# BRISTOL OLDER PEOPLE'S FORUM

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1162616
- **Other names:** BOPF
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 10, 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=1162616


## Contact

- **Address:** The Create Centre, B-Bond Warehouse, Smeaton Road, BRISTOL
- **Postcode:** BS1 6XN
- **Phone:** 01179279222
- **Email:** finance@bopf.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bopf.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1 TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH THOSE IN THE CITY OF BRISTOL WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR AGE, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND SUPPORTING THEIR PARTICIPATION IN SOCIETY.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD PHYSICAL OR MENTAL HEALTH AMONGST PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED AS A RESULT OF THEIR AGE IN THE CITY OF BRISTOL.IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS, THE TRUSTEES SHALL:A INCREASE, CO-ORDINATE AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES FOR OLDER MEMBERS OF ALL OF BRISTOL'S COMMUNITIES; B GIVE OLDER PEOPLE A VOICE AND FACILITATE THEIR ENGAGEMENT WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, SO AS TO INFLUENCE THE QUALITY AND RELEVANCE OF LOCAL SERVICES AND PROVISIONS AND SO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE OVER 55; C RESEARCH OR PARTICIPATE IN RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION OF OLDER PEOPLE IN THE CITY; ANDD PROMOTE ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OLDER PEOPLE IN BRISTOL

**Activities:** Bristol Older People's Forum is a member-led organisation (circa 3000 members). Our aims are shaped around support, empowerment and challenging ageism. We enable older people to have a direct say in policy and decision-making around identified priorities including: isolation and loneliness and mental and physical well-being. ACTIVITIES include: Open Forums, Newsletters, Workshops and Research.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Elderly/old People



## Areas of operation

- Bath And North East Somerset
- Bristol City
- North Somerset
- South Gloucestershire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £93678 | £93736 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £97814 | £87615 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £94917 | £65189 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £40811 | £53296 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £58456 | £57528 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Beryl Eileen Means — appointed Oct. 19, 2023
- Christina Mary Stokes — appointed March 28, 2019
- David Ian Jepson — appointed July 31, 2025
- David Robert Elson — appointed May 16, 2013
- GLORIA MORRIS — appointed June 30, 2015
- Helena Milton-Thompson — appointed July 31, 2025
- Joanne Goldsworthy Hesketh — appointed Oct. 20, 2022
- Lyn Mitchell Porter — appointed July 25, 2019
- Nigel Geoffrey Varley — appointed Oct. 24, 2024
- Pat Foster — appointed Sept. 22, 2022
- Patricia Ann Mensah — appointed July 25, 2019
- Shelley Margaret Lanchbury — appointed July 31, 2025
- Taramati Mistry — appointed Nov. 5, 2020