# WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT DOWN&#x27;S SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1155866
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 20, 2014
- **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=1155866


## Contact

- **Address:** 2 Moor Top Avenue, Ackworth, Pontefract
- **Postcode:** WF7 7JR
- **Phone:** 07814 367594
- **Email:** info@downsyndrome-wakefield.co.uk
- **Website:** www.downsyndrome-wakefield.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WITH DOWN’S SYNDROME AND THOSE WITH OTHER LEARNING / ADDITIONAL NEEDS INCLUDING THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS WITHIN WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT AND ITS IMMEDIATELY BORDERING AREAS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AS A RESULT OF THEIR CONDITION BY PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY:-1.PROVIDING INFORMATION, FORUMS, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORT; AND2.BY PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

**Activities:** We offer support to families and we run activities and events to enable those families to have fun, develop friendships and, ultimately, to support each other. We aim to make a positive difference by improving understanding and positive awareness of Down&#x27;s syndrome in our community through social media, training/information for families and professionals and through participation in local events.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** WITHIN WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT
- City Of Wakefield





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **ANN-MARIE SHEARD** | Chair | Jan. 22, 2014 |
| ALISON BROWN |  | Jan. 22, 2014 |
| ANDREA JAYNE ARNOLD |  | Jan. 22, 2014 |
| Ann Aylward |  | Jan. 11, 2019 |
| Christopher Sharp |  | June 7, 2024 |
| John Crawshaw |  | Sept. 1, 2015 |
| NEIL COURTMAN |  | Jan. 22, 2014 |
| Nigel Le Page |  | March 10, 2023 |
| RUTH NOBLE |  | Jan. 22, 2014 |




