Call for ‘seismic change’ in social care system after Robert McGuinness’s use of funds
The owner of a Bolton children’s home shut down for “serious and widespread failures” spent thousands intended for educating marginalised children on drinking, foreign trips and his pub business, the Guardian can reveal.
Between 2015 and 2021, £1.5m was paid by two local authorities to a “community interest company” (CIC) run by Robert McGuinness, the main director of the children’s home. The CIC was set up to provide vocational training to children from year 9 to 11 (age 14-16) excluded from mainstream schools.
