# WORLD WITHOUT ORPHANS EUROPE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1187106
- **Other names:** WWO EUROPE
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 20, 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=1187106


## Contact

- **Address:** Flat 1, Avenue House, Upper Warren Avenue, Caversham, READING
- **Postcode:** RG4 7EF
- **Phone:** 07985 943855
- **Email:** europe@worldwithoutorphans.org
- **Website:** www.europe.withoutorphans.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY&#x27;S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AS SET OUT IN THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS AND ADVANCE THE LIFE OF CHILDREN WHO ARE: ORPHANS, UNABLE TO LIVE WITH THEIR FAMILY OF ORIGIN OR AT RISK OF ENTERING THESE CATEGORIES BY ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING PRIMARILY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CHRISTIAN ORGANISATIONS TO CREATE AND SUSTAIN INITIATIVES AND/OR ORGANISATIONS THAT WORK TO FURTHER THESE OBJECTS IN THEIR COUNTRY OR REGION INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) TEACHING, TRAINING AND EQUIPPING: INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, ORGANISATIONS AND CHURCHES IN THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS REQUIRED TO PURSUE THESE OBJECTS THROUGHOUT EUROPE AND ANY OTHER REGION AS DECIDED BY THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME.

**Activities:** WWO Europe exists to inspire and support people, mainly Christians, to create national and regional movements across Europe to prevent children losing their place in a family, and to work for families reuniting where safe and possible, and to encourage alternative family-based care, where it is not.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Geography

- Albania
- Armenia
- Austria
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Egypt
- Finland
- Germany
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Israel
- Kosovo
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Ukraine
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Ruth Vergnon** | Chair | April 19, 2023 |
| BARBARA RUEGGER |  | Dec. 20, 2019 |
| Gordon Showell-Rogers |  | July 6, 2021 |
| Liviu Mihaileanu |  | April 19, 2023 |
| Philip Matthew Green |  | Dec. 20, 2019 |
| Stephen Matthew Westwood |  | July 9, 2025 |




