Mermaids’ Corporate Collaborators
from The Glinner:
On Sunday The Telegraph published a deeply shocking article about Mermaids supplying young girls with dangerous breast binders without the knowledge and/or consent of their parents and the charity’s staff using lies and manipulation to push vulnerable kids into medical transition.
Although Mermaids describes itself as ‘a small charity’, it is making big money. In the financial year ending 31st March 2021, its total income was £1,847,868.
The bulk of that money came from ‘donations and legacies’.
Mermaids is no stranger to controversy and has been subject to numerous allegations of wrongdoing, so just who has been funding this organisation? And why? Listed below are some of the charity’s most prominent financial supporters in recent years.
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY
At the end of 2018 The National Lottery awarded Mermaids a grant of £500,000.