AFRICAN WOMEN EMPOWERMENT FORUM (AWEF)

Registered charity 1191388 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

AWEF empowerment process seek to give African Women, Refugees and Asylum Seekers and their children the power of making decisions on their own, through having access to information and resources that will enhance them in making proper decision, grant them options from which they can make choices for themselves, then having the abilities to exercise assertiveness within collective decision-making .

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE, ASYLUM SEEKER, AND MIGRANT STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN NEW COMMUNITIES IN NOTTINGHAM CITY, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND EAST MIDLANDS. IN SUPPORT THEREOF ACCORDING TO STATUS PROVIDE: TRAINING IN BASIC SKILLS TO HELP FIND WORK; GENERAL EDUCATION INCLUDING LANGUAGE SKILLS; ACCESS HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES AND FACILITATE INTEGRATION IN SUCH A WAY THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY AND WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

Area of benefit: IN NOTTINGHAM CITY, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND EAST MIDLANDS

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £1,784 for the year, resulting in total funds carried forward of £18,329. However, the charity experienced a significant cash outflow, with net cash used in operating activities totaling £15,537, which reduced its cash and cash equivalents from £16,925 to £1,388 by year-end. The trustees note that the charity is exempt from corporation tax and operates a defined contribution pension plan.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by none. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Awards for All, England — “Awards for All, England offers grants for projects that improve communities, and the lives of people within them.” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Marigold Katsandechair
• Grace Kamau
• Ms Angela Chawapiwa Mareverwa
• Shackler Zimuto
• Treacy Tapfumaneyi

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Nottingham City · Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

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