A crowdfunding appeal for a youth charity was launched in Bristol after the statue of Edward Colston was toppledA woman in her twenties has been arrested over the disappearance of more than £30,000 raised for charity by a Black Lives Matter group crowdfunding after the toppling of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol. Police opened a fraud investigation after Changing Your Mindset, a youth work charity based at the Malcolm X Centre in Bristol, reported that it had not received any donations from the crowdfunding page set up in connection with the protest. SponsoredThe charity appeal was promoted during speeches at the Black Lives Matter (BLM) protest, which toppled the statue of the 17th-century slaver and philanthropist. The money was earmarked to allow 15 young people to go on a life-changing trip to west Africa. A spokesman for the charity said: “Changing Your

Source: The Times August 17, 2021 13:18 UTC