DIVERSITY LMNG SERVICES (DLS) (A company lithd by guarantee) Report and Financial Statements For the Year Ended 31 March 2023 Registorod Compant Numbw . 04459816 Charity Reglstrthn Numbor: 1098916
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Diversi Livin Services DLS Charity Nth'109891& c N¢x' OH59816 Board of Trustees. Annual R For the ear ended 31 March 2023 Diversfty Living Services (DLS) is a long-eStabshed (2002) BAME4ed organisation embedded in the disadvantaged BlacK Asian. Minority and Refugee communities (BAMER) in the London Borough of Enfield. The organisation focuses on promoting equality and diversty by supporting BAMER people in accessing services and opportunities through advice. training, advocacy, partictpation and engagement with mainstream services. Our Values We believe Ihat everyone should have an equal opp(Ntunity to imPTDve their life prospects and wellbeing but some of us face barriers lo achieving this. due to such factors as discrimination. ethnic background. poverty, poor mental or physical health. family and cuttural constraints. lack of skills. lack of awareness of options open to them. This molivated us to establish DLS. so that we can Wofk lo help BAMER people overcome these disadvantages and to ensure they have a voice. We also believe that increasing equalty has a positive impact on society at large and that every member within il stands to gain from it. Our seThlces Providing general advice. training, guidance and infom10 on a range of issues such as legal matters, housing. training, employment, education, health, social benefils. rights and entitlements, etc. Empowering young people to discover, develop and celebrate their skills and achieve their dreams in edu&*ion. employmenl, entrepreneurship and arts. Helping unemployed people to access job training and work experience by working in partnership with local employers. employment seryices, colleges and other Iraining organisations. Raising awareness w(thin the refugee, black and ethnic minority communities of existing advice. guidan and mainstream services. Addressing heatth inequalities by improving access to health seTvices, knowledge and infoTmation in order to help BAME people and communities lo live heahhier and longer. Helping and providing advice to asylum seekers. refugees and Minority ethnic communities on ways of accessing emffjnrt education and training opportunities.
Activities and Outcomes for the year ended March 2023 During the period of April 2022 to March 2021 Diversity Living servi1. funds were used to implement the following projects: 1. Take the Leap Proiect Take Ihe Leap project is a funded project by Erasmus + Programrne (KA2 . Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices). The project was initiated and is coordinated by Diversity Living Services (DLS). The project was implernented by 5 Partners". Diversity Living Services. Mobilizing Expertise (Sweden), Eprojectconsult (Italy). NGO Ritineitis (Lafvia) and Associalion for Citizens Tolerance and Cooperation Prijep (The Republic of North Macedonia). The project partners have contributed to the project by researching, documenting and producing ihe informalion required for them training module. The main project objectives were to create OprbJnitteS for young people who might otherwise feel excluded from the world of business. Take the Leap Project aims lo offer disadvaTrtaged y(MJng people with fewer opportunities the support they need to build successful careers as entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship offers a solution which can cr&3te jobs. improve Fnclusion. social mobility and enhance the prospects of the next genation. In a worfd which is becoming more connecled and reliairt on digilal there is a host of opportunities for enterprising start-ups. The Take the Leap project aims to develop, pilot and introduce online and facfrto-face workshopbased training programme, and an innovative online training package geared sensitively to the specific needs of a young person facing social exclusion. Entrepreneurship training plays a Cnla1 iole In providing aspiring ISInesS owners with the key ingredients they need to be successful at the first time of asking. By so doing, we can level the playing field and give young people frorn disadvantaged backgrounds, some of the support their wealthier counterparts take for grarrted. If we are sucSsful in this, everyone benefits. Young people will have a route oul of poverty. In doing so they will drive growth and employmem opportunities for the wider economy. Project Objectives: To improve young people's skius, experi and knowledge in rel*ion to entrepreneurship.
To support oplnitIeS for young people in acquiring and developing key competences. including basic skills in order to foster employability. socio- educational and personal deVekn as well as participation in civic and social life. To support groups underrepresented among entrerIrs. To increase yo(rth workers and organisations capacity, competencies and professionalism by designing new methods and tools thal will contribute to increasing professionalism, capacity and cooperation of youth organisations to provide effective support and training to young. To further professionalisation and cofflpetences development of youth workers and organi&2tions. To improve youth organisations. abilty to facililate entrepreneurship training, providing socialty exduded young people with bridges to selfemployment and enterprise. To create more and equal OPFthunities for all ycrtmg people in education and the labour rnaTket and business start-up. To offer disadvantaged young people with fewer opportunities the sUprt they need to build successful careers as entrepreneurs. The project was initiated to meet the following oirtcomes: Trained young people wfth fewer opportunlties have increased knovAedge and skills to start up their own business through the self*nrolment lo the training course. Young people have increased confidence of starting a business as Ihe result of improved knowledge of the challenges and how to ovuc0 them. Young people have improved Motivation. practical knowledge and skills for entfepreneurship or start-up among young people with fewer opportunities. A new digital resource creating in the form of our online Training Package geared to the specific needs of socialty excluded youth. The training course will contribute to personal developmerrt for effective and successful start-up of a business. Young people have acquired skills and knowledge about entrepreneurship and are able to start successful business. Young people will learning new skills and build confidence to start their own businesses. idenlify and use the opportunities available. The training course provide best practices and skills in delivering entrepreneurship that can be used by youlh WOTkers and youth organisations. Youth workers and youth organizations have the training course as a tool to deliver training to young people with fewer opportunities. They have a new lool including methodologies for delivering entrepreneurship training for young people. Project Aclivilies:
Developing new leaming materials abo entreprrnrship as new innovative tools and training for young people: Partners worked together to prepare the main Intellectual Outwt of the pioiecL A training course for young people. youth workers and youih organisations. Each parlner wotker on a Spear Modu to prOde rrteFrt in word, power point and pdf. Revisions of the draft modules to ensure the quality and effective use by young people and yoiJth Workers and organisations. Design the full conterrt as word, pdf and Power Point versions. An introductory animated video was produced for each module. Ttanslation of the10 in national languages. Designing a dedicated bespoke website to host the project Tesults (www.taketheleap.org.uk) as one place for accessing resources abo entrepreneurship. Involved young Peo as volufrteers to contribute to the development of10 by researching the infonnation to be featured on the website. Consultations with young people and stakeholders to provide inputs into the draft of the training course. Translation of the training material (muftilingual section of the website). The project results are uploaded on the project website www.taketheleabp.org.uk. Other platfotms wwe CTeated for fwther project activty and result dissemination. Multiplier eveirts were organised online or fatrfaCe depending on the situation of covid-19 restrictions in each courrtry participating in the projecl. Otheractivities include email newsletters, social media using relevant hashtags and groups, featuring the project results in local and national media, and designing video to increase aarS of the Iw resutts. Project Athievenwnts: A new online aTKI facfrtTrface rnuftilingual training course (specialised MOOC) about entrepreneurship for young people and the webstte that hosts it. A muhilingual aY training module in f(Th of syllabus with an inlroductory video presentation, text, pdflPowerPoint versions to download, for individual learning. and as a tool for trainirKJ YOW people by youth WOTkers and organisations. About 500 young peoplq wofkus and ywth organisations across Europe have been reached by the dissemination activities of the project. Over 150.000 people have been reached through online media. events, and dissemination of open-access iesources. A new bespoke website containing the above project resutts. 30 young people participated in the online volunteering activities by creating their own website (www.proudstep.org.uk) and produced a lob website directory and researched the website content featured on the website.
A new online and fatrtrface mthtil1n9 training course (specialised MOOC) about entrepreneurship for young people arKI the website that hosts it: www.ta elea -or A multilingual &day training module in fotTn of trbook free to download. for individual leaming. and as a tool fortrain young people by youth workeps and organisations. About 500 young people, y(xrth workers and organi&itions across Europe have been reached by the dissemination activities of the project. Over 150J)00 people have been reached Ilwough online disseminalK)n adivities of the content of the website. A new bespoke website corrtaining leamir¥J material and as one Or£t0P hub about youlh entrepreneurship. 30 young people participated in tt* online Volteerij activities by creating their own website (1]Itp&Oo) and produced a job Summary of Outcomes Actlvltlos: Targots: ObJectlv•s." orrtroproneur¥hlp. Targets: Taryets."
funding to start a busin. Oblectfv•: Taryots". Outcom•s: ObJectlvK." young peoplè. Tar90ts.. ObJoCtfve•: organisatlons. Targ8ts: Tk•L Targets: Disadv
or part4ime i(ts. Objgctives levels Targets." professi et entrepreneuthip. Health Inequalities Project: We implemerrted this tw(year prw funded by NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board. The project addressed the h1th inequalities by promoting health and wellbeing for BAME communilies living in deprived areas of Enfield through a variety of activrties including health awareness workshops. acc&ss to employment, factrttr face advice dealing with complaints to health services. outreach support. signposting and referral to specialist services and infomation dissemination. Objectives of the project Support the service users to have access to the services aKI oPpunItieS thai will contribirte to addressing the undettying inequaltties that may comr1be to poor health. Raise awareness about and encouraging communities to accessing to screenings, vaccinations and immunisations. Provide heafth education to enable BAME individuals to better self-manage their health conditions. Raise awafeness of heatth issues in the BAME community through outreach and providing health workshops. Provide advice. guidance. training and skills developmenl to unemployed people to increase their employabilty arKI adaptability and to enable them to io
identify and access new employment opportunities to become more economically independenL The following activities were undertaken: Provided general infomation abrt health services including displaying specifK takfraway booklets. leaflets. heafth guides about priority heahh conditions affecting BAME communtties and infomiation about health-related entitlements and social welfare. These activities supported about 1.500 people. Provided information and referrals to aboirt 175 people about opportunities for adopting healthy lifestyles that Indude participating in sports. exercise sessions. walking groups. cycling, etc. D•stributed a monthfy ¥sletter to over 35(X) about health infomiation. Distributed a number of publications for participants and communty members on different heahh conditions such as cancer. diabetes, and blood pressure that are available in the organisations such as DiabeS UK British Heart Foundation and many moTe and which are already translated in communty languages. Organised stands in Edmonton Green and Fore Street Libraries to raise awareness of available heafth services by displaying ready-made health infonnation at the stand and providing heafth checks. We delivered 15 health workshops that were attended 645 people. We provided heafth blood pressure checks to about 5000 people. Our M&E records show that 70% of our service users have increased their knowledge about health issues and are more confident about how to manage their own health and are more able to engage with prevenlive measures such as adopting heahhy Sifestyies that include participation in sports, exercise sessions, walking groups, and cyclin 80% of BAME service users report that their health has improved as the result of reduced cultural barriers/ rnhS and having aesS to better and appropriate use of and access to heatthcare services (e.g.. registration wwih GP. access lo health checK vaccinations. heahh che(*s and immunisations, antenatal and postnatal care. smoking cessation services and other services). 80% of BAME service uSS report that they ale more aware of health risks they face. when, why. where and how to seek a tirnety diagnosis and trealmem. 70% of BAME service rep(xt that they have solved their problems with heahh services through advocacy support and complaining support. li
Accountanfs Rewt To The TnMt••• ol Di¥ersEty Lmng Services (DLS) For The Yéar Er 31 March 2023 I rBPOrt on acxAMmts oflh Tnttsthe 31 k18rch JJ21 on es6to9. consiikn that an au(Al 15 not rwired for this uThter sed 144(2) of th8 CIHrf58s 2015 Ith8 2015 Act) arKI trt an iThj8p eXaMalK is rthl. It is my restLY)gt¥'hty to.. examine the acujunts urthr seccm 145 of the 2015 W. lo folk)w the prjureS favj dw in the 9ewF Llrths gven ty the Cl• clsOn und8r section 14515Mbl of the 2015 Ac(,. and to stale whether p8rtioJlar matters have rm to my attent. Basis of Accountsnfs report In connection wth my exanmnalkin, Th) matter has iJ)m8 to my attentM)n: (11 1¢h gives me Teascfflab cause to bekn that #i any nthl respx the rw4uirenMts'. lo keep a• re(xJnts rn a(xxxdm 1>) 2015 Art and to prepare accounts lch ac(x)rd wth Ihe &Unng records arnj (x)MY with the ac£iMJnts'ng CA tho 2015 Ad have not been or 12) lo whth, in ry OFinn. aitth strKAld derstanding of the lUnts to be reacwJ. MU. CLASSIC & ASS{TEs AccILiprrAWS 2nd Ftoor, Stsjdw) 46. HÉX. li London SE15 1LE 12
DIVERsrrY UVING SERVICES (DLS) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023 Funds INCOMING RESOU North Central NHS 128. 18,542 128. 18.542 Vduntary Income lkn Grant. FurlwJh Total Incthm RHrr•S 4,988 7,826 12,812 147,522 147,Y Chaiitabh Activities North Central NHS Br¢tish Crwncil EUIErasmLL8 Heallh InnovalTh FuThl Other8 91.gJ3 18.542 91,3 18.542 41,348 4,986 2,300 110,445 110,445 37,077 RECONCIU4710N OF FUNDS Totsl Funds Bro(W Forward 43,649 ,077 37,078 rosources and re80urces expended derfve from conlinuing adivit 13
BALAMCE SHEEfAT 31 WCH 2023 Tanb Assets 347 34T 37.078 37.425 Cash alBankwJ li H•KI .077 31.424 11 due 1,397 12 CUMULATED FUNDS 37.OTT 37.077 12 37m 31178 Ibl preWrknJfmYl statsrrTAthK tsriitraTdth•8tato 018fAi5rfll fjmrdatdè Sn*Ker Enbknes leflth knwX1151. behlf by.. LMAh 14
- AcCntIng Polld•s {a) Basls of aount1 of Re03mmerthd Pract.. ACC aThJ lJwltie$15swI In 2CKJ5. (b) Fund accountl Of charity. Unr8sln'cl8d funds indLwJe a reyaluaticffi res Wres1 the f8slal8rn8nt of irNestsnenl assets al market Va Restricted funds are subjected to 18str thwreywmlitiwe iny)8&1 ty ts diThY or their t8m (c) Inwning rowurc ino)me and the anN)unl (%n be qUtir11th ac£Aracy. Voluntsry InCx) re1xTr1 ty wayofgrdrrf aTrJ fft aTrJ is fuTh in Ihe Staiemenl of Financial Acliw1 when reiable. Grants, wthere enttdemerrt is CO¥)nal on the ddivery ofa sp8afic miance by Ihe Larity, are rec(yJnised IAnty bec£)mès uncrmditionaty enbll8d to the grant. of sèrvices pnmded by br4unteers has b8en incathl in these aoymts. y1h1n ath'vil*s for gerwab'NJ funds 7kn we sdd. as the charity eams the rwJht to c£sJerat ty 115 15
Idl Resources EXpend EKFendiknJre is reoyJrMJ C an Arxrua tA%iS as a i5 ExFuthThe anyVAT TAth Can)1 t [Y re(y)ved, and i% Fetthal a5 Fqrt olthe ex[ to il rdale>' trading for fund rtising PU incth'ry thè dwty5 . . Charitabte exwditure (x)Irw ttmjse by in fhe of its a(vth and services for ts benefrAaries. It iftduth5 ihth costs that be a&YAkd th of the charity induth Ihe pJyJit f889 and c(tsts bred k tré str ¢•. . AII costs are dlocated betthwi th8 exp1 (aegw ofthe SOFA on a imJ b) r8ffBra uÈè of Ihe re%)uw. Costs retabng to a 8Te decty kn c1jIS Je appJbThJ Th) an aFvopriats basis e.g. Ikxff areas, rer c4prta esb'maled as set in Note 4. 181 Flxgd Awl¥ Fixed assets (exduding investm) ar9 sla1 at c%t Thè crt8 ofmx Jdibcms or Ijw c4)thg tekiw £ 1.(1 are (alwJ. Deweoakn is at r5 c•h%la* lo write off thè cosl of eath as8el over ths expedod u8efiA We, kn al e$ ks estrthd at 4 years. 2022 Tatsl Voluntsry IncL¥ Gov GTanl- Furf0h Norlh Central NHS 4,986 7,826 128. 18,542 7,522 128.980 18,542 147.522 12.812 21r22 Totsl Interest 16
IrA T(rtal Total 1567 8upport costs Mana9em•nt Wages and sessional EU Erasmus Parthers Rant Insurnr Telephone Postage and staInery Mambership and sutrJs(xiptior Comwtsr 8xpensas Sundry Expenses Legal and consultan¢y Travel arwj mortor expanses Workstx¢> arKI rcm hire ,078 18,801 10.056 252 25,412 1,040 135 939 1.368 SmaN equipment pa1 processirvJ 1.301 1,116 Vobjnteer expenses Training Tr8ining & teaming materi81s 191 1.038 23,813 Repairs arKI renevdls PUblty 1.042 107054 54,132 Fixtures and fittings Computer equwgm othor R810s and vtater othgr 3 No descripth 24 27 110N45 37,071 17
Wages and Srr8S 69.078 25,412 .078 24412 was as folhs". 2022 Number C)I1n8tor Community Ad Sew'onal Workws Fr(¥n EU 10 10 Outreath Wotsr Total 15 15 contsibutn 7. Trustee Remun•ratlon and Related Party Tran5adio No members of lh8 Magerr1 corrnnthe recehd rn[K ikning the year entered into by the charity]ng the yw. 8. Taxation As a chanty, Dwer%ty LtvNu (tLs) ts extyfrThn13X WKY)me arwJg8W faTh thin son 505 of Ihe Taxes Act 1988 rff ofthe Taxatrm ofchargeatrfe Gains Act 1932 k) the exknt fhal are apF4red to its tha11tab rtyeds. tax v) the Charity. 18
- Tanglbk Fu1 Assds At 01 ApFI 2022 Addrtions At 31 March 2023 6.705 6,705 1.3 Deweciation At 01 Aprl 2022 the year At31 March 2023 6,110 6,110 6.750 6,750 Net Book Value At 31 March 2023 1255
- Debtor6 2022 Tr8de Debtors Other Dtar5 347 347
- Crndltorn: Amnts Fauing lkn Wllhin (kn Yoar 2022 Taxa'on and S(xd snty 402 1.397 Total 1,602 1,397
- Anatysi8 of Nèt Ass•ts Beiw•en Fu Total Funds Funds Funds Tangible Fixed Assets Current Assets Cuffent Ltabil't$ 1.255 37,425 1,602 Total N•t Assets aj at31 ma 2023 37.078 19
1& knments in Funds At 01 Apr Incomiry Outgolng Trar At 31 ljlar 1123 (IK Gains) Restrfcted Futh: 'g Lottery FwKI- R8aing Up for GoLJ Health a1 Wellbring Ncth Certhl NHS 1J97 128, 18542 1,397 37,077 6,311 91, 18,542 6.311 rotsl Restrict8d Funds 4914 147, 110,445 41,991 Gerterdl Funds l Furt(W 4,913 4,913 Total UnYeitrKt•d Funds 4913 4,913 Total Funds 147,m 110,445 37,078 20