# SCIENCE MEDIA CENTRE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1140827
- **Other names:** SMC
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07560997](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07560997)
- **Registered:** March 18, 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=1140827


## Contact

- **Address:** 215 EUSTON ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** NW1 2BE
- **Phone:** 020 7611 8300
- **Email:** smc@sciencemediacentre.org
- **Website:** www.sciencemediacentre.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AND ALL THEIR RELATED BRANCHES AND DISCIPLINES, PARTICULARLY BY THE DISSEMINATION OF RESEARCH AND INFORMATION ABOUT SCIENCE TO THE MEDIA.

**Activities:** PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC ACCURATE, EVIDENCE-BASED INFORMATION ON SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING IN THE MEDIA, PARTICULARLY ON CONTROVERSIAL NEWS STORIES. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE WORKING WITH SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, SUPPORTING THEM TO ENGAGE WITH THE MEDIA; WORKING WITH JOURNALISTS, PROVIDING THEM WITH INFORMATION ABOUT SCIENCE; SUPPORTING PRESS OFFICERS WORKING ON DIFFICULT SCIENCE NEWS STORIES




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Nicholas James Hillier** | Chair | Oct. 14, 2021 |
| AMANDA BORTON |  | Oct. 20, 2022 |
| Alex Keenlyside |  | Oct. 8, 2020 |
| Alice Claire Henchley |  | Oct. 14, 2021 |
| Ashlee Khan |  | Oct. 15, 2025 |
| James Stephenson |  | Oct. 15, 2025 |
| Joanne Manning |  | Oct. 14, 2021 |
| John Davidson |  | June 19, 2019 |
| Jonathan Bruun |  | Oct. 8, 2020 |
| Prof Azra Catherine Hilary Ghani |  | Oct. 31, 2023 |
| Prof Peter John Morland Openshaw |  | Oct. 23, 2024 |
| Professor Charlotte Summers |  | Oct. 23, 2024 |
| Richard Douglas Fisher |  | Oct. 31, 2023 |




