# PIERS SIMON APPEAL

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1109503
- **Other names:** PSA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 17, 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=1109503


## Contact

- **Address:** HOME FARM, MAIN STREET, CHILTHORNE DOMER, YEOVIL
- **Postcode:** BA22 8RD
- **Phone:** 07721 741623
- **Email:** luke.simon@schoolinabag.org
- **Website:** www.pierssimonappeal.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES WHO ARE SUFFERING HARDSHIP AS A RESULT OF DROUGHT, EARTHQUAKE, FLOOD, WAR OR ANY OTHER DISASTER OR WHO BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, ARE IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE, ANYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO THE FOREGOING) IN RELATION TO THOSE PERSONS AND COMMUNITIES IN THAILAND ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY THE EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DISASTER THAT OCCURRED ON 26TH DECEMBER 2004;(B) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, PARTICULARLY BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES, THE IMPROVEMENT OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER SUPPLIES, AND OTHER COMMUNAL FACILITIES, AND THE PROMOTION OF SELF-HELP ACTIVITIES AMONGST THOSE PEOPLE OR COMMUNITIES; AND(C) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF, OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF, HUMANITARIAN LONG TERM REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY PROGRAMMES.

**Activities:** The Piers Simon Appeal runs School in a Bag (SIAB) - an initiative that distributes rucksacks filled with stationery, learning resources and eating utensils to poor, orphan, vulnerable and disaster affected children around the world.SIAB runs many events including Home Farm Fest, a 3 day music festival held at the charity HQ in SomersetThe charity has 4 employees and 2 part time volunteers




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** WORLDWIDE
- Albania
- Angola
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burma
- Cambodia
- Chile
- Ecuador
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- France
- Ghana
- Greece
- Haiti
- India
- Indonesia
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Morocco
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Peru
- Philippines
- Romania
- Sierra Leone
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- The Gambia
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Somerset





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| CELIA SIMON |  |  |
| Caroline Jean Reeves |  | July 22, 2019 |
| JULIA LOWE |  |  |
| ROGER HENRY SIMON |  |  |




