# FARA FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1139349
- **Other names:** FARA FOUNDATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07432706](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07432706)
- **Registered:** Dec. 16, 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=1139349


## Contact

- **Address:** FARA Foundation, Suite 1, Level 2, 8 Waldegrave Road
- **Postcode:** TW11 8HT
- **Phone:** 020 8973 0910
- **Email:** mail@faracharity.org
- **Website:** www.faracharity.org



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC:-INSPIRED BY CHRISTIAN VALUES FOR THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING OF THOSE CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN ROMANIA WHO ARE LIVING IN POVERTY OR MARGINALISED OR WHO HAVE DISABILTIES BY:-1.  PROVIDING FAMILY STYLE RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND SUPPORTED LIVING ACCOMMODATION IN ROMANIA2.  PROVIDING EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WITH COMPLEX NEEDS IN DAY CARE CENTRES AND OUTREACH PROGRAMMES3.  PROVIDING COMMUNITY BASED CARE TO THOSE LIVING IN POVERTY BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER AND EQUIPMENT4.  PROVIDING REHABILITATION AND TRAINING FOR THOSE DISABILITIES5.  ADVOCATING FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INCLUSION OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND ADULTS6.  ARRANGING AND PROVIDING FOR, OR JOINING IN, ARRANGING AND PROVIDING FOR, THE HOLDING OF EXHIBITIONS, MEETINGS, LECTURES, SEMINARS AND TRAINING COURSES

**Activities:** FARA has worked with abandoned and vulnerable children and young people in Romania, many with disabilities, since 1991. It aims to transform their lives by providing family-style homes, recovery and training in four residential centres, social support to promote school attendance in six villages and, in four centres, special needs education and specialist child therapy.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** ROMANIA
- Romania





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Siobhan Geraldine Cross** | Chair | June 23, 2022 |
| Dr Yik Siew  Hannah Johnson |  | March 25, 2024 |
| Elizabeth Hannah Austin Middleton |  | March 8, 2021 |
| Karen Bendell |  | July 7, 2025 |
| Lucinda Jane Dawson |  | March 5, 2014 |
| Michelle Elizabeth Bonner |  | Jan. 6, 2026 |
| Paul Jeyanathan Gunaratnam |  | Jan. 1, 2026 |
| Richard Hugh Charles Chalk |  | July 8, 2015 |
| Robert Davidson |  | Dec. 9, 2021 |
| Susan Braun |  | Jan. 1, 2026 |




