Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 3

THE IGBO WELFARE UNION GLASGOW

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	31/01/18	31/01/19	31/01/20	31/01/21	31/01/22	31/01/23	31/01/24
Total income	£13,428	£14,540	£10,278	£7,747	£46,977	£44,987	£36,626
Total spending	£13,087	£7,427	£10,781	£7,260	£46,443	£45,421	£34,680
Surplus/deficit	£341	£7,113	-£503	£487	£534	-£434	£1,946

Established: 11 years

www.iwug.org.uk

Listed activities

It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

General Community services

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of education
The advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science','the promotion of equality and diversity

Where it operates

UK and overseas, main operating location: Glasgow City

This charity is based in an area of extremely high deprivation

Who it helps

Children or young people
Older People
People with a particular ethnic or racial origin','No specific group, or for the benefit of the community

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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Team build and connectivity
£5,974	11/08/2023	This group will use funding to arrange and facilitate 3 events to support families with autism and other social issues.
Foundation Scotland - Dance for Better Health
£4,000	02/11/2021 8	to fund a series of dance sessions to support men's physical and mental health.
Foundation Scotland - Grant to Igbo Welfare Union
£4,200	19/06/2020	To provide food supplies, household essentials, supermarket vouchers and utility support to 32 families in response to the pandemic. We would advise that you add a charitable dissolution clause to ....more To provide food supplies, household essentials, supermarket vouchers and utility support to 32 families in response to the pandemic. We would advise that you add a charitable dissolution clause to your governing document. If you need support and advice
National Lottery Community Fund - Togetherness
£10,000	13/08/2018 12	This group will use the funding to deliver cultural and heritage classes for children including African drum and dance, Irish dance and tap dancing, and Igbo culture and heritage.

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 12/12/2013, number: SC044517

Filing Record

5 returns made; all on time

Main office

47 Broad Street, Glasgow, G40 2QW

Objectives

The organisation's purposes are: 1. To promote the advancement of active citizenship. The Igbo Welfare Union will promote this objective through the development and teaching of civic values. the encouragement of voluntary activity and increasing the involvement of individuals in community activity. the promotion of community union, and sense of belonging among ethnic Igbos in Glasgow and its environs. 2. To promote the prevention or relief of poverty. The Union will provide a support network for poverty alleviation, health education and disaster relief amongst disadvantaged and needy communities, families and groups, particularly in Glasgow and Igboland. Through training for work skills, promotion of social enterprise development, and encouragement of Fair Trade activities, the Union will work to prevent those who are poor from becoming poorer as well as preventing those who are at risk of being poor from becoming poor. The Union will also promote relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 3. To advance the promotion of equality and diversity. The Igbo Welfare Union will through advocacy and campaigning promote activities that will address racial discrimination in employment, education, health, housing, and public services particularly for its members and the wider community. 4. To promote the advancement of education. The Igbo Welfare Union will promote activities that will advance capacity development, skills empowerment, training and research opportunity for its members and the wider community. 5. To promote the advancement of the arts, heritage, and culture. The Union will seek to promote awareness of the Igbo culture amongst Igbos and children of Igbo descent in the UK, whilst encouraging them to play their full role in the British society and will further advance British cultural life by promoting Igbo history, language, music, art, literature, and culture to the wider public.

Data Sources

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