# AVENUES EAST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1061241
- **Other names:** OPTUA (EAST ANGLIA), RETHINK DISABILITY, LEARNING THROUGH LEISURE, OPTUA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03326442](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03326442)
- **Registered:** March 13, 1997
- **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=1061241


## Contact

- **Address:** The Avenues Trust, River House, 1 Maidstone Road, Sidcup
- **Postcode:** DA14 5TA
- **Phone:** 020 3535 0500
- **Email:** info@avenuesgroup.org.uk
- **Website:** www.avenuesgroup.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE, AND TO ASSIST IN THE SUPPORT AND PROMOTION OF, THE INTELLECTUAL, EMOTIONAL, PHYSICAL AND SPIRITUAL WELFARE OF CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, ELDERLY PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES, COMPLEX NEEDS, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS, AUTISM, MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS

**Activities:** Avenues East is part of a Group of charities which pioneer specialist social care supporting people facing significant disadvantage through illness and disability so they can live full lives in their local communities. We also support adults and children in their own homes or residential settings who have learning disabilities, autism, mental health issues, acquired brain injury or dementia.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** EAST OF ENGLAND REGION (AS DESCRIBED IN SCHEDULE 1 OF THE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES ACT 1998)
- Cambridgeshire
- Norfolk
- Shropshire
- Suffolk





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| ALISTAIR BROWN |  | March 23, 2021 |
| EVLYNNE GILVARRY |  | Feb. 4, 2020 |
| JOANNE LAND |  | Oct. 9, 2019 |
| Lauren Stoner-Shepherd |  | March 29, 2022 |
| Luis Hui |  | Nov. 27, 2025 |
| NICOLA FORD |  | Oct. 9, 2019 |
| TERENCE RICH |  | Feb. 4, 2020 |




