# NIGERIAN OVERSEAS PRISONERS SUPPORT INITIATIVE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1215339
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Oct. 13, 2025
- **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=1215339


## Contact

- **Address:** 61, Bridge Street, Kington, Herefordshire
- **Postcode:** HR5 3DJ
- **Phone:** 0333 070 7886
- **Email:** nopsi@mail.co.uk
- **Website:** www.nopsi.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) THE RELIEF OF NEED AMONG NIGERIAN NATIONALS IMPRISONED OVERSEAS OR RECENTLY RELEASED, BY PROVIDING EMOTIONAL, PRACTICAL, AND EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT TO REDUCE HARDSHIP AND SUPPORT THEIR REINTEGRATION INTO SOCIETY WHERE POSSIBLE.(B) THE REHABILITATION OF EX-OFFENDERS AND THE PREVENTION OF CRIME, PARTICULARLY THROUGH REINTEGRATION SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES AIMED AT REDUCING REOFFENDING.(C) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ON THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND OVERSEAS IMPRISONMENT AND ALSO ON THE CHALLENGES FACED BY PRISONERS ABROAD.

**Activities:** NOPSI provides practical, emotional and educational support to Nigerian nationals in UK prisons. It offers pastoral care, advocacy, family contact support and reintegration guidance, working with chaplaincy services, the Nigerian High Commission and partner organisations to uphold welfare, dignity and rehabilitation.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Dr Osaren Philips Emokpae PhD** | Chair | April 15, 2026 |
| Agbor Osam Orim |  | Oct. 1, 2025 |
| Rev Michael Angley Ogwuche BTh PgDip |  | Oct. 1, 2025 |
| Rev Shegun Oladikpo |  | Oct. 1, 2025 |