# RIO FERDINAND FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1151127
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07956602](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07956602)
- **Registered:** March 7, 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=1151127


## Contact

- **Address:** Cox Costello and Horne, 7 St Johns Road, Harrow
- **Postcode:** HA1 2EY
- **Phone:** 01923 901555
- **Email:** info@rioferdinandfoundation.com
- **Website:** www.rioferdinandfoundation.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 TO 30 WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED BY PROVIDING THEM WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD CAPACITY BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY; (FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE &#x27;SOCIALLY EXCLUDED&#x27; MEANS &#x27;YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 TO 30 YEARS OF AGE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; RACE; GENDER; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; DISABILITY; ETHNIC ORIGIN; OR WHO ARE WITHIN, OR HAVE EXPERIENCED, THE PUBLIC CARE OR PENAL SYSTEM&#x27;).(B) TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH: THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; PROVIDING SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. (D) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, INCLUDING PHYSICAL EDUCATION; (E) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

**Activities:** To offer positive activities to engage disadvantaged young people and communities; to support young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in developing life and social skills and to access training, education and employment. By supporting young people have a positive impact on society by tackling inequality and providing opportunities for social mobility.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS
- Ireland
- Northern Ireland
- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Bintou Crookes-Martin |  | Oct. 8, 2014 |
| JOHN TOWNSEND |  | Nov. 7, 2017 |
| James David Benson |  | March 1, 2019 |
| Michael Russell Profitt |  | April 1, 2021 |
| RIO GAVIN FERDINAND |  | March 7, 2013 |




