# FARSOPHONE ASSOCIATION IN BRITAIN

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1070348
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** July 1, 1998
- **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=1070348


## Contact

- **Address:** London Borough of Barnet, Edgware Library, Hale Lane, EDGWARE
- **Postcode:** HA8 8NN
- **Phone:** 020 8905 5522
- **Email:** info@farsophone.org.uk
- **Website:** www.farsophone.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FARSI SPEAKING COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE FOREGOING, REFUGEES:(1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE ABOUT BENEFIT ENTITLEMENTS, INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION, EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT.(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE PROVISION OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING COURSES, AND THE PROVISION OF ADVICE ABOUT SUCH COURSES. (3) THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING CAUSED BY BEREAVEMENT, WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING. (4) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES TO THE COMMUNITY FOR LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AND RECREATION.

**Activities:** Counselling &amp; psychotherapy service (in partnership with NHS Barnet) in Persian and other Community languages as well as English. Older adult services.  Welfare &amp; Legal info &amp; signposting. Persian library.  General Education info and network. Events on special occasions.  Community and environment project activities. Hosting art and cultural activities.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** THE UNITED KINGDOM
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Mansoureh Poursadegh-sadigh** | Chair | Oct. 29, 2017 |
| Azam Saeb-Parsy |  | Nov. 17, 2019 |
| Faramarz Radfar |  | Jan. 20, 2019 |
| Mohsen Fakhari |  | Jan. 20, 2019 |




