# ASSOCIATION OF SENIOR CHILDREN'S AND EDUCATION LIBRARIANS

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1200443
- **Other names:** ASCEL, Libraries Rising
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Sept. 21, 2022
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1200443


## Contact

- **Address:** Wolverhampton Central Library, Snow Hill, WOLVERHAMPTON
- **Postcode:** WV1 3AX
- **Phone:** 01902539199
- **Email:** info@librariesrising.org.uk
- **Website:** https://www.librariesrising.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE LITERACY IN YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES PRIMARILY BY ASSISTING IN THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE, OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SERVICES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IMPROVING THE OVERALL STANDARD OF LIBRARIES AND LIBRARY SERVICES, AND BY PROVIDING EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THOSE INVOLVED IN LIBRARIANSHIP.

**Activities:** ASCEL works with all governmental, professional and other organisations and individuals, including children and young people themselves, in order to promote the value and awareness of library and information services for young people;We develop policies and strategies and training opportunities for the membership to be able to enhance and sustain library services for CYP and their families.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £255808 | £252535 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £264511 | £189445 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £60921 | £32288 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **ANNABEL SUSAN ALICE GITTINS** (Chair) — appointed Nov. 28, 2022
- Anna Louise Simmons — appointed Nov. 28, 2022
- Clover Anyon — appointed Sept. 4, 2025
- Dionne Raymond — appointed Sept. 4, 2025
- Fabienne Tannoh — appointed Nov. 10, 2023
- Harry Twohig — appointed Nov. 20, 2025
- Kirsty Ann Ellis — appointed Nov. 10, 2023
- Krystal Ann Vittles BEM — appointed Nov. 28, 2022
- Lucy Starbuck Braidley — appointed Sept. 4, 2025
- Mark Christopher Edward Freeman MBE — appointed Nov. 10, 2023
- Nicholas Fuller — appointed Nov. 10, 2023
- Sherilyn D Pereira — appointed Nov. 10, 2023
- Thomas Williams — appointed Sept. 4, 2025