|Names and addresses
ofadvisers|Names and addresses
ofadvisers|(Optional
information)|| |---|---|---|---| |T|e ofadviser
Name|Address|| |Name of chief executive or names||ofsenior staff members
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~ A|| |Description
ofthe charity's
trusts|||| ||Type ofgoverning
document|Trust Deed|| ||How the charity is constituted|As a trust.|| ||Trustee selection methods|The trust's affairs are managed
by a group of6trustees, 3ofwhom are
'ex officio' (the President,
Secretary and Treasurer from time to time of|| |||Brighton
Lions Club) and others nominated
who are also members
of|| |||Brighton
Lions Club.|| |||Trustees are elected annually
by the members ofBrighton
Lions Club.|| |Additional
governance
issues (Optional
information)|||| |You may choose to include
additional
information,
where||Brighton
Lions Club avails itself oftraining facilities provided
by the
International
Association of Lions Clubs, District 105SE, and all prospective|| |relevant,
about:||trustees are encouraged
to attend the training
sessions organised
by|| |~
~|policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and
training
of trustees;
the charity's
organisational
structure
and any wider
network
with which the charity
works;|District 105SE.Brighton
Lions Club has been a member ofthe
International
Association of Lions Clubs for more than 60years. The
members
ofthe club are volunteers
who give their time unconditionally
support ofcharitable causes.
Matters are decided
by a majority vote ofthe trustees present at a
meeting, subject to there being a quorum of 3, the chairperson
having a
casting vote.|in| |~|relationship
with any related
parties;|A quorate
meeting ofthe trustees
may exercise all its powers which
include the management
ofthe charity and the control ofthe Trust Fund.
The trustees
may delegate their powers to one or more committees
which|| |~|trustees'
consideration
of
major risks and the system
and procedures
to manage
them.|may comprise one or more trustees.
The Club ensures that all activities are correctly managed
and all financial
risks are reviewed
for each event. It isthe current
policy ofthe trustees to|| |||maintain
separate
reserves to finance day to day expenditure
and urgent|| |||charitable
contributions.|| ||~ ~ -
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~.||| ||||||The object ofthe trust is to apply
its income for any purpose that is| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||charitable
according to the law of England
and Wales whether
for| |Summary||ofthe||objects ofthe|the benefit ofany individual,
group of people or for the benefit of| |charity set||out in||its governing|any other organisation
established
for charitable
purposes.| |document|||||| ||||||The trustees
confirm that they have referred to the guidance| ||||||contained
in the Charity Commission's
general guidance
on public| ||||||benefit when
reviewing
the trust's aims and objectives and| ||||||planning
future activities, also in setting
grant making
policy for the| ||||||year. The trustees consider the activities and achievements
ofthe| ||||||trust satisfy the public benefit requirements.
Along with fundraising| ||||||activities, several service activities have been suspended
because| ||||||ofthe Covid 19situation.| ||||||The club operates the Lions 'Message
in a Bottle' scheme
in the| ||||||local area.| ||||||The club invited people who received the winter fuel allowance
but| |Summary
undertaken||ofthe main activities
for the public benefit|||did not need
it themselves
to donate the money to the club's
Project Wenceslas. This was then used to assist local residents| |in relation||to these objects|||experiencing
fuel poverty, the beneficiaries
being referred to the| |(include|within this section the||||club by agencies such as the Citizens Advice Bureau.| |statutory|declaration
that||||At Christmas
and Easter, the club donated
soft toys to children
in| |trustees
have had regard to the
guidance
issued
by the Charity
Commission
on public benefit)|||||hospital over the holiday periods and also to children at a women' s
refuge.
The club continued
to support
other organisations
and individuals| ||||||with grants and donations.
During the year under
review the total| ||||||expenditure
in this way was 230,034| ||||||This has been a difficult year for the club with no large fundraising| ||||||events able to take place. However,
requests
for financial| ||||||assistance
increased as other charitable
organisations
such as| ||||||Food Banks were called upon as a result of Covid 19.Because of| ||||||previous
careful stewardship
offunds, the club was able to assist.| |~||~||~
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~| |---|---|---|---|---| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during the year||||Although
fund raising events were seriously curtailed,
because of
previous
careful stewardship
offinances the trustees were able to.make
grants and donations
during the year amounting
tof30,034(2020
f37,417)ofwhich f16,092 (2020f23,175)was to organisations,
with the| |||||remainder
for the benefit of individuals.
Expenditure
through
Project| |||||Wenceslas to help local people
in fuel poverty was in excess off8,000.| |||||Some 99%ofthe overall charitable
expenditure
was for the benefit of| |||||local organisations
and individuals.| |||||As mentioned
earlier,
it has been a difficult year.
Being unable to hold| |||||most ofour usual previous
fundraising
events, the trustees
have utilised| |||||reserves to provide much-needed
assistance to local individuals
and| |||||worthy causes. The trustees
however remain confident that the charity| |||||remains
a going concern as reserves are not exhausted
and we hope to| |||||be able soon to resume
normal
fundraising
activities.| ## ## ## ## ## ##