## CELEBRATING SMALL VICTORIES Accounts for Year Ending 31st March 2021 Children with learning disabilities, immigrant children with communication difficulties, gifted children with higher need for stimulation, autistic children who communicate differently and some children, for no clear reason, feel like elephants in their classrooms. They fail academically. They are loners socially, and misunderstood by their families. They squeeze and twist themselves to fit the box, but usually don't succeed. In this process they are hurting and desperate to be understood and valued for who they are. At Blossoms we use a strengths based approach built on the innate abilities each child possesses, because like every seed needs a unique environment in order to flourish, so does every child need a unique environment to blossom. Blooming Blossoms Trust knows this and so do you. This year you enabled us to support 160 children to forgo their boxes and bloom more beautiful than anyone would ever think. SEN children in mainstream schools should belong, feel safe, understand, and be understood. Help develop SEN children's confidence, resilience, sense of agency and self protection. message f Chair As we reflect on oneof the mostchallenging years in our history, we3re filled with overwhelming prideto be part of rhe Bloorning B10550n15 F3rnily. There is no one I know that has been l eft untouched and unafferted by Covid-19. For childrenwith pre-existing learning, social and emotional disabilities, thedisparities were amplified. Butwe had enough, ruminètingand worrying about Covid's adverse impacton us3s a charity, the children weserve3nd the community. The veryword Covid-19 a5 an excuse and explanation foreverythinggoingwrong dredge5 Upthe bile in mythroat and makes mefeel nauseous. Asa communitywearestrongerthan Covid. Our amazing, adaptable special needs children taught us how to ride the waves. They are so valiant. We experienced Post Traumatic Growths. We are stronger. We have asked tough questions and shifted and rev3mped our governance and oper3tive rnodel. Every day we take 5rnall steps to improve our imp4ct Hd expedite healing and 5UPPQrt for the childrenweserve.Small stepsthat leadtogreatsustainable change. Mini victoriestoa securea BIG WIN. Ourtheme,'Celebratingsmallvictories' isstillgoingstrong. For children with additional needs, successes are harder to reach. Celebrating mini success is an incredible way to nourish and encourage their progress and growth. Forthe Children, their parents and our organisation. By praising mini victories and little steps, no matter how big or small, we unlock one of the tn05t powerful too15tO Support and connect with the amazing cohort of kids we work with,. Rivi learned to write his name, Leah made a first friend, Toby wears her face mask and Gittywon herclassspelling bee. Rebects used words not hands and Yossi expressed he was feelingangrv Instead of hitting. Ourwork 15 grounded intheview50f peoplewith lived experience, includingfatnilies and childrenwith additional needs or disabilities. We are a learningorganisation that draws from national research, robust monitoring and evaluation and the involvementof ourbeneficiariesto developand provideservices. The focus for 2021122 will be to bolster thÈ resilience of thÈ organisation to be able to continue delivÈring support to children and young people afferted by COVID-19. We will maintain capacity to be able to respond quickly Should the impactof COVID-19rneanthatwe haveto rapidlytransform howoursupportisdelivered. We will also improve our monitoring and evaluation processes, building on the insightful data that has been produced fromourmonitoring reportsandthrough customising3 CAD softwarefortracking unique progresstools Together, wewill stay the course with fearless determination and rÈnewed resolve fora betterfuturÈ. We hope you are rnoved and inspired 45we5hare how Blooming B10550ms perseveres even in the most difficult oltimes. We will not rest untileverychildfeelsthattheybelong, thattheyaresafe,thattheyunderstand andare understood. A huge THANK YOU to all our supporters for getting us through one of the most uncertain and challenging years in the charity's history. You have made all of this possiblÈ. Aspecial mention to TheJuliÉ & Hans RausingTrustforcore funding which helped us survive and for the continued 5UPPOrt frorn Aubrey Orchard Lisle Charitable Trust and The Sobell foundation. Thankyoul Whilst we celebrate the great impact we've had in an uncertain year, ourfamilies and our organisation face an equallv thallÈngingye3rahead. We must bÈ readyto respond again, butwith thÈstrength of ourfantastic supporters bÈhind us, we knowwe can meetwhateverthe nextye3rbrings. joumey of a thousand miles begins ujith a single step V• l amgoingto be Loudand Proud ofmyADHD. Before l joined Blossoms. I felt like a taut coil or a locked spring. I spend most of my class time at the other end of the door. I couldn't contain my energy and started hund. 2ds c" projects and leaving it there. Then I was assessed at Blossoms and my diagnosis bec4me a game changer. I learned to identify my challenges, name it and tackle it. Meeting other teens with ADHD and anxiety and talking about my experience has ,ielped a lot. Beingwith people who experiencethe world in a similar way is so liberating, exhilprdting and it's a huge relief to know you're not alone. This and the show has helped me proce.. s labels and feel pride rather than shame. It's helped me realise that ADHD is a framework with which to adjust, because once we ADHD-ers have the things we need, we're able to thrive. While it doesn't shy away from the difficulties it absolutely celebrates the positives of ADHD; the fun, laughter, curiosity, spontaneity, being able to hyper-focus on things for hours and never running out of things to say. My team and l initiated a special support group for fellow ADHD teens and we are a proud and determined group. You are invited to our drive thru exhibition this Summer Holidays and one more message- Look for small victories. Each small victory, even if it is just sitting for 5min longer, gives you confidence. You realize that these little victories make you feel great, and you keep going. You realize that being paralyzed byfear of failure is worse than failure. Every expert was once 8 beginner **The Feeling.Talking.Walking Sensory Garden: SERVES 60 Children weekly** **You'll find Abe role playing mum, baking an earthcake at the mud kitchen, sprinkling pebbles for sprinkles. Rachel is fingering the moist pine leaves, Leeba is watering the tomato plant and Michelle is measuring the Raised boxes to calculate how much space to allot for growing pansies. Rechy is just running, enjoying the ample space to release her pent up energy. The sensory garden is abuzz with children in their elements, learning, connecting with nature with peers and themselves.** **Sensory Castle: Serves 32 children weekly** **A child with SPD - Sensory Processing Disorder feels like a foreigner in a far-flung country. Every day textures, sounds and tastes can overload them and make them feel like they are jumping out of their own skin. The sound of pencil scratching on paper can feel like exploding cannonballs and the taste and texture of bread can feel like steel wool or metal on a filling. These experiences impact the way they learn, live and socialize. Amidst all this sensory stress, children with SPD and sensory integration difficulties can find refuge and healing in a special kingdom, equipped with trapezium swings, lighting effects, soft padding floors and walls. The Sensory room is a space designed to help children learn to regulate their brain's negative reactions to external stimuli by developing coping skills for when they experience sensory over and under load. This room is also utilized by our Occupational Therapist and play therapist who delivers group and 1-1 OT therapy which builds development, life and academic foundation skills.** ## **Literacy Literally: Serves 44 children weekly** **For some children the instructions in their math text books feels like Russian; others struggle to demystify social cues and gestures and struggle to communicate basic ideas. Literally literacy operates biweekly during after school hours and employs latest researched methods to support children to reach peer level literacy targets and to communicate effectively, so that they can understand and feel understood.** ## **Daddy Buddies:** **Daddy Buddies is a parent-led project aimed at supporting young and teenage fathers in the everyday but not-always-easy job of being a parent to SEN Child as well as any child. Our main goals are to support parents to believe that they are their children's best advocate, learn skills to parent better and build the extended support networks that other parents take for granted. Project involves weekly stay+play sessions, mentoring, workshops and peer support sessions.** ## **Covid-19 Recovery Scheme:** **Children with sen needs were disproportionately impacted by Covid19. Our recovery program was custom built for each child. We advocated for beneficiaries and supported them with crises meal provisions, case management, tutoring, mentoring and connecting them with available resources and services** Impact on our Users Amount of users improved skills Impactand evaluation: Certificates of achievementare awarded to childrenwho have reached a personal milestone. This can be learning to button their shirt. maintaining eye contact for longer periods or looking out for verbal cues. Their aihievement has a direct impact on the daily life for both themselvesandtheirfamilies. Speech & Lan8ua8e Literacy Fine & Gross Motor Skills •Mental Health All children referred to our Centre undergo an initial intake assessment covering core academic skills, social awareness, emotional mental health intake and executive functioningability. Our evaluation team also consults with child's teachers and parents to glean more information. Once areas to be worked on is signposted. specialist therapists evaluate each child based on therapy modalities systems fordetailedassessment. Monitoringmethods: l) The user's reportedsatisfactionwith services they have received, 2) The achievementoftherapy/interventiongoals, 3)The directly-measured impact of services on users, skills. attainmentand well-being. Dont tnJ to rush progress. Remember - a step forward, no matter how small, is step in the right dirertion. Keep believing. The methods we employ to measure outcomes in these areas at midpoint and end point intervals are l) User satisfaction surveys 2) Therapy Outcome Measures 3) Outcome Frameworktables We have also recently employed the Goodman Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Chart and Outcome Star and specific therapeutic measurements to monitor User's emotional andbehavioural progress. **Esty craves movement and therefore finds it difficult to stay in her seat or to sit still for circle time. She likes to run at speed down corridors. She needs movement to keep her brain alert; when she feels she needs movement she impulsively leaves her seat to stand up or run about the room. When she engages in physical sensory activity she appears calmer and more engaged because her sensory need has been met.** **She also seeks proprioceptive, or deep pressure, input. Her enjoyment of rough and tumble play at home and in the playground demonstrates her need for intensive input to her muscles and joints. She likes tight hugs from adults because these offer deep pressure input. Unfortunately she does not understand that others do not seek similar input and that her overly boisterous play is hurting others. These sensory processing difficulties are further intensified by her limited social understanding. She is unable to read the cues from other children that her behaviour is upsetting them and she does not understand the rules of the playground games.** **Her parents shared that these difficulties were even worse during Lockdown and her moods were yoyoing more variable than before. She was the first child to try our Feeling, Talking, Walking sensory garden. Even before the garden was completed in full, Esty visited the garden every single day after school, sometimes with her mentor at Blossoms, some days with her parents.** **As part of a sensory diet prescribed to a cohort of kids with sensory difficulties, she helped us reorganize the raised boxes for planting using her profound gardening knowledge. She releases her excess energy in the garden and explores its engaging sensory features. Feedback came first from her mother who shared that putting her to sleep was becoming less of a battle and that she was less testy with her siblings, her teachers also shared that she is more relaxed and focused after she visits our garden and she herself tells us that the garden is her safe space which calms and grounds her.** ## Blooming Blossoms Trust Report Of The Trustees ## Responsibilities of the Trustees Bloomlng B1￿*0M# Tvu*t Bloomlnu BlOs&U￿ Trust Stat•rn•m￿ Flnanclal Balance Shaotat 31 March 2021 F¢WTh*Y￿rErtdId 31 Matth 2ts21 Note5 2021 2020 UrrtstTrcted Restilcted Funds Funds Fund* Tot&lFunds FIx8d IIICOMING RESOURCES A¢Vvttig•totsfthgrthB Ch•rlVs Objott* Donallon5 GrantB T8ngibl¢ Asget8 5.103 6.803 Current Asset Cash ai Bank aNJ in Hand 3￿,220 172,014 477,234 95.578 155.587 Crodltorn Amoun15 fallmg due W1￿1n one year Inv•¥lrn•nt Incorn• and IDt•r•st N81 C￿rIO￿lAsS*t• Tow Inc¢NThlw R￿OUr¢ 46.220 172.014 528234 38&317 Total ￿5015 l•ss Curr•nt LlabIll￿•S RE$ouReE$ ÉXPÈNDÉD Costb tsf G•n•r4tlng Fund• FuAd RaL4ino Costs 10,786 10,766 É 100 181 £ 181 890 N¢t Incomlng RuourcgeAvallabl• Ftv Chadtabl• Appllcotlon 346.454 172.014 517A68 381294 Restricted Funds Unrgstrictod Funds Total Funds 268,021 96.007 hJrtiJble Expendtture Co# of Athil*S In Furtherance ofthÈ Chaiw$ Obj GovgmJf￿ ¢osts É foo 181 f 161,890 $55.282 555262 377,075 Toi*l Cha¥1iB￿& Expwdrt¥r* $79.17? 879,177 30?,￿3 Approved by th8 Trustse8 on 25 O¢tob8r 2021. arKI 8ioned on bett8Kof Ihem all. 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Therewwe no ReLitsd PartyTransaGkn5 in theyear. A¢¢ountant8 R8POrttotho Tvu8t80s on tho Unaudltad Accounts of tho Cha￿ty Bloomlng Blojsoms Trust For th• Y•ar Endad 31 Mareh 2019 We rewrt on the financial statements of BIoDnNry BIos50ms TTUSt forthe Year EfKled 31 March 2019 Ich compnse the Stslement of Financlal Activities, the Balance Sheet and th8 rdatsd notes. These financial 51alemen15 have been prepared, under the histoTrcal c051 Gonvention, and in accordance ilh tha re￿Mmenda￿On8 in A¢wunlino and R8POrtlny By Charities." Statsmentef Re¢omN*nded PraGti¢e11ssued 20151. and the Financial Rewrting Standard for Smaller Enknties 102 leffecbve 20161, and the ac¢ountin9 Pol￿86 strtoul therein. R•tspoctl¥• R•*pons1bll￿[•s Of TN8to•s and Rtportlng At¢ourhtant& As des(xbed on page 3, the trustees of the charity are responsible for the weparalion of the accounts. and th8y o)nsid8r that the audit requirerthnl of section 144 of th8 Ch8rities Ad 2011 IlheActl does not ap￿y. It 1$ our r8sponsibilffy lo slate, on the ba￿8 of kyocedures specified in the General Directions gN8n by th8 Chanly Commissronws und8r section 1M of the Act. whelher parbcuL9r matters have wm8 to ourattenlion. Ba&16 of Ac¢ountanf8 R8port Our examinat￿n wa8 carried ryjt in attordance with thè Gèneral Direcbons given by th& Charity Corrmissioners. An examination includès a rtsv￿ oflht accounting rewrds kept bythe charity and a comparison of thè accounts presentsd wth those records. It a180 Indudes consideratr"￿ of any unusual rtems ordisclosures in Ihe ar￿Unts. and seeking explanations from you as I￿￿teeS concerning any such matters. These kYocedur8s provid8 onlyth8 as¥uranc8 expressed in ouropinion. The procedures undertaken do not provide Bll the evidence th31 V￿uld be required in an audit. ond )nsequently we do not expres¥ an audit opinion on the vthy gi¥8n by the ac¢ount8. Oplnlom In our opnK)n, no fflatter has cometo our attention. 11 which giv8s us reasonabl8 cause lo believe that. in any malarial respect. the requirements al to keep accounting records in accordarn￿ 5ectron 130 of the Act.. and bl ￿ prepare acwunls which acwd the a¢countlng records and lo comkly wth the acuuntng rwuirem¢nts of the 2011 knt have not been met.. or 21 to which. in our opinion, attenti￿ should be drawn in order lo enabk a proper understsnding of the a¢￿UnIS to ￿ reached. Date 25 October2021 Roportlng Accountant Cart Rosen 50 Craven Park Road South Tottenham l Nlfj RAR **Trustees: Mrs Sara Lew Mr Yoel Fischer Mr Joel Frankel** **Administration Address: 79 Gladesmore Road South Tottenham London N15 6TL** **Charity No: 1119198** **Independent Examiner: Carl Rosen ACCA 50 Craven Park Road South Tottenham London N15 6AB** **Bankers: Barclays Bank Plc 1 Churchill Place London E14 5HP**