## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1.1.20 Period start date To 31.12.20 Period end date Charity’s name: Artizan International (previously known as Craft Aid International)** ## **Charity registration number:1160494** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|1)
To relieve the needs of disabled
people in Yorkshire and the surrounding
area by providing opportunities to engage
in socially interactive craft-based activities
and to learn craft-based skills.
2)
The relief of poverty among
disabled people in such parts of the world
as the trustees shall from time to time
determine, in particular but not exclusively
through the provision of training in craft-
based skills and the establishment of craft-
based social enterprise organisations to
provide training and employment
opportunities for such people.
These objects will be carried out in
accordance with Christian principles of
compassion, service and inclusion, for the
benefit of people with disabilities of aII
faiths and none.
| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**UK:**
•
107 adults and children with
disabilities were supported with
remote weekly craft sessions and
wellbeing support from July to
December. To reduce isolation and
improve wellbeing we provided
weekly video crafts tutorials,
together with Zoom sessions,
monthly craft packs with 4 activities,
additional wellbeing packs, and
weekly phone calls where
requested. This was made possible
by successful funding applications
to Two Ridings Foundation, Arts
Council and The National Lottery.
•
Town-centre property acquired and
fully equipped to be a base for our
therapeutic craft workshops, a fair-
trade shop and our office. This was
possible through the combined
generosity of the previous owners
and a donation to cover costs.
•
Fair-trade shop opened in our new
premises to support our differently-
able artisans overseas and provide
work experience for local differently-
able people. The shop enables us to
increase awareness of the needs
and talents of differently-able people
in our community.
•
Volunteer Coordinator hired to
support greater community
involvement, who gave training,
organisation and supervision. 40
new volunteers joined, including
people with disabilities who have
taken on significant roles.
•
Café research and plan developed
to create work experience and
meaningful activity to meet the
needs of the many people with
learning disabilities who are not in
education or employment in our
community.
•
“Mosaics for Schools” diversity
training resources developed and
outline improved with external
consultation, so we can increase our
impact on bridging gaps between
the able and differently-able in our
communities when Covid
restrictions are lifted.
•
Online shop launched to retail
products made by differently-able
producers and create a sustainable
funding source.
•
Operation Manuals developed or
refreshed to strengthen the
organisation.| |---|---|---| |•|Product range broadened with a| |---|---| ||new range of “Artizan Organics”| ||researched, designed and certified,| ||and through partnerships to sell| ||products which support differently-| ||able people from Neema Crafts and| ||Harrogate Skills 4 Living.| |**Ecuador:**|| |•|21 artisans with disabilities were| ||enabled to earn an income through| ||our skills development and| ||purchase of the crafts they produce,| ||increased from 16 in the previous| ||year. A monthly welfare allowance| ||of £22 for individuals and £37 for| ||families supplemented government| ||support and relieved hardship when| ||restrictions made it impossible to| ||work. By the end of the year,| ||production could begin again.| |•|Transition to local management,| ||with Carlos and Jessica Bravo| ||trained and supported to lead our| ||programmes and support our| ||differently-able artisans.| |•|A diversified training programme| ||was developed and 3-year funding| ||secured so that artisans can learn a| ||wider base of skills and create a| ||new range of products. This| ||includes funding for the equipment| ||required to enable differently-able| ||artisans, such as sewing machines| ||with no foot pedals.| |**Peru:**|| |•|Premises purchased to be a base| ||for training workshops, a shop and a| ||café, which will promote skills,| ||employment opportunities and| ||social inclusion for people with| ||disabilities. Contractors for| ||renovations were identified after a| ||delay caused by Covid-19| ||restrictions.| |•|We continued to work with adults| ||with physical disabilities in Arequipa,| ||providing them with training and| ||equipment, and purchasing their| ||work from them every week or| ||fortnight, to allow them to support| ||themselves and their families.| ||These differently-able artisans| ||received welfare payments to| ||relieve hardship during the time| ||when work was not possible due to| ||Covid-19 restrictions.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|With regard to governance, we wish to
confirm that the trustees, in making
decisions about the activities of Artizan
International, have had due regard to the
commission's public benefit guidance when
exercising any powers or duties to which
theguidance is relevant.| |---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |

Policy on grant making

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Para 1.38|-| |

Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
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Para 1.38|-| |

Contribution made by
volunteers

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Para 1.38|Artizan International is extremely grateful
for the time, talents and abilities
contributed by all our volunteers, all of
whom do an excellent job. We are
fortunate to have a large team of
volunteers who help to support our
disabled participants at UK craft sessions,
provide support at public events and assist
with fund-raising etc. We also value our
overseas volunteers very much, without
whom we would not be able to train and
support the many people with disabilities
that we are working with.
Our volunteers increased from 60 to 100 in
2020, helping to improve the wellbeing of
people with disabilities who were isolated
at home because of the pandemic. They
helped to put sensory packs together with
mindful activities to improve mental health,
providing a phone call “buddy service” and
sought feedback on our Create and Craft
at Home project so it could be continuously
improved.
Volunteers were actively involved in the
renovation and set up of our new
premises, helping with the work needed to
create workshops and do the interior décor
in the fair-trade shop. This was a
significant cost saving and made it
possible for us to open the shop in time for
Christmas sales.
Many new products were designed in-
house and made in the UK by local
volunteers, as forerunners to products we| will train our artisans to make overseas in the near future. - Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |


Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|




Para
1.20|**UK:**
**Create and Craft at Home**
When there were restrictions due to Covid-19 we
successfully met the needs of differently-able people
in our community and increased the number of
people we serve through our Create and Craft at
Home project. We provided monthly crafts packs for
49 adults and 58 children with physical and learning
disabilities from July to December 2020. Each pack
contained 4 weekly activities, tutorial videos and
easy to read instructions sheets. The feedback from
Zoom sessions and forms allowed us to constantly
improve our services and crafts in the following
month's pack. We retained 98% of the participants
who joined us at the beginning of the project.
We added wellbeing elements in direct response to
feedback from participants and carers who were
concerned about mental health during lockdown.
This included communication through emails, postal
wellbeing packs and social media posts, as well a
buddy service that involved regular phone calls with
attendees or their carers. Social interaction was
boosted with weekly Zoom sessions to support the
participants in their activities.
Feedback included the following quotations from
attendees and carers:
"We had never attended an Artizan group before
and were astonished by the quality of the crafts and
instructions provided. The videos were so helpful
and as Liz promised, we were able to follow easily.
We are forever grateful for getting us through this
isolation.” David Thompson (Parent)| "The craft packs have helped me a lot because I wasn't doing well stuck in the home all the time. I like the Zooms the best.” Addy (Attendee) We reached many more adults and children by collaborating with social workers and local organisations such as Follifoot Riding Centre, Disability Action, Avalon and schools such as Springwater and Brooklands. The Funding Officer for The National Lottery commented: "Well done on such a successful project, we are pleased you were able to connect with other organisations and work together to benefit your community.” **Fair-trade shop, therapeutic workshop space and office in the town centre** Acquiring and equipping the gifted premises has been a considerable development for our organisation, providing a permanent base to increase our services to our local community and support for differently-able producers overseas. We have had a great deal of positive press and profile raising in relation to opening the new shop, including articles in the Yorkshire Post, Harrogate Advertiser and Stray Ferret, and interviews with Susie Hart on BBC Radio York. This allowed us to increase awareness of the needs and abilities of differently-able people while encouraging support for our work. New volunteer and work experience opportunities have been created, which has increased the community of support available for people with disabilities. A medically deaf volunteer, who managed the fair trade shop at weekends said: “I am so excited to have found Artizan, not just for myself but for the whole disabled community. This is a hive of creativity and warmth, the people here are incredible” Sales of crafts from our differently-able producers overseas got off to a promising start, which helped to fund part of the welfare allowances we provided to assist artisans during the pandemic. Feedback from customers was exceptionally good, both in terms of the products and the shop environment. We are working towards the goal for our shop to provide sustainable funding for our overseas producers, as well as for partners who support people with disabilities, such as Harrogate Skills 4 Living and Neema Crafts. **Café research and planning to create work experience and meaningful activity for differently-able people** In the process of holding consultations with our differently-able community, North Yorkshire County Council and local organisations we learned that there is a huge need for supported work experience opportunities for young adults with disabilities, many of whom have finished supported internships but have not been able to move on to work or meaningful activity. We have developed a business plan to provide services to meet the unmet needs within our community, while developing sustainable funding sources, so we can apply for funding for the café in the coming year. **Ecuador:** We have made a significant difference to the living standards, social connections and sense of wellbeing for 21 people with disabilities and their families, by providing ongoing skills development and income generating opportunities. When work was not possible because supply of materials and transport was restricted due to Covid-19, our welfare allowance ensured basic needs were still met. Participants explain how before they got involved with Artizan they felt helpless, unable to work, and rarely felt like leaving home. The contrast now is that they are able to earn an income for their family and realise that they can find the purpose and fulfilment that work brings. They have gained a community of friends and realise that they can enjoy life again. One said “I now feel full of joy, and that’s beautiful”. Local management is now in place, with Carlos and Jessica Bravo inducted and supported to use their experience and skills to lead the projects. Training began with former volunteer Project Leaders Jess and Andy, and then continued from our UK team. Plans to diversify training were created, with 3-year funding secured from Rope Charitable Trust, so that a wider range of skills and products become possible, including beaded jewellery, screen printing and textile products. This will be supported with new equipment, including sewing machines with no foot pedals, enabling new skills and opportunities for our differently-able artisans. **Peru:** Having shown with our initial pilot group that disabled people can be trained to make high-quality, desirable goods for which there is a good market in the UK and Arequipa itself, using locally available materials, Artizan is establishing a permanent centre. After over three years’ fundraising, we were able to purchase a two-story building near a famous plaza and spectacular viewpoint which is very popular with both tourists and locals. This will be a shop, café and base for training people with disabilities. There is a close correlation between poverty and disability in Peru; Human Rights Watch reports indicate that PWD are 70% more likely to be unemployed than the general population. Vanesa is one of our trained artisans who we support by purchasing crafts she produces. She is confined to a wheelchair due to muscular dystrophy. Vanesa explains that she considers job security to be a major problem: she says that some employers abuse people with disabilities by under-paying, while others simply don’t employ people with disabilities. Our social enterprises are being developed to release people with disabilities from poverty, allowing them to provide for themselves and their families with dignity. Paid work also reduces social isolation, providing interaction and income for travel for those currently hidden away at home. The shop and café will also create a local income stream, allowing us to support more differently-able producers. Although work on the property was interrupted by Covid-19 restrictions, by the end of the year plans were developed and contractors confirmed so the refurbishment could begin in 2021. **Changing Attitudes in the UK, Peru and Ecuador** : Artizan International’s projects in Arequipa, Peru and Santo Domingo, Ecuador, are a sign to the community that people with disabilities are capable of working and contributing to their society. Already the families of trainees view them differently, as they have begun to realise their talents and see them earning a wage. Our presence at various public events in the UK such as those mentioned above, has also helped us to make a positive impact on attitudes towards differently-able people in the community here. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |

Achievements against
objectives set

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|As above.| |---|---|---| |

Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set

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Investment
performance
against objectives

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Other

||**-**| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|We are grateful to our supporters who have
helped us to grow as an organisation in
2020. A significant development was the gift
of a town-centre property, as we were
selected to purchase at a discounted rate
and received a donation of £200,000 to
make this possible. We converted the
building into a fully functioning fair trade
shop (to sell the crafts made by the disabled
artisans we have trained in Ecuador and
Peru), plus a crafts training facility and
office.
A significant positive impact was made by
grants from Two Ridings Foundation, Arts
Council and The National Lottery, which
allowed us to provide Create and Craft at
Home art and wellbeing support to our local
differently-able community.
A grant from Imagine Foundation for core
funding was especially helpful in this year.
We are also grateful for continued funding
for overseas projects from Resurrection
Bikes (for our Peru volunteer’s living costs),| |---|---|---| |||and Rope Charitable Trust (for our Ecuador
project core costs).
However, Covid-19 had an impact on our
regular fundraising activities and supporter
donations were reduced by 50%. This is
because events which we usually rely on to
raise income, such as the Knitting and
Stitching Show where we sell crafts both
retail and wholesale, or our 40’s themed
annual gala, were simply not possible due
to restrictions.
To facilitate the expansion of our services
and use donations as effectively as
possible, while still protecting our
beneficiary's interests, we have reduced our
operating reserve from 6 months of running
costs to 3 months of running costs.
We are particularly appreciative of all of our
regular donors who kindly enable our work.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The trustees are committed to ensure that
Artizan International is well placed to
manage its financial obligations, deliver on
its commitments to all related stakeholders
and remain financially solvent, whist fulfilling
its objectives aligned to its charitable goals.

**Summary:**
Artizan International will secure funds from
a wide range of sources including charitable
donations, private giving, church donations,
national and local charitable organisations
and government funding.
It is anticipated that expenditure
commitments would be made only when
funds are anticipated and that no attempt
will be made to commit financial resources
to our overseas projects without there being
a confirmed source of funds to meet any
committed expenditure.
Cash balances are tracked monthly. They
are reported and verified against bank
statements on a monthly cycle. Any account
that is not recorded and verified will be
raised to the trustees for evaluation.
Cash balances:
It is the goal of the trustees to ensure that
the charity remains an ongoing concern and
that there are funds in hand to meet all
obligations. To do this the charity has a
policy on reserves which ensures that cash
is available to pay salaries, fund on-going
expenses and budgeted activities and
additional funds are in place to anticipate
material changes in unplanned expenditure.| |||The charity will hold funds in restricted and
unrestricted managed accounts and has a
policyon each of these types of funds| |---|---|---| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|In addition to all restricted funds, Artizan
International will continue with its regular
activities, regardless of incoming funds, for
a period of at least 3 months. This requires
a regular review of budgeted outgoings
including salaries and all other operational
costs and Trustees will scrutinise
appropriate financial reports at each
meeting and take appropriate actions to
protect the charity's financial sustainability.
| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**-**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**-**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**-**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |

The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)
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Para 1.47|Artizan International funds this year have
come from personal gifts from individuals,
supporting churches and organisations,
grant-making trusts and fundraising events.
We received no statutory funding.
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Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted
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A description of the principal
risks facing the charity

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Other

||**-**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed,royal charter)|
Para 1.25
|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?(e.g
unincorporated
association,CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |---|---|---| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees|
Para 1.25|Appointed by existing trustees| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |

Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees
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The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works

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Para 1.51|The Board of Trustees are responsible for
overseeing and governing the charity. They
meet with the Director of Artizan
International, Susie Hart MBE, 4 times per
year.
The Director is responsible for day-to-day
operations, and manages the charity's
volunteers in the UK, and overseas (through
on-going training, regular emails, reports
and Skype meetings).
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Relationship with any related
parties

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Other

||**-**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Artizan International| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|None(PreviouslyCraft Aid International)| |Registered charitynumber|1160494| |Charity’s principal address|39 Oxford Street,
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**to appoint trustee(if any) **| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Terry Wilcox|Chairman||| ||Eric Waters|Secretary||| ||Stephen Howell|Treasurer||| ||Deane Howell|||| ||Richard Hall|||| ||Pam Stevens|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||
|||| 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved |**Director name**||| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
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|-| ## **Additional information (optional)** **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Susie Hart MBE, Director of Artizan International ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **-** ## **Other optional information** **-** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Stephen Howell **Position (eg Secretary,** Terry Wilcox **Chair, etc)** Chair Treasurer **Date** 22.9.21 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For tho priod To 0110ir2020 3111212020 Sectioii A Receipts and payments nd• Tol*l fundB Lalty￿r A1 ReGg1 10.141 2M,144 Grnnt F￿￿hr￿j S818s Irthre 03.021 1gAg5 31 1gh96 31 ub total(Gn>ss AR) 218,161 121891 322.895 218.163 A3P• Dlwt C •nt8 a￿1 WJ Fundral&ng 8xw)•e• MlnlbJ8 Runnlng Bulldry purchwo EbJn&lcdb 40.079 io,ofyo n3 6473$ 721 Sub tot•1 111.7•0 174M• 161.710 434.700 174,608 Net ofre¢•lMW(p•ym￿J . AS Tran¥f•rn b•tw••n fund• A6 C••h fund• l••t year •nd Cash funds th18 y••r•nd 73. 45.855 133.sm 94.729 102.939 206.594 94.729 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrn8trl¢t•d Rmtrlcted fvnd• nd• to nMr••¢t Endowm•nt *tegori Details w•r••t£ t• n••N•t£ 81 Ca•h fund• Total cash funds tOT*htth Details 84 AMot8 r•taln•d for th• charlty's own u SwJnad by on8 Orts￿ InJ8t0eJ boh8tfof all ts ￿te Oate of approval TERRY WILCOX STEPHEN HOWELL CCXX R1 0¢￿UnIS {SSI 21h)gr2021 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts SÈction A Independent Examiner"s Report Report to the In￿￿•81 member8 of 14Yt£ 2w i 4yl On accounts for th8 yoar onded 311 ILI ZOLO Charlty no (If anyl Kl6oLtq Sot out on pagos I report to the trustees on my èxafflin8tion of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year 8nded Ro8pon81bllltl•8 and basls of rnport As the charivs trustees, Y(￿ are responsible for the preparatlon of th8 accounts in accordancè the rwuirements of th8 Charities Act 2011 (Ih8 Act.). I report in respect of my examin8tion of the Trusl's aC￿unts carried out under s8Glion 145 of the 2011 Ad and in carying out my 8xamlnallon, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Chanty ComnThssion under seciion 145(5Xb> of the A( Ind•pend•nt trho charity's gross in(¥Jne exc4•J8d £250.(Y)O and l am qualffied to oxamlneffs statement undertake Ihe exarninalion by being a qual￿th member of [insert name of aprrtkatAe Ilsted bodyjj. Delete [ ] Mnc4 appllcabl8. I have comwed my examination. I confirm that no mat8rial matters have t￿rne to my aiiention in o)nn8Ctlon V•ith the 8X8mination (other than that disclosed bekyw ") which gives me ouse to believe that In, any material r8SP8Ct: the accounlirvJ reccKds There n(* kept in a￿anCe with section 130 of the Charities Act; or Ihe accounts did not ac(x)rd wrth the ac%ounting recA)rds: or the accounts dKI not cxmnply with the applicabl8 requirements cx)ncemirKJ the form rx)ntent crf accounts set out in the Charities (ACCI￿nts and Repcrts) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fairf viw which is not a matter considwed as part of an independent examinati￿. I have no o)ncems and have (x)me auos5 Tr) other matter8 in ￿nneLlIon with the examination to whsth attention should be dra%￿ In Ihis ￿lK$rt In order to enable a Ffoper understandir¥J ￿ the aco)unts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brnckets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Narne= Relevant professlonal quallficatlon(s) or body ALM IER Oct 2018 {If any): Section B Disclosure Only comFAele If the examiner needs lo highlighl malefial matters of concern (see CC32. Independent examination of chanty accounts: dlrectlons and guidance for examiners). Give here brlef detall8 of any Items that tho examlner wlshes to dlsclo8e. IER Oct 2018