# SEWING FAMILY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1199744
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** July 21, 2022
- **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=1199744


## Contact

- **Address:** FLAT 1, 19 ASHBURNHAM ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW10 0PG
- **Phone:** 07749090847
- **Email:** caroline@thefashionschool-uk.com
- **Website:** https://www.sewingfamily.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION OF REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN AND CARE LEAVERS (FROM SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF SEWING WORKROOMS, MACHINERY, FACILITIES, MENTORING AND TRAINING WITH THE AIM OF IMPROVING THEIR EMPLOYABILITY, STANDARD OF LIVING AND LIFE CHANCES.

**Activities:** We work with local councils, organisations and industry to provide safe sewing workrooms. We support the strong sewing cultural heritage within different ethnic communities, refugee families as they pass their sewing skills onto their children, continuing their cultural tradition and practising sustainable garment making methods. We promote family bonding through adult and child sewing workshops.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training, Disability, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups



## Areas of operation

- Brighton And Hove
- City Of Westminster
- Kensington And Chelsea



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £20482 | £19293 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £23681 | £24350 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £9887 | £9103 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Caroline Gration** (Chair) — appointed July 21, 2022
- Ashima Kaur — appointed July 21, 2022
- Celeste Ivy Thexton-Gration — appointed July 21, 2022
- Charlotte Jane Illera — appointed July 21, 2022