Finance Score: 5

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 9

Future income +5
No PartB

Grant maker support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 14

RELEASE COUNSELLING AND THERAPY FOR WOMEN CIO

We provide 1-2-1 counselling and therapeutic groups to women experiencing a range of mental health distress across Brighton & Hove, and the surrounding areas. We also provide training for these purposes.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers including the Government recently and there are significant future grants due to be received

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

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Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income	Spending	Surplus/ Deficit	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£125,127	£123,495	£1,632	10
31/03/22		£101,148	£95,249	£5,899	20

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

www.releaseforwomen.org.uk

info@releaseforwomen.org.uk

07954216995

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Mental health and addiction

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Brighton And Hove, East Sussex, West Sussex,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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

Henry Smith Charity	£152,100
National Lottery Community Fund	£30,360
Sussex Community Foundation	£21,250
Sport England	£7,050
J J Charitable Trust	£5,000
The Foyle Foundation	£4,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Release Counselling and Therapy for Women
£750	10/11/2023	Funding was provided towards their Mummyshock early-intervention counselling group in Whitehawk.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Release Counselling and Therapy for Women
£149,100	14/06/2023 36	towards three years' salary and on costs of the CEO and the Administrator at an organisation providing counselling for women with maternal mental health issues in Brighton & Hove and East and ....more towards three years' salary and on costs of the CEO and the Administrator at an organisation providing counselling for women with maternal mental health issues in Brighton & Hove and East and West Sussex.
National Lottery Community Fund - Movement for Mum's Mental Health Project
£10,000	25/11/2022	The funding will be used to run movement-based support groups for new mums facing post-natal depression and anxiety. This project aims to use yoga running and pilates to facilitate post-natal ....more The funding will be used to run movement-based support groups for new mums facing post-natal depression and anxiety. This project aims to use yoga running and pilates to facilitate post-natal recovery through the development of coping mechanisms reducing isolation and improving physical and mental health.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Release Counselling and Therapy for Women
£10,000	11/11/2022	Funding was provided towards workshops for mums.
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to Release Counselling and Therapy for Women
£500	27/10/2022	Funding was provided towards a10 week Mummyshock course in Whitehawk.
J J Charitable Trust - Core costs
£5,000	15/02/2022	Towards core costs
Sussex Community Foundation - 'Mummyshock 10-week postnatal group' and 'Women's Wellbeing Days'
£10,000	26/01/2022	Funding was provided to run new 'Mummyshock' 10-week postnatal groups for women who have had babies during the Covid-19 pandemic, and contribute towards 6 monthly women's therapeutic wellbeing days.
National Lottery Community Fund - Parenting in the Pandemic- mental health support for parents
£10,000	15/10/2021	The funding will be used to develop two new mothers groups to support parents with mental health. These will be a Mum +2 group which will be a new counselling group for mums who have had their second ....more The funding will be used to develop two new mothers groups to support parents with mental health. These will be a Mum +2 group which will be a new counselling group for mums who have had their second baby during the Pandemic and a second group that will offer parenting support for parents of children aged 0-5. The groups will be held in the locality as well as online.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Release Counselling and Therapy for Women
£3,000	23/09/2021 12	towards one year's running costs of an organisation providing counselling and peer support services for vulnerable and marginalised women in Brighton and Hove.
National Lottery Community Fund - Mum's Wellbeing Day Workshops in Nature
£2,500	17/08/2021	The funding is for three wellbeing day workshops for pandemic mums in-person and in nature. The project aims to facilitate new mums to feel more connected and enable them to form peer support groups.
Sport England - TGC CF Release Womens Wellbeing Days
£7,050	02/06/2021 12	This project will create monthly 'wellbeing workshops' offering women and girls holistic support including exercise, creativity, and self-help activities.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,000	28/04/2021	towards support and counselling groups for ‘lockdown mums’ with post-natal depression and anxiety (awarded grant in response to coronavirus)
National Lottery Community Fund - Mummyshock mental health project for lockdown mums
£7,860	29/10/2020 6	The funding will be used to deliver online counselling support to new mothers experiencing mental ill health. The project aims to build their confidence resilience and reduce isolation during ....more The funding will be used to deliver online counselling support to new mothers experiencing mental ill health. The project aims to build their confidence resilience and reduce isolation during Covid-19.

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How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

ISIL ALTINKAYA Appointed: 2024

CAROLINE ELISABETH TOWNEND Appointed: 2021

FELICITY PURCHASE (Chair) Appointed: 2023

LAURA HAYLEIGH YAFFE Appointed: 2022

NICOLA KUHRT Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 14/12/2020, number: 1192772

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

COMMUNITY BASE
113 QUEENS ROAD
BRIGHTON
BN1 3XG

Objectives

TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH OF WOMEN (AND THEIR FAMILIES WHERE NECESSARY), LIVING IN BRIGHTON AND HOVE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH, BUT NOT NECESSARILY RESTRICTED TO: PROVIDING AN AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE COUNSELLING SERVICE, AND BY THE TRAINING OF INDIVIDUALS OR GROUPS IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH COUNSELLING AND THERAPEUTIC SUPPORT.

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