# East Midlands Asbestos Support Team

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1186006
- **Other names:** DERBYSHIRE ASBESTOS SUPPORT TEAM, DAST, EAST MIDLANDS ASBESTOS SUPPORT TEAM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Oct. 28, 2019
- **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=1186006


## Contact

- **Address:** East Midlands Asbestos Support Team, 1 Rose Hill East, Chesterfield
- **Postcode:** S40 1NU
- **Phone:** 01246 380415
- **Email:** emast.admin@emast.org.uk
- **Website:** https://www.emast.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1. TO RELIEVE PERSONS SUFFERING FROM ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES, THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS IN THE EAST MIDLANDS AND ITS ENVIRONS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, ILL HEALTH OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVOCACY, SUPPORT, EDUCATION, PRACTICAL ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE INCLUDING BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT FOR THOSE BEREAVED THROUGH ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASE. 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELEVANT TO ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES INCLUDING THE HAZARDS POSED TO HEALTH BY ASBESTOS.3. TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL ILL-HEALTH OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE EAST MIDLANDS AND ITS ENVIRONS SUFFERING BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS THROUGH ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASE BY THE PROVISION OF EMOTIONAL SUPPORT AND PRACTICAL ADVICE TO SUCH PERSONS. 4. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELEVANT TO ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES. 5. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELEVANT TO THE HAZARDS POSED TO HEALTH BY ASBESTOS.

**Activities:** We help and support anyone with an asbestos related disease.  We support people throughout the East Midlands as well as Burton on Trent and Peterborough.  We offer advice and support with welfare benefits uptake including the Government Compensation Schemes.  We offer advice about making a civil claim.  As well as acting as a support group.  We also offer bereavement support.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Derby City
- Derbyshire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- North East Lincolnshire
- North Lincolnshire
- Northamptonshire
- Nottingham City
- Nottinghamshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **James Eaden** | Chair | Oct. 28, 2019 |
| Ann Lambert |  | Dec. 1, 2022 |
| COLIN HAMPTON |  | Oct. 28, 2019 |
| DAVID MACGREGOR |  | March 17, 2023 |
| HILARY MARGARET CAVE |  | Dec. 12, 2022 |
| Patricia Joy Clough |  | Dec. 5, 2022 |




