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Two's Company Keswick

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1196319
Status
Registered
Registered
Oct. 29, 2021
Legal form
CIO
Area of benefit
Local

Address

Address
Littlebeck
Chestnut Hill
KESWICK
Cumbria
CA12 4LT

Activities

Two's Company Keswick is a befriending scheme offered to lonely and/or social isolated adults in the Keswick and wider CA12 area. Fully trained and vetted volunteer befrienders are matched up with those referred into the scheme according to personality and interests.

Objects: The Object Of The CIO Is: To Promote Social Inclusion For The Public Benefit By Preventing Adults Resident In The Keswick Ca12 Postcode Area From Becoming Socially Excluded, Relieving The Needs Of Those People Who Are Socially Excluded And Assisting Them To Integrate Into Society, In Particular Through: A) The Provision Of A Befriending Service Designed To Support And Assist Such Persons. B) Recruiting And Training Volunteers To Be Befrienders, Developing Understanding Of The Befriender’s Role And Limitations And Providing Ongoing Support.for The Purpose Of This Clause ‘socially Excluded’ Means Being Excluded From Society, Or Parts Of Society, As A Result Of Loneliness And/or Social Isolation Due To Age Or Ill Health And The Absence Or Lack Of A Strong Social Support Network.

Classification

How
Provides Services
What
General Charitable Purposes, Disability
Who
Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Cumbria

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
June 30, 2025 £11,720 £8,429
June 30, 2024 £8,550 £7,899
July 1, 2023 £5,650 £5,739
July 1, 2022 £7,350 £4,677

Trustees

Name Appointed
Christine Wendy Morgan (Chair) Oct. 27, 2022
John Robert Hayes Oct. 28, 2021
Keith Malcolm Rigg Oct. 28, 2021
Rev Charles Henry Hope Oct. 28, 2021
Sara Margaret Therese Sutton July 31, 2025
Steven Oldfield Oct. 24, 2025