# WEST END REFUGEE SERVICE

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1192667
- **Other names:** WEST END REFUGEE SERVICE (WERS), WERS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Dec. 7, 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=1192667


## Contact

- **Address:** C/O CONNECTED VOICE, ONE STRAWBERRY LANE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE1 4BX
- **Phone:** 01912737482
- **Email:** info@wers.org.uk
- **Website:** www.wers.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL, ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND, ABOUT THE ISSUES RELATING TO REFUGEES AND TO PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM OR SANCTUARY.2 TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST REFUGEES, PEOPLE SEEKING SANCTUARY AND PEOPLE REFUSED ASYLUM IN THE UK, AND THEIR DEPENDENTS.3 TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR TRAINING, RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES.4 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS.

**Activities:** Previously registered as West End Refugee Service (WERS) 1077601. We provide holistic, trauma-informed support, IAA-registered advice, material aid, mentoring & capacity-building to help secure employment. Through our activities, we tackle poverty & exclusion, promote two-way integration, connect communities & challenge racism and xenophobia.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Gateshead
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- South Tyneside



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £192488 | £1140 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £0 | £0 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £100 | £0 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £0 | £0 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Rev John Charles Howard-Norman** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 31, 2023
- Christopher Millman — appointed Dec. 7, 2020
- Dorathy Anozie — appointed April 21, 2026
- Ghada Saeed — appointed Jan. 30, 2024
- Kingsley Ampomah Boateng — appointed April 21, 2026
- Morlai Kargbo — appointed Nov. 24, 2025
- Nadia Igsiz — appointed Jan. 30, 2024
- Sally Anne Young — appointed Nov. 24, 2025
- Silvia Pasquetti — appointed Aug. 11, 2025
- Simon Elliott — appointed April 25, 2024