# MID SUFFOLK VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS FORUM

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1073101
- **Other names:** M.A.P. (MID SUFFOLK ACTION IN PARTNERSHIP), MSVOF
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03666606](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03666606)
- **Registered:** Dec. 23, 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=1073101


## Contact

- **Address:** M S V O F, Red Gables, Ipswich Road, STOWMARKET
- **Postcode:** IP14 1BE
- **Phone:** 01449 673947
- **Email:** contact@redgables.org.uk
- **Website:** www.redgables.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE URBAN AND RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION AND IN PARTICULAR MID SUFFOLK DISTRICT AND THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK (TOGETHER HEREINAFTER CALLED &#x27;AREA OF BENEFIT&#x27;), BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: (A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE, AND PROVIDING UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE;(B) THE CREATION OF TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES BY THE PROVISION OF WORKSPACE, BUILDINGS AND/OR LAND FOR USE ON FAVOURABLE TERMS;(C) THE PRESERVATION OF BUILDINGS OR SITES OF HISTORIC OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE;(D) THE PROTECTION OR CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AROUND RED GABLES AND MID SUFFOLK;(E) THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES AND WELLBEING OPPORTUNITIES; (F) THE PROMOTION OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND PREVENTION OF CRIME; AND (G) SUCH OTHER MEANS AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED SUBJECT TO THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE CHARITY COMMISSION;3.2 TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AGE, DISABILITY, NATIONALITY, RACE OR OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS, BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER THE SAID INHABITANTS AND THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE SAID INHABITANTS; 3.3 TO PROMOTE AND IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES WHICH OPERATE IN WHOLE OR IN PART IN MID SUFFOLK IN DIRECT PURSUIT OF THEIR OBJECTIVES BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, TRAINING AND INFORMATION ON EFFICIENT AND PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT OF RESOURCES;3.4 TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED.THE CHARITY SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS AND NON-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION.

**Activities:** MSVOF owns Red Gables and Redwoods (the Old Library) and manages them to provide a lively and inviting community hub in the centre of Stowmarket. We offer attractive and affordable office accommodation, rooms for activities and meetings for local organisations and run projects that stimulate community activity, such as the Garden Project and the Redwoods Lunch Club.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Accommodation/housing, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** MID SUFFOLK
- Suffolk





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Angela Tracey Dennis |  | March 19, 2025 |
| Lynn Elizabeth Scott |  | Feb. 21, 2023 |
| Mark Coburn |  | Jan. 18, 2016 |
| Mark John Richard Trent |  | Jan. 5, 2022 |
| Susanna Jane Lovell |  | June 18, 2021 |
| Terence Carter |  | Jan. 20, 2026 |




