# REFUGEE ADVOCACY, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT, LANCASTER (RAIS)

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1193811
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** March 15, 2021
- **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=1193811


## Contact

- **Address:** THE CORNERSTONE, SULYARD STREET, LANCASTER
- **Postcode:** LA1 1PX
- **Phone:** 07753 366753
- **Email:** info@rais.org.uk
- **Website:** http://rais.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN NEED IN THE LANCASTER AND MORECAMBE AREA, BY REASON OF THEIR STATUS AS ASYLUM SEEKERS OR REFUGEES, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, PRINCIPALLY BY PROVIDING ADVOCACY, ADVICE AND SUPPORT.

**Activities:** We provide advocacy, information and support to refugees and asylum seekers in the Lancaster and Morecambe area.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Lancashire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Matthew MacDonald** | Chair | March 19, 2026 |
| Anas Radwan Allababedy |  | Aug. 24, 2022 |
| Andrew Nicholson |  | Aug. 24, 2022 |
| Jennifer Maclennan |  | Sept. 9, 2024 |
| John Chell |  | July 7, 2025 |




