THE LOWDOWN

Registered charity 801886 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LOWDOWN YOUTH COUNSELLING AND INFORMATION SERVI, THE NORTHAMPTON YOUTH COUNSELLING AND INFORMATION SERVICE

The Lowdown offers free and confidential Counselling, Emotional Wellbeing, Sexual Health and LGBTQ support services 6 days a week for 11-25 year olds in Northampton and surrounding areas.

Objects

TOTHE CHARITY?S OBJECTS (THE OBJECTS) ARE: (I) TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE SUFFERING AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 CAUSED BY MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILL HEALTH, REGARDLESS OF RACE, COLOUR, RELIGION OR SOCIO-ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, INCLUDING ESTABLISHING, MAINTAINING AND DEVELOPING FREE OF CHARGE COUNSELLING SUPPORT, SEXUAL HEALTH AND LGBTQ SUPPORT SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES. (II) TO PROVIDE OUTREACH SERVICES TO YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO THOSE CONCERNED WITH THEIR WELFARE. (III) TO ASSIST IN THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE BY INVOLVING THEM AS VOLUNTEERS IN THE WORK OF THE CHARITY.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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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Policies the charity declares

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• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

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Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (18/05/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending