# THE BENIN TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1116338
- **Other names:** THE BINI UNION TRUST, BENIN YOUTH FORUM
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Oct. 10, 2006
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1116338


## Contact

- **Address:** First Floor, 21 - 23 Woodgrange Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** E7 8BA
- **Phone:** 020 8522 1565
- **Email:** thebenintrust@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.thebenintrust.com



## Activities

**Objects:** (A)  TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR AMONG THE PEOPLE OF BENIN KINGDOM DECENT, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, AND TO PROVIDE DISADVANTAGED UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE WHICH THEY NEED TO GET PAID JOBS IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY IN WAYS WHICH ALLEVIATE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE. (B)  TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN PARTICULAR AMONG PEOPLE OF BENIN KINGDOM DECENT, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY DEPLOYING HUMAN AND MATERIAL RESOURCES, MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES, AND BY ANY OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS WHICH SUCH PERSONS COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, AND BY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR ORGANISATIONS WHICH GIVE HELP TO PEOPLE SUFFERING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. (C)  TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF BENIN KINGDOM DECENT, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY ADVANCING PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF HEALTH AND RAISING AWARENESS OF SUCH ISSUES, BY PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES, ORGANISING SEMINARS, FORUMS, AND UNDERTAKING RESEARCH.

**Activities:** Provision of senior citizen support and volunteering,   organizing youth mentoring and health promotion including sports and recreational services, delivering vocational education including  entrepreneurship, film-making,  arts and mother tongue language training , offering  job-search,  capacity building workshops, research , promotion of black history and other general charitable activities




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Other Finance, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Accommodation/housing, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Benin
- Nigeria
- Throughout London





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| DAMILOLA ALABI |  | Aug. 1, 2016 |
| JUSTIN OLOYA MA |  | Jan. 23, 2013 |
| Rev HOFFMAN FRIMPONG-MANSO |  | April 29, 2013 |
| STEWART BOWIE |  | June 6, 2013 |




