# AFRICA COMMUNITY ACTION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1132960
- **Other names:** ACA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Nov. 25, 2009
- **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=1132960


## Contact

- **Address:** GROUND FLOOR, 10 STRAWBERRY BANK, BLACKBURN
- **Postcode:** BB2 6AA
- **Phone:** 07957175706
- **Website:** www.a-c-a.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE GRANTEDREFUGEE STATUS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFEAND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY.3.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL ABOUT THEISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THEUNITED KINGDOM.3.3) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND THE PRESERVATION ANDPROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH OF THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THEUNITED KINGDOM OR WHO HAVE BEEN GRANTED REFUGEE STATUSAND THEIR DEPENDANTS.3.4) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIMEOCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFEOF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASONOF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIALHARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

**Activities:** ACA gives assistance with completing of forms. ACA help with the transition from being an asylum seeker to refugee status .Provides English and Basic IT training. Provides moral and emotional support. Provide free confidential and independent advice and information.  Provide Immigration Advice. Help Children In Africa to Improve their education Standard.  advocate for Asylum Seekers and Refugees

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




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Accommodation/housing, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Benin
- Cameroon
- Malawi
- Zimbabwe
- Blackburn With Darwen
- Bolton
- Lancashire
- Manchester City



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £9650 | £9200 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £7350 | £7330 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £8600 | £8320 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £5000 | £4965 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £2850 | £2950 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **TERRY WOODRUFT** (Chair) — appointed May 16, 2011
- AJOKE LAWAL KAFILAT
- BINTOU KRIGL
- Elisabeth Bouna boko — appointed March 15, 2018
- GRAHAM AUSTIN NYIRONGO
- Halimatou DIALLO
- KENF MARTIN — appointed May 16, 2011
- Serge Bouna — appointed Nov. 15, 2012