CAD-BRENT ANNUAL REPORT April 2020 to March 2021 – The COVID Year
The start of the Covid crisis in March 2020 coincided with the Dementia Hubs project launch so from the start the team had to be flexible in their approach to supporting the dementia community and adapt services to be in line with covid lockdown rules. Information Advice and Guidance (IAG) was provided remotely by phone initially, but later by a combination of digital means. The team used the time during the first lockdown to contact and support isolated vulnerable clients who had little or no family support and who were confused and anxious about the future. The first lockdown was particularly challenging as our clients found it difficult to organise practical support like food or medicine deliveries; our IAG Lead ensured these services were in place. Clients reported the comfort of hearing a friendly voice or see a familiar face.
The Hubs team also supported the network of established dementia cafés in Brent to interpret the complex covid guidance, providing regular updates and practical help when needed. The Development and Sustainability Lead worked with the café leads to apply for relevant funding that allowed them to adapt their services to digital and provide relevant equipment and support to their guests. This meant that the cafes could continue to keep connected during lockdown with those guests that may otherwise have felt isolated.
During the lift in the lockdown in the summer of 2020 a Brent-wide Dementia Picnic was organised to re-launch the in-person café services which provided a great opportunity for the dementia community to come together (for those comfortable to do so) after several months of isolation. Fundraising was undertaken to provide treats and activities for each participant. A Zoom picnic was provided for those who couldn’t attend in person; this virtual picnic was a great success with some dementia care homes joining in the fun, with more than 120 people from the community taking part.
Further fundraising provided well-deserved treats during the year which were distributed to the community by the café leads, including a special festive gift and voucher in December and a lovely chocolate egg to coincide with Easter. Over 120 people from the dementia community received a gift on the doorstep. The feedback from the community about these small gifts was fantastic and the recipients felt it made a real difference to how they felt and their overall wellbeing. The team continued to work with professionals to ensure issues raised by our clients are at the heart of what we do.
CAD-Brent successfully met the standards required to achieve ‘working to become dementia friendly’ accreditation from the Alzheimer’s Society in December 2020. We are committed to advancing our work to a point
CAD-BRENT ANNUAL REPORT April 2020 to March 2021 – The COVID Year
where dementia is fully understood and respected across our borough, where people living with dementia feel that they are valued and listened to, where they are key contributors to the design and delivery of support services, and where the community works together and we have equal access to health and wellbeing opportunities. This is a just reward for the considerable work that people living with dementia, carers and other partners had been doing collectively, under the banner of CAD-Brent, since 2017 when the idea of a dementia friendly borough was first discussed.
CAD-Brent have agreed to provide regular updates on activities and - actions via the online community dashboard, complete an annual self assessment of progress towards meeting the criteria, comply with the terms and conditions of use for the ‘working to become dementia friendly’ logo and comply with the Dementia Friendly Communities Code of Conduct. There are key targets to achieve by the end of 2021. https://www.cad-brent.org.uk/cadbrent-working-to-become-a-dementia- friendly brent/
CAD-Brent will continue to work with and on behalf of the dementia community striving to make Brent a dementia friendly borough. Two key projects include:
Dementia Voices Project which works with people living with Dementia to ensure they are involved in decision making about services they use including co-producing material, working with GPs, the NHS clinical commissioning groups, the GLA or museums, theatres and Transport for London and other dementia charities in Brent, across London and UK wide. Dementia Voices Project works alongside the Dementia Peer Support Service in Brent, to help people living with dementia get the most out of their lives and working to make Brent a Dementia Friendly Borough. Dementia Voices Project is supported by Trust for London.
The Brent Dementia Peer Support Service, run by Ashford Place, supporting people living with dementia to support others living with the diagnosis. The service is suitable for people who can engage in a peer support role. The Dementia Peer Support Service is the result of feedback and consultation with Brent residents living with dementia and their carers. The service aims to help and provide appropriate support available in the community following a diagnosis of dementia
CAD-BRENT ANNUAL REPORT
April 2020 to March 2021 – The COVID Year
Dementia Voices and the Peer Support Service provide a number of services developed by, with and for, people living with dementia/memory loss and their carers including
organised activities, visits and classes to improve personal independence, support to continue with hobbies and/or develop new ones with peers, support to help individuals reduce stress and understand complex feelings after their dementia diagnosis, one-to-one support between people with experience of living with or caring for someone with dementia/memory loss and access to independent information, advice and guidance as well - as guided support to access services in Brent. https://www.cad brent.org.uk/cad-brent-our-services/
Charity Name Community Action on Dementia - Brent
No (if any) 1160552
Receipts and payments accounts
Period start date Apr-20
Period end date To Mar-21
For the period from
Section A Receipts and payments
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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
- -
LCF Wave 4 - 16,000 - 16,000
- - -
- - - -
- - - -
General Funds 484 - - 484
- - - -
- - - -
484 16,000 - 30,202
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
Not Aplicable - - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 484 16,000 - 30,202
A3 Payments
- - -
Trust 4 London 5,000 - 5,000
- - - -
Wembley Nat Stad Trust - 6,350 - 6,350
LCF Wave 4 - 4,290 - 4,290
General funds 200 200
Professional Fees & Charges 768 - - 768
- - - -
Sub total [ 968 ] 15,640 - 16,608
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
Not applicable - - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments - 16,608
Net of receipts/(payments) -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - -
Cash funds this year end - - 13,593
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Unrestricted | Restricted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categories | Details | funds | funds | |
| B1 Cash funds c/f to 2019 | see above | Total cash funds | to nearest £ - - - |
to nearest £ - - - |
| (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
OK | OK | ||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | |||
| funds | funds | |||
| B2 Other monetary assets | Details None |
to nearest £ - - - - - - |
to nearest £ - - - - - - |
|
| B3 Investment assets | Details None |
Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - - - - - |
|
| B4 Assets retained for the | Details None |
Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - |
|
| charity’s own use | - - - - - - - - |
|||
| Fund to which | Amount due | |||
| B5 Liabilities | Details None |
liability relates | - - - - - (optional) |
|
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Name | ||
| Danny Maher | ||||
| Angela Pay ne | Angela Payne |
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C/F Last year
to the nearest £
13,717.59 13,718
13,718
-
-
Endowment funds
to nearest £ - - - -
OK
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -
Current value (optional) - - - - -
Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)
Date of approval
CAD-Brent Annual Accounts – Independent Auditors report
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