WELCOME TO BADMINTON

Registered charity 1209397 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Welcome to Badminton promotes equality, tolerance, open mindedness and a culture of sharing skills. We bring refugees, asylum seekers and migrants together from the city centre and the wider region to learn/play sports (primarily badminton, volleyball and table tennis). We aim to help promote a healthy lifestyle, reduce loneliness and isolation and help people to manage stress and anxiety.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO, TO BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN GATESHEAD, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, IS: THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND MIGRANTS (‘THE BENEFICIARIES’) WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, RELIEVING THEIR NEEDS AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, BY PROVIDING: A) FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF BENEFICIARIES, IN PARTICULAR FACILITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SPORTS OF BADMINTON, VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, TABLE TENNIS AND SUCH OTHER SPORTS CAPABLE OF PROMOTING HEALTH AND FITNESS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE; B) OPPORTUNITIES FOR BENEFICIARIES TO BUILD SOCIAL AND SUPPORT NETWORKS TO ASSIST IN INTEGRATION; C) OPPORTUNITIES FOR BENEFICIARIES TO DEVELOP ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS THROUGH CONVERSING WITH NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS; D) OPPORTUNITIES FOR BENEFICIARIES WHO HAVE SUFFICIENT EXPERIENCE TO QUALIFY IN LEVEL 1 BADMINTON COACHING; AND E) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BENEFICIARIES WHERE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IS AN OBSTACLE TO PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSION.

Area of benefit: LOCAL

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Causes: Disability · Amateur Sport · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Annabel Haywardchair
• Arly Mai Geanga
• Judith Dawson
• Sabina Phamova
• Vira Levkivska

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Operates in: Gateshead · Newcastle Upon Tyne City

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