Assoclatlon of Vlsitors to Immigration Detainees (Registered charty, number 1156709) Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 Contsnts Trustees. annual report IndeperMJent examinerfs report Receipts & payments account Statement of a&8ets & liabilities Notes to the aca)unts 10-12 capLUS CUMMUNITY ACGOUNTING
Association of Wisitors to Immlgration Detainees Trustees, annual report for the year ended 31 December 2022 Full name Assoa'aticm Visitors to Immigration Detainees Other name8 by whlch the charity is known AVID Reglstered charity number 11 SS709 Organisatlon type Charitable incorporated organisation Prlnclpal address 27-31 Carlton Road, Nottingham, NG3 2DG Trustees Carolina Albueme Rodriguez, Chair Jayne Butler. Co<hair, until 1211 or22 Michael Darko Thomas Nunn Elizabeth Flint Anne Hudson, Treasurer Adan Spray, from 15112122 Harbi Jama, from 15112122 Independont examln•r John O'Brien, empk)yee of Communty ACcotira Plus, Units 1 & 2, North West, 41 Talbot Street, Nottingham. NG15GL Gov8rnance and management The charity is Operat under the rules of its constrtution adopted 15 April 2014 and Nvas last amended in 2017. Trustees are recruited through a recruitment process - jcl) desuptions are advertised externally and applicants a selected by Trustees by interliew. Trustees are elected at the AGM. The AVID Trustees may in additi¢ appoint cwpted members. However no-one may be appointed as a co-opted member rf, as a resutt, more than one third of the mernbers of AVID Trustees would be c04)pted members. Objecllves and actlvltles AVID aims to address the isolatTCn and injustice of llnmigration detention in the UK. We do this by supporting, strengthening and promoting volunteer visrting nationally and working towards positive change for 811 people in detenti(n. We have three key objectives.. We strengthen and our community of solidarty with people affected by dattIOn We influence refom and detention policy and practise We raise 8wareness of the realities of detentK)n na.llY EStablisd in 1994, AVID has built a strong platromi and SOU of infrastructura support for visitor groups across the UK Our 14 members. representing over 5CM) volunteer visitors, are diverse and dynamic. Some are registered tharities with paid staff, others have a non- hierarchical structure Ix are volunteer led. The support provided by AVID - includiro 1..1 guidance, advocacy and trainiro - has erkgbled our members to provide vital emotional and
Association of Visitors to Immlgratlon Detainees practical support to people who are detained. We have members visit irtside every detention cethre in the UK as well as in some prisons. AVID is uniquely placed to build conrKtions batsveen individuals who are detained, communities, and the system, to work towards F)OSrtive charvJe for peo8 in d8tention and meaningful reforyn. We have a strong track record of: Building communities of solidarity with people affected by detention AVID builds communities of support, fostering a sense of solidarity amongst our members and with people in detention by providirYJ advice. advocacy, training, cq)acity building and a netrork of expertise. Our trainings reach an average of 200 volunteers a year, our advocacy has been vital to maintaining visitor access ar, members of our neiworf( b8nefit from facilitated peer support from visitorfs groups across the UK Inffluencing refonn detention policy in prndi(x We use our position of having oversight in every detention centre and some prisons to produce an accurate picture of the r8alrties of detention. We use thks infomation to engage with the Home Office and other key slakeholders, reSpOr to consultations and wort( with wider networks to infiuence detention refonn and challenge hamiful practices. R8isiro awareness of the raalities of detention nationally We increase public understanding of the ham caused by detention on individuals. fanilies and communities. We engage with the public through social media 8nd regu18r blogposts, produce inf0nnat1( tfiefings and worf( wrth our visrtor groups to age with their loca5 communities. Publ1¢ benefit statement The Trustees corfim that they have Cp11& with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charty CnmisSIOn,$ gerra1 gUanCe on public benefrt, 'Charities arKI Public 88nefrt'. Summary of the maln actlvltles undertaken for the wbllc benoflt AVID was foundad in 1994 in response to the increase in numbers held in immigratKJn detention, and to the feedback from people SUPF)orting trM)se detsined in their local communities. At that time, there were around 250 immigration detention spaces. In the year ending June 2022, 24,40(r2 people entered detention. This does Th)t include peopl8 who are held in °quasi-d6t8ntion' facilities suth as Napier Barracks. The govemment's stated purpose of detention is for removal and, by law, it should be used sparirvJly and for the short8St period possible. Despite this, detention has historically proven to be ineffective in facilitating removal. Last year the picture was particularly stark with only 14% of those detained being removed from the UK. This has coincided with increased use of detenticm for asylum seekers who made up 80% of the detention pOpUlats last year. Immigration detention, the threat of detention, and the aftennath of detention, are all points of extreme crisis in a person's immigration joumey. The hami USed by detention is well- documented through the testimonies of people %vho have been detained, in researth and by clinical professicnal bodies. In particular, the fact that detention in the UK is indefinite causes immense trauma. IrKlividuals have their autonomy stripped, are transported arwnd the detention state and haie no knowledge of wren tsy will be released. tt has b*n described by people detained as °MrtaI torture..
Associatlon of Vlsltors to Immigration Detainees Despite this, the govemment have made clear their intentton to ncrease the use of detention, including plans to r&open the previously closed Campsfield House ImmiatIon removal centre (IRC) arKJ Haslar IRC. More extreme measures are beiro used to meet govemment's deterrent agenda with the proposal to send people see.ng asylum to Rwanda causing fear and devastation. Our history of working wilh local communities, and long-stsndiw volLrt88rs, has sh¢Nn us that there is the need and possibilty of a drfferent approach to immigration. We stand with our members and olhers in the national and intemational community to advocate for engagement over enforcement, humanrty not oppression. Our activrties reduce the harm caused by detention by supporting visitors to provide vital befriendiro advi and combat the isolation in detention. We also support visitors wrth the information they need so that people who are detained can acce&8 services such as healthcare and legal advice they ne8d. We bring public and govemment awareness to the issues of detention to advocate for a more ccxnpassionate immigration system. Our activities are also important to local communikn'8s who wovide visrting support and want to advocate for a system that welcomes asylum seekers and people from a migrant background. The platform that we provide gives a way for them to do this and be part of a wbjer movement. Summary of the maln achl•wm•nts thrfng the p•rfod Member SupporL' 'One of the underlying things I love atout (the notwork) is just the sense of solidarity among the group, and the gen8rosity of shariNJ. Ar¥J the rapidity of sharing! I found that really nourishing and halps you keep going because you think there are so many peopl8 Out there with such incredible experience and knowledge. so ready to share rt." (AVID Member) Following the pandemic, and increase in onl[r activities, we prioritised in-person visits to our members, travelling to n8arly all of our members from Scotland to Oxford as well as groups in- between. This has been vital to fonning new conneCtiS and infonning our understanding as we continue to build and Strength our network. We shared in the achievements of our members supporting them at AGM'S, joining awareness raisirYJ sessions suth as GDWG. Refugee Tales walks and promoting their work through our social media network and newsletter. This year, we continued to offer our members a space to share, leam and r8fieci through our regular member calls. These began dunng the Pandern and have now become a regular featur8 of our netw. We ran fortnightly Onli calls for our members, rotating a general call for members to provide Lpdates, Sha challenges and bring ccncems to group and "Deep Dive" sessions to explo topics in more deplh. Deep Dive sessions induded detention monitoring and Independent Monitoring Boards, and volunteer recruitment and retenticin. We further developed and delivered our core training. which consists of three modules on visiting support to people in detention, to 30 new volunteers recruited by our members. We also offered training to the AVID neOrk from extemal facilitators on the implications of the Nationality and Borders Act for ppIe in detention (attended by 29 people) and on supporting women in detention. run by Worn f Refugee Women (attend&J by 16 people).
Assoclation of Visitors to Immlgration Detainees We supported new and developir@ visitor wps wrth mor8 intensive 1.1 supporL Dutham Visitors Group was established tIMprds end of 2021 to support women who are detained in Derwentside. We advocated for the group to ha visiting asS 8fKI have represented the group at meetings with the (ntre mana3ement in Derwentside to promote referrals. We recruited seven r£w volunteers - including a number of Voluntee with varying language skills - providing them with cora training. The group is now well established, and we are working towards a regular visiting slot ¥KI a structure so that the grcKJp, which is purety voluntary, is able to Cordinate it's daY-traY activities without the support of AVID. Morton Hall Visitors Group have also experienced 8 period of transits". Following th8 closure of Morton Hall IRC, where they previously visited, a feIgn national prison and residential short-tem holding facility hav@ oponed in its place. have supp(Kled the team, which consists of one staff member and a team of volunteers, to recruit a new Chair to their trustee board and prepare for visrting in these drfferent setting8. Pollcy and Advocacy: The strength of AVID members lies not only in the direct support vh)ich they provide to people in detention, but in their llectIVe voice as witnesses to the r&aIrt$ of immigration detenti. We have used the on-the-ground krK)wledge of our members to respond to polrtical ch81Ienges by connecting our collective voice to other partners in the sector. Wnan we first became awar8 of people being issued with notices of intent to be deported to Rwanda, we orked with Care4C81ais to ensure people had the al 8dvice necessary to challenge these notices. W8 worked wrth our existing member, Asylum Welcome. and previous rnembers, H8slar Visitors Group, to Co-ordinate responses to the govemmenys 8nnounc£ment to r&open Campsfield and Haslar. We brought together groups thal to Haslar, regional allies arKI national partners to discuss resistance to Haslar. This resulted in engagement wrth local councillors arKI members of Parliament, locsl media arKJ OnectIOnS being made with the wider movement. We have continued as an active mernbar of Detention Forum, a coalition of oryJanisati(Xts who are working together to end detention. We supported them to write policy papers on short-tem holding facilities and on the use of prison detenti(n. We also continl as active members of the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum (NASF) Detention SuWrP which we us8d to raise awareness of the challenges that our members are seeing. This included seeking to address day-to-day isSL5 faced by people in detentK)n, suth as not beiro )le to access personal email accounts to contact family and friends. as well as areas for cmcem across the detenti¢)n estat8. We also engaged with IrKlepend8nt MonrtorirvJ Boards {IMB8) and His Majestys Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP). Wejoined the IMB forum meetir@ to advocate for local IMB'S to work more closely with visitor groups and we collaborated wtth HMIP on upcoming inspections to highlight areas for closer review. Finally, we submrtled evnce to parliamentary consultations, including The Joint Committee on Human Rights into the Govwnment's policies 8nd procedures relating to asylum seekers and the impact these have on their human rights. Wrth the extra capacity in the AVID team, we wwe able to build our online presence to nearly 7.000 twitter followers we have high engagement wtth our analyses. of the govemment detention statistics. Communlty Bulldlng and Network Transf0Mon. Following the pandemic, we took stock of what we had leamt as an organisation, our role and the role of our community. Central to this was develq)iro a Memberfs Charter which sets out our shared values as a network As a network c¢)nnectad by our shared a(*ivity of visrting, we
A88ociatlon of Vlsltors to Immlgration Detalnoos saw the need to bulld a shared understanding of why visiting is important and what our values are that underpin thls work. We consolidatsd feedback from intervlews with our members in 2021 on their values and brought our member groups together, in November 2022. at a convening held in London, to review and finalise our charter. Collectlvely, we interrogated our values and what we aspire to as a network. During this same period. we hosted a series of online talks, titled Communities not Walls, wlth extemal speakers to facilltate discussion on our values. the nature of detention and the role that visltor groups play in bringing about an altemative vision for our communities. Nearly 100 participants Joined us for the series during whith we heard from speakers including Mary Bosworth on the forces of detention; Luke De Noronha on nofjons of Innocence. deservingness and the criminalisation of migrant communities; Kolbassia Haoussou on lived-experience leadership and Dora Rebelo of solidarities in hostilty. Thls work has led to us being abl8 to finalise our Members Charter and strengthened our ability to entsr a new stratsglc perlod In 2023. Flnanclal r•vl•w We are dellght8d to have been awarded a grant under Paul Hamlyn's Shared Ground fund to go towards core costs over the next years. Thls, in addltlon to the commltment from the Tudor Trust to fundlng for two years which continues into next year, puts us on a strong ftnancial footlng for 20234. Funding from Esmée Fairbalm Foundalon's Fundlng Plus grant will support us to deliver on a dlgltal transfonnatlon project and website development. We have been worklng wlth a pro•bono fundraislng advi80r from the Immlgratlon sector and have identffied new trusts and foundatlons as potentlal prosp8Ct8 to whom we hava begun applylng. Our current flnanc181 posltlon provkles us wlth the opporbjnlty to dfftlop a fundraising strategy In order to dlversify our funding streams. Wo have recently recruited a new trustee to our board, Harbl Jama, who has extensive experfonce In fvndralslng and corporate fundraising to support us wlth thls proc888. We have al80 been able to bulld up our reserves during this perlod. W8 are prlmarily rellant on trusts arKI foundatlons as a fiJndlrvJ source. Foundations often want to fund an organisatlon for a tlme Ilmited perl¢)d therefore we are regulady needing to look for new supporters. This also leaves us vulnerable If an anticipated, prospect fund does not come through. Wlth the length of fundlng deadlines and processes we need to be organised and efficient in applications. Currenlly our fundraisiNJ is led by our Director and we do not have a Separate fundraising funcllon. Tho charftys pollcy on rns•rv We allocate thr88 months running costs to our reseNes as well as the cost for redundancy payments. Our reserves currenty reflect the amount In our reserves policy. This is reviewed annually, or en a new staff member is recrutted or other Significant change to our financial posltion. Slgnod on behaff of the charitys truste8S: Slgn8d Anne Hud80n. T Date gg 28
Independent examiners report to the trustees of Assoclation of Vlsltors to Immigration Detsinees for the year ended 31 December 2022 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of AssociatFon of Visitors to Immigration Detainees (the charity) for the year ended 31 December 2022. Responslbilities and basis of roport As the trustees of the tharity you are responsible for the weparation of aco)unts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the charws accounts carr1 out urxler section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all tha applicab Directions given by the Charty Commission under section 1445){b) of the Act. Independent examinerfs •tatement I have completed my examination. l Lyjrfirm that no matters have c(¥ne to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to b81ieve that n any material respect: 1. accounting records were not kept in resp8ca of the charty as required by section 130 of the 2. the accounts do not 8£cord with those rOrdS. I have rK) conc8ms arKI have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be thawn in this report in ord8r to able a proper understsnding of th8 accounts to be rexhed. 30.08.2023 Signed John O'Brien MSC, FCCA, FCIE Employee of Communty Accountirg Plus Dat8
Assoclatlon of Visitors to Immigration Detainees Receipts & payments account for the year ended 31 December 2022 Total Total Funds ¢olpt$ 84491 Grarts & dOrntn8 1608 Memtersh'p 6(K) Refu . rent deposit 8arl( irterest 86699 Total r•c•lpts 123497 1328 16680 140177 1328 82 124907 82 141587 16680 Paym•nts 128831 Staff costs 11746 Premises & rur1j costs 2584 GOrr costs 358 tx'rect thrttable e•yrN1it(re 143519 Total paynwnts (56820) N•1 r•c•lpW(paymts) 103424 Cash fLnds at start of ths period 46604 Cash lunds at thh p•rlod 12809 440 71818 4878 2693 2674 82083 2693 2326 348 13697 3083 59524 11068 46604 14161 106128 35536 91977
Associatlon of Vlsitors to Immigration Detainees Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 December 2022 2021 2022 Cash a88ets Bank act0*S 46604 106128 106128 Othor mon•tsry a88•ts Debtor8 4203 4203 278 278 A••ots r•taln•d for th• charws own us• 2 x laptOP8, PLrchased ri1 2021, cost £1,098 General eqiipmert. Llablltth• Credltors 1306 (1306) 6009 6009 These financlal statements are acceptsd on behalf of the charity by: Signed Anne Hudson, Tr Dated
Association of Vlsitors to Immlgration Detainees Notes to the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2022 1. Receipts & payments accounts Receipts and payments accounts contsin a summary of money received and money spent during the period and a list of assets and liabilrties at the end of the period. Usually, cash received and cash spent will irKlude transactions through bank accounts and cash in hand. 2. Grants & donatlons Craignish Trust E$6 Fairbairn Fuln*r Charitable Trust Hillcote TN$t Other Donations P Hantyn Foundats'on Par8ula Foundats'on Tudor TN$t 1 IJJXI 100Crf) 85(K) 8500 7997 7997 600CYJ 2000 40000 16680 140177 20 40000 123497 3. Staff costs TIMI Salaries, Nl & pernion St8ff costs Staff trainiro Recnitment 54009 11634 65643 538 538 822 1997 3640 71818 1175 59009 12809 4. Premises and runnlng costs Total Bark ct£rges Premises arKJ rLTh1 Costs Office eqiipmart Office rumiThJ costs Rert & rates 162 104 236 162 104 6e6 2698 1248 4878 10 1248 10
Association of Vlsltors to Immigration Detalnees 5. Governance costs AJ(arry De*lopment (org strategy) Irswar£es TrL&8tee trairiNJ 1364 372 785 172 2693 372 785 172 2693 6. Dlrect Charitablo Expend1re Coordir£tors conlerer Grw 0reath Information & awarerws raisiryj Tr8irirE ddivery 1018 1018 1284 28 344 2674 2326 7. Debtorn Prepayment.. Dropbox Prepayment: Hotdesk 134 144 278 8. Crodlt¢Jrn Independent examination fee Wag88, Nl & POnon Payroll fees 5021 6009 11
Associatlon of Vlsitors to Immigration Detsinees 9. Funds any313 OpmivJ Rws (Pvinmts) Clgsing Rostrf¢ted funds Derwentside Visrtors Gr Training 8rxl mmbersh'p ¢)>OrdItor Digital transformation Stsff wellbelrYJ 9979 (9979) (2529) 11JJ)O 7471 6680 1089 13697 16680 14151 11068 Unr•8trlctsd fund• Ger*ral fuTrJ 1247 91977 124907 (68466) 91977 The restricted funds have been received frcxn followiThJ funders: Craignish Trust for Training arKI Membership Cwrdinator. We SeCred funding to partially fund the salary of our Memb8rship and Training C{dInat0r. The role of the Membership and Training COrdInatOr is to develop, support and strengthen the AVID network of volunteer visitor groups. Activities include actiro as a key point of contact visiting and volunteering in detention; coordinating the devek)pment and delivery of AVID'S training on all aspects of immigr8tion detention and coordination of AVID'S MberShIP support induding our online memb8rfs area, handbook arKI discussion forum. Esmee Fairbaim Foundation "Funding Plus" for Dortal transfonnation. This funding is for the development of our new website, online handbook and online monitoring platfonn. We are working with digital partner, Common Knowledge, for this piece of work 10. Trustees, remuneratlon Trust88s receiv8d no 8xpens88, r8muner8tiffl or in this riod. Assoclatlon of Vlsltors to Immigration Detalnees 11. GIos8ary of tonn8 Debtors: These a amounts owed to the tharty. but reIved in ts accounting period. Prepayments: These are services that the tharty has paid for in advance, but not used during the accounting period. Credltorn: These are amounts owed by the charity, tKrt not paid thring the accnting period. Reslricted funds: These are funds given to the charity, subject to specific restrictions set by the donor. but still within the general obj.eds of the charty. 12