# GLOBAL VARIOME

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1174248
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [10269298](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10269298)
- **Registered:** Aug. 14, 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=1174248


## Contact

- **Address:** INSTITUTE OF GENETIC MEDICINE, INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR LIFE, CENTRAL PARKWAY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE1 3BZ
- **Phone:** 0191 241 8794
- **Email:** info@variome.org
- **Website:** http://www.humanvariomeproject.org/about/legal-structure.html



## Activities

**Objects:** THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE SAVING OF LIVES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1) DECREASING THE BURDEN OF DISEASE AND IMPROVING DIAGNOSIS, TREATMENT, AND SURVEILLANCE FOR THOSE SUFFERING FROM DISEASES WITH A GENETIC COMPONENT IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD BY ADVANCING THE AVAILABILITY OF AND ACCESSIBILITY TO GENOMIC VARIANT INFORMATION TO BOTH EXPERTS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 2) PROMOTING THE RESPONSIBLE COLLECTION, CURATION, INTERPRETATION, AND SHARING OF GENOMIC VARIANT INFORMATION BY RESEARCHERS, CLINICIANS, MEDICAL SCIENTISTS, NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS AND THE PUBLIC AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE ALLEVIATION OF HUMAN SUFFERING.3) CARRYING OUT RESEARCH IN FURTHERANCE OF THE PURPOSE, THE USEFUL RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

**Activities:** International organisation dedicated to the advancement of health and the saving of lives for the public benefit in particular but not exclusively by: decreasing the burden of disease and improving diagnosis, promoting the responsible collection, curation, interpretation and sharing of genomic variant information.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Egypt
- Italy
- Kuwait
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Philippines
- Portugal
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- United States
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Professor Sir John Burn** | Chair | July 8, 2016 |
| DR GARRY CUTTING |  | July 8, 2016 |
| Professor  INGRID WINSHIP |  | July 8, 2016 |




