charity – Harrow Monitoring Group

Accountability and transparency of Harrow mayor office?

Considering the gracefulness of the Harrow mayor’s office, expectation of the high standards of its accountability and transparency, especially in money matters, in understandable.Therefore, we requested the past five years accounts of the Mayor of Harrow’s Charity Fund (charity number 219034) under Freedom of Information Act 2000, since the charity has submitted annual returns toContinue reading “Accountability and transparency of Harrow mayor office?”

Mayor of Harrow’s Charity Fund needs transparency

Many councils have, but Harrow council has no known formal guidelines for choosing the mayor’s charity or ensuring transparency of Harrow’s Charity Fund, a charity (number 219034). This has serious implications. It is doubtful whether the council officers established the soundness of this mayor’s chosen charity as required. Despite a requirement, Harrow mayor’s charity numberContinue reading “Mayor of Harrow’s Charity Fund needs transparency”

Harrow mayor’s choices?

CONTEXTThe mayor’s office should demonstrate grace and be mindful of upholding the Harrow council reputation and transparency.Looks Harrow mayor Cllr Salim Chowdhury, a hotelier by trade and introduced as the ‘Harrow’s first British Bangladeshi Mayor’ by the Harrow council, has made some unusual choices. Deputy mayorThe mayor notified the May 2024 council meeting that heContinue reading “Harrow mayor’s choices?”

Guidance for Harrow mayor’s charity seen inadequate!

UPDATE: Despite pointing out the requirement to display the charity number of the mayor’s charity is not being met, we don’t see the display of the London’s Community Kitchen charity number 1198839 on their website https://www.londonscommunitykitchen.co.uk/ nor on the Harrow mayor’s webpage at https://www.harrow.gov.uk/elections/mayor-harrow/2 (as of 16/12/2024 10.10pm – later our intervention worked and onContinue reading “Guidance for Harrow mayor’s charity seen inadequate!”