# RECONNECTION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1157568
- **Other names:** EAST-AFRICAN DIASPORA COMMUNITY NETWORK (EDCN)
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 24, 2014
- **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=1157568


## Contact

- **Address:** Greenwich West, Arts and Community Centre, 141 Greenwich High Road, London
- **Postcode:** SE10 8JA
- **Phone:** 02080046280
- **Email:** communityreconnection@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.communityreconnection.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. TO RELIEVE AND PREVENT POVERTY AMONG MEMBERS OF ALL ‘NEWLY ARRIVED COMMUNITIES’ AND THEIR DEPENDENTS LIVING IN GREENWICH, BRENT, BEXLEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS BY PROVIDING ADVOCACY/SIGNPOSTING/GENERAL ADVICE/TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES2. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG MEMBERS OF NEWLY ARRIVED COMMUNITIES WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING:A) INFORMAL CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH GROUPS, WITH FLUENT ENGLISH SPEAKERS;B) EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IN THE COMMUNITY;C) SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY.IN THIS CLAUSE ‘NEWLY ARRIVED COMMUNITIES’ MEANS THOSE COMING TO LIVE AND SETTLE IN THE UK FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH

**Activities:** Provide welfare-benefits advice and information to increase access to services,Walking and Cycling activities to promote health and wellbeing,Coffee Chat Shop advice to promote integration,Run drop-in advice/information service to increase access to available services,Facilitate the integration of new communities into their new country




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin



## Areas of operation

- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £54976 | £44726 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £51086 | £40310 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £49483 | £32697 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £67239 | £42129 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £63916 | £41732 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **WOLD ASMEROM** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 8, 2017
- GIMJA ADHANOM — appointed Sept. 8, 2017
- ISMAEL MUSA — appointed Sept. 8, 2017