2022-12-31-accounts - The Hands Around The World Charitable Trust

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Hands Around the World Charitable Trust ablisb Annual Report & Financial Statements 2022 IA companylimited byguaranteo and not havlng a share capltall Charlty Reglstratlon No. 1097626 Company No. 04625570

Message from the Chair of Trustees

Introducing the Annual Report provides me with the opportunity to reflect on the achievements and the challenges that Hands Around the World has faced during the course of the year.

Our guiding policy states that ‘We want to see happy, healthy children in our partner projects, enabled to reach for their full potential, with opportunities to have productive and fulfilled lives’.

| am, therefore, delighted to present an annual report that reflects on the achievements made across those partner projects, under the four strands of our strategy:

e Education
e Health
e Volunteering and Relationships
e Independence and Sustainability

and all underpinned by our commitment to quality and to the environment.

It seems that, however much is achieved, there is always more to be done!

We are fortunate to have an amazing team of staff, volunteers and Trustees, who meet the challenges head on and work diligently to support our partner projects. Most especially, we are grateful to those of you who share our vision and continue to generously provide funds or sponsorship to help children.

We continue to make our best efforts to support children who need regular food, education access and daily support, through our projects in Africa and India. We are excited as we look forward to new partnerships and initiatives to meet the needs of the children and young people with whom we work.

Turn on through the pages to understand more of how we have provided opportunities across our partner projects during the year.

Heidi Sydor

Chair of Trustees

executive Officer's Report

As we pull together a summary of our work for the previous year, |am once again astounded by the variety of activities that took place across the projects and I’m reminded that Hands Around the World, a small charity based in Wales, has such a wide reach. Of course, we can’t take all the credit for this! The achievements listed in this report belong to the children and young people featured, and I'd like to take this opportunity to say well done to you all. Well done for participating, for seizing the opportunities that came your way, and for working hard despite the challenges you face and the inequalities that exist in our world.

| expect that for many of you there has been someone who has helped you along the way, maybe a family member or a special teacher, or maybe it was your sponsor. Some of the credit must go to these people, too. There are certainly many inspirational people involved with our partner projects in Benin, Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia and India. They are the ones that motivate us, too; that help broaden our understanding and keep us striving to do better.

Last, but by no means least, some of the credit must also go to all of you reading this report - Hands Around the World supporters, volunteers, and friends - for the part you have played in changing the course of these young lives. We'd like to thank you, as always, for your generosity and for your commitment to Hands Around the World, our partners, and the children and young people in their care. It really does make a world of difference, as you will see as you read on.

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Bridget Higginson

Executive Officer

Mission Statement

To help children and young people disadvantaged through poverty or disability, or otherwise vulnerable, in partnership with locally-managed centres in Benin, Kenya, Rwanda, Zambia and India. We also support well-prepared volunteers to offer practical help, skill sharing, and friendship.

Vision

We want to see happy, healthy children in our partner projects, enabled to reach for their full potential, with opportunities to have productive and fulfilled lives.

How we work

We work in partnership with in-country managers to realise their vision of supporting vulnerable children and alleviating poverty within their communities. This means ownership remains within the local community and we are committed to supporting our partner projects to move towards sustainability.

2022 saw Hands Around the World’s partners emerge from the pandemic with no new requests for Covid-related support, although some continued support was provided where appropriate. We were delighted that in-person visits by Hands Around the World staff and volunteers to our partners were able to resume as the pandemic diminished. This brought back some of the human touch to our partnership relationships which had, of necessity, been distanced and digitised for many months. We had provided IT support to some of our partners in response to the onset of Covid, which included provision of smartphones to support image and other data transfer, as well as improved internet connections to facilitate video calling. These communications improvements continued to support information flow throughout 2022 and will continue to shape and enhance our communications with our partners going forward.

The VTC was unable to resume training for much of 2022 following earlier weather damage to the centre’s toilets that meant the centre did not have the required sanitation infrastructure to accommodate students. As an interim solution, Hands Around the World worked with the centre to build pit latrines, yet construction of the new pit latrines also encountered weather-related and other setbacks.

Not to be disheartened, however, during the centre’s closure, the determined staff at Kaliyangile (Kali) undertook an enrolment drive, conducting assessments and registration of students for various courses, in anticipation of the centre’s re-opening. There was much interest in the courses on offer: 23 students were registered for beekeeping, 16 for tailoring, 11 for agriculture and 10 for computing.

With the pit latrines finished in the latter part of 2022, training courses at the centre were finally set to resume, beginning with an initial cohort of 20 women and girls successfully trained in beekeeping. This covered the essentials in bee colony establishment and development, as well as the equipment, tools and materials used in beekeeping. The training also addressed key apiculture techniques and methods, such as trapping bees, capturing swarms and baiting, and selecting an apiary site. The training continues into 2023, encompassing beekeeping management and honey harvesting, extraction, and refinery, among other topics. The women who have been trained will set up their apiary right at Kali and are expected to be able to secure an income from honey and beeswax production.

Kaliyangile Vocational Training Centre, Chisamba, Zambia

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Some of these beekeeping students also intend to participate in agriculture and computing training once those courses restart, broadening their options for the future. Following the success of the beekeeping course, the VTC hopes to commence a wider programme of vocational training through 2023.

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The new sanitation block replaces and improves upon the old weatherdamaged block and includes five toilets and seven showers. Substantial progress was made on the construction in the latter part of the year and the project is expected to be completed in the first half of 2023. Once finished, the new block will support the good health and hygiene of all students and staff; the facilities will have sufficient capacity to allow the VTC to increase the number of students it can train at any one time. This, in turn, improves opportunities for more young people in Chisamba, with the aim of promoting wider community prosperity in the long term.

The farm at Kaliyangile was not impacted by the disruption to sanitation facilities and remained operational. The hammer mill continued grinding maize for the local community at an affordable price, which also provided a good income for the project during the year. The pigs and chickens continued to generate funds for the project also, although assessment in 2022 revealed that both the piggery and chicken houses are in need of renovations and upgrades.

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Community food distribution at Kaliyangile, which started during Covid lockdown, continued throughout 2022, although with Covid diminishing for the time being, we expect to direct resources back to providing lunches for students in 2023.

Hands Around the World’s new local representative in Zambia, Catriona Waddell, visited Kaliyangile in April 2022; Maggie Hickland (Hands Around the World Trustee) and Jane Powell (Hands Around the World Operations Manager) were able to visit the centre in June, after an extended hiatus in Hands Around the World staff project visits due to the pandemic. These visits honed our understanding of the current challenges at the project and clarified the priorities for our partnership with Kaliyangile into 2023 and beyond.

Persis, Centre Manager at the VTC, reflects on challenges, progress and hopes at the project: “I really look forward to seeing new trainees coming through in 2023. It will be my greatest pleasure. Since | joined Kali in 2012, the project has endureda lot of challenges, especially with infrastructure, which was always failing Teveta [Technical Education, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training Authority] standards. With support from the Hands Around the World team, we have a new workshop, pit latrines and now the ablution block under construction and meeting training standards. My greatest satisfaction will be seeing the workshop filled with happy smiling faces!"

Disability Community Centye (DCC), Mava, Kenya

The DCC continued to offer a range of life-changing services for children and young people with disabilities throughout 2022. The centre implements the Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) Programme recommended by the World Health Organization. Under this programme, milestone-based physiotherapy is carried out at home, in community-based dispensaries, schools, day care centres, and at group-based outreach clinics. The specific objective of physiotherapy within a CBR programme is to enable children with disabilities to achieve individualised activities of daily living within their abilities. In 2022, 450 children with disabilities underwent milestone-based therapy via the DCC, with key achievements including 12 children who were able to walk after consistent therapy and three children who were helped to attend school.

A good example is Onesmus, who was introduced to the DCC by a social worker after meeting the boy’s parents in one of the groups of people with disabilities with which the DCC works. Onesmus had delayed developmental ae / milestones since birth. He was not able ( to sit, stand, or carry out any activities } of daily living. The DCC’s rehabilitation ° team began therapy in February 2022 ) . and this continued consistently until A>. May, by which time Onesmus was able 7 } to stand, walk, and sit; the photograph here shows him standing unassisted in | al May 2022. Furthermore, Onesmus’ inne 4 toparents carry were on with trainedthe exercises, and encouragedto supplement the DCC’s efforts. His mother was delighted by the progress and promised to “ensure that the child does not regress to his old state” by carrying on with the skills learned from the DCC team. In September, he was enrolled in school.

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Some of these devices can, however, be quite expensive. To make the devices cheaper and more accessible, in 2022 the DCC undertook the construction of various aids themselves. By harnessing appropriate technology and using inexpensive but effective materials, the DCC has succeeded in developing a process that produces certain quality assistive devices at less than a quarter of the price charged by established suppliers. In April, Hands Around the World provided support to help 10 families acquire sitting aids made by the DCC.

Disability Community Centye (DCC), Maua, Kenya

Through the efforts of the team at Baker Tilly in July 2022 (see Fundraising Successes section below for details of the event itself), Hands Around the World supported the DCC to procure 40 new wheelchairs. These were purchased from Motivation Africa, a charity dedicated to enabling greater opportunities for children with disabilities in Africa. The next step is for representatives from Motivation Africa to visit the DCC to assess children, fit chairs and train DCC staff on management of the wheelchairs. Procurement of the wheelchairs was delayed due to local logistical challenges; however, delivery is anticipated in the early part of 2023, with the Motivation Africa team’s engagement at the DCC able to proceed thereafter.

Another aspect of the DCC’s work is the provision of prosthetic hands or legs. Such prostheses support people with missing body parts to go about their daily activities. For example, in 2022 a girl who had lost her left leg was fitted with a prosthetic leg and, after training and performance of exercises, is able to carry on with her life normally.

One challenge for the DCC recently has been the lack of consistent power supply at the centre, which results in regular power outages, disrupting administrative and other functions and hampering the day-to-day management of the centre. This difficulty was substantially exacerbated by the pandemic, when the requirement to participate in regular online meetings and workshops became critical as individuals, communities and organisations adjusted their ways of connecting and communicating. This shift has proved to some degree permanent, as people have become accustomed to new ways of working. It was clear that the centre was struggling to function properly with repeated power outages and so, in 2022, Hands Around the World supported the installation of solar panels and a battery system for the DCC. The panels have proved to be a great success, providing an uninterrupted power supply for the DCC’s computers, internet connection and lighting. The installation of a renewable energy source at the centre aligns with Hands Around the World’s current strategic focus on initiatives of benefit to the environment at our partner projects.

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Disability Community Centye (DCC), Mava, Kenya

In September, the DCC held a children’s forum - a colourful and lively event bringing together children from across various special schools connected with the DCC. The event gave the children the opportunity to showcase their creative talents, such as singing, dancing and poetry, and to socialise with and inspire one another. It also provided an opportunity for the schools to address common challenges, as well as to share initiatives and successes in their respective approaches to delivering high-quality education for children with disabilities.

In December, Hands Around the World secured a partnership to deliver the first stage of a programme of development works at Irindiro Special School in Meru. This school for children with disabilities is heavily overcrowded and many more children are unable to secure a place due to lack of capacity. The first stage of the works will be the construction of a twin classroom block to ease the pressure on the existing facilities, with work expected to begin in early 2023. This work is part of our commitment to promoting inclusive education in Kenya, delivered in partnership with the DCC.

December also saw the DCC mark the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The event brought together disability-related organisations from across Meru county, addressing shared challenges and promoting the participation of persons with disabilities across Kenyan society. The event was very well attended and exhibited livelinood crafts made by people with disabilities.

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New Life Centre (NLC), Sayberia, India

In 2022, the New Life Centre in Sarberia, West Bengal, continued to provide a higher standard of education than anywhere else in the local area. Perhaps the NLC’s real triumph, however, is the caring and supportive environment that is continually nurtured through the passion and commitment of the centre’s Director, Mr Alindra Naskar. The school educates children and young people and fosters deeper wellbeing by connecting with families to better understand and cater for each child's individual challenges and aspirations.

The pandemic proved challenging for the NLC and enrolment levels dropped while the school was closed, as many families moved to urban centres seeking employment opportunities. However, the NLC was finally able to reopen its doors in March and worked steadily to restore its student body, with 224 children receiving an education at the school in 2022.

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In September, the NLC marked India’s National Teachers’ Day; an occasion which provided the children at NLC the opportunity to show their gratitude for their inspiring teachers. This vibrant event saw the pupils put on a colourful dance performance for their teachers, as captured here, which not only delighted the staff at the centre but was a fun and uplifting occasion for the children.

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The NLC continues to produce inspiring stories of children’s academic and extra-curricular achievements, demonstrating how disadvantaged children can bloom when supported with quality schooling and an environment that nurtures potential.

Pallabi has one such story. She comes from a very poor family and has attended the NLC from the age of four to sixteen, receiving a quality education and encouraging the development of her interests and talents. She is passionate about art and can be seen here with her wonderful drawings. She is due to complete her senior secondary (equivalent to A- Level) in early 2023 and hopes to study art or geography at university. We will follow her progress with interest as she embarks on higher education.

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In 2022, 606 children were enrolled at Pizz School, many of whom are orphaned and vulnerable. Many were sponsored to attend Pizz (to Grade 9) by way of our Hand in Hand scheme. A further 90 children were supported at grades 10, 11 and 12 to complete their secondary education in local secondary schools. A total of 69 children passed their Grade 9 exams, representing a 73% pass rate.

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Given the large number of pupils at Pizz, we continued to provide Covid prevention materials in 2022, in support of pupil health and the wider wellbeing of the community in Monze, though this support ceased towards the end of the year as Covid cases diminished. All our work at Pizz in 2022 was supported and enhanced through the invaluable expertise of Hands Around the World's incountry representative, Catriona Waddell, who made regular visits to the project.

Former Pizz students continue to thrive: five former students attended a Diploma course in nursing at Shorthorn College; former students Bebeto and Janes, meanwhile, are at university studying medicine and nursing respectively, enabled through the generosity of Hands Around the World’s supporters. For more about the experiences of Bebeto and Janes, see the Individual Sponsorships section below.

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One former student, Maxwell, was sponsored by a Hands Around the World through secondary fae school and university, and he graduated in 2021 * * * with a Bachelor of Science with Education. Continuing his journey, Maxwell felt inspired to Sie nurture young minds in his community through i the gift of knowledge and, having completed his [eam teacher training, he was appointed in 2022 as a 7 ae science teacher at Sobline secondary school - a is school where Hands Around the World sponsors illustrates well how investing in one individual many former Pizz pupils. Maxwell’s story ee can help build momentum towards wider community prosperity. /

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2023 Pizz update

2022 also saw the first UK visitors since the onset of the pandemic, with Maggie Hickland (Hands Around the World Trustee) and Jane Powell (Hands Around the World Operations Manager) visiting in June. The visit focussed on recent government policy changes in Zambia that mandate free primary and secondary education for all, and what this means for the shape of our partnership with Pizz going into 2023. What emerged from our research and consultation with the local community was that the best and most sustainable option for the future of Pizz would be for the school to transition from being a private school, fully supported with HATW funding, to a Community School, benefitting from support from the Zambian government as well as ongoing funds from Hands Around the World. Under the new Government policy, a Community School model would mean Pizz school would benefit from being community-owned with a local decision-making Board, receiving support and salaried teaching staff from the Zambian government whilst still maintaining priority intake for vulnerable children. From May 2022 through to December, we undertook thorough consultation with the community in Monze on the future of Pizz, engaging stakeholders including the local Parent Teacher Association, teachers, community leaders, the District Education Board Secretary, the current Pizz leadership and local Hands Around the World representatives. We also took advice from other charities supporting schools in Zambia.

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All were incredibly supportive of this transition to community school status. An inspection of the school was completed by the Ministry of Education in December 2022 with a view to this transition taking place at the beginning of 2023. Under community school status, some teachers would be provided by the government, and this, along with the provision of school books, the payment of ancillary costs and the removal of exam fees would have enabled HATW to concentrate on social support and feeding programmes to keep children in school.

Unfortunately, Mrs Sianga, the current Director, decided very late in the process that she wanted to continue to run the school as a private entity. Jane Powell, our Operations Manager, and Bridget Higginson, our Executive Officer, visited in February 2023, and learned that all children are now charged fees to attend the school, which would not be required under the community model. After much consultation and analysis, Hands Around the World staff and trustees have concluded that continuing to fund Pizz school as a private school is not the best way to help local children. To ensure we properly protect the charitable objectives of our donations, we must cease support for Pizz private school. We will revisit this decision if the parents, teachers and local community are able to move the school away from this private business model of operation. In the meantime, we have made arrangements for the children sponsored at secondary school in the district (who moved from Pizz) to complete their secondary education up to Grade 12 (including Sobline pictured in the Niall Fund section, below). This will be until they have all completed their secondary education at the end of 2024. We plan to provide ongoing social support for local children through two other Monze-based partner organisations. For children who were sponsored at Pizz school, we have been assured that they can continue with their studies without being charged fees.

We have provided further background on this process to all the individual donors to this project, and of course remain available for any queries from anyone who would like further information.

In 2022, Chez Papa Geoff orphanage in Affame reached its maximum capacity of 24 children, providing them with a caring home where every child can feel safe and grow as part of the vibrant community at CPG. The children receive regular nutritious meals and access to education and healthcare. Through generous Hands Around the World sponsorship, children are also supported through secondary school as well as university; in 2022, a total of 72 children were sponsored at secondary school, with 15 students supported at university. Young people with few or no qualifications are helped to study on apprenticeship schemes, equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to secure decent employment; we helped empower 11 young people in Affame in this way in 2022.

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In a different aspect of support delivered through the project in 2022, Hands Around the World enabled ten people from the community in Affame who were experiencing eye problems to undergo initial eye consultations. Of these, five people have been assessed as suitable for cataract operations, which we will fund in 2023. These simple operations will hopefully restore their sight, eliminating, for good, a problem that would otherwise progress to become a barrier to daily activity. Below are people being taxied to suitability assessments for cataract operations.

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Hands Around the World Project Coordinator Dick Wheelock visited CPG in July, his first visit in two and a half years due to the pandemic, and received a warm welcome indeed, through the medium of dance! Dick reported that the farm linked to the orphanage was generally doing well, though it was experiencing some challenges such as damp in some areas (soil samples were taken for analysis) as well as difficulty in accessing much-needed agricultural lime locally, which may require sourcing from further afield. However, the farm holds much promise, having produced a good cassava harvest in 2022, with the children at the orphanage excited to learn about the process of converting cassava to flour. The farm’s sustainable palm plantation started to yield in 2021 and continued to develop in 2022, helping propel CPG towards self-sufficiency. This popular cash crop benefits from the new on-site well, though a pump is now needed for more efficient water extraction.

2022 also saw new legislation concerning orphanages, the precise requirements of which have proved a challenge to ascertain and navigate, though CPG continues to work closely with local government towards consensus on what the new guidelines mean in practical terms as applied to CPG; the project will make necessary adaptations into 2023.

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Mike Haden, Chair of Hands Around the World Jersey, writes about the highlights of 2022:

Volunteers from Hands Around the World Jersey have been visiting Bugarama in southwest Rwanda since 2012, helping to improve teaching and learning conditions in schools. Rwandans regard education as the gateway to a new future but with a high population of young people, they face overcrowded classrooms and the need to replace old buildings with more modern infrastructure. From small beginnings, Hands Around the World Jersey, with the help of grant funding from Jersey Overseas Aid, has developed a partnership with six schools and seena real transformation.

In 2022, a grant of £62,000 enabled us to complete the second phase of a two-storey building at Nyakagoma. In 2015 there was only a broken barn housing a nursery section. Older children had to walk 10km to the nearest school on a busy, dangerous road. The school now has 13 classrooms and takes 567 pupils from nursery to end of secondary.

A second grant of £9,668 contributed towards the renovation of six degraded primary classrooms at Muko with newly plastered walls and good flooring. New plastic ceilings which reduce noise from adjoining classrooms and rain on tin roofs have proven impact on learning and exam results.

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teams, thereby contributing to the overall strategy of renewal and partnership
with local people. Covid has prevented our visits for the past three years but
with our local project coordinator, we have been able to continue several
construction projects.
In 2022, an independent impact assessment study was carried out by Lifetime
Consulting on the previous three years of Jersey Overseas Aid grants. The full
report is available on request. They concluded:
The project’s primary focus to reduce overcrowding in targeted schools
and facilitate more conducive school environments has been remarkably
achieved... The project was highly relevant; practical and positive impacts
have emerged from the concerted efforts of [Hands Around the World
Jersey] in collaboration with the local schools and with the outstanding
support received from the funder, Jersey Overseas Aid.
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Bugarama again to review progress in the past three years and plan our
strategy of ongoing improvements for the next three years and our next
funding application. The warm welcome received proves the appreciation of
joint Hands Around the World Jersey and Jersey Overseas Aid investment.
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In addition to supporting the activities and development of our partner projects, HATW supports various other initiatives to further our aims and respond to need.

Cnvis Halsey Tribute Fund In April 2022, Mary Halsey raised over £1,000 for the Chris Halsey Tribute Fund by running the Southampton Half Marathon. The fund was set up in memory of Mary’s father, Chris, to help children requiring surgical or medical help or equipment in a numberof African countries and India. Mary said, “My dad was an avid runner, having run the London Marathon and many half marathons over the years, so | thought it about time to lace up my running shoes and have a go myself!”

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The fund has enabled life-changing medical interventions for so many children already and it is great to have had this support from Mary's sponsors , to be able to continue this aspect of Hands Around the World’s work. In 2022, we were able to support four people to access necessary medical care. One of these was Dorcas in Uganda, who was sponsored through university by Hands Around the World and graduated in 2016. She was the first girl from her community ever to go to university. We heard that Dorcaswas suffering acute back pain and muscle weakness in one leg due to a severely prolapsed lumbar disc. She needed immediate surgery and subsequent physiotherapy. Thanks to the generosity of the donor who sponsored her through university, as well as the Chris Halsey Tribute Fund, we were able to assist Dorcas to receive the necessary surgery and treatment and she has recovered well. Dorcas says she is “recovering well with the unconditional support you rendered towards seeing me obtain the best medication, which indeed yielded positive results with the continuous physiotherapy... I/m steadily improving”.

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Ensuring children get a good start in life lays the foundation upon which they can build their dreams for the future. But in the countries in which Hands Around the World operates, severe poverty means not all children are able to attend even primary school. This means they grow up without any proper schooling at all, substantially restricting the employment opportunities available to them in the future. It can also mean children fail to develop basic social skills, impacting their ability to relate to others and impeding their participation in society, as well as leaving them unable to do basic life and household administration.

Hands Around the World’s Hand in Hand child sponsorship scheme enables children from especially deprived backgrounds to enrol in primary school where they otherwise would not be able to attend and also supports young people who may have had little or irregular schooling to attend vocational training courses. The scheme pays a contribution towards teacher salaries (where required) for each child supported and also subsidises such items as children’s school uniforms, shoes and school books - items that some families simply cannot afford, even where attendance at primary school is otherwise free.

In 2022, Hands Around the World was delighted to be able to support 128 children to attend primary school through Hand in Hand, with children sponsored at Pizz School in Monze, Chez Papa Geoff in Affame, and the New Life Centre in Sarberia. Thanks to the generosity of Hands Around the World’s individual sponsors, these children and young people have a much brighter future ahead of them - children such as Antoine in Affame, Benin. His father worked as a car mechanic and injured his arm. Within a month, he had died of this injury, leaving a wife and five children, including Antoine who, at 13, is the eldest. His mother subsequently abandoned all the children, leaving them with their grandmother, who lives in a house with only two rooms.

Antoine entered the Hands Around the World-supported Chez Papa Geoff orphanage in Benin at the suggestion of CPG’s Local Manager, Dieu Donne, to relieve Antoine’s grandmother and to ensure that he continued his secondary education. Antoine felt a great sense of responsibility towards his siblings and worried that, as the eldest child, he should be earning something to help his grandmother financially as she has almost no income. This responsibility weighed heavily on him, and Dieu Donne felt that he would not thrive without some outside financial support for his grandmother.

Everyone in Affame agreed that if he started work now, he would end up doing menial work and so, long term, his education was paramount. Through the generosity of a private sponsor, Hands Around the World now supports Antoine’s siblings so that his gfandmother can feed them properly, and Antoine can focus on his schooling through the support provided by CPG, free of the burdensome worry about the situation of his grandmother and siblings. This outcome will undoubtedly improve Antoine's career opportunities and earning potential when he finishes education, substantially mitigating the life-long impacts his challenging circumstances would otherwise likely have had. He is a bright, conscientious student and should do well.

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Niall Fund

The Niall fund supports children to access secondary school by helping with school fees and associated costs. This initiative improves access to better future opportunities, including the possibility of progressing on to university. It is especially valuable for girls, who might otherwise face early marriage and domestic chores when they could be at school, or a future of menial low-paid labour. In 2022, we supported 92 children through the Niall fund in Zambia and Uganda.

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Shown here is a group of pupils at Sobline secondary school in Zambia, sponsored through the Niall Fund.

One of the pupils in Uganda says about the sponsorship: “With due gratitude, | would like to appreciate your organisation Hands Around the World for their efforts in lifting me up academically for a better tomorrow for our country and the world at large”.

Terhary education and apprenticeships

The cost of further education and training is prohibitive for many young people, which is why support at this level is so valuable. In 2022, 41 students were supported in tertiary education and apprenticeships across Benin, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia and India, including through individual sponsorships. Such further education and training can be truly life changing and although we cannot offer this support to as many students as we would like, we are planning to increase it in future. For further education support delivered through individual sponsorships, we are looking for doctors to sponsor doctors, teachers to sponsor teachers, farmers to sponsor farmers... the list goes on!

Terhary education and apprenticeships

Pictured here is Harriet, who was supported to train in nursing in Uganda. In 2022, Harriet graduated as a nurse and midwife and we were delighted to hear that, after qualifying, she chose to work as a volunteer nurse at Goli Health Centre while she looked for employment. Harriet says she has “the passion to serve”. Hands Around the World also arranged for two new nursing students in Uganda to start in January 2023.

This is Afsana, who is being supported by Hands Around the World via the New Life Centre in India. Afsana is in her third year of a BSc Nursing Course.

Janes says: “| was drawn to nursing because | have a desire to care, to serve and to help, as happiness comes by GIVING and SERVING others. | believe not all angels have wings: some have scrubs! After | finish, | want to help and serve others. That starts with me, my family and others. Serving them financially, emotionally, psychologically and more. Help those in need - that's the only way I'll achieve happiness.”

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rotations for a year, just changing departments. For now, | will do internal medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, and surgery. | have just finished my first rotation. Each rotation takes eight weeks and there's an exam at the end of each. Then after all the rotations, I'll write my year-end exams.”

Six students in Zambia completed their one-year nursing assistant course, whilst five new students started the same course in January 2022 and are currently doing attachments at Njola Mwanza rural health centre in Monze.

Below are five sponsored students in Zambia preparing for attachments at a local hospital.

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Hands Around the World's environment fund was established in 2022 and £5,000 was designated to launch this. In addition, a commitment was made to contribute 10% of the cost of each flight booked by Hands Around the World to the environment fund in recognition of the harm caused by long-haul flights and with a view to support positive action on climate and the environment. We have various plans in the making for how to use this fund and look forward to updating you as projects progress.

One focus area is the development of sustainable food production. We are excited to be working in partnership with the Marshal Papworth Fund: a charity which, their website states, helps “students from developing countries to grow themselves out of hunger so that they and their fellow countrymen benefit from a more sustainable future”. In 2022, six students from Hands Around the World's partner projects participated in an online course in sustainable agriculture. These students can now also apply for a 10-week practical and experiential course at Harper Adams University in the UK, which will take place in 2023. The course has been designed specifically for students who can demonstrate a strong hands-on commitment to their community and its agricultural development; in particular, those who are motivated to become change-makers within their communities.

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Strengthening our environmental commitments

We think that the three teachers from Muko school in Rwanda - Jean, Michel and Polyphile - who are participating in the course fit this description well. They are working hard to develop a productive farm to supplement school lunches for the 567 children who attend the school. They say of the course:

This course is surely needed in order for us to help the school support 357 vulnerable students who are unable to pay for school feeding fees. The school rents 20 hectares, but we still lack agricultural skills to exploit them properly. In addition to that, the school wishes to rear some domestic animals that can help to feed the students a balanced diet, so we need animal rearing skills. The online course at Marshal Papworth was really enjoyable and of much importance because it will help us to maximally utilize our limited resources (land we rent as the school) to meet huge increased population growth, through applying sustained agricultural practices in our area (school gardens). The agricultural production we got this season is much better than what we got last season due to the course of integrated pest management skills we learnt through this online short course. This process (virtual course) has surely paved a good foundation for the face to face in-country course (training while being in the UK) where we will be deepening the skills and knowledge in sustainable agriculture and livestock keeping.

Hands Around the World is also keen to support infrastructure developments at our partner projects to enable them to benefit from renewable energy. Solar panels, for example, have the added benefit of generating electricity during the frequent and disruptive power outages which many of our partners face. In 2022, we assisted the Disability Community Centre in Kenya to install solar panels to provide energy for the office. In 2022 we also secured a partnership to begin a programme of facilities development and upgrades at Irindiro Special School in Meru County, which will be delivered in collaboration with the DCC. The partnership will see pupils at lrindiro connected with pupils at schools in Wales to discuss environmental challenges and brainstorm possible actions to promote a healthy local environment around Irindiro.

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Volunteering and fundraising successes

Hands Around the World is built upon and sustained by the passion, creativity and generosity of those who freely give their time in pursuit of positive change for highly disadvantaged children and young people. It is with much gratitude that we celebrate a number of inspiring fundraising events and fantastic volunteering efforts in 2022: efforts that truly represent the heart of our charity.

In July, the team at Baker Tilly raised over £3,000 for Hands Around the World by putting in some strenuous effort to complete The Great Cloud Walker Challenge: a tough event in the Peak District that included a two-kilometre paddle across Tittesworth Water, a 30-kilometre trek though rough and hilly terrain, and a fearsome 100-foot abseil - not for the faint-hearted!

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September saw volunteer walkers and members of Hands Around the World
Jersey (pictured here) complete the Great North Coast Charity Challenge
2022, which involved a walk across the north coast of Jersey. The walk
covered a 19-mile stretch from St Catherine’s to Grosnez and raised a fantastic
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In October, two runners from Hands Around the World Jersey-supported Muko School in Rwanda participated in the Virtual London Marathon: an event where runners can raise funds by running a marathon anywhere in the world on the same day as the London marathon and tracking their run digitally. The runners from Muko raised a combined £310 for Hands Around the World.

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Four coffee mornings were held at The Priory in Monmouth in 2022, with volunteers supporting Hands Around the World’s fundraising efforts through donations of crafts, baked goods and other items for sale. Contributions during the year included signed copies of Hands Around the World supporter Carey Glyn-Jones’ wonderful poetry book Perverse and Foolish, whilst a Christmas coffee morning was held that included various crafts, baked goods and an impressive Christmas hamper donated by one of our volunteers - Jenny Cranston; the morning raised £371 for Hands Around the World. Also supporting our fundraising efforts during the festive season, a 10-inch Christmas Cake was generously donated by Anne Griffiths in Monmouth, raffled off and raised a fantastic £207. The coffee mornings held throughout the year, as well as the Christmas-time raffles, once again embraced and celebrated the charitable spirit of the community in Monmouth towards supporting some great Hands Around the World causes. Mentioned here are just some of the people who participated in fundraising activities on behalf of Hands Around the World during the year; our warm thanks go to everyone who raised funds for our work in 2022.

Hands Around the World renewed and celebrated its commitment to

volunteering in 2022, as the pandemic diminished to allow activities to go ahead that had been reduced or put on hold for many months. The official ceremony for the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service (awarded to Hands Around the World in 2020) was finally able to proceed: an occasion that saw Hands Around the World volunteers assemble to receive the award presented by The Lord Lieutenant of Gwent, Brigadier Robert Aitken, and accepted on behalf of all our volunteers by Hands Around the World founder and trustee David Steiner.

The team in Monmouth welcomed five new people to the UK volunteering team in 2022: volunteers who generously gave their time to provide regular support in the office as well as with set projects. Volunteering overseas cautiously recommenced, with project visits undertaken by volunteers in Zambia, Rwanda, and Benin during the year. These visits were successful, and we anticipate further overseas volunteering going into 2023.

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Looking aheadto 2023

In 2023, Hands Around the World will continue to work towards the delivery of our 2022-27 Strategy, which is available during this strategic period on our website https://hatw.org.uk/. The four main areas of our strategy are:

1 Education: We will promote access to quality educational opportunities for children and young people at our partner projects.

2 ~=Health: We will seek to improve access to health care as well as promotion of good health, hygiene and nutrition.

-~«CVoilunteering and relationships: We will continue to promote volunteering opportunities and long-term quality relationships with our partner projects.

4 Independence and sustainability: We seek to encourage long-term sustainability at individual projects, including income-generation initiatives.

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Looking aheadto 2023

Areas of notable focus for the year ahead include:

e Exploring potential new partnerships. Hands Around the World is currently considering proposals for the establishment of new partner projects where there is a clear need for support within our thematic areas of expertise and where our approach is suited to the local context and able to bring about positive, lasting impact.
¢ Quality improvements. We will be supporting our partners to enhance their management structures and operational policies and procedures, encompassing the likes of project accounting, impact evaluation and progress reporting.
e The Hands Around the World Environment Fund. We will be looking to encourage and support initiatives at our partner projects focused on environmental conservation and responding to climate change.
e Volunteering. As this is a key pillar of Hands Around the World’s work, the charity intends to recruit more volunteers and deliver volunteer-led work both in the UK and overseas.
e 1Tdevelopment. We will be making improvements to our IT systems and website to ensure we deliver the best experience for our partners, supporters, volunteers and staff.
e Income development. We will be aiming to diversify our funders and supporting our colleagues at Hands Around the World Jersey to do the same. Where appropriate, we will support our partner projects to diversify their external funding sources also.
e Hands Around the World governance. We will aim to recruit new Hands Around the World trustee(s) to enhance and diversify the collective experience of the Board.

Thank you so much to all our supporters and volunteers who enabled Hands Around the World to deliver on its mission in 2022; we look forward to building on these successes in 2023 through your continued generosity and dedication.

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Financial yevielw

Asummary of our financial performance for 2022 is set out in the Statement of Financial Activities and in the Balance Sheet on pages 41 and 42.

The Statement of Financial Activities sets out our Income and Expenditure for the year.

Our net income for the year was £70,082. This was made up of an increase in unrestricted funds of £96,795 and a decrease in restricted funds of £26,713.

The Balance Sheet shows the funds of the charity at the year end, 31st December 2022. The total fund of £279,951 is held as £161,674 of unrestricted funds, of which £34,816 is held in designated funds, and £118,277 of restricted funds.

We are very grateful for the generosity of organisations and individuals, through donations, legacies, grants and sponsorships, that has allowed us to support to our partners in countries in Africa and in India.

Our reserves at the year-end allow us to continue this work and to focus on the areas identified in our 2022-2027 strategy.

Legal status

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. The liability of each member in the event of winding-up is limited to £10.

Directors and trustees

The directors of the charitable company are its trustees for the purpose of charity law and throughout this report are collectively referred to as the trustees. As set out in the Articles of Association at the Annual General meeting, one third of the trustees are deemed to have been reappointed.

The trustees serving during the year and since the year-end were as follows:

Heidi Sydor - Chair	Wendy Sutton-Pryce
Dorothy Ballantine -Treasurer	Tess Molloy
Philippa Moore -Company Secretary	Margaret Hickland
MichaelHaden	DavidSteiner

Financial review

Governing document

Hands Around the World (the “Charity”) is a company limited by guarantee, governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. It is also registered as a charity with the Charity Commission for England and Wales

Organisation

The charity aims to have a board of eight trustees who oversee the charity. The Trustee meetings take place on a quarterly basis with interim meetings being held as required. Bridget Higginson, Executive Officer of Hands Around the World, manages the charity with the support of an Operations Manager, a Finance and Administrative Assistant, and a Grants Manager, all of wnom work part-time. The charity also has a valued team of committed volunteers.

Appointment and induction of trustees

At Hands Around the World (HATW) we have an agreed role description for trustees, which sets out duties and responsibilities fitting our needs and strategy and in line with the guidelines of the Charity Commission. There are also specific role descriptions for Chair of Trustees and Trustee- Treasurer.

Trustees agree that a suggested person be approached. The person being approached is provided with the role description, the HATW Strategy Document and relevant information about the work of HATW. The person has a meeting with the Executive Officer and/or the Chair of Trustees to go through these documents to make sure that they understand the role and are willing to offer their service. In the light of this, the Chair of Trustees makes a proposal to the trustees.

Once appointed, the new trustee meets with the HATW staff including relevant volunteers to ensure that they are familiar with the work of the charity and to identify what their own specific role might be. This includes an induction to the project work of HATW.

Six months after their appointment, the Chair of Trustees and/or the Executive Officer has a discussion with the new trustee to review progress. Where appropriate, the new trustee is offered the opportunity of accompanying one of the Project Coordinators on a visit to one of our overseas projects.

The induction process is completed by the end of their first year when they are invited by trustees to set out their observations, experiences and reflections at a trustees’ meeting.

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Volunteers

The charity has a core of UK volunteers, who undertake regular and on-going roles within the charity. We very much welcome this collaboration and are very fortunate to have this help and support to assist in achieving our aims and objectives.

Remuneration policy

Remuneration is based on National Joint Council salary scales.

Related party transactions

There were no related party transactions during the year. None of our trustees receive remuneration or other benefit from their work with the charity.

Reserves policy

The reserves policy was reviewed in December 2020 as part of a regular review of financial controls and is to be maintained at a level that would allow the charity to meet its financial obligations for three months. Based on planned expenditure for 2023, this is equivalent to a reserve of £22,365

This reserve is identified as a ‘Base Level Reserve’, to be used only with the direct authority of the trustees in a formal emergency meeting convened either physically or virtually to discuss this specific action.

At 31st December 2022, the unrestricted reserves stood at £161,674 (31st December 2021, £72,390).

Plans for future periods

Our plans for 2023 are set out on pages 32 and 33 and are guided by our 2022-2027 strategy.

These plans are reflected in annual projections of income and expenditure and, as with previous projections, are compared to our actual income and expenditure on a monthly basis and inform decisions at our regular trustee meetings.

Risk management

Risks are currently assessed on a project-by-project basis. A Project Contingency Fund is in place to assist in managing overseas project risk. Systems and procedures to manage all types of risks are reviewed regularly.

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Public Benefit Statement

The trustees ensure that the activities of the charity are consistent with its charitable objects and aims. The trustees take into account public benefit as set out in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit. The trustees believe there is clear public benefit derived from the objectives and activities of the charity as set out above.

Reference and administrative details

Registered office: Ridgeway, Mitchel Troy Common, Monmouth NP25 4JB Administrative office: 24 Church Street, Monmouth NP25 3BU Tel: +44 1600 229135 Email: info@hatw.org.uk Website: www.hatw.org.uk

Bankers

Co-operative Bank, Kings Valley, Yew Street, Stockport, Cheshire SK4 2JUU Triodos Bank, NV Brunel House, 11 The Promenade, Bristol BS8 3NN

independent examiner Chewe Munkonge FCCA, MBA 7 Grovelands Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 8HZ

Trustees’ responsibilities in relation to the financial statements

The trustees (who are also directors of Hands Around the World for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the report of the trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and the Charity SORP (FRS 102).

Company law requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period, including income and expenditure. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

¢ select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
¢ observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
¢ make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
e state whether applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements;

Financial review

e prepare financial statements on a ‘going concern’ basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the charitable company will continue in operation.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Statement as to disclosure to our independent examiner

In so far as the trustees are aware:

e there is no relevant independent examination information of which the charitable company’s independent examiner is unaware.
e we have taken all steps that we ought to have taken to make ourselves aware of any relevant independent examination information and to establish that the independent examiner is aware of that information.

Finally, the trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Members of the charity guarantee to contribute an amount not exceeding £10 to the assets of the charity in the event of winding up. The total number of such guarantees at 31 December 2022 was 8 (2021: 8).

The report of the Trustees has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the small companies’ exemption.

Approved by the trustees on 22/06/23 and signed on behalf of the Board by:

Heidi Sydor (Trustee and chair)

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THE HANDS AROUND THE WORLD CHARITABLE TRUST

Independent Examiner's report to the Trustees

| report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31st December 2022, which are set out on pages 41 to 54.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity’s trustees (who are also directors of the company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011, as amended by the Charities Act 2011 (Accounts and Audit) Order 2015) and that an independent examination is needed. | am qualified to undertake the examination by being a fellow member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA).

Having satisfied myself that the charity is not subject to audit under company law and is eligible for independent examination, it is my responsibility to: e examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011; e follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act; and
e state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of independent examiner's report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view, and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

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Independent Examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements
e to keep accounting records in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; and
e to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the
Companies Act 2006 and with the methods and principles of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (FRS 102)

have not been met; or

to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signature:

Date: 7" July 2023

Chewe Munkonge FCCA, MBA,

7 Grovelands Road, Headington, Oxford OX3 8HZ

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The Hands Around the World Charitable Trust

Statement of Financial Activities (including income and expenditure account) for the year ending 31st December 2022

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||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total| |funds|funds|funds|funds| |2022|2022|2022|2021| |Income|Notes|£|£|£|£| |Donations and|legacies|2|168,147|61,608|229,755|120,683| |Income from|charitable|activities|3|15,950|47,837|63,787|84,069| |Income from|other trading|activities|4|311|470|781|230| |Investment|income|5|987|0|987|128| |Total income|185,395|109,915|295,310|205,110| |Expenditure| |Costs of|raising|funds|6|(30,670)|)|(30,607)|(22,195)| |Expenditure on charitable|activities|7|(57,930)|(136,628)|(194,558)|(160,241)| |Total expenditure|(88,600)|(136,628)|(225,228)|(182,436)| |Net income/(expenditure)|and| |net movement|in funds for the year|96,795|(26,713)|70,082|22,674| |Reconciliation|of funds| |Total funds|brought|forward|72,390|137,479|209,869|187,195| |Transfer from|designated|funds|8|(7,511)|7,511|0|0| |Total funds carried|forward|161,674|118,277|279,951|209,869|

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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The notes on pages 43 to 54 form part of these accounts.

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Balance sheet as at 31st December 2022

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For the year ending 31st December 2022, the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477(2) of the Companies Act 2006.
e the members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476,
e the directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts,
e these accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies’ regime.

Approved by the trustees on 22nd June 2023 and signed on their behalf:

tt Heidi Sydor (Trustee and chair)

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Dorothy Ballantine (Trustee and treasurer)

The notes on pages 43 to 54 form part of these accounts

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The Hands Around the World Charitable Trust

Notes to the accounts for the year ending 31st December 2022

1 Accounting policies The principal accounting policies adopted, judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty in the preparation of the financial statements are as follows:

a) Basis of preparation

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.

Hands Around the World Charitable Trust meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102. Assets and liabilities are initially recognised at historical cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant accounting policy note.

b) Preparation of the accounts on a going concern basis

The accounts have been prepared on the assumption that the charity is able to continue as a going concern, which the trustees consider appropriate having regard to the future confirmed unrestricted funding, budgets for 2023 and cash balances at the date of signing. At 31 December 2022, the unrestricted reserves were in a net assets position of £161,674 with an unrestricted cash balance of £161,965. The trustees have reviewed the levels of unrestricted reserves as part of their annual report.

c) Income and endowments All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) when the charity is legally entitled to the income after any performance conditions have been met, the amount can be measured reliably, and it is probable that the income will be received.

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d) Giftaid

Incoming resources from tax reclaims are included in the statement of financial activities on a receipts basis.

e) Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds are available to spend on activities that further any of the purposes of the charity. Designated funds are unrestricted funds of the charity that the trustees have decided at their discretion to set aside to use for a specific purpose (refer to note 8). Restricted funds are donations, which the donor has specified are to be solely used for particular areas of the charity's work.

f) Expenditure

All expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to that expenditure, it is probable that settlement is required and the amount can be measured reliably. All costs are allocated to the applicable expenditure heading that aggregate similar costs to that category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings, they have been allocated on a basis consistent with the use of resources, with staff costs allocated on the basis of time spent. Other support costs are allocated based on the spread of staff costs.

g) Raising funds These are costs incurred in attracting voluntary income, including grant applications.

h) Support costs

Support costs are those functions that assist the work of the charity but do not directly undertake charitable activities. Support costs include back-office costs, finance, personnel, payroll and governance costs (see note 11) which support the charity’s activities.

i) Governance costs

These include the costs attributable to the charity's compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements and any costs associated with the strategic management of the charity's activities.

j) Corporation Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on income and on gains under sections 466493 of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 (CTA 2010) and sections 521-536 of the Income Tax Act 2007 (ITA 2007) to the extent that these are applied to its charitable objects.

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k) Fixed assets

The charity has no fixed assets. The criteria used in defining a fixed asset is equipment or furniture costing in excess of £1,500 and witha life expectancy in excess of three years.

() Debtors

Debtors are amounts due to the charity in the ordinary course of business.

m) Cash at bank and in hand Cash at bank and in hand comprise bank deposits that are instantly accessible.

n) Creditors

Creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers.

2 Income from donations and legacies

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
	2022	2022	2022	2021
	£	£	£	£
Donations Legacies	50,200 100,575	60,642 0	110,842 100,575	92,257 1,512
Gift aid	14,306	0	14,306	13,280
Fundraising	3,066	966	4,032	13,634
	168,147	61,608	229,755	120,683

The charity benefits greatly from the involvement and enthusiastic support of its many volunteers, details of which are given in our annual report. In accordance with FRS 102 and the Charities SORP (FRS 102), the economic contribution of general volunteers is not recognised in the accounts.

The charity has received generous gifts from R J and E M Liddell in the form of annual rent rebates of £3,375. These amounts have been included as ‘gifts in kind’ in Unrestricted Donations.

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3 Income from charitable activities

		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
		2022	2022	2022	2021
		£	£	£	£
Overseas projectsandvolunteering		15,950	24,062	40,012	61,599
OverseasChild Sponsorshipscheme		0	23,775	23,775	22,470
		15,950	47,837	63,787	84,069
4	Incomefromothertrading	activities
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
		2022	2022	2022	2021
		£	£	£	£
Merchandisesales		311	470	781	230
		311	470	781	230
5	Investment Income
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
		2022	2022	2022	2021
		£	£	F	£
Interest bearing depositaccounts		987	0	987	128
		987	0	987	128
6	Costsofraisingfunds
		Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
		2022	2022	2022	2021
		+	2	£	£
Directcosts		1,529	0	1,529	1,740
Allocated supportcosts		29,141	0	29,141	20,455
		30,670	0	30,670	22,195

7 Expenditure on charitable activities

	Unrestricted	Restricted	Total	Total
	2022	2022	2022	2021
	£	£	£	£
Overseasprojectsandvolunteering:
Directcosts	3,812	111,304	115,116	106,611
Allocated supportcosts	49,955	0	49,955	35,064
	53,767	111,304	165,071	141,675
OverseasChildSponsorshipscheme:
Directcosts	0	25,324	25,324	15,644
Allocated supportcosts	4,163	0)	4,163	2,922
	4,163	25,324	29,487	18,566
	57,930	136,628	194,558	160,241

8 Designated Project Contingency fund

During the year, £7,560 was transferred from the Project Contingency fund to Restricted Funds to cover unforeseen project costs in Benin, Kenya and Zambia. In addition, £48 was transferred to the Project Contingency fund, resulting in a net transfer of £7,511 for the year.

In order to show how much direct spend was made on projects overall, the transfer from the Project Contingency fund has been added to Restricted Funds for completeness. Details are included it in note 9, Analysis of movements in restricted funds.

9 Donations and analysis of movements in restricted funds

Restricted Donations

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|||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Restricted|Restricted| |donations|donations| |2022|2021| |£|£| |Major individual donors|31,115|26,026| |Palmer Ross Giving|16,000|15,400| |Overseas Aid|& Development Commission,|States of Guernsey|12,562|0| |Anonymous Charitable Trust|6,000|6,000| |Baker Tilly|2,538|ie)| |Hugh Symons Charitable Trust|2,500|(¢)| |Dorfred|Charitable Trust|1,000|1,000| |Jake|Memorial Charitable Trust|1,000|1,000| |Trelix Charitable Trust|1,000|0| |Allan & Nesta|Ferguson|Charitable Trust|0|15,000| |Catriona|Hargreaves Charitable Trust|fe)|7,400| |Welsh Government's Wales and Africa Grant (WCVA)|(e)|5,679| |Vanilla|0|4,000| |Souter Charitable Trust|0|3,000| |Berni|Charitable Trust|fe)|3,000| |Bryan|Guinness|Charitable Trust|0|2,320| |Clark Charitable Trust|0|2,000| |St|Pauls Sarisbury|0|1,715| |Gilchrist|Educational Trust|0|1,500| |Child|Sponsorship scheme|23,775|23,290| |Other donations|12,425|17,406| |Total|109,915|135,736|

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Total

Analysis of movements in restricted funds

Transfer

					from
		Donations	Donations _ Internal		unrestricted
	Balance	received	spent	transfers	torestricted	Balance
	1.1.22	2022	2022	2022	2022	31.12.22
	£	£	£	£	£	£
1 Kenya -DCC	131	5,427	6,391	0)	1,528	695
2Zambia- Pizz	39,230	1,255	18,585	— -5,500	0	16,400
3Zambia - Kaliyangile	4,367	15,359	19,912	844	1,895	2,553
4Zambia - General	0	8,000	0	5,500	0	13,500
5Benin	29,097	26,856	26,254	0)	0	29,699
6Rwanda - Rusizi	259	398	657	ie)	0	0
7Uganda -Zumbo	48	0	)	ie)	-48	0
8 India - Sarberia	275	3,044	6,562	363	3,500	620
9Child Sponsorship
scheme	21,257	23,775	25,324	-863	0	18,845
10 Lunch boxfund	6,487	3.217	4,259	118	0	5,563
11 Chris HalseyTribute
Fund	918	1,085	1,066	0)	636	1,573
12 Niallfund forstudent
support	20,191	10,975	15,309	0)	0	15,857
13TertiaryEducation	15,219	10,016	12,263	)	0	12,972
14Covid 19support	0	508	46	-462	0	0
Total	137,479	109,915	136,628	ft)	7,511	118,277

10 Restricted funds

Name of restrictedfund

Description, nature and purpose of fund

1 Kenya-DCC

2 Zambia - Pizz

Disability Community Centre and Athi and Irindiro special schools helping children with disabilities access education, health and welfare.

School and support centre principally for orphaned children - support for education and welfare, including school lunches.

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3 Zambia -Kaliyangile Training centre for young people - supporting the centre in helping young people develop vocational skills.
4 Zambia - General Fund to support initiatives in Zambia, which are not restricted to a specific project.
5 Benin
A small orphanage with agricultural project attached, for income generation, and an education support programme to sponsor children through secondary and further education or apprenticeships.
6 Rwanda- Rusizi Supporting construction projects, renovation, and other developments at schools in Rusizi.
7 Uganda -Zumbo Secondary school fees support.
8 India - Sarberia
New Life Centre school - school and support centre for disadvantaged children.
9 Child Sponsorship Sponsorship scheme in Zambia, Kenya, India, Benin scheme and Uganda supporting access to education and training.
10 Lunch box fund Fund supports school lunches and/or food parcels for children and families in Zambia, Kenya and Rwanda.
11 Chris Halsey Tribute Fund
Fund to help children and young people, met in the course of our work, who need surgery or medication otherwise unavailable, or other items such as a wheelchair or appliance.
12 Niall fund for Fund supports children to access secondary student support schooling by meeting fees and other costs.
13 Tertiary education Fund to support students through tertiary education.
14 Covid-19

Fund to support HATW and partners address needs that have arisen due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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11 Analysis of Governance and support costs Support costs, including governance costs, have been allocated as shown below:

below:
	2022	2021
	%	%
Overseas projectsandvolunteering	60	60
Overseaschild sponsorshipscheme	5	5
Fund-raising(includingnewsletters)	35	35

Support costs have been allocated to the activities of the charity.

Apportionment of governance and support costs

	Basis	Overseas	Overseas
	of	Projects	Child
	apportion	and	Sponsor
	-ment	volunteer	-ship	Fund-
		-ing	scheme__	raising	Total	Total
		2022	2022	2022	2022	2021
		£	£	£	€	£
Employmentcosts	Timespent	41,298	3,441	24091	68,830	47,051
Officecosts	Timespent	7,474	623	4,360	12,457	9,388
Accountancyservices	Timespent	203	17	119	339	914
Governance	Timespent	980	82	571	1,633	1,088
		49,955	4,163	29,141	83,259	58,441
Governancecosts
Governance costs include indirect costsfortrustees' meetings,					therewere no
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			Overseas
	Overseas		Child
	projectsand		Sponsor-
	volunteering shipscheme Fundraising				Total	_ Total
		2022	2022	2022	2022	2021
		£	£	£	£	£
Trustees’ meetings -traveland
subsistence		0	(¢)	)	ie)	123
Printing trustees’annual	report	980	82	571	1,633	965
		980	82	571	1,633	1,088

12 Trustees’ donations, remuneration and expenses

Trustees donated £1,735 during the year, £1,333 of which was to cover the full cost of their travel to overseas projects.

No trustees have received any remuneration from the charity during the year.

13 Staff costs The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:

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Staff costs during the period were:
Wages and salaries 67,890 46,244
Pension costs 940 807
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No employees had employee benefits in excess of £60,000.

The increased costs in 2022 reflect an increase in contracted hours for all staff and a National Joint Council pay award from April 2022.

14 Staff numbers

During 2022 there were 4 part-time staff (2021: 4 part-time staff).

15 Taxation

No tax was charged in the year (2021: £nil). As disclosed in the accounting policies, the company is a registered charity and is, therefore, exempt from taxation.

16 Unrestricted funds

We are very grateful to the organisations and individuals who have donated so generously to our General Fund during the year.

	Unrestricted	Unrestricted
	donations2022	donations 2021
	£	£
Majorindividualdonors	14,700	4,000
Jerseypartners	20,100	5,543
MJBCharitableTrust	5,000	5,000
Martin Laing Foundation	5,000	5,000
WF Southall Trust	3,000	0
CB&HH Taylor1984Trust	1,500	1,500
FulmerCharitable Trust	1,200	0
DGAlbrightCharitableTrust	0	1,000
Ludlow MethodistChurch	0	1,000
Otherdonations	33,333	44,690
Legacies	100,575	1,513
Total	184,408	69,246

During the year, we received a legacy gift from Mrs J L Meisel. Hands Around the World was dear to her heart as her late husband was a volunteer. Toby Meisel went with David Steiner on his very first trip to Africa, a trip which took them to Dagoretti Children’s Home near Nairobi in 1975, where they helped build a toilet block for children with disabilities.

We also received donations in memory of Mrs Marjorie Crumbie, who was always interested in the work of Hands Around the World, not only because of a family connection, but also because the charity's values reflected her own.

We are so grateful for these donations and hope that the report shows how these gifts are making a difference by putting smiles on children’s faces and helping build brighter futures.

Name of unrestrictedfund Description, nature and purposes of fund

General fund: fund:

General fund: fund: the ‘free reserves’ after allowing for all designated funds. Designated fund: Project Contingency Fund - to cover unforeseen project costs.

Designated fund:

Environment Fund - to support initiatives which help mitigate the impact of climate change and those which help people adapt and build resilience to the inevitable consequences of environmental change.

Designated fund: Project Development Fund - to support the development of new partnerships and projects within the current countries of operation.

Analysis of movements in unrestricted funds

	Balance	Income	Expenditure	Transfers	Funds
	1A22	2022	2022	2022	31.12.22
	£	£	£	£	£
GeneralFund	55,355	185,395	(88,600)	(25,292)	126,858
Designated Funds
ProjectContingencyFund	12,035	48	(7,559)	5,000	9,524
Environment Fund	5,000	0	0	292	5,292
Project Development Fund	0	0	0	20,000	20,000
Total	72,390	185,443	(96,159)	0	161,674
	TAD	2021	2021	2021	31.12.21
	£	£	£	£	£
GeneralFund
DesignatedFunds	57,784	69,374	(56,803)	(15,000)	55,355
ProjectContingencyFund
Environment Fund	3,953	)	(1,918)	10,000	12,035
	0	¢)	0	5,000	5,000
Total	61,737	69,374	(58,721)	1)	72,390

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