# GLOUCESTERSHIRE ACTION FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1082388
- **Other names:** GARAS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04026398](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04026398)
- **Registered:** Sept. 12, 2000
- **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=1082388


## Contact

- **Address:** The Trust Centre, Falkner Street, GLOUCESTER
- **Postcode:** GL1 4SQ
- **Phone:** 01452 550528
- **Email:** info@garas.org.uk
- **Website:** www.garas.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE SICKNESS POVERTY AND DISTRESS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WITH THE PARTICULAR AIM OF PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND OTHER MIGRANTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

**Activities:** Promoting the welfare of refugees, asylum seekers and other migrants within and around Gloucestershire  through the drop-in centre offering a &#x27;safe space&#x27; activities, refreshments, information &amp;advice on health, housing,benefits,immigration,law,education, career; Counselling provision for those effected by trauma;access to other agencies;food clothing,toys,furniture,household items&amp; bedding.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
- Gloucestershire
- Oxfordshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Susan Oppenheimer** | Chair | Aug. 20, 2018 |
| JOHN WALTER PRICE |  | Aug. 31, 2011 |
| Louise Livesey |  | March 22, 2024 |
| Malcolm Bell Christie |  | April 15, 2025 |
| Marie-Louise McDonald |  | March 21, 2023 |
| Omar El Masri |  | Dec. 8, 2025 |
| Rev Charles Campbell |  | June 6, 2023 |
| Zulekha Raja |  | June 6, 2023 |




