Forest of Hearts Annual Report 2021 Forest Hearts ## **Table of Contents** **3** Introduction **7** CSR Our year in Field of Life **8 4** numbers **9** Great team **5** Tree planting NHS Green **10 6** Volunteers Spaces **11** Living Walls **12** Supporters **13** SDGs ety **14** Financials **15** Acknowledgements ~~—~~ ## **Introduction** 2021 has proven to be a successful year for Forest of NENye . J i? i =ome =tio. aea 7 x , onfe : ' , Hearts, where we have been able to deliver more projects, CONi ‘ in more places with a new team of enthusiastic and skilled vy nai ay (ad oe aes : j : i people who really care about boosting biodiversity and a‘ i rach ase. = F poe ij of ae t rg improving wellbeing through creating gardens for good. **FOREST OF HEARTS Trustee Annual Report 2021** ## **Our year in numbers** **Trustee Annual Report 2021** **FOREST OF HEARTS** ## **We planted 2021 trees** Thanks to Wipro for the match funding project We planted 2,021 trees in 2021 as part of our ‘Plant Trees Plant Hope’ campaign in a bid to build biodiversity, combat climate change and create green spaces in our local community. We planted oak, willow, alder, dog rose, hazel, hawthorn and blackthorn. We offer a variety of ways your company can get involved with us to plant trees as part of your Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitments or Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy. Whatever your aims, we'll work together to devise a mutually-beneficial partnership and plan that helps enhance your brand and helps meet your CSR and sustainability objectives. **Trsutee Annual Report 2021** **FOREST OF HEARTS** ## **1966 volunteer hours given** Our volunteer hours are now tracked through a new system TimeCounts which helps us to keep a record of who has volunteered and when. We now have 180 volunteers across a range of skills and experience. Some come regularly to our Tuesday and Friday Green Therapy sessions and others such as corporate volunteers come and help out with specific tasks such as hedge planting. We also have volunteers such as David Ball and Bill Blincoe who work on specific jobs. We pay tribute to all our volunteers who give their time and energy so readily which means that we can do ore work to boost biodiversity and give back to local communities. Special thanks to Phil and all at BAM for their continued support. **FOREST OF HEARTS Trsutee Annual Report 2021** ## **We held CSR team events** We worked with a number of corporate groups to build teams, boost biodiversity and give back to the local community. Some of the organisations we have worked with in 2021 are below. **Trustee Annual Report 2021** **FOREST OF HEARTS** ## **We dug two wildlife ponds** Six barn owl chicks were raised in the box on the oak tree We have begun the creation of ‘The Field of Life’, a green space which we are transforming into a biodiverse, wildlife rich area of beauty and tranquillity, with offgrid facilities to improve wellbeing. We have dug and will manage two wildlife ponds to support great crested newts along with a range of other aquatic species including amphibians, invertebrates and plants. The site lies in a strategic location for great crested newts as the species has been recorded locally (approximately 250 metres) from the site and there is good habitat connectivity. We have seeded two acres of the field with yellow rattle ready to seed with wildflowers next year. **Trustee Annual Report 2021** **FOREST OF HEARTS** ## **We have a great team!** We have a wonderful team who manage the projects, plant the trees, run the events, maintain the gardens, keep up with social media and manage to have fun and give back at the same time. Thanks to the hard work of Tom Donnison, we helped spread the message of health and wellbeing, biodiversity and positive change through our social media channels by reaching over 56,000 people in 2021. **Trustee Annual Report 2021** **FOREST OF HEARTS** ## **NHS green spaces x 3** We have turned other derelict, overgrown areas of the hospital into beautiful garden spaces by planting colourful plants to add visual beauty and increase the biodiversity of the area by attracting pollinators such a bees and butterflies. We have planted over 1,000 Spring bulbs to bring a burst of colours come the season. With help from our Green Therapy group we have placed self-watering planters around the hospital on concrete areas which desperately needed greenery and colour. We regularly maintain these self-watering planters by watering them once a week, weeding and replacing plants to suit the season. We have also brought life to some of the outdoor walls with hanging baskets. **Trustee Annual Report 2021** **FOREST OF HEARTS** ## **We plant living walls** Our ‘Warwickshire Living Walls’ project will see us design and install 100 linear metres of living walls at hospitals and public access sites across Warwickshire. So far we have installed 26 linear metres. ## AIMS OF THE PROJECT - Create greener spaces in urban environments. - Improve air purification with species rich plants that absorb Particulate Matter and Nitrogen Dioxide to reduce harmful effects of traffic pollution in the atmosphere. **Trustee Annual Report 2021** **FOREST OF HEARTS** ## **Thanks to our supporters** Thanks to all our supporters and funders who have helped us to continue and grow in spite of Covid. **FOREST OF HEARTS** **Trustee Annual Report 2021** ## **Priority SDGs** **There are 17 SDGs and 169 targets in total. While they are all important and interrelated, these are the ones that are most relevant to our organisation.** **Trustee Annual Report 2021** **FOREST OF HEARTS** ## **Financials** ## **FINANCIAL REVIEW** **BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE CHARITY’S POLICY ON RESERVES THE POLICY FOR HOLDING RESERVES IS TO HAVE AT 3-6 MONTHS RUNNING COSTS IN RESERVE** **DETAILS OF ANY FUNDS MATERIALLY IN DEFICIT : N/A** **THE CHARITY IS IN A STRONG POSITION WITH CASH IN THE BANK WHICH IS NEEDED TO DELIVER THE VARIOUS PROJECTS. WE ARE IN OUR EARLY YEARS AND ARE TAKING A PRUDENT VIEW OF OUR FINANCES.** **INCOME £64690 EXPENDITURE £60886 CASH FUNDS £65081** **Trustee Annual Report 2021** **FOREST OF HEARTS** ## **Acknowledgements** We would like to thank the following people: Forest of Hearts team: Tom Donnison, Hes Bradley, Mark Drummond, Luca Falcomer-Dawson, Ann Johnson, Jenny Parker, Dan Joyce, Richard Edwards, Bruno Mason, Heather Osmond, Charlie Meredith-Owen, Chris Wooll, David Ball. Trustees and management team: Lynne Holt, John Bill, Wil Hepworth, Hannah Train Corporate supporters: Phil Eaves ## **Contact** **Carole Longden Forest of Hearts 15 Ensign, Westwood Way Coventry CV4 8JA 07774 424404 carolelongden@forestofhearts.com** **Trustee Annual Report 2021** **FOREST OF HEARTS** CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For th• wriod fr To Saction A Receipts 2nd payments UnrestTl¢ted funds tgth• n•*r• Restricted funds Endowment lunds t•¥* V￿r•￿t t Total funds Last y•ar to th• M•r•Btt t• th• n•*m¢£ A1 Re¢eipts Oonaiions and Membwshi 4,t3B 18 JJ 32.298 22.904 Grants Inc¢M* ¢4nlracl Incomè &¥•nts Incomè hiro In¢omo efioral Incomè wl•l Investment 32. 22,904 39,061 14,701 Sub total(Gmss Income for AR 890 77,701 A2 Asset and Inv•stm•nt sal•s, (S￿ tabl•l. Sub total ,$ 64,610 77,706 A3 Paym•nts n595 & Maint•n•rf• C031 of oods AdvOrn￿n TrAv•l 462 4S2 4J6 318 2Q 199 318 &RMt InJur•n¢• Prof•s$ion•l f*• Suk>t¢r )ris Svixontractors 382 85 381 362 JQQ 637 99 8ank ChD Sub total 01,646 40,462 A4 Asset and inveslm•nt purchos•5, (see tabl•l Van Offi¢• Equlpm•nt Bulldlngs Pl4n¢ind mi¢hln• 170 4,000 Sub total 6,467 Total payments 00,886 60,886 61,918 Net of receip￿(paYMentS) A6 Transfers bgtw•en lunds A6 Cash funds last y•ar •nd Cash lund$ this year end 3.e04 3,804 215,gS7 61.277 61.277 36,320 61,277 86,08f 65,081 Se¢tion B Statement of assets and liabilities at tho end of the period Unrestricted funds Restri¢ted funds Endov4ment funds tts n•Mr•s¢£ l• n•*r•itt to n•ir•ste 81 Cash funds C•sh * Bank 60.081 Tolal cash funds 66.081 Unrestri¢ted funds R•stri¢ted fund5 Endowment funds t• nMr••t e B2 Oth•r mon•tary Ass•ts Fundt• ••*•l b•1• Cutt•Nt v•lu• lo￿1) 83 Inv•stm•nt •ss•ts D*?Il* V•n FurAI i•*thl#h C¥ry•nt¥*lu• on*1 B4 Ass•ts r•taln•d for th• ¢h•rlty's own u$• 4.150 kllrgs Plant and Mo¢hwy 1.787 170 Fun¢ t• %th14h Qct2', Amount du• Wh•n du• l•ptltyn*ll B5 Ll4bllStl•s Swned by one or Irust••s on hh•Nol all the tru¥tees Signatur8 Pn'nt Name Date of approval obUN biLL F.C.A. 114 2v21 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusleesl members of On accounts for the year ended Charity no (If any) 160ii?Cl Set out on pag88 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above harty ('Ihe Trust") for the year ended 61 1 O £0 i i. Re$ponsibilill88 and As the charlly trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance wtth th8 requirements of the Charities Acl 2011 ("the Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examinab'on, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission uThYer section 14951{bl of the Act. I have tsjmpleled my examination. I confirm that no malérlal matters have come to my attention {olher than that disclosed below ') in connection with the examinalion which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examlner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the èxamination lo which attention Should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delelg the words in tha brackets if they do not 8ppIy. Slgned: Date: TE 061 lu Name: Rolovant professional quallflcatlonlsl or body (If any): Af , fiCCA Address: Iocia Ip(Jd ,kch ST IER October 2018 oLcIioil Only complete if the examiner needs lo highlight matters of Gon￿rn (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brlef detalls of any Items th8t the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018