# YORKSHIRE MINERS&#x27; WELFARE CONVALESCENT HOMES

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 230638
- **Other names:** YMWCH
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 25, 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=230638


## Contact

- **Address:** The Thornycroft Centre, Halfpenny Lane, Pontefract, West Yorkshire
- **Postcode:** WF8 4AY
- **Phone:** 01977 703384
- **Email:** rick.otoole@ciswo.org.uk
- **Website:** https://www.lynwoodminershome.co.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE PROVISION OF CONVALESCENT FACILITIES IN ONE OR MORE CONVALESCENT HOMES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED IN THE AREA OF THE CHARITY  EITHER IN THE COAL INDUSTRY OR IN ACTIVITIES ALLIED TO THOSE OF THE COAL INDUSTRY AND THEIR WIVES, HUSBANDS AND DEPENDANT RELATIVES AND THE WIDOWS, WIDOWERS AND NECESSITOUS RELATIVES OF DECEASED PERSONS WHO WERE IN THEIR LIFETIME EMPLOYED AS AFORESAID

**Activities:** Provision of convalescent facilities to persons who are or have been employed in the coal industry, or allied activities, within Yorkshire and their wives, husbands, and dependant relatives and also widows, widowers and necessitous relatives of deceased persons (qualifying as above). The charity currently operates a convalescent home - Lynwood - in Scarborough.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Accommodation/housing
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** ANY AREA WHICH FORMALLY AT ANY TIME WAS COMPRISED WITHIN ANY OF THE YORKSHIRE AREAS OF THE NATIONAL COAL BOARD
- Barnsley
- Doncaster
- Leeds City
- Rotherham
- Sheffield City





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **DAVID PICKERING** | Chair | June 23, 2016 |
| Dale Longley |  | July 24, 2023 |
| Dene Coupland |  | July 24, 2023 |
| Heather Alison Wade |  | March 11, 2025 |




