Save the Children UK manager leaves charity after ‘anti-Zionist’ bagel video

Campaigns manager Yasmin Ghaffar was suspended from the charity in January after posting a video to her personal TikTok account in which she asked for recommendations for bagel shops that did not involve “giving my money to any genocidal maniacs”. 

In an exclusive interview with Third Sector, Save the Children UK chief executive Moazzam Malik said Ghaffar had left the charity after an internal process. 

Asked if Ghaffar had been dismissed, Malik said he could not reveal the full details of her departure for legal reasons. 

But he said an internal review had taken place following her posting of the video and subsequent suspension, during which her comments were examined against the charity’s code of conduct and social media policy.

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Major charity to launch ‘game-changing’ volunteering platform

The Royal Voluntary Service said it hoped the platform could help unlock 164 million more volunteering hours per month by removing barriers and widening access.

The new initiative, which is being developed in-house by the RVS, will be free for the public and charities of all sizes to use and has been funded by £5m from the People’s Postcode Lottery. 

It will host thousands of flexible and diverse opportunities, from short, one-off tasks to more regular activities, the RVS said. 

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Dogs Trust puts 300 jobs at risk in major restructure

The charity, which employs 1,765 staff, says the move is not a cost-cutting measure but about the organisation being better equipped to help more dogs.

Dogs Trust said it hoped the majority of those affected would be able to be redeployed within the organisation as it creates new roles as part of the restructure. 

The charity has proposed closing its Newbury Rehoming Centre, where 30 people work, and making changes to four of the other 20 centres it operates across the UK. 

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