## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 04 2021 **To** 31 03 2022 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Oxford Against Cutting **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1161597 **Charity's principal address** Unit 7685 Unit 7685 N/A PO Box 6945 London **Postcode W1A 6US** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Caroline Pinder|Chair|26/09/16 - now|Trustees| ||Dr Sharon Dixon|Treasurer|12/01/16 - now|Trustees| ||Joanne McEwan||26/09/16 – 01/01/20|Trustees| ||Richard Coleman||01/03/17 - now|Trustees| ||Benn Kiley||01/03/17 – 13/04/20|Trustees| ||Miranda Dobson||22/05/17 - now|Trustees| ||Liz Parry||10/09/18 - now|Trustees| ||Faith Oyegbile||02/07/19 – 23/11/20|Trustees| ||Ahd Hassan||10/08/20 - now|Trustees| ||Seiza Bashir||15/09/20 - now|Trustees| ||Naseem Sarbatta-
Walia||21/04/20- now|Trustees| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Elected by trustees Trustee selection methods - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **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 any 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. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** For the public benefit, the relief and assistance of girls and women living in the UK who have undergone or are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) or other harmful cultural practice by providing education, information, advice, emotional support, raising awareness and carrying out research to help prevent FGM and to support survivors. **TAR** March **2012** 2 Our charity continues to provide high quality education on harmful practices for groups across the Thames Valley. Our workshops are always delivered with facilitators from affected communities who can share lived experiences of the impact of harmful practices on families and communities. As we head towards the end of the pandemic, we have been providing both in person and online education. We are proud to have reached 1400 students and 700 teachers, professionals and community groups during the last financial year. **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)** We have also significantly expanded the range of issues we tackle and created 10 new films, as part of our True Izzat (“izzat” meaning ‘honour’ in Urdu/Punjabi) and True Sharif (“sharif” meaning ‘honour’ in Arabic) projects. The films address a range of sexual health and abuse issues and have been interpreted in additional languages. We were delighted to work with local partners to agree key messaging for the films and record community conversations on these sensitive issues. Our charity is also creating new workshops for communities based on the films and has piloted the True Izzat series with a South Asian girls’ group. Our Web Cafes continue to run as a rolling programme, to give communities and professionals regular meeting space to discuss issues considered taboo. Further, we have expanded the reach of our messaging through creative social media and by working closely with our new Social Justice Influencers. Our work supporting other agencies has also expanded with the full launch of Diversity Perspectives and the ongoing contribution of the BAED WORLDS Group in supporting minoritised women suffering abuse. Our charity is a very diverse team of dedicated, passionate women and we represent 9 different ethnic and/or cultural groups. We take great care to ensure all our education and awareness-raising activities are sensitive and on point. We have run in-house sessions on intersectionality, with a focus on race and gender, and we provide regular training on messaging and facilitation skills for our team. _The trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in Section 17 (5) of the 2011 Charities Act to have due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission._ ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** **TAR** March **2012** 3 In addition to a packed calendar of training, awareness-raising and education events, OAC is a member and contributor to: You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; Thames Valley BAED Partnership The Oxford FGM Operational Group (sub group of Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board) The Oxfordshire Domestic Abuse Partnership The Oxfordshire Domestic Abuse Strategy Group Home Office’s Anti-FGM Stakeholder Group Case Review (anonymised) meetings with Oxfordshire Domestic Abuse Services Berkshire BAED Working Group - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and erformance p **TAR** March **2012** 4 Section D Achievements and erformance p ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** TRUE IZZAT Our “True Izzat” film project includes learning on sexual health and relationships to support people from South Asian communities in Oxfordshire. "Izzat" means ‘honour’ in Urdu/Punjabi and the films aim to increase reach to sexual health services and tackle issues that carry feelings of shame and embarrassment in some families. There are 5 films in the series, each tackling an issue starting with the letter C. The 5 Cs are: consent and marital rape (Consent); contraception available to women (Contraception); STIs (Condoms); pressures to have children and infertility (Conception); and counselling/ genetic conditions caused by cousin marriages (Genetic Conditions). The films have been created in Urdu, Punjabi and English in 2 parts – part 1 non-audio as an awareness-raising film for GP surgery waiting rooms, for example, and part 2 with interviews and discussion for education. We were delighted to launch the films in community groups with partners, Oxford Asian Women’s Voice, Young Women’s Music Project and Hestia’s women’s group. The project was kindly funded by Public Health Oxfordshire and the evaluation report is available on our website. This work was further developed when we created and piloted a workshop series based on the films for a South Asian girls’ group. TRUE SHARIF Our “True Sharif” film project includes learning on abuse issues to support people from African communities in the Thames Valley. "Sharif" means ‘honour’ in Arabic and the films aim to increase reach to abuse services and tackle issues that carry feelings of shame and embarrassment. There are 5 films in the series, each tackling an issue starting with the letter M. The 5 Ms are: Mutilation (specifically Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Protection Orders); Money Abuse; Modern Slavery; Men and FGM; and Mental Health and Domestic Abuse. The films have been created in English in 2 parts – part 1 non-audio as an awareness-raising film for dentist waiting rooms, for example, and part 2 with interviews and discussion for education. The films will be available in Arabic by late 2022. We were delighted to work with partners to agree key messaging and film community groups discussing the 5Ms, including the Alliance for Cohesion and Racial Equality (ACRE), Utulivu, Women With Vision, Refugee Resource and Sudanese Community in Oxfordshire. The project was kindly commissioned by Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and West Berkshire Clinical Commissioning Groups using domestic abuse specific funding from NHS England. The evaluation report will be available on our website by the end of 2022. We plan to develop the work further through the creation of a workshop series for community groups. **TAR** March **2012** 5 Section D Achievements and erformance p WEB CAFÉ Our Web Cafes continued to provide a safe, informal online space for communities and professionals to meet, share learning and provide mutual support on sensitive topics. The series, facilitated by Sobia Afridi, focused on issues intertwined with ideas around ‘honour’ and ‘shame’ in some South Asian communities. Here are the schedules: - - https://www.oxfordagainstcutting.org/wp content/uploads/2021/04/Web Cafe-Schedule.png - - https://www.oxfordagainstcutting.org/wp content/uploads/2021/09/Web Cafe-schedule-3.mp4 ## **Supporting an intersectional approach to tackling abuse** We continue to lead the multi-agency group, BAED WORLDS (Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse Women in Oxfordshire Recovering from Domestic Abuse), part of the Domestic Abuse Partnership hosted by Oxfordshire County Council. Members benefited from the Group organising a workshop on Spiritual Abuse and Structural Racism by Imran Manzoor, Founder of Breaking the Silence, and a pilot of our charity’s new Abandoned Brides workshop. In addition, BAED WORLDS facilitated brainstorms on gaps and barriers to services, creating a list of priorities and feeding into local strategy. The Group also inspired Healthwatch to carry out research on interpretation services in Oxfordshire. The organisers have also supported the creation of an equivalent group in Berkshire. Diversity Perspectives, led by Dr Kate Clayton-Hathway, supports agencies to ensure training materials, policies and information are suitable for the intended audience from an intersectional perspective. Our specialist team reviews resources to support the use of materials that are culturally sensitive, gender-appropriate, and user-friendly for all ages and abilities. We were pleased to deliver an evaluation of domestic abuse materials and strategy for Wokingham Borough Council. ## DIGITAL RESOURCES We created a marketing film, with snippets from our past workshops, to encourage schools to book our lessons and safeguarding training. We also created a fundraising film, Futures Full of Love, featuring a poem by Sikh feminist and Spoken Word Artist, Jaspreet Kaur. The film was released on Valentine’s Day and has attracted donations to support our charity. We have built up an engaged and committed following on our social media platforms. We have run campaigns, for example, we shared audiograms with snippets of survivors’ stories to mark the 16 Days of Activism. For World AIDS Day, we featured a clip from our True Izzat Condoms film, teaming up with Terrence Higgins Trust to highlight the importance of HIV testing. We have worked closely with our Social Justice Influencers to extend the reach of our messaging. Some of our influencers campaign against harmful practices, others tackle specific issues that can bring feelings of shame in some communities, such as not being able to conceive, body image and intergenerational trauma. **TAR** March **2012** 6 Section D Achievements and erformance p WORKING WITH SCHOOLS Our charity delivers lessons and workshops for schools and universities across the Thames Valley, always with a facilitator from an affected community who brings lived-experience to learning, as well as specialist knowledge. Evaluation of our training consistently demonstrates that knowledge and confidence levels in dealing with all the issues surrounding FGM and forced marriage increase significantly following our workshops. **We reached 1400 students and 700 teachers, professionals and community groups during 2021-2022 (financial year)** **FGM or HBA specialist safeguarding staff training** Wexham Court Primary School (online) Montem Academy, Slough (in person for 65 staff) The Warriner School, Bloxham (in person for 45 staff) Wycombe High School for Girls (in person) St Helen and St Katharine School, Abingdon (in person) Hanborough Pre-School (in person) “Meet the Expert” online event for DSLs representing 9 different schools in the River Learning Trust (organised by Cherwell School) Early Years Managers Meeting, Children, Education and Families Directorate, Oxfordshire County Council (20 minute debrief) Early Years Childminders Meeting, Children, Education and Families Directorate, Oxfordshire County Council (20 minute debrief) Chaffinch Brook School, Croydon (online for 45 staff) Croydon primary school DSLs (2 workshops online) Knowles Primary School, Milton Keynes (online for 40 staff) Windale Primary School (online for 24 staff) **Lessons – all in person** Wexham Court Primary School – What is Culture? lessons for 90 students (Year 6) Didcot Girls –lessons on FGM for 270 students (Year 7) Cherwell School – lessons on forced marriage for 40 students (Year 10) Beaconsfield High School Anti-FGM lessons for 175 students (Year 8) Wycombe High School for Girls Anti-FGM lessons for 175 students (Year 7) Oxford Brookes Final Year students of Complex Care (28 students) Knowles Primary School What is Culture? for 38 students (Year 6) Knowles Primary School Who Can You Tell? lesson for 45 students (Year 2) _- Our charity also delivered anti FGM and HBA workshops and presentations for:_ Oxfordshire Safeguarding Children Board (OSCB) Anti-HBA workshops (3 online as part of a rolling programme) Wokingham Borough Council (38 delegates online) **TAR** March **2012** 7 Section D Achievements and erformance p Community United West Berkshire event (27 delegates online) Sunrise Multicultural Project, Banbury – 5 various in person workshops on healthy relationships Newly qualified social workers, Oxfordshire (FGM and HBA workshops) Homestart (online) Utulivu’s FGM Zero Tolerance 2022 Conference Contribution to OSCB multi-agency training on FGM (3 online events) Oxfordshire Asian Women’s Voice (in person, healthy relationships) Oxford Brookes University Public Lecture (online for 29 delegates) Oxford Brookes University VAWG Conference (online), with students from Buckinghamshire New University and the University of Oxford – anti-FGM workshops and joint key note presentation for approximately 500 students HBA ART COMPETITION ‘Pictures speak a thousand words’ We ran an art competition to raise awareness of ‘honour’-based abuse (HBA). The judges were from HBA-affected communities and were invited to join our HBA workshop as part of the competition process. We also ran HBA workshops for two Year 10 classes at Cherwell School, Oxford - the students were then inspired to create artwork for our competition. There were some exceptional entries and the artwork can be viewed on our website. **TAR** March **2012** 8 Section E Financial review In accordance with Charity Commission guidelines, OAC will set aside reserves of 3 morths OFeratirrfJ expenditu￿ (from both restricted and unrestricted ftjnds). We envisage these reseNes would only needed should fundraising bids be delayed and ¢ash-ftow compromised. Brief statsmont of the ¢harity'8 policy on reserves For financial year 202212023 the Trustees have agreed the reser￿ to be set al £20,000. This indudes ba$1¢ salartes, core charilable actNilies and administration costs (phonefinlemet). This will be reviewed on an annual ba8iS. Delails of any funds materlally in deficit WA FUrt￿r financlal revivw detsll$ {Optional infomiatlonl You may ch¢)ose to indude additional infoThation. wtrEre rebvant atKiuL' Ihe tharity's kyincipal sources of funds (induding any fiAKlraisiNJ): how expoThliture has 5UPPOrted the key obiectNes of the charity: investment policy and oL4eclives including any ethical investsnent wlicy adopted. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charlty's trustees Signaturols) Full namels) Pwltlon (og Secretary, Chair, etc) Caroline Pinder Chalr Dats os os a021 TAR March 2012 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES OXFORD AGAINST CUTfiNG 1161597 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a FOT thè p8ric* 01104r2021 3110312022 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted futtds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year tothE nearest £ tots no8Trst£ ID Ihe nearest £ to the ￿t￿tE tothe n8arost £ A1 Receipts Voluntary Inr>JnÈ A¢tivil* for Generating Funds Investment kn¢xxne Gtatrts lo Supp¥xt CharitsesActiw￿eS 379 16,534 12 167.784 33 144263 167,784 ross income or AR) 391 167.784 168,175 160,830 sset and investment sales. l$ee tsblel. 168,175 A3Pa Expendityreort A¢*vths Sovemartt Costs 4,701 81S 1gJM17 154,718 815 109,S76 666 Sub total S,$16 150P17 155533 110,242 A4 Asset and invèstment urchases see table Sub total 5,516 150.017 155,$33 110,242 Net of recw"pts/(payments) A5 Transfer¥ be￿een fund$ A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 17.767 12,642 50,588 27.470 131,270 158,740 146,098 CCXX R1 a(xthJnts ISSI OY0512022 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrtcted funds Restricted funds tonearest £ Endowment funds to t*ar•st £ Categories Detsils B1 Cash fvnds Bar¢48ys Bank C¢J[￿A￿XXWrt 27,470 21m2 Bardays Bank 110358 Total cash fvn(ts 27,470 31,270 $)} Restrictsd funds to rtsiregtf Endowment funds funds twrn¥t£ Detsils to nearest E B2 Other monetary assets F￿d tot*h Currentvalue ional ails C￿t (tybor￿) B3 Investment assets to whKh DetaÈls Cost lopbtyWI Currentvalu8 B4 Assets retained for the charitys own use AmoUrt￿8 on•1 en due tÈtai15 B5 Liabilities Signed by one orl*v twstees on behaKof al the trustees Signature Print Narne Date of roval 03 CCXX R2 a¢wunts ISSI 0310512022 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** ## **Report to the trustees/ members of** Charity Name OXFORD AGAINST CUTTING **Charity On accounts for the** 31[ST] March 2022 **no (if** 1161597 **year ended any)** **Set out on pages** 1 and 2 ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Charities Act”) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act, - to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. - **Basis of independent** My examination was carried out in accordance with general **examiner’s** Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination **statement** includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. 1 **IER** **Independent** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my **examiner's** attention **statement** 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met; or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Signed:** _M Watkinson_ **Date:** 30[th] April 2022 **Name:** MICHAEL WATKINSON MBE ## **Relevant** CHARITY FINANCE CONSULTANT **professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** 1 COTE HOUSE FARM COTTAGES COTE OX18 2EQ ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.(E.g. accounting records have not been kept in accordance with s132 of the Charities’ Act 2011 and those accounts do not comply with the requirements of the 2008 Regulations setting out the form and content of charity accounts; any material expenditure or action which appears not to be in accordance with the trusts of the charity; any failure to be provided with information and explanations by any past or present trustee, officer or employee; and any material consistency between the accounts and the trustees’ annual report.) 2 **IER** **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **----- Start of picture text -----**
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