Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 5

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 4

TOOLS FOR INNER PEACE

We empower refugees and conflict survivors, homeless street youth and other disadvantaged communities to manage their own healing and wellbeing with tools from yoga.

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Positives:

There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is 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

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Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£35	£29	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/22	£31	£30	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/12/21	£31	£16	£16	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/12/20	£16	£3	£13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3
31/12/19	£15	£10	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	7
31/12/18	£10	£6	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17	£13	£11	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 8 years

www.tools4innerpeace.org

info@tools4innerpeace.org

07522595404

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

International poverty relief

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Halton, Knowsley, Lebanon, Liverpool City, Sierra Leone, St Helens, Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 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	£28,510
Sport England	£13,085
DCMS	£6,600
Barrow Cadbury Trust	£3,300

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Active & Well: Yoga for Refugees and Asylum-Seekers
£9,900	18/08/2023	The funding will continue to run yoga sessions and also train refugees to run yoga activities to address issues linked to trauma and social isolation with the aim of improving their mental and ....more The funding will continue to run yoga sessions and also train refugees to run yoga activities to address issues linked to trauma and social isolation with the aim of improving their mental and physical health and wellbeing skills and potential and help them to become engaged and integrated into the local community.
Sport England - Jubilee Fund - Yoga for refugees and migrants
£9,665	26/05/2022	This project will extend and further develop their free yoga programme for refugees and migrants based in deprived areas in Merseyside. They will deliver 3 new classes per week in three different ....more This project will extend and further develop their free yoga programme for refugees and migrants based in deprived areas in Merseyside. They will deliver 3 new classes per week in three different locations in Merseyside: at a community hub and also in two refugee hotels.
National Lottery Community Fund - Active Communities: Yoga for Asylum-Seekers & Refugees
£9,750	13/05/2022	The funding will be used to deliver free yoga classes for asylum-seekers and refugees in Merseyside and expanding to Northumberland. Yoga relaxation techniques will be taught to help participants ....more The funding will be used to deliver free yoga classes for asylum-seekers and refugees in Merseyside and expanding to Northumberland. Yoga relaxation techniques will be taught to help participants manage stress and recovery from trauma and boost mental health and resilience. This aims to reduce isolation improve integration and mental wellbeing.
Sport England - TGC CF Active & Well - Yoga for Refugee and Migrant Women
£3,420	22/07/2021 12	This project will provide yoga sessions for refugee and migrant women and girls aged 16+.
National Lottery Community Fund - Maintaining Wellbeing: Yoga for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
£8,860	28/01/2021 12	The organisation will deliver yoga classes for vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers with the aim of improving mental health and reducing social isolation.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Tools for Inner Peace
£3,300	21/09/2020 6	To enable Tools for Inner Peace to train women refugees as yoga practitioners with child refugees.
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£6,600	17/08/2020	"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 "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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
National Lottery Community Fund - Yoga for Refugees
£8,070	24/01/2019 12	The aim of the project is to provide Yoga classes for asylum seekers to help with effective treatment of trauma recovery. The project will fund teaching stipends, travel costs for teachers, purchase ....more The aim of the project is to provide Yoga classes for asylum seekers to help with effective treatment of trauma recovery. The project will fund teaching stipends, travel costs for teachers, purchase of yoga mats, training additional teachers, retreat travel costs
Sport England - Yoga for Refugees
£9,350	19/09/2017 18	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Yoga for Refugees. This project lists its main activity as Yoga

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How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

KRISTINA HEMON Appointed: 2021

MINNA MAARIA JARVENPAA (Chair) Appointed: 2016

SUSAN MEIRION OWEN Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/09/2016, number: 1169251

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

7 returns made; all on time

Main office

1 Sawley Close
Murdishaw
Runcorn
Cheshire
WA7 6RD

Objectives

1. TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP, NURTURE AND PROTECT MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF INDIVIDUALS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, FOCUSING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AND WITHOUT LIMITATION, ON PEOPLE WORKING IN CONFLICT ZONES AROUND THE WORLD, AS WELL AS CIVILIAN VICTIMS OF WAR, AND CHILDREN AND YOUTH SUFFERING FROM TRANSGENERATIONAL TRAUMA, BY THE PROVISION OF YOGA AND ASSOCIATED OR OTHER SERVICES SUCH AS, WITHOUT ANY LIMITATION WHATSOEVER, TRAINING, COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT.2. TO PROVIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE THERAPEUTIC USE OF YOGA TO ALLEVIATE TRAUMA AND MENTAL SUFFERING.

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