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2022-01-31-accounts

Names and addresses ofadvisers
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information)
Names and addresses ofadvisers
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information)
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Name ofchief executive or names ofsenior staff members
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Description ofthe charity's trusts
Type ofgoverning
document
Trust Deed
How the charity is constituted Trust
Trustee selection methods Appointed
by Trustees
Additional
governance
issues (Optional
information)
You may choose to include
additional
information,
where
relevant,
about:
~ It is the policy ofthe charity to ask new trustees
CC3.All trustees are given a copy ofCC3 when
become a trustee
to read the documents
they are approached
to
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policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and
training
oftrustees;
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the charity's
organisational
C It is the policy ofthe charity to give the new trustees a copy ofthe trust
document
and to ask them to familiarise
themselves
with the aims and
objectives
D Trustees are asked to visit the charity Fundatia
Cuviosa Paraschiva
which we grant aid in Romania.
structure
and any wider
network
with which the charity
works;
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relationship
with any related
D They are asked to attend as many ofthe trustees meetings as possible.
We have at least three /year including
the AGM
0 They are asked to have DBSchecks, to ensure their eligibility for
Trustee status.
parties; Yolunteers
visiting the charity
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trustees'
consideration
of
major risks and the system
and procedures
to manage
Asked to have DBSchecks. Compulsory
forthose visiting for more than a
couple ofdays
We ensure that short term visitors are not left alone with vulnerable
them. children
or adults
All visitors
interviewed
b
one oftrustees before their first visit
if
ossible.
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The Relief ofsickness and Poverty
in the south east ofRomania
by the
making ofgrants ofmoney for providing
or paying for services, items
or
Summary
ofthe objects ofthe
facilities
charity set out in its
governing
document
The Trustees had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission
on public Benefit
Noreen's
Kids exists to raise funds
in U.K.which are transferred
to help
fund the activities ofa Romanian
registered
charity "Fundatia Cuvioasa
Paraschiva" (The foundation
ofSt Paraschiva). FCP,
The money raised here helps pay some ofthe running
costs ofthis
charity
which is entirely staffed by Romanian
personnel
except for the
director Noreen O'Gorman
a retired district nurse from U.K.
FCP has two elements .
Summary ofthe main 1)We care for around 10severely disabled
children
in a residential
activities
undertaken
for the
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within
this section the statutory
setting
providing
pretty much one to one care for the most needy children
2)We visit families
in the area around Slobozia providing
support for,
often, very poor families
caring for chronically
sick children
and young
adults
in their own homes.
declaration
that
trustees have
had regard to the guidance The support
given depends
on their needs —everything
from
issued by the Charity
Commission
on public
benefit)
supplementing
food or helping
with Winter fuel to nursing care which
sometimes
involves
helping
with palliative care.
We provide advice and advocacy to make sure these very vulnerable
families are getting the grants and support to which they are entitled from
the Romanian
government.
We facilitate the provision
ofappropriate
medical care through
the Romanian
health service when this is needed,
and help with transport.
We arrange for poor families and children
with health needs to have a
holiday
in collaboration
with another U.K. registered
charity The
Sunflower
fellowship
( Charity No. 1090120)
We arrange for the training
ofStaff
Additional
details ofobjectives
and activities (Optional
information)
We continue to encourage
local Romanian
involvement
in the work ofthe
charity.
Local schools donate shoe boxes with Christmas
presents for poor
families and some visit the unit
We are well supported
by the Orthodox
church who regularly
make
donations
in kind offood etc.
You may choose
further statements,
relevant,
about:
to include
where
Because ofCovid restrictions
during the year we were not able to visit the
charity so often and monitoring
ofthe activities was often by Zoom
meetings etc.
The Romanian
staff continued
to care for the residential
children
but we
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policy
on grantmaking; were not able to be involved as much as we would have liked
in the
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policy
programme
related
community
work.
investment;
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contribution
made by
volunteers.
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Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity
during the year
Conditions
in Slobozia where the work ofthe charity
is based have been
extremely
challenging
in the year ofthis report. The area was affected by
COVID restrictions
throughout
the year. In addition to this in March of last
year we were suddenly
given 2weeks notice to leave the premises
in
which our residential
unit is based.
The unit which belongs to Child protection
services was to be refurbished
with an EU grant —it transpired
that part ofthe conditions
ofthe grant
excluded
residential
care ofchildren
in the refurbished
unit.
Our Romanian
team rose to the challenge
negotiated
a longer transition
time and we eventually
moved to a nearby village Slobozia htoua where
we were given space in an abandoned
orphanage.
The accommodation
did not have adequate
toilet or cooking facilities so
the senior staff set to work to make this older building
more suitable for
our severely disabled
children.
A wet room toilets and a kitchen were
installed
and although
not ideal they made the building
habitable,
even if
this was more cramped
than we were used to. There was no office space
and they have managed
to install a small office for the chief nurse.
The previous
building
was on the ground
floor and located
in a public
park where the children
could be taken.
It also had a garden
in which
disabled
play equipment
was installed.
We have managed
to move much ofthe equipment
to the new site and
have succeeded
in getting a grant to install storage facilities
in a
specifically converted
container
unit, which we had delivered
to the new
site.
Despite the difficulties the community
work continued
even
ifthis was not
as much as we would have wished.
For example firewood was delivered
to families
in the district around
us who would otherwise
not be able to
heat their homes adequately
during the winter.
Particularly
important
for
the families we support
with disabled
children.
There are still many challenges —the accommodation
is on the first floor
and there are real difficulties
in getting the more disabled
children
into the
garden as there is no lift.
Once again the Romanian
staff have loyally supported
the charity
through
some tough times, but the future ofthe charity
is dependent
on
being able to secure security oftenure —the current
building
belongs to
the county council and although
it may be possible to come to an
arrangement
with them this is not certain.

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Unrestdicted Restricted Endowment
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Nat West Nomeun'e Kids 29,866
Nat West FCP(Eating) 10
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