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The Ripple Pond

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1161224
Status
Registered
Registered
April 9, 2015
Legal form
CIO
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
Ground Floor
66 High Street
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1XG

Activities

The Ripple Pond provides peer-led services for adults supporting loved ones who have beenphysically, or psychologically injured due to their service with The British Armed Forces.We serve all families regardless of services, both regular and reserve, commissioned and non-commissioned.Our peer-led services provide support groups, specialised 1-to-1 support and information and event services.

Objects: The objects of the CIO are to relieve the need, suffering and distress of Beneficiaries, in particular by:• Enabling Beneficiaries to meet each other to provide reassurance and comfort to one another;• Providing an opportunity to Beneficiaries to share coping strategies; and• Encouraging self-motivation amongst Beneficiaries for recovery from secondary trauma. Beneficiaries must be at least 18 years of age.In this objects clause:1. "Beneficiaries" shall mean: a) the families, partners, relatives and other dependants of members and former members of the British Armed Forces; and b) the families, partners, relatives and other dependants of members and former members of any Allied Forces Unit.2. "Allied Forces Unit" shall mean any unit of any foreign military body allied to His Majesty's Armed Forces at the time of the Member's service

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
What
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who
Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Country
Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, France, Germany, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Spain
Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £365,911 £271,462
March 31, 2024 £214,209 £254,905
March 31, 2023 £206,778 £196,283
March 31, 2022 £217,768 £127,833
March 31, 2021 £154,727 £120,583

Trustees

Name Appointed
Brigadier Andrew Charles Wood (Chair) June 8, 2022
Gemma Begley Sept. 13, 2023
Jacqueline Ruth Watts March 23, 2020
Jessica Cheesman March 7, 2016
Jonathan Werrett Sept. 13, 2023
Kathleen Parker Sept. 13, 2023
Rachel Mason Oct. 6, 2021
Sarah Elizabeth Cook Sept. 13, 2023
Simon Mark Broomfield Jan. 24, 2019