# ROUTES TO ROOTS (POOLE) CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1155945
- **Other names:** R2R
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 26, 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=1155945


## Contact

- **Address:** Genesis Centre, Hill Street, POOLE, Dorset
- **Postcode:** BH15 1NR
- **Phone:** 01202 667880
- **Email:** office@routestoroots.org
- **Website:** http://www.routestoroots.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF ROUGH SLEEPERS AND VULNERABLY HOUSED PEOPLE IN THE BOROUGH OF POOLE BY FURTHERING SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, THE TERM &#x27;ROUGH SLEEPERS AND VULNERABLY HOUSED&#x27; MEANS ANYONE WITHOUT A HOME, THOSE LIVING ON THE STREETS, THOSE WITH NO FIXED ABODE, THOSE IN MAKESHIFT ACCOMODATION, THOSE IN EMERGENCY ACCOMODATION, THOSE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS AND THOSE WHO ARE AT RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS.

**Activities:** Routes to Roots is a drop-in centre for those experiencing homelessness, newly homed and vulnerably housed adults in Poole. R2R provides a drop in centre and hot lunch Mon-Fri, showers, washing facilities and offers signposting to other agencies.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Poole





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Rev LUCINDA JANE HOLT** | Chair | Jan. 22, 2018 |
| Martin Finch |  | June 7, 2017 |
| Rebecca Parsons |  | May 20, 2025 |
| Rev Canon Pamela Wise |  | March 1, 2022 |
| Sara Turner |  | May 15, 2023 |




