FURNESS REFUGEE SUPPORT

Registered charity 1201677 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Furness Refugee Support provides support to refugees and asylum seekers living in the Furness geographical area. We provide practical support helping people to create a home, attend appointments, learn English, liaise with other agencies. We also facilitate community engagement through a range of activities. We also support those in camps overseas through donation both financial and of clothing.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:• TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF ASYLUM SEEKERS, THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THOSE FLEEING CONFLICT AND PERSECUTION AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN AND CONTRIBUTE TO A NEW COMMUNITY.• TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, IMMIGRATION STATUS OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.• TO SUPPORT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THOSE FLEEING CONFLICT AND PERSECUTION• TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST ASYLUM SEEKERS, THOSE FLEEING CONFLICT AND PERSECUTION AND THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS LIVING (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN THE FURNESS AREA. • TO RELIEVE THE CHALLENGE OF UNEMPLOYMENT (IMMEDIATELY OR IN THE FUTURE) OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS, THOSE FLEEING CONFLICT AND PERSECUTION AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE FURNESS AREA, BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT.• TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM.AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ABOVE, TO UNDERTAKE ANY OTHER ACTIVITY WHICH WITH THE APPROVAL OF TRUSTEES IS DEEMED TO MEET AND SUPPORT THESE OBJECTIVES.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £16,006, which is above its stated policy threshold of £10,000 required to maintain minimal services for six months. The charity reported total income of £82,488, primarily from grants, and had no staff or defined-benefit pension deficits. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts.

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What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
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• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kim Farr MSc.chair
• Akram Aljouri
• Angela Susan Malloch
• Dr JOHN ANTHONY RAMMELL BRICE
• Frankie Marlon Gibbs Baker
• Linda Wood
• Matthew Burden · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cumbria

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FURNESS HOMELESS SUPPORT GROUP.

• FURNESS HOMELESS SUPPORT GROUP income £285k
• REFUGEES AT HOME income £924k
• Refugee and Migrant Justice income £1.9m
• Carer Support Furness income £438k
• SUFFOLK REFUGEE SUPPORT income £769k
• KENT REFUGEE HELP income £19k

Side by side with its peers

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