Sir Tom Moore Charity: Found Seriously Mismanaged

They've brought shame on themselves but not Tom or other family members who had nothing to do with this. Imagine how ashamed he'd be if he knew.

How old are the children?
I thought they were older than what I'd call a child
My memory though,is not the best

Chocolatelovinggran

Yes, shame on her. I feel for the sister, too.

And the children, especially after they were wheeled out to appear during her self-pitying televised interview. I think I'd change my name.

Yes, shame on her. I feel for the sister, too.

Very sad. Lovely old boy who kept our spirits up in darkest times and raised money for the NHS. It probably kept him going too. Yes the whole situation was probably, in hindsight, manipulated by the daughter. Don’t forget they took him on the free cruise where he caught Covid and subsequently died. Daughter and her family should be ashamed. They have destroyed his legacy. I still think he deserved the knighthood as much as anybody - I am sure he was not aware of what was going on.

Sir Tom Moore Charity: Found Seriously Mismanaged

Well there’s a surprise.
Poor old man.

Totally agree Primrose, I thought the whole thing was suspicious from the very beginning. I disliked the daughter at first sight and I thought the public adulation of Captain Tom was nauseous. He did a good thing raising money for the NHS but his name is tainted and I hope they are charged with fraud.

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They should make her pay the rest to charity, too.

That is why people donated.
Not to feather the nests of a family who all seemed that bit too ready to claim the limelight at every opportunity.

Tom! Maybe atoms as well!

Primrose53

I didn’t donate anything because I felt uncomfortable about it. That’s unusual for me because I do give to good causes.

Same here, my donations were all to help local folk.
As far as who knew what, unless you knew the family personally, it’s difficult to say which of them were genuine.

If the government at the time hadn’t been so keen to give money to every atom, Dick and Harry for useless PPE then there would have been more money for the NHS.

I hope she is forced to repay to the charity the money she has pocketed. Exploitative, manipulative, greedy, self-seeking are words which come to mind to describe Hannah. Accepting £18000 for an event when she was already being paid as a director is surely fraud?
It doesn’t impinge on the £39 million that went to the NHS charity.

I didn’t donate anything because I felt uncomfortable about it. That’s unusual for me because I do give to good causes.

That's all the worse,really, thinking how terrified some people were, and how isolated.

You're right, I'd forgotten, I suppose.

Galaxy

We all lost our minds a bit during Covid, and there were plenty of people around to take advantage of that.

Very well made point, emotions were heightened. I agree with the majority here, the exploitative daughter has rightly been humiliated

We all lost our minds a bit during Covid, and there were plenty of people around to take advantage of that.

Yes, probably best to just focus on that.
The nhs, I mean, not the book. (Or anything in it!! )

Bloody glad i didn't donate anything though.

MissAdventure

I didn't find him lovely at all.
Still that's just me and it doesn't matter what I thought.

Me too. I wasn't sure at the time, but I've read his book and he comes over very differently to the image he portrayed in the media during his walks, especially the way he treated his first wife and shares details about their sex life in the book.

As you said our thoughts don't matter though. Plus the NHS Charities did get a lot of money and that's got to be a good thing.

I was not convinced by any of it, once it became clear that the family had contacted ITV to do a segment about his garden walk, before he was even known.

The whole thing seemed so contrived.

Shame though.

I don't think that the findings come as a surprise to most people. I can't help wondering what the difference between 'mismanagement' and 'misleading comments/statements' and fraud is. Surely their deception is fraud and therefore criminal?

I am with MissAdventure on this one, the whole episode felt 'off' from the start.

Of course I didn't know him, but no I didn't find him lovely.

It was a time of national insanity really. Perhaps he started off with good intentions and it got out of hand.

I think Tom Moore was perfectly genuine. It was his daughter Hannah and her shadowy husband Colin who seized the opportunities raised by his fundraising for their own benefit. Some of the money was diverted into ostensibly charitable purposes such as the 'family holidays' on Tom Moore's 'bucket list', the swimming pool which turned out to be for their own use, and the revenue from their book believed to raise money for the charity but has yet to make a single donation.
I would not be surprised if eventually they are charged with fraud.

I didn't find him lovely at all.
Still that's just me and it doesn't matter what I thought.

I honestly don't think this has anything to do with the lovely gentleman himself, it has to do with his greedy family. If it is proven that they have committed fraud then they should be arrested.

Why are so many lovely parents let down by their greedy children just out for themselves.

The £38 million Captain Tom specifically raised for the NHS went to the NHS.

It is the money from his publications, and the manipulation of his name and charity to get that spa building (now demolished) built that tarnishes his family.

My sympathies are with his other daughter, who will also suffer reputation loss, even though it is clear that she was not involved in the degrading sleight of hand involving her sister and husband and the income from the books.