Madeleine McCann's mother teams up with posties...

[Benice]

I believe that by the time Kate was made an ambassador she and her husband had given Missing People a hefty donation via their celebrity rooftop  gathering. Perhaps it was a quid pro quo arrangement ?

And maybe Missing People realised that it was to their advantage to have well known parents like Coral Jones and Kate McCann linked to their charity.     Every charity relies heavily on public awareness of their existence - but even more so when the charity is about missing people who they are trying to find - and so the public's help to do that is crucial.     

It worked for me as I had never heard of them before Kate became involved with them.   I'm sure I'm not alone in that.

[faithlilly]

And maybe Missing People realised that it was to their advantage to have well known parents like Coral Jones and Kate McCann linked to their charity.     Every charity relies heavily on public awareness of their existence - but even more so when the charity is about missing people who they are trying to find - and so the public's help to do that is crucial.     

It worked for me as I had never heard of them before Kate became involved with them.   I'm sure I'm not alone in that.

Is Coral Jones an ambassador then ?

[Victoria]

And maybe Missing People realised that it was to their advantage to have well known parents like Coral Jones and Kate McCann linked to their charity.     Every charity relies heavily on public awareness of their existence - but even more so when the charity is about missing people who they are trying to find - and so the public's help to do that is crucial.     

It worked for me as I had never heard of them before Kate became involved with them.   I'm sure I'm not alone in that.

Absolutely. I've donated generously to Missing People as a direct result of Kate's involvement and I know others who have also done so. Anything or anyone who can raise a charity's profile is a good thing.

[Benice]

Is Coral Jones an ambassador then ?

I didn't say she was Faith,  but she did join with Kate to launch the following scheme;

From WALESonline.

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The mother of murdered schoolgirl April Jones has joined Kate McCann to launch a new campaign aimed at signing up at least a million people to a missing children’s alert scheme.

Coral Jones and Mrs McCann, mother of missing Madeleine, unveiled a digital billboard at King’s Cross station in London promoting an enhanced Child Rescue Alerts system to inform the public about missing children whose lives are considered at risk.

The scheme will use social media including text messages, email and digital billboards across the UK in addition to traditional broadcast media to issue the alerts when it is launched on Sunday, International Missing Children’s Day.

The scheme, the responsibility of the National Crime Agency (NCA) in partnership with the charity Missing People and the company Groupcall Limited, already has 25,000 people signed up.

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[stephen25000]

I don't think the role is important...that's why I chose to ignore it...what is important afaiac is the appointment reinforces the public perception of the mccanns innocence

You can believe that if you wish.

Unfortunately, it doesn't make it true.

[Alice Purjorick]

I don't think the role is important...that's why I chose to ignore it...what is important afaiac is the appointment reinforces the public perception of the mccanns innocence

Orange bit:
So Brenda Blethyn, Alastair Stewart, Fiona Phillips and Julie Etchingham are in unimportant roles being Ambassadors for the charity?
Red bit:
You believe obviously that a charity with a turnover of less £2.8 MM is a reliable bellwether for public opinion?

[Mr Gray]

Orange bit:
So Brenda Blethyn, Alastair Stewart, Fiona Phillips and Julie Etchingham are in unimportant roles being Ambassadors for the charity?
Red bit:
You believe obviously that a charity with a turnover of less £2.8 MM is a reliable bellwether for public opinion?

like Stephen you seem to have difficulty understanding my point......who mentioned public opinion?...the very fact that the post is reported in the press reinforces the perception of innocence of the mccanns...

[faithlilly]

like Stephen you seem to have difficulty understanding my point......who mentioned public opinion?...the very fact that the post is reported in the press reinforces the perception of innocence of the mccanns...

Perhaps the perception of innocence but what is that worth really ?

[Mr Gray]

Perhaps the perception of innocence but what is that worth really ?

a lot...It's far better than the perception of guilt...which we had with the initial headlines

[faithlilly]

a lot...It's far better than the perception of guilt...which we had with the initial headlines

Really ? In what way ?

[Alice Purjorick]

like Stephen you seem to have difficulty understanding my point......who mentioned public opinion?...the very fact that the post is reported in the press reinforces the perception of innocence of the mccanns...

I find difficulty understanding you a lot of the time which probably is a bigger reflection on you than me.
You have failed to address the question yet again by merely chanting a variation of your customary mantra, in response.
Are you here merely to be a wum or is there some constructive purpose to your presence on this forum?

[Mr Gray]

lets make it really simple for people to understand

papers say maddies dna found in hire car..thats bad.

dogs detect scent of death...that's bad

SY say mccanns not suspects...that's good

kate made ambassador for missing children charity...that's good

[faithlilly]

lets make it really simple for people to understand

papers say maddies dna found in hire car..thats bad.

dogs detect scent of death...that's bad

SY say mccanns not suspects...that's good

kate made ambassador for missing children charity...that's good

The McCanns give countless thousands to Missing People....that's good
Kate is made an ambassador......money now becomes a sweetener.

[Mr Gray]

There is such obvious desperation from some to try and pretend that this appointment is not a plus for the public perception of the mccanns...quite pathetic

[Brietta]

There is also the patronising assumption that people running (no pun intended) voluntary organisations are not media savvy and are unable to work out that association with dubious characters won't do their cause much good but that working with popular people of good character will.

Dr Kate McCann was well known to this charity long before she attained a prominent position within it.  I suggest her fund raising was initially cathartic as many people become associated with a particular charity because of personal experience.

I think the truly reprehensible aspects are the organised campaigns to bring down the charity's web site and impede its work when she ran to raise funds for them and when she was appointed to a position with them.