Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 9

Future income +5
No PartB

Overall weighted support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 14

UNION ROMANI VOICE

poverty relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage from the Roma community who are resident or who are intending to reside in the UK by: (i) providing free and confidential advice, assistance, and representation on access to public servicesincreasing, or co-coordinating, opportunities of Roma community.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

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
05/04/23		£57	£47	£10	n/a
05/04/22	*	£25	£20	£5	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

anicutalazar@yahoo.com

07789712684

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

General Community services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk,

Who it helps

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

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years

Lloyds Bank Foundation	£75,000
National Lottery Community Fund	£47,600
Suffolk Community Foundation	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Union Romani Voice
£75,000	04/10/2023 36	Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of Union Romani Voice
National Lottery Community Fund - Is time to recover after pandemic
£47,600	01/08/2022	The project is using funding to further support the Roma Travelling Community who live in Ipswich. They will work to support the community to better engage with service providers both voluntary and statutory to enable providers to adapt services to ....more The project is using funding to further support the Roma Travelling Community who live in Ipswich. They will work to support the community to better engage with service providers both voluntary and statutory to enable providers to adapt services to better meet their needs.
Suffolk Community Foundation - Care home families- Project
£5,000	17/04/2021 4	Supporting the Roma Community in Ipswich. C19
Suffolk Community Foundation - Suffolk's Hardship Fund - R4
£5,000	29/03/2021 1	Suffolk's Hardship Fund - R4.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

CIPRIN AVRAM Appointed: 2023

MARIA DOLEA Appointed: 2023

NICOLAE LAZAR (Chair) Appointed: 2024

NICULINA-LONDRA POMPAS Appointed: 2023

VASILE MACOVEI Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/02/2021, number: 1193506

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

2 returns made; AR22: 72 days late,

Main office

160 HADLEIGH ROAD
160 HADLEIGH ROAD
IPSWICH
IP2 0HH

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO WHICH ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: A) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN PARTICULAR THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE BY EDUCATING AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UK ABOUT THE ROMA COMMUNITY THROUGH THE USE OF ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE IN ORDER TO FACILITATE GOOD COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND UNDERSTANDING, ESPECIALLY WITHIN THE PUBLIC SECTOR.B) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE FROM THE ROMA COMMUNITY WHO ARE RESIDENT OR WHO ARE INTENDING TO RESIDE IN THE UK BY:(I) PROVIDING FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE, AND REPRESENTATION ON ACCESS TO PUBLIC SERVICES(II)INCREASING, OR CO-ORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE ROMA COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY(III)DEVELOPING PROGRAMS IN THE FIELDS OF EDUCATION, HEALTH, DRUG ADDICTION, EMPLOYMENT, EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS IN ALL AREAS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVING THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE ROMA COMMUNITYC) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY THE MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF A HERITAGE CENTRE AND EXHIBITION GALLERY TO PROMOTE THE ROMA ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE.

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