2024-03-31-accounts - Borderline Arts CIO

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TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT (April 23 – March 24)

Borderline Arts (CIO)

Email: contact@borderlinearts.org Website: www.borderlinearts.org ~~a~~ Tel: 07754 806814

Address: 119 Osmaston Rd Derby, DE1 2GD Charity Number: 1160324

CONTENTS PAGE
TRUSTEE AND CHARITY INFORMATION	3
DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARITY’S TRUSTS	4
OBJECTS, OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVIES OF THE CHARITY	5
ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT	6
FINANCIAL REVIEW	10
CHARITY ACCOUNTS	11
TRUSTEE DECLARATION	13
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TRUSTEE AND CHARITY INFORMATION

Charity Name: BORDERLINE ARTS (CIO)

Other names charity is known by: BORDERLINE

Registered Charity Number: 1160324

Charity Address: 119 Osmaston Rd, Derby, DE1 2GD

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity:

Trustee Name	Office/Role	Dates if not acted for whole year
Sarah Eley	Founder/Coordinator	N/A
Kevin Bagshaw	Chairperson	N/A
Jill Broughton	Adviser	N/A
Pauline Shephard	Secretary	N/A
Lesley Edwards	Treasurer	N/A
Victoria Vaughan	Adviser	N/A

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information):

There are no paid staff working for the charity

DESCRIPTION OF THE CHARITY’S TRUSTS

Type of governing document: Constitution How the charity is constituted: Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Trustee selection methods: Trustees are appointed during the year as required by decision of the trustees in office.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
The charity’s organisational structure and wider network with which the charity works;
Relationship with any related parties;
Trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them

All trustees give of their time and expertise voluntarily. Trustees do not receive any remuneration or benefits

OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To promote and protect the Physical and Mental Health of Sufferers of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and their relatives, dependants and carers through the provision of support, education and practical advice.
To advance the education of the general public in all areas relating to BPD, in particular by the provision of training and raising public awareness of BPD.

“Can’t believe how lucky I am to live in the same city as the one UK charity for BPD!!” Art Group Member

ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES (Optional Information) 1

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about: policy on grantmaking, policy programme related investment and contribution made by volunteers.

A huge contribution is made by member volunteers with their valuable contribution of time and energy and expertise. Without this commitment the Charity would not have been able to achieve so much in this period.

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ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit at our trustees’ meetings. The focus of our activities is to raise awareness of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) with the general public and provide support for people living with BPD and their carers through education, training and practical advice.

During the year we ran the following activities:

MONTHLY CREATIVE GROUPS

These are free art and writing groups run on a monthly basis for individuals with BPD to come together and engage in creative activities. The groups are free of charge to ensure they are accessible to all those with BPD, as many are on benefits or low income and would otherwise struggle to attend and participate.

However, we have had to put these workshops on hold for the time being, whilst we recruit a Workshops Administrator. Their role will be to promote the sessions and to carry out the admin related to our workshops. Once we have a suitable volunteer in place, we intend to relaunch these creative groups with invigorated energy and hopefully reach out to many people who would benefit from and really enjoy these supportive groups.

For more information, please head to: www.borderlinearts.org/art-and-writing-groups

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Creative Educational Workshops

Our workshops enable participants to:

Express their personal thoughts and feelings about BPD.
Learn more about the condition.
Learn ways to sensitively relate to someone with BPD.

A large part of these sessions uses creative activities to aid learning. We also ensure that those providing the teaching always includes someone with lived experience of BPD (as well as a professional where possible). Both the creativity and firsthand stories help participants to connect with the content on a deeper level than simply listening to facts.

People who've attended have said that the workshop has increased their:

Understanding of the complexity in which the condition affects those with BPD.
Confidence in supporting those with BPD, practically and emotionally.

“Thank you so much for your fabulous session; it was such a great learning experience. The combination of instructional content, role play, open discussion and of course creativity worked so well. The students really valued it and it transferred to the online format just fine”.

Nottingham University

We conducted two professional training workshops at Nottingham University in November 2023. One was for the MA social work students and one for BA social work students.

Both of these were extremely well received, with excellent feedback from students on how much insight and understanding they have gained about Borderline Personality Disorder.

There were many comments made on how much the informal nature of the talk, with the inclusion of many personal anecdotes and lived experiences, helped develop a sincere understanding of the condition. The professionalism of the course material, booklets and presentation were also highly praised.

Derbyshire NHS Acute Psychiatric Staff

We have also re-commenced running these workshops (on a regular basis) for the ward staff at our local psychiatric hospitals. This was something we were doing pre-pandemic and we are excited that it's now safe enough for us to resume these! We ran one in September 2023 and another in February 2024.

Film Project

We're making great progress with our upcoming film ‘On The Borderline’ - an exciting collaboration with

Gav, our script writer has now finished the script for our film! The film is set in a therapy group and shows the reality of life for several adults living with BPD. We have written a proposal to use to try to secure funding!

Once that's in place, we will then be putting call outs for actors and crew etc! Exciting times! You can read more about this by clicking here.

Raising awareness via our website

Our website is a useful first port of call for anyone wanting to know all about BPD and what we are doing. We are aware that we have online visitors from all over the world, so it’s a really important part of what we do.

Many people with BPD have told us that simply seeing the website and knowing there are people out there who understand BPD and are ‘fighting for them’ has really helped them feel less alone.

Lots of people who don’t have BPD have shared how useful the website and articles are to them in gaining further understanding of the illness and how to support those with the condition.

Additionally, we offer the opportunity to those with BPD across the world to have their artwork or writing showcased. The purpose of this is to raise awareness from a variety of personal experiences and to celebrate their talent.

1 “Thanks for putting together such a fantastic website – I love it, it’s really helpful, informative and inspiring and the art and writing there has made me feel much less alone. I believe what you are doing is very valuable to a lot of people”. “Very professional and informative - a great resource for accurate, comprehensive and up-to-date information on BPD”.

One of the elements on our website is our online art and writing galleries, which we continue to add to as detailed below…

ONLINE ART & WRITING GALLERIES

We have continued to run our ongoing online project, in which we invite adults with BPD (anywhere in the world!) to create and submit piece/s of writing or pieces of art expressing their experience of life with BPD.

We then add it to our online galleries.

But what is the purpose of these galleries? Read below to find out:

The Galleries:

Showcase, promote & celebrate the creative work of those diagnosed with BPD
Empower adults with BPD to raise awareness of the condition
Help raise awareness and tackle the stigma of BPD

You can find out more or browse the writing gallery here or browse the art gallery here.

In the next year we will be revamping the website with new branding and graphics, so watch this space!

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Cash reserves are regularly reviewed. The Charity holds sufficient cash to cover at least 3 months office costs and planned events and to meet any unforeseen expenditure that may occur.

Details of any funds materially in deficit: Not applicable

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
How expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
Investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

St. Peters Littleover and Blagreaves

St Peter’s Church and congregation are sponsoring us in 3 increments of £500 over 3 years. We are currently in year 3 of the 3 years.

This support makes a HUGE difference to us, enabling us to cover many of our basic costs. This money is so important to us to be able to move forwards and continue to support those with this very debilitating mental illness.

Fundraising

We’ve been overwhelmed by the support of so many people this year! Many people have also supported us through online fundraisers, Paypal Giving Fund, Local Giving Donations, Easy Fundraising, Amazon Smile , GoFund Me,1 Facebook birthday fundraisers , and much more. We also raised a lot of money on Local Giving – through fundraisers, for which we are very grateful. We’re so thankful to every single person who has supported us in any way! THANK YOU!

Reserves

We have total reserves of £11667, of which we have restricted funds of £2122 specifically for our film project. The board of trustees have also designated a further £8552 for the film project. The remaining £993 is in general reserves, to cover up to 3 months expenses.

CHARITY ACCOUNTS (APRIL 23- MARCH24) CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES BORDERUNE ARTS Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe period from To 01.04.2023 31.03.2024 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Totsl funds Last year tothB nearost£ tothB f403rost £ to tho noarest £ to tho noare5t£ A1 Rece5pts Local Giving donabons Workshop Income Paypal Giwng Fun(VGo Fund kle Dmations & Easy Fundraising Church donaiions Grdnts Trust FuS Mind Dty)81ion 374 374 1.600 1.289 550 1.518 ssl 500 2,500 1.000 533 500 290 Sub total(Gross income for AR) 3.n1 3.731 7.908 A2 As$•t and Inv¢$tment sales, (see table). Sub total 3.731 3,731 7,908 A3Pa ft1 Insuranc* Website & Computer costs Subscriptions Publicity & Pnnling Office expenses inc. mobile pTrK Volunteer expenses Travel costs re.. WLYkst 1.6$0 310 932 180 1.650 308 805 180 392 172 310 139 27 Sub total 3,7T5 3,775 A4 Asset and investment purchases, see table Sub total 3,775 3,775 3,569 Net of r•¢eipts/(payments) A5 Transfers bgtween funds A6 Cash fund5 last year end Cash funds this year end 4.3YJ 2.122 11,711 7,372 11.711 2.122 11.667

12 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted fvnds m•aroSt£ Rtricted funds to m•aMst£ Endowment funds tts noar•¥t E Dotalls B1 Cash funds 2.122 Total cash funds 2.122 Unrnstrict•d funds R•striet•d funds Endowmènt funds Detsils to nBare6t £ FUNJ to whl¢h CuNont valu• onal Details Cost loptiMall B3 Investment assets Furbd to which Cuvrent val onal Details Cost lopknall B4 Assets retained for the charltys own use FUNI lo whl¢h rnount duo When d n•1 Details B5 Llabilitoes Signed by one Ort1 tnJ5tees on behatf of all Ihe trustees Signaturè Print Name Date of rov31 Lesley Edwards 8.11.24 Kevin Bagshaw 8.11.24

TRUSTEE DECLARATION

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:

Full name(s):

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc):

Date:

Signature:

Lesley Elizabeth Edwards

Treasurer

17[th] September 2024 [eakeCd a0

Full name(s):

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc):

Date:

Kevin Bagshaw

Chair

17[th] September 2024 1

Signature: