Charity Details

Charity Details:

Mwamba

SC050784Registered charity from 19 February 2021

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Address Mwamba Heart of Newhaven Community
4-6 Main Street Newhaven
Edinburgh

Postcode EH6 4HY

Website Mwamba.org

Regulatory Type Standard

Object:

4.1 To Promote and support women from African and ethnic minority backgrounds residing in Edinburgh and its surrounding areas, in the prevention of poverty, advance health (especially the recent effects of Coivd -19) wellbeing and education by offering 1:1 trauma informed person centred advice, information and a signposting service. By lobbying and working in partnership with other specialist organisations with the aim of meeting the needs of African and Bame women and their families. 4.2 To educate and support women from African and the Bame community in issues that arise for them in relation to domestic violence, sexual abuse, addictions, health issues, isolation, racism, gender and LGBT and the effects that covid 19 pandemic continues to have on them and their families in the community. 4.3 Mwamba will offer training to raise awareness and identify personal traumas especially around long held cultural values that have an impact on how they access services, facilitate intercultural communications to breakdown barriers and provide referral pathways into mainstream services. 4.4 We will use our local networks and events to promote the projects work especially with plans to have a community kitchen which reflects the cultural diversity of the African and Bame community within Edinburgh. Mwamba will publicise our work and share data with other services and organisations. 4.5 Mwamba will conduct research facilitate and collect data (with the consent from service users adhering to data protection) to identify and address issues of barriers to social inclusion and active participation for African and women form the Bame community in Scotland. 4.6 We will create and maintain links with non-governmental organisations and associations in order to provide opportunities for the women and their families. We will write articles about the project and grants received in our newsletter which will reach a wider audience. 4.7 Support will be offered through trained outreach volunteers using a variety of social media platforms and communicating in first language for a more effective communication process. We aim to have a communication café with ethnic minority groups.

Details of the charity's operations

Charity Status: Active

Last Updated: 22 Jan 2025

Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Constitutional Form Date: 19 Feb 2021

Geographical Spread: More than one local authority area in Scotland

Main Operating Location: City of Edinburgh

Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty","the advancement of education","the advancement of health"

Beneficiaries: "People with a particular ethnic or racial origin"

Types of activity undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"

Annual Information Submission History

Year End	Income	Expenditure	Annual Return Received	Accounts Received	Latest Accounts
30 Nov 2021	£19,393	£11,724	04 Oct 2022	Yes
30 Nov 2022	£31,851	£32,670	22 Oct 2023	Yes
30 Nov 2023	£42,633	£36,112	31 Aug 2024	Yes	SC050784 MWAMBA Final Accounts to 30 November 2023 Signed_Redacted
30 Nov 2024			No	Annual Information due by 31 Aug 2025
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, OSCR allowed an additional 9 months grace period for charities that were overdue/late when their annual information due by date fell between 01 March 2020 and 31 March 2021. If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green . If an annual return is late, the box is red .

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