# YOUNG ROOTS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1139685
- **Other names:** REFUGEE YOUTH PROJECT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07448744](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07448744)
- **Registered:** Jan. 5, 2011
- **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=1139685


## Contact

- **Address:** Suite 3.18 Easy Hub, 22 Addiscombe Road, CROYDON
- **Postcode:** CR0 5PE
- **Phone:** 020 8684 9140
- **Email:** london@youngroots.org.uk
- **Website:** www.youngroots.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG YOUNG FORCED MIGRANTS/LONG TERM REFUGEES (THE BENEFICIARIES), BOTH WITHIN THE UK AND OVERSEAS, BY PROVISION OF TRAINING AS YOUTH WORKERS AND IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS AWARENESS.2. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONG THE BENEFICIARIES BY ASSOCIATING  TOGETHER VOLUNTARY BODIES, LOCAL AUTHORITIES, RELIEF AGENCIES AND OTHERS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO IMPROVE THEIR  CONDITIONS OF LIFE3. THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE, FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCE, WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

**Activities:** Young Roots works with young refugees supporting them to improve their wellbeing and fulfil their potential, through intensive one-to-one Casework, youth and sporting activities, English language mentoring, youth leadership and access to specialist therapeutic and legal advice.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS.
- Brent
- Croydon





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **GRACE CAPEL** | Chair | May 22, 2022 |
| Andrea Vukovic |  | April 2, 2022 |
| Andrew Copeland Haley |  | Nov. 14, 2020 |
| Edward Abel Smith |  | July 15, 2023 |
| Hannah Stott |  | Jan. 18, 2025 |
| Laura Puddefoot-Knaggs |  | Sept. 9, 2017 |
| Nazma Raichuri |  | July 15, 2023 |
| Radhika Ravi |  | April 2, 2022 |
| SEONAID ROSINA ELSPETH MURRAY WEIGHTMAN |  | Jan. 18, 2025 |
| Sami Gichki |  | July 15, 2023 |
| Stephen Roger Corker |  | Dec. 1, 2016 |
| Wasig Zaid |  | July 15, 2023 |




