# SHAFTESBURY REFUGEE GROUP

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1204787
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Sept. 19, 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=1204787


## Contact

- **Address:** Grove Farm House, Dinahs Hollow, Melbury Abbas, SHAFTESBURY, Dorset
- **Postcode:** SP7 0DE
- **Phone:** 07340 934921
- **Email:** shaftesburyrefugeegroup@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.shaftesburyrefugeegroup.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND OTHER DISPLACED PEOPLE IN SHAFTESBURY, GILLINGHAM, MOTCOMBE AND THE ADJACENT VILLAGES AND TOWNS THROUGH:• INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY.• PROVIDING PEER SUPPORT AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT BUILD PEOPLE’S CONFIDENCE AND ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY.• PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL, TRAINING, SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

**Activities:** We provide befriending, practical advice and financial support to help refugees settle into the communities of Shaftesbury, Gillingham and the adjacent towns and villages.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Dorset
- Wiltshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Carolyn Michelle Godfrey** | Chair | July 27, 2020 |
| Bryan Stuart Twiss |  | July 27, 2020 |
| Guy Russell Sutherland |  | June 28, 2025 |
| Julia Elizabeth Markus |  | March 7, 2023 |
| Luke Aaron Foy |  | Dec. 2, 2025 |
| Nicola Elizabeth Pender |  | Dec. 8, 2023 |
| Rebecca Elizabeth Sutherland |  | June 28, 2025 |
| Rosalind Anne Rosemary Hanby |  | July 27, 2020 |
| Sara Delano Jacson MBE |  | Nov. 23, 2017 |
| Stephen Kenneth Wiles |  | Oct. 27, 2023 |




