# NGMV - Medical Volunteers &amp; Life Academy

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1137730
- **Other names:** NEWCASTLE/GATESHEAD MEDICAL VOLUNTEERS, Newcastle Gateshead Medical Volunteers and Life Academy, NGMV - Medical Volunteers &amp; Life Academy
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Sept. 2, 2010
- **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=1137730


## Contact

- **Address:** 30 Penners Gardens, SURBITON
- **Postcode:** KT6 6JW
- **Phone:** 07590 088888
- **Email:** info@ngmvcharity.co.uk
- **Website:** www.ngmvcharity.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY&#x27;S OBJECT IS TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF FREE ORTHOPAEDIC SERVICE TO LOCAL PEOPLE IN THE KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ BY MAKING REGULAR VISITS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN ORDER TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE TIMELY ASSESSMENT, SURGICAL TREATMENT AND FOLLOW UP WHICH WILL B E PROVIDED BY A TEAM OF VOLUNTEERS.

**Activities:** NGMV works closely with Iraqi charities to provide much needed orthopaedic assessment and surgical services to the local people of Kurdistan.  Our teams of medical volunteers make regular trips to Erbil and Sulaymaniyah throughout the year in order to ensure the provision of a continuous and timely service.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ
- Gateshead
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Professor DEIARY KADER Surgeon** | Chair |  |
| Cllr. Mohammed Bakhtiar |  | Feb. 15, 2022 |
| Dr KEITH JOHNSTON |  | Oct. 23, 2011 |
| Dr PAUL BANASZKIEWICZ Surgeon |  |  |
| GILLIAN RHIND |  |  |
| Paula Hetherington RGN, BSC |  | Oct. 22, 2011 |




