UK funding workspaceAbbeyfield World Council grants and how to apply
Local / combined authority · Charity no. 1212467
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Abbeyfield World Council is a charity registered in England and Wales under number 1212467. The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as England and Wales, Australia, Belgium, Canada and New Zealand and 5 more areas. The register describes its activities as: “The World Council brings together the national organisations to share information and ensure that there is shared oversight of the elements that bind Abbeyfield together.” Its charitable objects are: “The relief and care of people who are in need due to their age, ill-health, social isolation or disabilities by supporting the charitable work of the Abbeyfield family and its national organisations around the World, including sharing best practice in the relief and are of predominantly older people for the benefit…”
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From the charity register and the funder's published information.
- What it funds
- General charitable purposesEducation / trainingDisability
- Who it helps
- Older peoplePeople with disabilitiesOther charities or voluntary bodiesOther defined groups
- How it gives
- Makes grants to organisationsProvides advocacy / advice / informationSponsors or undertakes researchActs as an umbrella or resource body
Charitable objects
The relief and care of people who are in need due to their age, ill-health, social isolation or disabilities by supporting the charitable work of the Abbeyfield family and its national organisations around the World, including sharing best practice in the relief and are of predominantly older people for the benefit of the public
Where it operates
Throughout England and Wales, Australia, Belgium, Canada, New Zealand, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Poland, Malawi, Jersey
- Trustees
- 6
What Abbeyfield World Council funds
Abbeyfield World Council is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training and disability for older people, people with disabilities and other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy / advice / information, sponsors or undertakes research and acts as an umbrella or resource body.
How to apply to Abbeyfield World Council
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