## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1/9/2020 Period start date To 31/8/2021 end date** ## **Period** ## **Charity name: Dementia Support South Lincs (DSSL)** ## **Charity registration number: 1162277** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|‘The objectives of Dementia Support
South Lincs are to promote and
encourage the physical, mental and
social well-being of adult persons who
have a diagnosis of dementia, or are
caring for someone with dementia, or
need information and/or advice
regarding dementia and who live within
the areas served by the main General
Medical Practices in Bourne, The
Deepings and Stamford, Lincolnshire,
through therapeutic support,
encouraging active engagement in
appropriate activities, and providing
information, guidance and support for
their families and carers’.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to
those purposes for the
public benefit, in particular,
the activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|We focus on the person behind the
condition and their carer. We provide
information, guidance and support for
our beneficiaries by personal visits, a
quarterly newsletter, monthly support
meetings, and our website.
Up to mid-march 2020, we ran regular
activities for beneficiaries such as Art for
All, three monthly support groups,
Singing Together, which continued to be
well attended, and Tai Chi grew in
numbers. Due to Covid 19 we were not
able to restart any of our activities until
July 2021. In the year to August 2021
only nine sessions were possible.
We run a fortnightly day club for people
diagnosed with early onset dementia or
who are in the early stages of dementia.| |||Square Hole Club is our USP. There is
nothing else like it for younger or ‘early
stage’ people in the county – the nearest
is in Leicestershire. We are featured on
the Young Dementia UK website.
Up to March 2020, we held Dementia
Friends sessions to local
businesses/community groups. We help
to raise awareness every year through
talks and information stands.
Unfortunately, this year, due to Covid 19,
we were unable to hold a physical
presence in the community for Dementia
Action Week.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit and are
satisfied that we comply with the
guidance.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A| |Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The Trustees, all volunteers themselves,
are fully aware of the invaluable support
given to Dementia Support South Lincs
by volunteers by both helping at events
and activities andin raisingfundsforus.| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
difference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any
wider benefits to society
as a whole.|Para 1.20|The impact of Covid 19 was that from
Mid March 2020 all our activities ceased.
Up to that point we had both maintained
and expanded the service we offer to our
beneficiaries and to the wider
community. We continued to support our
members by regular phone calls giving
advice and contact or just a friendly ear
for a chat on social contact. We also
issued regular updates on our website
and Facebook with advice from other
agencies and Government updates. We
issued newsletters and kept our
members up to date on the situation
regarding recommencing our activities.
In July 2021 we restarted some of our
activities with almost full resumption
planned for September 2021.
We represent a ‘safe haven’ for people
who have received a diagnosis of
dementia [in its many forms], often being
the first contact in the community they
have at a very difficult time. We offer
friendship, and mutual support
opportunities as well as practical and
emotional advice and support. We
demonstrate to the wider community
what is possible for people living with
dementia, and how they can help, and
offer advice and support to community
groups in order to increase their
knowledge so that they can also find
ways tohelp our ‘family’ofbeneficiaries.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Achievements against
objectives set||We have continued to run Dementia
Support South Lincs in such a way as to
support approximately 230 families or
households. We continuously review our
Business Plan. We have three
professional support workers and an
administrative assistant, part-time.
We completed the first Carers’coping| |---|---|---|---| ||Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|We have continued to run Dementia
Support South Lincs in such a way as to
support approximately 230 families or
households. We continuously review our
Business Plan. We have three
professional support workers and an
administrative assistant, part-time.
We completed the first Carers’coping| |||toolkit training programme and were
planning to start a new session but this
has been delayed due to Covid 19
restrictions.| |---|---|---| |Performance of
fundraising activities
against objectives set|Para 1.41|We have met our objectives for
fundraising for this year. However in the
whole year our income from donations
and activities has been impacted by
Covid 19. In the year we received the
first two instalments of our grant from the
National Lottery Reaching Communities
Fund amounting to £20.500 and a grant
of £10,000 from National Lottery
Community Fund Covid 19 and £1,000
fromSouth Kesteven District Council.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|N/A| |Other|Para 1.41|Impact of Covid 19 on fundraising –
Cancellation of external fundraising
events on our behalf etc| |||| |Other|Para 1.45|Impact of Covid 19 on activities, staff,
volunteers, in 2020/21 and implications
for coming year.| |**Financial Review**||| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period|Para 1.21|We are in a similar position to last year
due mainly to the continued cessation of
our activities and at the end of August
2021, the position was a surplus of
£25.2k for the year. We have received
total grants of £31.5k. It is difficult to
budget for the coming year due to
continued Covid 19 uncertainties,
however the potential shortfall of income
over expenditure is circa of £10k in the
yeartoAugust2022.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|We aim to keep a minimum reserve of
our running costs that will be needed for
the following12 months.| |Amount of reservesheld|Para1.22|Our reserveswere £145.308 at 31st| |||August 2021. The increase was mainly
due to the increase of grants, which have
not been fully spent due to Covid
restrictions.| |---|---|---| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially
indeficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|We are operating in a very difficult
competitive environment with grants
being more difficult to achieve. But we
are actively looking for new funding
opportunities and were successful in
achieving grants of £31.5k in the year to
August 2021 of which £10k related to
Covid19 support.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Our principal sources of funding in year
to August 2021 have been mainly from
grants from National Lottery. Donations
from the public were down on prior years
due to Covid 19. In March 2020 we were
awarded a grant from the National
Lottery Community Fund for 3 years
amounting to £62,300 in total. Due to
COVID-19 the start of this project has
been delayed and the first grant
payments were received in year ending
August2021.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A| |A description of the
principal risks facing the
charity|Para 1.46|Our principal risks in the coming year are
the diminishing funding available from
the public sector, difficulty in recruiting
volunteers and trustees able to devote
time for us. In addition the level of
donations may be affected by the impact
of Covid 19.| |Other|Para 1.49|The continued uncertainty of the impact
of Covid-19 virus control measures and
potential duration of virus on future aims
and activities| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing
document
(trust deed,royalcharter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organisation
(CIO)| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions
e.g. election to post or
name of any person or
body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees|Para 1.25|Our Trustees tend to be known to us by
virtue of having been beneficiaries or
related to them in some way. People
start by volunteering and when ready to
commit more time and energy can be co-
opted to the committee or elected by the
current Trustees to be a Trustee, for a
timelimited period.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|We have policies and procedures in
place regarding induction. Training tends
to be ‘in-house’ by attending events and
activities, and shadowing our support
workers. All people who work alone with
our beneficiaries are required to have full
DBS certification.| |The charity’s
organisational structure
and any wider network
with which the charity
works|Para 1.51|We have monthly Trustee meetings, and
receive reports from sub-committees
such as social events, etc.
We are connected with the following
organisations in mutually supportive
relationships.- South West Lincs Care
Consortium
Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation
Trust
Alzheimer’s Society
Young Dementia UK
Playlist for Life
South Lincs Dementia Action Alliance
Mindspace
Lincolnshire Heritage
Local churches, rotary clubs,
businesses, shops, local pubs and clubs,
Masonic lodges etc.
Healthwatch.
South Lincs Clinical commissioning
Group
We continue to use social media such as
our regular newsletter, website and| |||facebook to keep our ‘family’ connected.| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|Carer Sitters Service– we share an office
with them and several beneficiaries.| |Other||We have a full range of policies and
procedures particularly in regard to
safeguarding, These are reviewed
annually and have been approved by
LPFT.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Dementia Support South Lincolnshire| |---|---| |Other name the charity
uses|DSSL| |Registered charitynumber|1162277| |Charity’s principal address|c/o Wake House, Room 34, 41 North St., Bourne, Lincs,
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**trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Alan Bulmer|Chair||Trustees of DSSL| ||Denis Bedford|||Trustees of DSSL| ||KayBunn|||Trustees of DSSL| ||Sarah Westwood|||Trustees of DSSL| ||Jill Bemrose|Treasurer||Trustees of DSSL| ||Hazel Cox|||Trustees of DSSL| ||Nicholas Fahidy||11thJanuary2021|Trustees of DSSL| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date** CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND AND WALES Receipts and pa ments accounts CC16a Forthe period To 0110912020 3110812021 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrictsd funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Tolal fvnds Lastyear 1otheme4r￿E t0th*n￿re$t£ toth•np4r95t£ ttsth• n•ireBt£ A1 Recerpts DonatlDn$and Gr ChthLableAcbwtses Sub total(Gross incomé for ARJ 23.371 31.500 Y.871 64,828 A2 Asset and Inv8sknent Sa￿, (see tsblel. Sub total 23.377 31.500 54,8T1 A3Pa ents Ch&ilknleA(*vthes 12,536 29,707 Sub tgtsl 11536 17.171 29.707 42,708 A4 Assetand Invasknent purchases,18ee tsblel Sub total 12,536 17,171 29.707 42.708 Net of ￿tIpt$¥{PaYments) A5 Transfers bel￿en fund5 A6 Cash funds la5tyear end Cash funds thi5 yearend 10,835 14,329 25,164 22,120 115.229 126,064 4,915 19.244 120,144 145.30B 98,024 120.144 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to nearest£ REstricted lunds ta neare5l£ Endowme funds to nBar¢¥t£ atl'gories Details B1 Cash funds 128,064 19,244 Tolal Cash funds 126,064 19.244 ac¢tymq511 Signed by on$ ¢[t￿￿trUSte•S on bghalf of ¥1 the trnstees Stgnalure PMI Name Date of roval Jill Bemrose 0810912021 CCXX R18(tounts i&%) 0810912021 Mi5sJ. Bemrose Treasurer Dementia Support South Linc5. Registered Charity No. 1162277 I have carried out an inspection of the accounts of the organisation for the year I September 2020 to 31, August 2021. In my opinion the accounts and Balance Sheet give a fair and true view of the financial st activities of the Charity for that period and the position at 31 August 2021. Martin P. Lander A.C.l.B. (Retired) 31"January 2022