Registered charity (CIO) · Bromsgrove
Bromsgrove and Redditch Welcome Refugees
Bromsgrove and Redditch Welcome Refugees is a registered charity (number 1213401) based in Bromsgrove, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Yvonne Rendell since 2025. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Brwr (Charity Commission)
- 9 trustees
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Who leads it
- Yvonne RendellChair · since 2025
- Dr John David Cochrane DoctorTrustee · since 2025
- Eileen MawdsleyTrustee · since 2025
- Janet Margaret EvansTrustee · since 2025
- Julie PennTrustee · since 2025
- Peter Francis RendellTrustee · since 2025
- Robert Andrew QuartonTrustee · since 2025
- Robert JeffordTrustee · since 2025
- Tasnim Kauser KhawajaTrustee · since 2025
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment and 2 more
- Where
- Worcestershire
- Website
- www.brwr.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2025
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF REFUGEES IN THE BROMSGROVE AND REDDITCH AREA WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE, AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, BY PROVIDING:A) PRACTICAL SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP TO REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, FROM THEIR INITIAL ARRIVAL ONWARDS TO THEIR EVENTUAL INTEGRATION INTO BRITISH SOCIETY - THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, HELP WITH DOMESTIC PRACTICALITIES, SUCH AS PURCHASING ITEMS FOR THE HOME AND GENERAL HOME IMPROVEMENTS, UNDERSTANDING CULTURAL NORMS IN THE UK AND DEALING WITH GOVERNMENT AND OTHER BUREAUCRACY;B) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS IN NEED THEREOF SO AS TO ADVANCE THEM IN LIFE AND ASSIST IN THEIR REHABILITATION WITHIN A NEW COMMUNITY – THIS INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF ENGLISH TEACHING BOTH IN PERSONAL AND CLASS SETTINGS;C) PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF REFUGEES AND THEIR DEPENDENTS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO ADVICE ON HOW TO ACCESS HEALTH SERVICES;D) PROVIDING FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES; ANDE) INFORMING AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
9 trustees on the board
- Yvonne Rendell Chair since 2025
- Dr John David Cochrane Doctor since 2025
- Eileen Mawdsley since 2025
- Janet Margaret Evans since 2025
- Julie Penn since 2025
- Peter Francis Rendell since 2025
- Robert Andrew Quarton since 2025
- Robert Jefford since 2025
- Tasnim Kauser Khawaja since 2025
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Eileen Mawdsley since 2025
- Janet Margaret Evans since 2025
- Julie Penn since 2025
- Peter Francis Rendell since 2025
- Robert Andrew Quarton since 2025
- Robert Jefford since 2025
- Tasnim Kauser Khawaja since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Yvonne Rendell Chair since 2025
- Dr John David Cochrane Doctor since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1213401
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 22 May 2025
- Contact on the register
- 01527878020 · info@brwr.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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