Christian Action, Research and Education

Christian Action, Research and Education (usually shortened to CARE) was established in 1971 as the Nationwide Festival of Light. According to the political scientist Martin Durham it emerged in the 1970s as ‘an evangelical campaigning organisation opposed to homosexuality, abortion and other manifestations of what was seen as the nation’s falling away from God’Martin Durham ‘The Conservative Party, New Labour and the politics of the family’, ‘’Parliamentary Affairs’’, 54 (3): 459. (2001) In 1983, according to CARE itself, 'the Executive Committee took the decision to change the name of NFOL to CARE (Christian Action Research and Education)'CARE History of CARE, accessed 5 September 2010
==People==
===Staff===
*Dr Daniel Boucher works in the House of Lords for the Bishop of Chester while also 'Director of Parliamentary Affairs', Christian Action Research and Education.House of Lords Register of Interests of Lords Members' Staff [As at 7th September 2010 Section 1: List of Staff From Abercorn to Goodfellow] Session 2010-11Publications on the internet
*Lyndon Bowring (Rev) (Chairman) | Nola Leach Chief Executive | Rob Parsons Chief Executive CARE for the Family. Lord Anderson of Swansea reportedly sponsored a parliamentary pass for Bowring in November 2011 James Ball and Rajeev Syal, The lobbyists with a pass to roam the corridors of power, The Guardian, Tuesday 8 November 2011 20.28 GMT
===Former Staff===
*Charlie Colchester (International Director)
*Tim Clewer, Head of CARE Remand Fostering
*Alastair Noble, Education Officer
*Mike Simmonds, Head of CARE for Education 
*Roger Smith, Head of Public Policy 
*Philippa Stroud, Head of the CARE confidential helpline, special adviser to minister Iain Duncan Smith since 2010
===Trustees for year ended 31 March 2009===
*John O'Brien (Chairman) | Lynn Green | David Michael Pickford (resigned 5 august 2009) | Rev. Ruth Ann Cannings | Barbara Anne Pashley | Rev. Paul John Stanley PerkinCARE Annual Report and financial Statements, For the tear ended 31 March 2009 The following non-members attend the council of Managment by invitation: Rev. Lyndon Bowring, Executive Chairman and Company Secretary | [[Nola Leach], Chief Executive | Rob Parsons chief Executive CARE for the Family
===Trustees (2007)===
Accessed August 2008: 2007 Annual Report, Christian Action Research and Education, accessed August 21, 2008.
*John James O’Brien (Chair of Trustees)
*Lynn Green
*David Michael Pickford
*Ruth Ann Cannings
*Barbara Anne Pashley
*Paul John Stanley Perkin
==Financial history==
===Annual Report and Financial Statements===
*For the year ended 31st March 2009
*For the year ended 31st March 2008
*For the year ended 31st March 2007
*For the year ended 31st March 2006
*For the year ended 31st March 2005
===Summary Information Returns===
*Summary Information Return 2009
*Summary Information Return 2008
*Summary Information Return 2007
*Summary Information Return 2006
*Summary Information Return 2005
==Affiliations==
The CARE Annual Report for 2009 notes that CARE is connected with CARE Campaigns | The Micah Trust | The Maranatha Trust | The Alan Burke Memorial Trust | The Office of International Diplomacy
*Coalition for Marriage, set up in February 2012 ahead of the UK government's consultation on legalisation of gay marriage. Care chief executive Nola Leach is a director.
== Contact ==
:Head Office:
:53 Romney Street
:London
:SW1P 3RF
:Website: www.care.org.uk
==Notes==
Category:Christian Right