# LOCAL ACCESS CENTRE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1150401
- **Other names:** LOCAL ACCESS CENTRE LIMITED, LAC
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Jan. 9, 2013
- **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=1150401


## Contact

- **Address:** LAC, Unit 3, 8 Fournier House, Tenby Street, BIRMINGHAM
- **Postcode:** B1 3AJ
- **Phone:** 0121 690 0787
- **Email:** INFO@LACENTRE.ORG.UK
- **Website:** www.lacentre.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN THE AREAS OF BIRMINGHAM CITY, WALSALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, SOLIHULL, DUDLEY, SANDWELL AND COVENTRY CITY AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).”(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING;(C) RELIEVING POVERTY AND RELIEVING THOSE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS;(D) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT;(E) DEVELOPING THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;

**Activities:** General Charitable Purposes across a wide range of services and we operate Birmingham City Wide, Sandwell, Dudley Walsall Wolverhampton as well as Coventry City &amp; Solihull




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Accommodation/housing, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, 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

- Birmingham City
- Coventry City
- Dudley
- Sandwell
- Solihull
- Walsall
- Wolverhampton





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **SARFRAZ KHAN** | Chair | Oct. 18, 2006 |
| DEVIA SURTI |  | Dec. 31, 2015 |
| VALERIE HELEN EGAN |  | Oct. 18, 2006 |




