# MORE THAN GRANDPARENTS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1173253
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** June 2, 2017
- **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=1173253


## Contact

- **Address:** Lambton House, First Floor, 145 High Street West, West Sunniside, Tyne and Wear
- **Postcode:** Sunderla
- **Phone:** 07501 191338
- **Email:** Morethangrandparents@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.morethangrandparents.com



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE BETTER CARE, UPBRINGING AND ESTABLISHMENT IN LIFE OF CHILDREN RESIDING IN SUNDERLAND AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, IN PARTICULAR BY  A) PROMOTING THE ROLE OF KINSHIP CARE, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY GRANDPARENTS, AT ALL LEVELS, PARTICULARLY IN CIRCUMSTANCES OF FAMILY BREAKDOWN, SINGLE PARENTHOOD OR OTHER DIFFICULT CONDITIONS; B) SUPPORTING AND ADVISING GRANDPARENTS AND OTHER KIN WHO ARE ACTING AS, OR INTEND TO ACT AS, CARERS, PARTICULARLY IN THE CIRCUMSTANCES OUTLINED ABOVE C) THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN, THEIR CARERS AND CARERS FAMILIES BY PROVIDING FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

**Activities:** Provides support to kinship carers and their children living in Sunderland and surrounding areas.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** LOCAL
- Sunderland





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Karen Davison** | Chair | March 6, 2020 |
| ADAM MATTHEWS |  | June 21, 2023 |
| Scott Brodie |  | March 31, 2025 |
| Steven Dixon |  | Nov. 20, 2024 |
| Susie Thompson |  | Nov. 28, 2022 |




