# GRIT: BREAKTHROUGH PROGRAMMES

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1041855
- **Other names:** YOUTH AT RISK (UK)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [02930456](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02930456)
- **Registered:** Nov. 7, 1994
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1041855


## Contact

- **Address:** 93 High Street, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
- **Postcode:** GL20 5JZ
- **Phone:** 07971 891924
- **Email:** jon@grit.org.uk
- **Website:** www.grit.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** I)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 21 WHO HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL OFFENCES OR WHOSE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CREATED TENDENCIES TO COMMIT OR A POSSIBILITY OF THEIR CONVIVTION OF SUCH OFFENCES WITH THE INTENTION THAT SUCH PEOPLE MAY BE ASSISTED TO GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND MAY BE BETTER EQUIPPED TO BECOME USEFUL AND RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY II)TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES OF DRUG ABUSE VIOLENCE CRIME ILLITERACY POVERTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT AFFECTING YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL PRODUCTS OF SUCH RESEARCH III)TO PROVIDE COMFORT CARE AND COUNSELLING FOR THE PUBLIC WITH SPECIAL REFERNCE TO CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY ANY OF THE MATTERS TO WHICH THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE DIRECTED IV)TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE ACTIVITY WHICH MAY HELP TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AFFECTED BY ANY OF THE MATTERS TO WHICH THE OBJECTS OF THE COMPANY ARE DIRECTED

**Activities:** The principal acitivity of the charity is to advance the social education of young people who are deemed to be at risk either from physical, mental or sexual abuse, drug or other substance abuse, criminal activity, poverty, homelessness, unemployment, or illiterarcy; to help them improve their condition and thereby  become useful members of society.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **MR BEN ROSE** | Chair |  |
| Anil  Kanti Basu |  | Jan. 25, 2023 |
| Annete Kalombodza |  | Jan. 18, 2021 |
| Christopher Murray |  | April 24, 2021 |
| DAVID JOHN WOOLLEY |  | July 1, 2020 |
| Kathryn Boulton |  | April 10, 2024 |
| Michael William John Parton |  | Jan. 18, 2021 |
| Nana Ahema Mills-Robertson |  | Jan. 18, 2021 |




