Stand On Your Own Feet - Dighal Bak
Charity 1111034
Overview
Summary
Stand On Your Own Feet - Dighal Bak appears to frame poverty relief as a route to longer-term independence rather than solely emergency assistance. Its stated model combines grants, education, training, advice, facilities and human resources, suggesting an ambition to address both immediate hardship and the conditions that restrict people’s ability to generate sustainable income. Its remit spans the UK and developing countries, with a notably broad beneficiary and charitable-purpose profile. The available evidence describes intended scope, but not yet its actual programmes, geography, partnerships or reach.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence from the Charity Commission records identifies Birmingham City and Bangladesh as the charity's current areas of operation, but does not identify Birmingham projects, service venues, grant recipients, delivery partners or wards.
- The listed address is described in an earlier trustees' annual report as the charity's principal address in Perry Barr. However, this is not sufficient evidence that it is a service-delivery site or that the charity operates specifically in the Perry Barr ward.
- The Charity Commission records state that the charity does not own or lease land or property, so there is no evidence of a dedicated physical operational site in Birmingham.
- No current evidence was found of partnerships that materially extend the charity's operational reach within Birmingham.
- The organisation's official website could not be retrieved, so it could not be used to test whether current grant-making or other activity is concentrated in particular Birmingham neighbourhoods.
Additional evidence needed
- The latest trustees' annual report or grant schedule identifying the locations of grants, projects and beneficiaries in Birmingham.
- Current information from the charity confirming whether the listed address is used for administration only or for direct delivery.
- Details of any Birmingham delivery partners, hosted venues, community facilities or referral arrangements.
- A current project list or impact report showing whether Birmingham activity is citywide or concentrated in particular wards.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Human Resources
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A self-reliance model sits alongside hardship relief
The organisation appears to see grants and support as tools for enabling sustainable income and independence, rather than as ends in themselves.
Why it matters
This distinguishes it from charities focused only on short-term crisis relief and suggests that its effectiveness may depend on whether its support creates lasting economic capacity.
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“Its ultimate aim is enabling individuals to generate sustainable income and stand on their own feet.”
Source:Charity Commission“It makes grants to individuals and organisations and provides education, training, advocacy, advice, information, human resources and facilities.”
Source:Charity Commission
The stated operating model is unusually broad
The charity may operate as a flexible support platform, combining direct assistance, capacity-building and organisational support rather than specialising in one intervention type.
Why it matters
This breadth could make it useful as a connector or complement to more specialised organisations, but it also raises questions about how it prioritises limited resources.
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“It helps children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, other charities or voluntary bodies, and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its purposes include education and training, health, disability, poverty relief, overseas aid, accommodation, and economic or community development.”
Source:Charity Commission
Its geography may create a bridge between local and international need
The organisation appears positioned to work across the UK and developing countries, potentially carrying learning, resources or relationships between domestic and overseas poverty contexts.
Why it matters
This cross-border remit is strategically significant because needs, delivery partners and accountability arrangements may differ substantially across those settings.
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“It works in the United Kingdom and anywhere in the world, with particular reference to countries of the developing world.”
Source:Charity Commission“It may act alone or in association with others.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which beneficiaries, places and charitable purposes receive most of its resources.
- Whether it primarily delivers support directly, funds others, or works through partnerships.
- What evidence exists that grants and training lead to sustainable income or reduced hardship.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts or impact reports showing expenditure, programmes, beneficiary numbers and delivery locations.
- Details of current partners, grant recipients, eligibility criteria and examples of completed support.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING, IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO COUNTRIES OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD,
Charity objects
THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING, IN THE UK AND ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO COUNTRIES OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD, ACTING ALONE OR IN ASSOCIATION WITH OTHERS, BY PROVIDING GRANTS, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ALL NECESSARY SUPPORT, WITH THE ULTIMATE AIM OF ENABLING INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND STAND ON THERE OWN TO FEET.