# VOLUNTEER ACTION FOR PEACE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1126368
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 21, 2008
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1126368


## Contact

- **Address:** 16 OVERHILL ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE22 0PH
- **Phone:** 0208 123 5927
- **Email:** action@vap.org.uk
- **Website:** www.vap.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 2.1  TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A)  PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE IN A SPIRIT OF INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF RACE, CREED, AGE, GENDER OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD;B)  GIVING TRAINING ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO VOLUNTEERS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM UNDERTAKING THEIR SERVICE AMONG COMMUNITIES SUFFERING DEPRIVATION OR MARKED BY A PARTICULAR CULTURAL IDENTITY;C)  THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, AND IN PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION, THROUGH BOTH FORMAL AND INFORMAL LEARNING.

**Activities:** Exchange of international volunteers. Volunteers are welcomed to 5-6 workcamps in the UK, working mainly with children and environment. Volunteers are sent to projects abroad and in many cases receive training and orientation before they travel. Longer term volunteers are also sent and received.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £11210 | £9340 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £15518 | £15777 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £5801 | £43298 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £54625 | £27989 | — | — |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £48103 | £42646 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Nigel John Watt** (Chair)
- GEMMA TAYLOR — appointed Feb. 11, 2013
- Gabrielle Messeder — appointed Sept. 15, 2014
- JOHN CEDRIC MEDLAND — appointed Aug. 13, 2017
- Sayaka Tanaka — appointed Aug. 13, 2017