WEST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
(WAD)
ACCOUNT AND TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
2022/2023
Register Number: 1132899
www.wad.org.uk
DETAILS
Name: West African Development (WAD) Register Number: 1132899
Address 1: 6 Brookdale Avenue Ashton under Lyne OL6 7UD
Address 2: 336 Oldham Road Ashton-Under Lyne, OL7 9AU
Website: www.wad.org.uk
Email: admin@wad.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 Committee who deal with the decision making under our constitution and average 25 volunteers who are giving their time to support our work and sharing the ideas for the progress of WAD and the BAME communities in Tameside and Greater Manchester.
WAD committee 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:
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General Charitable Purposes
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Education and Training
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Immigration and Benefits Advice
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The prevention or Relief of Poverty
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Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
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Arts/Culture/Heritage
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Amateur Sport
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Economic/Community Development/Employment
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Social Activities & Wellbeing
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Crime Prevention
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Children/Young People
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People of a Particular Ethnic or Racial Origin
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Other Charities or Voluntary Bodies
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The General Public/Mankind
2022/2023 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 a financial crisis, this has had huge impact on our community and the services and the activities we provide for our service users. WAD and teams work are working hard to eliminate a few 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 opportunities.
For minority groups, it is important that our people living with a basic and essential for living and 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 employment and beyond.
The following activities are what we delivered over the last 12 months to tackle on some of these issues and barriers.
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Provided support and access to digital and resources for those who are digitally disconnected and living with financial hardship.
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Achievement and opening of the Tameside first African Arts and Heritage Centre to educate and bring African ethnic minority together and the creation of dialogue platform for the African, but not exclusively.
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Provided signposting and basic support to refugee and asylum seekers living in Tameside on where to connect for support and access to the services that are available for them.
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Provided support to local communities on how to remain safe and awareness on Crimes.
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Provide a Pre ESOL and British values class, language translation basic advice, support to communities and first arrival to the environment.
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Supported on health improvement information and support to BAME communities living in housing provided by local authority.
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Consultation with the community to identify and understand housing needs.
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Prevention of Race Hate Crimes and domestic abuse - Many BAME people lives are affected by undermining their self-confidence and willingness to access services or become involved. WAD is providing support improving self-confidence via workshop and community related projects.
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Provide sport activity to keep our fellows fit and to socialise by engaging with our football team and weekly training sessions.
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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 necessities to get through these difficult times. A lot of the communities we serve and supported had either lost job some were made redundant which impacted on their financial situations. Many of them were experiencing poverty and financial hardship. 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 people we support.
WAD actions for the short term:
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Continue to provide one to one support sessions for families and individual who need support in Tameside to continue to thrive socially and economically.
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Developing our Pre ESOL session to ensure we can accommodate more beneficent and develop a sense of belonging and community inclusion.
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Developing of our Heritage Centre project and community access for all.
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Development of relationship with key service providers in Tameside and to improve and create staff and volunteering opportunities.
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Developing a youth club to encourage teamwork building.
Other activities have included :
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Voluntary Opportunities Placement Opportunities
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Cultural Competence, Multi-faith, and Chaplaincy support
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Basic Advisory and Counselling Services
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Women and Youth Empowerment Program
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Online school holiday activities.
West African Development Trustees Annual Account for year 2023
| •Online school holiday activities. | •Online school holiday activities. |
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| West African Development Trustees Annual Account for year 2023 | |
| Income: | £103.866.74 |
| Expenditure: | £ 69.931.75 |
| Funds bought forward frompreviousyear: | £34.635.85 |
| Funds on 31st March 2023: | £ 68.570.84 |
| Asset: | £45.000.00 |
| Liabilities: | £0 |
Approved: December 11[th] , 2023
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West African Development
(WAD)
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2023
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Income:
| 31st MARCH 2023 www.wad.org.uk : |
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| Action Together Grant | £1000.00 |
| ESC Lottery Fund | £5960.00 |
| National Heritage Fund | £45841.00 |
| Action Together Grant TPBF | £2000.00 |
| Action Together Grant DEF | £4999.00 |
| Action For Humanity UPRN | £5050.00 |
| Lloyds Bank Foundation LBF Foundation | £25000.00 |
| Lloyds Bank Foundation LBF Foundation | £2250.00 |
| Tameside MBC Winter Pressure Fund | £7000.00 |
| Chaps STG Ladbible Groupe | £800.00 |
| Tameside MBC Hol | £300.00 |
| Member Contribution & Public Donation | £1816.74 |
| Drumming | £1850.00 |
| Total | £103.866.74 |
Expenditure:
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| Liability insurance | £371.12 |
| One Insurance | £743.64 |
| Coordinators | £17850.00 |
| Admin | £10947.70 |
| Sessional Workers | £2800.00 |
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West African Development
(WAD)
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2023
| 31st MARCH 2023 | |||
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| www.wad.org.uk | |||
| Room Hire | £5887.00 | ||
| Maintenance / Repair | £1947.50 | ||
| Equipment & Materials | £4673.00 | ||
| Publicity &Web Design | £1450.00 | ||
| Voluntary & Travel Expenses | £4822.00 | ||
| Stationary/Artwork & Postage | £1573.52 | ||
| Refreshment & Foods Pack | £2860.22 | ||
| ASDA Gift Cards | £7049.25 | ||
| Currys Ashton | £500.00 | ||
| Argos | £500.00 | ||
| Fuel | £1824.30 | ||
| Call Expenses | £940.50 | ||
| Football League | £1568.00 | ||
| Humanitarian Aid | £1624.00 | ||
| Accountancy- Greengate Business Centre Oldham | £ | ||
| Total cost | £ 69.931.75 |
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West African Development
(WAD)
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2023
www.wad.org.uk
Balance sheet:
Funds bought forward from previous year £34.635.85 Funds on 31st March 2023 £ 68.570.84 Asset £45.000.00 Liabilities £0
Alade Sanni (Trustee) Michel Gnonkonde (Treasurer) Approved October 11[th] , 2023 Every little help, your support is needed, and any further ideas would be most welcomed. WITH MANY THANKS
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ALLUDI4JAf4LY Refer¢n¢¢: WAD121109 nd Date.. 22 January 2024 Re.. WestA rican Develo ment 1152899 In accordance with the engagement letter dated l April 2020, and to assist you lo fulfil your duties under the Charities commission, we have reviewed the finan¢ial statements of the entity that has been pr¢p8red by your office and from the accounting records atMI inforniation and explanations you have given to us. This report 15 made to the Trustee5 in accordance with the ternis of our engagement. Our work has been undertaken to prepare for approval by the Trustees the fanCIal statements that we have been engaged to review and the prepared accounts by your office, to rewn to the Trustees rhat w¢ h&v¢ done so, and io state those tnatters that we have agreed lo state to them in this report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent pern]itted by law, we do not accept or assume r¢sw>nsibility to anyon¢ other than the Trustees for our work or for this report. You have acknowledged that all on the Financial Statement for the year ended 315t Mar¢h 2023 your duty to ensure that the "W¢si Afri¢an Development (WAD)" has kept proper accounting records and to prepare fmanciai statements that give a true and fair view. We have not found any material diff¢ren¢¢s and can confirni that the income and expenses have been recorded against each project income. Wc have not been instructed to cary out an audit of the financial statements. For this reaso we have not verified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting re¢ords or infomiation and explanations you bave given to lls, and we do not. th¢r¢fore, express any opinion on the financial statements. 3S4A HolliDvK&A%V OFFICES Dal¢: 2210112024 T..0161 6220SI4 R•9lst•r•d Offic• Broadway House 74 8roath¥ay Stieet Oldharn OL81Lft H Accountancy '079)5 199 153 W.. W.haUnt4nCy.m.uk BOOKKEEPING-VAT- PAYROLLSERVICE-FINANCIALACCOUWT5-hlANAfjEMENT ACCOUNT5-TRUST ACCOLINTS-PENSION Accouiffs PERSONAL TAX-CORPORATIONTAX-CAP4TALGAif45TAX - INHERITANCtTAX -CASH FIOW STATEMENTS -RE-F114ANCING BUSINESS PLANS- COMPANYSECRETARIAI-WORKING FAMILIESTAX CREDIT