Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

POWER OF THE MIND NETWORKS

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING WOMEN IN PARTICULAR WIDOWED FROM AFRICAN BAME COMMUNITY IN THE NORTHAMPTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED DUE TO THEIR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND SUPPORT AND MEET THE NEED OF THESE WOMEN WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED TO INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Why are there only 3 trustees?

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
30/11/23£71£77£-6n/a
30/11/22£45£42£4n/a
30/11/21£37£29£9n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.powerofthemindnetworks.org

powerofthemindnetworks@gmail.com

00447496890344

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • General Community services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northamptonshire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

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
National Lottery Community Fund£92,831
Northamptonshire Community Foundation£40,682
Sport England£8,890
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Donor Directed- 50 Families Project
£10,000 14/05/2024
12
50 Families Project - to support nutrition for families
National Lottery Community Fund - Ubuntu Bring Your Flag to the King's Coronation
£9,950 28/03/2023
The funding will be used to hold a street party to celebrate King Charles III's Coronation and engage with people from diverse communities. The project aims to and showcase the African cultural dance called Muchongoyo share cultural foods improve ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - From Seed to Soup
£3,000 24/03/2023
This grant would enable both Power of the Mind Networks and the Spring Charity to provide a long-term, sustainable approach to address food poverty. It will also address the high levels of educational disadvantage caused by poverty and lack of ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Ubuntu Healthy Families
£2,997 24/03/2023
Our project activity is to shop for food stuffs of African background, package them and deliver to families in need.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - support young people with mild learning disabilities from the BAME community with acquiring skills for independent living
£9,796 03/08/2022
support young people with mild learning disabilities from the BAME community with acquiring skills for independent living
National Lottery Community Fund - Ubuntu Healthy Happy Relationships
£75,281 28/07/2022
The funding will be used to enable Power of the Mind Networks to develop and deliver a domestic abuse support service that is focused on helping women from predominantly African cultural backgrounds in a Northampton town and the local area. With ....more
Sport England - COVID19 Return to Play
£8,890 22/03/2022
Funding under Sport England's Return to Play - Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled COVID19 Return to Play. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on beneficiaries from a BAME background.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Bringing our flags together for our Queen's jubilee
£4,990 22/03/2022
To bring people together for the celebration of the Queen's Jubilee through dance and food and unite people from different communities.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Power of the Mind Networks
£4,919 29/10/2021
To provide digital skills training to BAME older women of African heritage who are survivors of domestic abuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - CLIMATE COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS
£7,600 07/10/2021
The organisation will use the funding to deliver 'Climate Conversation Workshops' to discuss fears and concerns about climate change with older adults from African and BAME communities. The project seeks to raise 'climate change' awareness (e.g. ....more
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Ubuntu Afro Infusion Meales
£2,990 10/08/2021
cookery sessions for BAME women who are survivors of domestic abuse
Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Grant to Power of the Mind Networks
£1,990 28/06/2021
Grant to Power of the Mind Networks
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

  • MAVIS MUNDIRWA Appointed: 2020
  • RACHEAL NOKUTURA REEVES Appointed: 2020
  • YVONNE SHAMISO MARAWO MISS (Chair) Appointed: 2020
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/11/2020, number: 1192367
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
3 returns made; all on time
Main office

32 Spring Lane
WELLINGBOROUGH
Northamptonshire
NN8 1EY

Objectives

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING WOMEN IN PARTICULAR WIDOWED FROM AFRICAN BAME COMMUNITY IN THE NORTHAMPTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED DUE TO THEIR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND SUPPORT AND MEET THE NEED OF THESE WOMEN WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED TO INTEGRATE INTO THE COMMUNITY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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