BREATHING SPACE
Health and Wellbeing project serving local communities, especially marginalized people. It uses local settings, including an 800 year old church and rural environs. Its activities are informed by 'Five a Day for Wellbeing': Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning, and Give. It is fully inclusive, non-discriminatory, reflecting Christian principles of Love, Compassion and Service to Others.
Objects
1)TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH HEALTH PROBLEMS (INCLUDING ISSUES AROUND MENTAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING, AS RECOGNISED BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION) IN WITTON GILBERT, SURROUNDING VILLAGES AND THE WIDER NORTH EAST REGION, BY PROVIDING ACCESS TO SPACE, SERVICES, SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES IN AND AROUND THE CHURCH AND LAND OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, WITTON GILBERT AND OTHER LAND AND SPACES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.2)TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints 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
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023
- Volunteers: 6
- Government income: £3,000 — grants £3,000 (1); 10% of the £30,278 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022
- Volunteers: 10
- Government income: £4,122 — grants £4,122 (2); 6% of the £64,479 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2021
- Volunteers: 8
- Government income: £9,491 — grants £9,491 (13); 29% of the £33,052 total gross income on the same return
Register events
- Transferred assets to another charity (14/05/2024)
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | — | — |
| 31/03/2024 | — | — |
| 31/03/2023 | £30k | £48k |
| 31/03/2022 | £64k | £44k |
| 31/03/2021 | £33k | £28k |