PUSHING CHANGE
Pushing change promotes social inclusion by empowering people to overcome issues of dependency, mental health and homelessness. We do this by providing peer support, peer advocacy, education, training, awareness raising and self development. We also provide direct support for people to access services and represent service user interests with commissioners and service providers.
Objects
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS STATEMENT ?SOCIALLY EXCLUDED? MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS; CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY).
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints handling
- Conflicting interests
- Paying staff
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2022
- Volunteers: 26
- Government income: £150,000 — contracts £150,000 (1); 71% of the £212,035 total gross income on the same return
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2021
- Volunteers: 15
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2020
- Volunteers: 15
- Government income: £51,167 — grants £51,167 (6); 21% of the £248,962 total gross income on the same return
Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)
Of its last 2 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 08/03/2023, 36 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | — | — |
| 31/03/2024 | — | — |
| 31/03/2023 | — | — |
| 31/03/2022 | £212k | £241k |
| 31/03/2021 | £234k | £238k |
Common questions
Who funds PUSHING CHANGE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name PUSHING CHANGE as a grant recipient include THE MACKIE FOUNDATION, THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE MACKIE FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £56k | |
| THE WO STREET CHARITABLE FOUNDATION | FY2022 | £4k | |
| THE MACKIE FOUNDATION | FY2023 | amount not stated |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 08/07/2022 | £10k | SHIFT (Self Help Inspiring Forward Thinking) |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 19/03/2021 | £10k | Peer Recovery Support Workers |
| UK government | 07/08/2020 | £10k | Coronavirus Community Support Fund |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 13/12/2018 | £10k | Recovery Brokers Communication Equipment |