ENGLAND – The Jimmy Savile Charitable Trust is seeking to avoid controversy and change its name to the “Jack the Ripper Charitable Trust” after continued allegations of abuse surrounding the late DJ.
The trustees said they have been contacted several times about changing the name to something less controversial in light of the serious accusations of child abuse said to have been carried out by the Jim’ll Fix It host.
Prime Minister David Cameron has already labelled the claim as “truly shocking” and backed the use of the unidentified serial killer as a sound decision.
New beginning
In a statement the charity said:
“In the wake of the very disturbing and vile allegations made against the late Jimmy Savile, this organisation feel it best to distance itself from the negative press now associated with the Savile name and will begin referring to itself after Jack the Ripper instead.”
“We will continue operations as usual and look forward to a less controversial dealings in future.”
A spokesman for the Jack the Ripper Charitable Trust described the “logical move needed” to take some heat off the charity in the wake of Savile’s acts.
“We didn’t want to be caught up in this terrible situation,” explained Lee Welch who revealed other candidates for name included “Jeffrey Dahmer Trust” and “OJ Simpson Foundation.”
“With all the things they’re saying in the news, the Jack the Ripper Charitable Trust thought it best to go in a new direction with a name that is not as controversial.”
‘We don’t want trouble’
Mr Welch went on to say that “changing our name is something we never expected to do so it has been taken very seriously. Maybe now we can move on from this with a clear conscience.”
Indeed, the change of name has already made a difference with prospective contributors.
“When I heard the news about Jimmy I was horrified. Just horrified,” Claire Sheffield told reporters. “It’s good the Jack the Ripper Charitable Trust is getting ahead of this.”
“I think the name change will make people much more comfortable donating.”
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