Asian Welfare Association UK (Awa)

Charity 1121298

Overview

Summary

Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

Asian Welfare Association UK (Awa) appears to be a broad-based community anchor organisation rather than a narrowly defined service provider. Its governing purpose combines practical support, community development and the establishment or management of a community centre, suggesting a role in creating shared civic infrastructure as well as assisting individuals. Although its name signals a connection to Asian communities, its formal remit is explicitly wider, spanning the West Midlands population without distinction.

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Operational geography

Sources:ONSCivic AtlasAI-assisted

Coverage: Regional

Operational areas:

    Evidence and reasoning
    Supporting evidence
    Remaining uncertainties
    • The Charity Commission currently lists Birmingham City among the charity's operating areas, alongside Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton. This supports a regional rather than Birmingham-only footprint, but it does not identify any Birmingham neighbourhood, ward or venue.
    • The latest submitted annual return was for the year ended 31 October 2022. Returns and accounts for the years ended 31 October 2023 and 31 October 2024 are overdue, so there is no recent reporting evidence that confirms active delivery in Birmingham at present.
    • The Charity Commission records a correspondence address in Featherstone, Wolverhampton and states that the charity does not own or lease land or property. This does not support identifying a current Birmingham physical site.
    • Older non-authoritative directory material associates the organisation with Small Heath, but this is not sufficient evidence of a current operational site and has not been included as an operational area.
    • The charity's stated intention to establish or secure a community centre is an objective, not evidence that a centre currently exists or is operated by the charity.
    Additional evidence needed
    • A current annual return, trustees' report or activity report specifying services delivered in Birmingham and the locations where they are delivered.
    • Confirmation from the organisation of any current Birmingham service venue, community-centre arrangement or partner-hosted delivery location.
    • Current evidence from a named official delivery partner showing the organisation's role, activity and Birmingham location.

    Areas of work

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Amateur Sport
    • Arts/culture/heritage/science
    • Economic/community Development/employment
    • Education/training
    • General Charitable Purposes

    Who they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Children/young People
    • Elderly/old People
    • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
    • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
    • People With Disabilities
    • The General Public/mankind

    How they help

    Source:Charity Commission
    • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides Human Resources

    Discoveries involving this organisation

    The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.

    Observations

    Sources:Civic AtlasAI-assisted

    • A community-centre model may be central to its operating role

      The organisation appears intended to build or sustain a physical focal point through which multiple charitable aims, groups and local relationships can be coordinated.

      Why it matters

      This suggests its potential value may lie not only in direct advice or staffing support, but in convening people, voluntary organisations and public bodies around shared local needs.

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      • “The charity may establish, secure, maintain and manage a community centre.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “Its objects include associating statutory authorities, voluntary organisations, community groups and inhabitants in a common effort.”

        Source:Charity Commission

    • Its formal remit is broader than an ethnicity-specific organisation

      Despite its name and stated support for people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, Awa appears formally designed as an inclusive place-based charity serving a wide range of West Midlands residents.

      Why it matters

      This changes how potential partners may understand it: it may bridge culturally specific knowledge with wider community needs, rather than operate solely as a specialist ethnic-community service.

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      • “The area of benefit is AWA in the West Midlands.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “The objects apply without distinction of age, gender, nationality, ethnic or national origins, race, disability, political or religious beliefs.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “The charity helps children and young people, older people, people with disabilities, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin, other charities or voluntary bodies, and the general public.”

        Source:Charity Commission

    • There is a tension between wide ambitions and a limited recorded delivery profile

      Awa's objects span education, health, poverty relief, recreation and improving living conditions, while its recorded help is limited to human resources and advocacy, advice or information. This may indicate an enabling role, or it may reflect incomplete activity reporting.

      Why it matters

      Understanding whether Awa delivers services directly, supports other groups, or mainly convenes activity is important for identifying complementary partners and unmet capacity needs.

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      • “The objects include advancing education, preserving good health, relieving poverty, distress or sickness, and providing recreation and leisure facilities.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      • “The charity provides human resources and advocacy, advice or information.”

        Source:Charity Commission

      Remaining uncertainties

    • Whether Awa currently operates a community centre, and where it is located.
    • Which communities and neighbourhoods it actively reaches in practice.
    • Whether it directly delivers services or primarily enables other organisations and residents.

      Additional evidence needed

    • Recent annual reports, activities and beneficiary numbers.
    • Information on current premises, programmes, partnerships and referral relationships.
    Charity Commission profile
    Source:Charity Commission

    Activities

    The objects of the charity is to support the inhabitants of the AWA in the West Midlands and to establish and secure the community centre.

    Charity objects

    3. THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ("THE OBJECTS") SHALL BE: (1) THE SUPPORT OR PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES TO INCLUDE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF AWA IN THE WEST MIDLANDS (THE "AREA OF BENEFIT") WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF AGE , GENDER, GENDER REASSIGNMENT, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, NATIONALITY, ETHNIC OR NATIONAL ORIGINS, RACE, COLOUR, MARITAL STATUS, DISABILITY, POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS: BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL STATUTORY AUTHORITIES , VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, THE PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS OR SICKNESS, TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR THE RECREATION AND LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION AND TO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE FOR THE INHABITANTS OF THE AREA OF BENEFIT, AND ; (2) TO ESTABLISH, OR SECURE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF, A COMMUNITY CENTRE ("THE CENTRE") AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE SAME (WHETHER ALONE OR IN CO-OPERATION WITH ANY LOCAL AUTHORITY OR OTHER PERSON OR BODY) IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE OBJECTS.