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| Summary | ofthe purposes of | Para 1.17 | 'The relief ofpersons who are deaf or have | |
| the charity | as set out | in its | hearing loss and are cochlear implantees and |
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| governing | document | their families, through in particular, but not |
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| limited to, the provision ofeducation and |
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| information, support, recreation and leisure |
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| activities, in order to improve their conditions of |
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| life'. | ||||
| Summary ofthe main activities in relation to those |
Para 1.17and 1.19 |
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| purposes benefit, in |
for the public particular, the |
We organise events for members throughout the North West region. These include trips to |
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| activities, | projects or | services | public exhibitions, galleries, museums and other |
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| identNed | in the accounts. | public places, conferences where speakers | ||
| updated members on developments in implant |
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| technology and communications support and |
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| meeting for meals including the annual | ||||
| Christmas lunch. |
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| All ofthese activities are to allow members to | ||||
| improve their ability to hear with their Cochlear | ||||
| implants, in an environment where others with |
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| implants could support their progress. |
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| Statement | confirming | Para 1.18 | ||
| whether the trustees | have | |||
| had regard tothe guidance | The trustees have had regard tothe guidance | |||
| issued by | the Charity | issues by the Charity Commission on public |
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| Commission on public |
benefit. | |||
| benefit |
| We make no social investments | ||||||
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| Policy on | social investment | |||||
| including | program | related | ||||
| investment | ||||||
| We have no volunteers | ||||||
| Para 1.38 | ||||||
| Contribution | made | by | ||||
| volunteers | ||||||
| The charity works closely with the Manchester | ||||||
| Other | Implant centre, based at the Manchester Royal |
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| Infirmary and support the hospitals |
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| rehabilitation process ofnew patients |
in various | |||||
| ways. | ||||||
| We have provided volunteers totake part in |
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| research to help improve the quality ofthe | ||||||
| Cochlear Implant devices. | ||||||
| We have worked with MRI Implant team, | ||||||
| providing help and assistance with pre |
and post | |||||
| implant patients atthe hospital. | ||||||
| The social activities we have organised, | have | |||||
| helped to give confidence to new patients which | ||||||
| in turn has helped them deal with the | isolation | |||||
| that deafness causes. | ||||||
| We continue to produce a quarterly magazine, |
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| which has news on cochlear implant | ||||||
| developments from around the world, |
articles | |||||
| about our activities and news about legislation. | ||||||
| This isdistributed free to all members |
and also is | |||||
| available to healthcare professionals and the |
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| wider public on afree subscription basis. |
| Achiev | ements and Pe |
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| Our range ofassistance provided by charity |
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| members to local hospitals including |
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| Manchester Royal Infirmary and Tameside |
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| Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity, identifying the difference the charity's work has made to the circumstances ofits |
Para 1.20 | Hospital where we help deaf and hard ofhearing patients on the ward and carry out Oeaf Awareness sessions for new hospital staff studying for their Care Certificate. |
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| beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. |
Our activities in 2021have been severely curtailed due tothe pandemic. However we are investigating the use ofvideo conferencing |
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| technology to assist MRI in providing assistance |
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| to patients with Implant accessories and we | |||
| continue to explore ways ofusing this to help | |||
| support members aswe emerge from the | |||
| pandemic. | |||
| We look forward to reintroducing physical |
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| support meetings as soon as conditions allow. |
| Additional information |
(optional) | (optional) | |
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| You ma choose to indude |
further statements | where relevant aboQ: | |
| Achievements against |
Para 1.41 | ||
| objectives set | |||
| Performance offundraising activities against objectives |
Para 1.41 | ||
| set | |||
| investment performance |
Para 1.41 | ||
| against objectives | |||
| Other |
| Financial Review | |||
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| Review ofthe charity's | Para 1.21 | ||
| financial position at the end |
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| ofthe riod |
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| Statement explaining the |
Para 1.22 | The charity has no reserves policy | |
| policy for holding reserves | |||
| statin wh the areheld |
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| Amount ofreserves held | Para 1.22 | ||
| Reasons for holding zero | Para 1.22 | ||
| reserves | |||
| Details offund materially | in | Para 1.24 | |
| deficit | |||
| Explanation ofany |
Para 1.23 | ||
| uncertainties about the |
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| charity continuing asa going |
| The charity's principal sources of f'unds (induding |
Para 1.47 |
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| any fundraising) | |
| Investment policy and objectives including any |
Para 1.46 |
| social investment policy |
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| adopted | |
| A description ofthe principal | Para 1.46 |
| risks facing the charity | |
| Other |
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| John Newton | Chairman | |||||
| Alan Corcoran | Treasurer | |||||
| Kevin Williams | ||||||
| 4 | Norah Clewes | |||||
| 5 | Beryl Hardman | |||||
| 6 | I ynn Grimshaw | |||||
| 7 | Barbara Hitchins | |||||
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| Position | (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) |
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