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Create Strength Group

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1193551
Status
Registered
Registered
Feb. 16, 2021
Legal form
CIO

Address

Address
The Cellar Trust
Annexe
Farfield Road
Shipley
West Yorkshire
BD18 4QP

Activities

Create Strength Group provides support to chronic users of cannabis, spice and legal highs and their families. We host mutual aid support groups across West Yorkshire and online, where experience and advice are shared in a safe, non-judgemental, abstinence-based user led environment. The group's services also includes training and research.

Objects: The Objects Of The CIO Arethe Relief Of The Physical And Mental Sickness Of Persons In Need By Reason Of Addiction To Cannabis, Spice, Novel Psychoactive Substances (Nps - Previously Referred To As ‘Legal Highs’) And Other Substances And To Promote Their Rehabilitation In Particular But Not Exclusively By:-1)The Provision Of Mutual Aid Group Support And The Distribution Of Information, Guidance And Assistance To Those Close To Or With An Interest In Such Addictions, Their Families And Concerned Others;2)delivering A Series Of Local Meetings To Promote Abstinence From Drug Use, Share Best Practise And Provide Support Information And Advice; 3)Working With Groups Of A Similar Nature And Exchange Information, Advice And Knowledge With Them, Including Cooperation With Other Voluntary Bodies, Charities, Statutory And Non-Statutory Organisations To Achieve Our Objects;4)supporting Social Interaction / Inclusion And Awareness Of; The Reasons, Symptoms And Consequences Of Contemporary Drug Use, Particularly Regarding The Three Main Specialist Knowledge Bases Found Within Our Membership; Namely Cannabis, Spice And Legal Highs;5)promoting A Range Of Transferable Skills Within Our Membership And The Community, Such As; Employability Skills, Confidence And Social Skills, IT And Media Skills And Responsibility And Organisational Skills. To Encourage, Develop And Support The Pursuit Of Education And Training Within Our Membership. Nothing In This Constitution Shall Authorise An Application Of The Property Of The CIO For The Purposes Which Are Not Charitable In Accordance With [Section 7 Of The Charities And Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005] And [Section 2 Of The Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
What
General Charitable Purposes, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Who
Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Region
Throughout England And Wales

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 £425,096 £329,807
Dec. 31, 2023 £354,289 £189,423
Dec. 31, 2022 £99,338 £67,875
Dec. 31, 2021 £55,279 £38,660

Trustees

Name Appointed
Dr Gabriel Gert Frederick Stoltz (Chair) March 10, 2021
Jane Elizabeth Roberts Nov. 19, 2025
Nicola Shaw Nov. 29, 2023
Rosemary Anne Phillips March 10, 2021