# Helping Hands for Gambia

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1105362 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1105362)
- Latest income: £9,800; spending £9,650
- What it funds: General charitable purposes, Education / training, Health / saving of lives, Prevention or relief of poverty, Accommodation / housing, Amateur sport, Economic / community development / employment
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Older people, People with disabilities, The general public
- How it gives: Makes grants to individuals, Makes grants to organisations, Provides buildings / facilities / open space
- Area of operation: The Gambia
- Trustees: 2
- Last verified: 2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/helping-hands-for-gambia

Helping with education,the arts, health,and children with severe disability who have little chance in life. In one of the poorist areas of Africa, The Gambia, where one in four children will die before their fifth birthday.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> The relief of sickness and the preservation of health among people living in Gambia. To help with schooling and employment, to give grants to those in financial hardship either generally or individually.

## What it funds

Helping Hands for Gambia is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training, health / saving of lives, prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation / housing, amateur sport and economic / community development / employment for children / young people, older people and people with disabilities; the register records that it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings / facilities / open space. In its latest reported year Helping Hands for Gambia reported income of £9,800 and spending of £9,650.

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

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Helping Hands for Gambia in its sources (last checked 4 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.

## Questions

### Is Helping Hands for Gambia open for applications now?

Not in OpenGrant's sources as of 4 Nov 2026: no open or forthcoming scheme from Helping Hands for Gambia is listed. Check the funder's website for programmes that are not yet open or that it does not advertise.

### Where does Helping Hands for Gambia fund?

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

### Does Helping Hands for Gambia give grants to individuals?

Yes, according to the Charity Commission register, which records that Helping Hands for Gambia makes grants to individuals as well as to organisations. Check its own guidance for who qualifies.

### How large is Helping Hands for Gambia?

In its latest reported year Helping Hands for Gambia reported income of £9,800 and spending of £9,650.


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