31/03/2017 Inside Out East Midlands

Hello and tonight we are asking questions about a Derbyshire charity

We look at concerns about how the man in charge raised funds

I need to know why there is an entry that says you have

Our cameras are behind closed doors with two local politicians.

When I started I did surgeries on my own in empty libraries.

And what's happened to all our nightclubs?

Peter Stringfellow is a man on a mission.

I'm bringing you the stories that matter closer to home.

This is Inside Out for the East Midlands.

Now, whenever you donate to a charity you expect your money

The charity Kids and Cancer based in Chesterfield has claimed to help

150 children since it was set up in 2010.

However, Inside Out has heard worrying allegations about how

funds were raised and use of the charity's bank account.

Police are now looking into those concerns.

If you want to start a charity to raise as much money as possible,

I don't think you can get two better words than these.

Kids, we all want to protect kids, and cancer,

Put them together and surely there is no more emotionally charged

And who could argue that it's not a worthy cause?

But tonight, Inside Out can reveal serious concerns about how

the charity Kids and Cancer has been run.

All the children that you'll see on screen tonight are the people

that you people have helped by coming and supporting

We have never ever turned a child down.

Mike Heimann, the CEO, founder and trustee,

It's had an income of more than ?2 million but where has

How many children has he actually helped?

How many families has he actually supported and gone

I've always thought that he was genuinely trying to help

A former book-keeper, a trustee of the charity

and even his own son have spoken to Derbyshire police

It's not a proud moment to say that about your own dad because everyone

wants their dad to be a hero, but he's not, it's

It says here on the Kids and Cancer website that

they've helped 150 children since they were formed in 2010.

There is no proton beam therapy in this country.

Next year the first of two UK centres will open

in Manchester, costing hundreds of millions of pounds.

Until then the NHS funds some children to receive it abroad.

Kids and Cancer claimed it would fund those who were turned

down and pay the expenses of those who were funded.

The charity's promotional booklet tells the story of some of those

children and Alex Barnes' is an uplifting one.

There are pages and pages on his treatment in the USA

and he features prominently on the charity's website

as well as one of those Mike Heimann had helped.

I received zero money for Alex's treatment from Kids and Cancer

I was originally quite happy for Alex to feature as the poster

boy if you like for the charity because we believe in the treatment

It was the people of the East Midlands that donated

But last November Alex was once again the poster

boy at the charity's winter fundraising ball.

He and his family agreed to help raise money.

Kids and Cancer was set up to help families and children

who were not funded, who fell outside the NHS guidelines

and we have 13 children and the first child to be treated,

Brandon Bell, in America, he is now seven years in remission.

But Brandon Bell is another child whose treatment Mike Heimann falsely

So we asked Kids and Cancer to provide us with a list

The accounts reveal more than ?2 million of income since 2010

and it's unclear how many children have been treated from those funds.

Bill Wilson worked as a book-keeper for the charity before he raised

Cash payments featured regularly in the charity's books but this one

I got the 5,000 off the monthly bank statements and there was no

That is the limit of what the Kids and Cancer debit card

I was told it was a cash grant to two ladies.

I asked him why he had not done it by electronic transfer for such

a large amount and he said these ladies were poor and they had

Roz Barnes is a designer for an online fashion boutique.

Nadine Wilson works as a cabin crew member

Inside Out informed them that they appear on the charity's

books as having received this ?5,000 cash.

There is also a third entry of ?1000 cash for a grant to Nadine.

That ?5,000, I don't know where that's come from.

I need to know why there is an entry that says you have

When was it and how are you going to prove it?

I am very upset and I need to think about the impact on my family

and all the children that needed this help.

Both women went to the USA to support Nadine's nephew, Kessler,

who was undergoing prostate cancer treatment whilst his mother, Kelly,

Nadine claims that while Kids and Cancer did give some money,

they did not provide the support Mike Heimann promised.

I was promised that Mike would pay my wages every

I was starting to pester him a little bit because we were running

Roz's mother was supporting him while he was there.

Every single day she cooked his food, took him to the hospital,

brought something to us at the hotel.

He paid us on amount into an American bank account

Mike Heimann's spending during his frequent charity funded

trips to the USA was causing concern at Kids and Cancer.

So a couple of days after getting off a plane when he spent ?700,

he appears to be in a restaurant in Oklahoma spending ?150 on booze.

That's when they first got there and that is all drink.

That's Mike Heimann's name on the charity card.

There are 30 bottles of Budweiser, three liquid marijuanas,

a weapon tank, Jack Daniels and Coke, wine and there

Somebody certainly appears to be having a great night out.

Back in the UK, Mike Heimann spent thousands of pounds on tickets

Here he is with his wife, June, just a few rows back

He went on a three-day break to The Open golf tournament in 2013

with a group which included his now estranged son, Chris.

We just decided to go to the open as a family trip.

He said I'll get the tickets and he booked them online

Mike Heimann paid the ?492 with the charity's debit card

I found out when Bill Wilson his book-keeper approached me,

when you went to the golf did you know that the hotel was paid

We had words and I got the bill for my share of the hotel.

Inside out has obtained a letter from the Charity commission to Kids

and Cancer's solicitors dated September 2015.

In commission raises concern about inadequate financial controls

which failed to protect the charity's assets.

It says there is inadequate governance in place

and that the charity has a structure that may give rise to unauthorised

An action plan was supposed to be put in place before January 2016.

Kids and Cancer's offices on this industrial estate in Chesterfield

are currently locked up and unoccupied.

Mike Heimann and his wife were arrested a fortnight ago over

They have been bailed by Derbyshire police until the autumn.

The Charity commission has frozen Kids and Cancer's assets

We have now heard from Mike Heimann's solicitors.

They told us that in the light of the ongoing police

investigation their client doesn't think it's appropriate to take

They do say though that he denies any wrongdoing and will be able

to answer our questions once the investigation is concluded.

Next to night, it's an MP's job to represent us in Parliament

and that's when they tend to come under the spotlight.

However, it was for all the wrong reasons.

But there are security concerns when they are back

And how much can they really do to help people who turn up

at the local offices asking for support?

Our cameras have been allowed behind closed doors with the Conservatives'

Amanda Solway in Derby and Labour's John Mann in Worksop.

I won my constituency by 41 votes and I love every single

Everybody who comes to see me I believe has real issue to them.

If somebody has taken the trouble to write in,

if somebody has taken the trouble to make a phone call, then it means

It could be a small issue for everybody else

I have power in this and I'll use that power.

Yes of course we are supportive of people coming to have fun.

We want the night economy to thrive and flourish.

But at the same time we recognise there are people

who would like to also enjoy the night time entertainment

without necessarily the intake of alcohol.

Probably had little bit too much to drink.

Whether it was mixing drinks, we're not sure.

But she has clearly passed out so we're waiting

Is there anything I can do to support at the moment?

Amanda has been talking to us to see if we can put up

a dry bar in the middle of the night economy district.

I think it will be a challenge and I have said this to him as well.

I think it's going to be difficult to get people to a place

where they are not going to be able to drink alcohol but my fingers

are crossed and they've got my full support and if there is anything

What is crucial is that your wife gets sufficient support

from you and you get support from outside.

The first thing I noticed was she paid for the house

insurer and is twice with two different companies.

I dismissed it at the time and thought she had probably

Shortly after that they confirmed she had dementia.

The nurses and the doctors never come to see her.

They don't come once a month, they don't come once every three

months, they don't come every six months.

Unless I phoned up and asked the doctor nobody comes

He was getting no support, it was costing him a lot of money.

Which is quite a big result actually.

If there is a care plan and he sees and feels

confident enough in the plan he is going to be very happy.

The biggest thing is you are opening up a really personal issue

Therefore, I take it incredibly seriously and it's

I have had surgery is that last for nine hours, over 50 people

consecutively without a break, in here seeing me. Sometimes they go on

and on and on. People want to see their MP and it's called democracy.

I am not in a position to let these people down.

I wanted some help with my autograph collection. I was having problems

getting Samantha Cameron's signature with David Cameron. I was having

problems and they would not sign again. Amanda cut the red tape and

got straight in there and I had the photograph. She got it in a matter

of couple of weeks. Most -- to my shock I want a signed photograph of

me. But I have to say he's a great guy.

The children's ward is closing and we needed open. They have closed it

that night and at weekends and it's no good. It's nice to know that

we've got the support and we are we've got the support and we are

helping rather than sitting back and doing nothing. We went to see our

local MP. Money is very tight and limited and I am single parent so

it's very hard. When I started I did surgeries on my own in empty

now. I need to do my job. I do my now. I need to do my job. I do my

job and I try to be as careful as I job and I try to be as careful as I

can. But I don't let it stop me doing my job. Tell me about the rats

full stop. I have seen a few. I have got the whole going in at the back

of my shed. I know we have got rats. Diane came to us earlier in the year

and had a problem with flies. It was a horrendous problem. My husband

said get a hammer and hit it but it's cruel. So we managed to resolve

that working in partnership with the Environment Agency and the council.

It was a real positive outcome. She now has problems with rats.

Hopefully with her influence she will be able to get things moving

and get it sorted. There are three models in football.

You find a wealthy person, you have a group of people who own it or you

have a fan ownership. And you have to have grown. I think they know I

don't have a magic wand and a load of money. It is a complicated

process. It is a lot of work but it sounds exciting. This is a letter

from John Mann saying thank you for attending my surgery and I inform

you of your ongoing concerns. I think if you have any problems he

has come up against a big wall. The visit was amazing because she gave

me a platform to 50 or 100 businesses and that was amazing. I

would recommend people to see their MPs. I hope people will elect me

again but if I've only got from now until 2020 to do what I can do it

really is to genuinely help the people of Derby. It's an exciting

day today. Going to see John was one of the best things we did and we are

going in the right way to take the next step to talk about where we can

get funding and things like that to improve this facility. They crowded

surgery today. They said my issues are the war in Iraq or my Windows.

They said let's do the windows. Our thanks to Amanda Sara Lian 's

John Mann for allowing us access. Finally tonight when was the last

time you went to a nightclub? Figures show they are not as popular

as they used to be. In fact half of the UK's nightclubs have had to

close their doors. So why are we not going clubbing any more? Club owner

Peter Stringfellow has been to Nottingham to find out more. For

decades the late night drinking the dance has been the high point of a

good night out. We love dancing with all our friends. I love clubbing.

But so many nightclubs are disappearing. The formative years of

club any more. So why don't people club any more. So why don't people

go as much any more? Because the changing of the licensing laws.

People had to go home at 11 o'clock and now they can stay anywhere until

2am. And there is online dating. I 2am. And there is online dating. I

would not go to a nightclub to pick somebody up because there is no real

need. I am Peter Stringfellow and I have been in nightclubs 55 years all

around the world. It's the way I make my money and they do very well

out of them. By the 1980s my name was all over. It was the most famous

club in the country. All this time later it is still going strong with

beautiful girls dancing, champagne and of course I'm still there as

well. But it was in the 90s unplugging reached its peak. A whole

new culture of dance music from famous DJs emerged. On this street

in Nottingham on club made a big name for itself. It was an

explosion. I got a buzz working at this venue. I love coming to it

every night. John Galliano could be working next to you on that. That

was normal. You didn't know who is going to turn up. That's how big it

was. It was my famous club and now it is a solicitors. It is very

difficult to walk down here and now it's all gone. The end of an era.

The group that represents nightclub owner says in 2005 there were more

than 3000 clubs in the UK, now there are just over 1700. Some like Venus

became offices but in Nottingham many have become bars or

restaurants. This used to be my club. At this raised area, this is

where all the beds were. When you say beds, you mean beds? Mattresses.

People had to go home at 11 o'clock and now they can stay anywhere until

2am. So what you're saying is simply nightclubs are dead. I think they

are dead. A late bar is there but nightclubs are dead. It's Friday

night and Nottingham is getting busier. The bars and restaurants are

filling up but some clubs are able to compete. This one is just for

students and only opens tonight 's week. Wish they had later because

the bars close at 2am and you can go all right. I love clubbing.

If you have not got an angle nowadays you will struggle. We open

tonight 's a week on Wednesday and Friday for each university. A few

years ago students were going out five or six nights a week. In the

last two or three years the first years to seemed to drink as much as

possibly they did five or six years ago. There are more people who are

not drinking. Hang on, did he say young people are not thinking as

much? According to official figures that's true. One in five 16 to

24-year-olds doesn't drink. 6% more nondrinkers than ten years ago. If

10am and one group is getting ready to go out. This lot will be drinking

but not too much. Tonight we are going to do what we usually do which

is corrupt and a few cocktails and have a chat and have a lot of fun.

Getting smashed is very overrated. I would be getting out of control

tonight. Just like Derby and Leicester Nottingham has lots of

bars with late drinking licences. There are 154 in this city alone.

And some bars are working hard to stand out. This is a secret bar.

This place is so fun with a secret entrance and a great atmosphere. All

these gimmicks which make a cocktail bar more fun. We love it. But it's

not just late bars we need to concentrate on. Let's talk about

social media. Has it affected the nightclubs? Of course because what

it aims is you can go online and get a date. Has online dating killed off

the nightclubs? If your girlfriend was not a girlfriend would you go to

a nightclub to meet someone? No. I would not go to a nightclub because

there is no real need any more. There is Facebook. What about a

nightclub? I would not go to meet someone. I found my boyfriend online

and it's easier. So gone are the days when a club was the place to

score. Or the only place you could get a drink after 11pm. But if you

ask me I think it's too soon to call last orders on the nightclubs. You

may know this as a dance or Oceania but now it's prism and it's still

going 90 years after it opened and it has seen a huge investment.

However you put it ?800,000 is a lot of money. How did you spend it?

Who's bedded on three rooms. We have got lots of those and people want

that private space where they can share a drink with friends. It's

about customer focus. What do you think people want? They want

dancing, this building was built in 1925. You need to keep moving with

the times. So what you think? Nightclubs over? There have always

been good places and bad places but the best ones will keep going. I

know that is a fact, trust me. Peter Stringfellow with an informed view

from the dance floor. That is it for this series. If you do have a story

you think we should be looking into over the summer I would love to hear

from you. Drop me a line. From all of the team, until next time,

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