Nottingham Muslim Women Network ANNUAL REPORT 2022 CELEBRATE OL41 SUCCESSES OF 20221
Welcome to our annual report, covering January to December 2022
About Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network (NMWN)
NMWN is a diverse network of Muslim women, sharing knowledge and voicing the needs of Muslim women in a safe environment, providing a platform to ensure they are included in decision making processes to influence local policy and strategic development of services. We endeavour to bring about effective change through lived experiences, knowledge and develop and deliver appropriate workshops around unaddressed issues affecting Muslim women. Our target group is primarily Muslim girls and women aged thirteen and older, however we welcome all women.
Foreword from the Chairs
Every policy pushed, every decision made, every campaign delivered.
Well, what can we say other than it has been a busy and exciting year for the Network.
During 2022, we managed to secure funding from the Ministry of Justice, Reaching Communities, The Office of the Police Crime Commissioner. The funding will secure services for three years which will enable us to continue supporting Muslim Women. Due to the passion, commitment and hard work from our team of workers we were able to have a Nasheed Night, take women and children away to a hostel in Buxton, day trip to London, raised funds for women with no recourse to public funds, encourage women to attend our wellness winter walks and get involved in sport. Our drop-ins and legal surgery remains, very busy and are a much-needed service.
This year the outreach service provided support to fourteen women with no recourse to public funds. They required emergency accommodation, food and out of hours support. We continue to provide a sign-posting service also advocacy and support well beyond our 9 to 5pm working hours.
Our Urdu and Mirpuri Freedom Programme still remains very popular so much so we have been approached from further afield to deliver it online to other Muslim Women and by doing this it will empower engage inform and give them the tools to make informed choices.
We would like to thank all of our donors and partners for their valuable support and effort in taking our campaigns and events forward.
neghat khan
Councillor & Co-chair
marsha brown
Co-chair
We are here for the whole community to challenge attitudes that hold Muslim women back so all Muslim women in Nottingham can succeed.
About Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network (NMWN)
We provide:
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Legal advice surgeries
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Drop in sessions
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Training and workshops
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Community events to promote well-being
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Opportunities to encourage inclusion and cohesion
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Awareness raising and campaigning on unaddressed issues affecting Muslim Women
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Information, advice and guidance
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Referral and signposting to specialist services
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Our Mission
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Every policy pushed, every decision made, every campaign delivered.
We are here for the whole community to challenge attitudes that hold Muslim women back so all Muslim women in Nottingham can succeed.
The Team and Funding
Every policy pushed, every decision made, every campaign delivered.
2022 was both an exciting time for the Network but also a time of change and reflection. The board of Trustees grew with the addition of three new members, Shagufta Khan, Nayab Patel and Simah Hussain. At the same time we had to say goodbye to Shazia Khan, our trustee and founder member. However, the staff team also saw the sad departure of Tahira Kauser. Tahira joined the team last year however left due to ill health and family commitments.
During the tail end of 2022, Zaynab Asghar, the Co-ordinator of the Network for the past five years was promoted to the position of Manager.
Shanaz Din, ‘the back bone’ of all of the Network’s internal operations was promoted to the position of the Office Manager. Shanaz continues to provide NMWN with human resourcing support and overlooks the overall finance of staffing and office on costs. She was also instrumental in negotiating an additional office space at the Nottingham Women’s Centre.
Sam Cooper, continued to provide the Network with design support by creating promotional art work for external communications. She also continued to maintain a strong presence of the Network online.
Ifat Mahmood, the Black and Minoritised Ethnic (BAME) Domestic Abuse support worker continued to provide a high level of support to Muslim women leaving abusive relationships. The Awards4All grant made it possible for Ifat to attend the three day Freedom Programme Practitioner training. This enabled the Network to continue offering the Freedom Programme in community languages.
The strategic development of the organisation was continued under the leadership of; Councillor Neghat Khan, (Co-Chair and Portfolio Holder for Neighbourhoods, Safety and Inclusion) Marsha Brown (Co-Chair, Founder of Bambuu) Dr Sobia Qazi (Lecturer at Nottingham University) Maxine Cockett (Founder of Breaking Barriers Building Bridges).
We are here for the whole community to challenge attitudes that hold Muslim women back so all Muslim women in Nottingham can succeed.
The Network continued to deliver the Freedom Programme in Urdu/ Mirpuri Pashto with twenty women having successfully completed the project by the end of June 2022.
The Freedom Programme was followed by a 12 week equipped2succeed confidence building programme in Urdu. This programme was successfully completed by 10 women.
The Network was approached by the Nottingham Refugee Forum during the Summer of 2022 and requested us to deliver the Freedom Programme in Dari and Pashto. This was successfully delivered during the Autumn of 2022 with Afghani Women, who were living in Nottingham under the UK resettlement Scheme.
The Awards4All funding made it possible for the Network to train another member of staff in delivering the Freedom Programme. This has been a great development as it has allowed the Network to increase it’s capacity to deliver a culturally competent Freedom Programme. The Network is looking forward to further diversifying the Freedom Programme into other community languages such as Arabic.
The Freedom Programme referred by:
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8 NMWN DV service
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6 Refuge referrals
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5 Other supporting agencies
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1 Juno Women’s Aid
PROJECTS
Legal Advice Clinics
Set up in 2014, the legal advice clinics continued to offer free legal advice with a professional about delicate issues such as divorce, domestic abuse, child contact, sexual exploitation, forced marriage and other family law related matters.
During 2022, we offered 12 free legal surgeries in partnership with Family Law Group. As it can be seen by the statistics, our legal surgery clinics are open to all women not only Muslim women.
Immigration Advice
The Network continued to provide an appointment based access to free immigration consultations with a concession towards the legal costs of submitting DDVC (Destitute Domestic Violence Concessions) applications.
Drop-in Advocacy and Sign Posting
The Network continued to offer a drop-in service from both the Mary Potter Health Centre in Forest Fields and from Sultania Masjid in Sneinton. The drop-in service offers advice and advocacy on welfare rights, housing, hate crime in Urdu/Mirpuri, Pushto and for this reason is very popular as it helps Muslim women regain some of their agency in life.
Both the legal surgeries and drop-ins enable the Network to capture lived experiences of Muslim women and from this develop projects through identifying gaps and issues.
The Sultania Masjid drop-in was developed after speaking to Muslim women in Sneinton and the Mosque committee. The Mosque committee was keen on engaging more women to use the Mosque so for this reason we decided to start the drop-in there.
The small Make Notts Safe grant made it possible for the Network to deliver workshops from the Mosque around keeping safe online, drug awareness and hate crime awareness and reporting.
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Supporting New Muslims
During this year, the Network received three
referrals to support women who had recently
converted to Islam. In all three cases there was
a similar pattern, who were learning about Islam
online and had little interaction with local
Muslims. There also were concerns about the
women becoming exploited online.
The Network supported these women by providing
them with advocacy and support around the
Islamic faith and the Muslim Community.
Supporting these women highlighted a gap in
provision for newly converted Muslim women.
One of these women wanted to visit a mosque, but
didn’t know how to do this. The Outreach Worker
co-ordinated a mosque visit for her. Another was
supported into looking into her different options
to buy ethnic food.
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Supporting women with no recourse to public funds
In 2022 we supported fourteen women with no recourse to public funds, this was funded by the donations we collected from the community. Five of these cases were referred to Ashiana, in Sheffield. A refuge with allocated funding from Central Government to support domestic abuse survivors with no recourse to public funds. Supporting women with no recourse to public funds includes supporting them with emergency accommodation, food and access to an Immigration specialist solicitor.
PROJECTS
Supporting women and children experiencing domestic abuse
The DV support service supported over fifty women in the last year. Many of these women came over from another country that were dependent on their spouses and in-laws to remain in this country. Throughout the year a pattern has been noted by the DV Support Worker of younger women getting married to much older men
On this occasion, with this being his third or even fourth wife who he has only married on the basis that the woman would look after him and his elderly parents.
We have rolled out the Freedom Programme in English and in a South Asian Language to help women become more aware of the different types of perpetrators and to become familiar with the types of abuse that is out there as most women associate DV only with physical violence only. The women have then been referred to ‘Equipped to Succeed’ which is a partner agency and we have assisted in helping the women get their self-confidence back and learn some life skills which will empower them to move on and become successful in life. The DV Support Worker has teamed up with Nottingham City Council and the Refugee Form and carried out the Freedom Programme in Dari with the Afghan refugees.
The DV support role consists of liaising with solicitors, which has helped almost twenty women get their indefinite leave to remain in this country. These women have been supported by the Network finding them a safe place to stay, support in claiming benefits and the ability to live their life without having to be in consistent fear.
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Giving Muslim Women a Sporting Chance
From June 2022 till March 2023, we secured
funding to deliver different sports session for
Muslim women that we were supporting in the
domestic abuse service. Funding from Sports
England made it possible for Muslim women to
enjoy archery, soft ball cricket, yoga in the
park and a series of walks exploring Nottingham’s
beautiful parks.
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Buxton Retreat
For the first time, ever! We took a group of women and their children to Buxton for a three days and two nights retreat. It was a completely new endeavour for the Network however we took on the challenge and provided a wrap around service which included everything from meal preparations, well-being activities for women and outdoor activities for their children.
Activities included:
Archery Guided nature walks Movie night for the children Pampering night for the women Social media detox Creative activities
events
Trip to London
We took our second trip to London in September 2022, a trip that has become an annual event. An opportunity for women accessing our services to have an affordable and fun day out with their families.
Through our work with Muslim women, we noticed these families had never travelled to see the capital because of the costs and the lack of knowledge and confidence of how to get there. Due to popular demand for the trip, we ended up taking two coaches rather than one.
NMWN Nasheed Night
In October 2022, we hosted ‘NMWN Nasheed Night’, a night of remembrance and praise. Hamza Khan and Prince Naseeb were invited to perform at the Excelsior Suite. Again, a first for the Network. An event which was attended by over two hundred people. During this event we gave Shazia Khan (the Founder and former member of the Trustees) flowers as a sign of appreciation for spear heading the Network. Not only did we raise over £800 but we also raised the profile of the Network within the wider Muslim community.
campaigns
The month of Ramadan was celebrated online with a social
Focus Groups
Gathering Muslim women together for the purpose of focus groups has always been an integral part of capturing Muslim women’s lived experience in Nottingham. During 2022, the Network facilitated three focus groups:
A group of Muslim women attended a focus group with Sharon Rose, the Community Engagement Officer at Notts sexual Violence Support Services 1 (Notts SVSS). This focus group discussed the barriers preventing Muslim women from accessing sexual violence support services.
Ten women who had experience of giving birth in Nottingham’s two 2 hospitals voiced their grievances at a meeting with Donna Ockenden (the chair of the independent review of maternity services at Nottingham University Hospitals.
Ten women completed the ‘Listening Circle’ Focus group with Nottingham Women’s Centre about the rising costs of child care in Nottingham. 3 Muslim women expressed their concern at the lack of suitable culturally appropriate child care provision in Nottingham. They also said the traditional model of using extended family was no longer a viable option. Two women said they had to give up their teaching careers as they struggled to meet the expenses of child care.
The focus groups have always provided an opportunity for different Muslim women to come together to share their experiences.
future projects
Plans for 2023
We are excited to announce new projects for the coming year…
The Team is expanding!
Having secured three years of funding from the National Lottery – Reaching Communities, we are hoping to recruit two new members to the team. The Community Campaigns Officer’s role will help develop the Network’s capacity to find out and highlight issues effecting Muslim women and girls living in Nottingham and beyond. The Events and Programmes Coordinator will continue to organise informative and empowering projects to engage Muslim women and girls of Nottingham.
During 2022, we have been in talks with Nottingham City Council’s This Girl Can – partnership coordinator and are really excited by the prospect of having a Physical Activities Outreach worker join our team in 2023.
Ramadan Recharge!
We are excited to be a part of the Ramadan Recharge campaign. A campaign to encourage the Muslim Community to remain active throughout Ramadan. For next year’s Ramadan we shall be actively promoting physical activity by organising a walk and by disseminating the Ramadan Recharge promotional material.
Volunteering with the Network!
The five Week Community Activism Programme will be starting in January 2023, a programme designed to equip ten community activists with counter messages to challenge oppressive and harmful traditional to support women to take control of their lives. This project takes a zero tolerance stance on five issues: honour based abuse, force marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM), domestic abuse and hate crime. We hope the community activists can become the first point of call for women in their communities.
We aim to develop and deliver a twelve week volunteer programme for Muslim women, equipping them with insight into working in the women’s sector. We hope the volunteers will organise the Network’s next Nasheed Night and two other information and engagement projects in the community. We hope to further develop our volunteer programme by negotiating work placements for our volunteers with other key women’s organisations in the City.
Thanks and appreciation
Thank you
NMWN would like to thank all women, children, young people and men who have got involved and participated in Network activities over the last year. We would also like to thank our partners. Partnership working is critical to effective and efficient delivery of our services and we are better for working with you. We are also grateful to our funders.
Funders 2022
During 2022, we secured the following funding:
Ministry of Justice via the Office of Police and Crime Commissioner for funding the Domestic Abuse Support service for the next three years.
The Office of Police and Crime Commissioner for funding the Community Activism Programme under the hidden harm thematic three year funding.
The Reaching Communities/National Lottery for funding the next three years of Network expansion and development.
Nottingham City Council/Communities of Identity and Sexual Orientation for funding the drop-in and outreach support throughout Nottingham.
Sports England for funding sporting activities in Nottingham
Awards4All/National Lottery for funding the training of staff and delivery of the Freedom Programme.
Women’s Resource Centre – Black and Minoritised Women’s Fund. The funding helped cover the core costs for staff salaries and office facilities.
Unit 12 John Folman Business Centre, 33 Hunger Hill Road, NG3 4NB
Nottingham Women’s Centre, 30 Chaucer St, Nottingham NG1 5LP
0115 837 2627 / 07825 464722 enquiries@nmwn.co.uk
Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network @NottinghamMWN
www.nmwn.co.uk
Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network (Registered charity, number 1195648) Financial statements for the period 27 August 2021 to 31 December 2022
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| 8 | Statement of assets & liabilities |
| 9 - 12 | Notes to the accounts |
Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network Trustees’ annual report for the period 27 August 2021 to 31 December 2022
Full name Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network
Other names by which the charity is known NMWN
Organisation type Charitable incorporated organisation
Registered charity number 1195648
Principal address Unit 12 The John Folman Business Centre, 33 Hungerhill Road, Nottingham, NG3 4NB
Trustees Neghat Khan, Co-Chair Simah Hussain, from 14.4.22 Marsha Brown, Co-Chair Nayab Patel, from 14.4.22 Sobia Qazi, Treasurer Shazia Khan, until 13.1.22 Maxine Cockett, Malaika Zafar, until 24.2.22 Shagufta Khan, from 14.4.22 Sarah Akhtar, until 24.2.22
Independent examiner
John O’Brien, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GL
Governance and management
The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution adopted 27 August 2021
A person interested in becoming a trustee will have to complete an application form. They will then be interviewed and it will be discussed at the next Management Committee meeting and if suitable be voted in.
Objectives and activities
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To provide Muslim women with access to free legal advice and an advocacy and sign posting service;
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To provide a channel between Muslim Women and statutory and mainstream organisations;
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To ensure Muslim women are involved in the decision making process to influence local policy and development of services;
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To bring about effective change through experiences and knowledge of Muslim women;
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To raise awareness of unaddressed issues affecting Muslim women;
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To undertake community research;
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To make representation on relevant boards and decision making bodies;
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To campaign for new services and service improvements;
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To develop and deliver appropriate training and workshops around issues effecting Muslim women.
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Our main activities include;
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Monthly legal surgeries covering family law, domestic abuse, honour based abuse, child contact, financial matters and divorce;
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Bi monthly drop-ins providing women with advocacy and support around issues that affect their daily life such as housing, benefits, employment and training etc;
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Black Minoritised and Ethnic specialist domestic abuse service, which provides Muslim women and girls with advocacy and support related to domestic abuse. This service is provided in community languages, so women accessing it feel heard and supported. The domestic abuse support worker can assist women in court and has helped many Muslim women on spouse visas access timely immigration support as well as support to access an Islamic divorce;
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The Network has developed and delivers a culturally competent Freedom Programme in Urdu and other community languages. An equipped2succeed confidence building programme has been delivered in Urdu as a follow on programme to the Freedom Programme. Providing women and children who have experienced domestic abuse with recreational opportunities such as trips to London and a retreat to Buxton;
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Providing women who have experienced domestic abuse access to sports activities as a means of tackling social isolation and developing positive mental health.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit
All of NMWN activities are geared around 'engaging, informing and empowering' Muslim women and girls. Although all of our activities are primarily targeting Muslim women, they are also open and welcoming to all women. NMWN's activities benefit the public as we provide support to women who often do not feel able to seek help from mainstream services due to language and cultural barriers. Sometimes women who have no recourse to public funds are referred to the Network so we can support them with money we have raised from the wider Muslim community.
Public benefit statement
The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'.
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Summary of the main achievements during the period
2022 has been a very exciting year for the Network as we've been able to reach more Muslim women and girls by continuing to provide our core services of domestic abuse support, free legal surgeries and drop ins.
This year we have engaged, informed and empowered 568 women.
This has been done via:
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The Freedom Programme: 46 women completed the Freedom Programme
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Equip to Succeed Confidence building programme: 10 women successfully completed the program;
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Nottingham Maternity Review: 10 women took part in a meeting regarding the review;
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No Recourse to Public Funds: 14 women with NRPF;
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Divorce: 9 women with supporting Islamic Divorce;
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Drop-in: 32;
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Domestic Violence: 44;
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Legal surgery: 23;
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Outreach: 38;
With events and workshops we have further supported:
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London Trip: 108;
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Women’s Retreat: 58;
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Nasheed Night: 204;
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Focus Groups: 20;
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Sports and wellness: 30.
2022 was the first year for the Network to organise and deliver a 2-day retreat for women and children in Buxton. It was also the first year we held a community entertainment night called the Nasheed Night. We successfully raised £3,609.65 in the months of April/ May 2022, as a part of our Ramadhan fund raising project on Launchgood. This money will be used to help support destitute women and women with no recourse to public funds.
The charity’s policy on reserves
NMWN aims to have a 3 months of reserves to cover the cost of staff salaries and office on costs such as rent. With the costs of living having gone up, the Network's costs have also gone up, there are increased costs on rent and utilities. These increased costs have impacted our reserves policy. As the Network continues to expand with more staff and future projects, we aim to review our policy.
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Financial review
The Network is in a very strong financial position as we have secured 3 year funding for the core costs of running the Network. None of the staff are full time posts, although most posts are funded for three years, however this funding is still subject to governmental cuts and priorities.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Signed ______ Date _ Neghat Khan, Co-Chair
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Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network for the period 27 August 2021 to 31 December 2022
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network (the charity) for the period 27 August 2021 to 31 December 2022.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner’s statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed ____ Date _______ John O’Brien MSc, FCCA, FCIE Employee of Community Accounting Plus
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Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network Receipts & payments account for the period 27 August 2021 to 31 December 2022
| Note Receipts Opening transfer 2 Grants & donations 5 Sales & fees Activities Income Total receipts Payments Accounts & bookkeeping Communications Consultancy Equipment Events & activities Freelance pay Insurances IT costs Payroll fees Printing & marketing Professinal fees Refreshments Rent & services Service delivery Stationery & office costs Training Travel Utilities Wages, NI & pension 3 Total payments Net receipts/(payments) Transfers between funds Cash funds at end of this period |
Unrestricted Funds £ 10777 4646 65 8299 23787 684 209 3250 26 8360 30 607 1740 994 548 400 164 810 145 99 409 120 89 (5934) 12750 11037 8642 19679 |
Restricted Funds £ 36182 147624 - - 183806 1516 1507 350 402 100 - - 1728 - 1094 2876 56 3130 3424 2 3894 327 617 99363 120386 63420 (8642) 54778 |
27.8.21 to 31.12.22 Total Funds £ 46959 152270 65 8299 |
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| 2200 1716 3600 428 8460 30 607 3468 994 1642 3276 220 3940 3569 101 4303 447 706 93429 |
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Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 December 2022
| Cash assets Note Bank accounts Cash in hand Other monetary assets Debtors - Grants & donations Prepayments - Insurances Assets retained for the charity’s own use General equipment. Liabilities Creditors 4 |
31.12.22 £ 74156 301 |
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| 74457 | |
| 2000 276 |
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| 2276 | |
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These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by:
Signed _____ Dated _____ Neghat Khan, Co-Chair
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Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network Notes to the accounts for the period 27 August 2021 to 31 December 2022
1. Receipts & payments accounts
Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand.
2. Opening Transfer
The charity registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on the 27/8/21 and the balances of the funds and operations of the previous organisation were transferred into this charity upon its closure on 26/8/21.
3. Wages, NI & pension
The negative balance for unrestricted fund wages, relates to a backdated Employment Allowance claim for previous periods.
4. Creditors
| Wage, NI and pension Accounts & bookkeeping Payroll fees |
£ 278 600 161 |
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| 1039 |
5. Grants & donations
| The National Lottery Community Fund Nottingham Womens Centre PCC Nottinghamshire Sport England Womens Resource Centre No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) ZAKAT Sundry grants and donations |
Unrestricted £ - - - - - - - 4646 4646 |
Restricted Total £ £ 43544 43544 32700 32700 54021 54021 7996 7996 7000 7000 1674 1674 689 689 - 4646 147624 152270 |
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Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network Notes to the accounts for the period 27 August 2021 to 31 December 2022
6. Funds Analysis
| Restricted funds Community of Identity Ministry of Justice Make Notts Safe OPCC Freedom to Fly Rosa Follow on Rosa Imkaan BME Covid Syrian Empowerment Freedom to fly 3 WRC Black and Minoritised Women Community of Identity No Recourse to Public Funds BAME domestic abuse support service Reaching Communities A Sporting Chance for Muslim Women Thematic Hidden Harm Zakat Unrestricted funds General |
Opening transfers £ 7220 (1347) - 13850 5476 4870 1456 - - - 4657 - - - - - 36182 10777 10777 |
Receipts £ 5000 22000 7539 - - - - 10000 7000 5700 1674 26112 33543 7996 20370 690 147624 13010 13010 |
(Payments) £ (12220) (20653) (7539) (13906) (5456) (2726) (368) (9300) (7461) (5010) (3002) (12385) (1180) (3610) (15570) - (120386) (12750) (12750) |
Transfers £ - - - 56 (20) (2144) (1088) - (1539) - (1060) (3847) - - - 1000 (8642) 8642 8642 |
Closing balance £ - - - - - - - 700 (2000) 690 2269 9880 32363 4386 4800 1690 |
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Freedom to Fly 3 – A grant from The National Lottery Community Fund Awards4All that enabled the Network to train another Freedom Programme Practitioner as well as providing funding for the delivery of ongoing Urdu /Mirpuri Punjabi Freedom Programmes. The grant also provided the Network with funding towards the creche costs.
Black Minoritised Women's Fund - This funding from the Womens Resource Centre helped NMWN cover core costs during a period of fia nicial unstability. The fund paid towards some mobile phone costs, office rent and contributed towards core salary costs.
Community of Identity – This funding from Nottingham Womens Centre funds advocacy and outreach support and allows NMWN to run monthly drop in sessions and helps to fund advocacy work carried out by the outreach worker.
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Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network Notes to the accounts for the period 27 August 2021 to 31 December 2022
No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) – To help fund emergency accommodation for women who have fled an abusive relationship. NMWN provides a limited amount of money per person. Funded by generous donations from the community as well as fund raising initiatives by the staff.
Ministry of Justice Funding round 2 and 3 – This funding from Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) continues to fund the BAME domestic abuse support service.
The Reaching Communities Fund - This fund from The National Lottery Community Fund has allowed the Network to cover core running costs for the next three years by providing funding for the creation of two new roles and funding to replace two existing roles. The sustained funding for three years will help the Network to fully realise our mission to ensure Muslim women's voices are heard and their needs are met.
A sporting chance for Muslim women – This fund from Sport England has helped the Network facilitate sporting opportunities for Muslim survivors of domestic abuse.
Make Notts Safe 2021-2022 - This fund from OPCC allowed NMWN to continue running drop in sessions from Sultania Mosque in Sneinton. It also allowed the Network to deliver workshops on safeguarding issues such as grooming, keeping safe online, drug awareness.
Make Notts Safe - Thematic Grant - (Hidden Harm) - This fund from OPCC has enabled the Network to continue delivering the Freedom Programme in Urdu and other community languages. It has also created an opportunity to develop the domestic abuse service by providing funds to train a member of staff in IDVA ( Independent Domestic Violence Advocate) training. The funding has also enabled the Network to run the Community Activism Programme. A programme that takes a deeper look at the issues of hidden harm in the Muslim community. This fund also allowed for the Network to develop a partnership with Notts Sexual Violence Service, with an aim of working on culturally and language appropraite Consent resources.
Zakat – Zakat is a religious obligation for all Muslims who meet the necessary criteria to donate a certain portion of their wealth each year to charitable causes. NMWN will give this money to qualifying individuals or organisations.
The transfer from the NRPF fund to the General fund is to cover service user costs. The transfer from the NRPF fund to the ZAKAT fund is to reallocate funds donated for this purpose.
The transfer from the General fund to the OPCC Freedom to fly fund is to cover the deficit on this activity.
The transfer from the Rosa Follow on fund to the General fund relates to activities which have ceased, and the release of any restrictions on the use of these funds.
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The transfer from the Rosa Imkaan BME Covid fund to the General fund is a contribution to the general overheads
The transfer from the Syrian Empowerment fund to the General fund relates to activities which have ceased, and the release of any restrictions on the use of these funds.
The transfer from the WRC Black and Minoritised Women fund to the General fund is a contribution to the general overheads. This fund is in deficit due to the final portion of the grant being paid in arrears.
The transfer from the BAME domestic support service fund to the General fund is a contribution to the general overheads.
7. Premises
The premises are leased from Hungerhill Trading Limited.
8. Trustees’ remuneration
During this period, a total of £67 was reimbursed to 1 trustee for expenses incurred.
9. Previous period comparison
The previous period’s figures have not been included for comparison because this is the charity’s first accounting period.
10. Glossary of terms
Creditors: These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period.
Debtors: These are amounts owed to the charity, but not received in the accounting period.
Prepayments: These are services that the charity has paid for in advance, but not used during the accounting period.
Restricted funds: These are funds given to the charity, subject to specific restrictions set by the donor, but still within the general objects of the charity.
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Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network (Registered charity, number 1195648) Financial statements for the period 27 August 2021 to 31 December 2022
| Page | Contents |
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| 2 - 5 | Trustees’ annual report |
| 6 | Independent examiner’s report |
| 7 | Receipts & payments account |
| 8 | Statement of assets & liabilities |
| 9 - 12 | Notes to the accounts |
Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network Trustees’ annual report for the period 27 August 2021 to 31 December 2022
Full name Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network
Other names by which the charity is known NMWN
Organisation type Charitable incorporated organisation
Registered charity number 1195648
Principal address Unit 12 The John Folman Business Centre, 33 Hungerhill Road, Nottingham, NG3 4NB
Trustees Neghat Khan, Co-Chair Simah Hussain, from 14.4.22 Marsha Brown, Co-Chair Nayab Patel, from 14.4.22 Sobia Qazi, Treasurer Shazia Khan, until 13.1.22 Maxine Cockett, Malaika Zafar, until 24.2.22 Shagufta Khan, from 14.4.22 Sarah Akhtar, until 24.2.22
Independent examiner
John O’Brien, employee of Community Accounting Plus, Units 1 & 2 North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG1 5GL
Governance and management
The charity is operated under the rules of its constitution adopted 27 August 2021
A person interested in becoming a trustee will have to complete an application form. They will then be interviewed and it will be discussed at the next Management Committee meeting and if suitable be voted in.
Objectives and activities
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To provide Muslim women with access to free legal advice and an advocacy and sign posting service;
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To provide a channel between Muslim Women and statutory and mainstream organisations;
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To ensure Muslim women are involved in the decision making process to influence local policy and development of services;
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To bring about effective change through experiences and knowledge of Muslim women;
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To raise awareness of unaddressed issues affecting Muslim women;
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To undertake community research;
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To make representation on relevant boards and decision making bodies;
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To campaign for new services and service improvements;
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To develop and deliver appropriate training and workshops around issues effecting Muslim women.
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Our main activities include;
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Monthly legal surgeries covering family law, domestic abuse, honour based abuse, child contact, financial matters and divorce;
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Bi monthly drop-ins providing women with advocacy and support around issues that affect their daily life such as housing, benefits, employment and training etc;
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Black Minoritised and Ethnic specialist domestic abuse service, which provides Muslim women and girls with advocacy and support related to domestic abuse. This service is provided in community languages, so women accessing it feel heard and supported. The domestic abuse support worker can assist women in court and has helped many Muslim women on spouse visas access timely immigration support as well as support to access an Islamic divorce;
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The Network has developed and delivers a culturally competent Freedom Programme in Urdu and other community languages. An equipped2succeed confidence building programme has been delivered in Urdu as a follow on programme to the Freedom Programme. Providing women and children who have experienced domestic abuse with recreational opportunities such as trips to London and a retreat to Buxton;
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Providing women who have experienced domestic abuse access to sports activities as a means of tackling social isolation and developing positive mental health.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit
All of NMWN activities are geared around 'engaging, informing and empowering' Muslim women and girls. Although all of our activities are primarily targeting Muslim women, they are also open and welcoming to all women. NMWN's activities benefit the public as we provide support to women who often do not feel able to seek help from mainstream services due to language and cultural barriers. Sometimes women who have no recourse to public funds are referred to the Network so we can support them with money we have raised from the wider Muslim community.
Public benefit statement
The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'.
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Summary of the main achievements during the period
2022 has been a very exciting year for the Network as we've been able to reach more Muslim women and girls by continuing to provide our core services of domestic abuse support, free legal surgeries and drop ins.
This year we have engaged, informed and empowered 568 women.
This has been done via:
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The Freedom Programme: 46 women completed the Freedom Programme
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Equip to Succeed Confidence building programme: 10 women successfully completed the program;
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Nottingham Maternity Review: 10 women took part in a meeting regarding the review;
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No Recourse to Public Funds: 14 women with NRPF;
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Divorce: 9 women with supporting Islamic Divorce;
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Drop-in: 32;
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Domestic Violence: 44;
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Legal surgery: 23;
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Outreach: 38;
With events and workshops we have further supported:
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London Trip: 108;
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Women’s Retreat: 58;
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Nasheed Night: 204;
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Focus Groups: 20;
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Sports and wellness: 30.
2022 was the first year for the Network to organise and deliver a 2-day retreat for women and children in Buxton. It was also the first year we held a community entertainment night called the Nasheed Night. We successfully raised £3,609.65 in the months of April/ May 2022, as a part of our Ramadhan fund raising project on Launchgood. This money will be used to help support destitute women and women with no recourse to public funds.
The charity’s policy on reserves
NMWN aims to have a 3 months of reserves to cover the cost of staff salaries and office on costs such as rent. With the costs of living having gone up, the Network's costs have also gone up, there are increased costs on rent and utilities. These increased costs have impacted our reserves policy. As the Network continues to expand with more staff and future projects, we aim to review our policy.
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Financial review
The Network is in a very strong financial position as we have secured 3 year funding for the core costs of running the Network. None of the staff are full time posts, although most posts are funded for three years, however this funding is still subject to governmental cuts and priorities.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Signed ______ Date _ Neghat Khan, Co-Chair
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Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network for the period 27 August 2021 to 31 December 2022
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network (the charity) for the period 27 August 2021 to 31 December 2022.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner’s statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed ____ Date _______ John O’Brien MSc, FCCA, FCIE Employee of Community Accounting Plus
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Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network Receipts & payments account for the period 27 August 2021 to 31 December 2022
| Note Receipts Opening transfer 2 Grants & donations 5 Sales & fees Activities Income Total receipts Payments Accounts & bookkeeping Communications Consultancy Equipment Events & activities Freelance pay Insurances IT costs Payroll fees Printing & marketing Professinal fees Refreshments Rent & services Service delivery Stationery & office costs Training Travel Utilities Wages, NI & pension 3 Total payments Net receipts/(payments) Transfers between funds Cash funds at end of this period |
Unrestricted Funds £ 10777 4646 65 8299 23787 684 209 3250 26 8360 30 607 1740 994 548 400 164 810 145 99 409 120 89 (5934) 12750 11037 8642 19679 |
Restricted Funds £ 36182 147624 - - 183806 1516 1507 350 402 100 - - 1728 - 1094 2876 56 3130 3424 2 3894 327 617 99363 120386 63420 (8642) 54778 |
27.8.21 to 31.12.22 Total Funds £ 46959 152270 65 8299 |
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| 207593 | |||
| 2200 1716 3600 428 8460 30 607 3468 994 1642 3276 220 3940 3569 101 4303 447 706 93429 |
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| 133136 | |||
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| 74457 |
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Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 December 2022
| Cash assets Note Bank accounts Cash in hand Other monetary assets Debtors - Grants & donations Prepayments - Insurances Assets retained for the charity’s own use General equipment. Liabilities Creditors 4 |
31.12.22 £ 74156 301 |
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| 74457 | |
| 2000 276 |
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| 2276 | |
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These financial statements are accepted on behalf of the charity by:
Signed _____ Dated _____ Neghat Khan, Co-Chair
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Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network Notes to the accounts for the period 27 August 2021 to 31 December 2022
1. Receipts & payments accounts
Receipts and payments accounts contain a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilities at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will include transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand.
2. Opening Transfer
The charity registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on the 27/8/21 and the balances of the funds and operations of the previous organisation were transferred into this charity upon its closure on 26/8/21.
3. Wages, NI & pension
The negative balance for unrestricted fund wages, relates to a backdated Employment Allowance claim for previous periods.
4. Creditors
| Wage, NI and pension Accounts & bookkeeping Payroll fees |
£ 278 600 161 |
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| 1039 |
5. Grants & donations
| The National Lottery Community Fund Nottingham Womens Centre PCC Nottinghamshire Sport England Womens Resource Centre No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) ZAKAT Sundry grants and donations |
Unrestricted £ - - - - - - - 4646 4646 |
Restricted Total £ £ 43544 43544 32700 32700 54021 54021 7996 7996 7000 7000 1674 1674 689 689 - 4646 147624 152270 |
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6. Funds Analysis
| Restricted funds Community of Identity Ministry of Justice Make Notts Safe OPCC Freedom to Fly Rosa Follow on Rosa Imkaan BME Covid Syrian Empowerment Freedom to fly 3 WRC Black and Minoritised Women Community of Identity No Recourse to Public Funds BAME domestic abuse support service Reaching Communities A Sporting Chance for Muslim Women Thematic Hidden Harm Zakat Unrestricted funds General |
Opening transfers £ 7220 (1347) - 13850 5476 4870 1456 - - - 4657 - - - - - 36182 10777 10777 |
Receipts £ 5000 22000 7539 - - - - 10000 7000 5700 1674 26112 33543 7996 20370 690 147624 13010 13010 |
(Payments) £ (12220) (20653) (7539) (13906) (5456) (2726) (368) (9300) (7461) (5010) (3002) (12385) (1180) (3610) (15570) - (120386) (12750) (12750) |
Transfers £ - - - 56 (20) (2144) (1088) - (1539) - (1060) (3847) - - - 1000 (8642) 8642 8642 |
Closing balance £ - - - - - - - 700 (2000) 690 2269 9880 32363 4386 4800 1690 |
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Freedom to Fly 3 – A grant from The National Lottery Community Fund Awards4All that enabled the Network to train another Freedom Programme Practitioner as well as providing funding for the delivery of ongoing Urdu /Mirpuri Punjabi Freedom Programmes. The grant also provided the Network with funding towards the creche costs.
Black Minoritised Women's Fund - This funding from the Womens Resource Centre helped NMWN cover core costs during a period of fia nicial unstability. The fund paid towards some mobile phone costs, office rent and contributed towards core salary costs.
Community of Identity – This funding from Nottingham Womens Centre funds advocacy and outreach support and allows NMWN to run monthly drop in sessions and helps to fund advocacy work carried out by the outreach worker.
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Nottingham Muslim Women’s Network Notes to the accounts for the period 27 August 2021 to 31 December 2022
No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) – To help fund emergency accommodation for women who have fled an abusive relationship. NMWN provides a limited amount of money per person. Funded by generous donations from the community as well as fund raising initiatives by the staff.
Ministry of Justice Funding round 2 and 3 – This funding from Nottinghamshire Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) continues to fund the BAME domestic abuse support service.
The Reaching Communities Fund - This fund from The National Lottery Community Fund has allowed the Network to cover core running costs for the next three years by providing funding for the creation of two new roles and funding to replace two existing roles. The sustained funding for three years will help the Network to fully realise our mission to ensure Muslim women's voices are heard and their needs are met.
A sporting chance for Muslim women – This fund from Sport England has helped the Network facilitate sporting opportunities for Muslim survivors of domestic abuse.
Make Notts Safe 2021-2022 - This fund from OPCC allowed NMWN to continue running drop in sessions from Sultania Mosque in Sneinton. It also allowed the Network to deliver workshops on safeguarding issues such as grooming, keeping safe online, drug awareness.
Make Notts Safe - Thematic Grant - (Hidden Harm) - This fund from OPCC has enabled the Network to continue delivering the Freedom Programme in Urdu and other community languages. It has also created an opportunity to develop the domestic abuse service by providing funds to train a member of staff in IDVA ( Independent Domestic Violence Advocate) training. The funding has also enabled the Network to run the Community Activism Programme. A programme that takes a deeper look at the issues of hidden harm in the Muslim community. This fund also allowed for the Network to develop a partnership with Notts Sexual Violence Service, with an aim of working on culturally and language appropraite Consent resources.
Zakat – Zakat is a religious obligation for all Muslims who meet the necessary criteria to donate a certain portion of their wealth each year to charitable causes. NMWN will give this money to qualifying individuals or organisations.
The transfer from the NRPF fund to the General fund is to cover service user costs. The transfer from the NRPF fund to the ZAKAT fund is to reallocate funds donated for this purpose.
The transfer from the General fund to the OPCC Freedom to fly fund is to cover the deficit on this activity.
The transfer from the Rosa Follow on fund to the General fund relates to activities which have ceased, and the release of any restrictions on the use of these funds.
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The transfer from the Rosa Imkaan BME Covid fund to the General fund is a contribution to the general overheads
The transfer from the Syrian Empowerment fund to the General fund relates to activities which have ceased, and the release of any restrictions on the use of these funds.
The transfer from the WRC Black and Minoritised Women fund to the General fund is a contribution to the general overheads. This fund is in deficit due to the final portion of the grant being paid in arrears.
The transfer from the BAME domestic support service fund to the General fund is a contribution to the general overheads.
7. Premises
The premises are leased from Hungerhill Trading Limited.
8. Trustees’ remuneration
During this period, a total of £67 was reimbursed to 1 trustee for expenses incurred.
9. Previous period comparison
The previous period’s figures have not been included for comparison because this is the charity’s first accounting period.
10. Glossary of terms
Creditors: These are amounts owed by the charity, but not paid during the accounting period.
Debtors: These are amounts owed to the charity, but not received in the accounting period.
Prepayments: These are services that the charity has paid for in advance, but not used during the accounting period.
Restricted funds: These are funds given to the charity, subject to specific restrictions set by the donor, but still within the general objects of the charity.
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