DIVERSITY LMNG SERVICES (DLS)
(A company li￿thd 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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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-eStab￿shed (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 infom￿10￿ 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 Op￿rbJnitteS 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 gen￿ation. 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 Cn￿la1 iole In providing aspiring I￿SInesS 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 suc￿Ssful 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 opl￿nitIeS 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 entr￿er￿Irs.
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 sUp￿rt 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 prOd￿e ￿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 fa￿trfaCe 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 a￿ar￿S 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 Vol￿teeri￿j 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 h￿1th 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 oPp￿unItieS thai
will contribirte to addressing the undettying inequaltties that may comr1b￿e 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
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identify and access new employment opportunities to become more
economically independenL
The following activities were undertaken:
Provided general infomation ab￿rt 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 Diab￿eS 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/ rn￿hS and having a￿esS 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 uS￿S 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.
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Accountanfs Rewt To The TnMt••• ol
Di¥ersEty Lmng Services (DLS)
For The Yéar Er￿ 31 March 2023
I rBPOrt on acxAMmts oflh Tn￿ttsthe 31 k18rch JJ21 on
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consiikn that an au(Al 15 not rwired for this uThter sed￿￿ 144(2) of th8 CIHrf58s 2015 Ith8
2015 Act) arKI tr￿t an iThj8p￿ eXaMalK￿ is r*thl.
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examine the acujunts urthr sec*cm 145 of the 2015 W.
lo folk)w the pr￿*jureS favj dw in the 9ewF Llrths gven ty the Cl• c￿ls￿On
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 &￿Un￿ng records arnj (x)M￿Y with the ac£iMJnts'ng
CA tho 2015 Ad
have not been or
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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 RH￿rr•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
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BALAMCE SHEEfAT 31 WCH 2023
Tan￿b￿ Assets
347
34T
37.078
37.425
Cash alBankw*J li H•KI
.077
31.424
11
due
1,397
12
CUMULATED FUNDS
37.OTT
37.077
12
37m
31178
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Sn*Ker Enbknes leflth knwX1151.
behlf by..
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1. AcC￿ntIng Polld•s
{a) Basls of a￿ount1
of Re03mmerthd Pract￿.. ACC￿ aThJ lJwltie$15swI In 2CKJ5.
(b) Fund accountl
Of￿ charity. Unr8sln'cl8d funds indLwJe a reyaluaticffi res￿ Wres￿1￿ the f8slal8rn8nt of irNestsnenl
assets al market Va
Restricted funds are subjected to 18str￿ ￿ thwreywmlitiwe iny)8&1 ty ts diThY or their t8m
(c) Inwning rowurc
ino)me and the anN)unl (%n be qU￿tir￿1￿1th ac£Aracy.
Voluntsry InCx)￿ re1xTr￿1 ty wayofgrdrrf aTrJ fft aTrJ is fuTh in Ihe Staiemenl of
Financial Acliw1￿ when re￿i￿able. Grants, wthere enttdemerrt is CO￿￿¥)nal on the ddivery ofa sp8afic
miance by Ihe L*arity, are rec(yJnised I*Anty bec£)mès uncrmditionaty enbll8d to the grant.
of sèrvices pnmded by br4unteers has b8en incathl in these aoymts.
y￿1h1n ath'vil*s for gerwab'NJ funds 7kn we sdd.
as the charity eams the rwJht to c£￿s￿Jerat￿￿ ty 115
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Idl Resources EXpen￿d
EKFendiknJre is reoyJrM*J C￿ an Arxrua tA%iS as a i5 ExFuthThe anyVAT TAth
Can￿)1 t* [￿Y re(y)v*ed, and i% Fetthal a5 Fqrt olthe ex[*￿ to il rdale>'
trading for fund rtising PU￿ incth'ry thè dwty5 ￿.
. Charitabte exwditure (x)Irw￿ ttmjse by in fhe of its a(*vth and
services for ts benefrAaries. It iftduth5 ihth costs that be a&YAkd th
of the charity induth Ihe pJyJit f889 and c(tsts br*ed k* tré str* ¢*•.
. AII costs are dlocated betthwi th8 exp￿1￿￿ (aegw ofthe SOFA on a ￿ i*mJ b) r8ffBra ￿ uÈè
of Ihe re%)uw*. Costs retabng to a 8Te d￿ecty kn c1j￿IS Je appJbThJ Th) an
aFvopriats basis e.g. Ikxff areas, rer c4prta ￿ esb'maled as set in Note 4.
181 Flxgd Awl¥
Fixed assets (exduding investm￿) ar9 sla￿1 at c*%t Thè crt8 ofmx
Jdibcms or Ijw c4)thg tekiw £ 1.(￿1 are (*alwJ. Deweoakn is at r*5 c•h%la* lo
write off thè cosl of eath as8el over ths expedod u8efiA We, kn al ￿e$ ks estrthd at 4 years.
2022
Tatsl
Voluntsry IncL¥
Gov GTanl- Furf0￿h
Norlh Central NHS
4,986
7,826
128.
18,542
7,522
128.980
18,542
147.522
12.812
21r22
Totsl
Interest
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IrA
T(rtal
Total
1567
8upport costs Mana9em•nt
Wages and sessional
EU Erasmus Parthers
Rant
Insurnr
Telephone
Postage and staI￿nery
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
pa￿￿1 processirvJ
1.301
1,116
Vobjnteer expenses
Training
Tr8ining & teaming materi81s
191
1.038
23,813
Repairs arKI renevdls
PUbl￿ty
1.042
107054
54,132
Fixtures and fittings
Computer equwgm
othor
R810s and vtater
othgr 3
No descripth
24
27
110N45
37,071
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Wages and S*rr8S
69.078
25,412
.078
24412
was as folhs".
2022
Number
C￿)I￿1n8tor
Community Ad
Sew'onal Workws Fr(¥n EU
10
10
Outreath Wotsr
Total
15
15
contsibut￿n
7. Trustee Remun•ratlon and Related Party Tran5adio
No members of lh8 Ma￿gerr￿1 corrnnthe receh*d ￿ r￿n[￿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 s￿on
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.
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9. Tanglbk Fu￿1 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
10. Debtor6
2022
Tr8de Debtors
Other D￿tar5
347
347
11. Crndltorn: Am￿nts Fauing lkn Wllhin (kn Yoar
2022
Taxa'on and S(xd s￿nty
402
1.397
Total
1,602
1,397
12. 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
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1& knments in Funds
At 01 Apr Incomiry Outgolng Trar
At 31 ljlar
1123
(IK Gains)
Restrfcted Futh:
'g Lottery FwKI- R8a*ing
Up for GoL*J Health a￿1
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
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