The Dore Foundation
In a recent letter, purportedly from Wynford Dore, DDAT / Dore Achivement Centres announced the formation of a new charity, The Dore Foundation. As a charity ‘independent’ of DDAT, the letter states the organisation’s aims as “help with research … to get [DDAT] as quickly as possible into every school…”.
The charity has no active web site and a request for more information from DDAT got no response. Fortunately the UK’s Charity Commision has full details online, a copy of which is below. The key points however are that the charity is based in DDAT’s head office in Kenilworth and was established in March 2003. No information on whom the trustees are or any financial information has yet been posted.
Whilst its easy to be cynical and see this charity as a vehicle for marketing and fund raising for research it should be considered a win-win situation for DDAT and the public at large. DDAT does work, at least for some people, so increased awareness in it and as a consequence other programmes will provide help to some people and act as a catalyst for the development of cheaper alternatives. What is important, especially given Wynford Dore’s excellent business and marketing skills, is that the UK government doesn’t end up funding research into a treatment programme which it then has to buy from DDAT. Any research funded by UK public bodies should generate scientific papers that place the treatment programme in the public domain allowing both full scientific scrutiny and free access to it for all.
For more information on criticism of DDAT’s past research see DDAT Trial Critique Parts one and two as well as their response.
Extract from the Central Register of Charities maintained by the Charity Commission for England and Wales
THE DORE FOUNDATION
Charity Correspondent
EVELYN JELLY
CAMDEN HOUSE
WARWICK ROAD
KENILWORTH
WARWICKSHIRE
CV8 1TH
Telephone 01926 514 078
Fax 01926 514 061
Website Address www.dorefoundation.org
Governing Document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18 DECEMBER 2002
Objects
I) TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN RELIEVING SUFFERING AMONGST PERSONS SUFFERING FROM LEARNING DISABILITIES, IN PARTICULAR SO AS TO ENABLE SUCH PERSONS TO RECEIVE TREATMENT APPROPRIATE TO THEIR CONDITION; II) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE COURSES OF AND THE MEANS TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF PERSONS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES IN PARTICULAR BY CONDUCT OR ASSISTING IN THE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INTO THE CAUSES AND TREATMENT OF THAT CONDITION.
Area of Benefit
UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE
(Area prescribed by Governing Document)
Area of Operation Charity Operates throughout England and Wales
Registration History
17 Mar 2003 Registered
Classification
What – Education/Training Disability
Who – General public/Mankind
Accounts
Start Apr 2003(estimated)
End 31 Mar 2004(estimated)
Issued 08 Jun 2004
Received
Financial History
Financial Year Start
Financial Year End
Gross Income
Total Expenditure
Trustees
No trustee is known for this charity
NOTE: Trustee details are taken from information supplied to the Commission by the charity. We ask charities to update this information each year using a Trustee Update Form which is issued to all charities with their Annual Return. This information is then entered onto our database. At present changes notified to us by other means are not routinely recorded on our database. The only time you will need to let us know of changes to the trustees during the year is when the charity corespondent details change as a result. If no trustees are listed this will be for one of the following reasons:
* If the charity has been registered within the last 18 months it may not have been asked to submit the information.
* If the charity has been registered more than 18 months ago it has failed to submit a properly completed Trustee Update Form containing the required information.
* In rare cases all of the trustees of a charity may have been granted dispensation by us for their name to be withheld from public inspection.
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September 3rd, 2004
Current Affairs, Dore Achievement Centres
Comments on: The Dore Foundation
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Posted by: jeanne beckett November 9th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
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