# TOWNSWOMEN&#x27;S GUILDS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1115974
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 31, 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=1115974


## Contact

- **Address:** Townswomens Guilds, Gee House, Holborn Hill, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B7 5JR
- **Phone:** 01213260400
- **Email:** contact@the-tg.com
- **Website:** www.the-tg.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TOWNSWOMEN&#x27;S GUILDS IS FORMED FOR SUCH PURPOSES GENERALLY AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND MORE SPECIFICALLY (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING):TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE, CREED AND PARTY SO AS TO ENABLE THEM TO MAKE THE BEST CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE COMMON GOOD AND TO DEVELOP THEIR INDIVIDUAL CAPABILITIES, COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND UNDERSTANDING;TO EDUCATE PEOPLE, BUT IN PARTICULAR WOMEN, ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND IN ALL PUBLIC QUESTIONS BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL;TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY CARRYING OUT RESEARCH INTO ANY PUBLIC QUESTIONS WHETHER LOCAL, NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH;TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF ANY SUBJECT OF EDUCATIONAL VALUE WHERE WOMEN HAVE PARTICULAR KNOWLEDGE OR EXPERIENCE;TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION INCLUDING FOR CREATIVE AND PERFORMANCE ARTS AND CRAFTS, IN PARTICULAR FOR WOMEN BUT ALSO FOR SUCH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE A NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE;TO ADVANCE CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND VOLUNTEERING SO THAT PEOPLE BECOME ACTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.

**Activities:** Townswomen&#x27;s Guilds (TG) acts as an umbrella organisation for the national movement. It provides administrative frameworks and works to promote the movement across the UK by assisting in the formation of new Guilds and in the recruitment of new members. It provides national events to bring members together, a magazine to link members and campaigns on matters that make women&#x27;s lives better .

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| BERYL LESLEY HALES |  | June 28, 2016 |
| Karen Mavourneen Moore |  | Nov. 11, 2020 |
| Lesley Howells |  | March 31, 2022 |
| Linda Lewis |  | June 14, 2023 |
| Maureen Brown |  | Sept. 3, 2019 |
| Susan Stebbings |  | June 14, 2023 |


