PLYMOUTH HOPE ANNUAL REPORT AND RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT FOR YEAR ENDED FEBRUARY 2021 Charit Number.. 1153472 ani ramme Address & Membershi Mana ement Commlttee David Feindouno Founder & Chair (Trustee) Liza-marie Barry Vice-chair {Trustee) Akim Madimba Treasurer {Trustee appointed 8 January 2021) Kandas Dougouno- Head of Sports (Trustee) Vicklor Brelsfor Digital & IT Officer {not Trustee) Address Plymouth Hope CIO The Plot, 80-84 Union Street Plymouth. PL13EZ Tel.'1+44101752 289071 Tel.. (+44107715673572107729106873 info mouthho 11 w: www. mouthho e.or .uk e.com pi mouth Ho e Social media es Twiller.. htt s=Iltwitt8r.comlPI mouthho Facebook: htt s:Ilwww.facebook.coml I moulhho efc Inslragram.. htt ram.coml I mouthho eintemationall Fundralsln Local Giving- htt s'.Illocal ivin Icharit I I mouthho efcl Membershi
Sported. UK., POP Refugee Asylum Seekers Network {Plymoulhl', National FA Football for Refugees network., Active Devon. Devon FA; POP Ideas Sport network & RAS network (Plymoulhl,. Football Welcome Refugees (Amnesty Intemalional)., Plymouth Physical Activity Nelwork., Street Football,. FARE network- Erasmus members. Overview 2020 was certainly a very active, dynamic and impactful year for our organisation. In this report, we highlight some of our proudest achievements from the past year. We are very conscious that none of this work would have been possible without the incredible support we enjoyed from many individua15, organisalions and funding bodies over the course of the year. I would therefore lik8 to take this opportunity lo thank everyone who made our wort( possible throughout 2020 and beginning of 2021. We are incredibly grateful to our funders and supporters who funded our work or made financial contributions including the Rank Foundation. the National Lottery Fund, the People Health Trust, the Tudor Trust, The BBC Children in Needs, Refugee Action & Comic Relief, Sported UK, Plymouth City Council, Devon Community Foundation. ODILS, the Clolhworkers Foundation to name a few. Their collaboration in addition to the financial support has been invaluable. Sinceresl thanks also lo all of our fantasti¢ team members, volunteers, advisors, trustees. partner organisations, supporters and individual donors. And of course, the public who have conts'nued to trust us to support our community and lake action to address inequalities. The pandemic has also coincided with the need to move offices away from the East End Resource Centre to Plot {managed by Nudge Community Builders) as things open up, we are hoping to welcome everyone lo our new base where we are hoping lo have our doors open five days per week for beneficiaries needing general information and guidance and have a permanent advice room as we embed Asylum guide and help cover advice gaps in the city. Thanks to our supporters and funders, we are well-equipped and resourced to continue our work as Plymouth largest provider of activities and wellbeing support to ethnic minority populations with a special focus on children and young people. It was also the year we innovated and run 8 Vlrtual festival thank you to our Iraditional supporters of Ihat events and joined by many community organisations for making11 possible. The environment for true social cohesion in the UK is getting no easier as we fa the aftermath as the Brexlt, tensions between communities as our society struggles with identity crisis and we continue face the debate Black Lives Matter Vs All Lives Matter. As an organisalion with core principles lo foster community cohesion we have continued to see deeper divisions and many smaller communities finding a safely nel away from any form of discrimination by further isolating themselves. This hostile environment amidst existing policies will make our work more vital than ever for the members and communities who depend on what we do. We will be doing lols of ¢onsult81ion to come up with the best way of working going fo)ward. Learning from the past year, we will combine the best part of online and face to face as far as resource restrictions allow. I would like lo thank Katherine Williams and Clarisse Feindouno who have led our team of staff lo drive through the covid lockdown and implemented all the necessary changes enabling us to respond well. I have been learning a lot and I have a wonderful team around me that's extremely supportive. As Chair, I have appreciated much more the dedication and selftess work of my fellow Trustees and the dedication of slaff, volunteers, and members. Davld Feindouno, Founder & Chair of the Management Commlttee Our Ob e¢tlves
'The charitable oblectives remained lailored within our core founding principles and mainly for the benefit and interest of the public and theSr communities. To promote community participation in healthy recreation by providing facilities and coaching for the playing of sport and football. This is to be done through the delivery of our strategy Play & sport and development plan To promote social in¢lu8ion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving Ihe needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them lo integrate into society. For the purpose of this clause "socially excluded" means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one or more of the following factors.. Unemployment., financial hardship- youth or old age., ill health {physical or mental),. substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs. discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin. religion, belief, creed, sexual orienlalion or gender re-assignment. poor educational or skills attainmenl., relationship and family breakdown. poor housing (Ihal is housing that doe8 not meet basic habitable standards. crime {eilher as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into socielyl. The promotion of racial harmony for the public benefit by.. promoting knowledge and mutual understanding between different racial groups. advancing education and raising awareness about different racial groups to promote good relations between persons of different racial groups. Working towards the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of race. The relief of poverty, advancement of education and the relief of sickness and preservation of health, primarily but not exclusively in Sub-saharan Africa, by the provision of grants, items and services to individuals in need andlor charilies, or other organisalions working to further such charitable purposes. Beneficlarles Plymouth Hope has 8 bottom up and beneficiaries centered approach and we take advantage of having board members from the newly arrived in Plymouth and the host community. Although we aim to focus on reaching out to asylum seekers, refugees, black and ethnic minorities groups, we also reach out to the host community. For example, primary participants in our youth programme have been young refugees, children and young people from the economically less disadvantaged areas of the city. Among other beneficiaries from our projects are international students, people not In employment. older people, and women. Using our expertise, we do contribute lo the work of both statutory agencies and the voluntary sector. We compliment their work by building links between agencies and our primary beneficiaries. Based on our database, we have continued to reach out to and support Ihe same target groups refugees, asylum seekers. We have also had a strong participation from other background includlng the following.. Children and young people from the local comrnunily other ethnic Minority IBAME and International sludenlsl Other adults {Though the Festival engagement and participation) We have had an increase attendance from resettlement families. Good Pyactice volunteer mana emont and safe uardln
Our volunteers were crucial in enabling us lo respond lo the covid 19 crisis as faced beneficiaries who were simply cut off from receiving standard frontline services. Volunteers became the link between those needing support and the support available, they played an essential role in ensuring each beneficiary we previously supported was reached and continued to re1ve regular wellb8ing calls throughout Ihe lockdown period. Thank you to our funders, all volunteers were equipped with appropriate IT equipment's. mobile top ups to make that work possible. We were able to provide some thank you gift cards lo show our gratitude. Our policies were all reviewed in January 2021 and thank to the Lloyds Foundation Enhance programme, our tearn of staff have engaged with different expert and consultants to adapt our policies and mostly review their implementation. Safeguarding adult and children- volunteer mutual agreement., vulnerable adull,. data protection,. confidentiality., expenses., information sharing., Accident reporting,. Anti-Bullying procedures,. complaints policy., Information sharing,. storing information- Equal opportunities. health & safety policy., retention and storage of information- complaint policy. We have managed to further develop more policies as we adjust to online delivery. Partnershi 51NetworkslMembershi We would not have managed to achieve so much during Ihis pandemic without Ihe trust and collaboration we have had within the sector 8nd across different networks. We were really pleased to see us recognized by our primary sectors and networks (refLJgees, ethnic minority, and other relevant local authorities, bodies) as Plymouth Hope was entrusted to lead on essential work and lead on key projects such.. The conneclivity project on behalf of the refugees and asylum seekers network Activities pack parcels project forming a partnership with Open Doors Language School, the Red Cross and Redeemer church providing parcels to tens of families Covid 19 communities, awareness sessions on a local Radio Educational programme and online support liaising with schools and food providers We have consolidated our erational sectors: Nudge Community; Street Factory-, University of Plymouth., British Red Cross., Diversity Business Incubator. Plyrnouth Community Homes., Students and Refugees Together,. Devon & Cornwall RefLJg8e Support. Open Doors International Language School,. Plymouth Racial Equality Council. Devon & Cornwall Poli, Plymouth City Council Connection teams, Youth Services and Sport Development team,. ASR Mental health team, Calstock Village., The East End Trust,. P5ymouth Play Association., Street Factory. Dixon Latino Dan. Thank you to POP + and members from the children and young people network- sport network,. Refugees & Asylum Seekers network as we continued to play an a¢tive role as an active member. artnershi s includin man or anisations across different Overseas, we have gradually continued to gel involved with similar work happening abroad working with branches on the ground as well as gelling involved with few sports & educations related dev.elopment agencies. Our team joined fundraislng initiatives to help raise fund to support few schools abroad. Advo¢a¢ work Due to the pandemic all our face-lo-face commStmenl lo deliver awareness raising workshops were cancelled. Our team joined the work to help raised awareness on race related matters and the debate around Black Lives Matters intensified. We were proud of our board members who joined different platforms, radio programmes to talk and share aboul our work of bringing
people together and how important social cohesion is. We are proud of our founder who has work and consolidated experience leading our strategic work has led to the birth of the MidGround #EmbracingOurDifferences, a programme aimed al raising awareness, allowing debate with the view of having all parties and component of society with a difference of opinion and those who remain divided to find a common ground, to find a midpoint where they can agree and accept to live in a coheslve society. Our ear deliverin su ort: This year has been our busiest in the number of beneficiaries we supported, the number of activities we run and organized and project delivery relaled meetings. Internally many have called it the Plymouth Hope city lake over. Trainin 15 volunteers have undertaking safeguarding training 10 volunteers have undertaking project management training 8.volullteers have taken the Practical Sport Delivery training {Risk Assessment} 5 staff received volunleer management Iraining 15 staff and volunteers attended digital trainings (how to use zoom., Microsoft team., safe online delivery) staff and volunteers continued to receive regular upshot training on data recording 3 Irustees attended project management training 2 trustees attended safe fundraising training External Events.. Our founder delivered 10 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion trainings to different organisations We held 15 workshops about diversity in schools Risk review As Trustees we have 8 duty lo identify and review the risks to which the charily is exposed and to ensure appropriate controls are in place lo provide reasonable assurance against errors and not meeting our management targets {including the good management of any resources given lo the organisationl. The Trustees re¢ognise the importance of identifying and putting in place effective arrangements for the management of risk. A Risk Register has been established and has been approved by the Board of Trustees.11 is kept under regular review by the Board of Trustees and any changes to risk are reviewed at Trustees meetin9. Financial risks associated with reducing income streams from grants funding has led lo continued discussions on the diversification of funding and activities. Where appropriate, systems or procedures have been in. place to diminish the risk the charity faces. Ensurin our work delivers our aims We review our aims, objectives and activities regularly and at least annually. Each review looks at what we achieved and the outcomes of our work in the previous months. The review measures Ihe success of each key activity and the benefits they have brought to those groups of people we are set up to help. In p8rticular, the IrLJStees consider how planned activities will contribute to the aims and objectives of Plymouth Hope. In 2021, w8 were able to bring onboard a number of advisors members. We also further refined and strengthened role descrSptions for the core team, ensuring efficient working relationships with ample opportunity for organisalional development and sustainability. We moreover developed additional organisational policies and procedures, ensuring the charity is steered in the right direction, in line with charity laws and best practices. We continuously review the composition of our group of advisors and pool of volunteers to ensure a broad range of skills and expertise, and diversity and incluslon.
We have also taken steps to progress our registration with the Office of Immigralion Advisory Services IOISC) with the aim lo have standard casework practice in place, have well trained caseworkers and volunteers with the ability and the right training to assess our benefioi8ries' queries and sign post them where appropriate. Safeguarding The work of Plymouth Hope brings staff and volunteers into direct contact with children and other groups of vulnerable individuals in a range of crisis situations. The Trustees acknowledge their role in ensuring thal the charily's safeguarding policy continues lo be adequate, up-to-date and implemented. Risk Mana ement Risk assessments are cathed out on a regular basls ahead of organising any activity and other major activities. The Board of. Trustees has moreover developed and approved a risk management policy to cover the organisation's aclivilies more broadly, induding financial and fundraising related risks. Covid-19 risk mana ement and res onse The unpredented challenges brough on by the global pandemic. which has caused such devastation across the globe, has also fLJndamentally changed the way our sector works, interacts, and operates. At Plymouth Hope, we have thankfully been able to quickly 8dapt our organisational strategy to these new realities and continued our social integration, social cohesion, and advocacy work. Since the beginning of the pandemic, thank you to our adaptability and funders who supported our changes, the impact of Ihis new situation on the Charity has been minimal and is monitored closely. All team members are adequately equipped and are working remotely from their respective homes if necessary, and are clearly and explicitly inslrucled to follow the Government's rules and guidelines closely. The team is functioning well from a working environment perspective. As for the Charills advocacy and workp18n, the team has quickly been able to adapt this to the Coronavirus context, and are involved andlor leading on covid-19 related advocacy work alongside other froNlline agencies in the sector lo ensure that the human rights of displaced people are upheld within this uncertain and unprecedented situation and their integration In a reality. We are hence continuing to work towards our charilable objectives in an unobstructed manner. We do not foresee that the situation will impact negatively on our ability to maintain guaranteed income or raise future grants, except physical events where we have had donations made in previous years. We are providing self-care and wellbeing resources for staff members, to support them throughout this difficult time. Our highlight of adaplabilily and response are.. Food distribution programme for all school age children Support provided to small community organisations (we distributed some fund reiVed from the Devon Community Foundation) Set up of an emergency outreach visit team (responsible to undertaken shopping and medical prescription collection) Launch the Conneclivily Project (installing mifi in asylum seekers accommodations in Plymoulhl Food programme vouchers scheme Access to IT and Digital Idigtribulion of gadgets and IT materials) Covid 19 awareness raising session (online Campaign with regular hourly update on our website and all social media platforms) Design and delivery of physical activities online Set up of children and young people Active Support telephone lin8 Covid 19 response task force composed of staff, volunteers and Iruslees supported by few beneficiaries
Achievements and Performance In 2020, Ihe organisation ability to adapt and be resilienl in the face of crisis and implemgnting contingency plans were pul lo a real test. As mostly 8 contact and face to face delivery organisalion, we would have suspended everyihing. But thanks to volunteers, staff and trustees who teamed up to rapidly adapt and find ways to continue being there our beneficiaries in moment of crisis, we have our maturity by meeting that test. We continued to receive praise and positive feedback across the voluntary sector on how handling of the crisis. On behalf of the Refugees and Asylum seekers network, we were trusled with the role of the lead communicator in raising covid 19 awareness and ensuring key essentl81 information reach out to asylum seekers, refugees, and other vulnerable migrants in the right government guidance format and in different languages. We were proud of the role we played in supporting young people during the Black Lives Maller movement periods of public protests following the death of George F5oyds and we prevented tens of incidents. We were commended by tens of schools for the role we played through our educational and outreach programme by becoming a liaison between schools and many families as communication links were cut off as well as for innovation our homework support by changing the delivery to an online format, this reaching out to tens of children, young people, and families. Thank you to generous donors, we were able lo set up an outreach system enable our volunteers equipped with handsel to liaise with beneficiaries and lake support queries from the public. As part of our efforts to diversity funding streams and find a permanent space for physical activity, we were able to invest in starting a internal printing company and in wellbeing centre (Boxing Gym) by taking over an printing company centre. Financial mana ement Day-to-Day Financial Management are handled by our treasurer who has pul guidance in place a trained staff management team on handling petty cash, providing evidence of expenditures, managing individu81 project budget. Thanks lo an accountant joining otjr board, we have now moved the day to day management on Xero accounting software Duties relating to the payroll are outsourced to an external company. Our ear In numbers 27 women online conversations 144 women online exercise session 18 online youth club 122 Mixed Exercise sessions •• 48 volunteer meellngs (online) 207 participated in Park physical Exercise sessions 15 Focus groups connectivity project 5• 7 programmes review meetings were organised 144 primary and secondary school age children received online education support 22 children received EAL support (English as an Additional Language) Over 12600 covid 19 support assessment calls made & received Over 2000 wellbeing checks calls were made Over 100 home outreach visit calls were completed £5000 Aldi vouchers purchased and distributed %• 650 food parcels dislributed 4• 50 Clothing vouchers were distributed 208 Food shopping requests for 85 individuals Top-up vouchers worth £1200 provided to 12 volunteers 17 laptops purchased and distributed lo beneficiaries 8 laptops purchased for staff to support covid 19 response 9 smartphones purchased to support covid 19 response Internet connectivity provided in 79 asylum seekers accommodations
•> Over 250 individuals received internet connection enabling them to slay connect, avoid loneliness & isolation 55 parents received Introduction to the UK educational system 360 engaged in at least 2 hours physical activity during the year Monitorin & Evaluation We continuously monitor and evaluate our work against our charitable objectives, keeping track through a monthly review of our work and impact. To measure success against our objectives, we are monitoring and measuring a number of aspects. including but not limited to.. number of reports disseminated and our social media activity including a newsletter. Thanks to the reporting lool UPSHOT funded by the Rank Foundation, we have continued to utilise il to record each and every activity and action we deliver. In addition to this, we have maintained our approach to remain a needled organisation and as such our focus on organising focus groups regrouping beneficiaries and volunteers was excelled, for example we run few sessions online where asylum seekers in different accommodations were able lo lake part and tell us about the connectivity project and raise any difficulties. Beneficiaries.. Based on our dalabase, we have continued to reach out to and support the same target groups refugees, asylum se8kers. We have also had a strong participation from other background including the following.. Children and young people from the local community other ethnic Minority (BAME and International students) Other adults {Though the Festival engagement 2nd participation) We have had an increase attendance from reseltlemenl families. Media reach & Social media im The start of this year coincides almost with the first lockdown when our communication and social media strategy was reviewed lo focus on covid awareness and prevention effort. Our media and communication team spent an incredible amount of lime building content and ensure of a regular presence on social media reaching Ihous8nds of people with key and essential covid 19 messages. act pi MHO e Festival 2021 Virtual Event Despite the pandemic Plymouthians wanted to see some form of celebration to mark the spirit and moments that has brought people together for community cohesion for a decade. With our supporters, the team decided lo run a virtual festival. We are proud to have run the first virtual event of its kind in the city with a total live engage of over 5000 people. We run two events online, the first of 4 full hours with adivities, sessions COV8ring music, traditional dance, cultural food cooking. This saw the contribution and participation of different community groups showcasing their cultures and traditions and performers represented were Sudanese,. Eritreans,. Kurdish Iraq., Rwanda., DRC Congo., Syria., Nigeria. Ghana. 0rt4Education & S 0rt41nte ration.. Following a 8UCC8ssful delivery of the Sport41nlegration programme, we initiated Sport4EducatSon aimed al using sports to enhanced educational performances of participants as well as help boost Ihelr attendance in language classes. Sport4Education continued to be delivered alongside new aclivilies. Combining the delivery of bolh programme has enabled us lo continue delivering our overall wellbeing projects but also impact social change and foster integration.
We continued with delivering all expected projects aclSvlties and exeded expected outcomes. We reach more people than our initial target We work and supported our primary benefsciaries Many other people from different social characteristics benefited from the work mainly other smaller ethnic minority groups as well as young people from the most deprived area of the city- We have established new partnerships and new referral org2niz8tions including.. Local aulhorilies, departments, including the Sports Development Unit, strategic Commissioning, Youth Services, community connection teams And the Children, Young People and Family Services of Unaccompanied Asylum- Seeking Children (UASC) Young Devon including Plymouth Foyer NeY formed grassroots community groups by country of origins worked closely with us as the message of meaningful integration reached leaders and members. We maintained and strenglhen existing partnerships: British Red Cross. Devon and Cornwall Refugee 5UPPOrt', students and Refugees Together., Open Doors Intemalional language school. Plymouth and Devon Racial Equality Council- Plymoulh Access to Housing We have a week full of activities,. all refugees agencies are referring to us and we are recognised for our expertise to provide sport, physical activities for a social purpose. Refugees took ownership in what we do as they have gradually formed solid network of friendships and support as per each of our sessions. We concluded that this is a programme and model of delivery to be conlinued as long as Plymouth remains a welcoming city for refugees"simply because we are at the centre of keeping refugees actlV8, connecting and empowering them. Our challenges to maintain such model that has proven lo be successful is the retention of sessional workers and volunleers despite the investment to train them, having 8 coordinator and sessional workers enabled us to maintain core key activities to follow and do participation progress timelines. We identified gaps in lack of provision of service to unaccompanied asylum seeker. But we have InltSaled talks with Refugee Action to be part of their asylum guide scheme. This category needs Ihe provision of SeICe, advice. We are currently actively keen to sustain this project, the learning, experience and impact for asylum seekers and refugees has been tremendous. As 8 result of this projects. an alliance has just been born called Refugees Sport & Wellbeing alliance which is aimed al bringing together organisalions across tho UK delivering similar work and with the goal to set up a similar progrgmme in asylum dispersal cilies to support the effective integration of refugees through the theme Active Communities logelher. Connectivi Pro ect Initially partnered with DCRS and supported by partners, we have conlinued the conneclivily project providing internet is almost all a$uM seekers accommodations in PSymoulh. The UK government house asylum seekers in homes without television, no TV license and no internel. During the first lockdown. it became apparent that people living in those homes were cut off
from the outside wodd and they were facing serSous isolation 8nd loneliness. Many families were unable to get their children to follow school programmes delivered online. Our team worked hard to fundraise fund for the first initial six months. Our impact report showed that this project had lo be wntinued lo prevent mental health arid ensure people were accessing services. We have made an engagement lo continue providing internet for the next two years. The programme has mainly been funded by the Rank Foundation,. Plymouth City Council.. The Livewell Foundation. Open Doors International Language School IODILS),. The N81ion81 Lottery and funds donated by generous individuals through QLJr crowfunding campaigns run by our slaff. Our team will continue with fundraislng appeals to ensure the two years contract is fully paid for. Non- Contset Boxin Partnershi Though Active Devon, we formed a partnership with Empire Fighllng Chance and acquired a license to hold our own training centre. Empire fighting chance have also advocated for our work and through one of their corporate donors they donated 10 laptops to support our office and online delivery. Adults Edu¢atlon & Onllne Learnin Thank you to our funders the BBC children in Need local manager, we were inlroduced to The Good Thing Foundation who funded some laptop and internel connection for few families. We have partnered with them and joined their online learning centre with the view lo facilitate access to learning for many of our benefici8ries. This online plafform has been actively promoted among our users. As lum Guide We were privileged to have been selected by refugee Action to join seven other organisations across the UK to implement and expand Asylum Guide. As Ihe only project representative in Plymouth, it has been great delivering this programme lo support asylum seekers. Asylum Guide came in very handy to not only reduce the anxiely asylum seekers go through due lo the lack of knowledge of the asylum system they are navigating through but has also complemented our existing delivery. This programme is funded via Refugee Action by Comic Relief as part of a global migration support inilialive. Asylum Guide has three delivery pathways.. Asylum Guide as per Refugee Action embedded programme is to empower asylum seeker by acquiring information and knowledge needed to navigate the system. This element of delivery also comprises of forming a group of experts by Experience from all seven providers who constitute a national advocacy group with the aims to raise advocacy point and feedback changes that need to be implemented to better the system EBES constitute a national voice Asylum Guide beneficiaries. wellbeing. Thank you lo Tudor Trust who have funded an expansion of the programme, the second element Is to ensure that each individual receiving asylum guide information and guidance has the opportunity to engage in our wellbeing programme, these are sports, physical & social activities as well as psychosocial support. Asylum Guide Volunteering is aimed al facilitating the plament of asylum seekers in various volunteering opportunities and where possible they can be introduced to a befriender, someone willing lo support their integration in the new community. Financial sustainabilit & Print4Good Our commitment to diversify funding streams as well as building on enterprise initiatives, we io
have taken a loan from our bank to invest in taking over a printing company. This has seen us within two months reduce our budget for workwear. The board will continue lo work with staff to have a business plan to achieve our aims of having an independent printing initiative called Print4Good to reduce out production cost but also explore an income revenue stream. We have had donors willing lo support our enterprise venture and these donations will be used to repay the108n, allowing us time to have a fully funclionlng commercial venture. Ho Exerelce 8oxin We have welcomed the launch of a boxing gym following 8 partnership and series of training with our partners Empire Fighting Chance. Non-contact boxing sport has been introduced as a combination of acquiring physical fitness as well as psychosocial support. We continue to raise fund toward securing a permanent venue to be a wellbeing cenlre. Annual Finan¢ial Review We have continued to raise money through our three main core fundraising strategy. Grants Fundraising (Sponsorship of specific project., Donations) Voluntary contributions and donations from Individuals We benefilted from the following funders and Donations.. BBC Children in Need (youth programmt) Rank Foundation People Heallh Trust {Sport41ntegralion & Sport4Education) Comic Relief {Sport41nlegration) N8tion81 Lottery (Covid-19 funds) Livewesl Homes Refugee Action IRAPI Comic Relief & Refugee Action Clolhworkers Foundation Tudor Trust North Star Study Plymouth City Council The Livewell Foundation Open Doors International Language School IODILSI Sported Foundation Beyond Borders Totnes Plymouth Community Homes Calslock Outreach Group SPARC Sport CIC Devon Community Foundation The Good Thing Foundation {IC directly purchased by them) In kind donations: Besresford FC (Equipment's donations) Hoppys Sport donation of Kils4Afri li
Plymouth City Council {use of Frederick slreet- youth clubl Our partners in France & Belgium h8ve donated kits for our branches Financial Re ort Total receipts during the year amounted lo £282,114 {2020'. £81,118) which include funds received and held in trust for other organisalions of £20,000 and 8BL Loan of £27,000. Total payments during the year amounted lo £232,554 12020.. £98,501) which include funds received and held in trust for other organisations paid out of £20,000, purchase of office and IT equipment of £12,968, new office refurbishment of £10,943 and printing machine purchased and other expenditure paid on behalf of Plymouth Hope CIC of £26,905. Total cash balance stood al £83.973 {2020'. £34.4131 of which £82,902 {2020.' £40,327) was for restricted purposes. Cash for general use was £1,07112020'. overdrawn by £5,824 negative balance) We had a total amount of £50,000 paid from the Plymouth City Council. £20,000 ofwhich was to be transferred to few organizations as part of the Unify Plymouth project. A leller explaining this transaction and provide clarify for our fInanS is provided from the council. So, except our own allocation of fund, other fund transferred lo third parties have not been accounted as our income. We have taken a consolidated approach to continue our work overseas as part of our poverty reduction aims. This meant supporting our branches overseas with some financial and material contributions from the UK. As such we invested in and gave a loan fund toward launching two projects. Due to challenges, one of our branches has not been able to repay the remaining loan of £8,924, but we fundraised here in the UK to meet this commitment. The trustees decided to seek additional donations toward the charity. They offered their seNices to multiple organisalions in the fom) of in-kind services. The following funds were directed toward making good the Soss due lo non-repayment. £1000 from Open Doors donations for an activity the trustees delivered and £8000 from Plymouth Cily Council for trustees, contribulion. We have taken on a fundraising goal lo ensure that our ongoing work and finances rernain unaffected. Our finances have remained unaffected. Reser4e olic We have. kept our reserves al sufficienl balance lo enable us to cover administrative, management commitment and essential activities. The current level of reserve is minimal to what is needed to keep the organization running in any event where we cannot secure ongoing funding. Through regular monitoring of the cashflow, trustees agreed that up to 3 months running cost which is approximately £54,000 was sufficient as reseNe so that it is al a18vel lo allow us run for a minimum period of three months. The current reserves in general fund are below this level. Related art transactions Following approval by the Board of Truslees. Mrs CH Feindouno, partner of a trustee of Ihe charity, was employed by the charity and received remuneration of £12,631 {2020'. £13,013) during the year. Mrs CH Feindouno was a trustees until May 2018 after which she resigned and took up employment with the charity. She was also reimbursed costs incurred of £5,000 for a series of co-production workshops for the charity and £1.600 paid to a private landlord toward the use of storage facilities by the charity. 512020.. 41 trustees were reimbursed out of pocket and mlleage expenses for the charfties activitie8 which were not in connection with their duties as trustees. Following approval by the Board of Trustees, a sum of £26,905 from the Bounce Back Loan of £27.000 received by the charity. was used lo purchase printing machine and other expenditure on behalf of Plymouth Hope CIC. 4 trustees of the charity are also directors of 12
Plymouth Hope CIC. The CIC is now expected to generate enough income through printing to be able to repay this amount in due course. statement on Public Benefit In shaping our objectives for the year and planning our activities, the trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on publi¢ benefit and have complied with section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 Conclusion Trustees, committee's members and volunteers have shown a bigger commitment to whal Plymouth Hope stands for, ils unique vision and are more commitled.to sustain this great work and join other organisalior)s to respond to the ongoing covid 19 crisis as we continue to re- adjust and adapt our delivery. Thank you to our supporters. funders and beneficiaries who have continued to connect with us. Declaratlon The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signalurels) Full namels) Position {eg Secretary, Chair, el¢ clfvi L Date Q2 20 13
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Plymouth Hope I report to the charity trustees on my examination of theaccounts of the charltyfor theyear ended 28 Februarv 2021 which areset out on pages 15 to 17. Responsibilities and baslsof report Asthe charity's trusteesyou arelesponsiblefor the preparation of the accounts in accordancewith the requirement5 of the Charities Act 20111'the Act'l. I report in respect of my examination of thecharitrfs accounts ¢arrled out under sectlon 145 of theAct and in carrying out my examination I havefollowed all the applicable Direction5 given bythe Charity Commission under sectlon 14515llbl of theAct. Independent examlner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me causeto believethat in any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in respect of the charlty as required bysection 130 of the Act. or 2. theaccounts do not accord with those records,. or I have no concerns and have Comeacross no other matters in connectlon with the examinatlon to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enaljle a proper understanding of theaccountsto be reached. 3¢J%& Shrutl Sonl FCCA FCIE Shruti Soni Ltd • Chartered Certiff ed Accountants 117a St. john's Hill, SevenoaksTN13 3PE De.' 0910212022 14
Plymouth Hope Recelpisand paymentsaccount5 Forthe year gnded 28 February2021 2021 Restrlcted fund5 2020 UnrestTlCted funds Unrèstrlcted funds Restricted Junds Totol fvnds Total futtds ReceSpts Grant5and donatlons Investment 7.773 225,195 232,968 13,362 64,356 77,71B Sub Totul 7,776 225,195 232,971 13,362 64,356 77,728 As5etsand Investment sales Loan and investment iep8id by PH branch Funds received and held In trustfor otherorganlsatlons BBL Loan Refund- Loan to VolunteerforPI?ne rickets . 3,400 3.400 20,000 20.000 27.000 27,000 2.143 2.143 sub Total 29,143 20.000 49,143 3.400 3,400 Total Re¢elpts 36,919 245,195 282,114 16,762 64.356 81,118 Payments Events. F&stlvals and Soci315 Insurance IT. Prlnting, st?tionery& generèl Consultancyand prof510n31 fees Publlcity& Promotlon Rent & VenueHire SesOnal staff and tutoring materSals Sports Equipment and expenses staff cost Ond training Telephone Travel Uniform, Re£rultmÈnt & other staff Cost Volunteer Expenses 30 14,220 14,250 3.473 12,597 175 J6.070 175 4.911 1.800 424 12.709 5,329 5,893 37,566 902 1,883 132 11.417 14.780 595 3,423 12,426 4,484 60,966 27.523 774 11,549 14,780 595 2.043 2,868 1,800 424 12,509 5,329 5.893 37.566 902 1,029 3,423 12,426 4,643 62.288 27.523 2.238 200 159 1,322 1.464 854 12 5.839 2.172 5,851 2,172 1,056 3,742 1,056 6.412 2.670 Sub totol 3,119 158,619 161,738 9,240 85.890 95,130 continued..........-........................ 15
Plymouth Hope Receipt5and paymentsaccounts Forthe yearended 28 FebYuary2021 2021 Unrestricted Restricted funds nds 2020 Restricted UnrestTlCted fvnds TotGI funds Totalfunds Assetsand Inve5trnent purchase Officeeqvlpment and ITequipment New officerefurblshment Prlntlng mach1ne purchaseand other expendltureon behalfof Plymouth HopÈCIC Loan tovolunteerlor PlaneTrckets Fund5 held In trust paid 12,968 10.943 12.968 10,943 1,228 1.228 26.905 26.905 2,143 2.143 20,000 20,000 Sub Totul 26,905 43,911 70,816 2,143 1,228 3,371 Total payments 30.024 202,530 232.554 11,383 87.118 98,501 Netof re¢eiptsllpaymentsl 6,895 42.665 49,560 5,379 122,7621 (17.3831 TransFer between fund5 Cash fundslast yearend 15.8241 40,237 34.413 IIJ,203? 62,999 51,796 Cash fundsthisyearehd 1.071 82,902 83,973 15,824} 40,237 34,413
Plymouth Hope statement of a5set5and liabilltlÈs at the end ofthe period 28 February2021 UnrÈstrlcted Restrlcted funds funds Categories Detalls Total funds Cashfund5 Cash at bank p•tycash held at Branch Total Cashfunds Other monetary35sets Expenses pald on behalf of Plymouth Hope CIC 596 380 976 82,997 83,593 380 83,973 82,997 26,905 35,829 26.905 35.829 Assetsietal#ed forth Details Charltws own use Computeiand Otherequipmt Fund Cost RÈstricted 14,196 When due Arnount Due (Optional) 1.256 70 7.247 27.000 Detalls Fund PAYE/NIC payablÉ Pensio payBble Wage5Control Account Bounce Back Loa Restricted Restii¢ted Re5trlcted Followln83pproval by the Board ofTrusteès, MrsCH Felndouno, partner ofa trusteeof thecharity, wa5employed bv thecharityand recelved remuneration 01£12,63112020.. £13.0131 duringtheyear. MrsCH Feindouno was atTUSte until May 2018 afterwhich she re5i8ned and took up employment with thecharity. She wasalso reimbursed cost5 in[rred 01£5,000 for a Seri olco-production workshopsforthecharityand £1,600 paid to a private landlord toward the useof storagefacilities bythe charity. 512020.. 4ltru5teeswere reimbursed out of pocket and mileage expensesfor thecharltlesactivitieswhich were not In connection with theirduties astrusteÈs. Followingapproval bythe Board ofTrustees. a YJM of £26,905 from the Bounce8ack Loan of £27,000 recelved bythe charity. W35U5ed to purchaseprlntingmachineand otherexpenditureon behalfof Plymouth Hope CIC. 4 trustees of thecharity arealso directorsof PIyrnDUth HopeCIC. TheCIC Is now expected to generateenough incomethrough printingto beableto repaythlsamount in duecouTSe. Loan & Investment In PH branch of£8,924 wasto berepaid bybranch. However, dueto unavoidableciicumstan¢es the branch w35unableto repaythlsamount.The trustees decided toseek8ddltional donations tOW3rd the¢harity. They offered their servic&to multlple organlsatlonsln thelorrn of in kind servlces. Thelollowin8lund5weredirected toward makinggood theloss dueto non repayment. £IOOQ from Open DoorsdonationsfoTan activitythetruste dellvered and £8000 from Plymouth Clty Councll fortrusteescontiibvtitsn. SIBnÈd byoneorTwo trusteed on behallof all thetruste P6viD FEiiVDooN 02 NameofTrustee Date Name ofTrustee Date 17 Kcfvl ( loelb2£ f fvP-fjAJ ,'J.