Registered charity 1211946

Fast Track Cymru

What it does

Fast Track Cymru works in collaboration with numerous organisations and individuals from across sectors to raise awareness around HIV, hepatitis, TB and related conditions through training, education, community engagement and campaigns. We work within relevant Welsh Action Plans to achieve zero new transmissions in Wales by 2030, reduce related stigma and achieve the UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

“THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-TO ADVANCE EDUCATION SURROUNDING HIV AND RELATED CONDITIONS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION OR PREJUDICE;TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV AND RELATED CONDITIONS BY PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING FACILITIES AND SERVICES NOT PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES;TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH BY ADVANCING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF, AND ACCESS TO, TESTING, PREVENTION AND TREATMENT FOR HIV AND RELATED CONDITIONS; ANDTO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY BY ELIMINATING STIGMA, DISCRIMINATION AND MISINFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH HIV AND RELATED CONDITIONS, RAISING AWARENESS AND ENSURING EQUALITY OF ACCESS TO SERVICES AND EDUCATION FOR HIV AND RELATED CONDITIONS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: General charitable purposes
Education and training
Health and saving lives
Economic and community development, and employment
Human rights, equality and diversity
Who it helps: Children and young people
Older people
Disabled people
People of a particular ethnic or racial origin
Other charities and voluntary bodies
The general public
How it works: Provides advocacy, advice or information
Acts as an umbrella or resource body

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

In Wales

Throughout Wales

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

The register has no income or spending figures for this charity.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 1 grant to this charity, worth £19,750, awarded in 2026.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Grants awarded, newest first
Awarded	Grant	Amount
17 Feb 2026	The National Lottery Community FundCommunity Engagement to raise awareness of HIV and related conditions	£19,750

In the Senedd and Welsh Government

Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

23 July 2025
Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: Cabsec HSC
Purpose: Celebration of Powys Health Board joining Fast Track Cities global network and Fast Track Cymru.
Celebration of Powys Health Board joining Fast Track Cities global network and Fast Track Cymru
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26 June 2025
Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: Cabsec SJTCW
Purpose: TSMU Group, Pride Cymru, Trans Wales Partnership Group, Umbrella Cymru, TransVision Cymru, Galop, Trans in the City, Fast Track Cymru, St Johns at Centre of Cardiff, Unique Transgender Network, Songbirds Choir Cardiff and Stonewall Cymru.
TSMU Group, Pride Cymru, Trans Wales Partnership Group, Umbrella Cymru, TransVision Cymru, Galop, Trans in the City, Fast Track Cymru, St Johns at Centre of Cardiff, Unique Transgender Network, Songbirds Choir Cardiff and Stonewall Cymru
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31 July 2024
Named in a written question from Rhys ab Owen
Addressed to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Social Care and Welsh Language.
…Plan Implementation Oversight Group. Significant progress has already been made, including the establishment of the HIV collaborative network Fast Track Cymru, which has signed up four of the seven health boards in Wales to form their own regional Fast Track Coalitions. Wales’ free online testing se…
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29 November 2023
Named by Buffy Williams in the Senedd
…eption in the Senedd for World AIDS Day to raise awareness of the 2030 goals to end HIV diagnosis and stigma, and to mark the achievements of Fast Track Cymru. Thanks to organisations and professionals like the Terrence Higgins Trust Cymru and Fast Track we have come a long way from the judgment, is…

Trustees

6 trustees run the charity.

Dr Olwen Elizabeth WilliamsChairAppointed 21 October 2024
Dr Darren Everton CousinsAppointed 21 October 2024
Dr David GillespieAppointed 21 October 2024
Lisa Power MBEAppointed 21 October 2024
Owen Francis BlackerAppointed 20 February 2026
Zoe Maxine CouzensAppointed 21 October 2024

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

About this charity

Charity number: 1211946
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 30 January 2025
Governing document: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 30 Jan 2025
Website: fasttrack.walesAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Cardiff

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Awarded

Grant

Amount

17 Feb 2026

The National Lottery Community FundCommunity Engagement to raise awareness of HIV and related conditions

£19,750