**BME Women’s Network Elizabeth House 116-118 Holywood Road Belfast BT4 1NU**
## **BMEWN 2024-2025 Annual Report Trustees Report**
## **Steering Group members**
**1. Anita Covaciu, Romania***
**2. Sarah Stack, USA***
**3. Barbara Boyle, Germany***
**4. Dindi Melissa Fernandez, Philippines**
**5. Kristyene Boreland, Singapore**
**6. Athi Silevu, South Africa**
**7. Varshita, India***
**8. Maureen Nwosu, Nigeria***
**9. Alexis Ekwueme, Nigeria***
## _Charity Trustees*_
## **Events**
- International Women’s Day event in partnership with Reclaim the Agenda
- Mayday / Worker’s Day in partnership with Unison Community and Voluntary Branch
- 16 Days of Activism Against VAWG in partnership with Migration Justice Project at Law Centre NI called Immigration options for victims of domestic abuse.
## **Research**
- PSNI Race and Ethnicity Action Plan Consultation – Focus Group with Elaine Crory, Women’s Sector Lobbyist to support Women’s Policy Group submission
- Small Charities Consultation with Chairty Commission NI
## **Representation**
- Attendance at PSNI REAL events
- Attendance at RES meetings
- Support and representation of anti-racism rallies.
- Representation at IWD and Reclaim the Night Marches and Rallies
- Support of VAWG & Homelessness campaign with WRDA
- Spoke at Women in Media Event
- Met with Ricky Irwin, new director of Racial Equality
- Civic Initiative
- Civic Engagement at Queens – University of Sanctuary
- MME Think Tank Event / 3 Million Europeans
- Women’s Spaces Events
- Translating Age Project
## **Grants / donations**
- £200 Reclaim the Agenda – IWD
- £300 Unison Community and Voluntary Branch – Workers Day
- £500 Alliance for Choice – refugees and Asylum Seekers
Bank Balance: £974.50. Restricted funds: £599.64. Unrestricted funds: £374.86. Total funds: £974.50. No assets and no liabilities.
Signatures:
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Sarah Stack, Chair Barbara Boyle
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