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'''Nick Buckley''' ] is a British politician. He was appointed to the Order of the British Empire as a Member on the Queen’s New Year honours list in December 2019. He spent 15 years working with the homeless.


In 2011, he founded Mancunian Way, a charity which fired him in 2020. However, following a public outcry, the board of trustees resigned and Nick Buckley was reinstated. '''Nicholas Brendan ''' {{postnom|country=GBR|MBE}} (born April 1968) is a British charity worker and independent political candidate, formerly representing ] party ]. He spent 15 years working with the homeless. In 2011, he founded The Mancunian Way, a charity which dismissed him in 2020. However, the board of trustees later resigned and Buckley was reinstated.


==Early life and career==
==Career==
Buckley's career with the ] started as a youth intervention officer.<ref name="MEN-2011" /> In 2011, Buckley's job as a Community Safety Co-ordinator, which he held during the ], was terminated by the City Council due to budget cuts. He was offered an alternate position; instead of taking it, he took his severance and used it to found a charity named Mancunian Way,<ref name="MEN-2011" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mike Munn |title=Working with Mancunian Way |url=https://www.arcon.org.uk/news/working-with-mancunian-way-464 |website=News |publisher=ARCON Housing Association |accessdate=3 July 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703125700/https://www.arcon.org.uk/news/working-with-mancunian-way-464 |archivedate=3 July 2020 |date=16 November 2017 |quote=Mancunian Way, a multi-award winning charity for troubled teenagers, set up six years ago by its CEO, Nick Buckley. Nick worked as a Community Safety Co-ordinator, for Manchester City Council, at the time of the riots, in Summer 2011.}}</ref> which worked to reduce antisocial behaviour<ref>{{cite web |title=ON THEIR OWN TURF: STREET-BASED YOUTH ENGAGEMENT |url=https://newground.co.uk/blog/on-their-own-turf-street-based-youth-engagement/ |publisher=Newground |accessdate=3 July 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703132619/https://newground.co.uk/blog/on-their-own-turf-street-based-youth-engagement/ |archivedate=3 July 2020 |date=10 October 2018 |quote=project led by antisocial behaviour reduction charity, Mancunian Way, set out to tackle the issues that local residents raise, as well as supporting young people to make informed choices that improve their own life outcomes. “In no way is this project trying to get kids off the street,” explains Mancunian Way founder and CEO, Nick Buckley. “Instead, we’re working hard to build positive relationships with young people}}</ref> via prevention and intervention.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phoebe Walters |title="We try to find young people in the most need" Stay Safe MCR on helping the youth of Salford |url=http://www.salfordnow.co.uk/2019/12/06/we-try-to-find-young-people-in-the-most-need-stay-safe-mcr-on-helping-the-youth-of-salford/ |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=Salford Now |date=6 December 2019 |quote=Nick Buckley, Chief Executive and Founder of Mancunian Way, spoke on prevention and intervention being important in keeping young people out of trouble. He said: “We concentrate on young people because I’m a big believe in prevention and intervention.}}</ref> Buckley grew up in the ] area of Manchester.<ref name="MEN-2011" /> He held numerous positions at ], starting as a youth intervention officer<ref name="MEN-2011">{{cite news |title=Caring, the Mancunian Way: Axed community worker uses pay-out to set up charity for troubled teenagers |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/caring-the-mancunian-way-axed-community-878051 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=] |date=12 December 2011}}</ref> until 2011, when his role as a Community Safety Co-ordinator, which he held during the ], was terminated by the City Council due to budget cuts. Instead of taking an offered alternative job he took his severance and used it to found a charity named Mancunian Way,<ref name="MEN-2011" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Mike Munn |title=Working with Mancunian Way |url=https://www.arcon.org.uk/news/working-with-mancunian-way-464 |website=News |publisher=ARCON Housing Association |accessdate=3 July 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703125700/https://www.arcon.org.uk/news/working-with-mancunian-way-464 |archivedate=3 July 2020 |date=16 November 2017}}</ref> which worked to reduce antisocial behaviour<ref>{{cite web |title=ON THEIR OWN TURF: STREET-BASED YOUTH ENGAGEMENT |url=https://newground.co.uk/blog/on-their-own-turf-street-based-youth-engagement/ |publisher=Newground |accessdate=3 July 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703132619/https://newground.co.uk/blog/on-their-own-turf-street-based-youth-engagement/ |archivedate=3 July 2020 |date=10 October 2018}}</ref> via prevention and intervention.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phoebe Walters |title="We try to find young people in the most need" Stay Safe MCR on helping the youth of Salford |url=http://www.salfordnow.co.uk/2019/12/06/we-try-to-find-young-people-in-the-most-need-stay-safe-mcr-on-helping-the-youth-of-salford/ |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=Salford Now |date=6 December 2019 }}</ref>


In 2018, Buckley stood as an independent candidate in the Local Council elections in the ] of Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jennifer Williams |title=Frustrated charity worker running for council vows to tackle 'out of control' homelessness crisis |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/frustrated-charity-worker-running-council-14164745 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=] |date=16 January 2018}}</ref> Nick Buckley received 164 votes in total, and did not gain office. The election was won by three Labour candidates.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180924224815/https://www.manchester.gov.uk/directory_record/315222/local_elections_2018/category/1392/local_elections {{Bare URL inline|date=June 2021}}</ref> In ], Buckley stood as an ] candidate in the local council elections for the ] of Manchester.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jennifer Williams |title=Frustrated charity worker running for council vows to tackle 'out of control' homelessness crisis |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/frustrated-charity-worker-running-council-14164745 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=] |date=16 January 2018}}</ref> Buckley received 164 votes in total, and did not gain office. The election was won by three ] candidates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.manchester.gov.uk/directory_record/315222/local_elections_2018/category/1392/local_elections|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180924224815/https://www.manchester.gov.uk/directory_record/315222/local_elections_2018/category/1392/local_elections|archive-date = 24 September 2018|title = Election results - Local elections 2018 &#124; Manchester City Council}}</ref>


Buckley was recognized at the 2018 NW Charity Awards with the "Small Charity Big Impact Award" and at the 2019 SME News Finance Awards 2019, winning "Greater Manchester Homeless Project of the Year."<ref name=Barlow-2019>{{cite news |last1=Nigel Barlow |title=Charity leader Nick Buckley awarded MBE for services to the community |url=https://aboutmanchester.co.uk/charity-leader-nick-buckley-awarded-mbe-for-services-to-the-community/ |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=About Manchester |date=30 December 2019}}</ref> While Buckley was CEO, the charity he founded was recognised as "Community Project of the Year award" in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Luke Andrews |title=How homeless people are building Manchester's future |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsmanchester/how-homeless-people-are-building-manchesters-future/ar-BBPjC32 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=] |agency=] |date=11 April 2018 |quote=“They apply to us and we go from there,” said Mancunian Way CEO Nick Buckley. “It’s about making sure you pick the right person for the right position.” Nick, a former local authority community safety manager, founded the charity using a redundancy payout after witnessing the 2011 riots. Mancunian Way won the Community Project of the Year award in 2015 for its work.}}</ref> Buckley was recognised at the 2018 NW Charity Awards with the Small Charity Big Impact Award and at the 2019 SME News Finance Awards 2019, winning Greater Manchester Homeless Project of the Year.<ref name=Barlow-2019>{{cite news |last1=Nigel Barlow |title=Charity leader Nick Buckley awarded MBE for services to the community |url=https://aboutmanchester.co.uk/charity-leader-nick-buckley-awarded-mbe-for-services-to-the-community/ |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=About Manchester |date=30 December 2019}}</ref> While Buckley was CEO, the charity he founded was recognised as "Community Project of the Year award" in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Luke Andrews |title=How homeless people are building Manchester's future |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsmanchester/how-homeless-people-are-building-manchesters-future/ar-BBPjC32 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=] |agency=] |date=11 April 2018 }}</ref>


In 2019, Buckley, who spent 15 years "working directly" with the homeless, explained on BBC Radio that individuals handing out food to the homeless has unintended consequences, including preventing them from getting the necessary support and help to get off the street.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stephen Lewis |title="Don't give food to homeless people," says Manchester charity boss |url=https://ilovemanchester.com/dont-give-food-to-homeless/ |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=I Love MCR |date=29 December 2019 |quote=“People seem to know that handing out money doesn’t help but think handing out food is kind”, says Nick Buckley, CEO of Mancunian Way on Feeding the Problem, a 30 minute programme broadcast on Radio 4 over the holidays. Giving food to people on the street has unforeseen consequences and is actually doing more harm than good, says Nick}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Feeding the Problem |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cnhc |website=BBC Radio 4 |publisher=] |accessdate=3 July 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703130105/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cnhc |archivedate=3 July 2020 |date=28 December 2019 |quote=Nick Buckley has spent 15 years working directly with rough sleepers, and he wants the British public to stop handing out food to people on the streets.}}</ref> Buckley criticized ], saying her "words would have a negative effect on teenagers from deprived backgrounds."<ref>{{cite news |title='We have suffered heart-breaking losses twice', Yousef Makki's sister calls for re-trial following self-defence verdict |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2019-07-15/we-have-suffered-heart-breaking-losses-twice-yousef-makkis-sister-calls-for-re-trial-following-self-defence-verdict/ |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=] |date=15 July 2019 |quote=Nick Buckley from Mancunian Way, an antisocial behaviour reduction charity, told ITV News Ms Powell's words would have a negative effect on teenagers from deprived backgrounds. "If you're a 13-year-old black boy now in Greater Manchester and you read that, you're going to be thinking 'wow, the government, the world, everyone's against me'. And that's not the case," he said.}}</ref> One of Buckley's projects, Change4Good, "placed 28 homeless or vulnerable individuals into employment" that year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harriet Whitehead |title=Charity leaders recognised in New Year Honours List 2020 |url=https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/charity-professionals-recognised-in-new-year-honours-list-2020.html |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=Civil Society Media |date=2 January 2020 |quote=Nick Buckley, founder of Manchester’s anti-social behaviour reduction charity Mancunian Way, has also been awarded an MBE for his dedication to voluntary services and the local community. The charity runs a number of community projects such as Change4Good, which successfully placed 28 homeless or vulnerable individuals into employment in 2019.}}</ref> In 2019, ] awarded the MBE to Buckley.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Steve Robson |last2=Charlotte Dobson |last3=Andrew Bardsley |title=Oldham boy, 13, is youngest person in country on New Year Honours list after raising thousands for charity |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/new-years-honours-list-2020-17467522 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=27 December 2019 |quote=Nick, 51, is being recognised for his belief in giving young people hope with an MBE in the New Year's Honours list}}</ref><ref name=Barlow-2019 /><ref>{{cite web |title=Well deserved MBE for Nick Buckley |url=https://inspirewomenawards.org.uk/well-deserved-mbe-for-nick-buckley/ |website=Celebrating Inspiring Women |publisher=Inspire Awards |accessdate=3 July 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703131052/https://inspirewomenawards.org.uk/well-deserved-mbe-for-nick-buckley/ |archivedate=3 July 2020 |date=28 December 2019 |quote=#NickBuckley for receiving his MBE for services to the community, particularly for homeless people. Nick Buckley is the CEO of #MancunianWay Charity. Mancunian Way describes itself as being born out of the ashes of the riots in the summer of 2011, from a mother called ‘austerity’ and a father called ‘budget cuts’.}}</ref> In 2019, Buckley, who spent 15 years working directly with the homeless, explained on BBC Radio that individuals handing out food to the homeless have unintended consequences, including preventing them from getting the necessary support and help to get off the street.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Stephen Lewis |title="Don't give food to homeless people," says Manchester charity boss |url=https://ilovemanchester.com/dont-give-food-to-homeless/ |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=I Love MCR |date=29 December 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Feeding the Problem |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cnhc |website=BBC Radio 4 |publisher=] |accessdate=3 July 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703130105/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cnhc |archivedate=3 July 2020 |date=28 December 2019}}</ref> Buckley criticised ], saying her "words would have a negative effect on teenagers from deprived backgrounds."<ref>{{cite news |title='We have suffered heart-breaking losses twice', Yousef Makki's sister calls for re-trial following self-defence verdict |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2019-07-15/we-have-suffered-heart-breaking-losses-twice-yousef-makkis-sister-calls-for-re-trial-following-self-defence-verdict/ |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=] |date=15 July 2019}}</ref> One of Buckley's projects, Change4Good, "placed 28 homeless or vulnerable individuals into employment" that year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harriet Whitehead |title=Charity leaders recognised in New Year Honours List 2020 |url=https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/charity-professionals-recognised-in-new-year-honours-list-2020.html |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=Civil Society Media |date=2 January 2020 }}</ref> He was appointed ] in the ] for services to young people and to the community in ].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=62866 |date=28 December 2019 |page=N16 |supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Steve Robson |last2=Charlotte Dobson |last3=Andrew Bardsley |title=Oldham boy, 13, is youngest person in country on New Year Honours list after raising thousands for charity |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/new-years-honours-list-2020-17467522 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=Manchester Evening News |date=27 December 2019}}</ref><ref name=Barlow-2019 /><ref>{{cite web |title=Well deserved MBE for Nick Buckley |url=https://inspirewomenawards.org.uk/well-deserved-mbe-for-nick-buckley/ |website=Celebrating Inspiring Women |publisher=Inspire Awards |accessdate=3 July 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703131052/https://inspirewomenawards.org.uk/well-deserved-mbe-for-nick-buckley/ |archivedate=3 July 2020 |date=28 December 2019}}</ref>


==Politics==
⚫ In 2020, Nick Buckley was the centre of a controversy linked to an article he authored and posted on medium.com and shared with Mancunian Way staff and on the professional networking site LinkedIn. The article was critical of the Black Lives Matter movement. It was described as upholding inequalities by those calling for his dismissal via an online petition.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-14|title=25 times cancel culture was real|url=https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/07/14/25-times-cancel-culture-was-real/|url-status=live|archive-url=http://archive.today/neznq|archive-date=2020-07-16|website=]}}</ref> The article was later taken down.
In March 2021, Buckley was announced as the ] candidate for ].<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=reformparty_uk |number=1370375514305757185 |title=We are proud to announce that charity founder @NickBuckleyMBE is standing to be Mayor of Greater Manchester for Reform UK! Nick made headlines last year for being "cancelled" by the woke brigade, but then reinstated. He now wants to put the 'great' back into Greater Manchester.}}</ref> In the ensuing contest that May, he won 2.69% of votes cast and came in fifth place.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mayor of Greater Manchester election results |url=https://www.gmelects.org.uk/im-a-voter/2021-mayor-of-greater-manchester-election-results/ |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Greater Manchester Elects |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Greater Manchester Mayor Election 2021 Candidates and Results |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election/2021/england/mayors/E47000001 |access-date=2023-06-13}}</ref>


In May 2023, Buckley announced his intention to stand as an independent candidate for the ],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Buckley |first=Nick |date=15 May 2023 |title=Nick Buckley 4 Mayor on Twitter: "It is official. I will be standing for Mayor of Greater Manchester in May 2024 as an Independent candidate. It's time for some democracy - which means people power!" |url=https://twitter.com/NickBuckleyMBE/status/1658115791936471046?s=20 |access-date=2023-06-13 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> in which he won 7.6% of the vote, placing third.<ref>{{cite news |access-date=1 July 2024 |title=Greater Manchester Mayor election results |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/england/mayors/E47000001 |work=BBC News |language=en}}</ref>
The trustees of Mancunian Way dismissed Buckley on 19 June 2020, announcing that the charity had severed their relationship with Nick Buckley's company BNB services Ltd.<ref>{{cite news |last1=David Scullion |title=Charity boss fired after criticising Black Lives Matter |url=https://thecritic.co.uk/charity-boss-fired-after-criticising-black-lives-matter/ |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=The Critic |date=2 July 2020 |quote=An award-winning charity boss who prevented thousands of young people joining gangs has been sacked}}</ref>


==Views==
Nick Buckley was reinstated after reaching a pre-lawsuit agreement with the existing trustees, which saw them step down ''en masse'' to be replaced by a new set of trustees.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fired charity boss restored |url=https://thecritic.co.uk/fired-charity-boss-restored/}}</ref>
===Black Lives Matter article===
⚫ In 2020, Buckley authored an article on ] which he shared with Mancunian Way staff and on the professional networking site ]. The article was critical of the ] movement, and was accused of upholding inequalities by those calling for his dismissal via an online petition.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-14|title=25 times cancel culture was real|url=https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/07/14/25-times-cancel-culture-was-real/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200716024533/https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/07/14/25-times-cancel-culture-was-real/|archive-date=16 July 2020|website=]|access-date=18 September 2020}}</ref> The article was later taken down.{{cn|date=October 2024}}


The trustees of Mancunian Way dismissed Buckley on 19 June 2020,<ref name="Baska1">{{cite web |last1=Baska |first1=Maggie |title=Anti-trans troll moans over Wagamama's joyful Pride campaign. It backfires, badly |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/09/25/wagamama-mermaids-trans-pride-campaign-nick-buckley/ |website=] |access-date=25 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240725164435/https://www.thepinknews.com/2022/09/25/wagamama-mermaids-trans-pride-campaign-nick-buckley/ |archive-date=25 July 2024 |language=en |date=25 September 2022}}</ref> announcing that the charity had severed their relationship with Nick Buckley's company BNB services Ltd.<ref>{{cite news |last1=David Scullion |title=Charity boss fired after criticising Black Lives Matter |url=https://thecritic.co.uk/charity-boss-fired-after-criticising-black-lives-matter/ |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=The Critic |date=2 July 2020}}</ref> Buckley was reinstated<ref name="Baska1"/> after reaching a pre-lawsuit agreement with the existing trustees, which saw them step down ''en masse'' to be replaced by a new set of trustees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecritic.co.uk/fired-charity-boss-restored/|title=Fired charity boss restored &#124; David Scullion|date=23 July 2020|website=The Critic Magazine}}</ref>
In 2021, Buckley was announced as the ] candidate for ].<ref>{{Cite web|title=https://twitter.com/reformparty_uk/status/1370375514305757185|url=https://twitter.com/reformparty_uk/status/1370375514305757185|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref> He finished fifth, winning 2.69% of the vote.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}


===Wagamama Pride campaign===
==Personal life==
In September 2022, Buckley criticised the decision of British–Asian restaurant chain ] to form a partnership with the youth transgender charity ] during Pride 2022, further alleging that money raised was funding a "charity that promotes child abuse". Buckley's comments were criticised by several individuals on ] and by the online newspaper '']''.<ref name="Baska1"/>{{better source needed|date=October 2024}}
Buckley is {{Age as of date|43|2011|12|12}} years old.<ref name="MEN-2011">{{cite news |title=Caring, the Mancunian Way: Axed community worker uses pay-out to set up charity for troubled teenagers |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/caring-the-mancunian-way-axed-community-878051 |accessdate=3 July 2020 |work=] |date=12 December 2011}}</ref> He grew up in the ] area of Manchester.<ref name="MEN-2011" />


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British charity worker (born 1968) For other people named Nick Buckley, see Nick Buckley (disambiguation).

Nicholas Brendan MBE (born April 1968) is a British charity worker and independent political candidate, formerly representing right-wing populist party Reform UK. He spent 15 years working with the homeless. In 2011, he founded The Mancunian Way, a charity which dismissed him in 2020. However, the board of trustees later resigned and Buckley was reinstated.

Early life and career

Buckley grew up in the Longsight area of Manchester. He held numerous positions at Manchester City Council, starting as a youth intervention officer until 2011, when his role as a Community Safety Co-ordinator, which he held during the 2011 Manchester riots, was terminated by the City Council due to budget cuts. Instead of taking an offered alternative job he took his severance and used it to found a charity named Mancunian Way, which worked to reduce antisocial behaviour via prevention and intervention.

In 2018, Buckley stood as an independent candidate in the local council elections for the Deansgate ward of Manchester. Buckley received 164 votes in total, and did not gain office. The election was won by three Labour candidates.

Buckley was recognised at the 2018 NW Charity Awards with the Small Charity Big Impact Award and at the 2019 SME News Finance Awards 2019, winning Greater Manchester Homeless Project of the Year. While Buckley was CEO, the charity he founded was recognised as "Community Project of the Year award" in 2015.

In 2019, Buckley, who spent 15 years working directly with the homeless, explained on BBC Radio that individuals handing out food to the homeless have unintended consequences, including preventing them from getting the necessary support and help to get off the street. Buckley criticised Lucy Powell, saying her "words would have a negative effect on teenagers from deprived backgrounds." One of Buckley's projects, Change4Good, "placed 28 homeless or vulnerable individuals into employment" that year. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to young people and to the community in Greater Manchester.

Politics

In March 2021, Buckley was announced as the Reform UK candidate for Mayor of Greater Manchester. In the ensuing contest that May, he won 2.69% of votes cast and came in fifth place.

In May 2023, Buckley announced his intention to stand as an independent candidate for the 2024 Greater Manchester mayoral election, in which he won 7.6% of the vote, placing third.

Views

Black Lives Matter article

In 2020, Buckley authored an article on Medium which he shared with Mancunian Way staff and on the professional networking site LinkedIn. The article was critical of the Black Lives Matter movement, and was accused of upholding inequalities by those calling for his dismissal via an online petition. The article was later taken down.

The trustees of Mancunian Way dismissed Buckley on 19 June 2020, announcing that the charity had severed their relationship with Nick Buckley's company BNB services Ltd. Buckley was reinstated after reaching a pre-lawsuit agreement with the existing trustees, which saw them step down en masse to be replaced by a new set of trustees.

Wagamama Pride campaign

In September 2022, Buckley criticised the decision of British–Asian restaurant chain Wagamama to form a partnership with the youth transgender charity Mermaids during Pride 2022, further alleging that money raised was funding a "charity that promotes child abuse". Buckley's comments were criticised by several individuals on Twitter and by the online newspaper PinkNews.

References

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  2. Mike Munn (16 November 2017). "Working with Mancunian Way". News. ARCON Housing Association. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. "ON THEIR OWN TURF: STREET-BASED YOUTH ENGAGEMENT". Newground. 10 October 2018. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  4. Phoebe Walters (6 December 2019). ""We try to find young people in the most need" Stay Safe MCR on helping the youth of Salford". Salford Now. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  5. Jennifer Williams (16 January 2018). "Frustrated charity worker running for council vows to tackle 'out of control' homelessness crisis". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  6. "Election results - Local elections 2018 | Manchester City Council". Archived from the original on 24 September 2018.
  7. ^ Nigel Barlow (30 December 2019). "Charity leader Nick Buckley awarded MBE for services to the community". About Manchester. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  8. Luke Andrews (11 April 2018). "How homeless people are building Manchester's future". MSN. Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  9. Stephen Lewis (29 December 2019). ""Don't give food to homeless people," says Manchester charity boss". I Love MCR. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  10. "Feeding the Problem". BBC Radio 4. BBC. 28 December 2019. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  11. "'We have suffered heart-breaking losses twice', Yousef Makki's sister calls for re-trial following self-defence verdict". ITV News. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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