The chair of the BBC Children in Need charity has quit over grants awarded to an LGBT organisation hit by child sex abuse scandals. Rosie Millard, 59, accused the charity of “institutional failure” in a letter,

The chair of the BBC's Children in Need charity has resigned, after reports that she protested over grants awarded to an LGBT youth charity, whose former chief had been involved in a child abuse scandal. Rosie Millard, a writer and broadcaster, accused the charity of "institutional failure" in her letter of resignation shared with the Times.

In her resignation letter to the Children in Need board, Rosie Millard, a 59-year-old former BBC journalist who had chaired the fundraising behemoth for six years, criticised grants of £466,000 awarded to the charity LGBT Youth Scotland (LGBTYS).

The chair of BBC's Children In Need, Rosie Millard, has quit her role in protest after £466,000 was set to be allocated to LGBTYS whose former boss had previously come under fire

The chair of the BBC's Children in Need charity has resigned, after reports that she protested over grants awarded to an LGBT youth charity, whose former chief had been involved in a child abuse scandal.

The BBC Children in Need chief has quit her role after the charity granted £460,000 to an LGBT group - which has faced child sex abuse scandals. Rosie Millard hit out at the BBC charity, accusing the body of “institutional failure” in her resignation letter,