# SUPPORT FOR WIGAN ARRIVALS PROJECT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1124034
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** May 13, 2008
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1124034


## Contact

- **Address:** Penson Street Community Centre, Penson Street, Wigan, Lancashire
- **Postcode:** WN1 2LP
- **Phone:** 01942825750
- **Email:** info@swapwigan.org
- **Website:** www.swapwigan.org



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, WIGAN.




## 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

- Wigan



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £155231 | £157014 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £134291 | £134472 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £142160 | £119188 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £84225 | £80085 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £113610 | £97717 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Jessica Dreworth** (Chair) — appointed March 4, 2019
- Emma Atherton — appointed Feb. 9, 2023
- Lynn Taylor — appointed July 22, 2019
- SUSAN JANET DECAMP — appointed June 5, 2017
- Steve Atherton — appointed Sept. 1, 2014