# COUNCIL FOR AT-RISK ACADEMICS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 207471
- **Other names:** COUNCIL FOR ASSISTING REFUGEE ACADEMICS, SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF SCIENCE AND LEARNING LIMITED, CARA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00641687](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00641687)
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **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=207471


## Contact

- **Address:** Council for at Risk Academics, South Bank Technopark, 90 London Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE1 6LN
- **Phone:** 020 7021 0882
- **Email:** info@cara.ngo
- **Website:** www.cara.ngo



## Activities

**Objects:** 2.1 TO ASSIST ACADEMICS, WHO HAVE BEEN, OR ARE, OR ARE AT RISK OF BEING, SUBJECT TO DISCRIMINATION, PERSECUTION, SUFFERING OR VIOLENCE ON ACCOUNT OF RACE, RELIGION, NATIONALITY, MEMBERSHIP OF A PARTICULAR SOCIAL GROUP, OR POLITICAL OPINION, TO RELIEVE NEEDS AMONG THEM AND THEIR DEPENDANTS AND ENSURE THAT THEIR SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES CAN CONTINUE TO BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC;2.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION BY SUPPORTING ACADEMICS AND THEIR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN COUNTRIES WHERE THEIR CONTINUING WORK IS AT RISK OR COMPROMISED, TO ENSURE THAT SUCH ACADEMICS AND INSTITUTIONS CAN CONTINUE TO FULFIL THEIR CRITICAL ROLE AS EDUCATORS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

**Activities:** To assist academics who are subject to or at risk of discrimination, persecution, suffering or violence, to relieve needs among them and their dependants so that their abilities can continue to be used for the public benefit; to support academics and their institutions in countries where their work is at risk or compromised, to ensure that they can continue to fulfil their role as educators.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Australia
- Canada
- France
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- Jordan
- Malaysia
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Syria
- Turkey
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Professor Dame Nicola Dandridge DBE** | Chair | Nov. 25, 2016 |
| Alan John Mackay |  | Jan. 10, 2024 |
| Dr Cornelia Katharine Sorabji CBE |  | June 1, 2022 |
| Dr JOANNA FRANCES NEWMAN MBE |  | June 7, 2017 |
| Dr Mehroosh Tak |  | Jan. 11, 2024 |
| Naina Patel |  | Jan. 15, 2024 |
| Professor Vincent Clive Emery |  | June 1, 2022 |
| SIMON JAMES KNEVETT BARRATT |  | June 1, 2023 |
| Sarah Margaret Dickson OBE |  | Jan. 18, 2024 |
| Vivienne Esther Catherine Stern MBE |  | June 1, 2022 |




