# BRIGHTON EXILED/REFUGEE TRAUMA SERVICE (BERTS)

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1188586
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** March 17, 2020
- **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=1188586


## Contact

- **Address:** Brighton Exiled/Refugee Trauma Service BERTS, C/O COMMUNITY BASE, 113 QUEENS ROAD, BRIGHTON
- **Postcode:** BN1 3XG
- **Phone:** 07961 779010
- **Email:** information@brightonandhove.com
- **Website:** http://brightonandhovecbt.com/index.html



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND DESTITUTE MIGRANTS WHO SUFFERING FROM (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD), DEPRESSION AND/OR ANXIETY AS A RESULT OF TRAUMA, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FREE SPECIALIST COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY, EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITISATION AND REPROCESSING (EMDR) THERAPY, TRAUMA COUNSELLING AND PSYCHOTHERAPY.

**Activities:** Brighton Exiled/Refugee Trauma Service (BERTS) provides mental health treatment and support to refugees, asylum seekers and destitute migrants in the city of Brighton &amp; Hove




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Brighton And Hove
- East Sussex





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Colin Michael Blowers |  | Jan. 1, 2020 |
| Dr Mehran Rezaei Toroghi |  | Sept. 1, 2025 |
| Dr Sally Rowena Munt |  | Jan. 1, 2020 |
| Itziar Aldecoa Tamayo |  | Jan. 14, 2026 |
| Reem Ali Abushawareb |  | Jan. 1, 2020 |
| Tessa Louise Axelrod |  | Jan. 1, 2020 |




