# PARENTS' AID (SOUTHERN ESSEX)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1018739
- **Other names:** PARENTS' AID (SOUTH-EAST ESSEX), PARENTS' AID SOUTHERN, PARENTS' AID SOUTHERN ESSEX
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 16, 1993
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1018739


## Contact

- **Address:** 11 SONTERS DOWN, RETTENDON COMMON, CHELMSFORD
- **Postcode:** CM3 8EU
- **Phone:** 01268763631
- **Email:** info@parents-aid.org.uk
- **Website:** www.parents-aid.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (I) TO PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF FAMILY LIFE BY SEEKING TO PREVENT THE SEPERATION OF CHILDREN FROM THEIR PARENTS AND WHERE THEY ARE SEPARATED SEEKING TO PROMOTE THE RETURN OF CHILDREN TO THEIR NATURAL FAMILY UNIT; (II) TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES TO PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO LOCAL AUTHORITY CARE OR AT RISK OF BEING TAKEN INTO SUCH CARE AND WHO CANNOT PROVIDE SUCH SERVICES FROM THEIR OWN RESOURCES;  (III) TO RESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH BOTH MENTAL AND PHYSICAL OF FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO LOCAL AUTHORITY CARE OR ARE AT RISK OF BEING TAKEN INTO SUCH CARE BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND ADVICE.

**Activities:** Parents' Aid provides a package of support services to families involved with the Social Services Department or at risk of social exclusion: information, advocacy, support & befriending, family mediation, anger & aggression management, effective parenting skills and personal therapy where requested. We also give users free information booklets & offer a 24/7 information phone line.

**Area of benefit:** SOUTH EAST ESSEX IN PRACTICE 20 MILES AROUND SOUTHEND-ON-SEA




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Essex



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £6263 | £10815 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £4635 | £8373 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £3647 | £7484 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £1066 | £5872 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £2672 | £5331 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **LAVINIA STEPHANIE MOORE** (Chair) — appointed May 20, 2019
- Frances Mary Barbour — appointed Oct. 24, 2015
- Gary Anderson — appointed Oct. 4, 2021
- LUCY LAING — appointed July 24, 2015