LIFE4WIDOWS INTERNATIONAL (CIO)

Registered charity 1195552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LIFE4WIDOWS, LIFE4WIDOWS INTERNATIONAL

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS: TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF BEREAVED WIDOWS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN THE UK, NIGERIA AND GHANA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY: A) PROVIDING GRANTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SERVICES AND ITEMS TO SUPPORT ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WIDOWS; B) OFFERING EMOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO WIDOWS IN THE GRIEVING PROCESS AND TO SUPPORT THEIR READJUSTMENT

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THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF BEREAVED WIDOWS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN THE UK, NIGERIA, GHANA AND RWANDA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING GRANTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SERVICES AND ITEMS TO SUPPORT ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WIDOWS;B) OFFERING EMOTIONAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT TO WIDOWS IN THE GRIEVING PROCESS AND TO SUPPORT THEIR READJUSTMENT TO LIFE WITHOUT A SPOUSE, INCLUDING ADVICE AND SUPPORT FROM QUALIFIED EXPERTS;C) EQUIPPING WIDOWS WITH NEW SKILLS TO ENABLE THEM TO JOIN OR RE-ENTER THE WORKPLACE; D) PROVIDING GRANTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ORGANISATIONS IN NIGERIA AND GHANA WHOSE WORK INVOLVES THE SUPPORT OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED WIDOWS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM, RWANDA, NIGERIA AND GHANA.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Hillingdon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 4 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2023 (received 01/11/2024, 1 day after the 31/10/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• OLADUNNI FATUGA
• OLAYINKA SHORINMADE-JUNAID
• OLIVIA ESSIEN
• SUSAN OSEI-BAIDOO

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

Operates in: Ghana · Nigeria · Throughout England And Wales

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