Company Teglstratlon numbèr.. 06909738 Charliy re8lstralon number.. 1133268 EFA London IA company Ilmlted by guaranteel Annual Rep(yrt and Finandal Statements for thÈYear Ended 31 Juty 2024 g Hare & Blllet lackheath SE3 ORB EFA London Contents Reference andAdmlnlstratfve Det311s Tru5tEes' Report 2to29 Independent Ex8mlner's Report 30to31 32 Balance Sheet 3a Notes to the Flnanel81 Statements 34to45 EFA London Reference and Admlrblstrative Deta115 Trustee5 LarysaAgbx50 Melinle Cooke Sho Konno Fella Meftah Lella Kate Mulloy Annallbera Refvto Jesslca Walker Dermot Bryers 5ecretarv Charlly Reglstratlon fiumbgr 1133268 Company Reglstratlon Number 069(￿738 The charlty Is Incorporated In EnglaNd andwales, 108 BattÈrsè3 Hlgh Street London ED8land SWII 3HP Fleld Sulllvafi Limlted 9 Hare & Blllet Bl8tkhÈ3th SE3 ORB ReElstered Office Independfrnt Examlner Page I EFA London Annual Report I" August 2023 - 31" July 2024 ch￿ltY Nuinber.. 1133268 Company Numb￿.: 06909738 Vnw.EfAlts￿oD.¢r¢ Contents GIos5AI'y of Aci'oMy4is aDd Rbbi'Evlallolls AdmlnlslrAtlve deijlls Letsderslilp teArn>s Sttht¢meut Summary of k¢y achieYeffteni8 Styalegy 2019.22. V15ionb Bollls, ptsrptrs¢ a￿ls1￿ctIVitI AppI￿a¢h and Meiliodology P￿tIcip0￿r$ llnd PLrlllegs Looklng back Suniw&ry of oui¢ourses 16 Achieve1￿¢thIs iii r¢latIO￿ to ourgoals and111￿$ I￿￿1￿8 Ahead 23 'UStcts Amd CovernArtc Board meelings & othcr a¢bvities iJsl¢c Indurlioii &TrauullE StalenKyt pubb¢ benefil 27 R¢Su￿S Folicy 27 Govcmittg do¢unMI 27 Stotdiietsiof Tmslee$' Ré5ponsibilili¢s Aecounts Indc￿nd¢ttI Exlllnille￿ Rwort Stalernent of F￿aD¢i￿lActs¥LtI¢B 27 29 Balan¢¢ Shcel Notes 31 Glossary of *tL'OIIyDJS Aiid ibbi'evlatlo￿s CPD Conlinued P￿)f¢s￿O￿al Developm￿t ww.¢faloiith)n.org EAL English a8 an Additional La*giiage EFA Engligli forAct¢oii IEFA Londool ESOL EDBli8h forSpe￿ke1s of (xI￿r LavBe5 ESL Etsglish 8s a SecottdLattgu&ge Furthd. Edu¢alion HASL Housiiig A¢lion SoTr]diwfji* and L&mbedi NATECLA Notionlll ASs￿lI110n for Tr2¢liiiig Emglisli nitd othEr Communiry Language& to Adulls NEON N¢wEcononiy OigaDl¢ersNeNvark Nc Neighbollrhood Collullunkty]nfrastZU¢DueL NOCN Nlltional Open College Neiwo QTLS QualifiedTeacher Learnlngand Skills IWGB I￿￿￿￿110￿&[Wo*keys Union of Gr¢atBritllin WIVl¥.ofnloiidon.org Administrative details Tlie Tru51ets preseiil tli¢ir rcp)rt and fumlleièl s161eiiieDts for the perfodending31 July 2021. Tliis is a Dir¢cfO)3' report LYqIILrcd by s417 of th¢ ￿]]￿lie￿A¢1 2006 aDd all Thwte¢s are Direclors. Dli'ectors tsJLd Trustees ie Diiectoi? of Ilie cliqi'itDble comparty ils TNgkC$ for the puYp088 ofcharity10W. MaiivA BelghDzi Dr. Melatiie Cooke DHlliel Mieljael Gilltter5 Lllrysa Agbaso Slio KoDllO Jessi¢8 WAllttr Fella Meft&h AnD81ibeNRcfu Leilll Mulloy Isolda I,ib61ri0 Clialr Trewirer Conip*ThYStcr￿￿rY D¢ivwl Biy¢ts C￿rtst(¢￿tloTh EFA Loiidoii i$ a cismpaiLy Jiwiled by guaraiilee {nuaiber 69Q97381 wilts no $hat¢ ¢JpitAI and i registerd tliaiily (number 113326818ov¢med by its lrtiGks of association. Pi4or to re8i5trslio]i, the Drghnisalion wasknown £s EiylisliJoJ'Aelioii. Kadiarine Low S¢ttl¢melll, 108 BatterseoHigh Stteei, SWI13FIP Reglslw*d office Field SullivaD Limiitd, 9 H￿t and Billet Road. Biacwje￿b. London, SE3 BJJJl(tl'5 T1￿c0-Openi[ve BaDk, PO Box 250. SketsY￿$daIe, WN8 6WT IVeb45te f london.0 fte$*￿ed from thÈboard 17thJafjwry20Z4 MvivKfolonthn.oYg Executive Team Statement EFA London (Eoglish forActionl exists to help nii8r8nls ID fA¢ UK Ibe iallguo8e,skills Jlld n¢iworks Iheyneed to eli8￿ge Ilieu'lives ¢omn)unilie5 foy Ilie berter. W¢know Uial mi8rn]113, esp¢cially tiiose iviih rtl*iiYely low levels of Englisli, suffer dispttopoiiion8i¢ly froiii Ilit iiiipactof poverty illeqvality. Th¢y catt be. and Thustbe, and oftert are, Il th¢ foLthDlof8ctlon to mak¢ om. society fair¢i' mor¢ equal. Ow'closses, tr8iiiin8 and a¢tlvllies bavexeengood nuinbei%. Triis ye￿. imniiw'alionwa5 e31imaltd lo L)e hround 1.2n). dccordthg lo the Offi¢¢ forNatiOll&l Slolisli¢s, wljicli is c108e lo Ihc all-1￿￿¢ hi￿1. Fulldiiig foi'ESOLIEnglisli fo¥Sp¢ak¢rs of Oiber IAllguu8csI ¢lo$s￿ hos re￿￿1￿ed￿1&tiv¢1y5th6le, bul evidence from PlDvid¥iE sug¥ests th8idetTrand 1$ siill lii81)ei'ih&ii supply. This yeoi. wc lJoVc￿en involved in tt pioje¢rbJiided Lythe GLAto help pe4)le fiiid classes in ESOL and oibtr ￿lse1, Ovei. 200 peDpl¢ ttiiend¢d our Ibree #dull education fai¢4 held in Soulliwadt. L4ttibcib and Tower H&ttilelS. It ivas 4 very busy year, III terms ofpolkNcRI chRnge and oui'¢omniunilicspaiti¢ipaling in thasc pIDcesses. In April, EFA stlldeDls, leaclJer$ and voluiitecysioined neai4y 2000 olliers atdi¢ Lonthrt Cilizeiis m8y0171 ACCOUDtllbilityassembly 8tMerf)odiStCelltr￿ HalL Wewere ttol ODly gpe¢lalors had be¢n involved Illro￿gIIoUt the piocess, Ikv¢loptn8thc manifesto Ili¢l ith¢lud¢d d¢mllnd8 al￿11￿￿ 11)ITe theiiics, viiolly important lo ow comiThullity' woth rtod ￿Be8, liousing and MI￿￿nI riglils. Sadiq tumn A¥reed ioivoik WI￿￿8 lo fj]rtheryrQmo￿ Livsng wage LlvthgHows {a ¢athpaigttfoi' decent 51abl¢.¢oiitraels), suppoit asyluni sttkeTS lo access firebus Ii'avtl )nd mok¢ fvrtlitr IIIIPmVeinenEs to ￿oL prowsion. Shortly after the London ¢lorlion, w¢h¢id our annual ￿0veEsol day 2nd lo Deputy Mayor How￿￿ D&wber, wbo agreed 1¢ meet wiilj us to discuss idea8 fix. IttIPfQViDS aCCCSS to YSOLclEsses in Ib¢ Eoyilal. ln Jiily Iherewts a change in gove￿￿te￿I. EFA was pleased lo see tlie end of the Rivqnda S¢he¢iie, soinelliin8 we c￿mP￿t8nÉd a8airtsL- niany of olli. ptti'licipaDlg Brctsyluikn serkers and ii)ay118vc been directly affected. EFA $ludeDt3 hRvebeen ini¢8ixI lo ibe LIVll￿ Wage CampAign, soiiiethiJg we have been IDvolved willi siiice Iv¢ s¢t up. A of oui'stua¢nL%, WI￿ ivoi* as cleaneis in low paid jobsj perfom￿d ￿ the assenibly in fionl of th¢ M&yoi, brillg￿E lo life (lieiiics of low pay and pr¢carii)u2 wo1*. The 51iorl pl&ywas nMtLy pcoplc's h1gbl￿￿O tof the evcnill¥ fjiid Ilie tetsnj ot fLVt fell ellipoTr¢ied usiug Iheir Englisli artd theii'pe150nlll stoi'ies lo crcale elioii8e. The nexlinoiiih, Ilic tearn fidap￿d Ih¢ir play for a Ca￿poisn lo ¢neowYge IlieNutional Tlieahr lo pay IlieReal Llvimg Wage, alongside othercrealivc ¢iilttiixl inslitotions oLLDDdon'E SolldibatJk. They p¢ifornicd itOD th¢ Souibbatk directlyin frottt of tlieTheauealongsidc a deiiiand for ￿¢ Diir¢toi lo iijcelwith us. AfteFa y¢UL Df 511cn¢¢. they responded IlIK¢ days laler and SI￿￿11Y aftei'agreed to thrcr¢ditivitli ￿1￿LIving WÈBeFoundalioll. Tliis Ivol'keoinbinedbrillithlly widi an inienmiion41 pi'ojtct called Coininunity Organislng forAII, wli¢re we tsave worked with Illl'ee Eiirop¢aD poittoers lo Ii'ial Rnd learn more about meibods that ¢&ll help includt Ivilli loiy lev¢ls ofthe ￿￿tional lan8u4g¢ in ¢onununity tsrganising Bnd uclivism. W¢ would like 10 IliwikAII ouysiafft parildpanL%, Iruslees, volunleeii. donois aDd fund¢rs for Ih¢ir support Ilit$ year. especlolly coU¢agues Ariel AguJaT. Slepbotue Habib llrtdFtsi￿￿ wlJ(> moved on 10 wtsJre5 nEW aftei ¥everlll successful yeais wilh EFA. SS8n¢d, OL be1141f of IILe Exccutlw¢Teuill l AdtlB B¢ie¢fyvA aijd Dei'nJotBiyei'$l wW.¢fAloudon￿￿a 2023-24 Key achieveinents at a glance ESOL S62 ￿0￿12 allended al least five of our SttSiOD5 P9 IDSt yeai.)), with 52% a¢¢eising SOL provisioii for fil31 time IlJrougEL EFA. helping to metl oiir go81 to improve acccssibslity to l¢lliKing. 93% of poiiicipD1115 "B8Lecd' or'sttDngly A￿￿ed. they had Improved Iheir languBge Skil￿ al ie end of Ui¢ cours¢. 24 EgoL ¢ourses in 5¢ven b￿¥>UglIS {fow' fewer eollrses Iljan 18sI yeai), llMirLtr8i112ll8 pirln¢rstsips widi bost ¢ommuiiity veDues in Hackjky, Oirenwitb. Loiiib¢ili. SoullNark, Wondsworlli. 8nd Thiv¢rHBinlels &ndst4iting4 neivone inNcwiia Coolinued Walk and Till( gr0￿p$ ill Wall(￿o￿lI #Ld orto in Towu. Hathl8 to siipport porticipunis, m¢nI￿1 andpliysicul health aiid langullgeskills. Pai'liciyloryESOLliaiiii118s dclivered lo external org4ui$g1ions ma￿t￿l0¢￿ a iiionuily iiieei up for 15 BSOL l¢acbery frolll 8roulld to IEelp$Jpport Ibe developmentof particl￿t￿ry ESOLvui%lde of Londoll. Community Organising and Action Nthv pioject storted to build relstionsliips iviih ESOL providers in oui, moirt ¢omwunity hub8 and In1p￿Ve access to ESOL locally. 2 aduli eduLxlion fai15 and 2 woikshDps r¢acbin8 OVQ. 230people. 97 people &w]￿lle￿ Cou￿& ès a r¢syli. Ov¢r 150 ESOL studeub fjollj Across tnAdon and 40 t¢och￿? bnd volunle¢i3 ¢•in¢ logeiha. lo slr&lgEise die next Èitps fot. ti?c #tx>veESOL ¢aThpiign and to cele￿¥1¢ our ocbi¢veMents so fai.. CoAiinu¢d Ilie Coirniiunity OIBAnTSln8 foi. All project willi Iliree p4rtnei' ￿￿nisatIO#S from Italy, Siov¢nia èiid Serbia Rnd ran Iraiiiillg in London for 20 pcople. Tbe pmjecl ts belpillg lo k8111 nu>rc uboiii orÈani8ing In niuiiiiitigual and niullicultur81 colllexLs. We wiu do reseptth iogellicr, leain n¢w m¢tliod8 cieate LEsouiees for otlJerpi'o¢liiiOrteTh We launeljed auEty w¢bslle with muteA81s for ¢OmmUDity oiBani5¢Ys In O¢lobEr, followlllg a pllDI project to kst Ib¢ activili¢s across ilk fourpo￿l￿OIs&￿EalioMs. 22 BFA Stud￿lts par￿C1p2kd comnjunity oynising training co-deiivcrd by Cili2EDS UK aiid EFA ￿ pail of Living WBge ¢ampaigii.Th¢ onlin¢ Ir4iniJgs wer¢ oimed DI people itt loiv-paid work ddivered in Sp&￿1￿h English In sliort ¢venliig ivo¥ksl￿)S to make v.ofalondDU,Qt¥ tlk¢Tll a¢cesgibJe lo Ihese commuDSlSts. Seven EFA students fom7￿ atheth group, leadby Kasi4 Blgekthan and Ra¢hel GriffillJ8 and prep8r¢d at le&st 3 puformartccs lo progr¢58 Liviiig Ww¢ eanwai8n) as well as deep¢ll uoderstandiog of organiS￿g low-paid miWworkers Lofjdollls¢e page 231. EFA Hoii8iJig Aclioji Souiliwark 3nd L8rnbeili'5 hoitsins o¢lioJ giynip coillu1￿td lo piovid¢ lili etsentlii I si)ace foi. advice, iiiuNal support Riid org(1nising on Iiouoili(r relatrd Is$ues. 122 people pai'licii)akd tn IliL Iroup this to leam their rig1its. Eet suppori, iijporf oilicrs al￿ take aciioii foi. lietkrliousliig￿)al￿QnS Our operations Raised £456,623 in IDtg1- of whicli 4round 4VA wa8 unreslrieted fundiIig Artd 51% rests'icled fvttdin8 (see acco1￿￿%. PAge 311. Incollie is al￿￿ric￿ll1IY luÉberthan last year, wbieb W¢ 8L¢ re￿lY ple2sed with Si￿n th¢ ¢h£llellges of rAiSi￿g nioney fmJ) Uvsls and founddliorts thes¢ la6ttwo ye&t8. cO￿tillUed wstli ao eyeeutive le&th instead of & single chief cxe¢iilthv& This was i ieÈm of Nyo by Ilie of Ilic year{Ad¢laBelC￿¥ll and D¢i'TriotBry8rs) wiihpi4n81o ¢xpAndit ill Ilie Thew yellr. We are grateful to Arlel Agu118r ond Slephanle Hablb foi thelr hard werk 81 EFA and t exdied to welcorne Glna Rodrlguez, new Operatlons Lead and Anna Kostwln8 who lead5 our lundialslng and communlcatlons work Pey m￿e or less kept pece wE1h Inftallon throughout the of Llvlng crtsl4 prolectlng Staff fromtheworst Impact. www.efalolldon.Dr8 Strategy 2022-2025 Vlslon Migrants in the UK liavc the languagei 5ki118, knowledge andrelAlionships lo Ibrive gild help cre&te4 fairand equalsocicty. Puiyose Ensure si11￿￿￿tS lihv¢ *e¢c8S to 8¢lioo-orienliied, parlicipalory ESOL cla55¢5 and ¢ommuDity orgajusing opporiunilit5 IlJaL equip diem to bling nboul posiliye change for theDLselves Ilieir tommuaiiies And widcYso¢i¢ty Almslactivideg l. Provideparii¢ip4loryb ￿0￿4>￿ie￿[2t¢d BSOLclas8es 2. Biuld￿Wer I1￿>￿￿h community oYg&ni5ing 3. Toke aclioll t08dl￿r0￿ th¢ i$8uei th]rwmmunities¢air about 4. D¢v¢l¢)p *id slioie these {¢ornmunlty organ￿1n8 attd ESOL) Ihrough ir5eErch, trfj¢DiIJ8 8nd extrrnal ethiknnunications 5. e&mpllign foi'b¢lierESOL I￿0vIsIon locally (iiiour local conunurtlllesl ind across the U 202>202S Al this stag¢ of RFA'5 developnienl, with over 15 yeAIE of IBal￿7￿g and evaluation, we bavc a good idea yboul whal works And what d0¢5n'L Ovtr the nexl years wc wlll focus on the PLOVl8ion of parlitipAlory. a¢iion-oiicJlated ESOL ¢ouisu and ¢ODUliUniEy orgallisiug It4￿l￿g IIIYOU8￿ our DIIIDiiilliry liub& Attd a sniall lluthber of Co￿￿8e$ foi DJembex8 of urefuily selected parit 'gani$4lion6. Tbis laour bread bulterand will coostitsile t1￿ lioii s sliaiT of our woik. Tll addililm, we will canip8igTr loggilier Isilldenls, leacliers, Volunt￿￿$ ind allies) ftsr better, more accessiblo ESOL provisiots lotally And beyDnd. B¢eause ivc know (learned attd lived) Uial parti¢ipalory ESQL attd ¢otKunuiilty Oi¥Ani$illg Is jnt¢.￿l lo th¢ moven)cnl for soci81 jtssliee and iuigr4nL All￿1￿8, we will ¢onliiiuc to l¢aHI abo￿1, develop indsh*r Ih¢se methods wiib prgciitionets b¢ross dwUK abrood. y¥v.eCAllliidun.ary' Approach and Methodology OUY teAehlJig Appl￿1¢11 F￿lIsh for A¢lioD 114$ i ullique teatliing appyoacb aiid fifteeii YCEIE of ¢xperi¢ll¢¢ d¢llv¢ring Iic¢es5ible commullity ESOL. Ow approach blerlds CaTLimuiiity orgthising indp8rlicipblory education mtthodologies. We believe that in older to build l¥n8ua¥¢ skills thBc&pocTty ofoui'benefi¢i81ies to pDrti¢ipal¢ fvlly in society low iwo eliaTil&ble objeclives), Ihe w4y we WDik, both i]￿ide Ib¢ elasswoin and oulsith, 15 of fvndDtnBntal itnpoiknoce. Aeeesslblllty We Iteiiv¢r collises in cominunity locations tliit art femiliar An¢f e￿n￿￿1¢RL for Ihe parti¢iptsnl$ w# wont lo re&cli (t%pecially those ￿tsPIC missino oul on provision elseivliorel oi ollliue. We talk to psrticipatsis lo fiDd aut ii,Iieii Ib¢y want to le￿1￿.. many of oureours¢s iu schdoig ilke place at9,30*n, 89 pllrcnts filld il convetsi&it to go lo closs llfteT dropping off tlieirchildrertai school. W¢ also Aiiange fite crèGhc5, wli¢re our 8knd¢Ats liav¢ ysung children. Olllin¢ cl￿5¢5 Iwve &180 bEen populuT Wit PAfellt8. We tncouiEg¢ our partltlpanis 10 lake in¢r¢asing owner511ip of the classes Ibey Allelld. Ttse moi't Iliey oiyllisc, plan olld rcwil for Ibe ¢uutsts, the rttoKe a¢cessible oui ¢oiir$¢s btcoll*. Afttr HII, OUT pailiCiPaDts know IIIEir conimuniDes. Finallyi ive d¢¥¢lop leadersliip widii# the tommunities wliei¢ we svoik lo reacli the yeopl¢tvho reallyneed us. For Exampl4 It4 ofterl Bp4Yent &ttiic 8cbool, oi a paient support worker, WE￿ kttows tIK p¢ople rllo$t in tsced of our course8 and briugs Iliejii thi￿￿911 Ilie dtsor. For maly p&rtidpanl8, onlittc Icarriug bes Ju￿¢ il more o¢¢essiblt W￿.le, uliff￿tuTrÈItlyJ others to￿nd Ihe opp05il¢ to be Wtt hope to continue [uNili￿ o mix of ￿11¢11¢ clav¥oomprowgion, Pwi'ilclpitoi'y li dut#¢lon We Br¢ ¢oiiimilted lo kambig about, developing and $b￿l￿g appro4th ID adult l¢amin8 C8lled 'i)aiileipAiuy 1115 also s0￿ClImeS c?Il¢d'Ladieal pedagoBY','c*iticnl pedaw8y'.'popular edu¢81ion' or 'democrDtic edL￿oI19￿. Il is B collab)TaiiVO fomi of le81Millg thgi valtsex tlie s￿dents, ¢xislin8 knowled8¢ 4Dd experience5. Knowlcdge and skills are ¢o-¢onslrict&i rdlher Ihatt handed down from OD 'exp¢rt' It9clicr. FuYil*mior4 pariirtiP&lory educatioll Li bi%d on l&e prenjise diBt ediicalion is )ece5sDiily yoliuc&l- IE catk ei¢her su¥12lli alld kgilll]iise Ib£ $18ius quo, or il¢anseek lo bring ￿boUt social, polilieal and econDTrio difjrL8e. By v&luiiig IIK students artd cliallellg￿g tslabli5hcd hieL8tTliies liisf41e Ilie classrooni. studcnls Are bellei. equipped lo clunge die world oiilslde til¢ ¢10SFADOlh. But we go fvrtJi¢r Ilian critiquing uiju8ticc modellins tb&rtge.' wt chall¢Dg¢ ond siipport oui. pailicipDnts lo laktt aclioii lo improv¢ thell. liv￿ and Co[E￿llUllltI¢￿. This is ivb¢i¢ cotninunity oiynising ¢ome8 th. Comnltsnlty OL'ganl$lrtg W¢ 8tr co11￿[￿lled lo buildlLg poivu., ts￿D8 octioll aud £12&liDE Ibrtsu￿ all called 'cominunity or￿￿)IS1D8'. 18 8 form of cointtsulliry eapaciEy biiildthng Ihlll llinis to stlEil8llwn #nd deepert d¢iiiocrali¢ engageiiient. Lt dots Iliis by developiii¥ pcoplc's skills lo connect ivtth oilierts &i)O take colle¢live ￿tIon.. CumniuThity oi8wtsers I￿1P peopl¢ lo g¢1 loÈellior and build powerful nctwoiks Ib)t ¢aD then, Il]rou8b focused ¢aoip31oi￿, Clill￿ge dI￿8S in th¢ii local aiea oi. ¢ven filt1￿er wivw.¢fil¢ndon.org io afield. Ciliz¢w UK is one of Ilie nillin homEs of ¢orntnunity orgaRislll8 in thc UK and w¢ are niEinbcr ofihetr souili and east London cl￿VIel% wlieye we have our conknunity hubs, We a180 closely involved wiib HASU fo¥ ProgiT5sive Ching¢, Soci&1 Housin8 Aclioll CsAipai ISHAC), Voictr of Dotn¢slic Wot*c15 at￿cITatIng0[0lllld all of wJJoMprncii8c llnd leach coithmtsoity orgallising. Tliese £ollBboralions m¢an that our p&iiiCi￿RI8 can A¢tess leadership tr4iiiinB¥ get involved in campaigns in their loc81 RTBa, (A obwin support witTi their own caihpaigo$ if lli¢y so ivish. We also usc coinmunity orgoiiising lec1￿lqutS bJside Ilie ¢iASSiOOLU to critically ¢xploYe i¥sue4 build i¢lationslups ond to pian aciioii. LBsilyb we actively sUpp￿t EFA tca¢hBts illd volutt1£￿￿ in ￿lIding theii. cfypoeiry as ¢Dttr)niuiiity ov8aiiisers Ili¥ougli Ntylling iEl¢vaDtts'aining wid eli￿1[1￿E thcLf is SUPPOrt avEll￿b￿¢ WJ Iliem 85 they engoge in C￿￿mUr￿lty orBanising. Our Partieipants and Pai'tners ParddpAnts Our participants ale 411 people wlio have English as all )ddiii0114118ngu>t dnd have njigrnted lo liv¢ iii Lolldon. Ow Gou15e5 ur¢ t￿¢ for all parUCIPAnts Irrespective of Ih¢ii' io¢ome, iD]llll8ialion nationality or whether or rttsi they ai'¢ ¢lAiming b¢ncfils. As such. we often hAve eKtrciiiely diYer£e ¢1osses, ￿fle¢llrt8 11)¢dcmogrnpliic of the lo¢81 ali*. Fn OLYenwicli, Ihecl85s¢s are partkulai'ly divu%e iti terms of bodi Éo¢io-ecoDoiniG class. fusilallgu&ge naiiollalily. Iii Souiliw¥rk. Iban lialfof the paiti¢ipaDts are SpaDish$peaking' mostly of Colonjbiall iod E¢uadori8ry Ol'ig￿, ID TolV￿ Hthmlels, the majoilty air BDnglDdeshi, eltliough niATly have Itved in tliird couiithcs. We dBQ ivorkwith a Inig¢ Duillber of Erits'ethil. Portugueso. u￿aini&m, Somali, Aigeri&n End Afglign iiiiwnls. The vast niojority of our yoiticipants aye woinerj 4Ld Diost have young cbildren ￿tt￿id our pai￿1¢￿&, cbildrett's ¢etslre8 and schools. Th¢ nilljorityof OUL parlicipllnis with job$ are working as clean& Our paitieipiiiLs aye oftell not ablc lo a¢¢cs5 publicty fuiidtd ESOL for & ￿Tiety of reaEon Suc£¢55ivc cuts lo publicly funded ESOL couwssince 2￿7 h￿left a hu$6gap between supply and deinand. Yh¢ inlrodu¢lion of fees for tDBlly Fthrher Impacted p￿tIcIPali￿D alld nuii)bci? of people OYJ ESOL coorses dropped froni 179,000 ill 2010 10 114,000 in 2017 loecordiiig lo ]weairli by Ilie Jiistiiule of Lea1￿$￿8 and WoTkl ènd it's only reeenily slart¢d to cliiiib to aiDund 123,000 in 2022 (f4ell Fouthdalion rc5t*r¢lil. Tlietc 13 no cvn¢lvsiv¢ d&t& for the y￿r 2023124 butth¢ fiBurc likely lo bav¢ risen ¥ligbily llccorditsg to Ilie Luthber ofESOL leamers England Moreover, iecetslly ayLived WIU￿ seek¢15 llnd liiigrts￿r1 witli no retourse to publi¢ fi￿d8 tre often irteliutsle (or piibli¢ly subsidi5cd edu¢otTOfJ. The othw bwyier lo ac¢e$sing fre¢ ESOL courses, foi. those wlio Are eligible, is t1￿ I￿k ot cliildcaie. Oui. or*lirt¢ ¢l#ssey were p&rlicul&rly a¢ttssible for paTeiits. TrFiving sasd t1￿1, 11 is not easy 10 look aftu ? youllg ¢liild lor more thDll one) atyd pailicipale itt i Cl￿. F$ee-la-f&¢E ¢iass¢5 Witb crcclit$ #Jr wefeiwblc w¢ ￿e¢he$ to SUPPQLt ciosses this Y%Yw.EN￿￿on.Qrs li Case study I: Pawan LfL'cl3L. Engli¥h iVii% onL Dfih6 knrriL'rs ftsrl*r Iv progtL'bS In lil¢. 'I'M Dnl iindcrxfnncl ivhLn pcoplc lilLcd, I'n) I'cry ycDrL'd wild ¢*ii'( ￿Ik. P4lWOII'5 ILis l¢urTriii¥ frvin Ili¢ mnkerlD14 de￿.￿ped us piit of Ihe Gl.A'$ TlirouBlJ Ilie It%%Oli%, SI￿ Ivts8 ol)lo lo uiid¢Nioiidliowadiili Cd1￿0110n workgolld ivliJi hlio nLcd%10 rortiociing prDvSder$1o ￿ttl11)ll aboiil IhL d¥$ITL￿ ¢Liiitses. AS o resiili ofiliis, Pawnii f*li ¢thnfidenl 10 thpi>ly fur 111L￿L. Loyrses. TtAcILer5, 5uppurl s¢4lf Rnd Yoluuleei's EFA is Btydt¢fvl to oui'dedicAlcd tcam of 5Laff artd voluoleeis. Allour letsc1￿￿ ole expeLiell¢ed, at least CELTA-qualified lor ¢quivalcnll )nd ts'oinEd ifj (￿¥p￿rtiCIpal0iY molliods. OurvoluDleers support Ilie tca¢hcrs 85 asslsiants, Lllll coiiver5ation£lubs. %wJpoitsinall groups ano soinetlmes l-l. T1￿Y oftell lielp l¢mitrs ￿'hO liave 111￿,1¢Y support tteeds Ènd support wilh oiii. organising cxhn-curriculgl. events. Til 2022.23 we IiAd foul. non-leaching $toff members sopporling Mih mono8ernenl, pmject inao¢meDI, finamc¢, ¢omms, fvndraisiD8 and HR. wiviYKthloudlln.Ory 12 Moving ithio 2023124 we bave eiglil peiThonent of $￿ff, li￿lUding six Itarl)tix.' Deimot Bry¢i¥, Becky WinslanlBy, Adr1# B¢lecova, K8sia Black#iall, Lll¢ie Vyhnil¢ov& ind Anne Mcconnell. Rodiigucz, 16 our Op¢Mtioll& Icad. Anna K05tyrthÈ l¢ads fiJDthising alld tom work, We slso hav¢ Fw'h811& In Iliewider team. Ivmiing walk wjd tau( ao&viti¢5 in Tower Hadets. W4 are veiy gralefijl 10 Kolpan8 Begumi Algia Koussem, RL¢hel AkAWi ￿la Slialinaz Be8Dm fijr providing EFA classes wlli creLlie3. Oui valunleer5 Illl% year provided valuable wppoil to Ibe teE¢l￿￿. enabling ¥i￿Tr lo work with mixed-level i¥oups. Oui. voluDleai Dte u diverse UQiiPb with B ¥ange of I￿guIstIC Bnd ethai¢ bo¢k8rouiids, ediirDIiDntsl bA¢k8iDunds, BEes Biid moliv*iio*s. Som¢ are voluiite¢riKg lo compl¢l¢ tca¢hcT kn'ai*ingb others lo lesl the ivatay before clL2ngiDg caYe£TS and Éonie simply 10 wv¢ soinelhtng back 10 Ibeir local CODUi)uiiity. Maiiy of ow volunleeiE coii)e to us with ¢xcelleul Ide￿ 8lld Ivork collaboimtivdy witti the teacher to t￿lanCe Ilie Cla￿[00￿ expeiiellce. Stsint ofoiii. voluiileug, as is tlie ￿se wdi L￿le, Adtla aDdKa5iai ¢rtd lip joitting the EFA t¢llm as leachers oi oye4xlional staff. Our tundlng Tlie majority of our funding C￿lle8 from tlwaiable and foutsdauons, but we are also bjnded dtir¢dy by 8onie of oitr pttrloer instilutloDS (h. ex￿1p16, Oiivu. fjoldsDyth Primsry ScJLooI, SI. Mtsrtin's Plaistow aiid the Voi¢¢ of Doiii¢slic WoYkaBI to w)vid¢ courses for Iljeir 2lso orked wlh Moi'lcy College and L?ceived staiutory Adul( EdUcali￿l Budget fvndin8, lila￿ettly, We had a ielailvely Billall atiiounl of EU bJndin8 in 2023.24 £￿. CoiwiiuDity Or8aiiising fob ￿1. W¢ air aleful lo individujl 8iverJ, who dollDled £1.469.50. Support fioin Tni%ts alld Foundalions includiiiBUniled Saini Sttviou*'s Cliirity, People's Healt11 frust, Disrupt Foundation, fvt¢rreis' Co￿pany￿ adi￿¢[d Weston Foundation and City Bridge Follndxlion cnablcd the developulellt of coiiu])wilty orJts nising projects borrt out of th¢ ESOL ¢lAs3Yooib. Th#¢ included urg4nisltig io inJi)iove atte&s to pritt18ry he<hc&rc GITcnwi¢b. alongside the Safe Siii8eYies C8lllPAl￿b worker oiEAnlsing artd Ilic d¢v¢lopm¢nl OF ll Hou8iDg Acti￿1 group in Tow Hamlets. A conun￿llY Giznl from HAckney Coun¢il allowed us io davelap our ESOL for Wol* Pl￿gran￿lle. Coijliijued fvnding fr￿ll Ilic Wal¢ol Founda￿Oll ottd the Henry Sn)ith Cbirity tDabled us io conliftue 10 siipporl ooi'shidcnts lo betterund¢r$t4rtd theii. housing rights, help eoth otlier 10 defend 111¢1Tr1 811d lo Eanise foy chung¢. Tt's biilliallt tD be able to coiiJniiE mole iesouyceg to one of the m05t pit$&ins piobl¢ins our B￿deli￿ expeiience. We arc inmitDsely gtatcfiLI lo the liwts ftsundalioos Ilistrd on pag¢ 45) have supported our woikacLbSS oUr¢oJJkni￿rt1tyhUbS, W8nd￿¥01th, Lambeib, SouibwoLk, GieeDwi¢h. TowerHgRileL8 OTLd Hacknty. www.ethlottdom.oyg 13 Loolang Bacli Looking back al ollrobjecl¢v¢5 fordi¢ year 3ndmeasuring our pei.r￿1￿¥Thct'. Succeeded oréxtteded oble¢ttve Orl8lnal oblecdvé fory£ar'. AchlEved? Secure fundlng ￿ eontfnue ￿rwOrk In at least slxeornmunlly hubs, runnlng a cornblnahon of onllne and kce-kte classes, wellbelngxNvlknes, conver53Yon clubs and ow8nlslnE spacEs. Yes, we secured new fvndlng to develop our work In Wandsworth, Tower Hamlets and Greenwlch and continued successful work In Southwari Lèrrtbeth and Hackney. WE 8IsD started a Dewgroup In Newham. Ralse around E4W,orx) In orderfo make the chan8E wewaiit to make and keepBolng In the dlfficult PDSt-covld I tost of Ilvlng crksls Incorne 2023124 vrds £456,263 Run at least 22 ESOLttytsrses and 5 ongolng conversafjon clubs, reathlng 450 particlpants over the course or the year 24 ÉSOL courses. 2 tanvÈrsatlons club& 2 walk and talks and a readlng group MBlntAln some online Pr￿[SI0n to supplemEnt In-person classes In our communlty hubs Flve ESOL course5 plus a conversation club and ra3dlhggwup rem31ned onllne Ir 2023-24 Bulld a powÈrful team to camp31Bn for ESOLto a range of declslon-makers The team oxpanded and Included EFA paruclpants but also people from partner organls311ons commltted to Improvlng ESOL provlslon. H*hllghis Included L2mb#lh adult 14 educadon fo11, the Mayoral assembly and May's IILoveESOL day Conrfnue toworkwlth local aUthOr￿eS to Improve the acces5 to £SOL In oUrcommun￿l hubs Quarterly stakeholder meeungs In Southwark. StrÈngthened relattonshlp5 ￿th LAS In HacknÈyJ Tower Harn￿￿1 and L8mbeth through col13borau0￿ on EnEllsh Language Falrs. noe bulldlng Ilhks wlth lexhers and or¥nlsationsoutslde of london. Invlfjng teachers tololn our Commun￿¥ of pr3ciitè mÈedngs, to our conference. Communliy al Pracdte COn￿nued monthty wlth around 15-10 leaeheis from a¢r￿$the UK. Secure newagrÈÈment from the candldat£s for M3yor 10 5upporl and Improve thÈ provlslon of ESOL In London The Mayor agreéd to GLA hothn8 an 'ESOL day In 2025, for pollcy rnaker5 and the ESOL communlty to come toeetheT, share Ideas and make plans to Improvè ESOL prov151on In Londott. share researth Into p3rNclpatory ESOI and eommunlty or8anlsliig through, podcasts, reports, ordcles and our5o¢lal medla PETS podca5l5 and report were shared In autumn 2023, reachlng over too PraC￿￿Oners. Oeepen workwiih HE educaNon InsbtULlons, such as Kln8's College London and others We also developed a parknershlp wlth KlnES ColleBe to ralse money for a new course I 2024125. Traln5ng dellvered for a ronsorHum of nlvetsltl* IhÉ south-west of England. We also lolned ￿￿1￿r$I￿e$ and 3rd sectfjr organl$3hons In the nauonal coalltion of lÈngu8ge educadon. Nearly a(hlGved oble¢tlva'. wivw.etnlrJUdrAl.￿g Is Run tralDlng In parlfelpatory methods forslx 0r8anlsad￿5 SIX external tralnlng dellvered In London, Brlstol and M3nchester or￿1￿41 oblecknveforyear. Athleved7 Explore new ways lofuTrd our actIvI￿e$, such as throu8h AEB and sttsleglc partners In HE and the NHS. Thls VEar, we made sorne progre55 In P3rtnershlp 3greements funded dlrectty by the host orÉaJlsadons, rnther th3n grant fundlng to EFA. We developed a new partner5h1p vAth a coDsorUum of unlverslttes to run tralnlng for PHD rtudents. Room lor Impro¥émeni I dld not achleve.. Orlglnal oblecdveforye4¥', Achleved7 Complete a new Ihree lo five year strale8ysowe arevery¢lÈar In our dlre¢don of travel and can navlEate Ihe difficult external environment. We have scheduled th15 for March to july 2025 IlhÈ end of tsur prÈvlous threèyearstr8teÉyl Dellver a conference on communhy organlsln8 and ESOLfor SO+ prathtioners No Confe￿nts In 2023-24 due ￿ lack or fuDd5ng and needln8 to prlorlmse dellverlnE on funded prolÉcls WWW.EfAluttdoD.org 16 Summiry ofour courses In 2023-24 GIry)￿p 9nd Teacliei'lsl N¥nibei' Number piYtitlpaut$ Fumdei. Gr¢cnwich Robert Chlldren s Luctc 90 33 People's Health Trust entre IL Morley Coll¢ge Keolis DLR Mi8raDI Help fjYeeLwffich online F&timelLucie 18 Ptoplc's Health Tru%t Movl¢y CollcE¢ s1arofGFe￿lv1£h 72 30 People's Healili T1￿1 M￿leyc011ege Sacred HeaTI Priniory Scbool, Pallcised (cttlinel Iktuwl 48 18 City Foundatiorl Brid Wandsworll) coovcysttlionelub SI)￿￿n alld Amelia 54 19 WaAd9worib Walk & Ta5klBattersets) Der￿0t 36 14 OLA wandsly￿th Rethi118 ElOUP Faul 36 volunte￿..￿ll ¥w.efalondoh.org 17 Souiliwark Sthtyjrdtyy cliool K8siA 72 HeMyS￿l￿ In]orniÉg) Souiliwsrk SaNrday School 2 laftemooiil Ad¢la 72 35 H¢nrySniitii SI￿ry Square (online) Ad¢lE ?2 30 Hewy Smith Squaie Folime 72 14 Heniy Sniiih {onlinel Time dftd Trl¢nt% lonltnc> AdelA 72 21 Uniled Saitht 8￿YlOUr,$ Isouthwark Ch8llties Salv2lion Cajnbenvell. Soulliw8dt Army. 72 AMIFIHenry Sll)itlVMorley Colleg Bcmionthey Cliildren's SDUibW￿￿(Oiil￿llttl AMIF 24 Walwort Roi)m Livitig Hetlly Srtsitb 72 25 knott Rd Baptlst aiutcli Amott Rd B&ptiSt Chureh 24 .efDlondon.Oi¥ 18 Oliver Goldsttulb 48 16 Oliver Goldsroilh School I Peckham SeiilBrthEnt l Modcy ColleBe Souuiwarkwotks K&8ia 24 l5 Moiley College T0￿r Hamlets wlik artd tdk FBrhan 16 LLDC Neighbourlwod Equolili¢8Fund Clliseiji￿Itt Scliool, Toiver Becky 90 Jo LLDC Neigbbmiihood tqualilies FUNI HuTnlets DiswptFouDdaliort People'8HealibTLiJsI ehiseLthllLa2 DcimollAAtte 30 18 LLDC Neisliboui'hond EqualitiesFund H¢niy Ctsvendi51i SdwDI, Ad¢lft 90 22 Wal¢otFouAd#lio Slreatljttni FT¢llty Fawcett Cliildrcn's Cenli? Ka¥iD 60 20 WalcotFowdEtii) www.efnioiidDn.018 19 L8tln AllJeilcoD Women's Aid, (LAWA) Ho¢knty begirtner 72 25 West Harkn¢y Ameii¢gn Aid, ILAWAI Hatkney ESOL for Work 72 20 MetteJE WoiLerL'S Voi¢e of Dom¢slic Workers 120 Voice of Jhlliesli¢ Wodtcrs si. M$rlin'sPl*l$loiv Lu¢1¢ 40 si. Martln'g Ciiurch YounE Roots y￿ngl100ts TotsJ8 698 * 136 sbJd¢llts attended iuore1114noll¢ cours* Il>is yeor 562 Achievements in relation to our goals and aims (see page S) l. Provide pttrtiCiPDlory, aCtiOn￿rIC￿ted ESOL¢lasses 2. Build poweKtbrough con)llivxuty or8allisillg 3. Trke action losEII)er on11)B issues our ¢ommunili¢geth¢ aboui iYw.efAl0i￿r￿l.U 20 4. Develop these n)ethods (￿mmunIty orgtsnl$￿8 ènd ESOLI iYge4r¢ls irnining and cxtemal commutticalion5 5. can1pai￿ ÉorliBttEr ESOLprovLsion lotally lth ou.10￿7 Con￿ll￿itseS) and aeross Ihe UK. Aims I, Pl￿vId¢ pAI'ilelp•t45lyI aerton-oi'letttated ESOL £lx98es We reuohed 562 beiiLficiarics (pEople altcnding &t lell515 stSSLonsI jD die ￿ll￿d between AuÉusi I. 2023 la Jiily 31 2024., Iliis is 39 MDIE Ibots llie pieviow year. The balaiice bcmll faee-lo-face oiilille woiks wcll foroui pgilicipunls. SotDBprefer face-￿-face 8lld tstbe￿ appreciAle Ibe tcltsiiv¢ cose ofpai'licipatiiig firm Ilieir olvn hornes oyworkplaces. 93% of students COLiiplelithg p051-¢our$t 2vllluolion$ iepth'lcd Uiil they have iniproved Ibeir lunguage Skills 8$ a resull of itseir pariicipalion irL ow. collrses. Tr&cheiE Q8s¢ss Uieii. S￿denl8 fBthady, bolh forJLdlly aod inforn￿llY &nd Ili¢w assessinent tsopports the stud¢ttts' evlllualion$. 135 sLudeDts conipleled exams - ivc givc stud¢rtts Uic cknlce and 910A Passed EcbieviD8 a Thalionally I￿oIn￿ed qualification. 86Vg ofswdeuts ieporled IhAI d?ey roaée fi'ietsth oil the eouY5u, We were excited 10 siarE &ttcw elass Ior Ibe coninivnity al Sl.Maitin'& Plaislow. The ¢bll￿h WQDie6 to iijvest in Ibe clas5 in ordti, lo help widi t1￿1[ coL8regational dev¢lopinertt8nd to uid die￿illi5510￿ of$uppoiling the loclll commuiiiry. Tlie Inr¢jority of students ithok action outside of the ¢lBssrty)In, standing oy for Ilieli. lights to safr affoidabl¢ acconlliiodation, fair pay and dettnl contracts or lo dernAnd accessible BSOL ¢iAsses for Ilieihselves atkd Iheii eonununil¢e3. Our ¢tss%s helped pbrucipale moTe aclivBly in the 01SLOl5alious Ihey belofftg to sucli ￿ the Voi¢e of Domesii¢ w￿￿lS, Si. M￿lI1￿,S Chuirli or Ihe IWOB Trade UTllOn. 2. Bulld POWCT tlii'ougli eomiiiuntty orEfjii151112 There Ere SCV¢MI LYeoiie3 foR our comi￿ullIty ￿8?￿13j￿8. In Souilii¥&rk. LllMbe￿j and T0￿r Hanilets ve ar4 working oll bousinE jssu¢s. This year ive rnoved into the fir81 yeJr of th¢ housiii8 A¢tivi¥ni je¢i in Lambeui and soUth￿rk ond conti￿￿¢￿ to oyganise our 8￿&¢ntI 4ndottiW5 to sUpp￿tea¢h Ollitr ividi Iheli. liousing ri8ts13, We &r¢ vtiy Eraleful to Hou&irtg Action Souiliwark attd Lam￿111 for the trainillB Dnd siipporl they bave given our conwwuty. We slorted 2 siniilat PLoject iu Tower HotiiletS Di)d built &new pIYtrt￿IhIp￿jiEI So¢ialHou&iii8 Aeiion Clliiipalgn ISHACI Iii Hackney, GiierLwieli LaiDbelli and Soull)wai* we woiked willi Citizeits UK'S borougli alliaiice$. parli¢ipalioE ￿ locAI Ca￿paIgn5, holdllig the CO￿n¢11S to BCCOULI for Uieir¢on)miblltiils D]ade IN2022 and￿tillI)Ilg towthrd$ tlie 2024 lnayoral aiid generlll tlcclion as5e￿bIieS. Our work 10 iinprove ESOLwY>vision Diid especially J¢ttss ￿ ESOLcla%xs In Lthdon 21 3. Tr1(e Attlon lo￿thÈr tbe tssues our ¢DmJlluultlts tllrc nbout As deiaiJ¢d above Ipgge 101 ouy ptht¢ipants arc diverse in evely way and tlie ts￿¢1 I1￿Y ¢aiE about r¢fle¢L% Ilus. MoTry of oui p4rtscipants fft workingb often kn low-paid ￿ld inse¢w% work aJd as a re$ult rllully l&kE A¢lion for beller pay and coi)diliorts, eiiheL' willi lli¢ir Tiade Ullion8 in I￿¢]rWorkpl￿¢eS oi %Yiili Ciliieiis UK aiid the Llving Wage Cainp4ign Isce cths¢ study on page 23). Tlie nir¢j017ty Qiy rcnlers. eit1￿r pi'ivoiely oi'in social housiD& 8ndexpeLieiiee pro61eiiis relating 10 insecwity, high costs 8ndlor poor qualiry houuin¥ w]d disrepllii. lllcreasitsBly oiii. eotiyDuiijlies are cuncen*d aboul ¢limale cliange, alld the ill Ib¢ Uk alld ocioss Ib¢ woild. Tbe costof living Crisis ¢oDlinucs lo Eau&e huge i¢ty. ADd of eourse Ihe need 10 defud miy21i1 ii8hts, esp¢¢ially the 14glil to ItarnEnglish, unites Tbis year we toniinu¢d Grg&nisiog to deftnd ienters Eigbts irt south1th9￿a LDiiibeiliAnd stspydup the work in Towci. Hamlets. Action ive rook resulted th gome eDncrete iniprovemtni% 10 our parlicip8nls' live¥, 4nd olliers in Uiell coniiniinlties. Sever21 peoyle managed ¢0 B¢1 IrlM)useffj &ftci long strug81¢1. Ill Gree￿wI¢ll. dje council started imi)roviJg acce5S to Ibc illkm¢l fu. pcopl¢ in teinpoi'aiy accollili￿IIIon.I1j Southwark. Ive finally goi Ibr ¢ourL¢iI to iciu&latc nDmEd earetokeL? 111 housing eslales, Io Tcsptsnd diyeclly ID tenAnts' complaiTrls 4boul ITpaiii. ln Towel Hallilets, W¢6¢tup leiiaiit righis WDt*sliops to hclp oui. students leam their iigliL8 olld tske action lo d8inalld Ilicy 2r¢ respected. 4. Develop and $hJYe tliose Jiietlitsds (tojnmunlty orgTriiislnE ind ESOLI Ilirougkn restjrch, tL'alnlJig and extEYtt#I ¢oJnmunicllliolls We lin training for six extemal yartrtei? AoYo&% Ilie UK. These tt?inin8s irt a ivid¢ range of themES tEluling lo pailicipaloiy ESOL a￿d ¢oniniunity (kr8Anising li¢lp a lar8e nll￿ber uf pra¢l>lion¢Y¥ lov¢r ILH) tliis y¢arl lo Iiijpiove dicwcl3sseÉ and lielp the￿ studeTrls. We continu¢d lo ivoik Dur neadefftirpartntrs atK￿g,5 College London IheHub for Eduealion LllDouage Div¢rsityllnd Ihi8yeir thiDugli Ilicliub we sel tsp Ilie Coalition forlAnguage Edueal&oo wiUi 0￿.50praCtI11oI￿r$, reseairlie¥s anda¢ad¢micsfLD]llgiDuod Ib¢ UK ¢￿nIng 10gell￿r for U)e lauiKh. Wg ¢ompl¢led reseAr¢li pl￿JeC1, Pui'liLipaloiy ENOL ThkTii¥Sro¢k, And shllred tile regults in aseilles of podcasts iu thv tsuhullD. Most of tiic nlllc teather-r4sear¢buE, SOM¢ iD3ide EFA 3Dd odiers ot, coiiliKved to leoin from oije another and ie&ch ColleD￿￿S A¢LYJss Ibe UK througb tbe EFA-led tommuiiity of pYa¢li¢e. A mottihlydiscussion and slioiingspacB. vw.efalothdon.o 22 S. Cllnipuign fil. beltti. FSOL pJ'oY151on lotAIty (ln Dur IOCAI rOTh￿￿￿11lts) AiJ& ts¢Yr*SS the It IVL8 8nodier8d y¢w'forourESOL ￿mp9S8￿ ieaAI Iviib fiirther piY>gress madc by lo¢&1 all1h￿ill to makc RSOL Thore aecessible gnd plso, ieeogiiition fth'oui'conipaign by the MayDr of LDndon, who SPDke about Ilie iinportgn¢e of ESOL in lias ¢l¢clion cainpoi8n und toinmitted die Deputy Mayor for Sknlls lo wort¢ willi EFA lo improve ESOL PDlicy in Ili¢ neiv Edtiynistrarion. Tth Dtyuty May￿. ctsiifthii¢d Ilie llgreellLcLI lo m¢tl 115 in M4y following our #LoveESOL gAiknering. This y¢ar was IIIB biggesl eva., Ivitli BITll031200 leAchei% &nd swdenlB eoiiiing togellier in Waterlo() lo celebriie Ih¢ii'aChi¢v￿Iellrt to Ihe trustees (who are also Dlreclors for the purpose of company lawl on Tny Èx3mlnatlon of the financial 51atÈments of EFA London I the ch8rltable companv) for the year ended 31 July 2023 which comprlse the Statement of Flnantlal Ath￿tIes, the Balance sheet and related notes. Thls report is made solely to the ¢harlt¢s Iru5tees, a5 a body, Sn accordance wlth sectlon 145 01 the charl￿e$ Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I mlEht state 10 th￿ charliy's trustees those matiers l am requlred to state to them In thls report and for no other pvrp05e. Ttr Iht fullest extent permltted by law, I do not accepl Of assume respons5bllity lo anyone other than thÈ tharlty 2nd the tharws trustee5 a5 a bodyi for myworL forthls repart, or lorthe oplnlons I have formed. Respojslbllltles and bas15 01 reporl As the chariivs trustees of EFA London land also its dlrectors for the purposes of cotnpany lawl you are rÉsponslble for the preparalbn of the accounts In accordance wlth the requlrements ol the Cornpanles Act 20l￿ I'the 2(X)6 ACVI. Havln& $8llsfled myself thal the 3ccovnts of EFA London ère not requlred to be 8udltÈd under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and arè ellglble far Independent examlAatlon, I report In respect of my examinatlon of your¢harW's account5 as carried out under sectlon 145 of the Charltles Act 20111'the 2011 Act'l. In tlrrylng out my examlnatlon I h3ve followed the txrectlons Elven by Ihe Charity ComM155ion under settlon 14515llbl of the 2011 Act. AN Independent ex3mlnatlon does not Involve EatherlnÉ all the evldence that would be Tequlra In an audlt and consequently does not cover all thÈ matters that an 3udlior eonslders In BlvlnÉ thelr oplnlon on the flnanclal statements. The plannlng and conduct of an audlt goes beyond the Ilmlted èssur8nce that an Independent examlThatlon can provlde. Consequently l express no oplnlon as to whether the IlnaTh¢lal st3tErnents present a 'true and fall ￿eW and my report Is IlmltEd to those spetlnc matlEr5 sel out In the Independetttexamlnerfs 5taternent. Independent examSner's statement Slnce EFA London's Eross Income exceeded £250,000 your ex8mlrier must be a member OF a body Ilsted In 5ectlon 145 of the 2011 Act. I conflrm that l am quallfled to Undertake the examlnatlon because l am mèmber of, whlch Is one of the listed b(NJles. I have completed my examln311on. I confirm that no matters havÈ come to my 8tteDtlon In connec15on with the eKamlnatlon glvlnE me cèuse to believe., 1. 8¢¢OUntlng records were not kept In respect of EFA London as requlred by sectlon 386 of the 2C*)6Act', or 2. the accounts da not aeGord wlth those record5', or 3. the accounts do not comply wlth the accountlng reqvlrements of sectlon 396 01 the ?OD6 Act otherth2n Hny requlrement th3t the accounts Élve a'true and falr vlew, whleh Is not a maller consldeied as part ol an Independent examlDalion'. or 4. thÈ accournts have not been prepared In aeeordan¢e wlth thtr methods and prlnclples of Ihe Slatement ol RecomméndÈd Pracllce for atcountlng and reportSng by Ihailtles appllcable to charltles prep3rlng thelr ?ccaunts In accordance with the Flnanelal Repoitlng Standard appllcable In the UK and Republic ol Ireland IFRS 1021. I h3ve no concerns and have come lcross no other matters In connecllon wlth the examl¢)allon to whlch attentlon should bÈ drawn In th& report ID order to enable a proper understandlng of the accounts tts be reathed. Page 30 EFA London Independeht Examiner's Report to the trustees of EFA Lundon I'the Cijmpany'l TIM Sull[￿n FCA Blackheath SE3 ORB 2tAprtl 2025 Page 31 m * EFA London IReg15tratlon humber,. 069097381 Balance Sheet as at 31 july 2024 2024 2023 Note Flxed assets TahElble assets 12 2,766 5,903 Current assets Debtors Cash at bankand In hand 9,725 303,994 21,649 2?5,065 313,719 246.7J4 Credltors.. Amounts falllng duewhhln gneyeor 14 112,82É1 116,7691 Net currAttt ossets 300,891 229,945 Net assels 303.S57 135,848 Funds OF the charlty; Resirl£led Income lunds Restrt¢ted funds 61,508 56,687 UnrÈstrl¢ted Income lund5 UnrestrlctÉd funds 242.149 179,161 T¢tal ltsnds 16 303,657 135,848 For the flnancfal year Èndlng 31 July 2024the charfty was entltled to exemptlon fram audlt under sectlon 477 of the Companlés Acl 20[￿ relatlng to small companles. The membérs have not requlred the charlty to obtaln an audlt of tts Accounts for the year In questlon I accordancewlth sectlon 476,. and The dlrectors 8cknovAedge thelr responslb51itles for compwtng wtth the requIrem￿ts af the Act wlth respect to a¢count5ngrecords and the prep3ratlon of accounts. The Ilntndal &t2tements on pages 32 lo 45 were approved bythe trustèes, and authorlsed for15sue on 24 Aprll 2025 and $18ned on thÈlrbÈhalf by,. MelanlÈ Cooke Trustee The notes on page5 34 to 45 form an In¢e8r31 partof theselnanclal statements. PaEe 33 EFA London Notes to the Flnanclal Statements for the Yeay Ended 31 July 2024 I Charltystatus The charlty Is Ilmlted by gU8￿ntee, Incorporated In England and Wales, and tot￿equent]Ydoes not have share pltal. Each of the trustees Is liablé to contrlbvié amount not Exceedlng El tQWÈfds the assets ol the tharlty In thè event af Ilquldatlon. The addfes5 of Its reElstered olllce ￿.. ID8 Battersea Hl8h Street London En8land Swll 311P These flnanclal 51atetnents were authorlsed for155ue bythe tll￿tees un 24 Awll 2025. 2 Accountln8 pall¢les Summary of slgnlllcant accountlmg polldÈs and key accountln8 estlmates The prlnclpal actountlng pollcies applled In the preparatlon Df these fln3nclal statements are sÈt out below. These pollcles have been con515tentW applled to all theyears presented, unless othewwlse stated. stalement of eompllance The flnandal 5t3ternents have been prepared In èccordance wlth Actountlng 2nd Reportlng by charl￿e$.. 5tatemefit ol Recommended Practlce appllcttble to chèrltles preparlng thelr accounts In aecordance wlth the Flnanclal Repurtlng Standard appllcable In Ihe UK and Republic of Irelalld IFRS 1021 letFe(tlve I january 20191 ICh8rltles SORP IFRS 1021 Second edltlon Octobèr 20191, the Flnanclal Reportlng 5t3nd3rd appllcable In the UK and Republlc ol Ire13nd IFRS 1021. They also comply wlth thè CompÈnlés kl 2006 and Charllles Act 2011. Basis of preparatlon EFA London meets the definltlon of a publlc beneflt entliy under FRS 102, A55ets and Ilabllltles are Inltlallv iecognlsed at hlstorlc31 cost or tran5actlon value unless othtrwlse slated In- the relevant 2Cc￿￿tIng pDIItV notes. Goln8 contern The trustees co￿4der that there arÈ no material uncertaintles about the charity's ablllly to tantlnue 35 H 8oln8 concern norany518nlfl¢anl artas of uncertalnty that 8ffect the carrylnB value ol assets held by the charfty. Judgements and l(ey SOLtrces of estlmatlon unceriglnly In the appllcatlon ol the tharlt¢s 3ccountlDg pollcles, the trustees are requlred to make judgeménts, estlmates and assumptlon5 about the carryin6 amovnt of assets and Ilabllllles that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estlmales and associated 3ssumptlon5 are based on hlsiorlcal experlence and other laclor5 thal arÈ con51dered to be relevant. Actual results maydlffÈr from these esllmatos. The estlmates Ind Under￿nE a$sumptlons are revlewed on an onÈolng b3515. Rdslons to ateountlnE estlmates are reco8n15ed In the perlads In whlth the e5tlm3te L% r￿Sed where ravlslons affects only that pÈrlod, or In the perlod of the rev151on and luture perlods where the re￿$lanS aff&cls both.current and future perlods. Page 34 EFA London Notes to the Financla1 Statements lor the Year Ended 31 July 2024 Income ènd endowmet)t5 All lttcome15 reco6nlsed once the charlty has entltlemÈnt to the Income. Itls Probable thal the Income wlll be retelved 3nd the 3MOUnt of the IncDme recepiable can be measured rellably, Dchotlons cndleqtscles Donatlon$ are recognlsed when the chirlty has been notlfled In wrltlne of boih the amount and settlement date. In the evenl that 8 donatlon Is subject to condltions that requlre a level of performance by the charlly before the tharlty Is entldÈd lo the funds, the Income Is deleryed and not recognlsed until elther Ihase condltlons are ful￿ mei, or the fulfllment of those ctsThdltlons Iswholly wlthln the control uf the ch?rll¥ and it Is probable that these tondlllonswll be fullllled In the reportlng perfod. Grunls recelvttble Grants are reeognlsed when the char1ty has an entitlement to ihe f￿ndS and anycondltlons Ilrtked to the grants have been met. Where performance condltlons arÈ 2tlath@d to the grant and are yet to be rne( the Income15 recoghL%ed as a Ilablllty and Included on the balance sheet 8$ deferred Income to be released. 61Ats In klnd Glfts In klnd are recognlsed In dlflerent ways dependent on how ihey are used bythè chadty.. 111 ThosÈ donated lor resale produce Income vthen they are sald. They are vakned at the amOUTIt actually 1111 Those donated for onwa¥d transmlsslon to bÈnellclarfes arÈ Included ID the Statement of Flntnclal Activ￿￿e5 as IncomlnÉ resources and resources expended when they are dlstributed. They are valuèd at the amount the charltywould have had to payto acqulre thern, 11111 Those donated for use by the charlty Stsell are Included whpn receEvable. They are valued at the amount the ¢haritywould have had to payto 3cqulre them. Investment Income Dfvldènd5 are recognlsed oncè the dSvldend has been declared and notlliiatlGn has beeD re¢elved of the dhfldend due. Expendlture All expeDdSture Is recoBn15Èd once there Is a le881 or constructlve DbllgatloTh to that expendlture, 1¢ Is probable settlement 15 requlred ènd ihe amount can be measured re118bly. All costs arE allocated to the appllcable expendlture hèadlngth2t 28gfEg3te slmllarcasts tD thatcategory. Where costs cannot bè dlrecfly allilbuted to pJrtlcular headings they have beeD allocèted on a basls CO￿lsteTht wlth the use al resources, wlth central Staff costs allocated on rhe basls of tlme spent, and depreclatlon charges allotated on the portlon of the asset's use. othersupport colts are 3llocated based on the 5pread.of staff costs. Chorltuble octlvltles Charltable expendlture compr1ses those cost5 Incurred by the charlty In the dellyery ol actlvttles 3nd servlces for Ils benefkl8r5es. It Includes both costs that can be allocated dlrectly to such acllvlties and tho costs al an Indlrect nature necessery t05upporlthem. PaEe 35 EFA Londo Notes to the FSnanclal Statements for the Year Ended 31 July 2024 support tosts Support costs Include central funttlons and have been allo