Camila Batmanghelidjh

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Camila Batmanghelidjh

CBE
Camila Batmanghelidjh plenary.jpg
Camila Batmanghelidjh at the NHS Confederation annual conference, July 2011
Born1963 (age 57–58)
Tehran, Iran
EducationBA, Theatre Studies and Dramatic Arts
MA, Philosophy of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Alma materUniversity of Warwick
Antioch University
Parent(s)Fereydoon Batmanghelidj (father)

Camila Batmanghelidjh, CBE (/kəˈmɪlə bætmænˈɡɛlɪdʒ/; Persian: کامیلا باتمانقلیچ‎ Kamylā Batmanghelych; born 1963) is an Iranian-born author, qualified psychotherapist (MA in Psychology of Therapy & Counselling: Antioch University 1991) and former charity executive in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3] She is best known as the founder of Kids Company and Place2Be, two charities which worked with marginalised children and young people in the UK.[4][5]

Between 1996 and 2015, Batmanghelidjh became a high-profile "media darling", fêted by celebrities and politicians for her work with Kids Company.[6] In 2007, The Guardian described her as "one of the most powerful advocates for vulnerable children in the country".[7] She was dubbed the "Angel of Peckham".[8]

In 2015, amid allegations of mismanagement and the squandering of funds, Batmanghelidjh was forced to step down as the charity's chief executive, and Kids Company was closed.[9][10] The Official Receiver had argued that Batmanghelidjh and 7 Kids Company trustees were unfit to hold directorships because of their handling of the charity, but in a high court judgement delivered by Mrs Justice Falk in February 2021, these allegations were dismissed.

Early life[]

Batmanghelidjh was born in 1963 in Tehran, Iran, the third of four children, to Fereydoon Batmanghelidj (c. 1931–2004), a doctor, and his wife Lucile, a Belgian national.[8][11] Her parents met and married in London, where her father was studying at St Mary's Hospital, before returning to Tehran.[12] Batmanghelidjh was born two-and-a-half months premature and was not expected to survive.[13] Her birth was not registered and the date was not noted.[14] The preterm birth resulted in Batmanghelidjh developing learning disabilities (including dyslexia) and an endocrine disorder affecting her weight.[15][16][17][18]

Education[]

She attended Sherborne School for Girls, an independent school in Dorset.[19] She attended the University of Warwick, where she received a first class degree in Theatre and the Dramatic Arts.[20] She trained as a psychotherapist at the London campus of Antioch University and the Tavistock Clinic.[21] At the age of 25 she was employed as a part-time psychotherapist in a project in Camberwell, South London, funded by Children in Need.[20] She also assisted NSPCC child protection and family service teams as a young therapist. Batmanghelidjh has written 3 books: Shattered Lives: Children Who Live with Courage & Dignity;[22] Mind the Child [23] and Kids: Child Protection in Britain: The Truth [24]

Charity work[]

The Place to Be[]

In 1991, Batmanghelidjh was involved in the formation of The Place to Be, a project working with troubled children in primary schools.[25][26] She worked at the unit for 3 years followed by 2 years when it had been established as Place2Be, during which time she wrote the manual for the groundbreaking therapeutic idea. Subsequently, a number of charitable trusts funded the project. Batmanghelidjh resigned from the project in 1996 to set up a new venture called Kids Company.

Southwark's Urban Academy[]

The Urban Academy was a post-16 educational and life skills academy in Southwark, South London. It was founded by Batmanghelidjh and was run by her Kids Company organisation.[27][28][29] The organisation offered a second chance at education for young people who had experienced signiicant trauma and failed to engage with other settings.[30]

Kids Company[]

Main article: Kids Company

In 1996, after leaving The Place To Be, Batmanghelidjh founded Kids Company, a charity that provided care to children whose lives had been disrupted by poverty, abuse, trauma and gang violence. Originally a single drop-in centre in Camberwell, Kids Company claimed that it helped some 36,000 children, young people and families. Although this figure was disputed [31] as part of the 2015 false allegations against the charity, it was not questioned by the Official Receiver, who investigated the charity's documents. The 2021 High Court case, presided over by Mrs Justice Falk, heard that Kids Company also employed 600 staff and served as a training placement for more than 500 NHS and social work students annually. It also benefitted from the contribution of 10,000 volunteers. https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Official-Receiver-v-Batmanghelidjh-judgment-120221.pdf

Kids Company operated through a network of street level centres, alternative education centres, therapy houses and with over 40 schools in London and Bristol as well as a performing arts programme in Liverpool.[32]

The charity pioneered collaborations between scientists and its children to arrive at a better understanding of how trauma negatively impacts brain development and health. The research was subsequently published in medical and scientific journals.[33][34][35][36]

Kids Company also undertook pioneering work with the arts. Batmanghelidjh curated exhibitions exploring child trauma at Tate Modern,[37] the Saatchi Gallery [38] and The Royal Academy.[39] In 2012, the arts programme at Kids Company was honoured by the Royal Society for Public Health for 'innovative and outstanding contributions to the field of arts and health practice with children and young people.' [38]

Deborah Orr, in an interview with Batmanghelidgh, reported in 2012 that 15 independent evaluations of Kids Company had found that 96% of children assisted returned to education and employment and an it had an "impact on crime reduction" of 88%.[20]

In 2013, Kids Company was the subject of a major LSE study which concluded: “Kids Company combines flexibility and staff commitment to enable absolute focus on the needs of vulnerable children; they offer to the child the knowledge that someone cares, loves and will not give up on them, irrespective of any challenging and unstable response that may come back from the child.” The study also found staff productivity and wellbeing to be above 90 per cent.[40]

Later, it emerged that Batmanghelidjh had asked the Cabinet Office to bring in KPMG accountants to identify the number of abused, neglected and mentally ill children the State had legal responsibility for, but instead they were self-referring to the charity. The Cabinet Office was reluctant to participate in this fact-finding initiative and later called for Batmanghelidjh’s resignation.[41] The central challenge for the charity and its sustainability was the fact that abused children and young people were not only accessing the provision themselves but also referring friends who were being harmed.[42]

In 2014, Batmanghelidjh invited the Centre for Social Justice to review child protection failings in Britain and the outcome was a damning report called, Enough is Enough.[43]

After these findings, Batmanghelidjh sought a partnership between major child welfare agencies and mental health organisations, such as the Institute of Psychiatry, with a view to launching a campaign called See the Child: Change the System, which had funding to explore a new design for UK children's services.[44]

In 2015, it was first reported that Kids Company was in significant financial difficulty due to unsubstantiated allegations.[45] Kids Company received a £3m government grant in July of that year but within 10 minutes of the money transfer,[citation needed] allegations of sexual abuse emerged via BBC Newsnight. The programme broadcast the allegations prior to the outcome of any police investigation and the report led funders to withdraw grants.[46]

In August 2015, the charity had a year’s funding, including 3 months reserves, and could meet all its liabilities. Mrs Justice Falk later confirmed that the charity would have survived if it had not been for the unsubstantiated sexual abuse allegations, broadcast by Newsnight, without first being brought to the attention of the charity or any professional bodies.[47]

The Metropolitan Police cleared the charity of any wrongdoing in early 2016 and commended its safeguarding practices.[48]

In July 2015 a report by Newsnight and BuzzFeed revealed that public funding for Kids Company was to be withheld unless Batmanghelidjh was replaced.[49] On 3 July it was reported that Batmanghelidjh would step down as chief executive in the next few months and continue in a "presidential" role.[50][51]

On 5 August 2015, Kids Company closed its operations[52] less than a week after receiving a government grant of £3 million. The charity was given the money against the advice of officials, who had raised concerns about value for money and how it would be spent.[53] The charity had announced that it was closing down because "it [was] unable to pay its debts as they fall due”.[54]

Speaking to The Daily Telegraph in August 2015, Batmanghelidjh said she hoped Kids Company could make a comeback after some restructuring and once the media storm had died down.[55]

Post 2015, Batmanghelidjh continued to work with vulnerable children and families. This included the provision of good, therapy, advocacy and safeguarding. She collaborated with a number of charities including Oasis Community Learning.[56]

On 20 October 2020, the Official Receiver opened a case at the High Court against former directors of Kids Company, including seeking a six-year disqualification from holding company directorships for Ms Batmanghelidjh and four years for Alan Yentob.[57][58] despite the fact that she was chief executive and not a director. On 12 February 2021 the High Court dismissed the case against Batmanghelidjh and the other trustees.[59] Mrs Justice Falk in the High Court said, "Most charities would, I think, be delighted to have available to them individuals with the abilities and experience that the trustees in this case possess. It is vital that the actions of public bodies do not have the effect of dissuading able and experienced individuals from becoming or remaining charity trustees."[60][61][excessive quote] The judge spoke of Batmanghelidjh's "enormous dedication [that] she showed to vulnerable young people over many years" and her achievements, adding, "It would be unfortunate if the events the focus of this decision were allowed to eclipse those achievements."[60]

It later emerged that UK taxpayers would face a legal bill for at least £8m as a result of the official receiver’s "disastrous" attempt to ban the Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh and seven fellow charity trustees from holding senior jobs.[62]

On 23 April 2021, a Public Interest Psychology meeting in support of Camila Batmanghelidjh and Kids Company was convened by Consultant Psychotherapist David Morgan, a Fellow of the British Psychoanalytic Society, who said: "Batmanghelidjh’s wonderful service was destroyed because it drew attention to a terrible truth about our society. A truth the more unwelcome because of the government’s commitment to austerity as the only solution to the financial destruction created by the financial world, was supported by a lie that there was no serious suffering. Kids Company shone a light on the unbearable reality of the plight of so many children. This light had to be turned off."[excessive quote] Attended by over 150 senior mental health practitioners, it endorsed the need for immediate public thinking and/or action in relation to the smear [63] campaign which Batmanghelidjh had been subjected to. A letter signed by over 60 senior mental health practitioners stated: "We call upon the media that joined in with this vicious attack on the leaders of Kids Company to redress their complicity by publishing and joining with us in demanding an apology for the children, adolescents and young people who have suffered as a result of these attacks and have once again disappeared into an uncaring world, into which Kids Company had shone a bright and hopeful beacon of light. Secondly there should be an apology to the dedicated staff and leaders, of Kids Company."[excessive quote] It also called for an urgent enquiry into the Kids Company smear campaign.

Awards and honours[]

Batmanghelidjh receiving an honorary degree from the Open University in 2008

In 2009 Batmanghelidjh was named Businesswoman of the Year in the Dods and Scottish Widows Women in Public Life Awards.[64] A New Statesman readers' poll awarded her the title Person of the Year in 2006.[65] She has also received Ernst and Young's Social Entrepreneur of the Year award (2005),[66] Third Sector magazine's Most Admired Chief Executive (2007)[67] and the Centre for Social Justice's lifetime achievement award in 2009.[67] Batmanghelidjh has been awarded honorary degrees and doctorates by several universities including York St John University,[68] the Open University,[69] Brunel University,[2] London South Bank University,[70] University of Warwick[71] and Nottingham Trent University.[72] In September 2006 she was conferred with an Honorary Fellowship of Goldsmiths, University of London.[73]

In January 2009, Batmanghelidjh was awarded an honorary degree by the Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust in conjunction with the University of East London for "significant achievements for children and young people living in poverty."[74]

In February 2013, she was named one of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom by Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4.[75] She was appointed an honorary Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to children and young people.[76] In September 2014 she became an Honorary Fellow of UCL.[77]

Publications[]

  • Batmanghelidjh, Camila (May 1999). "Whose political correction?: The challenge of therapeutic work with inner-city children experiencing deprivation". Psychodynamic Counselling. 5 (2): 231–244. doi:10.1080/13533339908402537.
  • Batmanghelidjh, Camila (2000). "Betrayal: the politics of child mental health". RSA Journal. 148 (5493): 38–45.
  • Batmanghelidjh, Camila (2006). Shattered Lives: Children Who Live with Courage and Dignity. London: Jessica Kingsley. ISBN 978-1-843-10603-6.
  • Batmanghelidjh, Camila (October 2011). "England riots 2011: Camila Batmanghelidjh takes a look in the mirror". Socialist Lawyer (59): 16–17. doi:10.13169/socialistlawyer.59.0016.
  • Batmanghelidjh, Camila (2013). Mind the Child. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-1-846-14655-8.
  • Batmanghelidjh, Camila (2015). "Clinical snobbery—get me out of here! New clinical paradigms for children with complex disturbances". In Warnecke, Tom (ed.). The Psyche in the Modern World. London: Karnac Books. pp. 43–61. ISBN 978-1-782-20046-8.
  • Batmanghelidjh, Camila (2017). Kids: Child Protection in Britain: The Truth. London: Biteback Publishing. ISBN 978-1785901195.

Television, film and media[]

Batmanghelidjh was the subject of Ruby Wax Gets Streetwise, a documentary film about her charity work with Kids Company, presented by Ruby Wax. Directed by Michael Waldman, the film was broadcast on 15 March 2000 by BBC Two.[78][79]

In 2002, she was interviewed by Fergal Keane for Taking A Stand, a radio documentary exploring her work as an advocate for "society's most anti-social, violent and disruptive children". The 30-minute documentary was first broadcast on 15 January 2002 by BBC Radio 4.[80]

A 2003 Channel Four series, Second Chance, featured Batmanghelidjh's work at Kids Company with children who had been labelled "unteachable".[81][82]

Batmanghelidjh's work with Kids Company was the subject of Tough Kids, Tough Love, a film by Lynn Alleway, first broadcast on 19 October 2005 by BBC Two.[83][84][85] Alleway made a second film, at Batmanghelidjh's invitation, during the summer of 2015, which unwittingly captured the collapse of Kids Company. Sam Wollaston, writing in The Guardian, described it as: "like an invitation, on the evening of 14 April 1912, to the bridge of the Titanic."[86] The film was broadcast as Camila's Kids Company: The Inside Story on 3 February 2016 by BBC One.[87]

Video installation artist Larisa Blazic created a multi screen video installation Angel (of Peckham) which was displayed in Currys Digital shop window in August 2007 and was inspired by her and William Blake's vision of angels in Peckham Rye.[88]

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