WEST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
(WAD)
ACCOUNT AND TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
2023/24
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 Ethnic minorities 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
Years 2023/24 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 we ensure 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. We are very proud of the winning 2024 Hyde and District Sunday Football League.
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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 with African Root project to educate and inform communities to build social cohesion and foster better relationships in the local area. We hope to attract all communities from across the borough for the benefit of the public, bringing together communities from across Tameside and neighbouring areas to learn more about African customs and traditions we hope to address inequalities affecting African communities and develop better dialogue, collaboration and partnerships working with various sectors and communities across the area and elsewhere.
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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.
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West African Development Trustees Annual Account for year 2024
| Income: | £64.996.44 |
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| Expenditure: | £ 113.865.11 |
| Funds bought forward frompreviousyear: | £68.570.84 |
| Funds on 31st March 2024: | £ 19.702.06 |
| Asset: | £45.000.00 |
| Liabilities: | £0 |
Approved: June 30[th] , 2024
WEST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT
(WAD)
ACCOUNT AND TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT
2023/2024
Register Number: 1132899
www.wad.org.uk
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West African Development
(WAD)
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2024
www.wad.org.uk
Income:
| 31st MARCH 2024 www.wad.org.uk Income: |
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| Action Together CI Grant TCOMWB-012 (Restricted Fund) £14632.00 | Action Together CI Grant TCOMWB-012 (Restricted Fund) £14632.00 |
| National Heritage Fund (Restricted Fund) | £36.672.80 |
| Tameside MBC Winter Pressure Fund (Restricted Fund) | £4.940.00 |
| Sported Foundation Sported Grant (Restricted Fund) | £2000.00 |
| Member & Public Donation (Unrestricted Fund) | £3858.14 |
| Drumming (Unrestricted Fund) | £1345.50 |
| Football Team Contribution (Unrestricted Fund) | £1548.00 |
| Total | £64.996.44 |
Expenditure:
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| Liability insurance | £270.77 |
| One Insurance | £998.68 |
| Coordinators | £13783.00 |
| Admin | £8172.00 |
| Sessional Workers | £8631.00 |
| Room Hire | £7916.40 |
| Maintenance / Repair | £4645.57 |
| Equipment & Materials | £12.794.84 |
| Publicity &Web Design | £7632.98 |
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West African Development
(WAD)
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2024
| Voluntary & Travel Expenses | £5.936.18 |
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| Stationary/Artwork & Postage | £4.119.61 |
| Refreshment & Foods Pack | £4898.25 |
| Tameside Business Rate | £536.00 |
| Water | £475.50 |
| Electric & Gaz | £570.55 |
| Fuel | £1.288.46 |
| Immigration Solution | £500.00 |
| Call Expenses | £1.616.52 |
| Football League | £3.315.80 |
| Humanitarian Aid | £5.890.50 |
| Gallery Arts & Cultural | £19.872.50 |
| Accountancy- Greengate Business Centre Oldham | £00 |
| Total cost | £113.865.11 |
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West African Development (WAD) FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH 2024 www.wad.org.uk
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Balance sheet:
Funds bought forward from previous year £68.570.84
Funds on 31st March 2024 £ 19.702.06
Asset £45.000.00
Liabilities £0
FULL NAMES POSITION SIGNATURE
Michel Treasurer
Gnonkonde
Alade Sanni Trustee
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Approved Juin 30[th] , 2024
Every little help, your support is needed, and any further ideas would be most welcomed. WITH MANY THANKS
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Ret-crence: WAD121109 nd Date: 2 Deceinbcr 2024 Re.. Wesl A rican Dei'elo menl 1132899 In accordance iiith the engagement letter dated l April 2020, and to assist you to fulfil your duiies under the Charities commission, we have reviewed the financial statements of the entiN' Ihat has been prepared by your office and from the accounting records and information and eiplanations you have given to us. This report is made to the Trustees in accordance with the tern15 of our engagement. Our V¥ork has been undertaken to prepare for approval by the Trustees 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 state those matters that we have agreed to state to them in ihis report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent pern]itted by law, we do nol accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Trustees for our work or for this report. You have acknowledged that :tll (In the Financial Statement for the year ended 31 March 2024 your duty to ensure iha; tbe WcSt African Development (WAD)" has kept proper accounting records and to prcpa¢¢ financial statements that give a true and fair view. We have not found any material dilTc.rLnLes and can confirm that the income and expenses have bttn recorded against each project income. We have not been instructed to carry out an audit of the financial statements. For this reason, we have not N'erified the accuracy or completeness of the accounting records or inforniation and explanations you have given to us, and we do not, therefore, express any opinion on the fu]ancial statements. Date: 0211212024 Head Offlc• 354A Trbjllinwctsj Avenue marKter Grea Mar$111 H Accountancy T:0167 0613231 1.07W5199153 1.0783 7$19)40 Inf[Qhacc(wnnCY LXJ.uK rkiLtwi1iY co.uk