## ## |||||||SORP reference|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary||of the purposes|||of|Para 1.17|a) To promote the conservation,||| |the charity as set|||out|in its|||protection
and improvement
ofthe||| |governing||document|||||physical
and natural
environment
of||| ||||||||gardens
and their biological diversity.||| ||||||||b)To advance the education
ofthe||| ||||||||public in the conservation,
protection||| ||||||||and improvement
ofthe physical
and||| ||||||||natural
environment
and biodiversity||of| ||||||||gardens
and the consequent
human||| ||||||||health and well-bein
benefits.||| |Summary
activities||of the main
in relation to those||||Para 1.17and
1.19|Gardens are diverse and important
habitats for our declining
wildlife and||| |purposes||for the public|||||where the great majority of children|find|| |benefit,|in particular,|||the|||their first direct contact with nature.||| |activities,||projects|or||||Nearly 90%of UK households
have||| |services||identified|in|the|||gardens
and so our work can benefit|a|| |accounts.|||||||very large proportion
ofthe public who||| ||||||||wish to manage their gardens||| ||||||||sustainably
and with wildlife
in mind.||In| ||||||||planning
and executing
our work, the||| ||||||||Trustees have given careful||| ||||||||consideration
to the Charity||| ||||||||Commission's
general guidance
on||| ||||||||public benefit and in particular to its||| ||||||||public benefit guidance
on advancing||| ||||||||education
and on conservation
ofthe||| ||||||||environment.||| ||||||||Object a) Promoting
conservation,||| ||||||||protection
and improvement
...||| ||||||||The Wildlife Gardening
Forum furthers||| ||||||||this object through
issuing four||| ||||||||newsletters
per year summarising
new||| ||||||||research and best practice findings.|We|| ||||||||maintain
a large website to provide||| ||||||||access to evidence-based
information||| ||||||||on the science of wildlife gardening|and|| ||||||||on garden organisms,
including||| ||||||||practical guidance. We seek to inform||| |the work ofthe many charities and other| |---| |organisations
within our membership| |and contacts. We influence decision| |makers through
working
with other| |charities and disseminating
evidence.| |The influence
ofthe Forum on social| |media has grown remarkably
on its| |Facebook group and on Twitter.| |Our website has been considerably| |enlarged
and pages updated.
It contains| |extensive
background
information
in| |garden and wildlife science and planting| |for wildlife,
reviewing
information| |largely unavailable
to a general reader.| |ByMarch 2021 the site contained
over| |350pages of information
and a further| |120downloadable
documents.
It| |constitutes
the largest compendium
of| |freely available
information
about| |garden
biodiver~s&
y anywhere
on Ne
web.| |The Forum's
Manifesto, available
in| |English and Welsh on the website,| |provides asimple introduction
to| |decision makers about the policy| |changes we would
like to see to improve| |the status of gardens for wildlife and| |people. Our membership
ofthe umbrella| |organisation
Wildlife and Countryside| |Link is allowing the Forum to contribute| |its voice alongside
other charities
in| |environmental
issues.| |Object b) To advance the education
of| |the public. ...| |This object is addressed
through the| |creation of publications
and| |newsletters,
provision
of professional| |guidance
and training
for teachers and| |practitioneraancLmaintainfng
awebs| |to provide access for everyone to| |evidence-based
information
and advice.| |The Trustees ensure a powerful| |educational
outcome
by insisting
on| |testing
all statements
and guidance
in| |our material
and on our website against| |established
and published
fact, giving| |attribution
sothat those who wish can| |have access to original work. We| |identify and point out areas where| |evidence is inadequate
and have| |succeeded
in starting
research projects| |(such as the RHS-run "Plants for Bugs| |Project" investigating
the relative value| |of native and non-native
garden
plants)| |where a ma or deficienc
of evidence| ||||||||has let myths and assumptions
stay| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||unchallenged.| ||||||||While most of our focus is on| ||||||||biodiversity,
our education
objective is| ||||||||also concerned
with the role of gardens| ||||||||and urban green space on human| ||||||||mental
and physical
health, and the| ||||||||cohesion and better function of| ||||||||communities.
This is another
relatively| ||||||||new field ofresearch that has not yet| ||||||||become widely known among the public| ||||||||and decision makers
but is of increasing| ||||||||importance
as Britain becomes steadily| ||||||||more urban. There is great synergy| ||||||||between this aspect of gardens,
and| ||||||||biodiversity
conservation,
and we see| ||||||||our role as helping to make the health| ||||||||research findings accessible to| ||||||||everyone alongside the biodiversity,
and| ||||||||with the same standards
of ri our.| |Statement|||confirming|||Para 1.18|The Trustees confirm that in the period| |whether|the trustees
have||||||covered by this report they have had| |had regard|||to|the|guidance||regard to the guidance
issued by the| |issued|by|the||Charity|||Charity Commission
on public benefit.| |Commission|||on public||||| |benefit|||||||| |Achiev|em||en|ts|and Performance||| |||||||SORP reference|| ||||||||In the eighth year ofthe Wildlife| ||||||||Gardening
Forum's operation as a| ||||||||registered
charity, restrictions
ofthe| |Summary
of the main
achievements
of the charity,||||||Para 1.20|Covid pandemic
continued to limit
aspects ofthe charity's
work, with| |identifying||the||difference the|||trustee meetings
conducted
remotely| |charity's|work|||has made to|||and no conferences
able to be held| |the circumstances|||||of its||during the period. A significant
change| |beneficiaries
and|||||any wider||on the Board was Trustee and Chair Dr| |benefits|to||society as a||||Steve Head retiring to take up a role as| |whole.|||||||Founder Patron. This meant a disruption| ||||||||to the capacity ofthe Board, but Dr| ||||||||Head continues to advise and to| ||||||||maintain
and expand the website.| ||||||||The Forum was able to fulfil its core| ||||||||purposes
in a number
ofways;| ||||||||With partners
Learning through| ||||||||Landscapes
and Leicester City Council| ||||||||it made a significant
contribution
to the| ||||||||Polli:gen project which enabled one fifth| ||||||||ofschools (500children)
and over 300| ||||||||community
group members across| ||||||||Leicester to create and develop| ||||||||pollinator-friendly
grounds
and gardens.| ||||||||Written
by Forum trustees and advisors,
nearl
50 'How To'
uides were created| ## |||||||which provided
invaluable
resources for| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||the project and form a permanent
free| |||||||online resource for the public. The| |||||||guides have also made the basis for a| |||||||wildlife garden self-accreditation| |||||||scheme, developed as a pilot within the| |||||||Polli:Gen project, ready for further trial| |||||||roll out in 2022.| |||||||The Forum's Facebook community
has| |||||||continued to grow, doubling
from the| |||||||previous year to circa 82,000 members,| |||||||encouraging
and supporting
members| |||||||in over 100countries to adopt wildlife| |||||||friendly practises. The volunteer
team| |||||||managing
the group has also increased| |||||||considerably
to around 15,providing| |||||||cover both day and night.| |||||||The Forum's website now has| |||||||significant
new sections covenng| |||||||garden birds, plants and wildf lowers.| |||||||These topics are particularly
popular
with and accessible to people new to| |||||||wildlife gardening,
an audience we have| |||||||seen increase in response to the| |||||||pandemic,
empowering
people to| |||||||improve the environment
around them| |||||||for the benefit of biodiversity
and their| |||||||own wellbeing.| |||||||Our member's
quarterly
newsletter
has| |||||||continued
to inform over 2,800| |||||||gardeners,
garden designers,| |||||||landscapers,
conservationists
and other| |||||||practitioners,
giving them the tools to| |||||||make direct changes to benefit| |||||||biodiversi
and the environment.| |Financ|ial|Review||||| |Review of the charity's
financial- position at the end|||||Para 1.21|With no staff outgoings, the charity
continues to be able to withstand
the| |of the period||||||long term impact ofthe Covid Pandemic| |||||||including
its curtailing
ofthe hosting of| |||||||public conferences to maintain
core| |||||||income. Its online and newsletter
work| |||||||continues
unaffected. The year ahead| |||||||will see the development
ofa new| |||||||financial strate| |Statement||explaining||the|Para 1.22|The Wildlife Gardening
Forum has| |policy for holding
stating
why they|||reserves
are held|||general funds, currently
approximately
equal to one (normal) year's operating| |||||||costs, which the Trustees consider| |||||||prudent to maintain
the charity's core| |||||||activities, especially
given the current| |||||||financial
uncertainties.
There are no| |||||||desi
nated or restricted funds.| |Amount|of|reserves||held|Para 1.22|R6,246| ## |Reasons for|holding zero||Para 1.22|| |---|---|---|---|---| |reserves||||| |Details of fund materially||in|Para 1.24|None| |deficit||||| |Explanation|of any||Para 1.23|None| |uncertainties|about the|||| |charity continuing
as a going||||| |concern||||| ## |Description
of charity's||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:||||| |Type of governing
document||Constitution||| |lnust deed, io al chai'tet')||||| |How is the charity|Para 1.25|Charitable|Incorporated|Organisation| |constituted?||||| |(e.g unincorporated||||| |association,
CIO)||||| |Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|Appointed|by existing|Trustees on the| |including
details of any||basis of a Board Skills||Audit| |constitutional
provisions e.g.||||| |election to post or name of||||| |any person or body entitled||||| |to appoint one or more||||| |trustees||||| ## |Charit|name|||Wildlife Gardenin|Forum| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Other name the charit|||uses|n/a|| |Re istered charit||number||1156608|| |Charity's|principal|address||Mollys Lodge|| |||||Little Wolford|| |||||Shipston
on Stour|| |||||Warwickshire|| |||||CV36 5NR|| ||Trustee name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted if not for whole
year|Name
to a|of person (or body) entitlei
oint trustee
ifan|of person (or body) entitlei
oint trustee
ifan| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Dr Stephen
Head|(Chair up to|April-October|||| |||October)||||| ||Helen Bostock|Chair (October|All Year|||| |||onwards)||||| |3|Karen Murphy|Hon Secretary|All Year|||| ||Johan Ingles le-||All Year|||| ||Nobel|||||| |5|Mary Jackson||All Year|||| |6|Judith Conroy||All Year|||| |7|Mark Goddard||All Year|||| |8|David Perkins||All Year|||| |Trustee|name|Dates|acted|ifnot|for|whole|ear| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |None|||||||| ## |unds held as cust|odia|n tru| |---|---|---| |Description
of the assets||None| |held
in this capacity||| |Name and objects ofthe||| |charity on whose behalf|the|| |assets are held and how|this|| |falls within the custodian||| |charity's objects||| |Details of arrangements|for|| |safe custody and||| |segregation
of such assets||| |from the charity's
own||| |assets||| ## ## |Type of
adviser|Name|Address|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Hon.|Mare Carlton|10, Portwall|Road,Chepstow, NP16 5DL||| |Treasurer|||||| |Name of|chief executive or names of senior||staff members|(Optional|information)| ## ## ## |||||~||~|~||~|~|~||~ ~||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||Unrestricted|||Restricted|||Endowment|| |||||||||funds||||funds||funds|| |||||||||to nearest 2|||to|nearest t.||to nearest|2| |Bt Cash|funds|||||||||6,246|||||| ||||||||Total cash funds|||6,246|||||| ||||||(agree|balances|with receipts and payments||||||||| ||||||||accounr(s))||||||||| |||||||||Unrestricted|||Restricted|||Endowment|| |||||||||funds||||funds||funds|| ||||||Details|||io nearest r|||to|nearest 2||to nearest|4| |B2Other|monetary assets||||||||||||||| ||||||Details|||Fund
asset|to which
be)on s||Cost||(optional)|Current value
o tional|| |B3Investment||assets|||||||||||||| ||||||Details|||Fund
asset|io which
helen
s||Cost||(optional)|Current value
o tional|| |B4Assets retained for|||the||||||||||||| |charity's|own|use|||||||||||||| |||||||||Fund|to|which|Amount due|||When due|| ||||||Details|||liabili||relates|o||tional|o tional|| |B5Liabilities|||||||||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees
behalf of all the trustees|||on|||Signature||||Print|Name|||Date of
a
royal|| |||||||||||Helen|Bostock|||fj)Z(ZZ|| |||||||||||Karen|Murphy|||I
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