Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 8

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 13

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:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending since inception
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

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
31/03/23	£222,465	£200,579	£21,886	30
31/03/22	£176,205	£136,206	£39,999	25
31/03/21	£194,058	£141,572	£52,486	30
31/03/20	£65,178	£28,142	£37,036	22

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 5 years

https://projectmama.org/

hello@projectmama.org

0117 941 5320

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Other Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Services for females

How it operates

Provides services

Where it operates

Bristol City,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
30 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

DCMS	£51,389
Quartet Community Foundation	£37,351
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
£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.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to Project Mama
£250	08/02/2023	A donor directed grant towards the work of supporting Prpject Mama to provide a peer support service launched offering antenatal, birth and postnatal support to women who are asylum seekers, ....more A donor directed grant towards the work of supporting Prpject Mama to provide a peer support service launched offering antenatal, birth and postnatal support to women who are asylum seekers, refugees, and those with irregular immigration status.
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 ....more 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 on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.
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 ....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."
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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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

HEERAL DAVE Appointed: 2022

PAYZEE MAHMOD Appointed: 2023

ANGELA HELEN CONWAY Appointed: 2020

BETH BENEDICT Appointed: 2022

CATHERINE GILMORE Appointed: 2023

JULIA DIXON-BARROW Appointed: 2021

MONIQUE LAKHMAN Appointed: 2023

RUTH WHINCOP (Chair) Appointed: 2022

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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 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.

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