Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 9
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Deficit latest year: -2
  • No PartB
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Grant maker support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

BLACK ETHNIC SKILLS & TRAINING INITIATIVES 

Grass-roots Educational Support Scheme aims include;1. To provide support for children through after school home work assisted program to instil in them ethics of hard work and educational achievements.2. To provide skills, training and mentor-ship to develop BME parents into more effective guardians.
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:

  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income was lower than spending in the latest year

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
30/04/23*£77£91£-15n/an/an/an/an/a11
30/04/22£76£49£27n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/04/21£41£27£14n/an/an/an/an/a5
30/04/20£11£9£3n/an/an/an/an/a3
30/04/19£9£9£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/18£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/04/17£23£23£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/16£101£100£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/15£95£106£-11£0£0£0n/a00
30/04/14£123£92£30£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

https://bestinitiatives.org.uk

bestinitiative@gmail.com

01914607857

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Gateshead, Newcastle Upon Tyne City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 11 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£119,710
National Lottery Heritage Fund£46,156
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd£17,500
People's Health Trust£9,927
DCMS£9,920
The Clothworkers Foundation£5,000
Sport England£4,100
The Foyle Foundation£4,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - MH - AntiSocial Behaviour Action Plan Support Scheme Around Walker Areas
£10,000 04/08/2023
The funding will be used to address the issue of antisocial behaviour among young people in the Walker areas of Newcastle upon Tyne. The project aims to provide access to sporting activities physical ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Post Covid19 Financial literacy support for low-income earners
£10,000 14/07/2023
The funding will be used to deliver a financial literacy support scheme for low-income earners and households within the BAME community in Newcastle and Gateshead who may have limited access to ....more
People's Health Trust - Supporting our Sisters project-SOS Project.
£9,927 09/08/2022
This 18-month project runs social groups for older people living across Newcastle and Gateshead who are also refugees, asylum seekers or migrants. Sessions are led by young women from this community, ....more
Sport England - Jubilee Fund Atilogwu Dance
£4,100 27/05/2022
This project will organise weekly 2 hour intergenerational Atilogwu sessions. A dance coach will train 10 young people so that they are able to run activities for the community.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to BLACK ETHNIC SKILLS & TRAINING INITIATIVES
£46,156 28/03/2022
FATHERITAGE ORAL HISTORY PROJECT
National Lottery Community Fund - The Queen's Jubilee Celebration - Providing A Sense of Belonging to All Project
£10,000 18/03/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a community celebration of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The project aims to provide inclusive opportunities for people from black and minority ethnic communities ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Post COVID19 Recovery Support Scheme (PCRSS)
£9,960 04/03/2022
The funding will be used to continue providing food and essential products to vulnerable members of local black and minority ethnic communities including single parent families and older people. They ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - We celebrate the Queen Project
£50,000 03/03/2022
The funding will be used to run a intergenerational social eating project with young people to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Young people will cook food for older individuals to eat and ....more
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,000 03/12/2021
towards ongoing costs over the next 12 months (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
National Lottery Community Fund - YOUTH UNITED AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE(YUACC)
£10,000 28/10/2021
This group will use the funding to hold workshops & activities including training young people in environmental issues global health recycling energy and technology and food. They will raise ....more
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to BEST Initiatives
£5,000 14/09/2021
purchase a minibus for a charity sporting disadvantaged minority communities in Newcastle
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID19 Community Pain Alleviation Scheme (CCPAS)
£9,970 22/01/2021
6
The funding will be used to provide food and essential products to vulnerable members of local BAME communities including single parent families and older people. At it's drop-in centre they will ....more
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Providing companionship, information, advice and guidance companionship, mentoring and supplies to vulnerable BAME individuals in Newcastle and Gateshead during Covid-19
£8,750 16/07/2020
Providing companionship, information, advice and guidance companionship, mentoring and supplies to vulnerable BAME individuals in Newcastle and Gateshead during Covid-19
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - providing companionship, information, advice and guidance companionship, mentoring and supplies to vulnerable BAME individuals in Newcastle and Gateshead during Covid-19
£8,750 16/07/2020
providing companionship, information, advice and guidance companionship, mentoring and supplies to vulnerable BAME individuals in Newcastle and Gateshead during Covid-19
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,920 13/07/2020
"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Employability Training & Mentorship Support Scheme (ETAMSS)
£9,780 06/12/2019
11
The funding will be used to run a series of employment support training programmes for single parents and residents from BAME communities. The aim is to improve their confidence, social and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Strategic Skills and Employment Support Scheme(SSESS)
£8,925 26/07/2018
12
The funding will be used to run a series of skills focussed employment training programmes for residents from BME communities with clear progression routes to further practical and vocational study.
National Lottery Community Fund - Grassroots Educational Support Scheme
£295,531 11/02/2013
36
This is a new project based on previous work in Newcastle upon Tyne by Best Initiatives to provide support to BME children through an after school homework assistance programme to achieve their ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/12/2012, number: 1150122
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
10 returns made; AR23: 1 days late,
Main office

First Floor, East
Carr Ellison House
William Armstrong Drive
Newcastle Business Park
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE4 7YA

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE TO:1. THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.2. TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 18 LIVING IN NEWCASTLE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT.

Data Sources

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