# DETENTION ACTION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1198554
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [13608398](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13608398)
- **Registered:** April 7, 2022
- **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=1198554


## Contact

- **Address:** PO Box 78310, LONDON
- **Postcode:** E2 2HA
- **Phone:** 020 7062 4211
- **Email:** admin@detentionaction.org.uk
- **Website:** www.detentionaction.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF DETENTION ACTION ARE FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONGST REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND OTHERS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE AND WHO ARE RESIDENT OR WHO ARE INTENDING TO RESIDE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH EDUCATIONAL, PRACTICAL OR OTHER SUPPORT.

**Activities:** Detention Action is a national charity that aims to change the way that migrants are treated by immigration detention policy in the UK. We defend the rights and improve the welfare of people in detention by combining support for individuals with campaigning for policy change. Detention Action was known as London Detainee Support Group until May 2011.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Hans Dibobe Ekonje** | Chair | Sept. 8, 2021 |
| Andrea Bardelli Danieli |  | May 19, 2026 |
| Bushra Gamar Hussein Rahama |  | May 19, 2026 |
| Daniel Paul Youmans |  | May 19, 2026 |
| JOHN FORSTER BROWN |  | Sept. 8, 2021 |
| Jacqueline McKenzie |  | Feb. 28, 2023 |
| Linda Lam |  | Sept. 9, 2025 |
| Mary Elizabeth Victoria Anne Cruse |  | May 19, 2026 |




