# DORSET MEMORY BOX LIBRARY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1058767
- **Other names:** MEMORY BOX
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 21, 1996
- **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=1058767


## Contact

- **Address:** WEYMOUTH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, 3 MELCOMBE AVENUE, WEYMOUTH, DORSET
- **Postcode:** DT4 7TB
- **Phone:** 01305767873
- **Email:** memorybox.access@nhs.net
- **Website:** www.dorsetmemoryboxlibrary.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROSERVATION OF HEALTH OF THOSE DEPRIVED OF STIMULATING SURROUNDINGS OR EQUIPMENT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A MEMORY BOX LIBRARY TO THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF AGE, INFIRMITY, ILLNESS OR NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES.

**Activities:** Collects, catalogues and describes items of memorabilia that are put in boxes of about 10 items. Memory Boxes are distributed on loan to Nursing Homes, Care Homes, Day Centres and Hospitals for use in Reminiscence Therapy for the elderly and those with memory loss. We operate throughout Dorset and slightly venture into East Devon, South Somerset and Wiltshire. We offer talks.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Devon
- Dorset
- Poole
- Somerset



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £11705 | £8061 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £6348 | £8178 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £9830 | £7916 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £3514 | £4413 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £820 | £1051 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Robert Clive Briney** (Chair) — appointed Aug. 25, 2010
- ANDY COLLIER
- Alison Jane Wall — appointed Jan. 11, 2025
- BRIAN CAMP
- Barbara Jean Thorne — appointed July 19, 2017
- GORDON BARRETT
- KEN CHEESLEY — appointed July 15, 2015
- ROBERT BRINEY
- Sheila Elizabeth Bristow — appointed July 26, 2023
- Yvonne Barbara Helms — appointed Feb. 1, 2023