# African Strategic Outreach Alliance

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1218009 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1218009)
- What it funds: Education / training, Disability, Prevention or relief of poverty, Economic / community development / employment
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Other charities or voluntary bodies
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations, Other charitable activities
- Area of operation: Cambridgeshire
- Other names: Asoa (working)
- Trustees: 5
- Last verified: 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/african-strategic-outreach-alliance

ASOA backs African charities supporting vulnerable youths, by providing funding and strategic guidance to supercharge their impact.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> To further such charitable purposes (charitable under english law) as the trustees see fit from time to time in particular but not limited to the advancement of education, the relief of poverty and the relief of those in need, by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability and financial hardship, primarily but not limited to Africa for the public benefit.

## What it funds

African Strategic Outreach Alliance is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training, disability, prevention or relief of poverty and economic / community development / employment for children / young people and other charities or voluntary bodies; the register records that it makes grants to organisations.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as Cambridgeshire.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from African Strategic Outreach Alliance in its sources (last checked 5 Nov 2026). It may fund by invitation only, or through programmes that OpenGrant's sources do not cover. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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