# LOWESTOFT AND DISTRICT MENCAP SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 233331
- **Other names:** LOWESTOFT AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, LOWESTOFT AND DISTRICT SOCIETY FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS, LOWESTOFT AND DISTRICT MENCAP SOCIETY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 11, 1964
- **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=233331


## Contact

- **Address:** The Unity Centre / The Fort, Unit 1, 3, 4, 6 Milton Road East
- **Postcode:** LOWESTOF
- **Phone:** 01502539810
- **Email:** theunitycentre@hotmail.com
- **Website:** https://gofund.me/4b332785



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF HELP AND SUPPORT FOR THEM AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS AND CARERS, AND TO PREVENT LEARNING DISABILITIES FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT AND TO ADVANCE RELIGION AMONGST PERSONS WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY; AND(B) TO PROVIDED OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NEED THEREOF BY REASON OF LEARNING DISABILITY WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.

**Activities:** The Unity Centre is a cafe/charity shop offering advice/befriending/hate crime support. Activities: karaoke, arts & crafts, Bang & Crash, wellbeing and Groove.Our Unity Youth Projects department runs The Fort, a gaming hub that specialises in improving social connectivity & life/social skills, through digital/IT-based & modernised projects & activities, such as card/board/video games, D&D & VR.

**Area of benefit:** LOWESTOFT AND DISTRICT




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Suffolk



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept. 30, 2024 | £68609 | £112397 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2023 | £109694 | £81291 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2022 | £87548 | £96884 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2021 | £44715 | £41835 | — | — |
| Sept. 30, 2020 | £43177 | £34545 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **JACQUELINE GUYTON** (Chair)
- Alan Roll — appointed Jan. 1, 2023
- DAVID BEN HOLLINGWORTH
- Giselle Czajka — appointed Nov. 11, 2013
- Janet Elizabeth Craig — appointed Sept. 13, 2022
- Nathan Jon Anthony McWade — appointed July 11, 2024
- Toni Jackson — appointed March 4, 2019