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Marian Mission for the Poor Trustees, Annual Report For the year ended 31 December 2024 FULL NAME= WORKING NAMES= Marian Mission for the Poor Marian Mission Educational and Family Support Centre Marian Missionary Sisters of the Poor Marian Retreat Centre MISSION STATEMENT The Marian Mission for the Poor aims towards the development and provision of a range of meaningful qual:'y services to meet the growing spiritual, emotional. social and educational needs of all children and young people, particularly those who are socially excluded or are from disadvantaged families of low incomelsingle parent or who have learning and physical disabilities. We further aim lo support the spiritual development of individual adults who seek solace and tranquillity in encountering God through reflections, contemplation and retreats. The Marian Mission Educational and Family Support Centre exists to further its mission in the London area by enabling children and young people explore their environment, increase the opportunity for them to maximise their potentials and develop socially, academically, morally and spiritually as they grow. The new Marian Retreat Centre at Nympsfield in Gloucestershire County provides spiritual comfort and solace to adults and school children who need the quietude to encounter God and reflect on their lives and relationships. Our services are enriched by the cultural diversity of its surrounding communities. We aim to Offer first- class services that are responsive to the needs of the children and young people who are entrusted to our care and adults who visit to explore and enjoy our retreat services. Our philosophy is grounded in Catholic Principles and the spirit of Ecumenism and Social Inclusion. It is enriched by the cultural and religious diversity of its surrounding communities. We seek to promote community cohesion by developing an all-embracing inclusive community that enhances individual. spiritual, social, academic and cultural development in the light of the principles of social inclusion and integration. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE ORGANISATION The principal objects of the Charity are the advancement of education, protection and care of abusedlpoorlunderprivileged children. the relief of poverty, the advancement of religion, the provision of primary health care for the poor in third world countries and the financial support of Catholic Churches in poor rural communities of developing countries. Overall management of the Charity is the responsibility of the trustees who are elected or co-opted under the terms of the constitutions. Day to day projects development activities are managed by and carried out by one full time staff 7 part time sessional staff and 15 volunteers. TRUSTEES The Trustees of the charity are: Mother Maria Chioma Emeagi, Chair of Trustees Rev.Dr. Augustine U. Ihedinma, Trusteelsecretary Sr. Stella E. Davies, Sir Joseph Duke and Sr. Blessing O. Onuoha, [2]
REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE PERIOD The board of Trustees of the Marian Mission for the Poor achieved some of the targets set for 2024. These include: Continuing to develop further our Fee Paying Short Break Services for disabled children from the London borough of Newham and London borough of Waltham Forest. Yes the number of our short break service users continued to increase remarkably and we are hopeful that it will continue to grow. Advertise our services more to increase the capacity of service users We continued to advertise our services in our local newspapers and online and the outcome is encouraging. Securing funding to purchase a minibus for children and young people, particularly for our after school club and holiday projects. This target has not been achieved as we have still not succeeded in securing any funding for a minibus, but we are continuing to seek for such funding. Complete the process of submitting application to secure FEEE funding. This was completed in July 2024 and we are pleased to be in receipt of the FEEE funding for our nursery and preschool. Intensifying efforts to secure funding for our international literacy and poverty eradication school project in Nigeria. We are still searching for this funding with no success so far. FINANCE The Board of Trustees has in this fi'nancial year to December 2024 worked hard to increase number of service users in our Short Break services in the London borough of Waltham Forest as well as that of the London borough of Newham and our nurserylpresGhool. The charity's long term financial obligation is with Barclays Bank PLC as a commercial mortgage. The short term financial obligations are: 1. Bounce Back loan with Barclays and 2. CAF loan for the development of the sensory room. Our financial management systems make it easier for both the organisation and parents to be able to make payments as required and when due to avoid undue debts. With the new financial Control systems in place, our clients are supported in the process to avoid slipping into huge debts. Our financial Consultant continues to support the committee in developing robust financial systems that will sustain the growth of the Charity and our Sage Cloud accounting system is working out very well. Securing the government's Free Early Education Entitlement (FEEE) fNe have worked hard and completed the needed documentalions and have submitted our application to the Early Years Team of the London borough of Waltham Forest for the approval of the FEEE funds for our pre-school service. Successfully, we secured this funding In July. We are working hard to advertise and increase our pupils intact as we are still operating below our capacity. [3]
The International Literacy and Poverty Eradication Project: Proposed Building of a Secondary School of British Standard The proposed charity all through nursery. Primary and secondary school project continued to have a set back as the Friends of the Marian Mission for the Poor, Nigerian group, have still not surveyed the purchased land. The Friends of the Marian Missionary Sisters of the Poorf, in Nigeria are still working on the architectural drawings of the school plan. We still did not get to the stage of getting a bill of quantity produced and this will carry over to 2025 to give us an estimated cost of developing the project. The bakery project is still developing gradually. The Friends of the Marian Missionary Sisters of the Poor, Nigeria were still not able to carry out their planned fundraising event because of politlGal and economic instabilities and unrest. Hopefully, they may be able to do so when the economic situation improved. The team of project committee members are still working hard to find some funders and sponsors from Nigeria and overseas who can support the project. Support for Disabled Children In addition to the school project, we continue to work hard to develop the proposed Disabled Children Centre projeGt. It's still in its early developmental stage. Our Religious Community in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria Our religious community in Owerri, Imo State Nigeria is growing steadily in number. We have a growing number of postulants who are undergoing their religious formation as part of their journey to the religious life. We thank God for the vocation and pray for more. Some of the postulants will be sponsored to join our religious community in the UK for their novitiate at our community in Nympsfield, Gloucestershire GL10 3TZ. Our bakery had a set back again as we are going through transition from the use of firewood to the use of gas. Thanks be to God and the effort of Rev. Dr. Augustine U. Ihedinma, our Sisters and the members of the Friends of the Marian Missionary Sisters of the Poor, Nigerian branch, particularly Miss Blessing Deiyi Davies who is leading in the restoration of the bakery and the consolidation of the land purchased for the Disabled Children's Centre and School projects . The presence of the Sisters in our community in Ov1 has led to the increase in number of young ladies who desire to join our religious order. It has also made it easier for us to get more sponsors and benefactors that are helping and supporting the congregation in Nigeria. We are now developing an in- depth formation for our young candidates to the religious life in Nigeria. Our Projects in London The pre-school has submitted our application for the government early years funding (FEEE - Free Early Education Entitlement for under Two, Two, Three and Four Year Olds). We had a good Ofsted inspection in July 2024. We are pleased to state that in July 2024, we got the approval to receive the government FEEE. This now made it possible for us to be accepting funded children at our nursery. We are now working hard to expand the capacity of the Pre-school and hope to achieve full capacity as soon as possible. The building work has improved aCSS for physically disabled children and young people and the extension has increase the capacity and meets the DDA'S (Disability Discrimination Act) requirements. Our focus for next year will be to further increase and sustain the self-financing services that the charity delivers so as to raise funds to be able to support many more vulnerable children and hard to reach disadvantaged families. The Pre-school is one of such projects. The organisation delivered Short Break services for the London borough of Waltham Forest and the London borough of Newham and we are continuing to do so. Our self-referral direct payment short break service is gradually developing in Waltham Forest and the London Borough of Newham to enable parents to buy in services directly for their children. We can now deliver services to wheelchair users in our Centre. [4]
Our Saturday Supplementary School for children with Learning difficulties and school underachievers did not take place during this year 2024. We were not able to apply for any funding for the project this year. This is a very highly needed project as it helps children from disadvantaged low income families to break barriers to learning 2nd raise academic achievements that will eventually gel them out of the poverty cycle. We made application for funding for youth projects only to the local Wards and we got funding from Leyton, High Street and Lea Bridge wards of the London borough of Waltham Forest. We have been supporting families with children with challenging behaviour on an outreach 1..1 basis. It is really very important that this project continues to run now that the building project is completed to prevent high level of school disaffection and exclusions in the future. Young people need a safe haven during school holidays and that was what the project provided. We have so far supported many disaffected children and young people from the charity's resources as this is one of our primary objectives and we continue to do so. The growth of the Educational and Family Support Centre in the London Borough of Waltharn Forest is progressive this year because of an increase in self-financing projects. We succeeded in resourcing the pre-school and short break services for disabled children with sensory and wooden equipment and play toys that will last for years. So we do not need to spend much money on equipment in 2025. The Organisation continues to work well with local schools, social services, Early Years Team and Disabled Children's Team. We have succeeded in continuing to offer services in the following areas. Positive Holiday diversionary. Careers awareness, behaviour management for children and young people with Special Educational Needs, Physical disabilities, emotional and behavioural difficulties as well as those who are socially excluded,. Breakfast and After School club. Short break services for disabled children Outreach Family Support Services Catechism of the Catholic Church to Catholic children at our Centre and in the parish Pastoral support to targeted children who access our servIS Support of our Catholic Choir Full Childcare and Pre-school services Retreat Services FUNDRAISING" The Friends of the Marian Missionary Sisters of the Poor and the Parentslstaff association had very little fundraising events during the year. Individual donations were also received this year. Our services were reviewed again based on the outcome of needs survey and it was decided that we conlinue (o focus on vulnerable and disabled children and young people i.e. those with learning difficulties, behavioural and emotional difficulties as well as those with other forms of mental or physical disabilities as the need is very high on these areas. It was also agreed that we invest more on our pre-school and childcare services to be able to raise fund for our charitable services. OUR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY AT NYMPSFIELD IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE Our religious community at the ' Our Lady's Homestead at Nympsfield" is gradually developing the Marian Retreat Centre that offers religious services to people. We hope to have full capacity in the near future. TASKS AHEAD". Continuing to develop further our Fee Paying Short Break Services for disabled Ghildren from the London borough of Newham and London borough of Waltharn Forest. Advertise our services more to increase the capacity of service users Securing funding to purchase a minibus for children and young people, particularly for our after school club and holiday projects. [5J
Intensifying efforts to secure funding for our international literacy and poverty eradication school project and Disabled Children Centre project. POLICIES: RESERVES POLICY: Since it is a matter of urgency to continue our services to vulnerable, disadvantaged and poor children and their families. the Charity has a reserve policy whereby any unused unrestricted income will be set aside for the purpose of funding services for Ghildren and young people whose families are poor and unable to pay for such services. The Trustees believe that by carrying out an annual review over its key financial indicators it will be able to provide sufficient resources in the event of adverse circumstances in the coming years INVESTMENTS This year the charity investpd in developing further, tailor made educational resources for our targeted pupils who needed extra support. We invested in a lot of staff training to improve quality. The Trustees are pleased to report that all work undertaken are progressing satisfactorily. This report is approved by Ihe board of Trustees and signed on their behalf. SIGNED. Mother Maria Chioma Emeagi (Chairperson) DATE: 21st July 2025 [6]
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