Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 12
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +9
Overall GiG Score: 15 ?

PROJECT MAMA

Project MAMA is a peer support service launched in March 2018, offering antenatal, birth and postnatal support to women who are asylum seekers, refugees, and those with irregular immigration status. We believe that every woman has the right to give birth safely, make her own empowered, evidence based choices and receive the support she needs for a positive birth and early parenting experience.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/03/24£243£197£46n/a
31/03/23£222£201£22n/a
31/03/22£176£136£40n/a
31/03/21£194£142£52n/a
31/03/20£65£28£37n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

https://projectmama.org/

hello@projectmama.org

0117 941 5320

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Other Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Support for victims of domestic or sexual abuse
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Bristol City,
Who it helps
  • Other Defined Groups

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
DCMS£51,389
Quartet Community Foundation£41,101
Postcode Local Trust£24,987
AB Charitable Trust£20,000
Henry Smith Charity£10,000
Co-Operative Group£2,780
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Project MAMA
£20,000 25/01/2024
An unrestricted grant of £20,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). Project MAMA provides specialist maternity support to displaced women in Bristol.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Project Mama
£4,000 01/12/2023
12
Funding for Project MAMA’s drop-in group, MAMAhub, which builds stronger communities by supporting migrant displaced mothers in vulnerable circumstances to live more connected and empowered lives.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Project Mama
£5,000 19/09/2023
For core costs to enable the group to sustain its one-to-one support service and drop-in for women from a migrant background who are vulnerable during pregnancy and early parenthood.
Postcode Local Trust - Staff salary
£24,987 27/09/2022
Funding paid for a staff member to run the behind-the-scenes office, allowing staff and volunteers to support isolated women giving birth.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Project MAMA
£10,000 07/12/2021
12
towards one year's running costs of the 'Mother Companions' project, providing support during pregnancy, birth and early weeks of motherhood for migrant mothers in Bristol.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Project MAMA
£2,780 23/10/2021
We will provide trauma-informed birth companion support to migrant women throughout the maternity period to encourage independence and bolster resilience in a safe and nurturing space.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Project Mama
£7,501 21/07/2021
3
Clarifying Project MAMA’s vision and mission and developing an organisational strategy and framework to deliver it effectively.
Quartet Community Foundation - Covid project / MamaHub
£10,000 13/01/2021
11
Reducing social isolation and improving mental health outcomes of vulnerable migrant expecting and new mothers through welfare calls, in-person check-ins and post-lockdown peer support group.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Project Mama
£10,000 29/07/2020
To cover the salary of the CEO for 4 months, ensuring stability as the organisation resumes out of the Covid-19 crisis.
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£10,000 29/07/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£41,389 17/07/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Project Mama
£4,600 22/04/2020
Delivering essential items to mothers & babies in need, primarily nappies, formula milk, baby wipes & basic food items to asylum seeking displaced and disadvantaged mothers in Bristol.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ANGELA HELEN CONWAY Appointed: 2020
  • BETH BENEDICT Appointed: 2022
  • CATHERINE GILMORE (Chair) Appointed: 2023
  • ERMIONI XANTHOPOULOU Appointed: 2024
  • HEERAL DAVE Appointed: 2022
  • JULIA DIXON-BARROW Appointed: 2021
  • MONIQUE LAKHMAN Appointed: 2023
  • PAYZEE MAHMOD Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/02/2019, number: 1182112
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Unit 16
Easton Business Centre
Felix Road
Bristol
BS5 0HE

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF VULNERABLE WOMEN IN THE BRISTOL POSTCODE AREA PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, MIGRANTS THROUGH PREGNANCY, LABOUR, CHILDBIRTH AND EARLY PARENTING BY PROVIDING ONE-TO-ONE SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, SPECIALIST INFORMATION, REFERRALS TO PARTNER AGENCIES AND PEER SUPPORT GROUPS AND OTHER RELEVANT ACTIVITIES AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTORS.FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS CLAUSE, WE DEFINE ‘VULNERABLE WOMEN’ AS THOSE WITHUNSTABLE / INSECURE IMMIGRATION STATUS AND/OR BARRIERS TO HEALTHCARE, SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE, EXPLOITATION OR WITH POOR MENTAL HEALTH.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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