# SOUTH WESTERN REGIONAL LIBRARY SERVICES CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1176414
- **Other names:** SWRLS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 21, 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=1176414


## Contact

- **Address:** ARTS UNIVERSITY PLYMOUTH, TAVISTOCK PLACE, PLYMOUTH
- **Postcode:** PL4 8AT
- **Phone:** 07590 218156
- **Email:** coordinator@swrls.org.uk
- **Website:** www.swrls.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(A) PROMOTING CROSS SECTOR CO-OPERATION BETWEEN MEMBERS.(B) PROMOTING ACCESS TO LIBRARY COLLECTIONS AND SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE.(C) PROVIDING A FRAMEWORK FOR THE INTERLENDING OF MATERIALS.(D) ADVANCING THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE WORKFORCE AND THEIRSTAKEHOLDERS.(E) FACILITATING A COLLABORATIVE NETWORK TO SHARE BEST PRACTICE ANDEXCELLENCE.(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF LITERATURE, KNOWLEDGE AND LIFELONG LEARNING FOR THEBENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING:(A) ACCESS TO SPECIALIST RESOURCES.(B) CULTURAL ACTIVITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS.(C) ACCESS TO DATA AND INFORMATION.

**Activities:** We take a strategic &amp; partnership approach to serving our communities by developing staff, services &amp; resources that are inclusive, sustainable &amp; enhance learning.  We do this through 5 key areas of activity: networking; providing training &amp; development opportunities &amp; courses; providing grants for projects &amp; training; facilitating the inter lending of resources; developing strategic partnerships




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Guernsey
- Jersey
- Bournemouth
- Bristol City
- Cornwall
- Devon
- Dorset
- Gloucestershire
- Hampshire
- Somerset
- Torbay
- Wiltshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Dave Rowe |  | Nov. 13, 2025 |
| Donna Lynne Gundry |  | April 5, 2017 |
| Emma Kristina Wellard |  | Dec. 30, 2019 |
| Frances Jane Tout |  | Nov. 13, 2020 |
| Helen Chaloner |  | Nov. 28, 2018 |
| Jane Choules |  | Nov. 13, 2024 |
| Jolanta Peters |  | June 29, 2018 |
| Kerry Kellaway |  | Nov. 13, 2024 |
| Michael Garfield Hosking |  | June 14, 2019 |




