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Support For Wigan Arrivals Project

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1124034
Status
Registered
Registered
May 13, 2008
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Undefined. In Practice, Wigan.

Address

Address
Penson Street Community Centre
Penson Street
Wigan
Lancashire
WN1 2LP

Contact

Phone
01942825750
Email
[email protected]
Website
swapwigan.org
Website screenshot

Activities

To provide practical support for migrant arrivals (in particular, but not exclusively, asylum seekers and refugees).To aid and promote integration.To alleviate isolation and exclusion.To encourage participation in volunteering actiivities..To foster the development of community-led wellbeing.To advance public education.

Objects: 1 The Relief Of Asylum Seekers, Refugees And Migrant Workers And Their Families Resident In The Wigan Borough Who Are In Conditions Of Need, Hardship Or Distress, Particularly But Not Exclusively Through The Provision Of Information, Advice And Assistants.2 To Advance The Education Of The Public, Other Statutory And Voluntary Organisations And Asylum Seekers In Order To Assist Their Inclusion Into The Wider Community.

Classification

How
Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Who
Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Local Authority
Wigan

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
March 31, 2025 £155,231 £157,014
March 31, 2024 £134,291 £134,472
March 31, 2023 £142,160 £119,188
March 31, 2022 £84,225 £80,085
March 31, 2021 £113,610 £97,717

Trustees

Name Appointed
Jessica Dreworth (Chair) March 4, 2019
Emma Atherton Feb. 9, 2023
Lynn Taylor July 22, 2019
Susan Janet Decamp June 5, 2017
Steve Atherton Sept. 1, 2014