# ACTS FAST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1157675
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 1, 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=1157675


## Contact

- **Address:** ACTS FAST, Unit 5, Manor Farm Business Centre, Gussage St. Michael, Wimborne
- **Postcode:** Dorset
- **Phone:** 01202 797217
- **Email:** support@actsfast.org.uk
- **Website:** www.actsfast.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS TO FAMILIES, PARENTS, CARERS AND CHILDREN WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY SEXUAL ABUSE

**Activities:** We provide emotional and practical support to Parents, Carer&#x27;s and Family members whose child have been affected by childhood sexual abuse. We liken a disclosure irrespective of age to a &quot;bomb going off the shrapnel hitting everyone around&quot; We help build resilience around the trauma. Accessing our support can be by phone, email, text, face to face support in Bournemouth, Poole and Dorchester.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Bournemouth
- Devon
- Dorset
- Hampshire
- Poole
- Wiltshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Sarah Vile** | Chair | Jan. 23, 2024 |
| Jill Suckling |  | April 27, 2023 |
| Kerensa Butcher |  | Jan. 18, 2024 |
| Michael Sheath |  | Nov. 20, 2025 |
| Simone Elizabeth Walls-MacDonald |  | July 6, 2015 |



