# EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES FOR LIFE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1198945
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** May 12, 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=1198945


## Contact

- **Address:** 1 CONCORD BUSINESS CENTRE, CONCORD ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W3 0TJ
- **Phone:** 07572 105791
- **Email:** ECFL@yahoo.com
- **Website:** ecfl.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE UK AND THE GAMBIA BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.PROMOTE AND PROTECT MENTAL HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE UK AND THE GAMBIA BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT TO PEOPLE IN THE MAINTENANCE AND RECOVERY OF MENTAL ILL HEALTH AND THE PROMOTION OF THE UNDERSTANDING OF MENTAL HEALTH THROUGH THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM MENTAL ILL-HEALTH, THEIR CARERS AND FAMILIES, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND THE WIDER PUBLIC.

**Activities:** Empowering Communities For Life (ECFL) is a charity that values education, equality, inclusivity and health well-being principles. Founded in 2016, ECFL has been working intimately with a country in western Africa, The Gambia. Poverty, physical/ mental ill-health, lack of educational resources and limited support for children with Special Educational Needs (SEN)




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- The Gambia
- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Dr Laura Ricketts** | Chair | May 12, 2022 |
| Siobhan Lam |  | March 30, 2025 |
| Zemamnesh Campbell |  | May 12, 2022 |




