Jannaty Women’s Social Society
Annual Report 2020-2021
Jannaty Women’s Social Society
Address: 225-229 Seven Sisters Road London N4 2DA. Email: contactus@jannaty.info
Registered Charity Number: 115114
Annual Report
2020-2021
At the start of our financial year in 2020 COVID-19 had already changed the entire world with communities adjusting to the impact on their daily lives and with many losses of loved ones in communities up and down the UK. Jannaty members experienced great loss. We know that more than 50 members of our Somali community passed away. The devastating losses combined with prolonged lockdown led to many families, young and old experiences multiple challenges. Financial, social, emotional and physical impacts. At Jannaty we continued to adapt and respond to the needs of our members. Keeping a close link with everyone and changing the way we communicated to more digital contact. In this report we detail our activities and continued response to the pandemic as well as the recognizing the incredible support we received from the community, our volunteers, our funders and other organizations. We also note the positive transition our members we were able to make once lockdown measures were eased, offering some opportunity to re-connect and enjoy the outdoors.
Sharing essential COVID-19 and vaccine communication
Jannaty worked with Healthwatch Islington and Public Health England to share vital information relating to the pandemic – staying safe through good hygiene practices, accessing support, contacting GP and other health services and later in the year communication about the vaccine in native languages including Arabic and Somali.
We were aware that COVID-19 was impacting BAME communities more adversely than the wider population and participated in the Local Leaders Forum, gaining vital information on how communities could protect themselves and access support, as well as reporting back gaps in services identifying un-met needs. Some members benefitted from learning strategies and tools to manage their mental health, as it became very challenging for a lot of people without contact with friends and family and spending so much time indoors.
Our community was kept up-to-date through one-to-one conversations, member’s meetings and via our social media platforms to help them make well informed decisions about taking the vaccine, dispelling myths and providing information about the ingredients to allow individuals to decide for themselves that the vaccine is safe.
We helped to dispel myths and stories shard on social media causing confusion and mistrust around the vaccines being offered, sharing recommended reading from BIMA (British Islamic Medical Association) available in community languages.
Helping hands - making reusable face masks
Islington Council funded our sewing course through lockdown allowing Jannaty members to gain a new skill, which will lead to better employment opportunities and provided and opportunity for local women from our sewing group to help their community, utilising their skills and time. Our reusable face masks were distributed to isolated and vulnerable residents through the Finsbury Park Women’s Group – a network of eight local women’s organisations.
Our sewing group was further supported by CRIPPLEGATE foundation’s ‘Fashion and Sustainability’ grant to continue teaching sewing craft and upcycling classes online. This encouraged our members to mend, repair and recycle old clothing, as we learnt that many were unable to go out due to shielding and some struggled to buy clothing as shops remained closed or were difficult to access.
Charity shop to pop-up soup kitchen & food bank
As part of our emergency response to COVID-19 we prepared and delivered food packages to local families, pre-cooked meals, hygiene packs, activity packs for children and vulnerable members (blind, disabled, single parents, long term health conditions, refugees and asylum seekers). Sponsored by the London Community Foundation. We contacted people directly on a regular basis for a friendly chat and to make sure they were getting the mental and medical health and wellbeing advice they needed in their respective languages, also in order to tackle isolation and exclusion.
We converted our charity shop into a pop-up soup kitchen which opened twice a week, providing the homeless and local families experiencing food poverty (due to the impact of the pandemic) with a hot meal. Our community support work continued with a partnership with Finsbury Park Mosque, where we delivered fruits and sweet desserts to complement the main meals being served by the mosque to local worshippers and visitors during the month of Ramadan.
Digital exclusion to inclusion
We partnered with Healthwatch Islington & Clarion Futures Digital Skills teams to share information and resources. We held digital skills sessions covering, Staying Safe Online and Parental Controls. Jannaty members were supported though our Arabic speaking digital champions to improve their digital skills and learn how to safeguard their information and their families. Topics covered included; dangers of the web, implementing Child net’s Family Agreement template, advising children to ‘never’ upload photos, etc, all of which helped parents who still had children at home for prolonged periods.
Jannaty supported Healthwatch Islington with research to collate information regarding the impact of COVID-19 on our communities and the impact of long COVID for people in the BAME community. We also conducted research to highlight the impact of COVID-19 on carers, those supporting family members in paid and unpaid capacity, recognising the hidden challenges faced by individuals due to COVID-19.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle – canvas bags for our community
Jannaty was supported by Islington Councils Local Initiative Fund to produce 1,000 canvas bags which are to be distributed to the community at our food bank. Our sewing group were able to meet back at our premises for face-to-face sessions as lockdown eased. The project encourages reducing waste and use of plastic bags, recycling materials to help save money and the environment.
Stabilising our operations
In the summer we are able to secure funding for two critical roles – Director and Operations Coordinator from the Muslim Charities Forum & Comic Relief Global Majority Fund. This funding provided some stability to the organisation, enabling Jannaty’s Director to be available to our members as their needs evolved as well as participating at leadership platforms to gain knowledge and share information about our community’s needs. We were able develop areas of work operations and delivery including; reviewing internal policies and procedure, organizing more events, developing our communication channels and social media platforms and seeking new funding opportunities. Our charity shop, like many high street stores, suffered in a significant drop in sales due to lockdown. We began to test out selling clothing from our charity shop online, via Instagram and setting up an online vinted store, this has been successful and we continue to build on this learning to generate more funds and stabilize the charity.
Summer trips to re-connect and recover
In the summer the Cripplegate Foundation supported our re-adjustment into a post-lockdown world. We organized trips for our members and were able to support our disabled members with specialist services including; one-to-one digital support champion, coffee mornings with a coach and hiring an accessible coach for our beach trips to ensure all our disabled members could take part and benefit from being in nature, offering much needed escapism. These trips were a great success involving the young, old, able and less-able, women from different communities and those with caring responsibilities, who were all able to have a well-deserved break and reconnect with one another.
Some feedback we received includes;
“We really enjoyed our trip and the atmosphere was amazing! Thank you for organising such a wonderful and memorable day"
“The trip was well organised, I am delighted to meet new people and make new friends. THANK YOU"
Moving forward
As we move forward and enjoy having less restrictions, we recognize that the world has significantly changed. Following our members survey we understand that our women want to enjoy more social activities. We have also learned that some families are still struggling due to the pandemic with prolonged health issues, lack of digital skills and access to employment. We endeavor to secure funds for our projects to continue providing social activities, wellbeing services and skills training in the coming year. Jannaty will also seek longer-term funding for core roles and overheads to ensure the limited funds we receive are spent on services for our members, working efficiently and learning from the feedback and engagement we have with our community.
| 'ANNATY | ||
|---|---|---|
| Contents | ||
| Reference andAdmini$raWeDetails | 1 | |
| StrateghReport | 2 | |
| Trustees'Report | 3 | |
| Statement ofTrusteed Regonsibilifies | 4 | |
| Independent Examine/sReport | 5 | |
| SbtementofFinancial Activities | 6 | |
| BalanceSheet | 7 | |
| l{otes to theFinancialSffiements | 8to15 |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| funds | funds | 202L | 2020 | ||
| l{ote | E | E | E | E | |
| Income andEndowments | from: | ||||
| Donationsandlegacies Charitableactivities Othertradingactivities |
3 4 5 |
2,560 161 12,237 |
47,363 | 2,560 47,524 t2,237 |
4,3'!,5 28,045 16,506 |
| Otherincome | 620 | 620 | |||
| TotalIncome | |||||
| Expenditure on: | |||||
| Raisingtunds | 5 | ||||
| Charitable activities | 7 | ||||
| TotalExpenditure | |||||
| Net(expenditure)/income | |||||
| Net movementinfunds | |||||
| ReconciliaUonof funds | |||||
| Total funds brought forward | |||||
| Totalfunds carriedforward | ___'-l,7n |
BafanceSheetasat3O |
September |
2O2L | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20.20 | ||
| E | E | ||
| Currentassets | |||
| Stocks | t2 | ||
| Cashatbankand inhand | |||
| 25,263 | L6,t7V | ||
| Creditors: Amountsfallingduewithinoneyear | 13 | (4,812) | (4,838) |
| iletassets | _?ry5l__11E9_ | ||
| Fundsofthe charity: | |||
| Restricted funds | |||
| Unrestrictedincomefunds | |||
| Unrestrictedfunds | |||
| Total funds |
| 3Incomefromdonationsand legacies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | |||
| funds | |||
| General EE |
Total 2O2L |
Total 20.20 2 |
|
| Donationsandlegacies; | |||
| Donationsfromindividuals | 995 | 996 | 4,315 |
| Grants, including capital grants; | |||
| Grantsfrom othercharities | 1,564 | 1,554 | |
| 2,560 | 2,560 | 4,315 |
| 4Incomefromcharitableactivities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | ||||
| funds | ||||
| Restricted | Total | Total | ||
| General | funds | 202L | 2o2 | |
| LondonCommunityFoundaUon | E | E | E | E |
| Womenactivities,Workshops& | ||||
| Training | 161 | 161 | 7,546 | |
| LBISUNGTON-COMMUNITYFUND | 3,143 | 3,143 | L0,500 | |
| AWARD4ALL | 10,000 | |||
| CRIPPLEGATE | 7,960 | 7,960 | ||
| LBISLINGTON{OVIDRENTGMNT | 8,000 | 8,000 | ||
| MUSUMCHARITIES | 9,000 | 9,000 | ||
| HEALTHWATCH ISLINGTON | 9,260 | 9,250 | ||
| LONDONCOMMUNITYFOUNDATION | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||
| ____tle_ | _____!l&_ | __28.p44._ |
| Unrestricted | ||
|---|---|---|
| funds | ||
| Total | Total | |
| General | 2021 | 20'20 |
| E | E | E |
| a)Cosb oftrading activities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UnresHcted | |||||
| funds | |||||
| Restricted | Total | Total | |||
| General | funds | 2o2L | 202 | ||
| E | E | E | E | ||
| Costsofgoodssold | 682 | ||||
| Tradingsubsidiary costs | 316 | ||||
| Wages andsalaries | 8 | 5,911 | 5,911 | ||
| Wages andsalaries | 8 | 6,048 | |||
| Rentandrates | 8 | 11,550 | 11,550 | 12,600 | |
| Insurance | I | 62r | 62r | 6t7 | |
| Printing,postageandstationery | 8 | 57 | 57 | ||
| Bankcharges | 8 | r68 | 168 | ||
| __!zES___1911 | _____-_1!g- | -_-20,263 |
| Unrestricted | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| funds | |||||
| Restricted | Total | Total | |||
| General | tunds | 2o2I | 20.2(, | ||
| Note | E | E | E | c | |
| Women activities, | |||||
| Workshops&Training | 4,640 | 9,823 | 13,453 | 5,233 | |
| Trainers fees | 4,905 | 4,905 | 4,434 |
| Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| funds | |||||||
| ResFicted | Total | Total | |||||
| General | funds | 202L | 2020 | ||||
| I{ote | E | C | E | 2 | |||
| Telephone andfax | 8 | 1,313 | 1,313 | 872 | |||
| Sundry expenses Motor expenses |
8 I |
156 t'tt |
156 1,148 |
(600) | |||
| Wages and salaries | 8 | 380 | 380 | ||||
| TrainercCost | 8 | 256 | 256 | ||||
| Casualwages Travelling |
8 I |
1,050 | 3,499- | 3,498 1,050 |
2,850 | ||
| Volunteer expenses | 8 | 2,001 | |||||
| Rentandrates | 8 | 5,517 | 5,5r7 | 5,363 | |||
| Repairsand | |||||||
| maintenance | 8 | 181 | 181 | ||||
| Computersoftwareand | |||||||
| maintenance costs | I | 200 | 200 | ||||
| Printing,postage and | |||||||
| stationery | I | 50 | 50 | 1,514 | |||
| KidsGifts | 8 | 374 | |||||
| TrainingFood, | |||||||
| Refreshments&Kids | |||||||
| Gifts | 8 | - | 2,701 | 2,lol | |||
| Covid ResponseFood, | |||||||
| Refreshments | 8 | 3,853 | |||||
| Legal and professional | |||||||
| fees | r3 | 13 | |||||
| IndependentExaminer's | |||||||
| remuneration | I | 625 | 625 | 625 | |||
| Othergovemance costs | 8 | 93 | 93 | 97 | |||
| Allocatedsupportcosts | 8 | 1,L77 | |||||
| _9,269____25,690 | ____34,%g | 27,793 |
| llTangiblefixedassets | ||
|---|---|---|
| Furnitureand | ||
| equipment | Total | |
| E | E | |
| Cost | ||
| AtIOctober 2020 | 7,162 | 7,t62 |
| At30 September2O2l | 7,162 | 7,162 |
| DepreciaUon | ||
| At1October 2020 | 7,162 | 7,t62 |
| At30 September 2021 | 7,t62 | 7,'!,62 |
| Netbook value | ||
| At30 September 2021 | ||
| At30 September 2020 |
| 202r | ||
|---|---|---|
| E | ||
| Stocks | ||
| 13Creditorc: amountsfallingduewithinoneyear | ||
| 2021 | 20.20 | |
| E | E | |
| Trusteescurrentaccounts | 4,2r2 | 4,213 |
| Accruals | 600 | 625 |
| Balanceat3O | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanceat1 | Resources | September | |||
| October2O2O | expended | 202r | |||
| E | C | E | |||
| Unresfictedfunds | |||||
| General | (11,339) | 22,239 | (4,679) | ||
| Restricted funds | 31,591 | (L5,772| | |||
| Totalfunds | ____111i€) | ||||
| 15 Analysisof net ftrnds | |||||
| AtIOctober | At 30 September |
||||
| 202(J -f |
C;ashflow C |
202L E |
|||
| Cashatbankand inhand | 15,527 | 9,086 | 24,613 | ||
| Netdebt | t5,527 | 9,096 | 24,513 |
| 'ANNATY | ||
|---|---|---|
| Contents | ||
| Reference andAdmini$raWeDetails | 1 | |
| StrateghReport | 2 | |
| Trustees'Report | 3 | |
| Statement ofTrusteed Regonsibilifies | 4 | |
| Independent Examine/sReport | 5 | |
| SbtementofFinancial Activities | 6 | |
| BalanceSheet | 7 | |
| l{otes to theFinancialSffiements | 8to15 |
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| funds | funds | 202L | 2020 | ||
| l{ote | E | E | E | E | |
| Income andEndowments | from: | ||||
| Donationsandlegacies Charitableactivities Othertradingactivities |
3 4 5 |
2,560 161 12,237 |
47,363 | 2,560 47,524 t2,237 |
4,3'!,5 28,045 16,506 |
| Otherincome | 620 | 620 | |||
| TotalIncome | |||||
| Expenditure on: | |||||
| Raisingtunds | 5 | ||||
| Charitable activities | 7 | ||||
| TotalExpenditure | |||||
| Net(expenditure)/income | |||||
| Net movementinfunds | |||||
| ReconciliaUonof funds | |||||
| Total funds brought forward | |||||
| Totalfunds carriedforward | ___'-l,7n |
BafanceSheetasat3O |
September |
2O2L | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 20.20 | ||
| E | E | ||
| Currentassets | |||
| Stocks | t2 | ||
| Cashatbankand inhand | |||
| 25,263 | L6,t7V | ||
| Creditors: Amountsfallingduewithinoneyear | 13 | (4,812) | (4,838) |
| iletassets | _?ry5l__11E9_ | ||
| Fundsofthe charity: | |||
| Restricted funds | |||
| Unrestrictedincomefunds | |||
| Unrestrictedfunds | |||
| Total funds |
| 3Incomefromdonationsand legacies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | |||
| funds | |||
| General EE |
Total 2O2L |
Total 20.20 2 |
|
| Donationsandlegacies; | |||
| Donationsfromindividuals | 995 | 996 | 4,315 |
| Grants, including capital grants; | |||
| Grantsfrom othercharities | 1,564 | 1,554 | |
| 2,560 | 2,560 | 4,315 |
| 4Incomefromcharitableactivities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | ||||
| funds | ||||
| Restricted | Total | Total | ||
| General | funds | 202L | 2o2 | |
| LondonCommunityFoundaUon | E | E | E | E |
| Womenactivities,Workshops& | ||||
| Training | 161 | 161 | 7,546 | |
| LBISUNGTON-COMMUNITYFUND | 3,143 | 3,143 | L0,500 | |
| AWARD4ALL | 10,000 | |||
| CRIPPLEGATE | 7,960 | 7,960 | ||
| LBISLINGTON{OVIDRENTGMNT | 8,000 | 8,000 | ||
| MUSUMCHARITIES | 9,000 | 9,000 | ||
| HEALTHWATCH ISLINGTON | 9,260 | 9,250 | ||
| LONDONCOMMUNITYFOUNDATION | 10,000 | 10,000 | ||
| ____tle_ | _____!l&_ | __28.p44._ |
| Unrestricted | ||
|---|---|---|
| funds | ||
| Total | Total | |
| General | 2021 | 20'20 |
| E | E | E |
| a)Cosb oftrading activities | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UnresHcted | |||||
| funds | |||||
| Restricted | Total | Total | |||
| General | funds | 2o2L | 202 | ||
| E | E | E | E | ||
| Costsofgoodssold | 682 | ||||
| Tradingsubsidiary costs | 316 | ||||
| Wages andsalaries | 8 | 5,911 | 5,911 | ||
| Wages andsalaries | 8 | 6,048 | |||
| Rentandrates | 8 | 11,550 | 11,550 | 12,600 | |
| Insurance | I | 62r | 62r | 6t7 | |
| Printing,postageandstationery | 8 | 57 | 57 | ||
| Bankcharges | 8 | r68 | 168 | ||
| __!zES___1911 | _____-_1!g- | -_-20,263 |
| Unrestricted | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| funds | |||||
| Restricted | Total | Total | |||
| General | tunds | 2o2I | 20.2(, | ||
| Note | E | E | E | c | |
| Women activities, | |||||
| Workshops&Training | 4,640 | 9,823 | 13,453 | 5,233 | |
| Trainers fees | 4,905 | 4,905 | 4,434 |
| Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| funds | |||||||
| ResFicted | Total | Total | |||||
| General | funds | 202L | 2020 | ||||
| I{ote | E | C | E | 2 | |||
| Telephone andfax | 8 | 1,313 | 1,313 | 872 | |||
| Sundry expenses Motor expenses |
8 I |
156 t'tt |
156 1,148 |
(600) | |||
| Wages and salaries | 8 | 380 | 380 | ||||
| TrainercCost | 8 | 256 | 256 | ||||
| Casualwages Travelling |
8 I |
1,050 | 3,499- | 3,498 1,050 |
2,850 | ||
| Volunteer expenses | 8 | 2,001 | |||||
| Rentandrates | 8 | 5,517 | 5,5r7 | 5,363 | |||
| Repairsand | |||||||
| maintenance | 8 | 181 | 181 | ||||
| Computersoftwareand | |||||||
| maintenance costs | I | 200 | 200 | ||||
| Printing,postage and | |||||||
| stationery | I | 50 | 50 | 1,514 | |||
| KidsGifts | 8 | 374 | |||||
| TrainingFood, | |||||||
| Refreshments&Kids | |||||||
| Gifts | 8 | - | 2,701 | 2,lol | |||
| Covid ResponseFood, | |||||||
| Refreshments | 8 | 3,853 | |||||
| Legal and professional | |||||||
| fees | r3 | 13 | |||||
| IndependentExaminer's | |||||||
| remuneration | I | 625 | 625 | 625 | |||
| Othergovemance costs | 8 | 93 | 93 | 97 | |||
| Allocatedsupportcosts | 8 | 1,L77 | |||||
| _9,269____25,690 | ____34,%g | 27,793 |
| llTangiblefixedassets | ||
|---|---|---|
| Furnitureand | ||
| equipment | Total | |
| E | E | |
| Cost | ||
| AtIOctober 2020 | 7,162 | 7,t62 |
| At30 September2O2l | 7,162 | 7,162 |
| DepreciaUon | ||
| At1October 2020 | 7,162 | 7,t62 |
| At30 September 2021 | 7,t62 | 7,'!,62 |
| Netbook value | ||
| At30 September 2021 | ||
| At30 September 2020 |
| 202r | ||
|---|---|---|
| E | ||
| Stocks | ||
| 13Creditorc: amountsfallingduewithinoneyear | ||
| 2021 | 20.20 | |
| E | E | |
| Trusteescurrentaccounts | 4,2r2 | 4,213 |
| Accruals | 600 | 625 |
| Balanceat3O | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanceat1 | Resources | September | |||
| October2O2O | expended | 202r | |||
| E | C | E | |||
| Unresfictedfunds | |||||
| General | (11,339) | 22,239 | (4,679) | ||
| Restricted funds | 31,591 | (L5,772| | |||
| Totalfunds | ____111i€) | ||||
| 15 Analysisof net ftrnds | |||||
| AtIOctober | At 30 September |
||||
| 202(J -f |
C;ashflow C |
202L E |
|||
| Cashatbankand inhand | 15,527 | 9,086 | 24,613 | ||
| Netdebt | t5,527 | 9,096 | 24,513 |