Chaiity numb￿. 1154190
co￿￿3nY nwthr. 05472105
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SUSTAINABLE
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CCWANIES HOUSE

s￿nab￿ Livir¥J Ir¥babv
Foi the year eTrJed 30 Sepleth 2ff45
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Repyt of IheTrLtstees
Struclur4 govern￿6•. and
Su5taina148 Lbviry In1￿"v• os a ¢onwwy Snmted tyguaranteo bec•ne a on 14 OclobBr 2013.
The di¥ec1ty5 olthe crywany ar* *othÈchty In&Btees forthe purp¢w5 of I￿.
Al Directors give1heirtime vc4untarity and re¢eNe no benefits fr*)m the charity fow the role of directors. The diiectors are recnltsd from
the (5•mÈ ofwhom are 8lotmerrt W hotder5 a5 welTr wd 4re Oppfifrted ol a n*eting of theiJiwe¢toTs.
Obi•cfiv•5 A¢tNittès
Ir8irsng
Wedo thi$ bl pffjwdir￿ OIrtd￿r aC1r￿eS that fr￿and ¥eo&at4es wd owherbs. or¢hard. bees ftyesl
garden all in an eTh¥ironmentslty momw. We h(tsthuialarhJ cookrytr•rllry COu￿e5 aTrJ (ypNlunrtse5 to share
the$8 skils.
A rwriew ofthe Wyear gnd fix the IthJ￿¥t8l a￿ ¢ortsKlered tythe threct￿5 eac* year to rv4iv4Y aN key ac￿￿1185 and the
nefits they have brought to the r8s+dents ol Nor%•ich aT¥J tyorKI who are rr*m￿o of Svs¢ainabFe LI￿n0 Inibatsve. orthosé w￿} have
parliopated in IMnir¥J k¥ovided by lh¢ ¢hanty. ty ha¥e ¥tsit8d its for •J¥ice. These ie¥iew5 help en5uie thal oui obiecbv85 and
tivibes ¥8main fOC￿ed on Staed ¥¥J are tothe beneffit ollhe pubbc.
Aethievements and Perforrnance
Our mernbw5hip nurnbtts ¢onirvJed to in¢rease d￿lfill 20242025 as n¥JTe peoFde are interested in startiryJ to grvw frur( and
wegetables. Our volUnteerir￿ wowk in the coThwrNty 9￿den5 ind￿lI[￿J loDb'rvJ after ou¥ beets've5 cOntiTh￿d to grow wrth on inc￿85¢ i
)TrF4ot hddets ¥oJunt¢er*ith ￿. We h*4fe *oworked wilh a nurnber of external orgarllsaliors incbjding Vo￿nteer It you￿e1r
IMYI vjho work on OUF Site with 16 to 2>year c4J5 whD *e NEET. the Intemab"on•l development sludents at the UEA aThJ we have
stsrt*J a series ol frequent lanyty forest schod aclv4ty day5 that have been very Trough owwet6ite, FaceL¥)Dk and mDnth
neV￿ellerS we rnaintaived gofxl ¢orrnThcatior& wth our m8rnbers.
tsainiw $gsstw$ tak]"TrJ peopte rwjht fvun the t*g¥nrir¥J of rlanr¥ng a FkntthroW lo t4anting, pyuniry, deding with
Ihjse hardy peTenTh8b-pe5ts aT¥J ¢&5eases awt offtred. In p8rb"¢uloE drmte fn"eJMIty te(*uMW S￿h as'no thg 9￿de￿n9' 8nd
'Forest 9ardening'. We have our ffK•rthty cookery thjb experin*nling TAith intemabonal culnwytradrfiDn5 ￿lI¥j our hryTwrown fo¢xl
d an Outdoor c(sokirvJ area has been devehyd. We cortinueto run actsifres lorschoc4 chi￿￿en durirvj the hc4days irtroduang them
ks the de1￿hts ol nalwe and the wic ol F4anls. Vle have exp8Th￿d b¢y•rnl 100d lo indude woFkSPrt>￿ on candle Th￿￿"ng
ing *wr b88swaY aThJ sessiorKs dyeir*3 labric5 U5irvJ on *t•.
Our day4trday WOTk continue5*th rnernte￿ loDknrnJ after11￿¥ 8Th1 ioirth¥ in wort on uJmmth)al areas wl¥"ch rwrty
W8ys invo￿08 sorr* deffic*)us Ioc4J to keep gcing.
A8 F4anned last year. acti¥iti85 for and youry n￿AlIty and $chool ho&day •¢ti¥thES
o￿Tr to thewder communty. The liftks ￿￿ththe w￿der¢L¥￿[￿jrrify ￿OUr6 throwh NS￿. VIY ￿[￿ the LEA hwe been furth
developed. Wt Tewewed thE e￿IT￿￿At￿ rnnap*￿ent ofthesite in cortsuh8bonwrth the Norfolk Trust 89 ￿8nned, aThJ have
a impleThnted a sy5kn to rnan4e the wellaThJ aTr1 de¥dop a p)Dd.
Wewotked with a number Olexter￿ on acti¥i*"es wlich inclthd a seets c4trfnet built ty Itly partsupants in October. Th8
young F4oF4e on the scheTh are worknry tLwards NVQ L￿e1 1 Trdde SkJ"l*. Catrh 22 wlykwith youNJ people who aro NEET,
d NSFT group suppwts"￿ 1&2&yeai okls suffenny from mentsl healh diffirAkn5 bcth 7Mted to learn about the site.
LIEA Educ8tion department and the Environrnert￿ Justice group iKAh ￿ed wsle a5 part oftheir fiehj work. Vve thoe se5sion5
GaodGym volunteers p*lake in Fthysic81 aclbwty io iffyove health aThJ help the comnwnty. Ouw site also hjsted 585sions by
Norfolk Waveney Mind, The Nomch Fcoj Nthork Group, Etyl to Sour ar*Y Halweaviw tty Nrrfolk Hodge 8askets. This
allowed Lts to extend the range of peop￿ from the comrThJrity that beThefft ovr srte.
Outreach Tth>rk
rish Kefkham, pr858rrted at the second Inte¥rRlion81 Fwe51 GanItr￿F*>0d Flyest SymrK6Nim orJari5tyJ by the AgmlrK¢slry Re￿￿h
Trtsst. SLI attended and present&1 at the Env¢wonmental Justice roundtable at the UEA. We aL50 attended and wesented at Ihe NR5
Farr#ly hub and the No￿lCh FoL¥J a5 well S(7enGe w¢•k at th4 lorwn. Atten¢thw the5• OV•tts hglF to
rtlse the profrfe of SLI arnl sweads the on our ethjs and am5 of Fff0rnc￿r￿ su5ts1nab"￿ty and cofffftjnty.

Fthv* Plans
along our n*mbws corForate ¥oluntew5. TIw5 ¥va5 5￿ceSSft￿ in eTrJagryr¥ the Thmber5 to get more invohTed in the
ofganisthon hth¥ever presented some orgar15abonal ch*ryes. Ths Str￿1¢ was thewefore revI￿ed, leading to a
part-time coordinalor belry l¥ied. This has te¢n benefi(aal in devekfiThJ work to irKrea58 ow benefioarie5 in the wwjer comrnunty and
¢￿.¥8¢e links vlth dher comrnurmty grouF. We c(￿￿nUelo hx* to fjnd ILtnd& for a kwammo maTrager aj￿ ¢o¥er core wsts that
woukj eTralAe us lo continue to develop Ihe ￿ga￿tion aThl increase the benefirA￿lB5 in the wider cornmirity aTrJ cthate knks wth
local schook aTh1 co￿￿nIty orgarisalior*.
Flnan¢S1l Rtvfjew
Incon￿ forthe year was £25,718.39 ofwluch 28% was from Surr0 reslwas from our rertal in¢ludinu membotship and
produce Sale. OwrvJ this perifyl. we dkl nfrt re￿ve newgrants, bth had the grants receNed durirvJ the wev*ous repNting reriod. The
grants receNed the previous reportiryj peri(Kl wert Iram NDMich City CouThc*l. NaItOn￿ Lottery, National Gardens Tnjst, Nufojk
Commuryty Foundatim and ASDA, and donaliorts from indivklu*.
Out lotal expenditwe lor the same peric*l was £18.510.46". rowJhty 5¢fA of ThJrtthl ¢xper¥knir•wa5 telatwj to DverhEats inchjding
salaries. office ieni. accounts and tthphone aTrJ irtemeL The r&1 oflhe eXF*Th￿￿￿oW8s on land rent. garden rnairtenance, trainiry.
SEeds and plants, small tools. and Suma Ctyj
As the income Irom ow Flol renlal induthfig Ywnt*fSt*"p fees s*s is far from adewate to Clwer OLW ba￿C core c08ts we
ill cMtiNeto rety on grarrts and donatior6 ID rarry out chaiitatle aC￿￿treS in the foreseeat4e frJltKe.
A¢knowledgem•nt
We would like tothank the City CouKil. Ben Bwgess. Nomch ConYnur*ty FtyJnd8fjon. UEA and the Woodland Tr￿t S)r
Supporting our work by prowdiThJ SUFPJrt in kn"nd, grants (h)nation5 duriTrJ the year. Th8￿￿5 to &mon and Janel who donated
Shed for the Forest gaRlen. Our thanks also goes lo voluntee￿ from UEA, NSFT, VYI, Gofrj Gym arvj Nexus Fostering who have
helped us maintain our cornmurw gardens. L351 but not least_ a vuy tAg thank yots to all our trLStees, tY*mbers arxl voluntÈets whose
waverirwJ supwt hdF6 keeplhe org8Th8alion rumir

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