Forces in the Community

Registered charity 1144814 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FORCES, FORCES IN THE COMMUNITY LTD, SUPPORT OUR FORCES · filing overdue (register status)

We are committed to supporting ex-service personnel and their families, who are often disadvantaged and at a point of crisis in their lives. The charity delivers tailored employment guidance, housing advice, mental health support and provides a supportive environment in which to develop. We provide a community focal point. The aim is to transform lives.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT, THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO HAVE SERVED OR ARE CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE ARMED FORCES OR CIVILIAN EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:3.1 PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING;3.2 PROVIDING FUNDING FOR MEANINGFUL VOCATIONAL TRAINING, TRANSITIONAL ADVICE AND SUPPORT;3.3 ENCOURAGING UK BUSINESSES TO HIRE SUCH PERSONS AND PROMOTING THE SKILLS AVAILABLE FROM SUCHPERSONNEL.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Broxtowe, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

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Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Neil Fowkeschair
• Andrew Wakefield
• Chris Houghton
• Mark I'Anson
• Tina Ellen Harvey

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Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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