f{ HEAR WOMEN **IMPACT REPORT 2024 A YEAR OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS** X _+44 (0)2036649519_ @ _www.hearwomen.org_ ## © _Stowe Centre, London W2 5ES_ ~ _info@hearwomen.org_ I Il ## **Content Page** ABOUT US 4 CHAIR'S REPORT 5 OUR IMPACT 2023/2024 6 GOVERNANCE AND STRUCTURE 7 PROGRAMMES 9 CASE STUDIES 10 ACHEIVEMENTS 11 FUTURE DIRECTIONS 1 1 1 OUR DONORS AND PARTNERS 13 ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 14 NEEDS ASSESSMENT SURVEY 18 18 ## **About Us** Articulated in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we consider the key to effecting change is to advance women’s full and effective participation in decision making at all levels of political, economic, and public life. Women can become key decision makers if they feel safe and are provided the knowledge, skills, and support to advocate for i Af j iB. y/ (yiNOG, re themselves. Hear Women helps women through: – Providing safe spaces for them to build relationships, discuss personal issues, and to develop self-confidence. – Providing support, skills, and links to resources to develop their abilities to address mental health needs, improve their physical health, and advocate for themselves. – Providing education and training to enable them to fully participate in the political process. ## **Our Mission and Approach** Our mission is a world where women and girls are equal partners in their com m unities, free from prejudices and have the right know ledge and skills to make their own decisions, speak up about issues affecting them, and to become independent. O ur approach is to form partnership with local women-led groups in Africa and the UK to promote local ownership and long-term Sustainable change that will shape national policies and create regional dialogues, as w ell as international awareness on good practices. PAGE 4 HEAR WOMEN |IMPACT REPORT 2023 ## **Chair's Statement** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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HearWomen successfully achieved all objectives and targets for 2023. I am also pleased that we were the winners of the London Faith and Community Awards 2019. We also are very pleased that our founders, partners, and most importantly, our service users, see us as a foundation that has the expertise and capacity to deliver much-needed social services efficiently and effectively. I am pleased to report that Hear Women was one of the first organisations to react to this pandemic by implementing projects for families with a focus on health and wellbeing activities as well as projects that focus on building families’ relationships. Our projects: peer support, nutrition, cooking & talking, mental health, dancing to music & digital world and yoga, English Conversation classes, and families fund time digitally. We are grateful to have highly qualified Management Committee members and CEO who bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise and appreciate the hard work and sacrifice of our volunteers, without whom this foundation could not meet its goals. They have also fruitfully accomplished the ambitious targets set by our founders. I would also like to welcome our new trustee and look forward to working with them closely for the coming year. I would like to take this opportunity to express my deep appreciation to all trustee management members, employees, and volunteers for their hard work and dedication during these hard times, as well as our supporters and the public in general. Many thanks also go to our founders and organisations that we worked with over the last year for their tearless support and engorgement. We are also pleased to announce that during the difficult times of COVID we have introduced our online community and curried our much-needed activities through online. Covid was very challenging times, and we are pleased we have worked with organisations such as the NHS closely to provide much-needed support and advice to the communities we serve. Thank you to all for supporting HearWomen, who is standing for BME women and their families to be positive constitutors to British society. **SAMIA ZAKI CHAIR OF HEAR WOMEN** ar Our Impact Beneficiaries of our services are coming from North Africa and the Middle Eas t **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Hear Women has established a new partnership this year with local women-led organisations, who have similar 592 participants in HearWomen classes and activities. **4** Participants in HearWomen classes and activities 2023/2024 **2562** > %5 Beneficiaries of our services **%5** are East African %5 Beneficiaries of our services are coming from Asian and fare **%5** East communities %5 Beneficiaries of our services are coming from Asian and fare East communities **%5** PAGE 6 HEAR WOMEN |IMPACT REPORT 2023 ## Governance & Structure **Hear Women/GarGar Foundation is governed by a Board of Trustees consisting of chair, secretary, treasury, and members, which have the overall responsibility for governance and management of the organization. The Foundation has six trustees, each undertaking the responsibility of constant development to maintain skills and appropriateness to govern. Hear Women’s policies and procedures are recognized by the Quality Mark of Governance PIQASSO.** ## Founder and Director **Ms Deqa Salad established the foundation in December 2008 with the aim of using her experience in international development, human rights and gender to support women to be independent and thrive in their communities. Deqa actively advocates for Women political participation both in Somalia and the UK. She was awarded Women on the Move award in 2 017 for her dedicated work and passion. Deqa’s mission is supported by Hear Women’s committed volunteers, most of whom have been previous service users.** ## The Team **The UK team is led by Deqa and supported by Hassan, Hagir. Hasna implements the U K programmes, and Hagir looks after the domestic and international fundraising. Our small office is supported by committed volunteers, who believe in Hear Women's mission. Some of them have been previous service users.** ## - User led Charity ## **Knowledge and experience** **All our programmes are user led, and the initial development of programmes is always based on clearly identified needs of the com m unity we serve.** ## Focus Groups **Hear Women service users are regularly given the opportunity to feedback their needs both form ally and informally.** ## User Feed Back **This is important to past, existing, and future programmes. Information gathered from the evaluation and the monitoring of system s is the basis of evidence.** ## Monitoring And Evaluation **----- Start of picture text -----**
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**The performance of services and projects are regularly checked to review those programmes that work and those that do not, as this helps us to improve how we do things and learn from mistakes.** PAGE 8 23 ## UK Programmes Cook & Talk Provides a safe space for women to socialise over tasty healthy food prepared by themselves. Women socialise and help each other by sharing experiences and strategies to overcome stress and obstacles. a ## Ongoing Projects ## Wellbeing, Education & Sports Classes The project is for women and children of economically disadvantaged BME communities in the Grenfell area have had a huge impact, on the children/young people we supported during the COVID-19 pandemic and the following lockdown. ## Saturday Club _ Mother & Child Program The project offers tutoring, parenting courses and sport activities, so that our community does not lose access to these invaluable resources during Covid 19 ## Mental Health Counselling Group The project improves women’s mental wellbeing, gives them motivation and builds the users self-confidence. Reinforce the community, fight isolation, and strengthen the physical and mental health of our users. Aside from the hygiene pack project, we also personally took care of the most vulnerable of our service users. ## **Dance** to Music & Digital World Hear Women provides diaspora women and young people form Africa and the Middle East with a safe and inclusive space to learn, socialise and access advice and support. We also advise and link women to community resources and help them to bridge the gap between service users and service providers. PAGE 9 HEAR WOMEN |IMPACT REPORT 2023 Case Studies Nl¢1Qllll (Mei)nl Iiriilrli i. I lill￿1)e IEiiRIjs1) L¢'SSOiiS) I'iii i-.I'ry' l)ai!i)i' l)LM-aiisL. 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This will give opportunity to reach those projects. groups who are hard to reach and engage them with groups who are hard to reach and engage them with our different programmes, so they are less isolated 3.Providing more specialise mental health services. and feel more included. Furthermore, through our Saturday clubs Hear Women identifies the need for activities that encourage stronger bonds between 4.Supporting more communities. parents and children as key priority for 2023/2024 will be focused on that area. As well as Our service 5.Working towards renewing organisational Quality Mark. - users share that our therapy classes and self help 6. Showcasing the needs of the community in more specifics. sustain the services. Next, our beneficiaries express the need for more physical activities, therefore Hear Women will encourage active life for parents and children. PAGE 12 HEAR WOMEN |IMPACT REPORT 2023 City of Westminster Annual Account 2024 Annual Report and Accounts The year ended on 31 December 2024 **RESGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 1135763** ## **ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS** ## **CONTENTS:** ||**Page**| |---|---| |**Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilites**|**3**| |**Statement of Financial Actvites**|**4**| |**Balance Sheet**|**5**| |**The notes forming part of the fnancial statements**|**6 to 7**| |**Independent Examiner’s Report**|**8**| ## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES** The trustees are responsible for preparing the report and accounts in accordance with applicable law and regulations. Charities Acts require the trustees to prepare financial statement that gives a true and fair view of the organization’s financial activities during the year and its financial position at the end of each financial year. Under Charities Acts, the trustees must not approve the accounts unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company for that period. In preparing these accounts, the trustees are required to: - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP (FRS 102); - make a judgement and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; - state whether applicable UK accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the Financial Statements; and - Prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business. The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the accounts comply with the Charities Acts 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. Signed on behalf of the trustees: Name of the Trustee Name of the Trustee ……………………………………….. ……………………………… ## Name of the Trustee …………………………… |**Hear Women**|**Hear Women**| |---|---| |**Income and Expenditure Account for year ended on 31 December 2024**|| ||2024
2023| |**Notes**|Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Fund
Total Funds
Total Fund| ||£
£
£
£| |**INCOMING RESOURCES:**|| |Voluntary Grants|-
-
-| |Donatons and other Income|52,772.05
13,193.01
65,965.06
56,572.00| |ACTIVITIES FOR GENERATING FUNDS:|| |Investment Income|| |Other Actvites|-
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-
-| |Total Incoming Resources|52,772.05
13,193.01
65,965.06
56,572.00| ||| |**RESOURCES EXPENDED:**|| ||| |**COST FOR GENERATING FUNDS:**|| ||| |Charitable Expenses|58,838.32
14,709.58
73,547.90
73,587.19| |Investment Income|-
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-| |Other Actvites|-
-| ||58,838.32
14,709.58
73,547.90
73,587.19| ||| |**CHARITABLE EXPENITURE:**|| |Restricted Funds|| |**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED:**|58,838.32
14709.58
73,547.90
73,587.19| ||| |Net Surplus for the year|-6,066.27
-1,516.57
-7,582.84
-17,015.19| |Opening Funds|8,859.57
2,214.89
11,074.46
28,089.65| |Transfer of funds|-| |**CLOSING FUNDS:**|2,793.30
698.32
3,491.62
11,074.46| |BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 December 2024
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
Hear Women
AS AT 31 December 2024
2024
2023|| |||Notes
_£_
£| |---|---|---| ||FIXED ASSETS|| ||Land|-
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-| ||Building|-
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-| ||Vehicles & Equipment|-
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-| |||| ||Total Assets|-
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-| |||| ||CURRENT ASSETS|| ||Debtors|-
-
-| ||Prepayments|-
-
-| ||Cash at Bank & in hand|-
3,491.62
11,074.89| |||| ||Total Current Assets|-
3,491.62
11,074.89| |||| ||CURRENT LIABILITIES|| ||Overdraf|| |||| ||Net Assists|-
3,491.62
11,074.89| |||| ||FINANCED BY|| ||Restricted Funds|2,793.30
8,859.57| ||Unrestricted Funds|-
698.32
2,214.89| |||| ||Total|-
3,491.62
11,074.89| ## **NOTES FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** : ## **ACCOUNTING POLICIES** - a) The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the exception of investment, which are valued at the prevailing market prices. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the statement of Recommended Practice-Accounting and reporting by the charities (SORP2005) issued in March 2005, applicable in the preparations of the financial statements are set out below. ## **INCOME RESOURCES** - b) Voluntary income includes donations, gifts, legacies and grants that provide core funding or are of general nature are recognised where there is an entitlement, certainly of receipts and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability. Such income is only deferred when: - c) The Donor specified that the grant or donation must only be used in future accounting periods, or - d) The Donor has imposed conditions, which must be met before the charity has unconditional entitlement. - e) Income from commercial trading activities is recognised as earned as the related goods and services are provided - f) Investment income is recognised on a receivable basis - g) Income from charitable activities include income received under contact or where entitlement to grant funding is subject to specific performance conditions is recognised as earned ( as the related goods or services are provided). Grant income includes in the category provided funding to support performance activities and is recognised where there is an entitlement, certainly of receipts and the amount can be measured with sufficient reliability. - h) Income is deferred when admission fees or performance related grants are received in advance of the performances or event to which they relate. ## **RESOURCES EXPENDED** Expenditure is recognised when a liability is incurred. Contractual agreements and performance related grants are recognised as goods or services are supplied. Other grants payments are recognised when a constructive obligation arises that result in the payment being unavoidable. - The cost of generating funds is those costs incurred in attracting voluntary income, and those incurred in trading activities that raise funds - Charitable activities including expenditure associated with the activities are included the direct costs and support costs relating to these activities - Governance costs include those incurred in the governance of the charity and its assets and the primarily associated with constitutional and statutory requirements. - i) Restricted funds: Restricted funds are to be used for specified purposes as laid down by the founder. Direct and support expenditure, which meets these criteria, is defined to the fund together with a fair allocation of other costs - j) Unrestricted funds - Unrestricted funds are funds received which no restrictions placed in their use and are available as general funds. - k) Revenue grants are credited to incoming resources on the earlier of when they are received on when they are due. ## **Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of the Hear Women** |**Report to the trustees of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Respectve responsibilites of**
**trustees and examiner**|**Hear Women**|**Hear Women**|**Hear Women**| |---|---|---|---| ||||| ||**31 December 2024**|**Charity no**|**1135763**| ||||| ||The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparaton of the accounts. The
charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under secton
144 of the Charites Act 2011 (the Charites Act) and that an independent
examinaton is needed.||| It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, - to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and - • to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. **Basis of independent** My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the **examiner’s statement** Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. - **Independent examiner's** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention; **statement** 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Date: 2[nd] October 2025 **Signed:** ~~—~~ Abdullah Mohamud ACMA, CGMA **Name:** Chartered Management Accountant **Address:** 12 York Road, Battersea, London, SW11 3QA ~~re~~ ATEMENT TRiISTEE5' RESPONSl8iunES applicable law and regulat Charities require tt* tntstees to Wep￿ hiaxial ststement thai gives a true and fair view of organizati(Wl'5 fmaTxlal actsvibts during tt* ￿ •)d tts ffiarKia ￿SItion at the end of eath financial year. UThler charrt￿ Atts. trustees must nirt approve the accounts unless are satisfied that tt*y a tn* fair ¥￿• of the state of affa.rs of the c(xnpany for that per￿￿. In prepafing these aCcrxy￿. the tntstees ae rewwed to: select suitabte aCC￿nting pofKies and then appty them consistently.. observe the rneth￿S and prinoples in the Owitbes SORP {FRS 102): make a judgement and etymates that are ￿as￿ble and W￿lent.. State Wt￿ther applthle UK xcounting stsnd¥d5 have been follDwed. subject to anv material departures dIsCk￿ and explained in the F￿￿ncIal Statrments: ar¥d Prepare the accounts C￿ the concem basis mless ¢< is inapproprote to presume that the compary will (￿tinUe in tKtsir•e5S. The trustees afe reSPo￿lbIe for keep"T% adequate acccwntry reccxds that are sufficient to time the financial w>sition of (hafity and enable tt￿n to en￿rethat the accounts (omply with tfr￿ Chxities PJtrvoch only I m8ctrKTh5fTYS to ensvre tr)al tJl hove occes5 lo rotswl ond ieloO* wrwxl syslerr Th• pi• thort 5how5 Ihot al 71 Msporbcl8ntS To Aratsi¢ as their flrsl langu(J e. This underscores the c Icol need lor OL+r s￿VICeS an programs lo bo Llelivefed in Aiobic. ansuring occes3tbilily and eflective communicolion. By Kjrov￿din Arabic-longua support. w• con bellor address he spectfic nee 5 01 our members. bncludino those relotod lo cullvrol inloorolion. logol ossi5tonce. ond ducotioncl rasources. Thls pte chcwl Indkoles thol oul 0168 fesponc18nts. JS womtsn hove htrrjiii) coriLlilvni. vh)ilL) 33 do t)ol. m¢$ nw*l gvon ssjll hs Niah15 Iho Imryytunce ol healt conc8ins oui commL•nlty. For Ih05e WAI hfJOllI) <".onOilions, Ho(y Womeii mvsl prov¢(Jo T¢yyvl•d 5vppcKI. 5vch os occe55 to me(Jlcol iesowcgs. hoollh éIYuLoilon workShor)s. tsnd tssstsionce noTrA he