Predecessor | Rehabilitation Institute |
---|---|
Formation | 1949[1] |
Founded at | Dublin, Ireland[1] |
Type | Nonprofit |
Registration no. | 20006716 (Charities Regulator of Ireland)[2] 1012691 (Charity Commission for England and Wales)[3] |
Legal status | Charity |
Purpose | "provides services for [..] people with disabilities or disadvantage in their communities throughout Ireland and the UK"[1] |
Location |
|
CEO | Barry McGinn[4] |
Revenue (2019) | €146,083,000[2] |
Staff | 106[5] (in 2018) |
Website | https://www.rehab.ie/ |
The Rehab Group is an international not-for-profit organisation providing health and social care, training and education, rehabilitation, employment and commercial services.[6] Operating primarily in Ireland and the United Kingdom, it was originally established in 1949 as the Rehabilitation Institute, and provided training services to people with tuberculosis. In 2014 and 2015, a number of controversies involving the Rehab Group (and several other charities in Ireland) resulted in the resignation of the organisation's then CEO, a reduction in donations to several charities, and changes to the regulation of charities in Ireland.[7][8][9]
Irish Hospice Foundation says that scandals in 2013 and 2014 involving the now reconstituted CRC and Rehab resulted in a 50% drop in donations to the hospice's Christmas appeal
After a number of high-profile scandals, such as the CRC and Rehab controversies in late 2013 and early 2014, there was alarm amongst the public [..] These scandals forced the government to establish the Charity Regulatory Authority (CRA) and appoint a regulator
after the controversies of recent years that have shaken the sector, including massive salaries and benefits paid at suicide charity Console [and] large salary levels at Rehab