2023-04-05-accounts

The Andrew Rodger Trust

Trustees Annual Report April 2022/2023

Charity Commission Registration 1160141

Context

Formed in 2014, The Andrew Rodger Trust aims to improve end of life care given by generalist frontline care -providers in low to middle income countries (LMIC) with a focus mainly on Africa. It is named after Andrew Rodger, who died aged 24 in 1982 in South Africa following a car accident in Botswana. He was exploring ways of supporting people and churches at the height of the Apartheid regime with plans for work there in future. He was married to Keri Thomas , who later became the founder of the Gold Standards Framework (GSF) charity used extensively in the UK. See https://www.gsfinternational.org.uk/gsf-founders-story

Most care for most people at the end of life is given by generalist frontline care-providers, staff or family carers. Everyone caring for a person in their final years might benefit from some training and support. So there is recognition of the need to train and enable more people caring for those nearing the end of their life across the world, with a rising need in poorer countries.

The burden of serious health-related suffering is rising fastest in low/middle -income countries (LMICs) and is escalating (Katherine Sleeman Kings EAPC 2019 ). It is estimated that in future there will be increased demand for palliative and end of life care. As predicted deaths in LMICs rise 80% of the need for palliative care is thought to come from resource poor / low and middle income (LMIC) countries in the future .See https://www.gsfinternational.org.uk/andrew-rodger-trust-charity For previous work in Africa see https://www.gsfinternational.org.uk/gsf-africa

What we do

The objective of this work is enabling ‘gold standard’ care for people nearing the end of life.

This is broadly focussed on enabling generalist frontline providers of care , working closely with palliative care specialists, to improve community support ,reduce the burden of care on hospitals and enable better experience of care and quality of life for those nearing the end of life. We seek to enable care that is proactive through earlier recognition of decline , personalised to meet clinical needs and personal needs by offering advance care planning discussions, and coordinated to ensure the right care at the right time given by all care providers- a gold standard of care .

We seek to play a role in relieving serious health-related suffering (SHRS) and improve palliative and end of life care either directly or by enabling others, supporting more people to have a better experience of care and quality of life, and to live well until they die.

To do this we co-adapt the expertise and lessons learnt from over 25 years of GSF in the UK and worldwide to their local context. This includes; tools and resources, academic and research experience, advocacy at national policy levels, as well as an integration of spiritual values.

Outline of the charity’s work in:_

1. Training programmes and mentoring for generalists in palliative/ end of life care, sharing lessons from the UK’s GSF (Gold Standards Framework UK) .

2. Research, evaluation studies and academic collaborations

3. Spiritual and religious support and training

The trustees, who remain the same as last year, continue to explore how to support resource-poor countries particularly in Africa provide better care for people nearing the end of their lives. This builds upon the expertise and experience in this area of the UK’s Gold Standards Framework Centre (GSF ) in End of Life care , from its founder and Chairman Professor Keri Thomas OBE , seeking ways that this work , resources , energy and experience can be applied and adapted for work within the context of resource poor countries.

How we do it.

We work closely with those involved in palliative care in Africa, notably the African Palliative Care Association (APCA) , through the APCA International Conference and webinar series , and others involved in palliative care there to map out potential collaborations and pilots in several African countries. For example , the possible development of a Palliative/Supportive care register of identified patients in one area that could lead to spread in other African countries. Prof Keri Thomas received an invitation to speak at the APCA International Conference in Aug 22, and there were discussions of offering small grants for early pilots , called ‘ Planning Early , Going for Gold’ pilots, working with interested palliative care leads . Prof Keri Thomas received an invitation to speak at the APCA International Conference due in Aug 22, and there were discussions of offering small grants for early pilots , called ‘ Planning Early , Going for Gold’ pilots, working with interested palliative care leads . This would continue in 2023-4 onwards, with further details , application forms and supported training workshops on line .

The charity received donations from individuals in previous years and a donation from the asset lock of the UK’s GSF Centre CIC , when it became a subsidiary of Hospice UK and later an independent charity . There is a good will relationship between both charities .

The charity has now developed a very comprehensive website www.gsfinternational.org.uk , through which examples from the UK , from Africa and from other countries can be shared , with access to training resources and the GSF Virtual Learning Zone . This will be the platform for further communication and development going forward. Donations to the Andrew Rodger Trust are registered for Gift Aid . Some of the previous work is detailed in the GSF Africa section . https://www.gsfinternational.org.uk/gsf-africa

For more details contact Keri Thomas at [e-mail]

or Mark Thomas at [e-mail]

	The Andrew Rodger Trust	The Andrew Rodger Trust	The Andrew Rodger Trust	The Andrew Rodger Trust	The Andrew Rodger Trust	1160141	1160141		CC16a
	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from		Period start date		To		Period end date
			06/04/2022				05/04/2023
Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds		Endowment funds		Total funds		Last year
	to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Bank InterestReceived	420		-		-		420		-
	-		-		-		-		12
	-		-		-		-		4,274
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
Sub total(Gross income for AR)	420		-		-		420		4,286
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
Sub total	-		-		-		-		-
Total receipts	420		-		-		420		4,286
A3 Payments
Professional fees	330		-		-		330		-
Website design									1,290
Justgivingfees	180		-		-		180		108
Bank Charges	60		-		-		60		20
Subscription	177		-		-		177		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
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**Sub total **	747		-		-		747		1,418
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-
**Sub total **	-		-		-		-		-
Totalpayments	747		-		-		747		1,418
Net of receipts/(payments)	- 327		-		-		- 327		2,868
A5 Transfers between funds	-		-		-		-		-
A6 Cash funds lastyear end	95,896		-		-		95,896		93,028
Cash funds thisyear end	95,569		-		-		95,569		95,896

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Categories Details funds funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds Current Account 7,107 -
Savings Account 88,462 - -
- -
Total cash funds 95,569 - -
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s)) OK OK OK
Signed by one or two trustees on Date of
behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name approval
Mark Thomas MARK THOMAS
15/12/2023
Keri Thomas KERI THOMAS
15/12/2023
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