# THE SILVERS&#x27; WORKSHOP

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1159283
- **Other names:** Reading Men&#x27;s Shed
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Nov. 19, 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=1159283


## Contact

- **Address:** The Silvers Workshop, 37 Hilcot Road, READING
- **Postcode:** RG30 2SX
- **Phone:** 0118 391 3545
- **Email:** contact@thesilversworkshop.org.uk
- **Website:** www.thesilversworkshop.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF MEN LIVING IN THE VICINITY OF READING AND WOKINGHAM TO COMBAT LONELINESS AND SOCIAL ISOLATION BY THE PROVISION OF A WORKSHOP WHERE THEY CAN MEET AND ENGAGE IN ACTIVITIES TOGETHER ONLY LIMITED BY THEIR ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE INDEPENDENTLY, AIMED AT INCREASING THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND CONDITION OF LIFE .

**Activities:** The Silvers Workshop provides a workshop with wood and metal-working tools where older men can come to make and mend things and socialise and enjoy the camaraderie of work without the pressures.  We are based in Reading in Berkshire and membership is available to men in the vicinity of Reading, Wokingham, West Berkshire and Bracknell Forest.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Recreation
- **Who:** Elderly/old People



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** READING AND WOKINGHAM
- Bracknell Forest
- Hampshire
- Oxfordshire
- Reading
- West Berkshire
- Wokingham





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Stuart James Freebody** | Chair | Jan. 20, 2023 |
| ANTHONY SMITH-CRALLAN |  | Jan. 14, 2017 |
| Barry Fowler |  | Jan. 26, 2018 |
| David Catton |  | Jan. 29, 2016 |
| Edward Charles Burden |  | Oct. 27, 2024 |
| Kevin Organ |  | Jan. 22, 2026 |
| Peter Dewsnap |  | Jan. 24, 2020 |
| Robert Wilson Whittle |  | Jan. 28, 2022 |
| Wilfrid Daniel Owen Mayes |  | Oct. 27, 2024 |




