# THE KARIM FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1191413
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 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=1191413


## Contact

- **Address:** 12 GURNEY WAY, CAMBRIDGE
- **Postcode:** CB4 2ED
- **Phone:** 07779 252862
- **Email:** info@karimfoundation.co.uk
- **Website:** www.karimfoundation.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: (A) PROVIDING FOOD, HOUSEHOLD ITEMS AND SUPPORT WITH DOMESTIC COSTS (E.G. FOOD VOUCHERS/UTILITY TOP UPS/FUEL) FOR INDIVIDUALS IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP INCLUDING THOSE FROM GROUPS WHICH FACE DISPROPORTIONATE DISADVANTAGE EITHER THROUGH POVERTY OR OTHER STATUS E.G. REFUGEES/ASYLUM SEEKERS, BLACK AND MINORITY ETHNIC (BME) RESIDENTS/MIGRANTS, SINGLE PARENTS, THE DISABLED, CHILDREN/YOUNG PEOPLE, THE ELDERLY, THOSE WHO ARE ISOLATED, OR WITH NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS, OR FACING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. (B) FACILITATING BETTER PARTNERSHIP WORK IN RAISING AWARENESS AND SHARING KNOWLEDGE OF THE IMPACT OF EMERGENCIES LIKE COVID 19 ON DISADVANTAGE AND INEQUALITIES, LEADING TO BETTER TARGETED SERVICES. SUCH SUPPORT BEING PROVIDED IN THE SPIRIT OF ISLAMIC PRINCIPLES WHICH REMIND ALL OF THE NEED TO CARE, AND TO SERVE AND EDUCATE HUMANITY IN A SPIRIT OF HUMILITY AND COMPASSION.

**Activities:** To prevent and relieve poverty in Cambridgeshire providing food, household items, support with domestic costs for individuals in financial hardship including those facing disproportionate disadvantage either through poverty or other status. Raise awareness of the impact of emergencies on disadvantage and inequalities and serve in the spirit of Islamic principles of care, humility and compassion.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** LOCAL
- Cambridgeshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Shahidun Rahman** | Chair | Sept. 22, 2020 |
| Dr Khalku Karim |  | Sept. 22, 2020 |
| Jeandre Hunter |  | Sept. 22, 2020 |




