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Trustees. Annual Report for the period Period start date 01 *Aay Penod date Ap To Section A Reference and administration details Charfty name Falcon Community T￿￿t Other nanes charlty Is known by FMCT Registered chaiyty number (ff any) 1161688 Charlty's prfnclpal address 71 Loddon Ro•J BurwJay SUfft￿k NR35 2RA Names of the charlty t￿￿tee$ who manage the charlty of pgr¥M lor body) •ntltlod Allan Myatt Katie Utting Dorothy Casey Graham Halliwell Treasurer FMCT members FMCT members FMCT members FMCT members Timothy Child Deirdre Shepherd Chair ReswJned 30111f2021 ReswJned 30111r2021 FMCT memb￿? FMCT membws 10 Names of the trustees for the charlty, W any. (for examp￿ any custodian trustees) Name Datss acted if not for whole Names and addressos of advlsers (Optional information) of adviser Name Address Name of chief executlve or nanes of senior staff members (Optlonal infonnation) TAR Marth 2012

Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Descrfptlon of tho charity's trusts Type of goveming dO￿rnent How th8 chartty ts constiti Charitable InCW￿ Organtsatson Trustee selection methcxls Appointed by the members c Tntstees of Fa1(A￿ MeJcw Communty Trust Addltional govemance issues {Olonal inforniailon) All Trustees give their ts.me voluntsrity arxl recei￿ no beneffts from th8 charity. You may choose to inthd8 addttitjnal information, where relevant, about.. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees", the ¢harty's organisatit)nal structure and any wider netsvork with whith the charity works. relattonship wlth any related partie$; trustees, consideration of major risks arKI the syst￿￿ and procedures to manage Section C Ob'ectives and activities 1) To pnvnote for the benefft crf the inhabitants of Bungay ar￿ the SUnDurnling aTra the pmvision of Fakon Meth as a place for ation or (hgr leisuTr time cxrupalion of Indi￿d￿alS who have need of faciltss by ￿asOn of their ycmrth. age. infim7ty or disablem8n¢ finanud hathiTJ ￿ ￿>81 and eC(y￿K circumstancys or for the publlc at la￿e in the intere&s d swal wplfare and wilh obied of impmving the condition of life of the Sa￿ inhabitant& in part￿ular but not excluswely a. pn)VKling InfMti￿ the exikn. afftl l)enefrts of the Summary of the objects of the chartty set out In its governlng document b. impn)viry act￿s to the Meadow for Ihe of chmdtsn, young pe* and adults ofall ages and abilitss 23 To promote for the ljenefft of Ihe pubfK Ihe ￿)nS￿vation pn)tedton and impmvement crf ttpe physycal a￿$ naturnl envin)nment of Falcon Meadow by." a. mantaining the Mgatknrfs boundwig4 17vertJank a￿1 footpaths b. %thing in asS(￿l81Th wilh thal wildlife tmsts and environment agencies to pr￿u￿ a Iwtem? wildlrfe and habitat management plan that aims to in(aEase nabve fi0￿ and fauna blod￿rSty throughout th& TAR March 2012

  1. Profflotlng the IAeadow as a publlc faclllty In this. our seventh year of oFeratton. the Tnjst continued to promote Falcon Meadiyw as a plao for educatron. recreation, and other leisure time adivities. While the impact of the Covk4 19 pandemic ContinU￿j to limit our abilty to organise public events, the meadcw retained ib increased status as sanctuary frjr loeAI people to meet. exercise and enjoy nature in a relatively safe environment. V¥fth the loan now paKI off in full and the need for large scale fundraising activitses sJnificanUy diminish￿, the Trustees felt it sensible to redu￿ the number of events and foeAts on fewer, more conservation and edUcat￿nal aththes. For example. wothng in local partnership with East Suffolk County Council. TCV and others, the mead¢)w was used as a venue for forest school ad1vi￿ targded at young people and for older groups too. Summary ofthe maln actsvities undertaken for the publlc benefft In relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guldance Issued by the Charity Commission on publlc benerrt) The Trust also ran another art-based a(￿￿ C(xnpetsb￿ over the earfy wnter months in 2022 to help raise awareness of the Meadthy among the local population. l Doveloplng the IAeadow as a space for the community and nature the footfall across the mealcpw increa&ng during the parKlemic. considerable effort went into seorring the ntssary planning approvals last year to enable us to extend the surfac￿1 footpath acmss the length of the meadow. ￿fjth a grant awarded by the Lottery Communty Fund's 'Awards for Abl, scheme this was finalty m* possible. arKJ ts path was laKS in June 2021. During the planniTrJ and TunnirvJ of al r)ur actibrybes, the Trustees gave regard to Ihe public benefft guidan￿ by ts Charty Commission. Additlonal detalls of objectlvos and actfvllles (Optlonal Infomiatlon) You may choose to The Twstees wish to note th￿r aPp￿latIOn of the continued support of the include further staterne￿. volunteers vtho have assisbs us with the rna1ntenan￿ and administration of where relevant, aboutr. th8 Meadow. policy on granbnakirvJ: policy pr￿rarnme related investment" The Tntstees also express thanks to the (￿anISerS and gardw resKlents involved in the Bungay Open Gardens in the summer who raisgj an in¢yedible £500 for the mead(rw with this ev8nL conlribution made by volunteers. TAR Marth 2012

Section D Achievements and performance Summary of the maln achievements of the charity during the year Our key achievements are summarised bdryw.. Developing the as a space for the communlty and nature As reported last year. ￿ receiv&J an Awards for All grant of £7,840, whith vras Supplement￿ with an East Suffolk Communty Partne￿hip Grant of £500 to enable us to repair the cu￿ent footpath aTKI to extend the surfaced section all the way to the Bridge Street Road entran￿. The work was finally undertaken during the summer of 2021, we were also able to replace the ageing kissing gate and post so that disabled access could be restored. Th8 overall project re￿iVed several appreciative c￿nrnents from residents as it has enabled easier a￿sS to the meadow for disabled vtsitors aThJ other members of the public, particularly during wetter winter months when some parts of ts meadow us&J to become impassable wtlhoul wadirvJ through long Stretc￿ of mud. Katie Utting organised several thing parties thr(wh the summer, primarity cutting sward and intrcrfjuang seeds. An earlier cui and bail also provwj successfvl wilh a good range of wild plants shcwirtrJ over the summer. Visiting groups-The at Suffolk cour￿11 reported that their summer activtties for young people appears was a good sAJccess with groups using the meadow for forest school type activits. The council are keen to repeat the activrties again next year. Having sep4ed us well the last fNe year5, petrd driven scsthe cutter was gprfen a cofflprehensive ov*tsul and is wothing much better now. TAR Kl8rth 2012

Section E Financial review As not8J prevtousiy. there are n(yw no S￿n￿Kant potential liabilities or financtal o)mmrtments to be met other than noThal running costs of the meadow. The most sgnfficant of these b￿"¥¥j insurance and the Costs of {￿tting and bailirKJ. It is worth noting that the Trust does not employ any paid workets. Brief sLement of the charity's policy on reserves Therekn. our policy is not to retain reserves above the amount needed to cover 12 months running costs arNJ to use any excess funds generated in the fvrtherarte of our charitable obj￿ts withoLrt undue delay. Detslls of any funds materfalty in deficit Further flnanclal revlew detalls (Opllonal Inforniatlon) The Trustees would IiTre to thank the following fUThje￿ for the grants awarded to the Trust at the end of the previous financial year who enable us to pay for the extension of the fow acrty the meadow this year: You may choose to inctL￿e additional infomiatim, whwe relevant abouL' the charity's prin￿paI sources of funds (IncludirvJ any fUndrai￿ng). how expe￿iture has supported the key objeAives ofthe ￿￿￿ty. investment policy and objectives induding any ethical investment poltcy ad(￿t￿l. Community Fund - Nattonal Lottwy Awards forAII East SuffoHt Communty Parthership This yearfs eXP￿diture was largdy spent on the above-m￿￿1Oned footpath, insurance arKI maintenance of t￿￿ meadow. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the tn￿tee5, report above. Signed on behaff of the charlty's trus Slgrhiture(s) Full name(s) Posltlon (eg S8cr*ry. Chair, etc) Allan Myatt Graham Halliwdl Acting Chair & Treas ZOZL TAR Marth 2012

CHARITY COMMI5510N FOR ENGLANO ANO WALES 1181688 Recei tsand ents accounts CC16a To Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted R¢¥trictsd Endowm¢nt Totsl funds Lasty•ar A1 Rrt•i EwatioDs 1.124 PuddlpdLKks Other ￿ck Rac Iru Otherfunth$ng IrKJ GrfIAid Irwme Totsi 274 10.202 ARJ 12A23 an See table . oans funder5 othar aaza ent• Insuran F￿d[al￿n9 eyetrt matketi Fundtaiwnu event materia Fundr8iny ovrt8Wi & ￿UIpMent fj3q 31 31 130 14 St(& other pwnen 170 170 110 Sub to A4 As¥•t and Inbmtsno Pwr 8¢Y￿ Ctrt Sub to Net 0fr6c￿p￿paYm8ftts) A5 TraMf•Ys ltwn fvnd¥ A6 Ca$h fund$ last y•ar •nd Cash funds this yearend 7AOI 8.8fj0 1.761 3.319 10.82 CCXX R1 ottourds ISS)

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrictsd Restricted Endowrnent Cat•gori•s Lkntslls B1 Gash funds Endtswm•nt lund8 lunds C*tsl Details Cuvrvrtvalu• Details B4 Assets retslnod for the harws own use Detailg BS Ll•bllltlos SYJred by Ortl￿tr￿ beh81f of all th8 tVJ5t885 1911m2