# PORTLAND COLLEGE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 214339
- **Other names:** PORTLAND TRAINING COLLEGE FOR THE DISABLED
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [00408340](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00408340)
- **Registered:** March 22, 1963
- **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=214339


## Contact

- **Address:** PORTLAND COLLEGE, NOTTINGHAM ROAD, MANSFIELD
- **Postcode:** NG18 4TJ
- **Phone:** 01623 499101
- **Email:** college@portland.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.portland.ac.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF AND PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES BY ANY AND EVERY MEANS INCLUDING ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. ASSESSING THEIR SPECIFIC LEARNING AND SUPPORT NEEDS; 2. FACILITATING LEARNING AND TRAINING IN A SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE AND PROVIDE THEM WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO AID PROGRESS TO THE NEXT STAGE OF THEIR LIFE GOALS; 3. PROMOTING THEIR INDEPENDENCE, SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND THEIR CAPACITY FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITIES; 4. PROVIDING APPROPRIATE RESIDENTIAL AND OTHER ACCOMMODATION TO MEET THEIR PERSONAL CARE NEEDS; 5. PROMOTING AND ORGANISING SPORTING, LEISURE AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS FOR THEM; 6. PROMOTING EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES; AND 7. TO UNDERTAKE SUCH OTHER APPROPRIATE ACTIVITIES AS WILL SUPPORT AND FACILITATE THE ABOVE.

**Activities:** Portland College is a vibrant national college for people with a wide range of disabilities.  It is one of the foremost Colleges of its type providing good learning opportunities for up to 300 students aged from 16.  They who come from all over the country to take advantage of Portland&#x27;s excellent facilities and wide spectrum of programmes in an environment designed to meet their special needs.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Disability
- **Who:** People With Disabilities



## Geography

- Nottinghamshire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Dr Dawn Elizabeth Green** | Chair | Nov. 30, 2015 |
| AMANDA MARGARET FARR |  | July 9, 2018 |
| Dianne Maureen Jackson |  | Jan. 25, 2023 |
| Joe Butler |  | Jan. 26, 2021 |
| Margaret June Murray |  | Nov. 2, 2022 |
| Mark Briggs |  | July 8, 2019 |
| Peter Arthur Emerson |  | Jan. 30, 2017 |
| Sarah Egley |  | July 9, 2018 |
| Stephen Jackson |  | Oct. 14, 2019 |




