# CROYDON BME FORUM

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1108843
- **Other names:** CBF
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04996963](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04996963)
- **Registered:** April 4, 2005
- **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=1108843


## Contact

- **Address:** 56A MITCHAM ROAD, CROYDON, SURREY
- **Postcode:** CR0 3RG
- **Phone:** 020 8684 3719
- **Email:** INFO@bmeforum.org
- **Website:** www.cbmeforum.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION PERSONS FROM MINORITY ETHNIC COMMUNITIES, BY ASSOCIATING COMMUNITY GROUPS, VOLUNTARY AND NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN A COMMON EFFORT TO:   I.   RELIEVE POVERTY HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS   II.  ADVANCE EDUCATION   III. PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH    BY SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

**Activities:** To provid opportunities for BME communities to discuss and prioritise the key issues affectingthem to a view to engaging decision and policy makers at the local level to factor in their prioritiesand planning and delivery public services.To build the capacity of BME voluntary and community sector organisations, To promote good relations between different races, building a cohesive Croydon.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** THE LONDON BOROUGH OF CROYDON
- Croydon
- Lambeth
- Lewisham
- Merton
- Richmond Upon Thames
- Sutton
- Wandsworth





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **PAULETTE LEWIS MBE** | Chair | April 1, 2018 |
| ASHOK KUMAR |  |  |
| CHANDRA BABU |  |  |
| Diane Smith |  | April 1, 2024 |
| GHAZALA MIRZA |  | Jan. 1, 2010 |
| MALTI PATEL |  | Jan. 1, 2011 |
| Viviene Witter |  | Jan. 1, 2011 |




