ENCOURAGEMENT THROUGH THE ARTS AND TALKING (ETAT) Registered charity number 1159712
Annual Report of the Trustees
5 April 2020 to 4 April 2021
Encouragement Through the Arts and Talking (ETAT) has had a second challenging but ultimately fulfilling year.
ETAT was registered as a Charity (CIO) on 22 December 2014. Our aim is to encourage the wellbeing of lonely and isolated people of a wide variety of age groups, backgrounds and abilities through artistic and social activities. Our first ETAT Group meets in Pimlico, London. It is run by “Encouragers”, most of whom are volunteers, and the beneficiaries are known as “Friends”.
Following government guidance, the doors to the Thamesbank Centre where we deliver ETAT have mostly remained closed since March 2020. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic we have retained one part time worker who, supported by volunteer Encouragers, has kept in touch with all our Friends, providing regular phone calls to see how they are and to ensure they have medical and food supplies and are aware of additional support available to them. In addition, our Encouragers have distributed ETAT arts folders which include a variety of art materials and activities aimed at encouraging our Friends to stay creative and keep occupied at home.
In October we had a brief window of opportunity between lockdowns when Friends were welcomed back to ETAT. During those sessions, we engaged them in a range of arts activities including painting, making wind chimes and producing a Remembrance Day display of poppies using crafting skills including lino printing.
Friends were understandably slow to return. Many were fearful about meeting indoors, albeit in a well-aired, fully sanitised space in which social distancing was taken extremely seriously. Others could not wait to come back, and we were really pleased that 18 individuals benefited from ETAT’s activities during this short but valuable time.
Since then, we have been working hard to find innovative ways to engage our Friends in activities that stimulate their minds and relieve some of the intense isolation that many are now feeling. We have developed stronger partnerships with other organisations in the community, such as the Abbey Centre and Open Age, and we believe that, going forward, these new partnerships will help to ensure that even more lonely and isolated people will be able to benefit from ETAT’s work.
Leading up to Christmas, some of our Friends took part in our first Zoom activity. Organised by Open Age and The Old Vic, they sang and signed ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ together with new Friends from across the City of Westminster.
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic our main task has been to keep our Friends happy and occupied. We telephone them regularly, make sure they have food and medicines, put them in touch with one another and encourage them to work on their packs of art materials to create works of art for future exhibition.
Now, with the outline of a road map opening up in front of us, we are planning how to resume face to face activities. We are really keen to ensure that those who have been shielding as well as those who have been self-isolating can engage with ETAT once again as it is clear that this period has had a huge impact on their quality of life.
We need to create a ‘new normal’ at ETAT, with smaller groups and shorter sessions to ensure that we can accommodate everyone safely. Our arts Encouragers will support Friends to reflect their experiences during the pandemic, using a range of media including the spoken word and visual arts and leading to an exhibition as soon as regulations allow.
During this difficult period, we have, thankfully, continued to be supported by generous grants and donations. Our running costs were reduced in line with the reduction in operations. As a result, we have sufficient funds in place for the continued operation of ETAT for Financial Year 2021-22 and will be aiming to have a financial reserve of between 4- 6 months’ costs at the end of Financial Year 2021-22.
Grateful thanks are due once again to Peabody, who are working hard to enable us to return to Thamesbank Centre. Enormous thanks also go to the trustees of the late Dr Mary Catterall who have given us generous three-year funding and to those trusts, companies and individuals who have provided financial and in-kind support to enable us to continue our work over the last very difficult year.
Diane Yeo
Trustee
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Encouragements Through the Arts and Talking 1159712
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 06-Apr-20 05-Apr-21
To
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Grants 16,000 18,023 - 34,023 22,850
Legacy 20,000 20,000 20,000
Donations 1,633 - - 1,633 5,069
Gift Aid 256 256 434
Interest 5 - - 5 13
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- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
37,894 18,023 - 55,917 48,366
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 37,894 18,023 - 55,917 48,366
A3 Payments
Contractors 11,894 16,720 - 28,614 50,769
Fund raiser fees 1,606 - 1,606 2,534
Consultancy - - - 540
Cost of fund raising events - - 4,279
Refreshments 233 453 - 686
Materials 495 327 - 822
Insurance 345 - - 345 345
Bank charges and similar 69 - - 69 158
Repairs - - - - 21
Travel costs 33 20 - 53 573
Printing and stationery 51 - - 51 326
Domain and internet charges 57 - - 57 180
Property hire - - - 1,500
Sub total [ 14,783 ] 17,520 - 32,303 61,225
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Purchase of computer - - - - 454
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - 454
Total payments 14,783 17,520 - 32,303 61,679
Net of receipts/(payments) 23,111 503 - 23,614 - 13,313
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 16,502 - 16,502 29,815
Cash funds this year end 39,613 503 - 40,116 16,502
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
19/10/2021
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Bank funds Cash funds Details Details Computer Details Signature |
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 39,489 503 124 - - - 39,613 503 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) 454 - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name |
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - |
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| Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) Date of approval |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
19/10/2021
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of Tr¥Eou" H" THÉ Afvtj TrLKi•J On accounts for the year ended Charlty no {if any) srA APEIL aol I jIEg711 Set out on pages 70 ? I report to the trustees on my examinalion of the accounts of the above charity {Ihe Tnjsf) for the year ended Responsibilitie5 and As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in acu)rdance with the requirements of the Charibes Act 2011 {Ihe ACY). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's ac£ounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in csrrying out my examination. I have followed the applTrcaIe Directicfis given by thè Charity Commission under sect50n 145(5Xb) of the Act. I have completed my examina*ion. l (x)nfim that no material matters have come to my attention (olher than that disclosed b81ow") in connectton with Ihe examinatron which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect acCnti reCS were I1 kept in actrdanCE with section 130 of the Aci c the a¢Unts do not wlth the accounting remrds Independent examiner's statement I have no fX)ncems and have come auoss no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey (lo not apy. Signed: Date: M M: LiEowiiJ Relevant professlonal qualifi&itlon(s) or body lrfany): Fcc.A Address: oL4L-s IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Onty complete rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern {see CC32, Independent examination of chartty ac(x)unts: direGtions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief detsÉls of any items that the examiner wishes to dlsclose. IER October 2018