# SOMALI CULTURAL RESOURCE CENTRE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1120160
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** July 20, 2007
- **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=1120160


## Contact

- **Address:** 29 WALSGRAVE ROAD, COVENTRY
- **Postcode:** CV2 4HE
- **Phone:** 07944 518241
- **Email:** h.fidow@somcul.org.uk
- **Website:** www.somcul.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY WITHIN COVENTRY AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF, SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.2) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION IN COVENTRY AND IN PARTICULAR BY NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE SOMALI COMMUNITY, FOR PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOMALI COMMUNITY IN COVENTRY, BY THE PROVISION OF VOCATIONAL AND SKILLS TRAINING, ADVICE AND SUPPORT.4) THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY IN COVENTRY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS, AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN PERSONS FROM SOMALIA LIVING IN COVENTRY AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY.5) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN SOMALIA.

**Activities:** SCRCC promote Somali community in Coventry  community cohesion. Enable the community to meet &amp; exchange knowledge &amp; information. Provide opportunities to access jobs, education, training, &amp; services e.g. housing, benefits, health. Provide advice &amp; guidance, interpretation, crime prevention &amp;conflict resolution. Provide additional education to children aged 6 to 16 yrs, keeping the children safe.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** COVENTRY AND SOMALIA
- Somalia
- Coventry City





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **HASSAN KASSIM FIDOW** | Chair |  |
| Aidurus Elmi Hassan |  | Sept. 23, 2025 |
| MAHAMAD AHMAD MAHAMAD |  |  |
| SAHRO ALI |  |  |




