Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 11
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +5
  • Overall weighted support: +6
Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

VIETNAMESE FAMILY PARTNERSHIP (GIA DINH VIET)

We work to support the Vietnamese community in Lewisham and neighbouring boroughs. Specifically, we:Relieve poverty by helping people to access service, training and employmentProvide supplementary education for children and adultsRelieve sickness and promote healthAdvance knowledge and understanding of Vietnamese language, culture, history and heritage
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/03/23£55£46£9n/a
?31/03/22£52£34£18n/a
31/03/21£36£22£14n/a
31/03/20£29£15£14n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 6 years

https://www.vietfp.org/

londonvietschool@gmail.com

07543241425

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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Other welfare services
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Major supporters in last 5 years
Greater London Authority£33,000
National Lottery Community Fund£31,174
DCMS£9,999
Trust for London£9,986
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Greater London Authority - Vietnamese Family Partnership / Gia Đình Việt
£27,000 19/04/2023
Building on their Test and Nurture grant, Vietnamese Family Partnership will wrap public benches and install a small Vietnamese gate on Griffin Square, Deptford.
Greater London Authority - Beneath the Nom La
£6,000 04/07/2022
Consultations and workshops to develop a new public art work that celebrates Vietnamese Londoners.
National Lottery Community Fund - [WAVE 5 LCRF] Advice service Vietnamese Family Partnership
£31,174 18/03/2021
11
The project is using funding to run the advice service to members of the Vietnamese community in Lewisham and neighbouring areas helping to reduce hardship for those experiencing financial difficulties isolation domestic abuse and mental health ....more
Trust for London - Vietnamese Family Partnership
£9,986 05/10/2020
6
The funding is for the operation of a targeted support and advice centre to the Vietnamese community, who are experiencing significant challenges in accessing public services such as housing and benefits. It will complement existing services and ....more
DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
£9,999 02/10/2020
"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 operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed

  • ANDY QUACH Appointed: 2020
  • QUYNHNHU NGUYEN Appointed: 2021
  • THOAI NHU NGUYEN Appointed: 2018
  • TUNG NGUYEN Appointed: 2019
  • VAN TIM HOANG Appointed: 2021
  • YUK CHENG TRAN Appointed: 2021
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 28/05/2019, number: 1183593
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
4 returns made; all on time
Main office

Evelyn Community Centre
1 Kingfisher Square
LONDON
SE8 5TW

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN LEWISHAM AND NEIGHBOURING BOROUGHS:1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, PEOPLE OF VIETNAMESE HERITAGE BY PROVIDING ADVICE, INFORMATION, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ADVOCACY TO HELP THEM ACCESS RESOURCES, SERVICES, EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND OTHER FORMS OF SUPPORT.2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY PROVIDING SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES.3) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND WELLBEING, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, OF PEOPLE OF VIETNAMESE HERITAGE BY PROVIDING WORKSHOPS AND ADVICE AND INFORMATION ON NUTRITION, EXERCISE AND HEALTH.4) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE, CULTURE, HISTORY AND HERITAGE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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