Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 10

DEAF ETHNIC WOMEN ASSOCIATION

Encourage Deaf Ethnic WomenWe are a National Organisation

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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 £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£57	£43	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/22		£49	£28	£21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/21		£19	£13	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/20	*	£5	£2	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£7	£11	£-3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18	*	£7	£13	£-6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£12	£4	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£0	£2	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£1	£4	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£12	£9	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£0	£20	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£20	£5	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£3	£4	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£3	£2	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£21	£20	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£39	£35	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£18	£15	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£38	£34	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£5	£6	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£9	£6	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 27 years

www.dewa.org.uk

DEWAdeafethnicwomen@gmail.com

02073243030

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Harrow, Islington, Newham,

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

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
4 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

Trust for London	£103,000
Rosa UK	£68,318
Smallwood Trust	£18,750
National Lottery Community Fund	£10,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Rosa UK - RISE R2-DEWA-2023
£15,650	18/05/2023	Cost of Living Grant
National Lottery Community Fund - DEWA Cultural Celebration
£10,000	30/08/2022	The funding will be used for a day-long celebration of culture-based activities food and performances encompassing cultural celebrations for deaf ethnic women and their families. The project aims to ....more The funding will be used for a day-long celebration of culture-based activities food and performances encompassing cultural celebrations for deaf ethnic women and their families. The project aims to bring women together to build friendships to increase their support networks and reduce their social isolation.
Trust for London - Deaf Ethnic Women’s Association
£63,000	29/06/2022	The funding is for a programme of work called ‘Empowering Rights for Women’. This will inform Deaf ethnic women of their rights, and how to exercise them in full by offering fully accessible and ....more The funding is for a programme of work called ‘Empowering Rights for Women’. This will inform Deaf ethnic women of their rights, and how to exercise them in full by offering fully accessible and culturally sensitive workshops and one to one drop in sessions.
Rosa UK - RISE R1-DEWA-2022
£33,918	19/05/2022	£33,918 has been awarded to Deaf Ethnic Women's Association to translate the business plan into BSL, work with a consultant to implement the business plan, and fund training for staff, trustees and ....more £33,918 has been awarded to Deaf Ethnic Women's Association to translate the business plan into BSL, work with a consultant to implement the business plan, and fund training for staff, trustees and volunteers.
Smallwood Trust - Improving the financial resilience, mental health and wellbeing of women 18+.
£18,750	28/06/2021	£18,750 has been awarded to DEWA to support deaf women and girls from black and minoritised groups to adress their financial resilience and reduce social isolation.
Rosa UK - WTF-DEWA-2021
£18,750	28/06/2021	£18,750 has been awarded to DEWA to support deaf women and girls from black and minoritised groups to adress their financial resilience and reduce social isolation.
Trust for London - Deaf Ethnic Women’s Association
£40,000	26/02/2020 24	The funding is for a series of culturally sensitive workshops in BSL for Deaf BAME women. They face multiple oppression an difficulties as well as barriers to information and support. This project ....more The funding is for a series of culturally sensitive workshops in BSL for Deaf BAME women. They face multiple oppression an difficulties as well as barriers to information and support. This project aims to inform Deaf BAME women of their rights and how to exercise these in full.
DCMS - Rosa Fund, Tampon Tax
£11,150	01/12/2017	A 12 month project to support deaf ethnic women from Islington, Newham and Harrow to improve skills that enhance their wellbeing. In particular addressing the gap in access to Sex Relationship ....more A 12 month project to support deaf ethnic women from Islington, Newham and Harrow to improve skills that enhance their wellbeing. In particular addressing the gap in access to Sex Relationship Education (SRE), Consent and Peer Relationships. The aim is to support 160 women through a series of twice weekly workshops in partnership with Deafax a deaf training charity. See additional conditions in funding agreement (annex 1) also.
National Lottery Community Fund - Deaf Ethnic Women's Drama Project
£10,000	08/06/2016 12	The group will use the funding to run drama workshops for isolated black and minority ethnic (BME) women who are hearing impaired, culminating in a public performance of a play. This will enable ....more The group will use the funding to run drama workshops for isolated black and minority ethnic (BME) women who are hearing impaired, culminating in a public performance of a play. This will enable beneficiaries to learn new skills and improve their confidence and self-esteem, leading to improved mental wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - 'Drop in & Rise!' A drop in service and support group
£10,000	13/10/2011 12	This is a project by a charity in Islington, serving beneficiaries across London. The group will use the funding to establish a drop-in support service and fortnightly support group for women from ....more This is a project by a charity in Islington, serving beneficiaries across London. The group will use the funding to establish a drop-in support service and fortnightly support group for women from ethnic minority backgrounds who are deaf. This will provide the beneficiaries with a culturally sensitive way to access mainstream activities and receive practical and emotional support.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

MANJULA SHAH Appointed: 2020

RAHMIN CHOWDHURY Appointed: 2020

SAHERA KHAN Appointed: 2015

RUBBENA AURANGZEB-TARIQ (Chair), Other trusteeships: British Society for Mental Health and Deaf People, BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE BROADCASTING TRUST,

ZAHRA NAWAB Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/06/1997, number: 1062831

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR20: 2 days late, AR18: 1 days late, AR13: 1 days late, AR09: 21 days late, AR05: 113 days late, AR04: 40 days late,

Main office

Women Resource Centre
United House 4th Floor
North Road
LONDON
N7 9DP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF DEAF WOMEN OF ASIAN DESCENT

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL

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