Minutes of the Artscape AGM. May25th 2022 


## **Charity Name** : Artscape **Registered Charity 1139064** 

**Principal address:** The Community Centre, Dunsbury Way, Havant, Hampshire PO9 5BG 

**Attending:** Jonathan Piper, Anne Claxton, Richard Barry, Dee Ayton, Olivia Carr and Mandie Molyneux. 

**Apologies:** Denise Walsh and Kerry Bridge 

**Minutes of our last AGM:** Were circulated, read out, and agreed as correct. There were no matters arising **.** 

## **Chairs Report:** 

**Accounting:** End of year accounts have been audited and agreed as correct. 

## **Treasures Report:** 

Audited Accounts were presented and explained in full detail.. (attached as appendix 1) 

Income of: £31123.45 Expenditure of: £32409.04 Money remaining in the bank: £20251.13 

**Governing Document:** Constitution adopted February 2020 

**Trustee selection method:** Appointed or re-appointed annually at AGM 


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Names of current Trustees Office  Dates if not for whole year<br>Jonathan Piper Chair<br>Olivia Carr Secretary<br>Kerry Bridge Treasurer<br>Richard Barry<br>Dee Ayton<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## **All Trustees stood down** . 

Jonathan Piper agreed to be put forward for re-election as Chair, having been nominated by Anne Claxton and was seconded by Olivia Carr. 

Kerry Bridge forwarded her resignation to JP ahead of the meeting, stating that she would be 



available to Artscape on an advisory capacity. A vote of thanks was expressed for all her work over the last few years. Thank you Kerry Bridge 

Denise Walsh was seconded onto the board during the last financial year and has now put herself forward to stand for election. Denise Walsh, Olivia Carr, Dee Ayton and Richard Barry, were all nominated by JP and seconded by MM 

Anne Claxton will remain as Honoury Trustee to mark her commitment and dedication to Artscape. 

## **Summary of objects:** 

The promotion of good health, both mental and physical, for the public benefit among people who face isolation or social constraint through poor health, social circumstance, and/or as a result of recovery from substance abuse. 

## **Summary of main activities undertaken for public benefit:** 

Another year of adapting to a world recovering from Covid. Artscape continues to provide safe environments for those experiencing isolation to come together outside in the natural environment rather than indoors. Creativity and social engaging is our core focus, which is now enhanced with creativity using natural materials, engaging with nature, each other and feeling empowered by new achievements and skills learnt. This last year we have seen a record number of new attendees. 

## **Achievements and performance:** 

The year of 2021-22 was all about recovery for most organisations in the UK. There was a slow, stilted move out of lockdown’s and imposed isolation for people. But Artscape stands in contrast to this. 

As an organisation, our charitable objects set us the task of promoting good health among people who face isolation or social constraint. During the COVID pandemic, our potential client base became the whole of society, so, through Mandie’s agile work, devising new ways to spot and meet needs in the community, Artscape grew and flourished while plenty of other organisations struggled. 

This year, ideas that sustained us in the pandemic, where we ran groups outside, have become a real focus for our work. 

The Timescape project, where groups of people are able to meet and engage with each other, in a creative space in the landscape, has been a roaring success. The needs of socially isolated people have been met, we’ve engaged in some productive interprofessional working with partner agencies and the name of Artscape has become even more widely known as a mark of excellent engagement with participants. Partnership with the South Downs National Park and the Butser Ancient Farm has developed further this year and has been a huge benefit to our work with clients. Those artistic activities that also encourage people to engage with the landscape have been carried through to other new projects. Whittle and Waffle, for example, has been a great 

## success. 

Partly in response to this new, outdoor, landscape orientated twist to Artscape’s work, we’ve adopted a new logo this year. As well as hinting at the green of the outdoors, the logo also sits well alongside those of our partner organisations, showing that we’re a charity that needs to be taken seriously. 



The three words in our strap-line on our logo are create, discover and escape. Those three sum up the work of Artscape well, but they really do so because of what Mandie brings to the organisation: her creativity goes without saying; her willingness to discover new approaches and ways of working; and her capacity to enable the people we work with to escape from their isolation and social constraints. Once again this year, I want to express our heartfelt thanks to Mandie for making this all happen! 

## **Financial Review:** 

All income is restricted for projects currently being undertaken. We have been bought in to facilitate projects far more this last year with other external/partner organisations. 

## **Charities Policy on Reserves:** 

Statement of the financial statement including our policy on reserves remains set at £1500. 

## _Appendix 1_