# THE WORLDWIDE HOSPICE PALLIATIVE CARE ALLIANCE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1127569
- **Other names:** THE WORLDWIDE PALLIATIVE CARE ALLIANCE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [06735120](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06735120)
- **Registered:** Jan. 16, 2009
- **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=1127569


## Contact

- **Address:** 34-44 Britannia Street, WHPCA, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1X 9JG
- **Phone:** +17039808737
- **Email:** info@thewhpca.org
- **Website:** www.thewhpca.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO FACILITATE AND PROMOTE THE RELIEF, CARE AND TREATMENT OF THE SICK, ESPECIALLY THE CHRONICALLY AND INCURABLY ILL AND THE DYING, AND THE SUPPORT AND CARE OF THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS AND OF THE BEREAVED, IN PARTICULAR BY:1 IMPROVING ACCESS TO, AND THE QUALITY OF PALLIATIVE CARE, WORLDWIDE AND IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFICACY OF INSTITUTIONS CONCERNED WITH THE CHARITABLE PROVISION OF PALLIATIVE CARE; AND2 PROVIDING OR FACILITATING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PALLIATIVE CARE AND INCREASING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE VALUES, PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE

**Activities:** The WHPCA works through the collaboration and partnership with its member organisations to:a) Improve access to, and the quality of, palliative care worldwide b) Build a worldwide network of international and national palliative care organisations c) Provide or facilitate education and training in palliative care  d) Increase awareness and understanding of hospice and palliative care




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** WORLDWIDE
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Bangladesh
- Canada
- Ethiopia
- Greece
- India
- Ireland
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Malaysia
- Nigeria
- Panama
- Philippines
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United States
- Zimbabwe
- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| DR James Francis Cleary |  | Dec. 8, 2016 |
| DR Julia Dorothy Downing |  | March 10, 2017 |
| Dr Babe Eunice Gorata Gaolebale |  | Dec. 10, 2020 |
| Dr Douglas Crispim |  | June 16, 2023 |
| Dr EMMANUEL LUYIRIKA |  | Nov. 13, 2012 |
| Dr Frank Patrick Brennan |  | Dec. 8, 2016 |
| Dr Ghauri Aggarwal |  | Sept. 30, 2024 |
| Dr Meera Agar |  | Oct. 1, 2020 |
| Dr Samy Alsirafi |  | May 1, 2022 |
| Dr Stephen Watiti |  | Jan. 1, 2019 |
| Dr Yoshiyuki Kizawa |  | Oct. 1, 2020 |
| Joanne Brennan |  | Oct. 1, 2025 |
| Laurel Gillespie |  | March 11, 2021 |
| Maria Mercedes Marroquin |  | Aug. 1, 2020 |
| Professor Richard Harding-Swale |  | Aug. 14, 2016 |
| Toby Porter |  | Sept. 7, 2023 |




