Overall GiG Score: -4 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 1
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • No PartB
(no info on trustees)
    • Grant maker support: +1

    STRIDE 

    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently

    Financial issues to consider:

    • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
    Established: 11 years
    Scottish Charity Regulator
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Financial Data
    Period ending 31/03/18
    Total income £53,502
    Total spending £43,976
    Surplus/deficit £9,526
    What it does
    • It carries out activities or services itself
    Who it helps
    • Children or young people
    • Older People
    • People with disabilities or health problems','People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','Other defined groups','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community','Other charities or voluntary bodies
    Purposes
    • The prevention or relief of poverty
    • The advancement of education
    Where it operates
    • UK and overseas, main operating location: Angus

    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.

    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - ENGAGING DUNDEE AFRICAN FAMILIES IN GARDENING AND VOLUNTEERING ACTIVITIES
    £10,000 08/08/2018
    The additional funding will help us to consolidate the success we have made with the African women and also help us scale up the project to involve African men and their young people. This project ....more
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - ENGAGING DUNDEE AFRICAN WOMEN IN GARDENING ACTIVITIES
    £5,000 10/11/2017
    From pilot project delivered by STRIDE, it is very apparent that African women suffer from a myriad of social problems. The main problems encountered by African women in Dundee city are: • Through ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Stride
    £10,000 28/08/2017
    Researching, documenting and sharing the heritage of black history in Scotland
    Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations - TRANSFORMING THE LIVES OF ETHNIC MINORITY WOMEN IN DUNDEE CITY THROUGH VOLUNTEERING
    £6,500 02/12/2016
    Our project is aimed at ethnic minority women living in the most deprived areas of Dundee city such as Hiltown, Lochee, Kirkton who have been adversely affected by the welfare reforms such as the ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - Engaging African Communities to Lead More Active Life Styles
    £10,000 03/09/2015
    12
    This group seeks to improve the health and wellbeing of African people living in Tayside, Angus and Fife. The funding will be used to lead a community consultation project aimed at identifying ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - VOLUNTEER ROLE MODELS
    £10,000 03/12/2014
    12
    Not Available
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Stride
    £10,000 28/07/2014
    Keeping African heritage alive in Scotland
    National Lottery Community Fund - Commonwealth awareness among African Families
    £10,000 14/02/2014
    12
    The project will run 12 community events over a year across Fife, Angus and Dundee. To deliver these events 10 volunteer ‘role models’ will be recruited from target communities and trained. ....more
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    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 Scotland on 26/08/2013, number: SC044225
    Filing Record
    1 returns made; all on time
    Main office

    110 Restenneth Drive, Forfar, DD8 2DD

    Objectives

    1. To relieve poverty and alleviate suffering of African people in Scotland and the wider UK. 2. To advance the education of and about African people in Scotland and the wider UK on the difficulties encountered by such people and how to best support them.

    Data Sources

    Scottish Charity Regulator
    360 Giving
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