Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 3
  • No PartB
    • Grant maker support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

    GRANDFRIENDS 

    GrandFriends: The Company of Elders trains and supports our volunteers who we value as Elders and as community assets. Our Mission is to address intergenerational loneliness by creating mutually beneficial connections between GrandFriends and people of all younger generations through our innovative programmes, thereby building more cohesive communities with elders at the heart.

    Financial Data ?

    This charity has not yet lodged any accounts with the Charities Commission.
    Established: less than 1 year

    www.grandfriends.uk

    lavinia@grandfriends.uk

    01225 967 680

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Bath And North East Somerset,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • Elderly/Old People

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Grand Friends
    £5,000 17/01/2024
    7
    To continue the group's intergenerational programmes and develop some new ones.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (4)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/06/2023, number: 1203669
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • 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
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Main office

    27 Broad Street
    TRURO
    Cornwall
    TR1 1JD

    Objectives

    THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG AND ELDERLY PEOPLE IN BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHO ARE EXPERIENCING LONELINESS BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, DISABILITY, ILL HEALTH OR SOME OTHER REASON, THROUGH SOCIAL INTERACTION BETWEEN OLDER VOLUNTEERS AND YOUNGER PEOPLE.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
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