Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 12

No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +12

Overall GiG Score: 13

DA'ARO YOUTH PROJECT

Da'aro Youth Project currently run two projects for young asylum-seekers and refugees from the Horn of Africa. Injera Club is our weekly youth club, running in south London. We also provide casework support to young people who attend our youth club and who are dealing with a problem and want support or advice.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers and there are significant future grants due to be received
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management 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
31/03/23		£173,833	£164,050	£9,783	16
31/03/22		£102,943	£114,340	£-11,397	10
31/03/21	*	£88,798	£38,774	£50,024	8

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

https://www.daaroyouth.org.uk/

info@daaroyouth.org.uk

07943852949

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
16 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	£282,614
Lloyds Bank Foundation	£52,250
AB Charitable Trust	£40,000
The London Community Foundation	£8,000
City Bridge Trust	£8,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust	£6,100

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Da'aro Youth Project
£20,000	25/01/2024	An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Da'aro Youth Projects provides individual casework and social activities for young people from the Horn of Africa in Southwest London.
National Lottery Community Fund - Youth Casework Service
£245,114	06/07/2023	The funding will be used to support unaccompanied child and young adult asylum seekers and refugees from countries in the Horn of Africa. The project aims to provide a safe space for asylum seekers ....more The funding will be used to support unaccompanied child and young adult asylum seekers and refugees from countries in the Horn of Africa. The project aims to provide a safe space for asylum seekers to connect with existing refugees and integrate into the community.
Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Da'aro Youth Project
£50,000	07/12/2022 24	Unrestricted grant over two years towards the core costs of Da'aro Youth Project
Lloyds Bank Foundation - One off gift towards cost of living crisis to Da'aro Youth Project
£2,250	07/12/2022	One off gift to support with the cost of living crisis
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to Da'aro Youth Project
£20,000	21/04/2022	An unrestricted grant of £20,000. Da'aro Youth Projects provides individual casework and social activities for young people from the Horn of Africa in Southwest London.
National Lottery Community Fund - (wave 5 LCRF) DYP
£37,500	18/03/2021 11	The project is using funding to employ a full-time youth caseworker to work with young asylum seekers from across London enabling the group to increase their casework capacity to support more young ....more The project is using funding to employ a full-time youth caseworker to work with young asylum seekers from across London enabling the group to increase their casework capacity to support more young people dealing with homelessness poor housing and mental health difficulties. The funding will be used to provide tailored support to more young people dealing with crisis improving their mental wellbeing and building personal resilience by getting better access and support.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Da'aro Youth Project
£8,000	03/02/2021 7	The funding is for the cost of home-cooked Eritrean food, deliveries of that food to isolated young people (asylum-seekers and refugees) on a weekly basis and also for up to 10 laptops for isolated ....more The funding is for the cost of home-cooked Eritrean food, deliveries of that food to isolated young people (asylum-seekers and refugees) on a weekly basis and also for up to 10 laptops for isolated young people we work with.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Da'aro Youth Project
£6,100	07/10/2020 6	To recruit a Head of Youth Services to create and manage a programme of activities for children and young people from the Eritrean community in London
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Da'aro Youth Project
£8,000	01/06/2020	A grant of £8,000 to fund the essential and urgent costs outlined in the appliciation, so that the organisation can carry on providing support to Londoners.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

ADONAY YOUNAS BERHE Appointed: 2023

AMEL HAMILTON Appointed: 2023

DR MIKAL WOLDU Appointed: 2023

DR YOHANNES TEKLU BAHRU (Chair) Appointed: 2021

FUTSUM KAHSA Appointed: 2020

NARDOS YEMANE Appointed: 2021

TIGIST KINFE Appointed: 2023

YACOB WOLDEHIWOT Appointed: 2021

YORDANOS TESFA FESEHA Appointed: 2023

ARON ZEREZGHI Appointed: 2023

DR ELAINE CHASE PHD Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/04/2020, number: 1189245

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

3 returns made; AR21: 29 days late,

Main office

Woodlawns Day Centre
16 Leigham Court Road
London
SW16 2PJ

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND REFUGEES (AND IN PARTICULAR NEWLY ARRIVED YOUNG ERITREANS) WHO ARE LIVING IN THE U.K. AND WHO ARE AT RISK OF BEING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR LEGAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY PROVIDING:1. BEFRIENDING AND MENTORING INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY;2. SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY;3. SUPPORT IN ACCESSING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND IN VOCATIONAL SKILLS;4. ADVOCACY SUPPORT, WHICH EMPOWERS YOUNG REFUGEES TO ACCESS AND TO SPEAK OUT FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS.

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