# COMPASS-GHANA (COMPASSIONATE PALLIATIVE SERVICES)

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1199633
- **Other names:** COMPASS-GHANA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 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=1199633


## Contact

- **Address:** 293 Bowerham Road, LANCASTER
- **Postcode:** LA1 4AS
- **Phone:** 01225 863507
- **Email:** john.davies@compass-gh.org
- **Website:** www.compass-gh.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO (&quot;OBJECT&quot;) IS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH BY SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF PALLIATIVE CARE IN GHANA AND THE SURROUNDING REGION, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:(A) IMPROVING ACCESS TO, AND THE QUALITY OF, PALLIATIVE CARE IN ORDER TO RELIEVE THE SICKNESS, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS OF PEOPLE AT THE END OF THEIR LIVES;(B) PROMOTING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH IN, AND ADVANCING CLINICAL KNOWLEDGE OF, PALLIATIVE CARE, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON RESOURCE-POOR COMMUNITIES;(C) PROVIDING OR FACILITATING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PALLIATIVE CARE FOR PATIENTS, FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BECOME AS SELF-RELIANT AS REASONABLY PRACTICABLE IN THEIR INTERVENTIONS AND CARE; AND(D) SUPPORTING OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS IN GHANA AND THE SURROUNDING REGION, WHICH ARE INVOLVED IN PALLIATIVE CARE, IN SUCH WAYS AND SUCH MANNER AS SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE.

**Activities:** COMPASS-Ghana is on a journey to reduce suffering and hardship in resource-poor and hard to reach communities of all faiths and traditions. Working in collaboration with local communities and trusted institutions, we are on a journey of support and empowerment to enable Ghanaians to access universal palliative and end-of-life care for all. Allowing patients to die with support and dignity.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Ghana
- Cardiff
- Lancashire
- Vale Of Glamorgan
- Wiltshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Dr Cecilia Akrisie Anim CBE** | Chair | Oct. 13, 2021 |
| Dr Ernest Komla Ahiaku MB |  | Oct. 13, 2021 |
| Dr GEOFFREY MARK Sharp |  | May 22, 2024 |
| Peter  Michael  James Baxendell |  | Oct. 13, 2021 |
| Ruth Elizabeth Flood |  | May 22, 2024 |
| William Schiller |  | Oct. 13, 2021 |




