# MINORITY DEVELOPMENT &amp; ADVOCACY (MDA) LTD

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1155624
- **Other names:** MDA
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [08517052](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08517052)
- **Registered:** Feb. 4, 2014
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1155624


## Contact

- **Address:** Minority Ddevelopment &amp;amp; Advocacy - MDA, 5th  Floor, Red Lion Street, London
- **Postcode:** WC1R 4NA
- **Phone:** 01895 257978
- **Email:** info@mda.eu.com
- **Website:** www.mda.eu.com



## Activities

**Objects:** 1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST BLACK ETHNIC MINORITY (BME) INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM OR THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ABOUT ISSUES THAT AFFECT BME COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, BY UNDERTAKING OR SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.3) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:- MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;- OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;- RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;- RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;- PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS;- CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;- COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;- RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;- PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;- PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;- INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS;- ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWERTO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS

**Activities:** Legal and social policy work




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Throughout London





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **AMAL ABDULLAHI** | Chair | June 10, 2013 |
| ABDI ABBY |  | June 10, 2013 |
| CATHERINE WOODALL |  | June 10, 2013 |
| MOHAMMED OMAR |  | June 10, 2013 |




