Tribes Alive
Indigenous People’s Cultural Support Trust
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S CULTURAL SUPPORT TRUST
Chairman: Patrick Cunningham
Patron: Professor Sir Ghillean Prance
Trustees:
Emily Burridge Tim Miller Patrick Cunningham Sue Cunningham
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30[TH] JANUARY 2022
Indigenous People’s Cultural Support Trust (IPCST) was established as a charity to support the culture and maintain the independence of indigenous people, particularly in Brazil. The main purpose of the Trust is to provide logistical and financial support for projects initiated in co-operation with indigenous communities. IPCST is also active in providing information and promoting public awareness about matters which directly affect indigenous peoples, and in disseminating public information about the vitality and strength of indigenous cultures.
The projects which IPCST supports fall into the following broad areas: income generation and support for community-based commercial activities; health and welfare; education; land security; strengthening cultural confidence; appropriate technology; communications; and protection of indigenous knowledge. In the area of public information, IPCST makes use of exhibitions, concerts, videos, talks, seminars and articles in the media to bring information to the public, with a particular emphasis on schools, colleges and universities.
In the furtherance of its objectives IPCST is happy to work with local counterpart nongovernmental organizations in Brazil, particularly indigenous communities’ own organisations, and with universities, companies and certification authorities to establish well-founded co-operative projects.
The daily running of IPCST continues to be carried out by the trustees on a voluntary, unpaid basis. IPCST employs no staff and has no dedicated premises.
IPCST’s funding comes from a variety of sources, some of which are directed to specific projects. In the year ended 30[th] January 2022, funding was received from small donations, from concerts and fund-raising activities such as car boot sales, and from grants from other UK registered charities. We would particularly like to send our most sincere thanks to Rainforest Concern for their generous ongoing support. We have a Just Giving account and a small number of regular payroll donors. Two of the trustees, Sue and Patrick Cunningham, have arranged for the royalties from their book ‘Spirit of
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Charity Registered in England, No. 1050461 Patron Professor Sir Ghillean Prance Trustees: Emily Burridge, Tim Miller, Sue Cunningham and Patrick Cunningham
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the Amazon’ to be paid direct to the charity. Emily continues to raise funds from her music, especially through concerts.
Our public information activities this year were constrained by the Covid-19 pandemic, but we have given a few talks to schools. Tribes Alive, our public face, continues to provide information through our website and our Facebook page.
Sue, Patrick and Emily attended ‘COP 26’, the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change Convention, in Glasgow in November. We prepared a 9-minute video (in both English and Portuguese) of indigenous people, to allow them to put their messages direct to the public and attendees at the event. We provided muchneeded help to indigenous delegates from Brazil, with both logistical and financial support. Emily put on a well-attended concert and talk in the Green Zone, where Sue and Patrick also spoke.
It has not been possible for any of the trustees to visit Brazil during this year, mainly because of Covid restrictions. However we have continued to provide support to indigenous communities as they recover from the impact of the pandemic. We have also supported an indigenous fire brigade, which the Kuikuro people created in response to an increasingly dangerous environment where adjoining landowners set fire to the land adjoining their reserve. These fires have been allowed to spread into the indigenous territories, and on several occasions villages have only been saved from conflagration by the brave work of these volunteer indigenous firemen. We also provide support for indigenous videographers to help them to use their own voices for advocacy of the indigenous cause in Brazil.
In terms of its organisation, IPCST is unchanged, continuing to rely on the voluntary work of its trustees for its executive functions. We believe that keeping our organisation small helps us to ensure that we support indigenous people’s own initiatives, instead of imposing projects on them which may be less appropriate.
During the coming year we will continue to pursue existing projects and develop new ones. Plans for a medicinal plant nursery, where species known by indigenous pajés to be medicinal which are now difficult to find in the wild will be planted and propagated to provide traditional medicines, are well advanced.
The accounts submitted to the Charity Commission comply with current statutory requirements and with the requirements of the charity’s governing document.
Patrick Cunningham, Chairman
On behalf of the Board of Trustees
Charity Registered in England, No. 1050461 Patron Professor Sir Ghillean Prance
Trustees: Emily Burridge, Tim Miller, Sue Cunningham and Patrick Cunningham
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||
| A1 Receipts Donations 25,684 - - - - - - - 25,684 - - Sub total - Total receipts 25,684 A3 Payments Administrative costs 1,155 Bank charges 59 Field visits 186 Grants 25,113 Publicity 480 - - - Sub total 26,993 - - Sub total - Total payments 26,993 Net of receipts/(payments) - 1,309 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 32,426 Cash funds this year end 31,117 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ 25,684 - - - - - - - 25,684 - - - 25,684 1,155 59 186 25,113 480 - - - - 26,993 - - - 26,993 - 1,309 - 32,426 31,117 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
Details Lloyd Bank Co-Operative Bank Details Details Details Details Patrick and Sue Cunningham Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ 5,561 25,556 - 31,117 OK to nearest £ - - - - - - 1470 Unrestricted funds Unrestricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates |
to nearest £ - - - - OK to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds Restricted funds Amount due (optional) |
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Print Name
Date of approval
Indigenous Peoplds Cultural Support Trust Independent Examiner's Reportto the trustees of Indigenous People's Cultural Support Trust ('the Company,) I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the a¢¢Dunt5 of the Company forthe year ended 31January 2022. Responsibilities and basis of report A5 the charitys trustees of the Trust you are r2SPDnsible for the preparation of the accounts. Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for indepèndent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity's accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 20111'the 2011 Arfl. In carrying out my examination I have followed the Trustees gNen by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the 2011 Act. Independent examinerfs statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe: l. accounting records were not kept in respect of Indigenous People's Cultural Support Trust as required by section 145 of the 2011 Act,. or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirèments of sertion 396 of the 2006 Art other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair view, which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. or 4. the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities lapplicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordan with the Financial Reporting Stsndard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland IFRS 10211- I have no concerns and have come acro55 no other matters in Connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the atcounts to be reached. J H Mendlesohn DJM Accountsnts BU Limited 26 High Street Rickmansworth WD3 IER th 14 August 2024