Nottingham African Consortium (Registered charity number 1170097)
Financial statements for the period ending 31 March 2024
Objectives and activities
The objects of the charity are the advancement of education, the relief of poverty, distress and sickness amongst the members of the African Community in Nottingham and to that end to provide a mechanism for hearing the voice of the African community. The charity enables its members to collate their expert knowledge and evidence about the distinct and unique barriers and inequality experienced by their service users. It then empowers them to present the authentic, collective advocate voice directly to decision makers to inform the development of evidence-based policy and practice with the aim of promoting a meaningful integration of the members of the African community in Nottingham and the UK in general.
Activities
NAC is committed to delivering development, empowerment and advocacy support to its members, including local African Refugee Community Organisations, Businesses, Social Enterprises and other similar initiatives. Our members share specific needs arising from their experience of exile and face significant and multiple disadvantages, inequalities and social exclusion. The charity unites its members in collective action to gain greater influence on policy and practice, in the interests of its members.
Our work enables members to develop advocacy skills, build and widen networks and engage with the whole range of agencies and local and regional engagement platforms relating to economic inclusion, better health and wellbeing, and safety within the neighbourhood they live in. By hearing the authentic voiced experience of the community, that reflects what is shared rather than what is personal and individual, policy makers and service providers can improve access routes and deliver support that responds to the specific and additional needs and barriers that this community faces, so that they benefit from those services and opportunities on an equal basis to all local residents. We also support our members to access appropriate development and capacity building support and funding to enable them to provide a range of unique support actions and solutions to the multiple needs of their members and service users, particularly in the areas of health, community safety, education, training and employment.
Our founding aim is for the African organisations to strategically use their collective voice to influence policy and practice that are the systemic causes of the poverty, disadvantage and exclusion they experience in their daily lives.
Overcoming marginalisation and exclusion in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire, and promoting the ability of the African community to participate in and contribute to the social, cultural and economic wealth of Nottingham and Nottinghamshire on an inequal basis, will be in the interest of the whole regional community.
Volunteers
The charity’s board of director are all themselves volunteers and dedicate many hours annually to their governance and representational roles. Our collective action is led by key volunteers from across the membership. Other volunteers offer their specific skills for activities. The success of the charity depends on the degree of voluntary participation and contribution of the membership in the range of activities it organises.
Receipts & payments account for the period ended 31 March 2024
Receipts
| 2023 Note £ 0.00 Grants & donations 0.00 Total receipts Payments 0.00 Wages, NI and Pension 0.00 Consultancy 0.00 Marketing and Promotion 0.00 Volunteer expenses 0.00 Rent and services 0.00 Insurance 0.00 Telephone 0.00 Printing and Stationary 0.00 Equipment and Furniture 0.00 Workshops and Events 0.00 Independent Examination and Payroll 0.00 Sundry Payments 0.00 Total Payments Net receipts(payments) 804.00 Cash Funds at start of this period 804.00 Cash Funds at the end of this period |
2024 £ 0.00 |
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