Mama Udey Foundation
Charity 1201235
Overview
Summary
Mama Udey Foundation appears to connect two distinct but related forms of civic support: poverty-relief activity in Somalia and culturally rooted wellbeing activity in Birmingham. Its role seems broader than emergency assistance or recreation alone, combining practical support, social connection and cultural participation. The available evidence suggests an organisation working across geography and generations, using safe shared activities as well as education, shelter and health-related support to strengthen individual and community resilience.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Small Heath
Confidence: low
The organisation consistently gives a Birmingham contact address. This supports a Birmingham base, but neither the official website nor Charity Commission material identifies it as a service-delivery venue or confirms that activities take place there.
- Mama Udey Foundation official website, Contact page
Lists Mama Udey Foundation in Birmingham. - Supplied organisation record
Lists the charity address in Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as an area where the charity operates and describes Birmingham activities including dance classes, beach trips and club sessions for youth and adults, but does not identify their venues, wards, frequency or catchment.
- The evidence does not establish whether Birmingham delivery is concentrated in one neighbourhood, delivered across several neighbourhoods, or available citywide.
- No named Birmingham partner, venue, school, community centre or other organisation was identified as materially extending the charity's local reach.
- The contact address may be a correspondence or administrative address rather than a public-facing service site.
- The organisation also reports direct work in Somalia, including food, shelter, education and support; this is why the overall footprint is assessed as international, although the precise overseas locations and delivery partners are not evidenced here.
Additional evidence needed
- Current programme timetable or event listings naming Birmingham venues for dance classes, club sessions and trip departure points.
- A current annual report or trustee report explaining the scale, frequency and geographic catchment of Birmingham activities.
- Confirmation from the organisation of whether its contact address is an office, delivery venue, or correspondence address.
- Named partner or venue confirmations where partnerships provide premises, referrals or delivery capacity in Birmingham.
Areas of work
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Disability
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Recreation
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A dual-place model links international relief with local belonging
The foundation appears to operate across Somalia and Birmingham, pairing material support overseas with community-based wellbeing activity locally. This may indicate a model shaped by transnational community connections rather than a single-place service remit.
Why it matters
This helps explain why its work spans both poverty relief and cultural recreation: these may be connected expressions of support for communities with relationships across places.
Show evidence
“In Somali we provide food shelter education and support.”
Source:Organisation“In Birmingham we run dance classes beach trips and club sessions for youth and adults.”
Source:Organisation“Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation.”
Source:Charity Commission
Culture appears to be used as a wellbeing infrastructure
Dance, trips and club sessions appear to be positioned not simply as leisure activities, but as a means of improving wellbeing, celebrating culture and building safe social connections.
Why it matters
This suggests the organisation may hold a distinctive role in reducing isolation and strengthening belonging through accessible, culturally meaningful participation.
Show evidence
“Dance classes beach trips and club sessions for youth and adults to improve well-being celebrate culture and build social connections in a safe and supportive environment.”
Source:Organisation“Arts/culture/heritage/science, Recreation, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation spans prevention and immediate support
Its charitable objects emphasise sustainable income and self-sufficiency, while its activities include food and shelter. This may indicate a combined approach: responding to immediate hardship while seeking longer-term independence through education, training and healthcare support.
Why it matters
Understanding this tension is important for potential collaborators: the foundation may need partnerships that bridge crisis provision and longer-term economic opportunity.
Show evidence
“The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient.”
Source:Charity Commission“We provide food shelter education and support.”
Source:Organisation
- It is unclear which communities in Birmingham and Somalia are reached, and whether they are connected.
- There is no evidence on scale, funding, partnerships, outcomes or how activities are designed with beneficiaries.
- The meaning and scope of the organisation's disability-related work are not specified.
Remaining uncertainties
- Information on beneficiary groups, locations, participation levels and outcomes for each activity.
- Details of delivery partners, volunteer roles, funding sources and connections between the Somalia and Birmingham work.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
In Somali we provide food shelter education and support In Birmingham we run dance classes beach trips and club sessions for youth and adults to improve well-being celebrate culture and build social connections in a safe and supportive environment
Charity objects
THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.