# THE OUTHOUSE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1204555
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Sept. 1, 2023
- **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=1204555


## Contact

- **Address:** THE OUTHOUSE, 19 EAST HILL, COLCHESTER
- **Postcode:** CO1 2QX
- **Phone:** 01206 871394
- **Email:** info@theouthouse.org.uk
- **Website:** www.theouthouse.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE OUTHOUSE ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION IN ESSEX AND SURROUNDING AREAS: 1) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: A) WORKING TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AND INEQUALITY ON THE GROUNDS OF GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION; B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS OF ISSUES RELATING TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY AND DISCRIMINATION AND THE NEEDS OF LGBTQ+ PEOPLE AND THE ISSUES AFFECTING THEIR COMMUNITIES; C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN RELATION TO PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ+; AND D) PROVIDING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH LGBTQ+ PEOPLE MAY CONNECT AND BUILD A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. 2) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONGST PEOPLE WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT PREVENTING SUCH PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE:‘LGBTQ’ REFERS TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUESTIONING OR QUEER AND ‘+’ REFERS TO OTHER CATEGORIES INCLUDING NON-BINARY AND PANSEXUAL;REFERENCES TO ‘LGBTQ+ PEOPLE’ INCLUDES, BY EXTENSION, THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS/PARTNERS/FRIENDS.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Disability, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Essex





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Michael Woods |  | May 19, 2025 |
| Faye Nora Edwards |  | Sept. 1, 2023 |
| JORDAN ALEXANDER NEWELL |  | April 27, 2023 |
| LINDSEY ILSLEY |  | July 15, 2024 |
| Nicola Goodchild |  | Sept. 1, 2023 |
| Steve Mannix |  | April 11, 2022 |




