Forge House, Pilton, Shepton Mallet, Somerset BA4 4AX burnspricefoundation@gmail.com burnspricefoundation.org.uk facebook.com/burnspricefoundation Trustees: Rt. Rev. Peter B. Price; Mrs. Edith Price MBE; David Price; Neil Price; JohnDaniel Price; Heidi Eggleton; Peter Bramwell ## **ANNUAL REPORT 2021** Once again this past year has been a challenging one for Burns Price Foundation. The ongoing impact of Covid 19 and the cancelling of formerly funded projects have meant that our expected grant making has been less than we had hoped. We continue to be profoundly grateful to our primary benefactor the Medlock Foundation and have valued ongoing conversations and advice from David Medlock Esq DL. The last year has seen Maureen Bollard step-down as an adviser to the BPF board. Maureen was one of the founding members and we shall miss her wisdom and counsel. Her passion for recognising the strength of young people to empower change has meant she has been one of key drivers in establishing the work of the foundation. She will be sorely missed. The Foundation currently maintains a healthy balance but as indicated not one with which we are satisfied. The Trustees agreed to invite Eleanor Turner and Kate Finn to act as consultants to the Board both having experience in media and funding. Eleanor and Kate are members of the extended family being the daughters of Lorna Smith (neé Burns) and Edward Smith. Their addition to the work of the board holds out the possibility of future trusteeship. In appointing Eleanor and Kate the Trustees have been particularly anxious to get their perspective on the process of application for grants currently practised by the Trust. Though it is early days as their first meeting with the Board was in January 2022 an immediate recommendation has been that we use a more accessible social media approach with applications being made on video as distinct from forms. A further recommendation is that the Board consider whether its insistence on selfmotivated individuals and groups being the primary applicants is actually targeting those who would most benefit from the charity’s aims and objectives. During the past year the Board has become aware of particular challenges in the areas knife crime and violence against women and girls. Currently trustee Peter Price Making Peace, Building Community Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered with the Charity Commission in England & Wales Number 1161930 Registered Address: 6 Storrington Road, Croydon, Surrey. CR0 6PN is in discussion with Shirley Academy in Croydon from which school a pupil was killed earlier in the year through a knife attack. The school has been invited to develop a project addressing various issues to do with young people and is requesting the charity’s help in funding in whole or in part a major event in Croydon. At the time of the report this is still in development and as later contributions in this report indicate our emphasis is increasingly moving towards cooperating with other charitable institutions, individuals and groups in seeking to make best use of the Foundations resources. Peter also continues to make presentations to various schools and institutions promoting the possibilities of the charity’s grants to young people for changing lives As indicated the Foundation continues to value partnerships with organisations that appropriately serve its objects. Our partnership potential with African Youth Arise, Daniel Spargo Mabbs, and the Chris Donovan Trust remain open. These and other similar bodies are encouraging young people in envisioning projects in the arena of drug awareness, street-wise awareness, and the dangers of knife crime. Additionally, JD, Heidi and Dave have been speaking with Shwetal Shah about funding for her Changemakers project, largely focused around providing grants for small-scale STEAM-based projects. Discussions are ongoing and we will link her project to our website. At the time of writing, we are able to consider the first of these grants and we have iterated our support for her project; indeed encouraging her to take things beyond the series of £100 grants she had initially proposed. We have said that we will consider any of the projects brought to us via Changemakers. Shwetal is pressing ahead with publicising her project and has a very promising meeting lined up on the 4[th] April with NCS (National Citizen’s Service) Changemakers, an organisation very much aligned with our aims: (https://wearencs.com/changemakers). Dave has suggested a ‘catch-up’ with Shwetal after her initial meeting, so that we can see how we might be able to help. The lead at NCS has reported lots of initial interest and we are hopeful that some good projects and grant-making opportunities will arise. ## **Grant Payments and Returns 2021** |**Name**|**Project**|**Grant**
**Awarded**|**Grant**
**Returned**| |---|---|---|---| |Ava Doherty|Via Changemakers Initiative|£170|| ||||| ||||| |**Grants Returned in 2021 due to Project Cancellations related to Covid**|||| |Lena Shimmin|Teaching in Ghana|Award Feb
2020|£1,000| Making Peace, Building Community Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered with the Charity Commission in England & Wales Number 1161930 Registered Address: 6 Storrington Road, Croydon, Surrey. CR0 6PN |Courtney Jones|Scouting Jamboree in Poland|Awarded
July2019|£250| |---|---|---|---| |Phoebe Lennard|Regeneration of school and
communitycentre in Tanzania|Awarded
Feb 2020|£500| |Sherryn Mann|Teaching English in a Bali School|Awarded
Feb 2020|£686| |Fedor Kiyaneko|Organising colouring competition for
localprimaryschool children.|Awarded
July2020|£100| Copies of the Statement of Accounts and Payments is attached with this report. We continue to be grateful for the support of Jayne Sims our administrator whose professionalism and persistence ensure the effective management of the Trust. We are grateful to for the ongoing contribution of Daphne Jowit in her pursuit of opportunities for the Trust. We are pleased too with the further assistance now being offered to the Foundation by Eleanor Turner and Kate Finn. 25[th] March 2022 Making Peace, Building Community Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registered with the Charity Commission in England & Wales Number 1161930 Registered Address: 6 Storrington Road, Croydon, Surrey. CR0 6PN ThE BURNS PRICE FOUNDATION Registered Charity 1161930 FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 uNRESTRl￿ED FUNDS 2021 2020 RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT Recelpts Donations Medlock Charitable Trust Other inc Paypal Refund 554 3086 1107 9282 Tax reclaim Total Recelpts 10389 Payments Grants 170 15577 Promotion & Publicity 1210 Trusteeship & Administration 477 1573 Total Poyments 647 18360 Net oARe¢elpts/Payments 2993 -7971 Cash funds at 31.12.20 Cash fund5 at 31.12.21 37544 40537 45515 37S44 STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABIUTIES AT 31 DECEMBER 2021 Barclays Community Account Paypal Debtors Creditors Totol 39357 1350 37494 1350 -170 40537 -1300 37544 Signed by- bL Date.. •) o o) 888888 88 88: 000