Charities are warned on child protection

The Charity Commission has issued fresh child protection guidelines for all charities working with children, following its appointment of a receiver and manager to take over a Windsor-based charity after an employee was convicted of raping a number of young girls. The new measures follow a commission inquiry and the conviction earlier this year of Gary Hinds, who worked for the Horse Rangers Association and who assaulted eight girls, aged 11 to 15. He is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence.