.
If its not a registered charity why is it receiving government grants?
Holy moly thats some shady behaviour
Does anyone have the full article text? I’m not paying UK papers and I can’t find any other articles about this.
Why are they recieving state grants pver a charity that helps disabled people for example?
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It’s an absolute joke that the government has given them €1.24 million.
Ironically, this is why trans people need better rights and protections. Until that happens, you’ll have similar pet-project “advocacy groups” popping up which claim to speak on their behalf to pull stunts like this.
**Troubled trans group hides bio**
A transgender advocacy group that has received more than €1 million in state grants has deleted the online biography of its long-serving chairwoman after questions were asked about her accountancy qualifications.
The Transgender Equality Network Ireland (Teni) took down details about its chairwoman Sara Phillips after this newspaper queried whether she was a chartered accountant.
Teni, which has received €1.24 million from the HSE over the past five years, had its grants suspended at the beginning of April after it missed a March 31 deadline to file its overdue 2020 accounts.
Last March this newspaper revealed that Teni made payments to two directors in 2017, including almost €3,500 to Phillips, for consultancy work on a state-funded project. Teni failed to declare the related party transactions in accounts which Phillips signed off. The 2014 Companies Act requires disclosure of transactions with directors in a company’s annual accounts.
In documents sent to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC), the state body that funded the 2017 project, Teni claimed the payments to Phillips were for “legal expertise”. Her biography on the Teni website, however, said she was a “chartered accountant” and not a lawyer.
Chartered Accountants Ireland said last month it had no Sara Phillips on its register. Last week it said: “We cannot comment on individual cases, but when the institute comes across individuals or firms incorrectly holding themselves out as a chartered accountant, or when it is brought to our attention, we would write and request they desist.”
Teni and Phillips have not responded to repeated requests for comment. Phillips began her tenth year on Teni’s board last October. The Charities Regulator’s governance code recommends that charities have a maximum term of nine years for directors. Although Teni is not a registered charity, its 2020 business plan said it wanted to achieve “long overdue” charitable status in 2021 by meeting the criteria set down by the regulator and Revenue.
Phillips is an executive board member of the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI). When she was seeking support to get on the NWCI’s board, she emailed members describing herself as “a qualified chartered accountant” and saying that was the stepping stone on which she built her career.
She is also the treasurer of the International Trans Fund, a philanthropic organisation based in New York.
On her profile on the NWCI website, Phillips is said to have an ACCA qualification. Chartered Accountants Ireland said an ACCA qualification does not permit those graduates to describe themselves as “chartered accountants”.
As well as its HSE funding, Teni has received money from Rethink Ireland and the IHREC, both state-funded bodies. The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has given it €106,000 since 2018.
Teni issued a statement on its website on April 8 stating it would file its overdue accounts “in the coming weeks”. It unveiled Tina Kolos Orban as its new chief executive last month. Shoshanna Éirénne Carroll, the previous chief executive, who was hired from America, is said to have quit after experiencing transphobic bullying in Ireland.
Another transwoman board member/employee of theirs was tweeting about bashing women’s heads in there a year or two ago and then threw a fit when everyone was like…eh maybe you shouldn’t be making violent threats in a public capacity attached to a national organisation?
How they have got away with not filing their accounts in so long is beyond me. I am also fairly sure charging huge sums for ‘legal services’ when you are not a lawyer is also very illegal.
Oh my god who cares
Fair play to The Times for covering stories like this. The Irish media would never dream of criticising their beloved pals in the NGO sector. The Times might be about the only outlet that dares to break from the monotone progressive stranglehold that the rest of the media has on public discourse.
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Hard hitting journalism from the Times today. Pity they wouldn’t investigate half the cunts in government for the shit they get up to like rubbing their arses with fifties. Another article in the times today about how people burning turf is causing strokes. Reminds me of blaming individuals for waste when the biggest producers of waste and pollution are corporations. A fucking trans charity? Really? She took them for *checks notes* €3,500. Fucking wow.
advocacy groups attract grifters – seems to be the case the world over, regardless of the groups political leaning
Honestly anyone who works within the higher profile of employment would be very familiar with the high levels of bullshit of ‘professionals’ lying about their credentials. It’s one big dodgy Hussle and the general public are being scammed constantly.
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Yeah this needs looking into . Looks like they have a couple of serial bullshit artists on the board of a semi legal charity and one of them is also on the board of the National Women’s Council. Ffs. They need some forensic accountants to go through that TENI group.
It’s even more sad when you see that the HSE could get 30 newly qualified nurses for a year for the same money.
Slightly awkward but have they checked if she’s registered under her deadname (pre-transition name)?
In a way, it’s admirable progress to see Trans activists joining the broader NGO sector in rinsing us for everything we’re worth.
Anecdotally, I’ve heard a couple of stories from friends who worked with people that either made up their degrees or lied to get a position.
One was a with a well known mental health charity and another for a private company.
I wonder how many people do it in Ireland.
If its not a registered charity why is it receiving government grants?
Holy moly thats some shady behaviour
Does anyone have the full article text? I’m not paying UK papers and I can’t find any other articles about this.
Why are they recieving state grants pver a charity that helps disabled people for example?
[removed]
Paywall
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It’s an absolute joke that the government has given them €1.24 million.
Ironically, this is why trans people need better rights and protections. Until that happens, you’ll have similar pet-project “advocacy groups” popping up which claim to speak on their behalf to pull stunts like this.
**Troubled trans group hides bio**
A transgender advocacy group that has received more than €1 million in state grants has deleted the online biography of its long-serving chairwoman after questions were asked about her accountancy qualifications.
The Transgender Equality Network Ireland (Teni) took down details about its chairwoman Sara Phillips after this newspaper queried whether she was a chartered accountant.
Teni, which has received €1.24 million from the HSE over the past five years, had its grants suspended at the beginning of April after it missed a March 31 deadline to file its overdue 2020 accounts.
Last March this newspaper revealed that Teni made payments to two directors in 2017, including almost €3,500 to Phillips, for consultancy work on a state-funded project. Teni failed to declare the related party transactions in accounts which Phillips signed off. The 2014 Companies Act requires disclosure of transactions with directors in a company’s annual accounts.
In documents sent to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC), the state body that funded the 2017 project, Teni claimed the payments to Phillips were for “legal expertise”. Her biography on the Teni website, however, said she was a “chartered accountant” and not a lawyer.
Chartered Accountants Ireland said last month it had no Sara Phillips on its register. Last week it said: “We cannot comment on individual cases, but when the institute comes across individuals or firms incorrectly holding themselves out as a chartered accountant, or when it is brought to our attention, we would write and request they desist.”
Teni and Phillips have not responded to repeated requests for comment. Phillips began her tenth year on Teni’s board last October. The Charities Regulator’s governance code recommends that charities have a maximum term of nine years for directors. Although Teni is not a registered charity, its 2020 business plan said it wanted to achieve “long overdue” charitable status in 2021 by meeting the criteria set down by the regulator and Revenue.
Phillips is an executive board member of the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI). When she was seeking support to get on the NWCI’s board, she emailed members describing herself as “a qualified chartered accountant” and saying that was the stepping stone on which she built her career.
She is also the treasurer of the International Trans Fund, a philanthropic organisation based in New York.
On her profile on the NWCI website, Phillips is said to have an ACCA qualification. Chartered Accountants Ireland said an ACCA qualification does not permit those graduates to describe themselves as “chartered accountants”.
As well as its HSE funding, Teni has received money from Rethink Ireland and the IHREC, both state-funded bodies. The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has given it €106,000 since 2018.
Teni issued a statement on its website on April 8 stating it would file its overdue accounts “in the coming weeks”. It unveiled Tina Kolos Orban as its new chief executive last month. Shoshanna Éirénne Carroll, the previous chief executive, who was hired from America, is said to have quit after experiencing transphobic bullying in Ireland.
Another transwoman board member/employee of theirs was tweeting about bashing women’s heads in there a year or two ago and then threw a fit when everyone was like…eh maybe you shouldn’t be making violent threats in a public capacity attached to a national organisation?
How they have got away with not filing their accounts in so long is beyond me. I am also fairly sure charging huge sums for ‘legal services’ when you are not a lawyer is also very illegal.
Oh my god who cares
Fair play to The Times for covering stories like this. The Irish media would never dream of criticising their beloved pals in the NGO sector. The Times might be about the only outlet that dares to break from the monotone progressive stranglehold that the rest of the media has on public discourse.
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Hard hitting journalism from the Times today. Pity they wouldn’t investigate half the cunts in government for the shit they get up to like rubbing their arses with fifties. Another article in the times today about how people burning turf is causing strokes. Reminds me of blaming individuals for waste when the biggest producers of waste and pollution are corporations. A fucking trans charity? Really? She took them for *checks notes* €3,500. Fucking wow.
advocacy groups attract grifters – seems to be the case the world over, regardless of the groups political leaning
Honestly anyone who works within the higher profile of employment would be very familiar with the high levels of bullshit of ‘professionals’ lying about their credentials. It’s one big dodgy Hussle and the general public are being scammed constantly.
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