2024-03-31-accounts - Action With Awareness Regarding Education Foundation

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 April 2023 31 March 2024 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name[ACTION WITH AWARENESS REGARDING EDUCATION ] FOUNDATION

Other names charity is known by THE AWARE FOUNDATION (TAF, in short)

Registered charity number (if any) 1119897 Charity's principal address “URMILA”, TESTON ROAD, OFFHAM, KENT Postcode ME19 5NB ~~——~~

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
1 Ja	1 Jayesh R. Patel	ManagingTrustee	Whole Year	Board of Trustees(BoT)
2 Ra	2 Rajesh Bhat	Founder Trustee	Wholeyear	BoT
3 Prashant Patel	3 Prashant Patel	Treasurer	Wholeyear	BoT
4 Amit Patel	4 Amit Patel	Trustee	Wholeyear	BoT
5 Rakesh Patel	5 Rakesh Patel	Trustee	Wholeyear	BoT
6 Allan Bla	6 Allan Blaydon	Trustee	Wholeyear	BoT

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Not Applicable Name Dates acted if not for whole year ~~SS~~ 1

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Name Address

Type of adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

TRUST DEED

(e.g. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Charity Trust

(e.g. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Appointment by the Board of Trustees.

(e.g. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees.
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
Trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Policy to appoint trustees who commit time/ideas/skills/other resources
Policy to train/sensitize the trustees by visits to field projects and interacting with the filed staff and other local resource persons
AWARE encourages partner organisations to mobilise local and other funds, using AWARE’s funding as a leverage. Most partners have multiple funding and AWARE’s funds are used mostly on expenses on activities towards achieving the objects of the project
Internationally/ locally recognised individuals are invited to be Patrons with the aim of enhancing the credibility of the Trust in various countries and communities. Currently, Mr. John Wright (New Zealand), and Mr. Paul Kenyon (U.K.) are the Patrons of the AWARE Foundation.

Section C Objectives and activities

(1) To mobilise funds for projects related to underprivileged children in other countries, esp. India.

(2) To mobilise resources for calamities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

(3) To organise events to generate awareness on specific developmental issues, especially related to children
(4) To collect regular contributions by “pay roll paying” or “Direct Debit” (5) To partner with organisations for better services
(6) To identify partners/projects/programmes for support (7) To build up capacities of partners

(8) To monitor/review projects, if & when required (9) To advocate for policy changes (10) To conduct campaigns/ research etc. (11) To organise seminars, workshops etc. The period covered by this report (April 2023 to March 2024) was marked by complete recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and thereby, a period to consolidate and reorganise with full strength and renewed energy. AWARE Foundation (AF) collaborated with five project partners and supported nine projects, all focused on the education and rehabilitation of some of the most vulnerable children in India.

(1) With regards to the first objective of mobilising funds, AWARE Foundation (AF) is happy to report having mobilised £ 87K which after deduction of expenses to organise the events, (£176K) which includes release of grants to projects in India (£148K) and adding previous bank balance as on 31/3/2023 ( £110K), resulted in a net surplus of £13K at the end of the financial year ’23-‘24 (audited a/c. submitted).
(2) This year AF managed to hold only 1 event which was golf to raise funds in UK in circa of 25K, all other donations were received by personal donations via CAF platform and Gift aid.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

(3) AF had collaborations in India with five organisations (and nine projects) during the year. The collaborating organisations this year were five: (i) Citizen’s Alliance for Rural Development & Training Society (CARDTS), Bengaluru, which manages two shelter homes, one for HIV-affected children at a village 120 kms south-west of Bengaluru and a second one for HVI-infected children at Mangalore (ii) Vishwagram is a Mehsana-based Trust and was managing a shelter home for male Street Children at a village near Mehsana in North Gujarat but is now working with children of conflict-torn state of Manipur in the N-E part of India; (iii) Swapath Trust manages educational programmes for some of the most vulnerable children in Gujarat and supports students in conflict areas of Kashmir. Swapath Trust also is the secretariat for a state-level network called Child Rights Collective Gujarat (CRCG) (iv) Shaishav Trust manages a programme called Aranyak (The Forest Dwellers) with the children of disadvantaged Tribal children. (v) Ganatar (meaning ‘life-skills’) is a pioneering VO on child rights and currently works for children who have not done well at schools with regular curricula.
(4) As mentioned above, during the financial year 2023-24, AF directly supported nine projects in India through 5 organisations. Brief details follow:
The first project supported by AF was “Samaadan”- a shelter home for HIV affected children at a village called Girigowdanapalya near Kunigal about 120 kms south of Bengaluru and a shelter home called Samvedana at Mangalore for HIV infected children. This year, Samadaan supported 42 boys whose parents were HIV infected, whereas Samvedana supported 9 HIV infected girls. Thus, CARDTS was responsible for taking care of 51 children in all.
Vishwagram, this year, launched a new initiative for peace and justice in the through working with children in relief camps of conflict-torn Manipur in the N-E part of the country. Close tp 12,000 of children were reached by volunteers from Gujarat to

relieve the agony of these children. This was done by using games, libraries, D-I-Y workshops, music and sports.  Swapath Trust: o Under the “School Retention Programme” (SRP), Swapath supported 102 children in conflict affected state (now, a Union Territory) of Kashmir. o Higher Education Support Programme (HESP): This financial year, 31 university-level students were offered educational aid. The support covered students in faculties like Agriculture, teacher’s training (M. Ed.), Physical Education, management, Chemistry, Nursing, and master’s courses in languages like Gujarati and Hindi. o Under the Special Rehabilitation Programme (SpRP), in Dangs, one of the poorest districts in the country, AWARE Foundation supported four seasonal hostels (SHs) out of the total nine for the children of migrant labourers. This year, Swapath sheltered 183 children through four SHs. (Another 200 were offered hostel facilities using funds from another local corporate donor) o Under SpRP in Surat, AWARE supported 225 children of sex workers and HIV-infected parents. o AWARE Foundation also supported Child Rights Collective, Gujarat (CRCG) – a state level network of around 75 organisations working with/for children. CRCG works on networking and advocacy on child rights and children’s right to education. Between 30[th] April and 12[th] June, a 44-day campaign against child labour was conducted by Swapath Trust. Nine partner organisations of the CRCG carried out the campaign in different parts of the state using six different tools like posters, plays, pamphlets etc. Hundreds of children were made aware of the causes and the perils of child labour and were convinced not to give up schooling for labour. o For the third consecutive year, AWARE Foundation offered educational aid to 184 children who lost their parents to Covid-19. They are spread over 5 districts. These children were also mentored during the year by designated volunteers, mostly teachers. o AWARE supported 20 Balwadis (Creches) in Dang district to facilitate Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) of 460 children in 17 villages.  The fourth organisation partnering with AF was Shaishav Trust for a project in the tribal area of Dediyapada. A total of 265 children (141 boys and 124 girls) of ages 6-14 from two Aashramshalas (Rural residential schools) were engaged in a project to improve mathematics through games. A total of 1310 children (678 boys, 632 girls) from 10 Aashramshalas of ages 10-15 were engaged under the Adolescent Empowerment programme on a weekly basis.  The most recently added partner of AF is an organisation called Ganatar, which runs, with AWARE’s support, a school for children who have fared extremely badly in the formal education’s Board exams. AT Tarun Shala, the focus is on life skill and vocational education relevant in the present times. Currently, the School near the small desert of Kutch, has 19 adolescents enrolled for a two year course.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

AF’s policy is to select partners very carefully so that all the four basic rights (as defined by UNCRC) of the children are protected/promoted.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grant making.
policy programme related investment.
Contribution made by volunteers.
For educational support, a need-based approach (rather than a meritbased one) is adopted
AF believes in working in partnerships and aims at evolving a network of organisations working with common objectives and converging activities.
Currently AF plans to concentrate its partnerships in India. Unless and until a regional or global level agenda evolves on its own, it has no immediate plans to spread to other countries/regions.
AF encourages partners to use its funds as a leverage and mobilise more local and international funds.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

AWARE Foundation during the recouping phase in 2023-24, supported or reached out to 2811 children directly and another 550 children with funds from other sources for the same projects. The break-up is: 51 children were supported in 2 shelter homes; 183 were offered hostel facilities for the 7 months of migration season; 460 children in the age group 3 to 6 years benefitted by the Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE) through 20 Balwadis (creches) 31 students were supported at the university level; 184 children who lost parents to the Covid-19 pandemic received educational aid for the fourth consecutive year; 1575 children were reached through training/workshops/camps/ other activities. In the relief camps of Manipur, 12,000 children participated in activities during the two vacation periods; 102 students were given educational aid in Kashmir whereas 19 drop-out boys are studying at the Tarun Shala (an experimental life skill school).

Two projects worth highlighting this year were (a) the Manipur project which reached out to the children deprived of their basic human rights due to an internal conflict and (b) the 44-day campaign against Child Labour. Both these projects mobilised substantial resources apart from AWARE’s in terms of the time, money, energy and skills of volunteers and collaboration organisations.

In the UK, AWARE raises funds through dedicated work of its trustees and volunteers from the civil society to help raise funds. The financial year of 2023-24 closed with an unspent balance of £13K to support more children in the coming year. Further pledgees of donations has been received to continue supporting all partners in India.

This year level of support required by all our partners had increased, particularly to SWAPATH as they lost local support from UNICEF and their American Partners. In Summary, Shaishav received donation in circa of 20K, Swapath in circa of £80K, CARDTS in Circa of 27K, Ganatar in circa of 18K and Wishvagarm in circa of 5K.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

As AF plans to raise most of its funds from donations by individuals or companies. AWARE will use funds judiciously and will generally try and utilise 80% of the funds raised in the following three years’ time. There is no corpus being accumulated by AWARE Foundation.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information) 1. AF’s principal source of funding is contributions by individuals and You may choose to include private companies. Most donations are collected at fund-raising events additional information, where inviting ongoing / new supporters, well-wishers, and corporate relevant about: companies.  the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);  how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity.  Investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ~~__~~ Section F Other optional information A REQUEST TO THE CHARITY OFFICE: AWARE Foundation would welcome suggestions and recommendations from your good office on the matter of raising more funds through other international charities, bilateral organisations like the UNICEF and the UK Government itself. AF can submit proposals for the same. This has become necessary as AF’s credibility and teams in the existing projects in India have opened up new avenues and need more resources, which may not all come only through fund raising events and small donors. Section G Declaration** ~~—_——~~ The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**

Signature(s) Full name(s) Mr Prashant Patel Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Trustee etc) Date 15/01/2025

Charity Name No (if any) Action With Awareness Regarding Education 1119897 Foundation CC16a Receipts and payments accounts

For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/04/2023 31/03/2024

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ £ A1 Receipts Donation Receipt including Gift Aid 87,582 - - 87,582 145,426 Direrct Debit in BMM Account 1,684 - - 1,684 1,541 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sub total (Gross income for 89,266 - - 89,266 146,967 ~~==~~ AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). ~~= ===~~ - Sub total - - ~~———————~~ Total receipts 89,266 - - 89,266 146,967 A3 Payments Cost of Fund Raising Events 14,558 - - 14,558 27,931 Donations Made 148,644 - - 148,644 97,854 NGO Reimbursement 4,900 - - 4,900 10,100 Advertising - Bank Charges 134 - - 134 266 Charity Insurance 310 - - 310 237 Administration 7,800 - - 7,800 7,150 Other 27,560 - - - - - Sub total [ 176,346 ] - - 176,346 171,098 ~~===~~ A4 Asset and investment ~~= ===~~ purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total [ - ] - - - - ~~—~~ Total payments ~~————~~ 176,346 - - 176,346 Net of receipts/(payments) - 87,080 - - - 87,081 A5 Transfers between funds - 10,000 - - - 10,000 - A6 Cash funds last year end 110,179 - - 110,179 - Cash funds this year end 13,099 - - 13,099 - ~~SS SSS54~~

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

03/01/2025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - 13,099 - - 13,099 - - Opening Balance 01/04/2024 B1 Cash funds Details *Total cash funds* ~~—~~	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - 13,099 - - 13,099 - - Opening Balance 01/04/2024 B1 Cash funds Details *Total cash funds* ~~—~~	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - 13,099 - - 13,099 - - Opening Balance 01/04/2024 B1 Cash funds Details *Total cash funds* ~~—~~	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - 13,099 - - 13,099 - - Opening Balance 01/04/2024 B1 Cash funds Details *Total cash funds* ~~—~~
	(agree balances with receipts and payments	(agree balances with receipts and payments
	account(s))	OK OK	OK
		Unrestricted Restricted	Endowment
		funds funds	funds
	Details	to nearest £ to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~===~~
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets		-	-
		-	-
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	Details	Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~ase~~
		Fund to which Amount due	When due
	Details	liability relates (optional)	(optional)
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities	- - - - - Date of approval 03/01/2025 Print Name Mr Prashant Patel Trustee Signature ~~—~~
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)	2		03/01/2025

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

03/01/2025

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of AWARE Foundation

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the AWARE Foundation for the year ended 31 March 2023.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 30 of the Act; or
The accounts do not accord with those records.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed:

Name: Nirav Patel

Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies (if any):

ICAEW (membership number 2260748)

Address: 3 Windmill Rise, Warlingham, Surrey, CR6 9FB Date: 12/01/2025