WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT DOWN'S SYNDROME SUPPORT GROUP

Registered charity 1155866 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We offer support to families and we run activities and events to enable those families to have fun, develop friendships and, ultimately, to support each other. We aim to make a positive difference by improving understanding and positive awareness of Down's syndrome in our community through social media, training/information for families and professionals and through participation in local events.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WITH DOWN’S SYNDROME AND THOSE WITH OTHER LEARNING / ADDITIONAL NEEDS INCLUDING THEIR FAMILIES AND CARERS WITHIN WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT AND ITS IMMEDIATELY BORDERING AREAS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AS A RESULT OF THEIR CONDITION BY PREVENTING THEM FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY BY:-1.PROVIDING INFORMATION, FORUMS, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORT; AND2.BY PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

Area of benefit: WITHIN WAKEFIELD AND DISTRICT

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

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• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANN-MARIE SHEARDchair
• ALISON BROWN
• ANDREA JAYNE ARNOLD
• Ann Aylward
• Christopher Sharp
• John Crawshaw
• NEIL COURTMAN
• Nigel Le Page · trustee of 1 other charity
• RUTH NOBLE

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Operates in: City Of Wakefield

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