Your Voice Counts
- Country
- England & Wales
- Charity number
- 1125719
- Status
- Registered
- Registered
- Sept. 4, 2008
- Legal form
- Charitable company
- Area of benefit
- Not Defined. In Practice, Local
Address
- Address
- Your Voice Counts
John Haswell House
8-9 Gladstone Terrace
Gateshead
Tyne and Wear
NE8 4DY
Contact
- Phone
- 01914786472
- [email protected]
- Website
yvc.org.uk
Activities
Your Voice Counts supports people with learning disabilities, individuals experiencing mental health challenges, autistic people and people who are at risk of exclusion due to disability, illness or other challenges. We deliver a range of advocacy and community based services that empower people to have a voice, to have choice and control in their lives and to be connected to the support they need
Objects: The Charity's Object Is To Relieve The Need Or Disability Of Persons, Particularly Those Suffering Impairment Of Their Learning Abilities. This Object Will Be Achieved By The Following Means: 1. Assisting Such Persons, In Particular Those With Learning Disabilities, To Obtain Full Rights And Privileges As Citizens; 2. Promoting Social Inclusion For The Public Benefit By Preventing Such People From Becoming Socially Excluded And Assisting Them To Integrate Into Society; 3. Enable And Encouraging Such Persons, In Particular Those With Learning Disabilities And/or Learning Difficulties, To Support Each Other In Obtaining Full Rights And Privileges As Citizens; 4. Providing Help, Support And Advocacy To Such Persons, In Particular Those With Learning Disabilities, On A One-To-One Basis; 5. Promoting To Society The Abilities And Potential Of Such People, In Particular Those With Learning Disabilities; 6. Developing Best Practice In Service Provision Through Consultation, Feedback, Monitoring And Evaluation; 7. Developing And Delivering Training; 8 .publicising, Marketing And Promoting The Work Of The Organisation.
Classification
- How
- Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- What
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- Who
- Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups
Areas of operation
- Local Authority
- Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, North Tyneside, Northumberland, Redcar And Cleveland, South Tyneside
Finances
| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £1,769,164 | £1,734,834 | £609,565 | 69 |
| March 31, 2024 | £1,489,712 | £1,628,781 | £575,235 | 65 |
| March 31, 2023 | £1,417,746 | £1,287,642 | £714,304 | 54 |
| March 31, 2022 | £1,144,157 | £1,061,641 | £584,200 | 48 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1,063,540 | £993,006 | £501,684 | 46 |
Trustees
| Name | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Carl Newbrook | Jan. 5, 2025 |
| Gary Devlin | Oct. 22, 2024 |
| Jessica Fielding | Feb. 16, 2023 |
| Mathew Ife | Jan. 18, 2018 |
| Nathan Maddison | Oct. 26, 2025 |
| Rachel Thompson | April 23, 2026 |
| Rebekah Coombes | Aug. 19, 2021 |
| Tom Relph | March 13, 2018 |
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