## **WEST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT**
## **(WAD)**
ACCOUNT AND TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT 2020/2021
www.westafricandevelopment.org.uk
Registered No: 1132899
## **DETAILS**
**Name:** West African Development (WAD)
## **Register Number** : 1132899
**Address 1:** 6 Brookdale Avenue Ashton under Lyne OL6 7UD
**Address 2** : Unit D, 1[st] Floor Jannat Business Centre, Good Hope Mill, 98 Bentick Street Ashton-Under Lyne, OL6 7SS
**Website:** www.westafricandevelopment.org.uk
**Email:** admin@westafricandevelopment.org.uk
Tel: (+44) 0161 327 3095
**Facebook:** https://www.facebook.com/wad.westafricandevelopment
**Twitter:** https://twitter.com/WADCommunity
**West African Development** (WAD) have 9 people in the Committees who deal with the decision making under our constitution and average 25 volunteers who are giving their time to support our work and also sharing the ideas for the progress of WAD and the BAME communities in Tameside and Greater Manchester.
WAD committees members meet regularly to ensure we are reacting to the needs of the local community. We are a registered charity (No 1132899) and we are up to date with our information with the Charity Commission in England and Wales. West African Development (WAD) providing the following services:
## **General Charitable Purposes**
## **Education and Training**
- **Immigration and Benefits Advice**
## **The prevention or Relief of Poverty**
## **Overseas Aid/Famine Relief**
- **Arts/Culture/Heritage**
- **Amateur Sport**
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## **Economic/Community Development/Employment**
## **Social Activities & Wellbeing**
## **• Crime Prevention**
We were set up to work with those of West African origin, but not exclusively. West African Development (WAD) services benefited:
## **Children/Young People**
## **People of a Particular Ethnic or Racial Origin**
## **Other Charities or Voluntary Bodies**
## **The General Public/Mankind**
## **2020/2021 Report**
**West African Development** (WAD) aim to improve the quality of life of African’s and other ethnic minority people living in Tameside and elsewhere. Due to the COVID19 pandemic and the lockdown this has had huge impact on the services we provide such as our monthly face-to-face meeting and the activities we provide for our service users. There been a number of challenges in our community over the last 12 months which has included social isolation, digital exclusion and the mental health, unemployment and the lack of education and training.
The longer-term impact on BAME communities and COVID19 we are already seeing includes evidence of increasing mental illness rates, closure of businesses and mass unemployment among young black people.
For minority groups, it is not just about fighting pandemic or housing issues, living in suitable accommodation, it is constantly battling marginalisation and proving that their lives are worthy too, in housing, health, education, and criminal justice and so on. It is important, now more than ever, to consciously break down barriers to equality in the context of Covid-19 and beyond.
The following activities are what we delivered over the last **12 months** to tackle on some of these issues and barriers.
1. Provided support and access to digital access via internet and resources for those who are digitally disconnected.
2. Provided signposting and basic support to refugee and asylum seekers living in Tameside on where to connect for support.
3. Provided support to local communities on how to remain safe and wear masks and social distancing during this pandemic.
## 4. Translation advice and support to communities
5. Supported on health improvement information and support to BAME communities living in housing provided by local authority.
6. Consultation with the community to identify and understand housing needs.
7. Prevention of Race Hate Crimes and domestic abuse - Many BME people lives are effected by undermining their self-confidence and willingness to access services or become involved. WAD can provide support improving selfconfidence via workshop and community related projects.
8. Rolling out and supporting communities through winter pressures and support to most vulnerable during this season. During the cold winter months West African Development have worked with our vulnerable community to ensure they stayed warm and had the basic necessities to get through these difficult times. A lot of the communities
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we serve and supported had either lost jobs some were made redundant which impacted on their financial situations. Many of them were experiencing poverty. Many of them were reliant of food banks and other support agencies where English was a second language this was a problem for many of them.
9. Provided healthy social distance walking groups outdoors for young and old alike to keep active during the first lockdown. We also ran an online exercise sessions during the 2[nd] and 3[rd] lockdown.
## **WAD actions for the short term:**
- 1) Continue to provide one to one support sessions for families and individual who need support in Tameside to continue to thrive socially and economically.
- 2) Develop set up and support of ESOL provision to ensure local communities develop a sense of belonging and community inclusion.
- 3) Development of relationship with key service providers in Tameside.
## **Other activities have included** :
- Voluntary Opportunities Placement Opportunities
- Faith Program Multi-faith Chaplaincy support
- Advisory and Counselling Services
- Women and Youth Empowerment Program
- Online Children and school holiday activities.
## **West African Development Trustees Annual Account for year 2021**
|**West African Development Trustees Annual Account for year 2021**|**West African Development Trustees Annual Account for year 2021**|
|---|---|
|**Income:**|£71743.79|
|**Expenditure:**|£56132.90|
|**Funds bought forward frompreviousyear:**|£2099.25|
|**Funds on 31st March 2021:**|£17710.14|
|**Asset:**|£22000.00|
|**Liabilities:**|£0|
Approved on the 6[th] July, 2021
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## **West African Development (WAD)**
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2021**
**www.westafricandevelopment.org.uk**
## **Income:**
|**31st MARCH 2021**
**www.westafricandevelopment.org.uk**
||
|---|---|
|Action Together CRF Tameside Grant|£1000.00|
|Auto Trader|£4690.00|
|PC Refund Grant|£180.00|
|National Heritage COVID19|£14200.00|
|Covid19 Response – BAME 4 TEK|£8212.00|
|Sported Foundation Sport Grant|£4233.80|
|Action Together CICWB Grant|£24933.00|
|Tameside MBC Winter Emergency Fund|£10.000.00|
|Tameside MBC – Hate Crime|£3500.00|
|Member Contribution & Public Donation|£794.99|
|**Total**|**£71743.79**|
## **Expenditure:**
|**ure:**||
|---|---|
|Liability insurance|£459.87|
|One Insurance|£981.33|
|Coordinators|£16119.00|
|Sessional Workers|£11400.00|
|Room Hire|£5475.00|
|Maintenance / Repair|£3000.00|
|Equipment & Materials|£11833.80|
|Publicity &Web Design|£450.00|
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## **West African Development (WAD)**
## **FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2021**
**www.westafricandevelopment.org.uk**
|**31st MARCH 2021**
**www.westafricandevelopment.org.uk**||
|---|---|
|Voluntary Expensive|£2300.00|
|Stationary/Artwork & Postage|£428.90|
|Refreshment|£675.00|
|Fuel|£1780.00|
|Call Expensive|£430.00|
|Humanitarian Aid|£700.00|
|Accountancy- Greengate Business Centre Oldham|£100.00|
|**Total cost**|**£ 56132.90**|
## **Balance sheet:**
|**sheet:**||
|---|---|
|Funds bought forward from previous year
Funds on 31st March 2019
Asset
Liabilities|£2099.25|
||£17710.14|
||£22000|
||£0|
Michel Gnonkonde (Treasurer) Alade Sanni (Chairpers
Approved July 6th, 2021
**Every little helps, your support is needed and any further ideas would be most welcomed. WITH MANY THANKS**
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Reference.. WAD121109
Date: 09th September 2021
Re. Wesl African Developmen( (WAD)
In accordance with the engagement letter dated I, April 2020, and to assist you to fulfil your
duties under the Charilies Commissio we have Teviewed the financial statements of the entity
that has been prepared by your office and from the accounting records and infonnation and
explanations you have given to us.
This report is made to the TTUStees in accordance with the ternis of our engagement. OUT work
has been undertaken to prepare for approval by the Trusiees the financial statements that we
have been engaged to review and the prepared accounts by your office. to report to the Trustees
that we have done so, and to slate those matter5 thai we have agreed to state to them in this
report and for no other purpose. To the fullest exteni perniitted by law, we do not accept or
assume responsibility to anyone other than the Tnte¢S for our work or for this report.
You have acknowledged that all on the Financial Statement for the year ended 31" March 2021
your duty to ensure thai the '"West African Developmenl (WAD)" h&$ kepl proper accounting
records and to prepare financial sthtements thai give a true and fair view. We have not found
any material differences and can confirnl that the income and expenses have been recorded
against each project income.
We have not been instructed to carry out an audil of the financial ststements. For this reason,
we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or infonnation
and explanations you have given to us. and we do noL therefore, express any opinion on the
financial statements.
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