GB NEWS fund raiser for survivors of Grooming Gangs

My reservation too. I am very suspicious of GB News agenda here. Which is not in any way critical of Maggie Oliver and her own reasons.

I gave full details and references and praise for the Maggie Oliver foundation upthread as it helps all victims of child/women sexual abuse (actually men as well, if you read the website. So - full support there.

My reservations are that this charity is being used on GB news in connection with demands for another inquiry not for all victims but for one group of perpetrators only, ie one racial group.

petra

Claremont
How did you miss Maggi Oliver when talking about her role in prosecuting the Rotherham grooming gang.
Have you not seen 3 girls.
This woman gave up her job as a senior police officer to tackle this horror.
She gets death threats every day.
And you missed her. Words fail me. Other than living in another country it wasn’t possible 🤦🏼‍♀️

Well said. Completely agree.

Claremont
How did you miss Maggi Oliver when talking about her role in prosecuting the Rotherham grooming gang.
Have you not seen 3 girls.
This woman gave up her job as a senior police officer to tackle this horror.
She gets death threats every day.
And you missed her. Words fail me. Other than living in another country it wasn’t possible 🤦🏼‍♀️

Allira

Brilliant.
The Maggie Oliver Foundation does such good work.

For posters to try to politicise this and turn it into something nasty is despicable.

💯 agree.

Claremont

Cossy

Wyllow3

Following up on last post

Can GB watchers reassure us it's clear that money raised will go to all abuse victims whoever had abused them and not ring fence it?

My only issue with the fundraising via GB News is its political agenda.

Charity and empathy shouldn’t be linked with politics.

First GB News raise funds for Pensioners missing the WPA, now the victims of grooming gangs recently in the news and commented on several times by Elon.

It makes me feel a tad uncomfortable.

I agree- I'd just like to understand more about it before contributing myself. This is not 'being nasty' at all. I have never heard of this Maggie Oliver foundation, and I am very prepared to agree it is doing great work without political or racial bias. Just want to know more.

And there is not denying that the fact this is being by GBN, who have shown great and unfair bias in this 'grooming scandal' does make me wary and uncomfortable too.

I shall be very happy to contribute personally once I know more.

Email the MOF then with your questions. I am sure they will be only too pleased to answer your concerns.

I disagree with your second para. GB News covers topics that other TV Stations will not. On all of their discussions they have guests from all sides of politics.

Cossy

Wyllow3

Following up on last post

Can GB watchers reassure us it's clear that money raised will go to all abuse victims whoever had abused them and not ring fence it?

My only issue with the fundraising via GB News is its political agenda.

Charity and empathy shouldn’t be linked with politics.

First GB News raise funds for Pensioners missing the WPA, now the victims of grooming gangs recently in the news and commented on several times by Elon.

It makes me feel a tad uncomfortable.

I agree- I'd just like to understand more about it before contributing myself. This is not 'being nasty' at all. I have never heard of this Maggie Oliver foundation, and I am very prepared to agree it is doing great work without political or racial bias. Just want to know more.

And there is not denying that the fact this is being by GBN, who have shown great and unfair bias in this 'grooming scandal' does make me wary and uncomfortable too.

I shall be very happy to contribute personally once I know more.

Brilliant.
The Maggie Oliver Foundation does such good work.

For posters to try to politicise this and turn it into something nasty is despicable.

I am astonished reading through this thread.

How on earth did it get so nasty?

Despite all the hatred the fund is now close to 250k.

Cossy

Wyllow3

Following up on last post

Can GB watchers reassure us it's clear that money raised will go to all abuse victims whoever had abused them and not ring fence it?

My only issue with the fundraising via GB News is its political agenda.

Charity and empathy shouldn’t be linked with politics.

First GB News raise funds for Pensioners missing the WPA, now the victims of grooming gangs recently in the news and commented on several times by Elon.

It makes me feel a tad uncomfortable.

Charity and empathy shouldn’t be linked with politics

Many charities are politically biased.
This one is not.
Is it just that a news programme is raising money - should the Foundation refuse it?

Some people accuse the BBC of bias. Should they not raise money for charities? BBC Children in Need, Red Nose Day.

Do you not realise how politics and charities are linked? Local and Central Government money is given to many charities to support their work.

The public sector is the second largest source of funding for small charities after the general public.

Wyllow3

Following up on last post

Can GB watchers reassure us it's clear that money raised will go to all abuse victims whoever had abused them and not ring fence it?

My only issue with the fundraising via GB News is its political agenda.

Charity and empathy shouldn’t be linked with politics.

First GB News raise funds for Pensioners missing the WPA, now the victims of grooming gangs recently in the news and commented on several times by Elon.

It makes me feel a tad uncomfortable.

Jeanathome

No, the right wing ones sitting at home feeling smug. Warming themselves on the embers of racism and hatred.

Enjoy. Perhaps Elon will pop a few quid in?

You really cannot help yourself making throughly unpleasant and nasty comments can you?

petra

theworriedwell

There are tens of thousands aren't there. I'm sure a fiver will solve all their problems. Still I'm sure he'll love polishing his halo.

Shame on you. I’ve donated to the Maggie Oliver foundation since its inception. That woman is a saint 😡

She has more principles and goodness in her little finger than many.

I've never watched GB News but I know many do and this publicity -and this thread too- will prompt many to donate.

Jeanathome

GrannyGravy13

Jeanathome

No, the right wing ones sitting at home feeling smug. Warming themselves on the embers of racism and hatred.

Enjoy. Perhaps Elon will pop a few quid in?

Are you against all charity fund raising?

Or are you just against this fund raising for the Maggie Oliver Foundation due to it being initiated by GB News?

Can't be bothered anymore.

Can't be bothered to give to charity?

GrannyGravy13

Jeanathome

No, the right wing ones sitting at home feeling smug. Warming themselves on the embers of racism and hatred.

Enjoy. Perhaps Elon will pop a few quid in?

Are you against all charity fund raising?

Or are you just against this fund raising for the Maggie Oliver Foundation due to it being initiated by GB News?

Can't be bothered anymore.

theworriedwell

There are tens of thousands aren't there. I'm sure a fiver will solve all their problems. Still I'm sure he'll love polishing his halo.

Shame on you. I’ve donated to the Maggie Oliver foundation since its inception. That woman is a saint 😡

GrannyGravy13

Jeanathome

No, the right wing ones sitting at home feeling smug. Warming themselves on the embers of racism and hatred.

Enjoy. Perhaps Elon will pop a few quid in?

Are you against all charity fund raising?

Or are you just against this fund raising for the Maggie Oliver Foundation due to it being initiated by GB News?

Yes, that post is quite, quite shocking and sickening.

Jeanathome

No, the right wing ones sitting at home feeling smug. Warming themselves on the embers of racism and hatred.

Enjoy. Perhaps Elon will pop a few quid in?

Do you even know who Maggie Oliver is jeanathome?
What are you doing to help?

Our founder and Chair, Maggie Oliver is best known as the Detective-turned- whistleblower who resigned from Greater Manchester Police in late 2012 in order to expose the now infamous Rochdale Grooming Scandal. Her ability to connect with people and encourage them to speak out against injustice paired with her grit and determination to expose the truth eventually led to her becoming a Programme Consultant on the multi award-winning dramatisation of the case entitled Three Girls (BBC One) which brought some of the issues to public attention for the first time. Maggie was also a key contributor to The Betrayed Girls documentary (BBC One).

Our Values
Maggie’s relationship with the victims of child exploitation continues to this day, still fighting for justice for survivors of sexual abuse. In 2019, she established The Maggie Oliver Foundation (TMOF) with the focus on helping survivors to transform their Pain into Power.

Jeanathome

Many kind people quietly support those in need ,day in day out.

They do but publicity or someone high profile publicising this means a lot more people will donate to charities.

The money will go to support these survivors in whatever way they need it. Maybe counselling, some still have drug habits, some have scars, some have kids to support, some will have moved to get away from the area where they were abused and may need practical help, others will be trying to build new lives and re-educate themselves.

I think we can rest assured that Maggie Oliver and her team have more than enough experience to know what these girls need and will make sure they get it.

Jeanathome

No, the right wing ones sitting at home feeling smug. Warming themselves on the embers of racism and hatred.

Enjoy. Perhaps Elon will pop a few quid in?

Very nasty.

theworriedwell

If the colour of the gangs is irrelevant why is it constantly referred to?

The reason it went on for so long, and is still going on is because people in the know ….. police, social workers, teachers, staff in childrens homes etc were not prepared to speak out because they feared being labelled racist.

Now it’s all out in the open, mainly thanks to Maggie Oliver who resigned from the Police because she was disgusted at what was going on and these vile men were getting away with it and their families were shielding them.

From the Independent on 10th of January. Official figure

“Offences where grooming gangs are involved are predominantly white.

“There is not a significant issue here with any particular ethnicity or setting.”

The NPCC said the data, collated in this way for the first time, will now be used to inform the training of new officers and help chiefs at a “force-based level”.

“The data we collect now is a starting point,” Mr Fewkes said.

In recent days, the online and political debate has seen calls for an inquiry into child rape by Pakistani men, with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage demanding a probe into “to what extent were gangs of Pakistani men raping young white girls.”

In 2023, the largest proportion of child sexual abuse suspects were white, accounting for 1,884 (83%), followed by 62 Pakistani suspects (2.7%), the NPCC’s data shows.

theworriedwell

If the colour of the gangs is irrelevant why is it constantly referred to?

Yes, that is my concern. The vast majority of grooming gangs are white, British.

Following up on last post

Can GB watchers reassure us it's clear that money raised will go to all abuse victims whoever had abused them and not ring fence it?