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ANNUAL REPORT
2021
Charity’s Aims:
The aims of our organization, is to use the martial art Capoeira, associated rhythms, musicality, dance and performing arts as the vehicle of education and social inclusion for disadvantaged people in the community. Our activities are aimed to support residents of Hounslow to develop their skills in order to have a better chance to integrate in the community and a better future. As a result of our activities, we are aiming to reach our outcome of building stronger relationships within the community and break barriers among members of the community coming from different backgrounds and cultures, facilitating their social inclusion. Our organization was established to support children and young people from extremely poor and disadvantaged backgrounds to integrate in the community, to create sense of belonging to a group and to have better understanding of each other’s cultural backgrounds. In our projects, we work with children and young people, provide them with arts, cultural and sports activities and support them in the development of skills, therefore, giving them more opportunities to have a better future.
What practical outcomes/changes has our charity achieved in 2021?
We have separated the outcomes according to the age groups.
For children:
-Social Inclusion of disadvantaged children- 90% Participants have developed sense of belonging to a group, forge new friendships and feel more integrated in their community.
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-Skills development: 97 % of young people learnt how to play instruments, dances and rhythms, and performing arts.
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100% of project participants that were previously inactive/sedentary, increased participation in Sport and carried more active and healthy lifestyles.
Our project has reached four outcomes for the young people ages 16-18:
- 1- Contributed to the educational and skills development of vulnerable and disadvantaged young people.
2- Facilitated the young people social integration and community engagement, while the young people learn to interact with members of the public from a wide range of backgrounds in London's diverse communities.
- 3- Provided a deep understanding of financial issues and policies involved in becoming a volunteer in a community project.
4- The ultimate outcome was to see the young people succeed at becoming volunteers in social projects within their community and carry happier and more productive lifestyles.
For all the outcomes, we had a high level of participation and success and a minimum level of achievement of 85% of project participants and average level of achievement of 90%.
We use attendance records, case studies and feedback forms from the partner organisations that send us the referrals. We also use individual progress reports, evaluation and monitoring forms, progress sheets and questionnaires to collate measure and report the benefits highlighted of our projects.
CHARITY’S GROWTH IN 2021
The charity has remained the same. We have had more project participants, especially children and young people, but apart from that, the structure of the charity and its financial capability have remained the same as the previous year.
Has the charity experienced any significant funding cuts since the last annual report?
The Covid-19 crisis caused our organization a significant loss of income during the months of March and April. We lost many funders that postponed funding or decided to fund organizations that were directly working to tackle the Covid-19 crisis. But towards the end of April and in May 2021, we have seen an increase in the amount of funding and got our finances back to normal. We have continued to deliver virtual project sessions and established and online support group for project participants that were experiencing isolation during the lockdown.
On behalf of ABACEI, we would like to thank all our donors and Trusts that awarded us the grants, for their support.
Sincerely Jefferson Bispo de Oliveira
CHAIR
ABACEI
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2020
| Incoming resources Incoming resources from generated funds: Voluntary income Donations and sponsorships Activities for generating funds: Investment income Incoming resources from charitable activities Grants receivable Total incoming resources Resources expended Charitable activities Governance costs Total resources expended Net incoming resources before transfers Reconciliation of funds Total funds brought forward Transfer between reserves Total funds carried forward |
Unrestricted Funds Restricted Funds Total Funds 2020 £ £ £ - - - 6,150 - 6,150 - - - - - - 14,300 - 14,300 20,450 - 20,450 18,000 - 18,000 1,150 - 1,150 19,150 - 19,150 1,300 - 1,300 - - - 1,300 - 1,300 |
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The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses in the financial year 2020. All incoming resources and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
Account revised and approved on the 4[th ] of January 2021 by:
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Jefferson Bispo de
Oliveira Chair
Laura
Ayuso
Secretary
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Karen Welton Treasurer