# GROWING AGAINST VIOLENCE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1163738
- **Other names:** GAV
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 28, 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=1163738


## Contact

- **Address:** 18 Stoneleigh Broadway, Epsom, Surrey
- **Postcode:** KT17 2HU
- **Phone:** 07790034464
- **Email:** operations@growingagainstviolence.org.uk
- **Website:** www.growingagainstviolence.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE:1) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE;2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC; AND3) TO UNDERTAKE SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, THROUGH ACTIVITIES INCLUDING:- THE PROVISION OF LEARNING PROGRAMMES THAT PROMOTE THE PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AND CRIME; AND- RESEARCH INTO THE CAUSES, AND EFFECTS ON SOCIETY IN GENERAL, AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR, OF PEER-ON-PEER VIOLENCE, GANG-RELATED CRIME, AND OTHER CRIME.

**Activities:** GAV delivers evidence-based preventative education sessions. It delivers age appropriate sessions to students in school years 5 through to 10, providing a continuum of universal engagement.  The curriculum includes award-winning lessons on sexual violence, knife crime, stop and search, gang recruitment and the anti-social use of social media. Sessions have been delivered to over 270,000 students.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £86142 | £120363 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £88613 | £95013 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £107240 | £89553 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £141039 | £132875 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £116099 | £117009 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ALLEN BARRY DAVIS BA HONS** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 28, 2015
- Christopher John Heawood — appointed Feb. 2, 2017
- Dr DUNCAN BEW — appointed Sept. 9, 2014
- Edward Brown KC — appointed Jan. 7, 2016
- Errol McGlothan — appointed Sept. 19, 2022
- Joanne Simmance — appointed Dec. 19, 2023
- Jonathan Roddick — appointed Jan. 2, 2020
- Rachel Duncan — appointed Dec. 19, 2023
- Rhiannon Judith Clare Sawyer — appointed Jan. 11, 2024