# ASSOCIATION OF VISITORS TO IMMIGRATION DETAINEES

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1156709
- **Other names:** AVID
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** April 15, 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=1156709


## Contact

- **Address:** PO Box address Only, AVID, 27-31 Carlton Road, Nottingham
- **Postcode:** NG3 2DG
- **Phone:** 07900 196131
- **Email:** enquiries@aviddetention.org.uk
- **Website:** www.aviddetention.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE EXCLUSIVELY THE CHARITABLE RELIEF OF IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES WHO ARE SUFFERING HARDSHIP, DISTRESS OR ARE IN NEED, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE, BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, TO THOSE WHO ARE IMPRISONED OR DETAINED UNDER IMMIGRATION LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.

**Activities:** Volunteer visitors network: supporting volunteer visitors to immigration detainees wherever they are held. We are a membership network supporting 14 groups across the country who visit those detained. We provide information, support, resources and advocacy, and work to achieve positive change in the detention system.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Basma Doukhi |  | June 7, 2023 |
| Hannah Cooper |  | June 7, 2023 |
| Ms Shannon Olivia Smith |  | Jan. 13, 2025 |
| Niusha Bonakdarian |  | Sept. 25, 2024 |
| Wiki Mark |  | Sept. 3, 2025 |




