KHIDMAT

Registered charity 1158330 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Khidmat runs services for older people and carers mainly from Pakistani/Kashmiri communities. We run Wellbeing clubs for older people and provide information, advice and advocacy. We also have Carers support services and facilitate older people learning new skills. We promote social inclusion and work to reduce social isolation and loneliness in older people and carers.

Objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH ELDERLY PEOPLE FROM THE PAKISTANI AND KASHMIRI COMMUNITIES IN LUTON AND THEIR CARERS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN AND TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:1.PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND THEM TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY;2.INCREASING, OR CO-ORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: LUTON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Luton, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

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• Volunteer management

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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 20/03/2024, 49 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• AYESHA KAZIchair
• MR DAWOOD
• Rizwana Sharif
• Zubeida Malek

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Operates in: Luton

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