# Building Better Futures International

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1126907
- **Other names:** FRIENDS OF THE POOR IN SOUTH INDIA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Nov. 25, 2008
- **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=1126907


## Contact

- **Address:** 46 Southfields Road, London
- **Postcode:** SW18 1QJ
- **Phone:** 07801 884880
- **Email:** andrew.crighton5@btinternet.com
- **Website:** www.bbf-intl.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, OF NEGLECTED POOR PEOPLE LIVING, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE, PRIMARILY BY PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES AND BY AIDING SMALL BUSINESSES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE INCOMES.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR PERSONS LIVING IN THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE.3 THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF PERSONS LIVING IN THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA, AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DECIDE.

**Activities:** Building Better Futures International  fosters the talents and skills of women and girls in Tamil Nadu, India, so they can lift themselves out of poverty permanently and is an enabler of self-help for families and communities to build their own futures. Every pound we raise goes directly on the Indian projects: all UK costs are met by Trustees and volunteers.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** TAMIL NADU, SOUTH INDIA
- India





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **PHILIP NICHOLAS BROWN** | Chair | Dec. 15, 2008 |
| Andrew Crighton |  | Dec. 7, 2015 |
| Gill Hopkins |  | Oct. 16, 2023 |
| JOHN BRIAN WILDE |  | Dec. 14, 2016 |
| James Edward Burgess |  | March 3, 2025 |
| LAURIE GREEN |  | Dec. 15, 2008 |
| SIMON JEREMY BELL FCA |  |  |




