# WELCOME GROUP HALESOWEN

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1168507
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** July 29, 2016
- **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=1168507


## Contact

- **Address:** Lifecentral Church, Little Cornbow, HALESOWEN, West Midlands
- **Postcode:** B63 3AJ
- **Phone:** 07522 596137
- **Email:** Welcomegrouphalesowen@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.welcomegrouphalesowen.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG PEOPLE WHO ARE REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS LIVING WITH THEM, RESIDING (TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY) IN HALESOWEN AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY PROVIDING SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.2. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE PROMOTION OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS LIVING WITH THEM IN HALESOWEN AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT.

**Activities:** We seek to alleviate social isolation and financial exclusion of vulnerable asylum seekers and refugees, providing a safe weekly drop-in, telephone support and deliveries to people across Dudley, Sandwell and the west of Birmingham. Offering friendship, refreshments, empathy, mutual support, guidance, signposting, financial help, foodbank access, clothes, baby supplies and household goods.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- Birmingham City
- Dudley
- Sandwell





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Anthony Lau |  | May 16, 2022 |
| Clare Neville |  | Jan. 24, 2019 |
| Comforter Zibwowa |  | Sept. 2, 2024 |
| Dilys Ward |  | Jan. 10, 2018 |
| Freda Parkes |  | April 21, 2014 |
| Helen Bryan |  | Sept. 5, 2009 |
| Lynn Gower |  | Sept. 5, 2019 |
| Lynn Poulton |  | July 24, 2023 |
| Mike Gower |  | May 27, 2020 |
| Moira McNulty |  | July 20, 2017 |




