## **Table of Contents**
## **Basingstoke & District Disability Forum**
_Trustees Annual Review & Accounts_
_1[st] April 2020 – 31[st] March 2021_
**Welcome from our Chair** ...........................................................2
**Basingstoke & District Disability Forum** Annual Report and Accounts (April 2020 – March 2021) Registered Charity 1155660
**2020 - 2021 at a glance** ..........................................................3 **Who we are:** ................................................................................4 **Our People** ...................................................................................5 **BDDF Board:** ................................................................................5 **Our Services:** ...............................................................................6 **Our Reach** ....................................................................................7 **Our Awareness Events & Community Collaboration** .............8 **Financials** ....................................................................................9 **Independent Audit** ...................................................................11 **Grants & Fundraising** ...............................................................11 **Chineham & Sherfield Park Scarecrow Trail** ........................12 **Volunteering with BDDF Come and Get Involved!** ..............13 **Our Impact of Lockdown Survey** ............................................13 **Digital Divide** ............................................................................13 **The Future of BDDF** ..................................................................14 **How to Donate** ..........................................................................14 **Contact us - How to get in touch & keep up to date** ..........15 **APPENDIX – ONS statistics** ......................................................15
## **Welcome from our Chair**
Welcome to our report for our financial year April 2020 to March 2021.
Thank you for taking the time to find out more about Basingstoke & District Disability Forum (BDDF). We exist to offer support to Disabled people, their friends, family and carers, who live within our local community.
Delighted to be reviewing another very successful year where we raised almost £42k and we spent £33k to support the Disabled people in our community.
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Having formally taken position of Chair mere weeks before the pandemic hit, it has been a privilege to lead BDDF through the coronavirus crisis. It was heartening to see the commitment of our staff, doing everything they could in unprecedented circumstances to keep our services going. Thank you to our team for their courage, agility, dedication and commitment in keeping BDDF open when our members needed us most.
This required us to swiftly switch to virtual methods and work with our members especially those affected by the Digital Divide to help them get online. BDDF has worked hard to remain inclusive and to support our members by removing barriers to getting online. This access to the internet was essential to our members to stay connected with loved ones and to keep up to date on the latest advice as well as being able to continue to engage with BDDF during lockdowns.
In 2020, based on inputs from our team, our members and the wider community the board refreshed our core ambitions to better reflect our passion for inclusion and social justice. I’m hugely inspired by the commitment of our team who have set about turning our ambitions into a reality.
As we look ahead, we must remain prepared for further occurrences of the pandemic and set a strategy that supports our main challenges. These include the growing demand for support
government job retention scheme. Our fundraising became focused on online activities and launched our one (now annual) major fundraiser – the Chineham & Sherfield Park Scarecrow Trail.
We recognise that fundraising ability may be constrained for some time as the economic climate remains uncertain. Nevertheless, our goal remains to listen to our members, enhance the impact we can have and increase our membership base, so we are supporting more members of the Disabled community from across Basingstoke.
If you are financially able and would like to donate, details about how to do this are at the end of this report.
Collaboration is a core value of our charity and we’re engaging with the NHS and other organisations that support Disabled people so that BDDF can be the voice of our members and provide insights and guidance on how to be more inclusive and to support Disabled people better.
On behalf of Basingstoke & District Disability Forum, I would like to express our thanks for the generosity, dedication, and hard work of our staff, our network of many partners, supporters, volunteers and our members – it is each of you that have made this possible.
_A. Spalding_
and services that provide support for a growing number of **Ani Spalding,** Chair of the Board of Trustees Date: 01/12/202 Disabled people. Coupled with an ageing society and a need to tackle the Digital Divide in a world where technological advances are happening rapidly and those left behind are becoming disadvantaged. **Last year we helped more than 1134 people 2020 - 2021 at a glance** Many events and avenues of fundraising were **di l d h d 11k !** compromised for several months putting our fundraising income under threat. We reacted rapidly to ensure our financial stability. We cut back on all non-essential co1x Virtual Di **s** ts and made use of the ability Awareness Day (881 attendees, 35 **Basingstoke & District Disability Forum** Annual Report and Accounts (April 2020 – March 2021) Registered Charity 1155660 organisations)
## **Who we are:**
BDDF formed in 2008 to support the local disabled community. At the last census (2011), 1 in 5 people identified as having a disability, and there was no clear organisation representing them. There was a gap in the accessibility of services available as well as a lack of inclusion or opportunities for less-abled people.
BDDF was founded by a group of residents living with disabilities with the aim of supporting the community, giving them a voice and addressing the stigma.
With over 24,426 Disabled people living in Basingstoke and Deane living we’re committed to offering a programme of core services that are relevant, impactful and empowering.
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**Our Aim:** To healthily promote both visible and nonvisible disability. By increasing awareness, providing information and bringing people together.
BDDF partner and collaborate with fellow disability
charities/groups and provide guidance to local businesses who are striving to be accessible and inclusive.
## **Membership:**
## Supported by our **Strategic Objectives:**
1. Involvement - to improve the involvement and representation of Disabled people and their families/carers within Basingstoke.
2. Promotion - to promote greater awareness of disability through initiatives and activities that champion inclusivity, understanding and reduce barriers.
BDDF is a free to join, membership-based organization. BDDF is for all Disabled adults, offering support for those over 18 with visible and invisible impairments, be that physical, learning, mental health or chronic conditions.
Members receive access to all our free services, our newsletter and activities which are guided by feedback from our members.
## **Increasing Demand:**
BDDF follows the definition consistent with the Equality Act 2010. A person is considered disabled if they have a self-reported longstanding illness, condition or impairment, which causes difficulty with day-to-day activities.
The UK has an ageing population. By 2040, it’s predicted that the number of people in the UK aged 85+ will double from 1.6 million to 3.2 million. People are living longer with multiple conditions.
3. Partnerships - To improve partnership working between agencies, both voluntary sector and statutory, who are involved in supporting disability.
**Our Vision:**
To create a community that sees the person, values the difference and embraces awareness.
Actively promote awareness and understanding of the barriers faced by Disabled people.
## Supported by our **Operational Objectives:**
1. Improve the mental and physical wellbeing of Disabled people in Basingstoke.
2. Tackle feelings of loneliness and reduce social isolation within the disabled community.
Demand for inclusion, support and services will continue to grow. In addition during the pandemic, many people have unexpectedly been affected by disability.
## **Our Mission:**
3. Increase knowledge amongst members and the wider disabled community about support services available, both directly through BDDF and signposting to other local charities and organisations.
To facilitate increased awareness, active involvement and healthy promotion of Disabled people and their impairments and health conditions.
## **Our People**
Our 2 employees each play a vital role in helping BDDF to provide support and services to Disabled people and their families. We are so very proud of their achievements.
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## Staff:
- Amanda Knowles, BDDF Service Coordinator (20 hours a week)
- Sarah Pinnell, BDDF Fundraiser & Partnership Coordinator (16 hours a week)
## **BDDF Board:**
- Chair, Ani Spalding - welcomed March 2020
- Vice Chair, Rachel Hicks – welcomed February 2020
- Original Trustee, Julian Thomas – welcomed January 2014
- Becki Meakin – welcomed October 2019
- David Chatten-Smith – welcomed March 2020
## Updates:
We welcome our two new Trustees to the board.
- We encourage our employees and volunteers to have an active part in providing feedback and heling to shape the future of BDDF.
- We actively consider health and safety.
- We encourage our staff and volunteers to undertake relevant training including accredited courses such as the Trusted Trustee and First Aid.
- We support our staff by providing a training budget and undertaking an annual payment review.
- Moving from one employee to a team of 2, we are working together to establish clear Roles and Responsibilities and updating the Job Descriptions.
- Regular feedback is given to staff. It is our intention is to move towards clear established objectives that support each member of staff within their roles to understand their key deliverables. These will support quarterly accountability reviews that will focus on areas of strength and areas where further development support is required.
## Volunteers:
We estimate that more than 50 volunteers generously donated over 700 hours to support our work across the many facets of BDDF. Thank you.
- Mark Soutter – welcomed November 2021
- Alderman Jane Frankum- welcomed November 2021
BDDF Board members stepping down:
Thank you for your hard work and dedication as trustees of BDDF. The energy and enthusiasm for the Disabled Community of Basingstoke has been inspiring and we wish you all the very best.
- Tony Capon for his leadership as Interim Chairperson.
- Lynsey Spillane, Trustee.
## BDDF Patrons:
We give thanks to our Patrons who actively support BDDF within the community:
- Lady J. Coleman, Life Patron
- Rt Hon Maria Miller MP, Patron
- Cllr. Simon Bound, Patron
- Cllr. Jane Frankum, Patron (Jane has since stepped down from the Councillor role and her position as Patron. Now titled Alderman Jane Frankum, Jane has become a Trustee for BDDF as of November 2021.
We continue to embed our updated Trustee recruitment policy and are actively seeking Trustees who will bring both action and passion to the board through lived experience as a Disabled person, Diversity and skills.
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## **Our Services:**
Activities that BDDF undertake are to improve the lives of our beneficiaries and make a difference. All are free to attend
Signposting Our Signpost Service remains a central Service (SPS) aspect of BDDF. Receiving queries in person, via email, telephone and messenger on Facebook. This is a tailored service where our volunteers support the member with bespoke responses signposting them to organisations who can support their specific needs. Buddy/Befriend BDDF contacted every member during ing lockdown 1 to ask them how they are and if we could help them. This coupled with the Impact of Lockdown survey demonstrated that several our members felt isolated, lonely, and were also often shielding. We piloted a Befriending /Buddy scheme. Where a key volunteer made weekly care calls to x14 members. This included x4 calls on Christmas day where the member would have had no other human contact. Hope to launch a more structured official buddy service x15 members have offered to be ‘Buddy’ volunteers. Tea Break Continued our isolation breaking virtual coffee mornings (called Friday Tea Break Club). These have taken place nearly every week (19 sessions to date) & have provided a regular support group for our members to chat. Used as mini awareness events BDDF
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organised a wide range of activities, key
speakers / guests & information sessions
including:
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Singalong to live guitar music;
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Origami, baking and other crafts;
- Wellness session with Andover Mind.
- Historical Huzzahs & Red Sauce
Theatre
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The Army Flying Museum
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Quizzes, games, collage & drawing
sessions
- Xmas & Chinese New Year crafts with
Tesco
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HHCR Christmas Quiz
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Basingstoke Heritage Society talk
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Face Yoga & Meditation
Yoga Weekly seated yoga sessions via Zoom. In
between lockdowns we returned to in person
sessions, running the online lessons
simultaneously in a hybrid approach.
Additionally launched 6 short meditation
videos online to help people remain calm
during crisis.
Courses Wellbeing courses
Partnered with RCS to deliver Wellbeing
Courses launched in direct response to our
survey. These virtual wellbeing courses were
tailored to requests of members to help with
anxiety, confidence and self-care. Ran over 5
weeks we offered a daytime course (9
attendees) which was so oversubscribed we
added an evening option (13 attendees).
Managing Anxiety Course
Partnered with Learning in Libraries (LIL) to
deliver a virtual ‘Managing Anxiety’
workshop (4-week course) 6 unique leaners.
IT and Zoom course
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Partnered with RCS to deliver IT and Zoom
Service Number of Number of unique
lessons. Face to face in a Covid secure
sessions participants
location. Course helped our members get
YTD
more from their own technology allowing
them to better connect and to avoid
Disability Awareness 1 881 attendees
isolation, enabling them to attend our
Day (DAD) - virtual
services most importantly help them stay
35 organisations
connected to friends and family. During
lockdown we organised 2 refresh sessions
Signposting via Zoom from individual’s homes. Ongoing 121 requests for
signposting support
Walking Group Due to Covid the Walking group has been
running intermittently. At some points BDDF
Walking group / were able to offer 2 walking groups a week 29 643
Seated Yoga when lockdown restrictions allowed.
Films to On hold due to Covid.
SchoolsTea Breaks 19 327
Chronic Pain On hold due to Covid.
support GroupCommunity Cafe 1 19 (organisations)
Courses (including IT 2 22
skill, anxiety and
wellbeing)
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Above table shows in rows the Services, the number of sessions YTD and number of unique participants.
Website:
Launched our brand new BDDF website that showcases our work & enables us to update & inform our members more easily and clearly.
Tested before launch by members and Trustees who have different disabilities and feedback on accessibility has been positive.
Amongst other features the new website has a dedicated signposting page full of information split into easy-to-understand subcategories.
Newsletters:
Sent every 2 months. March 2021 newsletter sent to 596 recipients.
Mainly sent via email with printed copies sent via post to c12 members.
Contains information our services and signposts to other local groups and organisations that support Disabled people
Leaflets:
Our main BDDF leaflets have been finalised with support from Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council.
Non-Digital:
## **Our Reach**
Social Media Reach:
- Facebook 1214 followers (+104% on last year)
Provide service updates via local parish magasines, in the local newspaper (BVA community section) and on local radio.
Events such as the Scarecrow Trail and DAD help us to promote BDDF and the services available in a face-to-face environment.
- One post reached 11.2k people
- Using Twitter, Instagram and Linked in platforms more.
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## **Our Awareness Events & Community Collaboration**
Supporting our community through partnerships that deliver innovative projects that focus upon improving health and wellbeing.
Disability Awareness Day (DAD)
Due to the ongoing pandemic this was a fully virtual event. The agenda was built in direct response to our members survey. Our focus was to showcase services that support their mental health and wellbeing and tackle isolation. The event included a mix of informative and interactive sessions including a demonstration of seated yoga.
The highlight of the event was a 2-hour video montage. The videos were provided by over 35 local Disability Charities & groups and showcased their currently available services and activities. We also included an hour of videos by NHS mental health service Talk Plus.
We thank Helping Hands Community Radio who live broadcast the event & the streaming and editing of the videos supported by local company 7 stream media.
The event was a great success with 631 views on Facebook & 250 views on YouTube (to date 649 views Facebook & 309 YouTube).
## Community café
Signpost Sundays & Our Newsletter
Continue to regularly share information from member organisations regarding their activities and services via our website, social media and our newsletters. On Sundays we post a _Signpost Sunday_ article raising awareness of a group or service. Each featured organisation is added to our website, invited to have a stall at DAD and is welcome to attend Tea Break and Community Cafe.
Awareness Videos / Films to Schools
- Talk To Me (Views globally since launch 364k)
- Like Everyone Else (Views globally since launch 37k)
- Just Ask (Views globally since launch 98k)
Before Covid our Films to Schools programme took these films into local primary schools to teach children a little more about disability and provide an interactive workshop. The children were given the opportunity to write a letter to a fictional child with a disability who would be joining their school. The winning letter would show empathy and inclusion. We hope to restart this initiative.
BDDF have so far visited:
- 14 Primary Schools
- 3 Cub Packs
- 6 schools
- and reached over 3,000 local children mainly at Key Stage 2.
Usually a highlight of the in-person DAD is that the charities hosting stalls can also network with one another. Being online we decided to create a virtual networking session to provide this opportunity and called it the Community Café. Led by our Trustee, Becki Meakin we had 19 organisations attend and this was so well received it will become a quarterly event.
## BDDF & BVA
We continue to work closely with Basingstoke Voluntary Action (BVA) not only through our rental of an office within The Orchard, but also via referrals to their Reboot scheme, which helps those without the hardware to gain access to the internet. BDDF offer IT
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## courses to provide the skills to use the machines.
Noting BDDF are supported by BVA’s BOSS (Back Office Support Services) for accountancy and bookkeeping support, payroll & pension processing, desk hire & archiving facilities. We thank BVA for their continued support and guidance.
## **Financials**
No members or Trustees have required the company to obtain an audit of its account for the year in question. The accounts have been prepared under the accruals basis and the Trustees acknowledge their responsibility for complying the reporting requirements for the charity.
The Financial Statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on and were signed on their behalf by:
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## _**Spalding**_
## _**R. Hicks**_
## 3. Magic Little grant (£500 carried forward in full)
Ani Spalding, Chair of Trustees Trustees
Rachel Hicks, Vice Chair of
## **Reserves Policy**
BDDFs policy is to hold 3 months expenditure as reserve (£8,323.5)
Remaining balance covers BDDF in eventuality of charity closure (£10,754.14).
## Notes to the accounts
## 1. **Accounting convention**
The financial accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Charities Act 2011.
## **Incoming resources**
All incoming resources are included in the Statement of financial activities when the charity is legally entitled and the amounts can be quantified with reasonable certainty.
## **Resources expended**
Expenditure is accounted for on a ‘payments and receipts’ basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all costs related to each category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings, they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from taxation on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
All funds are unrestricted and can be used in accordance with the charity’s charitable objectives at the discretion of the Trustees.
## **Capital and Reserves**
Of the £26,867.64 held in Capital & Reserves there is committed expenditure on 3 grants:
1. Hampshire Isle of Wight Community Funding (£4,260 carried forward in full).
2. The Good Exchange (3,030 carried forward of £4,000 grant)
## 2
- Voluntary income
The Trustees greatly appreciate the generous grants, donations and income and sponsorships from charitable events that were received. Those received in the year to 31 March 2021 are listed below. The totals reflect voluntary income received as related to its activities in the year in question.
|**Donations**
Lord Lymington
HSBC
Basingstoke & District Lottery
The Anvil Trust
Other donations
**Fundraising events**
Grant income
The National Lottery Community Fund
Basingstoke & Deane Council (CVS)
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community
Funding
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community
Funding **
Energise me
The Good Exchange **_(£4,000 grant of_
_which the balance is carried forward in_
_deferred income)_
Groundworks – Tesco Bags of help fund
Groundworks – Tesco Bags of help fund
Local Giving Support Groups
Hampshire County Council
Magic Little Grant (MLG)_**_|£
750
1,000
103
25
350
**2,228**
£
**5,572**
£
8,550
12,354
4,500
-
3,750
970
500
500
500
300
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## **Grants & Fundraising**
We’re investing in new fundraising technology to make donating to BDDF easier than ever, including:
- Cashless payment systems for collections so people can donate digitally.
We thank each of the individual donators, fund and grant providers that have supported BDDF. Your donations enable us to continue to provide all services and activities to our members all of which we provide for free.
- Raffles
- Lotteries. BDDF is a member of the Community Lottery ran by Basingstoke Voluntary Action.
As a charity, we believe you need to know we’re using our resources effectively. That’s why we make these promises to you:
- We promise to provide information about our work and our finances so you can see how your money is being spent and what a difference you’re making to the Disabled community in Basingstoke.
- We promise to communicate with you in a way that suits you. If you tell us you’d prefer less contact or don’t want to hear from us at all, we’ll respect your wishes.
- We promise never to sell your data to any third party. We will not share your details with other charities.
- We promise to adhere to all industry guidelines and regulations and require others acting on our behalf to do the same.
- We’ll take appropriate action promptly if we find any failure to meet our standards.
## **Split of grants received**
- We promise to make it easy for you to tell us your contact preferences and we’re here to talk to you about our work or answer any questions.
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## **Chineham & Sherfield Park Scarecrow Trail**
We wanted to self-raise funds and reduce our reliance on grants. Covid put a stop to many of the usual fundraising options available to charities. We decided to host a scarecrow trail around 2 local areas of Basingstoke. This offered the community something to look forward to and get involved in. The theme for 2020 was Books. 96 Scarecrows had to be found across the trail of over 6 miles!
- _“In 20+ years of living in Chineham I’ve never seen this amount of people walking (and cycling) around”_ local resident
The event surpassed our expectations with over 500 families attending. We give enormous thanks to the local community, volunteers, venues and to the amazing local businesses who provided 28 generous raffle prizes.
_“The Rolls-Royce of Scarecrow Trails”_ local resident
The winners’ trophies are sponsored by Loddon Properties who have championed the event from inception though our event boards and printing extra maps when we sold out on the weekend!
The event raised **£5,077!** With 25% donated to SAT. These vital funds enable both charities to continue the fantastic work they do.
## **Volunteering with BDDF Come and Get Involved!**
Are you passionate about people, a good listener or have skills with regards to sport, IT. Maybe you enjoy socialising, or walking, we have roles for everyone that play to your strengths and interests. We need volunteers who can donate time, energy and skills to support our work. Most of all you just need to want to help. If you would like to help but feel there is a barrier please talk to us, we will do everything we can to make the volunteer opportunity accessible to all. We can find a way for you to help us.
Get involved, get active and have fun! There are a variety of ways you can help BDDF to raise vital funds.
- Join us at our Scarecrow event on a stall and/or as part of the organising committee.
- Become a corporate sponsor.
- Help with our collection tin days at supermarkets.
_“It has been an amazing community event and such good fun! Hearing the chatter and excitement outside our house has been wonderful”_ local resident
You can watch a video and see the gallery of entrant photos here - Scarecrow Trail video For this we thank Ewa Jones Photography.
This year our chosen partner charity was the fantastic Sebastian’s Action Trust (SAT). SAT support children with life threatening or life limiting illnesses and their families. We thank them for their collaboration.
Why volunteer
- Meet new people Learn new skills
- • Help people Make a difference • Give back to your local community Highly rewarding
Become a BDDF in the Community Ambassador
During our virtual Disability Awareness Day in March 2021we announced our first BDDF in the Community Ambassador. Matt has volunteered for BDDF since 2014 on events such as the Basingstoke Roll, the scarecrow trail, collecting money for the
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charity in Tesco and at the Disability Awareness Days. Matt works for Basingstoke Mencap as a leisure support worker.
be able to join in on-line activities and better stay connected with friends & family.
Matt became confident enough to lead the walking group. He was supported to do this after attending the group since the launch. We made Matt our first BDDF In the Community Ambassador as a thank you for his proactive promotion of BDDF and our services and for volunteering his time at every opportunity.
## **Our Impact of Lockdown Survey**
BDDF have always been a member led charity. We launched a survey to ask our members how they had been impacted by Lockdown. 162 responses were received. The results were extremely helpful in planning our immediate response to covid.
Top 3 challenges respondents were facing:
BDDF swiftly moved services online where possible, created a more accessible website and established IT support sessions to help our members get online. However, there are still a vast proportion of the population who are not able to access the internet and more must be done by BDDF and society in general to be inclusive. We were featured on Meridian ITV News at 6pm highlighting the impact of the digital divide including the many barriers. This will become a key focus as we move through 2021.
## **The Future of BDDF**
We will make our organisation fit for the future by directing our resources to:
1. Psychological distress / mental health = 48%;
2. Social isolation / loneliness = 42%
3. Difficulty accessing NHS healthcare / treatment = 35%.
You can read the full survey here - Impact of Lockdown survey BDDF
- We will also focus on helping the most vulnerable members of our communities build resilience, including digital resilience.
- Respond to the impact of climate change, we will develop our roadmap to becoming a greener organisation and reduce our environmental impact.
- Raise awareness and support the tackling of Hate Crime.
## **Digital Divide**
Digital exclusion is affecting our communities and the move to technology triggered by the pandemic is deepening the divide.
## **56% of adults not on the internet are Disabled people** . (ONS statistics 2019)
Independence is heavily reliant on access to information and with more information than ever before being online we must break down the barriers and reduce the digital gap. BDDF have been offering free IT courses to teach members to get the most out of their personal devices to help combat social isolation as they will
People:
- We will evolve and begin to deliver our new people strategy.
- We will make sure everyone has the right tools and systems, help our people grow their skills and capabilities, ensure they feel valued and rewarded, and build a strong and authentic leadership.
- We will also deliver against our new diversity action plans as part of our anti-racism agenda, and ensure we have a diverse and inclusive organisation.
Data and systems:
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- By prioritising data collection and improving our use of evidence, we will ensure we have the insight and information we need to operate in a way that is relevant, impactful, transparent and accountable.
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**Basingstoke & District Disability Forum** Annual Report and Accounts (April 2020 – March 2021) Registered Charity 1155660
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was almost four times that of non-disabled people (3.8%) (year ending March 2019).
- The proportion of disabled people feeling “often or always” lonely varied by age:
- 7.2% of people aged 65 years or over feeling lonely, significantly lower when compared with 20.7% of 25 to 34-year-olds.
- The largest disparity between disabled and nondisabled people was seen for the 35- to 49-year age group (17.8 percentage points).
- The level of loneliness for disabled people (20.6 %) in this age group, and only for non-disabled people (2.8%)
- Domestic Abuse
- Around 1 in 7 (14.3%) disabled people aged 16 to 59 years in England and Wales experienced domestic abuse in the last 12 months, compared with about 1 in 20 (5.1%) non-disabled people.
- Disabled women (17.5%) were more than twice as likely to experience domestic abuse in the last year than non-disabled women (6.7%) (year ending March 2020).
## **APPENDIX – ONS statistics**
- Housing
- Disabled people aged 16 to 64 years in the UK were less likely to own their own home (40.9%) than non-disabled people (53.4%)
Source Outcomes for disabled people in the UK - Ofce for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)
- Disabled people are more likely to have rented social housing (at 24.9% compared with 7.8%) (year ending June 2020).
- Wellbeing
- Disabled people’s (aged 16 to 64 years) average well-being ratings in the UK were poorer than those for non-disabled people for happiness, worthwhile and life satisfaction measures.
- Average anxiety levels were higher for disabled people at 4.47 out of 10, compared with 2.91 out of 10 for non-disabled people (year ending June 2020).
- Loneliness
- The proportion of Disabled people (13.9%) aged 16 years and over in England, who reported feeling lonely “often or always”
**Basingstoke & District Disability Forum** Annual Report and Accounts (April 2020 – March 2021) Registered Charity 1155660
Basingstoke & District Disability Forum Annual Report and Accounts (April 2020 - March 20211 Registered Charity 1155660
Basingstoke & District Disability Forum Annual Report and Accounts (April 2020 - March 20211 Registered Charity 1155660
Basingstoke & District Disability Forum Annual Report and Accounts (April 2020 - March 20211 Registered Charity 1155660
**Charity Name BDDF**
**No (if any) 1155660**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
Period start date Period end date **To** 1-Apr-20 31-Mar-21
## **For the period from**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
grant income - 39,214 - 39,214
fundraising 5,562 - - 5,562
donations 2,228 - - 2,228
bank interest 2 - - 2
HMRC job retention scheme 2,749 - - 2,749
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
10,541 39,214 - 49,755
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 10,541 39,214 - 49,755
A3 Payments
gross salaries, PAYE, pensions 6,387 15,441 - 21,828
rent and office fees - 1,620 - 1,620
telephone charges - 257 - 257
room hire - 292 - 292
events 1,395 3,665 - 5,060
staff expenses and training 32 27 - 59
postage, printing, stationery & equipment 12 630 - 642
IT software, subscriptions and support 14 1,140 - 1,154
recruitment fees - -
business insurance & Bank fees - 215 - 215
accountancy services & payroll 1,681 1,681
professional fees & subscriptions 377 377
Sundry
marketing 100 100
Sub total [ 7,840 ] 25,445 - 33,285
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 7,840 25,445 - 33,285
Net of receipts/(payments) 2,701 13,769 - 16,470
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 2,115 8,307 - 10,422
Cash funds this year end 4,816 22,076 - 26,892
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
||||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Restricted**|**Restricted**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**|**Details**||**funds**|||**funds**||
||||**to nearest**|**£**|**to**|**nearest £**||
|**B1 Cash funds**|HSBC Current Account (Bank)
Petty Cash
**_Total cash funds_**||**6,770**
**27**
**-**
**6,797**||
|**21,072**
**-**
**-**
**21,072**||
||(agree balances|with receipts and payments
account(s))|Agreement Error||Agreement Error|||
||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|||
||||**funds**|||**funds**||
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|**Details**||**to nearest**
|**£**
**-**|**to**
|**nearest £**
**-**||
||||
|**-**
**-**|
|
|**-**
**-**|
|||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||**-**|||**-**|
|||||**-**|||**-**|
||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**|||
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||
|
|**-**
**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
|**B4 Assets retained for the**|**Details**||**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**||**Cost (optional)**
**-**|||
|**charity’s own use**|||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
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||||||||**-**|
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||||||||**-**|
||||||||**-**|
||**Details**||**Fund to which**
**liability relates**||**Amount due**
**(optional)**|||
|**B5 Liabilities**|Accounts Payable
NIC Payable||||
|
|**43**
**39**|
||PAYE Payable||||||**24**|
||Pensions Payable||||||**895**|
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|Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Signature|||Print|Name|||
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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## **Last year**
**to the nearest £**
**14,677 1,452 1,720 20 - - - - 17,869**
**17,869**
**14,626 1,515 164 648 3,262 42 587 1,348 164 160 330 1,355 228 - 24,429**
**24,429 - 6,560 - 16,982 10,422**
## **Endowment funds**
**to nearest £ - - - -**
OK
**Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -**
**Current value (optional) - - - - -**
**Current value (optional)**
**When due (optional)**
Date of approval
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