# YOU MAKE IT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1158572
- **Other names:** LADIES WHO L-EARN, LWL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Sept. 15, 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=1158572


## Contact

- **Address:** SHED WORKSPACE 1, 8 Lee Street, LONDON
- **Postcode:** E8 4DY
- **Phone:** 07494737706
- **Email:** administrator@you-make-it.org
- **Website:** www.you-make-it.org



## Activities

**Activities:** We run a 6-month long You Make It holistic programme empowering young, unemployed and underemployed women, with the confidence, networks, skills, knowledge and experiences needed to break out of poverty into financially independent lives with reflect greater integration with the social and cultural life of their city. Beneficiaries are largely from Hackney and Tower Hamlets.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Throughout London



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £294875 | £403869 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £363447 | £409881 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £402442 | £365123 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £399648 | £278853 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £371609 | £288338 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Liana Rose Shamash** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 15, 2021
- Alexa Romanelli — appointed June 23, 2025
- Dr Faith Uwadiae — appointed July 18, 2025
- Fatou Jeng — appointed Dec. 15, 2021
- Hodo Sulaiman — appointed Oct. 21, 2025
- Jessie Date-Ampofo — appointed June 23, 2025
- Kazim Rashid — appointed June 23, 2025
- Laurie Schmidt — appointed June 23, 2025
- Therese Webb — appointed June 23, 2025