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Description
The organisation's purposes are: 1. To promote the advancement of active citizenship. The Igbo Welfare Union will promote this objective through the development and teaching of civic values. the encouragement of voluntary activity and increasing the involvement of individuals in community activity. the promotion of community union, and sense of belonging among ethnic Igbos in Glasgow and its environs. 2. To promote the prevention or relief of poverty. The Union will provide a support network for poverty alleviation, health education and disaster relief amongst disadvantaged and needy communities, families and groups, particularly in Glasgow and Igboland. Through training for work skills, promotion of social enterprise development, and encouragement of Fair Trade activities, the Union will work to prevent those who are poor from becoming poorer as well as preventing those who are at risk of being poor from becoming poor. The Union will also promote relief of those in need by reason of age, ill health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage. 3. To advance the promotion of equality and diversity. The Igbo Welfare Union will through advocacy and campaigning promote activities that will address racial discrimination in employment, education, health, housing, and public services particularly for its members and the wider community. 4. To promote the advancement of education. The Igbo Welfare Union will promote activities that will advance capacity development, skills empowerment, training and research opportunity for its members and the wider community. 5. To promote the advancement of the arts, heritage, and culture. The Union will seek to promote awareness of the Igbo culture amongst Igbos and children of Igbo descent in the UK, whilst encouraging them to play their full role in the British society and will further advance British cultural life by promoting Igbo history, language, music, art, literature, and culture to the wider public.
Also known as
- Igbo Union Glasgow
OSCR Charity number
Registered
Postcode
G40 2QW
Website
Latest income
£36,626 (on )
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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 2 active records and 0 inactive records, from 2 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
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Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-SC gives the scheme for this identifier (Scottish Charity Register), while SC044517 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
The Igbo Welfare Union Glasgow (this record)
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
Activities (OSCR)
- It makes grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals
- It carries out activities or services itself
Beneficiaries (OSCR)
- Children or young people
- Older people
- People with a particular ethnic or racial origin
- No specific group, or for the benefit of the community
Purposes (OSCR)
- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The advancement of citizenship or community development
- The advancement of the arts, heritage, culture or science
- The promotion of equality and diversity
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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Community and economic development activities
F20
UK Charity Activity Tags
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Arts
AR -
Arts
AR» Media and publishingAR200» LiteratureAR202 -
Arts
AR» Performing artAR300» MusicAR303 -
Beneficiary group
BE» ChildrenBE102 -
Beneficiary group
BE» FamiliesBE103 -
Beneficiary group
BE» People with disabilitiesBE200 -
Charitable activities
CA» Advice and individual advocacyCA101 -
Charitable activities
CA» Policy campaigning and advocacyCA103 -
Economic and community development
EC» Economic developmentEC102 -
Economic and community development
EC» Social enterpriseEC106 -
Economic and community development
EC» UnemploymentEC107 -
Education
ED -
Education
ED» TrainingED300 -
Education
ED» TrainingED300» Employability trainingED302 -
Health
HE -
Housing
HO» AccommodationHO101 -
Heritage
HR -
Heritage
HR» HistoryHR103 -
Research
RS -
Saving of lives
SL» Humanitarian reliefSL102 -
Society
SO» CitizenshipSO101 -
Society
SO» Equality and diversitySO104 -
Social welfare
SW» Individual povertySW105
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-12 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2018-01-31 | 13,428 | 13,087 |
| 2019-01-31 | 14,540 | 7,427 |
| 2020-01-31 | 10,278 | 10,781 |
| 2021-01-31 | 7,747 | 7,260 |
| 2022-01-31 | 46,977 | 46,443 |
| 2023-01-31 | 44,987 | 45,421 |
| 2024-01-31 | 36,626 | 34,680 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
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| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All Scotland |
£5,974
4 months |
Team build and connectivity
Oct 2023 to Feb 2024 |
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Corra Foundation
Boost Small Grants |
£3,000
11.967213114754099 months |
Boost Small Grants
Aug 2023 to Aug 2024 |
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Corra Foundation
Household Hardship Fund |
£3,213
11.967213114754099 months |
Household Hardship Fund
Dec 2022 to Dec 2023 |
||
|
Foundation Scotland
GVC Fund |
£4,000
8 months |
Dance for Better Health
Feb 2021 to Oct 2021 |
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Foundation Scotland
Response Recovery and Resilience (CLOSED) |
£4,200 | Grant to Igbo Welfare Union | ||
|
The National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery Awards for All |
£10,000
1 year |
Togetherness
Aug 2018 to Aug 2019 |
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- Corra Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Foundation Scotland (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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