The YWCA England and Wales, one of the country’s best-known charities, set up in 1855 to help young women going to London for the first time, has renamed itself as ‘Platform 51’ claiming that its original name ‘no longer stands for who we are or what we do’. YWCA managers say that the name was chosen to reflect the fact that 51 per cent of people are female and that they can use the charity as a platform ‘to have their say’ and ‘to move to the next stage of their lives’. YWCA’s chairman is a homosexual ‘rights’ activist and former equality quango manager. Officials at the World YWCA headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, told the media that none of the 124 branches in other countries will follow Platform 51's move. ‘We see our name as an opportunity for promoting Christian values and principles,’ a World YWCA official said.

Pray: that despite its name change the organisation’s Christian heritage will shine through its work. (Ro.3:28)

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