# GROWING AGAINST VIOLENCE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1163738
- **Other names:** GAV
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [09209205](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09209205)
- **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&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=1163738


## Contact

- **Address:** 18 Stoneleigh Broadway, Epsom, Surrey
- **Postcode:** KT17 2HU
- **Phone:** 07790 034464
- **Email:** operations@growingagainstviolence.org.uk
- **Website:** www.growingagainstviolence.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY&#x27;S OBJECTS (&quot;THE OBJECTS&quot;) 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



## Geography

- Throughout England





## Trustees

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




