Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 4

No PartB

(no info on trustees)

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 4

MWAMBA

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Financial Data

Income & Spending ?

Period ending	30/11/21	30/11/22
Total income	£19,393	£31,586
Total spending	£11,724	£32,405
Surplus/deficit	£7,669	-£819

Established: 3 years

Listed activities

It carries out activities or services itself

GiG Classification

Services for females

Purposes

The prevention or relief of poverty
The advancement of education
The advancement of health

Where it operates

More than one local authority area in Scotland, main operating location: City of Edinburgh

Who it helps

People with a particular ethnic or racial origin

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
Corra Foundation - HDG-21/1577
£24,000	30/09/2021	towards the One to one Support and Conversation Cafe project providing mental health workshops and listening, cooking and sharing opportunities for women.
National Lottery Community Fund - Community support service
£10,000	20/04/2021	This group will use the funding too support African and other ethnic minority women within Edinburgh by enabling them to access support services.

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 19/02/2021, number: SC050784

Filing Record

1 returns made; AR21: 8 days late,

Main office

158 South Mid Street, Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 1DY

Objectives

4.1 To Promote and support women from African and ethnic minority backgrounds residing in Edinburgh and its surrounding areas, in the prevention of poverty, advance health (especially the recent effects of Coivd -19) wellbeing and education by offering 1:1 trauma informed person centred advice, information and a signposting service. By lobbying and working in partnership with other specialist organisations with the aim of meeting the needs of African and Bame women and their families. 4.2 To educate and support women from African and the Bame community in issues that arise for them in relation to domestic violence, sexual abuse, addictions, health issues, isolation, racism, gender and LGBT and the effects that covid 19 pandemic continues to have on them and their families in the community. 4.3 Mwamba will offer training to raise awareness and identify personal traumas especially around long held cultural values that have an impact on how they access services, facilitate intercultural communications to breakdown barriers and provide referral pathways into mainstream services. 4.4 We will use our local networks and events to promote the projects work especially with plans to have a community kitchen which reflects the cultural diversity of the African and Bame community within Edinburgh. Mwamba will publicise our work and share data with other services and organisations. 4.5 Mwamba will conduct research facilitate and collect data (with the consent from service users adhering to data protection) to identify and address issues of barriers to social inclusion and active participation for African and women form the Bame community in Scotland. 4.6 We will create and maintain links with non-governmental organisations and associations in order to provide opportunities for the women and their families. We will write articles about the project and grants received in our newsletter which will reach a wider audience. 4.7 Support will be offered through trained outreach volunteers using a variety of social media platforms and communicating in first language for a more effective communication process. We aim to have a communication café with ethnic minority groups.

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