# OVACOME

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1159682
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 18, 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=1159682


## Contact

- **Address:** Ovacome, Floor 2, 52-54 Featherstone Street, London
- **Phone:** 02072996654
- **Email:** ovacome@ovacome.org.uk
- **Website:** www.ovacome.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE RELIEF OF WOMEN WHO HAVE, OR HAVE HAD, OVARIAN CANCER (AND/OR CONDITIONS RELATED TO OVARIAN CANCER) AND THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS AND BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION GENERALLY IN THIS FIELD.

**Activities:** The Charity&#x27;s priority is the provision of support and information to those affected by ovarian cancer.   Ovacome provides support across the UK in many ways, including; face to face support groups; phone lines; an online forum.   Ovacome provides up to date information and raises awareness of the symptoms among the medical community and  public.  The Charity supports appropriate research.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Dr CATHRYN MARY HUGHES** | Chair | Dec. 18, 2014 |
| Adrian Dickinson |  | Feb. 7, 2019 |
| John Paul McKew |  | Jan. 22, 2020 |
| LADY Victoria von Wachter |  | March 3, 2017 |
| MRS LESLEY SAGE |  | Aug. 28, 2015 |
| Michelle Victoria Hill |  | March 22, 2023 |
| Prof SEAN KEHOE FRCOG |  | Dec. 18, 2014 |
| Richard Anthony Riley |  | March 16, 2022 |
| Samixa Bakul Shah |  | Oct. 20, 2021 |



