Baca Charity
Category: Modern Slavery & Exploitation
Year Awarded: 2016 – present
Young people at Baca Charity
The Foundation has funded their work for 10 years with grants totalling £584,350 toward their core activities. More recently Baca were offered the opportunity to purchase the building they were renting and from which they deliver services. The Foundation granted Baca £275,000 which helped them to secure the building. This funding will help to support their ongoing security and sustainability, helping them to plan for the future.
Baca explained “The long-term financial support Baca have received from Samworth, enables us to provide a holistic and therapeutic service that focusses not only on recovery from trauma but also the development of skills and experience necessary for purposeful and sustainable education, employment or training. The recent capital funding will safeguard a permanent safe space for young refugees to learn, to build community and rebuild their lives for a better future. Furthermore, purchasing our building will underpin our value driven planning and sustainability, as we work intentionally towards achieving our mission”
For a decade now, the Samworth Foundation have supported us. They have been more than just a funder. Instead, the team at Samworth have been partners in our mission enabling us to welcome and equip young refugees arriving in the UK with no family or community, so that we can equip them to transition to adulthood as resilient participants for the common good – with confidence, capability and strength in character .