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Overall GiG Score: -50 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
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    VOLUNTEER CENTRE SWINDON 

    Established: 24 years
    Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
    UN SDGs
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    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/22£21£38£-17n/an/an/an/an/a2
    31/03/21£67£38£29n/an/an/an/an/a2
    31/03/20£49£56£-7n/an/an/an/an/a8
    31/03/19£64£52£11n/an/an/an/an/a13
    31/03/18£66£74£-8£0£0£0n/a013
    31/03/17£85£81£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£90£91£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£81£89£-8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£88£98£-10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£103£103£1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£103£110£-7£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£180£185£-4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£173£160£13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£212£191£21£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£212£191£21£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£159£157£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£160£138£22£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£77£84£-8£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04£96£95£1£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    What it does
    • General Charitable Purposes
    Who works here?
    • 2 volunteers
    Who it helps
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • Other Defined Groups
    • The General Public/Mankind
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    Where it operates
    • Swindon, Wiltshire,

    Who's supporting them? ?

    Donations from Grant Makers ?

    We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

    Major supporters in last 5 years
    DCMS£9,891
    Co-Operative Group£3,927
    Wiltshire Community Foundation£2,400
    Woodward Charitable Trust£960
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Volunteer Centre Swindon
    £1,411 22/10/2022
    We would like to provide opportunities for people facing mental health problems to volunteer in their community.
    Co-Operative Group - Grant to Volunteer Centre Swindon
    £2,516 24/10/2020
    We will run weekly volunteering sessions for people recovering from mental health problems.
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £9,891 30/09/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to ....more
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Volunteer Centre Swindon
    £2,400 08/04/2020
    To meet staff costs to respond to members of the public wanting to offer their time and services to voluntarily help others during the crisis
    Woodward Charitable Trust - Volunteer training costs and expenses
    £960 02/04/2019
    Towards volunteer training costs and expenses.
    People's Health Trust - Helping Hands
    £15,917 18/01/2018
    This one-year project, previously funded by the Trust, delivered two groups for individuals experiencing mental health issues in Swindon, meeting weekly and aiming to build skills and confidence to ....more
    Wiltshire Community Foundation - Grant to Volunteer Centre Swindon
    £5,000 11/11/2015
    12
    Volunteer Centre Swindon provides advice and guidance to anyone in and around Swindon wishing to volunteer. The grant supported staff salaries.
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Volunteer Centre Swindon
    £20,400 03/02/2011
    the staffing for the 'Supported Volunteering' Project for mental health client groups including staff costs for a Volunteer Support Worker (x2) and Group Project Worker as well as volunteer expenses, ....more
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees

    Sorry we have no information about the Trustees.

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/11/1999, number: 1078012
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    19 returns made; all on time
    Main office


    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT BY ASSOCIATING TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANISATIONS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENT, PROTECT HEALTH, RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THE OBJECTS BUT NOT OTHERWISE THE CENTRE SHALLA. ADVISE AND SUPPORT PERSONS WILLING TO VOLUNTEER;B. PROMOTE VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND PROVIDE A CENTRE ANDC. ADVISE AND SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS WHICH INVOLVE AND ARE WILLING TO INVOLVE VOLUNTEERS IN THEIR CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    SWINDON AND THE SURROUNDING AREA OF WILTSHIRE

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase

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