## ## ## ## ## ## |||||||SORP reframe|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary||ofthe purtposes|||of||To provide access tojustice for people in| |the charity|||as set out|in its|||detention
and those liable to be detained.| |governing||document|||||This isdone through the provision of| ||||||||informa1ion
and advice, legal| ||||||||representation,
advocacy, and research.| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those||||Pats 1.t7and
1.49|The Intervene Project relies on one full-time
employed
'Manager and up to20volunteer| |purposes||forthe public|||||caseworkers to provide our cilents wCh| |benefit,
in particular,||||the|||legal advice and'
,representation
on.a pro| |activities,||projects or|||||bono basis. We currently
support
around| |services|identified
in|||the|||200prisoners
(March 2922jwho attest they| |accounts.|||||||have faced abuse or neglect whilst in| ||||||||custody,| ||||||||We typicelly correspond
with clients via| ||||||||letter and, telephone conferences. We| ||||||||regularly
gather evidence, correspond
with| ||||||||potential
defendants,
draft Letter's Before| ||||||||Action, send Freedom of Information
and| ||||||||Subject Access Request's,
end write to the| ||||||||establishment
on the prisoner's
behalf.| ||||||||We strive to secure our clients| ||||||||compensation
and settlemarits
atthe pre-| ||||||||action stage where, possible. Where| ||||||||necessary, we will issue. County Court| ||||||||claims on behalf ofour client.| |Statement|||confirming||||It can be confirmed the trustees have had| |whether|the trustees|||have|||regard tothe guidance issued. by the| |had regard|||to the guidance||||Charity Commission
on public benefit.| |Issued by||the Charity|||||I,ntervena
Silly cornpiies with the 'benefit| |Commission|||on public||||aspect' and the 'public aspect'.| |benefit|||||||| |Addittlonal||information
(op5onai}|||||| |You ma|choose to include||||further statements||where relevant about:| |||||||soRp miierence|| |Polic
on|||rent makin|||Para t.38|NA| |Policy on|Policy on|social investment|social investment|social investment|Para 1**.**38|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |including||program||related||| |Investrn|en't|||||| |Contribution|||made by|||Much ofthe casework undertaken
by the| |volunteers||||||Intervene project is completed
by our| |||||||Manager and 20volunteers.
The| |||||||volunteers
are typically
Iaw students
who| |||||||apply towork with us. Our clierits gain the| |||||||benefit ofthe pro bono caseworkers'
legal| |||||||knowledge,
whereas the volunteers| |||||||experience the day-to-day
management
of| |||||||a variety of civil Iaw cases, The| |||||||experiences the volunteers
gain often aids| |||||||thieir employability
into future careers as| |||||||solicitors and barristers.| |||||||Additionally,
we are working
with research| |||||||students to raise awareness
ofthe issues| |||||||our' clients face by way ofa research paper| |||||||and dhveloping aregular blog to further| |||||||promote the work undertaken.| |Achiev|e|me|nts|and Performance||| |Summary||of|the main||Para 1.20|The volume ofcasework and clients| |achievements|||ofthe charity,|||Ihtervene takes on is exponentially| |identifying||the dileerence the||||increasing,
due to the extent ofdemand
for| |charity's work has made ta
the circumstances
ofits||||||our services. We strive to assist all clients,
whether referred to us from Kesar 5Co| |beneficiaries|||and|any wider||Solicitors orwho approach
us directly,| |benefits|tosociety asa|||||provided
their case falls within our ambit| |whole.||||||and they can demonstrate
adegree of| |||||||finariclal need. We anttcipate the need for| |||||||our service
wi'll continue to increase due to| |||||||the frequency
ofabuses within the prison| |||||||system.| |||||||Intervene
has doubled
its volunteer
intake| |||||||over the past year. The Charity is never| |||||||short ofapplications
from talented
law| |||||||students
who wish to offer their legal| |||||||knowledge to our clients.
Our volunteers| |||||||typically
remain with us for an average of| |||||||three months,
and usually
only leave once| |||||||they have secured a paid legal position| |||||||elsewhere. Each ofour volunteers| |||||||contributes
one full day per week and the| |||||||work they undertake
counts towards their| |||||||qualifying
work experience
should they| |||||||pursue the new solicitors SQE qualification.| |||||||The Manager is responsible
for aSsessing| |||||||all corres ondence and casework| ## |produced
by the volunteers
before it is sent| |---| |out. Intervene also continues to allow| |volunteers
to apply their knowledge
to live| |cases and to gain experience ofactive| |case management| |We have had success In s variety of| |matters,
helping
clients receive improved| |dental care, healthcare
and mental| |healthcare
in prison, regain property| |improperly
retained
by police forces and| |prison staff, receive compensation| |payments
for lost property
and medical| |negl'Igence,
gain appropriate
prison| |employment,
secure transfers
to alternative| |prisons, appeal adjudicatlona,
be placed on| |rehabilitation
courses, stop obstructions
to| |their communications
with famiIy arid legal| |representatives,
and issue claims 'in the| |County Court that have Ied to substantial| |Pa.rt 36offers,
.In each ease we tike on, we| |defiend our client's human
rights. - Pursuing| |these cases can help dnve. refoim
in prison| |policy such that the circumstances
giving| |rise to abuses or neglect will not be| |repeated.| |The charity has focussed most of its efforts| |on the pre-action stages ofclaims. Thus,| |we have submitted
numerous
LBAs, and| |regularly
send detailed correspondence
to| |Governors
outliming the various injustices| |faced by our clients. We have taken many| |cases to the Prison and Probation| |Gmbudsmian
for investigation.
,Further,| |when we deem the merits ofa case justify| |Iitigation, we issue cases in the county| |courts. Nfe have instructed
medical experts| |and barriisters to help In some eases.| |Throughout
the process safeguarding
and| |safer custody are ofthe upmost importance| |and immediate
steps.are takin to ensure| |their wellbeing
is maintained.
We engage
with adult social care and Se independent| |advocacy providers toensure their| |statutory
rights around care and treatment| |are Upheld.
ThiS further iielpS with the. pre-| |action stages ofa claim and quite often will| |help toresolve the immediate
situation| |effectively.| |Intervene
corNnues to employ a full-time| |manager to manage the chancy, casework,| |and volunteers.
This has enabled
an| |increase
in the volume ofclients the| |Charity is.able totake on. It has also| |allowed
Intervene to expand its research| |and awareness
raising to the promote the| |im rovements
re uiredwithin
the le el aid| |'Petformance
offundraising
activities against objectives|'Petformance
offundraising
activities against objectives|'Petformance
offundraising
activities against objectives|Pars 1.41|Intervene
donations|Project relies heavily on
in order to fund Its casework.| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |set|||||| |||||It also relies on the generous
support af|| |||||Kesar 8 Co Solicitors, who provide office|| |||||space and|resources.
Many ofthe clients| |||||donate to|the Charity, and occasionally| |||||Intervene|receives financial support
from| |||||successful
Conditional|cases stemming
from
fee agreements
and Damage-| |||||based agreements.|| |||||ln order to|fundiaise,
Intervene
has| |||||expanded|its social netrivorking
presence,| |||||attracting
donors and appllcatiofI8
frofYl|| |||||volunteers|throu
h an increase
in
osts.| |Investment|perfiormance||||| |against objectives|||||| |Other|||||| |Review ofthe charity's|||Para 1.21|Charity confinues|Charity confinues|Charity confinues|Charity confinues|with a steady stream of|with a steady stream of|with a steady stream of| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |financial
position atthe|end|||donations|||sufficient||to support|its needs.| |ofthe
eriod||||||||||| |Statwnent
expLaining the||||No reserves held||||||| |policy for holding reserves||||||||||| |statin
wh
the. are held||||||||||| |Amo0nt ofreserves held|||Para 1.22|KQ||||||| |Reasons forholding zero||||Overheads|||are covered by Kesar 8Co|||| |reserves||||Solicitors||asa donation.||||| |l3etails offund materially||in|Para 1.24|||||||| |d88clt||||||||||| |Explanation
ofany|||Para 1;23|||||||| |unoertainties
about the||||||||||| |charity continuing
asagoing||||||||||| |concern||||||||||| |Additional
information|toptional)|||||||||| |You ma
choose to include||further statements||where|relevarit about|||||| |The charity's
principal|||Para 1AT|||||||| |sources offunds (including||||||||||| |any fundraisiny)||||||||||| |ilnvestment
policy and||||||||||| |objectives including
any||||||||||| |social investment
policy||||||||||| |adopted||||||||||| |A description
ofthe principal||||Wfith|the continuing||||cuts being|made to the| |nsks facing the charity||||Legal|Aid,||Cnminal|Juibce system and the||| |||||contentious|||nature|ofthe work||undertaken,| |||||obtaining||mere funding to continue as a||||| |||||oin|concernis a hi hrisk.|||||| |Other||||||||||| ## ## |Description
ofcharity's||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:||||| |Type ofgoverning
document||Articles ofAssociation||| |trust deed, ro al charter||||| |How is the charity|Para 125|Charitable|incorporated|Organisation| |conStituted'?||||| |(e.g., unincorporated||||| |association,
CIO||||| |Trustee seiection methods||Trustees are appointed||by elected| |iricludirig
details ofany||members||| |con85tutioncH
pfovlslons||||| |e.g., e'lection to post or||||| |name. ofany person or body||||| |entitled
'to appoint one or||||| |more trustees||||| ## ## ## |mes|ofthe charity tru|ofthe charity tru|stees Mo manage|the charity||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Trustee name||' Ofhce Ofany)|Dates acted Ifnot forwhole|Name
toa|ofperson (or
oint trustee|body) entitled
an|'| ||Jacob Smith||Chair|'2R /5 m~2- ~md&|Aa~b~|||| ||Rodhey Austi, n||, Secretiry|||||| ||Matt Sands||Treasurer|||||| ||Emma McClure||Fundraiser|-Xt'3'ILIA||||| ||Goran Josipovic||Chair|||||| ||Rosemary|HilL|Secretary|||||| ||Eric Hill||Treasurer|||||| |8||||||||| |10||||||||| |11||||||||| |12||||||||| |13||||||||| |14||||||||| |15||||||||| |16||||||||| |17||||||||| |18||||||||| |19||||||||| |20||||||||| |Funds held as cust|odi| |---|---| |Descrip6on ofthe assets|| |held.iri this capacity|| |Name and objects ofthe|| |charity an whose behalf|the| |assets are held and how|this| |falls within the custodian|| |charity's objects|| |l3etails ofarrangements|for| |safe cUstody and|| |segreyation
ofsuch.assets|| |from the charity's
own|| |assets|| ## |Type of|Name|Add,ress| |---|---|---| |adviser||| ## ## ## ## |||Raceip8s and'|Paylnenta
Ac|Paylnenta
Ac|count||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||Finanohl Statements|ForThe Year||Ended|31Ilarch|2022| ||||Slates|umsseteted||Rsstnstsd|TOtaI| |||||Funds||Funds|| |||||||8|K| |Msccredos|||||||| |Professional|fees||||2,852||| ||||||880||| ||||||||$,788| |P///El'|||||||| |Professionel|diabuntements||||||| |Computers/Maintenance|||||1,198||1,198| |Yotuntssr expenses|||||||| ||||||||2,003| |Excessofreceipts over payments|||||'I,788||'1„788| |Cash at bank and In hand||1 April 20RI|||7,857||7,867| |Cash at bank and 'in hand||%glarch 2022|||||| |Represented|hy."-||||||| |Comrnunity|Account||||||| |Deposit Account||||||||