# ALWAYS AN ALTERNATIVE CIO

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1201213
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 2, 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=1201213


## Contact

- **Address:** Always An Alternative CIO, The Campus, Pack Horse Lane, High Green, SHEFFIELD
- **Postcode:** S35 3HY
- **Phone:** 07436 468327
- **Email:** info@alwaysanalternative.org.uk
- **Website:** www.alwaysanalternative.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO PROMOTE THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND THE SAVING OF LIVES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY CONCERNING ISSUES OF SERIOUS VIOLENCE (KNIFE CRIME AND ASSAULTS), GANG CULTURE, CHILD CRIMINAL EXPLOITATION (CCE) AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR WITHIN BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO THE LOCAL DISTRICT OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE.2. TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF ENGAGEMENT INCLUDING LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, ARTS AND CRAFTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH YORKSHIRE, TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY AND TO POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY.

**Activities:** We challenge the mindset of young people on serious violence (knife crime, gun crime &amp; serious assault) gang culture (Criminal Child Exploitation (CCE), county lines) and anti social behaviour. This is acheived with education and alternative ways of engagement.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Jo Beeley** | Chair | Dec. 2, 2022 |
| Angela Toulson |  | July 1, 2025 |
| Paula Theresa Barker |  | May 16, 2025 |




