# EPSOM COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1195279
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 23, 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=1195279


## Contact

- **Address:** LIONEL BLACKMAN (SOLICITORS), UPPER CHAMBERS, 7 WATERLOO ROAD, 7 Waterloo Road, Epsom
- **Postcode:** KT19 8AY
- **Phone:** 01372 728941
- **Email:** epsomcomspon@gmail.com
- **Website:** https://www.epsomcommunitysponsorship.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: (1) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL OR OTHER HARDSHIP AMONGST THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, IN PARTICULAR THOSE LIVING (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN EPSOM OR EWELL AND THE SURROUNDING AREA WITHIN SURREY, BY PROVIDING HOUSING, ADVICE AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT (INCLUDING GRANTS OR LOANS) TO MEET IDENTIFIED NEEDS. AND, IN RELATION TO THOSE PEOPLE AS ARE MENTIONED IN SUB-CLAUSE (1) OF THIS CLAUSE: (A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY. (B) TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT. (C) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH. (D) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND BY ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. (E) TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, &amp; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. (F) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING THROUGH CULTURAL ACTIVITIES) OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, AND FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ABOUT ISSUES RELATING TO THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.

**Activities:** Supports refugee families resettling in the Borough of Epsom and Ewell under a Government backed scheme.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Surrey





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Joanna Kathryn Sherring** | Chair | July 26, 2021 |
| LIONEL BLACKMAN |  | Aug. 2, 2021 |
| Richard James Leighton |  | July 26, 2021 |
| Terence Sherring |  | Aug. 2, 2021 |




