Mermaids Charity

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Dear Torfaen County Borough Council,

Please supply information in relation to materials supplied to parents, students, school pupils,
Teachers and governing bodies including individual governors and any governors associations that signpost to the charity Mermaids.
Please advise how many children have been referred to this charity.
Please advise if any financial support donation or purchases of materials have been made to the charity Mermaids.
Please confirm if your Safeguarding officers are aware of recent reports that’s this charity is under investigation by the Charities Commission.
Please confirm if your Safeguarding officers are aware of recent media reports that a trustee of this Charity Mermaids has recently resigned due to links with MAP / Pedophile support groups.

Yours faithfully,

D Hughes

TCBC - FOI, Torfaen County Borough Council

Dear D Hughes,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your email dated 6th October 2022 requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I have logged your email and will deal with your request in order that we can respond to you within the statutory deadline of 20 working days.

I will contact you further as soon as the relevant information is available.

Yours sincerely,

Jacquelyn Tranter
Senior Business Support Officer (Complaints/FOI) / Uwch Swyddog Cymorth Busnes (Cwynion/Rhyddid Gwybodaeth)
Resources Directorate/Cyfarwyddiaeth Adnoddau
Torfaen County Borough Council / Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen
Phone/Ffôn: 01495 742774
Email/E-Bost: [email address]
www.torfaen.gov.uk / Follow us on Twitter / Find us on Facebook

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TCBC - FOI, Torfaen County Borough Council

Dear Mr. Hughes,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST

 

Thank you for your email dated 14/10/22 requesting information under the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. I am now in a position to respond to your
questions as follows:

 

 

Please supply information in relation to materials supplied to parents,
students, school pupils,

Teachers and governing bodies including individual governors and any
governors associations that signpost to the charity Mermaids -

 

No information held on teachers, governing bodies, individual governors or
governor associations that signpost to the charity Mermaids. You would
need to contact individual schools.

 

Please advise how many children have been referred to this charity.

 

No information held on how many children have been referred to the charity
Mermaids. You would need to contact individual schools.

 

Please advise if any financial support donation or purchases of materials
have been made to the charity Mermaids.

None

 

Please confirm if your Safeguarding officers are aware of recent reports
that’s this charity is under investigation by the Charities Commission.

Education - No information held.

Social Care – No information held

 

Please confirm if your Safeguarding officers are aware of recent media
reports that a trustee of this Charity Mermaids has recently resigned due
to links with MAP / Paedophile support groups.

Education - No information held.

Social Care – No information held

 

To assist you in contacting Torfaen schools here is the link to the
website page:

 

[1]https://www.torfaen.gov.uk/en/EducationL...

 

 

Information supplied in response to any Freedom of Information Act request
may be subject to copyright. A single copy of information supplied under
the Freedom of Information Act may only be used for personal,
non-commercial research or study, unless stated otherwise. It must not be
passed to others, copied or re-published in whole or in part without
permission from the copyright holder. Any copyright statement that forms
part of or in any way refers to the information provided must not be
altered or removed.

 

If you have any queries about this letter or are unhappy about the service
you have received in relation to your request and wish to make a complaint
or request a review, please do not hesitate to contact me in writing. A
request for an internal review should be made within 40 working days of
the date of the response.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply
directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the
Information Commissioner’s Office (Wales) cannot make a decision unless
you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by this Council. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office (Wales), 2nd Floor, Churchill House, Churchill Way,
Cardiff, CF10 2HH. Telephone 0330 414 6421 or e-mail [email address].

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Jacquelyn Tranter

Senior Business Support Officer (Complaints/FOI) / Uwch Swyddog Cymorth
Busnes (Cwynion/Rhyddid Gwybodaeth)

Resources Directorate/Cyfarwyddiaeth Adnoddau

Torfaen County Borough Council / Cyngor Bwrdeistref Sirol Torfaen

Phone/Ffôn: 01495 742774

Email/E-Bost: [email address]

www.torfaen.gov.uk / Follow us on Twitter / Find us on Facebook

 

 

 

 

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