# RAINBOW INTERNATIONAL LGBT ACTIVIST SOLIDARITY FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1159834
- **Other names:** RAINBOW INTERNATIONAL FUND
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Jan. 7, 2015
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1159834


## Contact

- **Address:** 5 Knowlton Close, Bursledon, SOUTHAMPTON
- **Postcode:** SO31 8NH
- **Phone:** 07941716379
- **Email:** team@rainbow-international-fund.org
- **Website:** www.rainbow-international-fund.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS), WORLDWIDE PARTICULARLY THE RIGHTS OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER (LGBT) PEOPLE FACING DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: · CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW; · COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION; · RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; · PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; · PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS; · TO STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT, THROUGH THE AWARDING OF GRANTS, FRONT LINE, GRASS ROOTS, HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS AND ORGANISATIONS, WORLDWIDE, ADVOCATING FOR THE FURTHERANCE OF THE RIGHTS OF LGBT PEOPLE AND THE ELIMINATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS INFRINGEMENTS AND ABUSES INHERENT IN THE CRIMINALIZATION OF SAME-SEX CONSENSUAL SEXUAL CONDUCT; AND · EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES OF LGBT PEOPLE ACROSS THE WORLD BY PUBLICIZING AND BRINGING TO THE PUBLIC NOTICE REPORTS FROM OUR GRANT BENEFICIARIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS AND INFORMING PUBLIC DEBATE. IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS.

**Activities:** Promoting human rights of LGBT people, worldwide;Empowering grassroots LGBT rights activists in countries where LGBT people are criminalised and face persecution;Supporting activists with grants and funding to further equality in the most disadvantaged communities and hostile regions for LGBT people across the world;Raising public awareness of human rights violations of LGBT people worldwide




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Cameroon
- Kenya
- Nigeria
- Uganda
- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £1652 | £1728 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £2874 | £2899 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £2660 | £2657 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £5150 | £5336 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £7325 | £7245 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **PAUL CHRISTOPHER PENNY BA HONS** (Chair) — appointed June 26, 2014
- IRENE NALWANGA — appointed Sept. 1, 2018
- JUAN MANUEL SERRANO — appointed Jan. 5, 2015
- Wayne Michael Mertins-Brown MBACP — appointed July 29, 2018