The charity regulator has rejected an application from an organisation set up to support people “who have been injured and bereaved by the Covid-19 vaccinations”.
John Bowe, a British actor known for his role in Emmerdale, had raised more than £13,000 towards his efforts to register Charity Organisation for the Vaccine InjureD (C.O.V.I.D.) with the regulator.
He had set up a Helpline for the Vaccine Injured, which directed callers to “organisations, websites and protocols that can help them”.
But his application was refused as the Charity Commission found it failed to demonstrate the organisation meets the necessary legal requirements.
Bowe said on Twitter: “The Helpline for the Vaccine Injured will cease operation at the end of this week. I am not prepared to appeal the Charity Commission’s decision to refuse our application.
“I understand the adjudicator’s difficulty in appreciating what we are trying to do but as much as we want to help the injured and bereaved at least three more months of tweaking grammar and adding explanatory paragraphs is not how I wish to use my time, energy and desire to help people, to stop the shots and to lobby for the creation of proper help for people who have suffered as a result of following this government’s advice.
“That is where I will put my efforts now.”
Bowe thanked people who had donated to his fundraiser and said all surplus money would be divided between vaccine injury support groups.
An organisation looking to become a registered charity must be able to demonstrate it meets the legal requirements set out by charity law.
This means it must meet one of the 13 charitable purposes in law, be for the public benefit and not established solely to secure or oppose any change in the law, policy or decisions of central government.
According to UK government data, there have been around 11,000 reports of suspected side effects from Covid-19 vaccines. However, these reports do not indicate proven side effects.
More than 53 million people in the UK have received at least one vaccine dose in the UK.
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