# COPS (COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECT SOLUTIONS)

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1178997
- **Other names:** B LACK AND BLUE PROJECT, BAME and BLUE Project, FIREFIGHTERS CHRISTIAN MINISTRY, BLACK AND BLUE PROJECT, FIREFIGHTERS, Firefighters Social outreach Charity, THE NAKED TRUTH
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** June 29, 2018
- **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=1178997


## Contact

- **Address:** QUADRANT HOUSE, BROAD STREET MALL, READING, BERKSHIRE
- **Postcode:** RG1 7QE
- **Phone:** 0118 449 2509
- **Website:** www.callthecops.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN READING BERKSHIRE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM THAT ARE IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, ESSENTIAL TOILETRIES, AND HOUSEHOLD ITEMS TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN NEED AND/OR FOR DISTRIBUTION BY CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY B) SUCH OTHER MEANS, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT OR SIGNPOSTING TO RELEVANT INFORMATION AND OTHER ADVISORY SERVICE.2. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.3. TO PROMOTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE EFFICIENCY OF THE POLICE IN READING BERKSHIRE AND THE UNITED KINGDOM AND TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND GREATER PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE PREVENTION AND SOLUTION OF CRIME IN THE AREA

**Activities:** COPS is a community action charity. FIREFIGHTERS supports people in crisis in the community via telephone support, feeds the homeless, befriends isolated and elderly people and supports disenfranchised people in need. THE NAKED TRUTH helps churches support trauma and abuse victims. BLACK AND BLUE works to build relations between the local authority police and black community and promote equality.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Other Finance, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Economic/community Development/employment, Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **S VOUSDEN** | Chair | Jan. 12, 2020 |
| R BOJANG |  | Jan. 12, 2020 |
| Susan Straugh |  | March 27, 2025 |




