# LIVABILITY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1116530
- **Other names:** GROOMS - SHAFTESBURY, JOHN GROOMS, LIVABILITY, SHAFTESBURY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05967087](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05967087)
- **Registered:** Oct. 30, 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=1116530


## Contact

- **Address:** Coburg House, 1 Coburg St, Gateshead
- **Postcode:** NE8 1NS
- **Phone:** 0191 300 9970
- **Email:** info@shaftesburygroup.org
- **Website:** shaftesburygroup.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 TO ASSIST OR EDUCATE ANY PERSON IN CHARITABLE NEED, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY DISABLED PERSON AND THE PARENTS, GUARDIANS AND CARERS OF SUCH PEOPLE BY WHATEVER MEANS; AND3.2 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES, SUPPORT, ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE FOR CHRISTIAN CONGREGATIONS, OTHER CHRISTIAN GROUPINGS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS SEEKING TO ALLEVIATE CHARITABLE NEEDS,IN EACH CASE IN A MANNER WHICH AUTHENTICATES THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AND ITS MORAL PRINCIPLES IN A SPIRIT OF LOVE AND PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN SERVICE.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THESE OBJECTS &#x27;CHRISTIAN FAITH&#x27; MEANS THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS REVEALED AND EXPRESSED IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES BOTH OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS.

**Activities:** Livability is the disability charity committed to enabling children, young people and adults to live a life that adds up for them.  Every day, we deliver a wide range of disability care, special education, and rehabilitation services to over 1,000 people who are at the heart of everything we do.  Our Christian ethos is why we were founded in 1844 and it&#x27;s why we still exist today.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, NATIONAL.
- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| ANDREW WILSON |  | March 21, 2018 |
| Canon Susan Johns |  | Jan. 16, 2020 |
| DUNCAN INGRAM |  | April 15, 2022 |
| John Weaving |  | Jan. 16, 2020 |
| Lisa Quinlan-Rahman |  | June 22, 2022 |
| Peter Woodall |  | Jan. 16, 2020 |
| Rt Revd Richard Frith |  | April 15, 2022 |
| Tom O&#x27;Connor |  | April 15, 2022 |



## Linked charities

- CONEY HILL SCHOOL WILL TRUSTS (1116530-1)
- MARSH STREET MISSION (1116530-2)
- CHISWICK MISSION (1116530-3)
- THE SHAFTESBURY DEVELOPMENT FUND (1116530-4)
- THE PLATT MISSION (1116530-5)
- THE SHAFTESBURY WELCOME MISSION (1116530-6)
- THE BEDDINGTON FUND (1116530-7)
- HIGHWAY EVANGELICAL CHURCH (1116530-8)



