# THE SHUKTARA TRUST (UK)

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1112303
- **Other names:** SHUKTARA (UK)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 25, 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=1112303


## Contact

- **Address:** 7 LILY CLOSE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W14 9YA
- **Phone:** 020 8748 3151
- **Email:** info@shuktara.org
- **Website:** https://shuktara.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE AIM OF THE SHUKTARA TRUST (UK) IS TO RELIEVE THOSE PERSONS IN NEED, IN PARTICULAR THE DEAF, THOSE WITH PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL DISABILITY, DESTITUTE AND THOSE FROM LOW INCOME FAMILIES NEEDING SUPPORT OF A CHARITABLE NATURE, IRRESPECTIVE OF CASTE, RELIGION AND RACE IN INDIA AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF &#x27;SHUKTARA&#x27; BASED IN KOLKATA, INDIA.&#x27;SHUKTARA&#x27; IS GOVERNED BY A TRUST DEED DATED 1 JULY 2002. ITS AIMS ARE &quot;TO OPEN, FOUND, ESTABLISH AND ASSIST RESIDENTIAL CENTRES FOR TAKING CARE OF AND REHABILITATION OF THE DEAF AND THOSE WITH PHYSICAL AND/OR MENTAL DISABILITY, DESTITUTE, AND THOSE FROM LOW INCOME FAMILIES NEEDING SUPPORT, IRRESPECTIVE OF CASTE, RELIGION AND RACE&quot;.

**Activities:** We support the work of shuktara, India which provides a safe home in Kolkata for 16 young men and 8 young women with disabilities who have lost their families and cannot live independently. Shuktara is now reaching out to families in Purulia district who have disabled children by providing physiotherapy, mobility assistance and to follow up on doctors&#x27; appointments checking on medication.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance
- **What:** Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** WORLDWIDE (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN INDIA)
- India





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **ADAM LOCKWOOD THOMPSON** | Chair |  |
| ALYSON JANET FORBES ROSE |  |  |
| Judith Caroline Harris |  | May 27, 2020 |
| Kamau Lyon |  | Dec. 10, 2014 |
| MICHAEL IAN TUNGAY |  |  |
| SUSAN MAUREEN TUNGAY |  |  |




