# GUATEMALAN FAMILIES ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1105241
- **Other names:** GFA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Aug. 2, 2004
- **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=1105241


## Contact

- **Address:** OLD SEVEN STARS, SANDPIT LANE, BLEDLOW, PRINCES RISBOROUGH
- **Postcode:** HP27 9QQ
- **Phone:** 07811 116218
- **Email:** moores2003@btinternet.com
- **Website:** www.gfa-uk.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY&#x27;S OBJECTS ARE:I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN ADOPTED FROM GUATEMALA IN GUATEMALAN CULTURE.II) TO PROMOTE THE CARE, UPBRINGING AND ESTABLISHMENT IN LIFE OF CHILDREN BORN IN GUATEMALA, FOR WHOM INTERNATIONAL ADOPTION IS THE BEST OPTION FOR THEIR WELL-BEING, BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND ADVICE CONCERNING INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION.III) TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN GUATEMALA AND THOSE FAMILIES WHO HAVE ADOPTED FROM GUATEMALA AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE; PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THE RELIEF FROM FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE OF GUATEMALA.

**Activities:** i) to promote the care, upbringing, establishment in life and support in their birth culture of children adopted from Guatemalaii) to advance the understanding of the public in the UK and Guatemala in general about the issues relating to inter-country adoption and all parties of the adoption triadiii) to promote general charitable purposes for the benefit of the community of Guatemala




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- **Who:** Children/young People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Nicholas Harrison** | Chair | April 8, 2017 |
| Aaron Carlos Fernando Roosedale |  | April 14, 2018 |
| Hannah Cassel |  | March 27, 2021 |
| Marisa Bradley |  | April 1, 2023 |
| Natalia Paola Elizabeth Bradley |  | April 9, 2022 |
| Osvaldo Hernan Jack Whitehead |  | April 12, 2025 |
| PATRICIA ANNE PARTLETT |  |  |
| SARAH ROSEMARY MOORE |  | April 4, 2015 |
| Sally Jane Tripp |  | May 26, 2022 |
| Thomas Peter Carswell |  | April 1, 2023 |
| Veronica Maybeli Nina Whitehead |  | April 12, 2025 |
| Victor Blaikley-Gomez |  | March 28, 2025 |




