# POOLE AFRICA LINK

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1153530
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Aug. 23, 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=1153530


## Contact

- **Address:** 2 Spencer Road, POOLE, Dorset
- **Postcode:** BH13 7EU
- **Phone:** 07718 884401
- **Email:** Info@pooleafricalink.org.uk
- **Website:** www.pooleafricalink.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** Objects• To advance and sustain an education and training programme based at Lira University, Lira regional referral hospital and Lira University hospital designed to improve the health care of the people of, Uganda and in particular Lira  • To sustain an ongoing programme to bring healthcare professionals from Uganda to the UK for observation and training placements• To work closely with other agencies and organisations such as THET, Bournemouth University and other Wessex Links to promote improvements in healthcare, education and research at Lira University, Lira regional referral hospital and Lira University hospital • To support the development of healthcare facilities including the  provision of  medical equipment to enhance healthcare facilities at Lira University, Lira regional referral hospital and lira University hospital • To advance and sustain education and training programmes and the development of health care facilities (including the provision of medical equipment) at such places as the Trustees may decide in other African countries• Following our long term involvement with Wau teaching hospital and schools of nursing in Wau, this link is now on standby due to the political instability of the country and the resulting potential dangers to visiting staff. We are committed to retain a close contact with our medical colleagues and the ministry of Health in South Sudan.• To continue to support the work of Sister Gracy though the Mary Help School of nursing and her feeding programme in Wau.

**Activities:** Humanitarian and medical teaching link between Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and nominated hospitals/training institutes in Africa.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH SUDAN
- Sudan
- Uganda





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **HILARY FENTON-HARRIS** | Chair | July 1, 2024 |
| Dr FRANCES MARY DORMON MB BS FRCA |  | Aug. 1, 2013 |
| Dr Gary Leonard Anthony Cumberbatch MBBS FRCEM |  | June 27, 2025 |
| Dr Pasco Thomas James Hearn MBBS MRCP |  | Nov. 21, 2023 |
| Dr Peter Neil McEwan MBChB |  | Feb. 28, 2023 |
| Judith Mella MBBs FRCS |  | May 10, 2020 |




