# GAME THERAPY UK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1201860
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 7, 2023
- **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=1201860


## Contact

- **Address:** 27 OLD GLOUCESTER STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1N 3AX
- **Phone:** 07879881345
- **Email:** gary.colman@game-therapy.co.uk
- **Website:** https://www.game-therapy.co.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF FACTORS SUCH AS UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE DEPENDENCY (INCLUDING DRUGS AND ALCOHOL); DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE ASSIGNMENT, POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING BACK INTO SOCIETY). THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED BY, BUT NOT RESTRICTED TO, A. PROMOTING SOCIAL INCLUSION THROUGH COOPERATIVE GAME PLAY AND THERAPEUTIC GAMING. B. USING COOPERATIVE GAME PLAY AND THERAPEUTIC GAME PLAY, CO-DESIGNED WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO PROVIDE EDUCATION (SUCH AS IMPROVING ‘SOFT SOCIAL SKILLS’, BASIC LANGUAGE SKILLS, BASIC NUMERACY) TO THOSE GROUPS. THIS COULD INCLUDE AWARDING RECOGNISED QUALIFICATIONS IN THOSE SKILLS (SUCH AS AQAS IN BASIC LITERACY, NUMERACY, AND CREATIVE SKILLS). 2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN THE SUBJECT OF GAME THERAPY AND THERAPEUTIC GAMING BY THE FUNDING OR CONDUCT OF RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULT OF THAT RESEARCH.” FOR THE PURPOSE OF BOTH CLAUSES, WE DEFINE A. ‘THERAPEUTIC GAMING’ AS “THE INTENTIONAL USE OF GAMES (PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY COOPERATIVE ROLE-PLAYING GAMES) FOR THEIR PSYCHOSOCIAL BENEFIT BY NON-CLINICIANS”. B. ‘GAME THERAPY’ TO MEAN “THE INTENTIONAL USE OF GAMES (PRIMARILY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY COOPERATIVE ROLE-PLAYING GAMES (RPGS) FOR THEIR PSYCHOSOCIAL BENEFIT BY REGISTERED CLINICIANS SUCH AS PSYCHIATRISTS OR ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGISTS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS, DRAMA THERAPISTS ETC.

**Activities:** Game Therapy UK's activities include supporting the provision of high quality, evidence-based Therapeutic Gaming projects to the UK population across the areas of physical health, mental health and social disadvantage. We will also promote research into, and education of, all aspects of Therapeutic Gaming.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Australia
- Canada
- United States
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £42874 | £4296 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £29591 | £3104 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr gary colman** (Chair) — appointed May 4, 2022
- Charlie Conquest — appointed Jan. 18, 2024
- Dr Kathryn Ragan — appointed Jan. 18, 2024
- Finbar Macdonald-Westall — appointed May 4, 2022
- Giles Rowe — appointed May 4, 2022
- Hollie Baines — appointed Feb. 1, 2026
- Professor Steven Harris — appointed Feb. 1, 2026