# Forces in the Community

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1144814
- **Other names:** FORCES, FORCES IN THE COMMUNITY LTD, SUPPORT OUR FORCES, FORCES IN THE COMMUNITY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07245570](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07245570)
- **Registered:** Nov. 28, 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=1144814


## Contact

- **Address:** 137 Trent Road, Beeston, NOTTINGHAM
- **Postcode:** NG9 1LP
- **Phone:** 0115 922 0320
- **Website:** www.forces.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY&#x27;S OBJECTS (&quot;THE OBJECTS&quot;) ARE THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT, THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SERVED OR ARE CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES OR CIVILIAN EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:3.1 PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING;3.2 PROVIDING FUNDING FOR MEANINGFUL VOCATIONAL TRAINING, TRANSITIONAL ADVICE AND SUPPORT;3.3 ENCOURAGING UK BUSINESSES TO HIRE SUCH PERSONS AND PROMOTING THE SKILLS AVAILABLE FROM SUCHPERSONNEL.

**Activities:** We are committed to supporting ex-service personnel and their families, who are often disadvantaged and at a point of crisis in their lives. The charity delivers tailored employment guidance, housing advice, mental health support and provides a supportive environment in which to develop. We provide a community focal point. The aim is to transform lives.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Accommodation/housing, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Neil Fowkes** | Chair | July 1, 2024 |
| Andrew Wakefield |  | July 1, 2024 |
| Chris Houghton |  | July 1, 2024 |
| Mark I&#x27;Anson |  | March 4, 2016 |
| Tina Ellen Harvey |  | Feb. 11, 2019 |




