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## OSC **r** 

|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|
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|From|<br>01|07|2024|To|<br>30|06|2025|



Office of the Scottish **Charity Regulator** 

## **Reference and administration details** 

> **Charity name** Igbo Women Association Glasgow **Other names charity is known by** 

> **Registered charity number SC46577** 

> **Charity’s principal address** 47 Broad Street 

## **Postcode G40 2QW** 

**Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report** 

||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if**<br>**not for whole year**|**Name of person**<br>**(or body) entitled to**<br>**appoint trustee (if any)**|
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|**2**<br>**3**<br>**4**<br>**5**<br>**6**<br>**7**<br>**8**<br>**9**<br>**10**<br>**11**<br>**12**<br>**13**<br>**14**<br>**15**<br>**16**<br>**17**<br>**18**<br>**19**<br>**20**|BlessingAyogu|Chairperson|||
||Adaobi Emeghebo|Secretary|||
||Chibuzo Okoro|Member|||
||Ifeoma Iwuchukwu|Member|||
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## **Reference and administration details** 

## **Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period)** 


## **Structure, governance and management** 

|**Type of governing document**<br>**Trustee recruitment and appointment**|Constitution|
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||Appointment is by nomination|



## **Objectives and activities** 

|**Charitable purposes**<br>**Summary of the main activities**<br>**in relation to these objects**|The Igbo Women Association Glasgow (IWAG) is dedicated to<br>empowering women from Black and minority ethnic communities by<br>addressing challenges such as poverty, isolation, and exclusion. We<br>support women through community connection, cultural<br>engagement, health and wellbeing awareness, and practical support<br>during important life events. IWAG also promotes Igbo culture,<br>heritage, arts, and community values, helping to preserve shared<br>heritage and strengthen social inclusion.<br>During the year, the charity’s activities were more limited<br>than in previous years. However, IWAG continued to<br>support its members and wider community through<br>regular meetings, welfare support, and community<br>engagement.<br>The charity carried out condolence visits to support<br>bereaved families and baby birth visits to encourage and|
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## **APPENDIX 1** 

## **Achievements and performance** 

|**Summary of the main achievements of**<br>**the charity during the financial period**|support new mothers. IWAG also held birthday<br>celebrations and other fellowship activities which helped<br>reduce isolation and strengthen relationships among<br>members.<br>As part of its health and wellbeing focus, the charity<br>invited Mandi Moore to speak to members on health and<br>wellbeing matters. This provided an opportunity for<br>members to gain awareness and encouragement around<br>personal wellbeing.<br>IWAG also collaborated with other community<br>associations during the year, including participation in<br>cultural dance activities with the Igbo Union. These<br>activities helped promote Igbo culture and heritage while<br>encouraging unity and community participation.<br>Overall, It continued to meet its charitable purposes by<br>supporting women, promoting wellbeing, preserving<br>cultural heritage, and strengthening community<br>relationships.|
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|**Financial review**||
|**Brief statement of the charity’s policy**<br>**on reserves**<br>**Details of any deficit**<br>**Donated facilities and services (if any)**||
||Igbo Women Association Glasgow aims to keep reasonable<br>reserves to support ongoing activities, meet unexpected costs, and<br>allow funds received in one year to be used for planned activities in<br>the following year where needed.<br>At the year end, the charity held unrestricted funds of**£11,435**,<br>which the trustees consider reasonable for the charity’s current<br>activities.|
||The charity recorded net outgoing resources of £571 for the year,<br>mainly due to the timing of activities and the use of funds brought<br>forward from previous years.<br>At the year end, the charity still held total unrestricted funds of<br>£11,435, and the trustees consider the charity to remain financially<br>stable.|
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## **APPENDIX 1** 

## **Other optional information** 


## **Declaration** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees. Signature(s) Full name(s)** Blessing Ayogu **Position (e.g. Chair)** Trustee Chair **Date** 10/05/2026 

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