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Threshold: action taken after review

6:30pm Wednesday 11th July 2012

DISCUSSIONS are taking place with a key figure who is poised to lead an independent review of Swindon charity Threshold Housing Link.

MP steps into row at homeless charity

6:11pm Thursday 14th June 2012

SOUTH Swindon MP Robert Buckland has taken a peacebroker role in a row between workers and senior managers at a homeless charity.

• THRESHOLD: Conflict of interests is denied over links to firm

THRESHOLD: Conflict of interests is denied over links to firm

8:50am Thursday 14th June 2012

A HOMELESS charity has again denied a conflict of interests after it emerged two of its senior figures have links to a consultancy firm which has been paid to provide human resources advice.

THRESHOLD: Ex-anti bullying boss paid £1,800 to probe charity

11:26am Wednesday 13th June 2012

A CONTROVERSIAL former charity boss who was embroiled in a major political row was paid to carry out an investigation at a prominent Swindon charity.

• THRESHOLD: Workers suspended for charity accusations
• THRESHOLD: The charity
• THRESHOLD: The HR consultants
• THRESHOLD: Redundancy and rehire
• THRESHOLD: Proposed lease deal
• THRESHOLD: Chairman of trustees backs couple
• THRESHOLD: Homeless charity at centre of row over managers
• THRESHOLD: Whistleblowers raise concerns
• THRESHOLD: The former trustees
• THRESHOLD:Homeless charity faces new protest over suspension

THRESHOLD: Workers suspended for charity accusations

11:24am Wednesday 13th June 2012

THREE workers have been suspended for allegedly breaching a Swindon homeless charity’s media policy amid a row over the way it is managed.

• THRESHOLD: The charity
• THRESHOLD: The HR consultants
• THRESHOLD: Proposed lease deal
• THRESHOLD: Chairman of trustees backs couple
• THRESHOLD: Redundancy and rehire
• THRESHOLD: Whistleblowers raise concerns
• THRESHOLD: The former trustees
• THRESHOLD: Homeless charity at centre of row over managers
• THRESHOLD:Homeless charity faces new protest over suspension

THRESHOLD: The charity

11:22am Wednesday 13th June 2012

THRESHOLD is the largest dedicated homeless charity in Swindon and has supported more than 500 people a year since 1972.

• THRESHOLD: Proposed lease deal
• THRESHOLD: Chairman of trustees backs couple
• THRESHOLD: The HR consultants
• THRESHOLD: Redundancy and rehire
• THRESHOLD: The former trustees
• THRESHOLD: Whistleblowers raise concerns
• THRESHOLD: Homeless charity at centre of row over managers
• THRESHOLD:Homeless charity faces new protest over suspension

THRESHOLD: The HR consultants

11:21am Wednesday 13th June 2012

THE WORKERS say that HR consultant Christine Pratt has been hired to deal with staffing issues, including an investigation in February for which her company was paid £1,800.

• THRESHOLD: Chairman of trustees backs couple
• THRESHOLD: Redundancy and rehire
• THRESHOLD: Proposed lease deal
• THRESHOLD: The former trustees
• THRESHOLD: Whistleblowers raise concerns
• THRESHOLD: Homeless charity at centre of row over managers
• THRESHOLD:Homeless charity faces new protest over suspension

THRESHOLD: Proposed lease deal

11:20am Wednesday 13th June 2012

A PROPOSED lease deal for Cher Sawyer-Smith’s house would mean the charity meeting mortgage payments in return for using the property.

• THRESHOLD: Chairman of trustees backs couple
• THRESHOLD: Redundancy and rehire
• THRESHOLD: The former trustees
• THRESHOLD: Whistleblowers raise concerns
• THRESHOLD: Homeless charity at centre of row over managers
• THRESHOLD:Homeless charity faces new protest over suspension

THRESHOLD: Chairman of trustees backs couple

11:16am Wednesday 13th June 2012

CHAIRMAN of the trustees Trevor Davies issued a robust defence of the charity yesterday, saying that chief executive officer Cher Sawyer-Smith was the victim of a “witch-hunt”.

• THRESHOLD: Redundancy and rehire
• THRESHOLD: The former trustees
• THRESHOLD: Homeless charity at centre of row over managers
• THRESHOLD: Whistleblowers raise concerns
• THRESHOLD:Homeless charity faces new protest over suspension

THRESHOLD: Redundancy and rehire

11:12am Wednesday 13th June 2012

THRESHOLD’S former trustees wanted to reduce executive pay and change the structure of the charity in a power struggle between 2009 and 2010.

• THRESHOLD: Whistleblowers raise concerns
• THRESHOLD: Homeless charity at centre of row over managers
• THRESHOLD: The former trustees
• THRESHOLD:Homeless charity faces new protest over suspension
• THRESHOLD: Chairman of trustees backs couple
• THRESHOLD: Redundancy and rehire

THRESHOLD: The former trustees

11:09am Wednesday 13th June 2012

THE WHISTLEBLOWERS were backed by three former trustees who said the old board felt “relieved” not to be a part of the charity.

• THRESHOLD: Whistleblowers raise concerns
• THRESHOLD: Homeless charity at centre of row over managers
• THRESHOLD: Redundancy and rehire
• THRESHOLD: The former trustees
• THRESHOLD:Homeless charity faces new protest over suspension

THRESHOLD: Whistleblowers raise concerns

11:08am Wednesday 13th June 2012

THE outreach workers lodged formal whistleblowing complaints about what they perceived as governance problems and conflicts of interest at the charity.

• THRESHOLD: Homeless charity at centre of row over managers
• THRESHOLD: Redundancy and rehire
• THRESHOLD: The former trustees
• THRESHOLD: Whistleblowers raise concerns
• THRESHOLD:Homeless charity faces new protest over suspension

THRESHOLD: Homeless charity at centre of row over managers

11:05am Wednesday 13th June 2012

TWO outreach workers at a Swindon homeless charity have put themselves in the firing line to raise concerns about the way it is run.

• THRESHOLD: Whistleblowers raise concerns
• THRESHOLD: The former trustees
• THRESHOLD: Homeless charity at centre of row over managers
• THRESHOLD: Redundancy and rehire
• THRESHOLD:Homeless charity faces new protest over suspension