| Charity Name | School Ground Sounds |
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| Registered charity | 1159676 |
| number | |
| Principal Address | 14Henderson Road, London SW183RR |
| Trustees | Tom Keohane —Chairman |
| Jack Keeling —Trustee | |
| Charles Scott —Trustee | |
| Dr Tilean Gordon —Trustee | |
| Natalie Maddix- Trustee | |
| Chief Executive | Anthony Olanipekun |
| Section 8- Structure | overnance | and mana | ement | |
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| Type of governing | Constitution | |||
| document | ||||
| How the charity is | Charitable | Incorporated | Organisation | (CIO) |
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| Trustee selection | New trustees appointed | by resolution | ofexisting trustees. | |
| method |
| Summary ofthe | The advancement of musical education for the |
public benefit, in |
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| objects set out in | particular for young people from disadvantaged | backgrounds, by |
| SGS'governing | helping young people and school communities |
to access the music |
| document | production process and musical activities, which develop their skills |
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| and promote engagement. |
| Summary of main | Summary of main | Summary of main | We confirm the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's | We confirm the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's | We confirm the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's | We confirm the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's |
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| activities | guidance on public benefit. Activities undertaken include: |
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| undertaken | for the | |||||
| public benefit | in | For11—16year olds from lower income backgrounds: | ||||
| relation to the | ~ | A programme ofsong-writing and music-making workshops |
for | |||
| objects | groups ofyoung people in schools (the School Ground Sounds | |||||
| 'After School Programme' ). | ||||||
| ~ | Projects in conjunction with youth centres to run workshops |
for | ||||
| young people to create music and songs | ||||||
| For | 16—24year olds from lower income backgrounds with musical |
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| aspirations who are often NEET (not in education, employment |
or | |||||
| training) | ||||||
| ~ | A seven-week crash course in the music industry (called 'Grit |
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| School'),with input from music industry professionals and |
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| opportunities to collaborate and perform |
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| ~ | A programme ofone-to-one mentoring for young people |
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| interested in pursuing a career in music, with mentors being |
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| volunteers from the music industry |
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| ~ | The 'Accelerator' programme to support young talented musicians |
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| through the whole process ofcreating and publishing an EP |
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| ~ | Support for 'Tracks on Tap' - a project providing regular live |
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| performance opportunities for up-and-coming young musicians |
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| As well as engaging the young people in positive, worthwhile pursuits |
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| and | developing their musical skills, all activities are intended to |
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| participants' confidence, self-discipline, teamwork and resilience. |
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| We | also manage a fund, 'Hatty's Fund', which donates instruments |
to | ||||
| selected keen young musicians who cannot otherwise afford them. |
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| Section 0 —Achievements | and erformance |
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| Summary of | the | Secured c.E154koffunding | ||||
| main | Had over 140young people participating in SGSactivities |
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| achievements | of | Delivered our After School Programme in four schools with a |
total | |||
| the charity during | ofover 100unique participants, and an average attending each |
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| the year | term of15per school | |||||
| Ran two Grit Schools, with 22 participants | ||||||
| Piloted the Accelerator programme for 3aspiring musicians, |
with | |||||
| extremely positive feedback |
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| Ran a summer holiday song-writing workshop at BayTree Youth |
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| Centre for 9young people | ||||||
| Developed new branding, "Grounded Sounds" {tobe launched |
in | |||||
| early 2023),better to appeal to post-school age participants | ||||||
| Developed an exciting new potential programme ofactivities |
for | |||||
| 2023 | ||||||
| We | enter 2022 with reserves off77.5k, ofwhich f57.5k are | |||||
| unrestricted (ofwhich E19k are designated to Hatty's Fund) |
| Latest period | (12months to31Dec2022) | (12months to31Dec2022) | Prior period | |||||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | 12months to | |||||
| funds | funds | 31Dec2021 | ||||||
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| 81 | Cash funds | |||||||
| HSBCAccount | 29,342 | 54,090 | 77,455 | 83,432 | ||||
| Total cash | funds | 29,342 | 54,090 | 77~5 | 83,432 | |||
| 82 | Other monetary assets | None | None | |||||
| 83 | Investment | assets | None | None | None | |||
| 84 | Assets retained forthe charity's | own use | None | None | None | None | see Note 4 | |
| 85 | Liabilities | None | None |