2021-01-01-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report					for the period
From	Period start date			To	Period end date
	02	01	2020		01	01	2021

Section A

Reference and administration details

Charity name Empowered Communities

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1155772

Charity's principal address 5 Gleneagles, South Shields

South Tyneside Postcode NE33 3JD

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	TimothyLevenson
	Gavin Spencer
	Alessandra Armstrong
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~~Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)~~

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B

Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Constitution dated 31 January 2014

• (eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods Appointed by existing trustees

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C

Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

1. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES OF THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

2. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO

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ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND.

In setting our objects and planning our activities, the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

We have continued to deliver, the Community Spaces: Community Places Project.

The aim of this project is to include and empower local communities to transform underutilised and derelict land and buildings within their local community into spaces and places for public benefit, which tackle the seven key causes of multiple deprivation.

Further detail is provided below. Community Spaces : Community Places Project

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

This Community Spaces: Community Places Project puts local people at the centre of positive change in their local community. It provides support and encouragement to local communities to work together to transform community spaces and buildings into uses which benefit the local community and tackle the 7 key causes of multiple deprivation. These are low income, lack of employment, poor health or disability, lack of education and skills, lack of access to housing and critical services, high incidents of antisocial behaviour, poor living and working environment.

We support communities through a vehicle that engages and includes local communities in deprived areas, where people are experiencing multiple disadvantage, and empowers local people to make positive change. This vehicle is the development of local underutilised community spaces and places that local communities care about, into facilities to benefit the community, improve the quality of life for those communities, and instil community cohesion and social inclusion across generations.

We go into the heart of communities, supporting and empowering individuals and groups from different backgrounds and interests to work together, to identify a vision for the transformation of a community space or place that meets their needs and tackles the major issues mentioned above. We work together with them to deliver it, providing professional support in governance, delivery, project management, property & funding.

The project helps to build stronger, sustainable and inclusive communities, by building capacity within and between communities, encouraging them to work together inclusively to deliver positive change. The project provides facilities that the local community know are needed in their area to help tackle some of the major causes of multiple deprivation, without imposing top down initiatives that are short term, and do not meet the specific needs of the local community.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D

Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The charity continues to deliver the Community Spaces and Places Project.

Due to the Covid Pandemic, activities have been limited this year, however we have still continued to support initiatives which empower the local community

The Community Spaces: Community Places project has supported 2 community groups/not for profit organisations to transform their community spaces and places within their community, for the benefit of the local public. The project has provided over 50 hours of support including in governance, needs assessments, vision and strategy planning, stakeholder and partner engagement, community engagement, project management, funding advice and application support, property advice and management.

The project as a whole has engaged over 100 people of all ages and abilities in charitable activities to support their local community, including those from the most deprived communities in the North East. We have developed the capacity and skills of members of socially and economically disadvantaged communities, in such a way that they have been able to identify, and help meet their local needs, and transform community spaces and buildings to meet these needs, tackling some of the key causes of multiple deprivation together, participating more fully and inclusively in their local communities.

The charity has also provided support to the Scran 4 the Fam project, which was initiated due to the Covid Pandemic. The project provides much needed freshly cooked meals to the elderly and to vulnerable families across the West end of Newcastle during the Covid Pandemic. These daily food deliveries and friendly chat were sometimes the only contact elderly and vulnerable people had with the outside world and provided much needed daily nutrition to those living in poverty across the West End of Newcastle, including those with children off school. This project is community led, from the West End Women and Girls Centre, with the local community volunteering to cook and deliver food. In total, 19,000 portions of food were delivered supporting thousands of people during lockdown. Without this project, many would have gone hungry, and without contact. The community has galvanised around this project, are empowered to support their community and it is a significant achievement for all involved.

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Section E

Financial review

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

The reserves policy is for designated unrestricted funds held by the charity to be set at 6 months of the following years anticipated expenditure plus estimated redundancy and close down costs. We do not yet have reserves at this level.

In the meantime, we have kept operating costs to a minimum, by using volunteers, with no paid staff, and kept other operating costs to a minimum.

Our operating costs are low, and we have no redundancy and close down costs.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F

Other optional information

Section G

Declaration

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The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustee

Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date	Timothy Levenson
	Timothy Stephen Levenson	Alessandra Armstrong
	Chair	Secretary
		6.4.21
	7.4.21

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Empowered Communities	Empowered Communities		1155772
Receipts andpayments accounts				CC16a
For the period from	02.01.2020	To	01.01.2021

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 500 - - - - - - - 500 - - - 500 173 - - - - - - - 173 - - - 173 327 - 127 454	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 36 - - - - - - - 36 - - - 36 - 36 - 50 14	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 500 - - - - - - - 500 - - - 500 173 36 - - - - - - - 209 - - - 209 291	Total funds to the nearest £ 500 - - - - - - - 500 - - - 500 173 36 - - - - - - - 209 - - - 209 291	Last year to the nearest £
Donations	500					-
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Sub total(Gross income for AR)	500					-
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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Total receipts A3 Payments
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Website	173					305
Fundraisingwebsite						216
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**Sub total **	173					521
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end
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	327	- 36	-	291		- 521
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	127	50	-	177		-
	454	14	-	468		- 521

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds	Details Nil Details Details Nil Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Nil Details Donations Nil Timothy Levenson Signature	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 454 14 - - - - 454 14 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name AlessandraArmstrong Timothy Levenson			Endowment funds to nearest £
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					Date of approval
		AlessandraArmstrong			6.4.20
	Timothy Levenson	Timothy Levenson			7.4.20

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