# COGS PREPARES 4 LIFE CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1154296
- **Other names:** CHERRY ORCHARD GARDEN SERVICE, COGS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Oct. 21, 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=1154296


## Contact

- **Address:** Cherry Orchard Gardening Services, Burntwood Memorial Institute, Rugeley Road, BURNTWOOD, Staffordshire
- **Postcode:** WS7 9BE
- **Phone:** 01543 676443
- **Email:** cogspreparesforlife@gmail.com
- **Website:** https://www.cogsprepares4lifecio.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF STAFFORDSHIRE, WALSALL AND STOKE-ON-TRENT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

**Activities:** The goal of the CIO is to develop the capacity and skills of the Learning Disabled members by participation in user led CIO activities aimed at improving their confidence, self-esteem and general well being.  Although not a commercial workplace it will adopt some of the inherent attributes of such an environment in that it will conduct itself with a sense of purpose, learning and discipline.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Environment/conservation/heritage, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Staffordshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Karen Child** | Chair | April 23, 2026 |
| Carl George Ansell |  | April 27, 2026 |
| Colin Millage |  | April 23, 2026 |
| Tracy Karen Blakey |  | Nov. 30, 2015 |
| WILLIAM DAVID GRIFFITHS |  | Feb. 26, 2014 |




