A former trustee of the Universities and Colleges Christian Fellowship (UCCF) says she resigned ‘over a matter of principle’, weeks before the outcome of an investigation into two senior staff members was announced. Jen Charteris, the trustee in question, also acknowledged there were systemic failures within UCCF for years.
The charity itself has tried to clarify the circumstances surrounding the resignation of Charteris and five additional trustees – including chair Chris Willmott – following the investigation. Four trustees, Stephen Rigby, Glynn Harrison, Abigail Joy Marthinet-Glover and John Stevens – resigned just before the outcome was made public in a statement on 4 October.
In a subsequent statement on 10 October, Simon Day, acting chair of the trust board, said: ‘[The trustees] who have resigned have done so for a wide range of reasons, including some entirely unconnected with the [4 October] statement, others directly related, and still others only indirectly related. None of the trustees who have resigned are in any way implicated in wrongdoing.
