Our statement on today’s Guardian news story

28/02/2020

Read our statement from Stephen Hill, Chair of the Board of Trustees, relating to this story.

21/02/2020

'We were not aware of the complaint made to the Charity Commission until we were contacted by The Guardian and we have never been contacted by the Charity Commission in relation to this complaint.

We are following this up directly with the Charity Commission, as we take these allegations very seriously and have a zero tolerance of bullying and discrimination.

We have a well-established and robust internal complaints procedure and whistleblowing policy - all complaints are thoroughly investigated to support and protect our employees and volunteers who raise concerns, including providing independent, open access to our Board of Trustees and Chair.

We strongly refute the figure of £750k quoted for settlements. We have only used settlement agreements for legitimate reasons and only where other options for resolution have been explored. We regularly review all our processes, involving our Employee Forum in this.

We are using the new ACAS guidance so that we are following best practice and that all our employees are supported to manage the usage appropriately. A positive working culture is important to us. We regularly seek out employees’ views – our recent annual engagement survey showed that 91% of staff and volunteers are ‘proud’ to work here.'

- Corinne Mills, Director of People and Organisational Development at Alzheimer's Society

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