# ACTION FOR A-T

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1145303
- **Other names:** ACTION FOR A-T, THE EVIE READ CHARITABLE TRUST - ACTION FOR A-T
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Jan. 6, 2012
- **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=1145303


## Contact

- **Address:** ACTION FOR A-T, ARUNA HOUSE, 2 KINGS ROAD, HASLEMERE, SURREY
- **Postcode:** GU27 2QA
- **Phone:** 01428 853313
- **Email:** info@actionforAT.org
- **Website:** www.actionforAT.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) ARE THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PROMOTION AND PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:A) THE FUNDING AND PROMOTION OF MEDICAL AND/OR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA (A-T) WITH THE AIM OF DEVELOPING A CURE FOR THE CONDITION AND TO IDENTIFY LINKS BETWEEN A-T AND OTHER GENETIC DISEASES OR CONDITIONS AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS ARISING FROM SUCH RESEARCH;B) PREVENTING A-T, INCLUDING THROUGH, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANTENATAL SCREENING FOR A-T;C) THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, SUPPORT AND WHERE, APPROPRIATE, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ANYONE IN THE UK AFFECTED BY A-T (INCLUDING, WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE FUNDING OF EQUIPMENT WHICH CAN BE USED FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OR DETECTION OF A-T OR FOR TREATING, MITIGATING OR RELIEVING THE SYMPTOMS OF A-T); AND D) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT A-T.

**Activities:** The chairty&#x27;s main aim is the identification and funding of high quality peer-reviewed medical research into finding a cure or treatment that will delay or prevent the disabling effects of Ataxia-Telangiectasia (&quot;A-T&quot;). Additionally the charity works to raise public awareness of A-T and to build collaborative partnerships with other organisations to help advance the understanding of A-T.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **TOBY READ** | Chair | Oct. 18, 2011 |
| Christopher Richard Thompson Askew |  | March 26, 2014 |
| EMILY READ |  | Oct. 18, 2011 |
| Joseph Frost |  | Jan. 1, 2020 |
| MARIA LEONARD |  | Oct. 18, 2011 |
| MARK TOMS |  | March 26, 2014 |
| Tom Shillingford |  | Aug. 1, 2015 |
| WILLIAM ROWBERRY |  | March 26, 2014 |




