# MEMORY LANE CAFE CALDERDALE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1178595
- **Other names:** MEMORY LANE CAFE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** June 1, 2018
- **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=1178595


## Contact

- **Address:** 4 GRATRIX LANE, SOWERBY BRIDGE
- **Postcode:** HX6 2AW
- **Phone:** 01422706373
- **Email:** chris@memorylanecafe.org
- **Website:** www.memorylanecafe.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DEMENTIA LIVING IN WEST YORKSHIRE, PRINCIPALLY IN CALDERDALE, BY PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND SOCIALISATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND PROVIDING, SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE PRIMARILY VIA REGULAR MEMORY CAFÉ SESSIONS.2) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

**Activities:** We aim to tackle loneliness and social isolation. We provide support for people affected by dementia, other memory problems, and social isolation. We run fortnightly pop-up cafes in Sowerby Bridge and in Halifax at which we offer  a varied programme of games, crafts, information, support, cakes and conversation.  Our volunteer team run craft sessions, play games, serve  refreshments and chat.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Bradford City
- Calderdale
- Kirklees



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £44975 | £43135 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £33844 | £30154 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £25257 | £24819 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £14927 | £15440 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £9175 | £6352 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **PAUL MANSLEY** (Chair) — appointed April 29, 2021
- CHRISTOPHER ROWLAND HARVEY — appointed June 1, 2018
- Catherine Lloyd — appointed Jan. 28, 2021
- June Harvey — appointed April 29, 2021
- Michael Jon Payne — appointed June 1, 2018
- SHABIR HUSSAIN — appointed June 1, 2018