# AFRICAN WOMEN EMPOWERMENT FORUM (AWEF)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1191388
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Sept. 21, 2020
- **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=1191388


## Contact

- **Address:** African Women Empowerment Forum, UNIT 2, VICTORIA COURT, KENT STREET, NOTTINGHAM
- **Postcode:** NG1 3LZ
- **Phone:** 0774158165
- **Email:** info@awef.org.uk
- **Website:** http://awef.org.uk/



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE, ASYLUM SEEKER, AND MIGRANT STATUS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT WITHIN NEW COMMUNITIES IN NOTTINGHAM CITY, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND EAST MIDLANDS. IN SUPPORT THEREOF ACCORDING TO STATUS PROVIDE: TRAINING IN BASIC SKILLS TO HELP FIND WORK; GENERAL EDUCATION INCLUDING LANGUAGE SKILLS; ACCESS HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES AND FACILITATE INTEGRATION IN SUCH A WAY THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY AND WITHIN THE WIDER COMMUNITY.

**Activities:** AWEF empowerment process seek to give African Women, Refugees and Asylum Seekers and their children the power of making decisions on their own, through having access to information and resources that will enhance them in making proper decision, grant them options from which they can make choices for themselves, then having the abilities to exercise assertiveness within collective decision-making .

**Area of benefit:** IN NOTTINGHAM CITY, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE AND EAST MIDLANDS




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Nottingham City
- Nottinghamshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £48403 | £46619 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £53172 | £36627 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £18949 | £622 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £11170 | £11170 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £0 | £0 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Grace Kamau** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Azza Omer — appointed Feb. 21, 2023
- Cheryl  Ann Guzman — appointed Oct. 13, 2025
- Janice Hope Marjorie — appointed Oct. 13, 2025
- Ms Angela Chawapiwa Mareverwa — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Shackler Zimuto — appointed Sept. 1, 2025
- Treacy Tapfumaneyi — appointed Sept. 1, 2025