Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 7

No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 7

AFRICAN WOMEN IMPACT UK CIO

Advice & Support.(2) Empowering asylum-seeking and refugee women to take platforms to speak directly about their experiences (3) To promote volunteering as an opportunity for all young people whatever their personal circumstances. (4)Training for employment and relief from poverty and distress.(5) ESOL, English for Speakers of Other Languages (6) After School Club to Support refugee children.

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

One or more trustees receive payments or benefits from the charity for providing services to the charity

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/08/23	£25,135	£18,820	£6,315	6
31/08/22	£23,183	£22,660	£523	6
31/08/21	£19,598	£18,621	£977	6

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

africanwomenimpactuk.org

info@africanwomenimpactuk.org

07404422724

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Birmingham City, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall, Wolverhampton,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
6 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

National Lottery Community Fund	£17,500
Sport England	£5,183
Garfield Weston Foundation	£3,500
Heart Of England Community Foundation	£2,021
Allen Lane Foundation	£2,000
Woodward Charitable Trust	£500

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - over 65 basic I.T support group
£9,500	08/09/2023	The funding will be used to develop and run an over 65 basic IT support group for BAME women. The project aims to bring these women together to learn IT skills so that they can keep in touch with ....more The funding will be used to develop and run an over 65 basic IT support group for BAME women. The project aims to bring these women together to learn IT skills so that they can keep in touch with their loved ones and also socialise and share experiences with one another.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£3,500	16/09/2022	Empowering young people through Sports and psychical activities
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Empowering the community through sports
£5,183	04/07/2022	This project will deliver weekly multisport sessions for young people. Sessions will last for 3 hours and take place twice a week for 40 weeks. Funding will primarily cover coach fees and equipment ....more This project will deliver weekly multisport sessions for young people. Sessions will last for 3 hours and take place twice a week for 40 weeks. Funding will primarily cover coach fees and equipment purchases.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Summer Playscheme
£500	16/05/2022	Summer Playscheme
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for young refugees with mental health
£5,000	06/05/2022	The funding will be used to deliver a series of health and wellbeing and employment support sessions for young refugee women living with mental ill health. The project aims to create a safe space to ....more The funding will be used to deliver a series of health and wellbeing and employment support sessions for young refugee women living with mental ill health. The project aims to create a safe space to develop coping strategies share experiences and improve life chances.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Grant to African Women Impact UK
£2,021	22/07/2021	Sport and activity have the power to transform lives, our young leaders’ program is made up of young people age 15-24 based in Birmingham and the Black Country area. It focuses on helping BME young ....more Sport and activity have the power to transform lives, our young leaders’ program is made up of young people age 15-24 based in Birmingham and the Black Country area. It focuses on helping BME young people to develop key skills that will enable them to thrive in different environments, such as at school, at work, and at home. One of the activities our young leader's program offers is sports, our sports project aims to teach methods to provide young people with essential life skills that have proven to enhance their resilience against crime, violence, and drug use. Young people between the ages of 15 and 24 are trained on ways to cope with common challenges emotional and psychological stress, and educated to sharpen their critical thinking, decision making, and problem-solving skills. Almost two-thirds of people who lost jobs in UK pandemic are under 25 according to an article published by (The Guardian 2021) as a mean to developing employability Skills, reducing crime and anti-social behavior our young leader's program hosted a variety of workshops to teach young people the Best Ways to make money in fitness online. Debaba, attended our sports and fitness workshop earlier this year, while attending our workshop our volunteers and trustees helped him to launch his online fitness studio, since launching his online fitness studio Debaba has increased his monthly income, grown his tight-knight community, and been able to take control of his business. Debaba is one of many young people we support who is showing you can achieve anything with hard work, guidance, and dedication.
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to African Women Impact UK
£2,000	02/07/2021	£2,000 single grant towards the Supporting Refugees with Mental Health Issues programme in Walsall
National Lottery Community Fund - Support for over 60 with medical conditions
£3,000	25/03/2021 3	The project will create a food and essential items delivery system to vulnerable older refugee women. This will enable them to continue to receive support during COVID-19 and help reduce isolation.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (4)

Current Trustees appointed

NEEMA LEONARD Appointed: 2021

CECILIA MACHOZI (Chair) Appointed: 2020

LISETTE BEYA Appointed: 2021

ZINO KASHINDI Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: SANDWELL YOUTH IN ACTION,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/11/2020, number: 1192164

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

52 Vicarage Place
WALSALL
WS1 3NA

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS LIVING IN BLACK COUNTRY AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT AND ADVICE SERVICES AND THE PROVISION OF WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS FOCUSED ON EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

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