Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 7

Future income +5
No PartB

All female board: -3

Large volunteer base +3
Overall weighted support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 9

GREATER MANCHESTER SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN'S OUT OF HOURS SUPPORT

To relive the distress and suffering of women, in particular, women of South Asian ethnicity, who have suffered or who are exposed to domestic violence or other forms of abuse, through the provision of a support helpline, drop-in support sessions, education and through delivering training sessions and advice to other organisations and services on domestic violence.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why is the Board completely female?

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
31/03/23		£29	£12	£17	n/a
31/03/22		£0	£0	£0	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

gmsaw.co.uk

ahmed_seher@hotmail.co.uk

07947157215

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
Emotional support, counselling or therapy

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Manchester City, Oldham, Rochdale, Tameside,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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

Postcode Neighbourhood Trust	£11,447
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,960
Forever Manchester	£1,860

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Forever Manchester - Peace@Mind
£960	27/02/2024	Wellbeing facilitation for domestic abuse support aimed at women from South Asian ethnicity.
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Project Funding
£11,447	01/05/2023	Weekly gentle exercise and wellbeing sessions for South Asian women aged 60+ in Oldham
National Lottery Community Fund - Mind@Peace
£9,960	21/04/2023	The funding will be used to deliver 40 weekly health and wellbeing sessions for women from BAME communities. The sessions will include Zumba followed by refreshments and either a health workshop with professionals from local services or a wellbeing ....more The funding will be used to deliver 40 weekly health and wellbeing sessions for women from BAME communities. The sessions will include Zumba followed by refreshments and either a health workshop with professionals from local services or a wellbeing workshop. The aim is to improve physical and mental health and wellbeing and reduce isolation by bringing the women together at these sessions.
Forever Manchester - Peace@mind
£900	14/10/2022	20 Zumba sessions for woman

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

MARYA JAVED Appointed: 2022

SAIMA SULEMAN Appointed: 2021

SHAHIDA BEGUM (Chair) Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/08/2021, number: 1195512

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
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

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

288 FREDERICK STREET
OLDHAM
OL8 4HG

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS AND SUFFERING OF WOMEN, IN PARTICULAR, WOMEN OF SOUTH ASIAN ETHNICITY, WHO HAVE SUFFERED OR WHO ARE EXPOSED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR OTHER FORMS OF ABUSE, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A SUPPORT HELPLINE, DROP-IN SUPPORT SESSIONS, EDUCATION AND THROUGH DELIVERING TRAINING SESSIONS AND ADVICE TO OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND SERVICES ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

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