# Artizan International

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1160494
- **Other names:** CRAFT AID INTERNATIONAL, Artizan International
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 13, 2015
- **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=1160494


## Contact

- **Address:** 39 Oxford Street, HARROGATE, North Yorkshire
- **Postcode:** HG11PW
- **Phone:** 01423 561556
- **Email:** chair@artizaninternational.org
- **Website:** www.artizaninternational.org



## Activities

**Objects:** The objects of the CIO are: 1. To relieve the needs of disabled people in Yorkshire and the surrounding area by providing opportunities to engage in socially interactive craft-based activities and to learn craft-based skills. 2. The relief of poverty among disabled people in such parts of the world as the trustees shall from time to time determine in particular but not exclusively through the provision of training in craft-based skills and the establishment of craft-based social enterprise organisations to provide training and employment opportunities for such people. 3. The promotion of social inclusion for the public benefit amongst people with disabilities.

**Activities:** 1. Running craft workshops for people with disabilities (PWDs) to learn craft skills. 2. Training skilled volunteers to set up employment-generating craft workshops for PWDs facing poverty in the developing world. 3. Running a shop to sell products made by PWDs in our workshops in the developing world to provide them with an income.4. Running a cafe to provide day services &amp; work experience.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation
- **Who:** People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Ecuador
- Peru
- North Yorkshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Carmel Mary Wadsworth |  | April 30, 2025 |
| Nancy Oblitas |  | Feb. 18, 2026 |
| Rev Elizabeth Sewell BA BSc |  | Dec. 15, 2022 |
| Richard Neil Paul BA, FCA |  | Dec. 15, 2022 |
| Samantha Jane Kenny |  | Jan. 28, 2026 |
| Sharon Nielsen |  | April 30, 2025 |




