# THE LANTERN TRUST WEYMOUTH

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1114979
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05577019](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05577019)
- **Registered:** June 29, 2006
- **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=1114979


## Contact

- **Address:** THE LANTERN TRUST (WEYMOUTH), 2 RANELAGH ROAD, WEYMOUTH, DORSET
- **Postcode:** DT4 7JD
- **Phone:** 01305 787940
- **Email:** mike.graham@lanterntrust.org.uk
- **Website:** www.lanterntrust.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE THOSE PERSONS IN NEED, IN PARTICULAR THOSE WHO MAY BE VULNERABLE DUE TO AGE, INFIRMITY, DISABLEMENT AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.IN FURTHERING THE OBJECTS, DUE REGARD SHALL BE GIVEN TO THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

**Activities:** The Lantern is an independent charity, founded in 1983  which seeks to benefit vulnerable and marginised people in the Weymouth and Portland area through its resource centre and by working closely and professionally with other agencies. The Lantern offers a range of services including advocacy,housing, benefits advice, counselling, support groups, crisis response, frontline practical support.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE WEYMOUTH AND SURROUNDING DISTRICTS
- Dorset





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **IAN WALTON** | Chair | Dec. 3, 2007 |
| AVIS JANE BAZELL |  |  |
| Dr Jonathan Martin Orrell |  | Feb. 5, 2019 |
| Dr Sarita de Kretser |  | Feb. 7, 2023 |
| Elizabeth Ireland |  | March 3, 2014 |
| Julia Cherry Clarke |  | April 2, 2019 |
| Lee Richard Button |  | Feb. 5, 2024 |




