# WISH

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1054621
- **Other names:** WOMEN IN SECURE HOSPITALS, WISH
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03161744](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03161744)
- **Registered:** April 17, 1996
- **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=1054621


## Contact

- **Address:** 15 Old Ford Road, London
- **Postcode:** E2 9PL
- **Phone:** 020 8980 3618
- **Email:** info@womenatwish.org.uk
- **Website:** www.womenatwish.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS (“THE OBJECTS”). FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY AND THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SICKNESS AND DISTRESS OF WOMEN, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN IN PRISONS, SECURE UNITS OR SIMILAR UNITS; TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE THE GOOD MENTAL HEALTH OF SUCH WOMEN AND OF WOMEN WHO ARE AT RISK OF ENTERING THE MENTAL HEALTH AND/OR CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS; TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION ABOUT AND TO CARRY OUT, PROMOTE OR ASSIST IN PROMOTING RESEARCH INTO THE NEEDS OF SUCH WOMEN AND TO DISSEMINATE THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RAISE AWARENESS IN GENDER EQUALITY IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS; ANDTO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTIVE.

**Activities:** WISH provides support and services to women with mental health needs within the Mental Health and Criminal Justice Systems, and in the community; and influences local and national policy and practice.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Phillips |  | July 10, 2020 |
| Christine Pauline Spooner |  | Aug. 14, 2019 |
| Dhriti Suresh Eapen |  | July 18, 2024 |
| Gulveen Bagri |  | Aug. 6, 2024 |
| Harpreet Cheema |  | Nov. 20, 2024 |
| Megan Kathleen Webster |  | July 25, 2025 |




