# CRESS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1141343
- **Other names:** CHALKE VALLEY AFRICA FUND, CRESS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** April 12, 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=1141343


## Contact

- **Address:** KNIGHTON MANOR FARM, KNIGHTON ROAD, BROAD CHALKE, SALISBURY
- **Postcode:** SP5 5EB
- **Phone:** 01722 780789
- **Email:** contact@cressuk.org
- **Website:** www.cressuk.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1   THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, SUFFERING, DISTRESS AND ILL-HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, SELF-SUFFICIENCY, SUSTAINABILITY AND CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP IN AFRICA BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES IN SUCH WAYS AND SUCH PLACES AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT, WHICH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO:(a)  improving educational opportunities and standards through sponsorship (b)  improving primary health, trauma and maternal care through training and sponsorship, including the provision of a primary health care clinic;(c)  providing training and support for but not limited to agriculture;(d)  promoting community finance through the establishment of Savings Groups and the provision of loans, education and advice;(e)  equipping, training and supporting local clergy and lay church members

**Activities:** Christian Relief  Education Skills and Sustainability  (CRESS)  is based in Wiltshire, UK and has a partner organisation based in Arua, Uganda.  It supports South Sudanese and Ugandan people, by providing educational bursaries for all ages; operating a primary healthcare clinic; education in agriculture skills using trained leaders, psychological trauma support and vocational training.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- South Sudan
- Uganda
- Wiltshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **RICHARD JEREMY DAVID METCALFE OBE** | Chair | June 1, 2021 |
| Anthony Belchambers |  | Sept. 28, 2023 |
| CAROLINE LAMB MA OXON |  | March 19, 2020 |
| Dr JONATHaN OLIVER CULLIS |  | April 12, 2011 |
| Jane Guy |  | March 31, 2017 |
| John Kenneth Elliott Broadley |  | Dec. 5, 2018 |




