## ## ## ## |bjective|s and Act|ivities||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||sonp||||| |||reference||||| |Summary
purposes
charity as|ofthe
ofthe
set out in its|para cir|Lewisham
Pensioners'
Forum was established
to benefit
the older people who work, live within, or visit the London|||| |governing|document.||Borough ofLewisham;|||| ||||(a) Preventing
or relieving
poverty experienced|by|older|| ||||people, by disseminating
inform7412ation
on|financial||| ||||matters and seeking support for campaigns
in|the|interests|| ||||ofolder people;|||| ||||(b) Advancing
education
and life-long learning|for|aider|| ||||people to acquire information;|||| ||||(c)Promoting the good health and well-being|ofolder||| ||||people
by providing
information,
thereby
enabling||and|| ||||empowering
those who may be encountering|ill-health,||| ||||disability,
financial
hardship,
isolation or any other|||| ||||disadvantage;|||| ||||(d) Promoting
social inclusion
among older people||and|| ||||combating
negative
perceptions
ofage and the elderly|||in| ||||the media and elsewhere.|||| |Summary
activities|ofthe main
in relation to|ofthe main
in relation to|ofthe main
in relation to|Pers 1.17
and c19|Certain activities of LPF are open to all irrespective
of| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |those purposes|||for the||whether
they are members
ofthe Charity or not.
In pre-| |public benefit,||in|||pandemic
times these have included:| |particular,|the||||| |activities,|projects or||||~ The bi-monthly
speaker meetings
held in January,| |services|identified
in||||March, May and July.| |the accounts.|||||~ "Pensioners Day"- an afternoon ofpacked lunch,| ||||||Speakers and entertainment
held
in the 800-seater| ||||||Broadway Theatre, Catford with an average of450| ||||||people attending.| ||||||~ The November
AGM -speaker meeting
with Christmas| ||||||sales (although
only members
may vote on the formal| ||||||business).| ||||||~
Ad hoc hustings
and other public events, Fayres and| ||||||meetings.| ||||||During the months ofCOVID-related
restrictions
and with| ||||||an awareness that the demographic
the Charity serves| ||||||were likely to be shielding or vulnerable
these activities| ||||||had been largely replaced
by Zoom meetings,
widely| ||||||publicised
and open to an even larger audience.| ||||||The bi-monthly
Newsletter
is sent or delivered to all| ||||||members,
and throughout
this year ofextra restrictions| ||||||and the importance
of disseminating
trustworthy| ||||||information,
especially tothose without
easy access to the| ||||||internet
we procured
additional
funding
for double-size| ||||||"COVID Special" editions ofthe Newsletter
and extra| ||||||issues.
We also increased the print-run
and had copies| ||||||given out to the isolating and vulnerable
through
local| ||||||food-banks
and similar organisations.
We maintained
our| ||||||deliveries to the 18sheltered
schemes managed
by the| ||||||Local Authority,
partnering
with Lewisharn
Homes to post| ||||||individual
copies to all 480 residents.| ||||||The annual
membership
fee to join the Charity, which| ||||||brings other benefits
like access tothe monthly
social| ||||||outings and delivery ofa hard copy ofthe Newsletter to an| ||||||individual's
address,
is deliberately
kept at a low level to be| ||||||open to as many people as possible (f5for new members| ||||||and 810pa thereafter).
Free tojoin in the last quarter of| ||||||the membership
year.| |Statement|confirming|Para 1.18|The Trustees have had|regard to the guidance|issued|by| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |whether
the trustees
have had regard to the|||the Charity Commission|in respect ofpublic benefit.||| |guidance|issued
by|||||| |the CC on|public|||||| |benefit.||||||| |u ma
ch|oo|se to include|further sbs|tementa
|where relevant abaui:|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||SORP|||||||| ||||rafaranca|||||||| |Policy on|grant making,||Para'"|nla||||||| |Policy on|social||Pars 1.38|n/a||||||| |investment||including||||||||| |program|related|||||||||| |investment.||||||||||| |Contribution
volunteers.||made by|Para 1.38|LPF is a volunteer
and community
led organisation.||||||Its| |||||Trustees|are elected from the|general membership,||||| |||||although|Trustees may also be co-opted||to provide|||| |||||specialist|skills or strengthen|the Board.||||| |||||I.PF's strength
is the good-will||and enthusiasm||of Its||| |||||Trustees|and other volunteers|who undertake||a number||| |||||ofroles to promote the aims||ofthe Charity and||with||the| |||||staff reduced
in January are increasingly|||involved||in|day-| |||||to-day administration.||||||| |Other||||||||||| ## |Summary||of|Para 12D|Our normal
activities, events and outreach were severely affected
by COVID| |---|---|---|---|---| |the main||||restrictions
throughout
the year under review but, where we could, we| |achieve-ments||||enhanced other provision to compensate.| |ofthe Charity,||||| |identifying
difference
Charity's
has made
the|the
the
work
to|||Newsletters
and dilsseminating
hard-copy
information
With the Newsletter
being aur principal
mea ns ofcontacting
members
we
procured
LCR funding to pay for double size colour "COVID-19special
editions" and extra issues.
We also increased the print run and,
in| |circumstan-||||collaboration
with Lewisham
Homes (Managers ofthe Local Authority
owned| |ces of its||||social housing),
posted an issue to each oftheir sheltered
scheme residents.| |beneficiaries||||We also distributed
hundreds
more through
foodbanks,
social supermarkets| |and any wider||||and similar outreach to the isolated and digitally
excluded throughout
the| |benefits to||||Borough.
This continued
through to the February
Newsletter
when, the LCR| |society as||a||funding
having
been exhausted,
the Charity drew on its own reserves to fund| |whole.||||a final "COVID-19 Special Edition" in March 2021.| |||||Feedback was received from these new outlets to the effect that the LPF| |||||Newsletter
was a valued enhancement
to the services they provided
for| |||||their vulnerable
clients, severely affected by the pandemic
and its| |||||consequences,| |||||As an alternative
tothe pre-COVID "Diary Dates" column, the increased| |||||frequency
and increased outreach
"COVID-19 Special Edition" Newsletters| |||||featured
useful phone numbers
for assistance
and support
prominently
on| |||||the back page.| |||||Contact with members| |||||In anticipation
of having no face to face contact with our members
through| |||||the Monday Project (a weekly open-house
for socialising
and activities), the| |||||Riverdale Table (fortnightly
outreach
in a shopping
centre) ar the bi-monthly| |||||meetings,
we set in place a scheme recruiting
about twenty ofour members| |||||as volunteers
to make calls to others on a list provided
(names and phone| |||||numbers
only) so that ag LPF members for whom we had telephone
numbers| |||||would be telephoned
by someone
on behalf ofthe Forum early
in the crisis| |||||to check whether
they were manag'mg,
to offer sign-posting
and ta offer| |||||further regular
calls ifrequested.| |||||Staffwere present
in the office during the latter half ofthe year under review| |||||and also monitoring
and responding
to messages
throughout.| |||||Meetings| |||||We were unable to hold our usual bi-monthly
face-to-face meetings
but| |||||coordinated
a three day Zoom Conference
in October which was very well| |||||received.
22 varied sessions each attended
virtually
by up to120 people.| |||||A successful
ail day "Health Fayre" virtual event organised at the usual time| |||||in January with 14sessions attended
by up to Sopeople.
We took advantage| |||||ofthe flexibility of using Zoom to invite a yoga teacher wha used ta deliver| |||||seated yoga sessions face ta face to contribute ta this event even though she| |||||now lives in Germany.| |||||We also delivered
a pastel/virtual
AGM postponed
from November to| |||||February.| |||||We organised
two virtual events
in March 2021with Speakers fram all over| |||||the country: Campaigning
far Affardable
eroadband
for older woman,
during| |||||international
woman
month
Championing
the Need far Affordable| |||||Broadband for Older Women
gCHOOSETOCHALLENGE
and Health| |||||inequalities
and Bridging the Digital divide.| |Additional
Information
(optional)|||| |---|---|---|---| |You ma
choose to Include further|statements|where|relevant about:| |Achievements
against|Para 1.41||| |objectives set.|||| |Performance
of fundraising|Pere 1 41||| |activities against objectives|||| |set.|||| |Investment
performance|Pare 1.41||| |against objectives.|||| |Other|||| ## |nancial
Review|nancial
Review|nancial
Review|nancial
Review||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Review ofthe Charity's||||||At the end ofthis unprecedented
year the|| |financial
position at the end of||||||chadty position was secure with afurther|| |the period,||||||year of main grant funding
and restricted
funds held against developmental
work, Plan|| |||||||were in hand to pursuit further fund raising|| |||||||for core cost expenditure|| |Statement
explaining
the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held.|||||Para 1.22|The Trustees maintain
sufficient reserves
to cover the costs ofwinding
up the|| |||||||Charity,
including
staff redundancy
and|| |||||||outstanding
contractual
arrangements.|As| |||||||a matter ofprudence,
despite the|| |||||||redundancy
liability being reduced
by one|| |||||||member ofstaff leaving
in January
and not|| |||||||being replaced, the Trustees have decided|| |||||||to maintain
this fund at or slightly above|| |||||||the previous
leveL|| |||||||The only long-term
contractual
liability is|| |||||||the five-year hire purchase agreement|| |||||||which at March 2020 had about two and|s| |||||||half years still to run.|| |Amount ofreserves|||held.||Para 1.22|f27,606|| |Reasons for holding|||zero||Para 1.22|n/a|| |reserves.|||||||| |Details of fund materially||||in|Para 1.24|n/a|| |deficit.|||||||| |Explanation|ofany||||Para 1.23|The LBofLewisham
will not be grant funding|| |uncertainties|about the|||||the charity from Apr8 2022 but trustees are|| |charity continuing||ss a going||||seekirig fundS from ehewhere
and, if|| |concern.||||||necessary,
plan to use more volunteers
to|| |||||||help deliver services.|| |The charity's|The charity's||Pars 1.47|LPF's principal
source offunding
throughout
the year under| |---|---|---|---|---| |principal|sources of|||review has been the Local Authority
"Main Grant" ofE35,000| |funds (including||||per annum.| |any fundraising).||||This was supplemented
duding the year by a grant ofE6,400| |||||from the City Bridge Trust as part ofthe London
COVID| |||||Response initiative. This paid for enhancements
to and wider| |||||dissemination
ofthe Newsletter,
adaptions to home-working| |||||and the creation of ITbased events,
Prudent
management| |||||meant that It could also be extended to cover the additional| |||||costs ofa postal AGM,| |||||A further grant ofE5,000was received from Bright| |||||Ideas/Groundworks,
unspent
at the end ofthe year
in| |||||question, for further
improvements
and adaptions of IT.| |Investment
policy|||Para 1as|n/a| |and objectives||||| |including|any|social||| |investment|policy|||| |adopted,||||| |A description||ofthe|Pars 14s|Failure to raise adequate
funding
to cover the charity's| |principal
risks||||expenditure
and /or failure to recruit more voluntary| |facing the|Charity|||helpers
with the required
skills.| |Other||||| ## |Structure, Governance|Structure, Governance|an|d Manag|ement|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Description of Charity's||||n/a (we don't have any)|| |trusts:|||||| |Type of|governing
document||Para 1.25|Constitution|| |How is the charity|||Pare 1.25|Unincorporated
Association|| |constituted?|||||| |Trustee selection methods
including
details ofany
constitutional
provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees.|||Para 1.25|Either elected by members at a general
meeting
(usually the A12M) orco-opted byTrustees.
The Constitution
makes provision for one ortwo
trustees or special advisors,
being Councilors
nominated
by Local Authority|| |Additional|information
(optional)||||| |You ma
choose to include further|||statements|where relevant about:|| |Policies|and procedures|||(None this year due to pandemic?)|| |adopted|for the induction|and||A "New Trustees'
pack has been assembled|| |training|oftrustees.|||and existing trustees also benefitted
from
Zoom Induction Session.|a| |The charity's
organisational|||Pars 1.51|We have one paid officer who works closely|| |structure|and any wider|||with the Honorary
Officers and volunteers|to| |network|with which the|||administer
the Charity and deliver our|| |charity works.||||services. We pay for some commissioned|| |||||work/services.|| |||||We are monitored
by the London Borough of|| |||||Lewiah
am.|| |||||We belong to the NPC and the Greater|| |||||London Pensioners
Forum.|| |||||Kings College University,
Catbytes, Age UK|| |||||London, Greater London Forum for Older|| |||||People are among the other organisations|| |||||with which we cooperate.|| |Relationship
with any related|||Pars 1.51|Informal
links have been established
and|| |parties.||||maintained
with other local Charities for older|| |||||people. Some ofour trustees ere siso|| |||||trustees ofother charities
with similar|| |||||objectives.|| |Other|||||| ## |Charity|name|name|Lewisham|Pensioners'|Forum| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Other name||the charity uses|LPF||| |Registered||charity number|1158175||| |Charity's|principal address||The Old Town
Hall, Catford Road, London. SE64RU||| ||||changed
in|FebrUary|2027 to| ||||Fifth Floor,|Laurence|House, Catford Road,| ||||London. SE64RU||| ||||Oatea acted|Name ofperson ior|Name ofperson ior| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Trustee name|Office (ifany)|ifnot for|body) entitled|to| ||||whole year|appoint trustee|&Ãany)| ||Bridgit Sam-Bailey|Chairman||LPF members|in AGM| ||Stella Amagbokpa-Nortey|||LPF members|in AGM| ||Anthony
Atherton|Vice Chairman/||LPF members|in AGM| |||Secretary|||| ||Paul Brownlow|||J.PF members|in AGM| ||Jean Goodison||From|LPF members|in AGM| ||||24/02/21||| ||Joyce Jacca||Until 2020|LPF members|in AGM| ||Barbara Moore|Treasurer|Until|LPF members|in AGM| ||||01/11/20||| ||Leonie Nwawudu||Until|LPF members|in AGIVl| ||||24/02/21||| ||Elitabeth
hiwawudu|||LPF members|in AGM| |10|Bridget Unegbu|||1.PF members|in AGM| ||Kiran Patel|Treasurer|From|LPF members|ln AGM| ||||24/02/21||| ||Peter Redfarn||From|LPF members|in AGM| ||||24/02/21||| ||Anne Schum
an|Secretary|Until|LPF members|in AGM| ||||09/09/21||| ||Kelvin Whee)an|||LPF members|in AGM| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ##