Nil by Mouth is an anti-sectarian charity based in Glasgow, Scotland. It was established in 1999 by Cara Henderson, whose boyfriend, Mark Scott a Glasgow schoolboy and Celtic fan, was the victim of a sectarian murder in 1995.^[1][2] Sectarianism refers (usually pejoratively) to a rigid adherence to a particular sect or party or denomination. ... A charitable organization (also known as a charity) is a trust, company or unincorporated association established for charitable purposes only. ... For other uses, see Glasgow (disambiguation). ... Motto: , traditionally rendered in Scots as Wha daur meddle wi me?[1] and in English as No one provokes me with impunity. ...

The charity has worked with both Rangers Football Club and Celtic Football Club. With the football clubs, churches and Glasgow City Council, Nil by Mouth formed the "Sense Over Sectarianism" campaign in 2001, which ran until 2004.^[3] Rangers Football Club is a football club from Glasgow, Scotland, which plays in the Scottish Premier League. ... Celtic Football Club (pronounced seltik, in IPA) AIM: CCP is a Scottish football club, competing in the Scottish Premier League, the highest form of competition in Scotland. ... The City of Glasgow is one of the 32 Scottish unitary authorities and came into being in 1995. ...

The charity's charter is based on Celtic F.C.'s Social Charter. Following a nomination by Celtic in 2000, the charity received a Philip Lawrence Award for its work.^[4][5]

Nil by Mouth has had a credibility problem, especially with many Rangers fans who perceive it as taking instances of anti-Catholic sectarianism more serious than anti-Protestant instances.^[6] Nil By Mouth's answered this by saying that they stopped speaking to the Rangers Supporteres Trust as all they were interested in "was the religous background of Nil by Mouth employees and trustees" Protestantism is one of three main groups currently within Christianity. ...

Professor Steven Bruce of Aberdeen University in his book Sectarianism in Scotland wrote: "Officials of Nil by Mouth, a campaigning organisation set up to ameliorate Scotland's assumed problem, repeatedly present inaccurate statistics for the victims of sectarian murder and these are reported by serious newspapers as established fact." However Bruce's own statistics have been questioned and Bruce himself has admitted that he has misinterpreted data when arriving at his own figures

Bruce later states: "There is no mystery about why Nil by Mouth gets it wrong. It is a campaigning organisation that will exist only so long as it persuades funders that there is a huge problem that it can help to solve; its staff have a career interest in finding sectarian violence." Bruce however does not go on to say who personally has benefited and by how much despite Nil by Mouth's accounts being freely available. Bruce also makes an embarrasing error when he accuses Nil by Mouth of receiving £600,000 of tax payers money. the money in question went to another organisation and was in fact lottery money - Nil by Mouthy never got a penny of it.

References

1. ^ Recent Initiatives by Rangers and Celtic to Combat Racism, Sectarianism and Bigotry. Retrieved on 2006-04-18.
2. ^ "Woman's bid to beat bigotry", 2000-04-29. Retrieved on 2006-04-18.
3. ^ Proud to follow the Blue Guide. Retrieved on 2006-04-18.
4. ^ Celtic Social Charter. Retrieved on 2006-04-18.
5. ^ Young Scots campaign against sectarianism. Retrieved on 2006-04-18.
6. ^ (December 2003) "The Blue Spirit" (3): 6-7. Retrieved on 2006-04-18.

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External links

• Nil by Mouth Official site