## ## |||||||SORP reference||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary||ofthe 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 ofwildlife 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 is developing
on| |Instagram
and X(formerly Twitter).| |Our website continues to grow with the| |ambition
of being a 'one stop shop for| |scientific and practical
information| |about gardens
and wildlife'.
It contains| |extensive
background
information
in| |garden
and wildlife science and planting| |for wildlife,
reviewing
information| |largely unavailable
to a general reader.| |By March 2022 the site contained
nearly| |400 pages of information
and a further| |120downloadable
documents.
It| |constitutes
the largest compendium
of| |freely available
information
about| |garden
biodiversity
anywhere
on the| |web.| |The Forum's Manifesto, available
in| |English and Welsh on the website,| |provides a simple introduction
to| |decision makers about the policy| |changes we would
like tosee 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| |practitioners
and maintaining
awebsite| |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
so that 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 Bu s| ||||||Project" investigating
the relative value|Project" investigating
the relative value| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||of native and non-native
garden
plants)|| ||||||where a major deficiency 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 of research 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 1.1B|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||||||| ## |chieve|men|ts
and Per|formance|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||SORP reference|| |||||In the ninth year ofthe Wildlife| |||||Gardening
Forum's operation as a| |||||registered
charity, trustee meetings| |Summary
of the main
achievements
of the charity,|||Para 1.20|continued to be conducted
remotely
and
although
no in-person
conferences
were| |identifying|the|difference the||held during the period the charity| |charily's|work|has made to||organised
its first ever online| |the circumstances
of its||||conference
in Jan 2023, providing
a low-| |beneficiaries
and any wider
benefits to society as a||||cost (donation-based
ticketing), travel-
free format to an audience of over 300.| |whole.||||Keynote speaker Professor Dave| |||||Goulson was joined by speakers from| |||||Plantlife and BTOto address diverse| |||||topics on the theme 'Resilience,| |||||challenges
and solutions for today' s| |||||wildlife gardeners'.
Recordings were| |||||made available through
the website and| |||||a member podcast.| |||||The Forum was able to fulfil its core| |||||purposes
in a number
ofways;| |||||Building on resources developed| |||||through
the Polli:Gen project in 2021,| |||||the Forum ran a wildlife-
ardenin
self-| |||||||accreditation
scheme pilot in 2022|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||called 'Cholsey Wildlife Garden|| |||||||Challenge',
set in a village
in rural|| |||||||Oxfordshire.
55households
participated|| |||||||and 16certificates awarded
(2 Bronze, 7|| |||||||Silver, 7Gold). The success ofthe|pilot| |||||||has provided a proof-of-concept
for a|| |||||||future expansion
ofthe scheme.|| |||||||The Forum's Facebook group exceeded|| |||||||100,000 members
in 2022, making|itthe| |||||||largest Facebook group dedicated|to| |||||||wildlife gardening.
It is primarily
a|UK-| |||||||based group though
it encourages|and| |||||||supports
members
in over 100countries|| |||||||and enlists a volunteer
moderator|team| |||||||of around 15to maintain
a friendly,|| |||||||positive online community.|| |||||||The Forum's website has expanded|its| |||||||section on garden
birds, which now|| |||||||covers 49species, comparison
pages|| |||||||and bird biology. This topic is|| |||||||particularly
popular
with people new to|| |||||||wildlife gardening
and contributes|to| |||||||improved
nature-connectedness
and|| |||||||wellbeing.
An ambition
ofthe Forum is|| |||||||to convert
itto asecure https site.|| |||||||Our member's
quarterly
newsletter|has| |||||||continued to inform over 3,000|| |||||||gardeners,
garden designers,|| |||||||landscapers,
conservationists
and|other| |||||||practitioners,
giving them the tools to|| |||||||make direct changes to benefit|| |||||||biodiversit
and the environment.|| |inanc|ial|Review|||||| |Review|of the charity's||||Para 1.21|The charity's
reserves fell slightiy|in the| |financial|position||at|the end||period due to combined expenses|of| |of the period||||||website/domain
hosting and mailout|| |||||||costs. New income from the online|| |||||||conference
helped to offset losses|and| |||||||in future this could prove to be an|| |||||||effective revenue stream. Any larger|| |||||||ambitions
ofthe charity
will need to be|| |||||||sou
ht from
rant fundin
.|| |Statement||explaining||the|Para 1.22|The Wildlife Gardening
Forum has|| |policy for holding|||reserves|||general funds, currently
approximately|| |stating|why they||are|held||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|| |||||||designated
or restricted funds.|| |Amount|of|reserves||held|Para 1.22|R5,557|| |Reasons for holding||||zero|Para 1.22|N/A|| |reserves|||||||| ## |Details of fund materially|Details of fund materially|Details of fund materially|in|Para 1.24|None| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |deficit|||||| |Explanation|of any|||Para n23|None| |uncertainties|about the||||| |charity continuing||as a going|||| |concern|||||| ## |tructure, Governance|and Man|agement||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Description
of charity's||||| |trusts:||||| |Type of governing
document|Para 1.25|Constitution||| |trust deed, ro al charier)||||| |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 ofa Board Skills||Audit and| |constitutional
provisions e.g.||informal|interview.|| |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 (if any)|Dates acted if not for whole
year|Name
to ap|of person (or body) entitle
oint trustee
if any)|of person (or body) entitle
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if any)| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Helen Bostock|Chair (October|All Year|||| |||onwards)||||| ||Karen Murphy|Hon Secretary|All Year|||| ||Johan Ingles le-||All Year|||| ||Nobel|||||| ||Mary Jackson||All Year|||| ||Judith Conroy||All Year|||| ||Mark Goddard||All Year|||| ||David Perkins||All Year|||| ||Adrian Thomas||All Year|||| |19||||||| |10||||||| |11||||||| ## |Type of|Name|Address|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |adviser|||||| |Hon.|Mare Carlton|10, Portwall|Road,Chepstow, NP16 5DL||| |Treasurer|||||| |Name of|chief executive or names of senior||staff members|(Optional|information)| |None|||||| ## ## ## |O|CHARITY CplylMISS(0hi
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Forum|1156608
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from||||6th|April 2022|To||5th April|2023|| |||~|~|~||||||||||| |||||Unrestricted
funds||||Restricted
funds||Endowment
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