Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Overall weighted support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 8

DEAF UNITY

We are a deaf-led, UK focused charity that works to empower, nurture and train deaf individuals. We have a strong focus on providing information and training to youths and graduates to ensure they have a fighting chance to achieve their goals. We also have a strong research focus, to better understand the challenges facing deaf and disabled people and the solutions that are needed.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

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
31/12/23	£115	£104	£11	n/a
31/12/22	£89	£66	£23	n/a
31/12/21	£76	£39	£37	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 4 years

www.deafunity.org

hello@deafunity.org

02036599738

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
General Charitable Purposes
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity

GiG Classification

Deaf people

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Throughout England And Wales,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

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

People's Health Trust	£14,822
Greater London Authority	£9,995
National Lottery Community Fund	£9,540
London Catalyst	£3,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Greater London Authority - Deaf Unity
£9,995	04/01/2023	This project will benefit 15 individual parents of deaf children and their families (approx. 35 people) and 10 deaf immigrants by the provision of access to British Sign Language classes and a social/learning meet-up programme. The impact will be on ....more This project will benefit 15 individual parents of deaf children and their families (approx. 35 people) and 10 deaf immigrants by the provision of access to British Sign Language classes and a social/learning meet-up programme. The impact will be on new BSL users: in families this will strengthen parent/child relationships and support children to bridge the world between hearing and deaf communities; for deaf immigrants, learning BSL will help with relationships, work and social life.
London Catalyst - Deaf Unity - 1
£3,000	29/09/2022	Deaf Aware
National Lottery Community Fund - Deaf Eyes
£9,540	22/07/2022	The funding will be used to set up an art and reminiscence project by creating an exhibition of multi-media pictures created by deaf people working with the professional deaf artist through a series of workshops. The project aims to give death ....more The funding will be used to set up an art and reminiscence project by creating an exhibition of multi-media pictures created by deaf people working with the professional deaf artist through a series of workshops. The project aims to give death people the opportunity to explore their memories and reflections on life seen through the ‘deaf eye’.
People's Health Trust - Deaf Lives
£14,822	10/11/2021	This two-year project is for the Deaf Community across Ealing and Hounslow, London. The project seeks to address the lack of community links experienced by people from the Deaf community, build peer support, and help them access wider services. It ....more This two-year project is for the Deaf Community across Ealing and Hounslow, London. The project seeks to address the lack of community links experienced by people from the Deaf community, build peer support, and help them access wider services. It runs fortnightly social gatherings and information sessions in different community venues and cafes. Sessions address mental health or employment; some sessions have professional external speakers that share their expertise and answer questions.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees:

ALEXANDRA RUTH MARCHESI Appointed: 2020

BASSIM BAZ Appointed: 2022

KIRSTY LAURA NEALE Appointed: 2024

PAUL NTULILA Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Self-Employed

STEPHEN WILLIAM SPENCER NORTON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Consultant

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/08/2020, number: 1190885

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

3 returns made; all on time

Main office

Deaf Unity
Office 75652
PO Box 6945
LONDON
W1A 6US

Objectives

1. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE ACROSS ENGLAND AND WALES IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;2. THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF DISABILITY AND BY FOSTERING UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE DEAF COMMUNITY AND WIDER SOCIETY; AND3. THE PROMOTION OF THE SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING DEAF BY: A) PROVIDING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TO SUPPORT AND ENABLE DEAF PARENTS TO MAXIMISE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND THEMSELVES;B) RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING DEAF PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION;C) PROVIDING OTHER GENERAL SUPPORT INCLUDING ACCESS TO TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS.

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