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Overall GiG Score: -50 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Removed: -50
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)

    EMPOWERED LIVES 

    Financial Data ?

    Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
    Deficit
    Volun-
    teers
    03/04/21£20,203£10,528£9,67520
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    What it does
    • Disability
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    Who works here?
    • 20 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Elderly/Old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/Mankind
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Bristol City,

    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£10,000
    Quartet Community Foundation£5,000
    Allen Lane Foundation£3,729
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Empowered Lives
    £3,729 11/07/2022
    £3,729 single grant to cover one day a week of the salary costs to support people affected by abuse in Bristol
    Quartet Community Foundation - Online Pattern Changing Courses
    £5,000 17/02/2021
    8
    To run free online pattern changing course for survivors of domestic violence and rape, in response to an increase in the incidents of violence and abuse during the Covid -19 outbreak.
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £10,000 18/09/2020
    "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

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales, number: 1191449
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Conflicting interests
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    1 returns made; all on time
    Main office


    Objectives

    FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF WOMEN IN BRISTOL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED CURRENT AND/OR HISTORIC INCIDENTS OF DOMESTIC AND /OR SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT GROUPS.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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