# FOREST VOLUNTARY ACTION FORUM

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1141126
- **Other names:** FVAF
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07557852](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07557852)
- **Registered:** April 4, 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=1141126


## Contact

- **Address:** FOREST VOLUNTARY ACTION FORUM, RHEOLA HOUSE, BELLE VUE CENTRE, BELLE VUE ROAD, CINDERFORD
- **Postcode:** GLOUCEST
- **Phone:** 01594 822073
- **Email:** contact@fvaf.org.uk
- **Website:** www.fvaf.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT (PRINCIPALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE AREA CURRENTLY ADMINISTERED BY THE FOREST OF DEAN DISTRICT COUNCIL IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE) ESPECIALLY IN RELATION TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS BY:A PROMOTING AND ORGANISING CO-OPERATION IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE ABOVE PURPOSES AND TO THAT END TO BRING TOGETHER IN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND STATUTORY AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFITB ASSOCIATING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANISATIONS, IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ACHIEVE THE OBJECTS THROUGH PROVIDING ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO PERSONS WILLING TO VOLUNTEER, BY PROMOTING VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, INCLUDING IN DIRECT SERVICE PROVISION BY THE CHARITY, BY PROVIDING A CENTRE AND BY ADVISING AND SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS WHICH INVOLVE AND ARE WILLING TO INVOLVE VOLUNTEERS IN THEIR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

**Activities:** Forest Voluntary Action Forum is the volunteering and voluntary sector support and development agency for the Forest of Dean district in Gloucestershire. We provide advice, information, training, volunteer brokerage, networking opportunities and advocate for / represent the sector both locally and across the County. We undertake and support a variety of local community projects.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Gloucestershire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **ROBERT HARTLEY RHODES** | Chair | March 15, 2011 |
| Elizabeth Diana Martin |  | Nov. 12, 2021 |
| Jonathan James Leslie Gault |  | March 27, 2019 |
| Joshua Bond |  | June 9, 2025 |
| ROGER DEEKS |  | Dec. 7, 2020 |
| Robert James Toomer |  | Jan. 13, 2026 |
| SIDNEY ROBERT OLIVER PHELPS |  | June 9, 2015 |




