## ## ## ## ## |||||SORP reference||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary|ofthe purposes|||Para 1.17|'The objectives of Dementia
Support|| |ofthe charity||as set out in|||South Lines are to promote and|| |its governing||document|||encourage the physical,
mental and|| ||||||social well-being
ofadult persons who|| ||||||have a diagnosis
ofdementia,
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
activities|ofthe main
in relation to|||Para 1.17
and 1.19|We focus on the person
behind the
condition
and their carer. We provide|| |those purposes|||for the||information,
guidance
and support for|| |public benefit,|||in particular,||our beneficiaries
by personal
visits, a|| |the activities,||projects or|||quarterly
newsletter,
monthly
support|| |services|identified
in the||||meetings,
and our website.|| |accounts.||||||| ||||||Since September 2021 we have been|| ||||||able to run regular activities
like our|| ||||||monthly
coffee mornings
and our art, tai|| ||||||chi and singing
groups along with our|| ||||||twice monthly
Square Hole Club for|| ||||||people
living with early onset/early
stage|| ||||||dementia. We are slowly bringing
back|| ||||||our social events and in July 2022 we|| ||||||held our annual
summer
garden
party|| ||||||followed
by a harvest
lunch
in|| ||||||September. We are planning
a Retail|| ||||||Therapy day in November
and will invite|| ||||||all our members
to a Christmas
lunch|in| ||||||December.|| |||||We run a fortnightly
day club for people| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||diagnosed
with early onset dementia
or| |||||who are in the early stages ofdementia.| |||||Square Hole Club is our USP. There is| |||||nothing else like itfor younger or 'early| |||||stage' people
in the county —the nearest| |||||is in Leicestershire. We are featured on| |||||the Young Dementia
UK website.| |||||We have not held any official dementia| |||||friends sessions this year but we have| |||||started
giving talks in the community| |||||about our services and various aspects| |||||ofsupporting
the person
living with| |||||dementia.
We have more planned
in the| |||||coming months.| |||||During
Dementia Awareness
Week (16'"| |||||to 20 May 2022) we gave a talk in| |||||Stamford to over 100people
highlighting| |||||our work with people
living with early| |||||onset dementia
and invited the| |||||community
to our art group and the| |||||Bourne and Stamford coffee mornings,| |||||all ofwhich fell that week.| |Statement|confirming||Para 1.18|The trustees
have had regard to the| |whether the trustees||have||guidance
issued
by the Charity| |had regard to the||||Commission
on public benefit and are| |guidance|issued by the|||satisfied that we comply with the| |Charity Commission||on||guidance.| |ublic benefit||||| |Additional|Additional|information|(optional)||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma|choose to include further statements||||where relevant||about:||| ||||SORP||||||| ||||reference||||||| |||||N/A|||||| |Policy on|grant making||Para 1.38||||||| |Policy on|social||||||||| |investment||including|Para 1.38|N/A|||||| |program|related||||||||| |investment|||||||||| |Contribution
volunteers||made by|Para 1.38|The Trustees,
all volunteers
themselves,
are fully aware ofthe invaluable
support|||||| |||||given to Dementia|||Support|South Lines|| |||||by|volunteers|by both helping at|||events| |||||and activities||and|in raisin|funds|for us.| ## ||||||SORP|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||reference|| |||||||From September 2021 we have been| |Summary||ofthe main||||running
all three ofour coffee| |achievements|||of|the||morning/support
groups,
our therapeutic| |charity,|identifying|||the||activities, our Square Hole Club and| |difference||the|charity's|||have restarted
social events
like the| |work has||made to the|||Para 1.20|summer garden
party and harvest
lunch| |circumstances|||of its|||which
will be followed
in November
by| |beneficiaries|||and|any||Retail Therapy and our Christmas
lunch| |wider benefits|||to|society||in December.| |as a whole.||||||| |||||||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| |||||||wa sto hei
our 'famil
' of beneficiaries.| |Additional||information|||(optional)|| |You ma||choose||to include further statements
where relevant about:||| |||||||We have continued
to run Dementia| |Achievements|||against|||Support South Lines in such a way as to| |objectives||set|||Para 1.41|support
approximately
170families or| |||||||households.| |||||||The number
declined
significantly
during| |||||||Covid but we are now receiving more| |||||||self referrals and referrals from| ||||||organisations
like Social Services, Social| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Prescribers
and other charities.| ||||||We have three professional
support| ||||||workers and an administrative
assistant| ||||||part-time.| ||||||We completed
the second Carers'| ||||||coping toolkit training
programme
in July| ||||||2022.| |Performance|||of||We have met our objectives for| |fundraising|||activities||fundraising
for this year. However
in the| |against objectives set|||||whole year our income from donations| ||||||has still been impacted
by Covid 19.In| |||||Para 1.41|the year we received the next two| ||||||instalments
ofour grant from the| ||||||National
Lottery Reaching
Communities| ||||||Fund amounting
to F20,591 and a legacy| ||||||of225,000. Both ofwhich are restricted| ||||||funds.| |Investment|||performance||N/A| |against objectives|||||| |||||Para 1.41|| |||||Para 1.41|Continuing
impact ofCovid 19on| |Other|||||fundraising
—Cancellation
ofsome ofour| ||||||fundraising
events
in 2021/2022.| |||||Para 1.45|Continued
impact of Covid 19on| |Other|||||activities,
staff, volunteers,
in 2021/22| ||||||with loss ofsome members.| |Financial||Review|||| |Review of||the charity's||Para 1.21|At the end ofAugust 2022, the position| |financial|position at the||||was a surplus
ofE37.7kfor the year, of| |end ofthe||period|||which f27.8k related to restricted funds.| ||||||We have received total grants ofF20.6k.| ||||||It is difficult to budget for the coming year| ||||||due to ongoing
uncertainties,
however| ||||||the potential
shorffall of income over| ||||||expenditure
is circa 220k in the year to| ||||||Au
ust 2023.| |Statement|Statement|Statement|explaining|explaining|explaining|explaining|the|the|Para 1.22|We aim to keep a minimum
reserve of| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |policy for||holding|||reserves|||||our running
costs that will be needed for| |stating|why|||they|are||held|||the following12
months and the balance| |||||||||||of lon er term restricted
funds.| |Amount|of||reserves||||held||Para 1.22|Our reserves were F163,003at31"| |||||||||||August 2022 ofwhich f47,009 related to| |||||||||||restricted funds. The increase was| |||||||||||mainly due to the increase ofgrants and| |||||||||||a legacy. The restricted funds balance| |||||||||||continues to be high due to much lower| |||||||||||spend due to Covid restrictions
in the| |||||||||||years 2019/202, 2020/2021 and| |||||||||||2021/2022.| |Reasons||for holding|||||zero||Para 1.22|N/A| |reserves||||||||||| |Details|offund materially||||||||Para 1.24|N/A| |in deficit||||||||||| |Explanation||||ofany|||||Para 1.23|We are operating
in a very difficult| |uncertainties||||about||the||||competitive
environment
with grants| |charity continuing|||||as||a|||being more difficult to achieve. But we| |going concern||||||||||are actively looking for new funding| |||||||||||opportunities
and were successful
in| |||||||||||achieving
grants ofL20.6k in the year to| |||||||||||Au
ust 2022 and a
I
a
of625k.| |Additional||||information||||(optional)||| |You ma||choose|||to|include|||further statements
where relevant about:|| |The charity's||||principal||||||Our principal sources offunding
in year| |sources|offunds||||(including|||||to August 2022 have been from a| |any fundraising)||||||||||restricted grant from National
Lottery and| ||||||||||Para 1.47|we received a legacy of&25k in February| |||||||||||2022, which is restricted
income and the| |||||||||||project has not yet commenced.| |||||||||||Donation from the public continue
to be| |||||||||||down on
re- andemic
ears| |Investment|||policy||and|||||| |objectives||including||||any||||| |social investment|||||policy|||||N/A| |ado ted|||||||||Para 1.46|| |||||||||||Our principal
risks in the coming year are| |A description||||ofthe||||||the diminishing
funding
available
from| |principal|risks facing||||||the|||the public sector and difficulty
in| |charity|||||||||Para 1.46|recruiting
volunteers
able to devote time| |||||||||||for us. In addition the level ofdonations| |||||||||||may still be affected by the current| |||||||||||economic climate.| ||||||||||Para 1.49|| |Other||||||||||| ## |Description|ofcharity's||| |---|---|---|---| |trusts:|||| |Type of governing||Para 1.25|Constitution| |document|||| |How is the charity||Para 1.25|Charitable
Incorporated
Organisation| |constituted?|||(CIO)| |Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|Our Trustees tend to be known to us by| |including
details of any|||virtue of having been beneficiaries
or| |constitutional|provisions||related to them
in some way. People| |e.g. election|to post or||start by volunteering
and when ready to| |name ofany|person or||commit more time and energy can be co-| |body entitled|to appoint||opted to the committee or elected by the| |one or more|trustees||current Trustees to be a Trustee, for a| ||||time limited
eriod.| ## |You ma
choose to include|further statem|ents
where relevant
about:| |---|---|---| |||We have policies and procedures
in| |Policies and procedures||place regarding
induction.
Training tends| |adopted for the induction||to be 'in-house'
by attending
events and| |and training oftrustees|Para 1.51|activities, and shadowing
our support| |||workers.
All people who work alone with| |||our beneficiaries are required
to have full| |||DBScertification.| |||We have monthly Trustee meetings,
and| |The charity's||receive reports from sub-committees| |organisational
structure||such as social events, etc.| |and any wider network|Para 1.51|We are connected
with the following| |with which the charity||organisations
in mutually
supportive| |works||relationships. - South West Lines Care| |||Consortium| |||Lincolnshire
Partnership
Foundation| |||Trust| |||Alzheimer's
Society| |||Young Dementia
UK| |||Playlist for Life| |||South Lines Dementia
Action Alliance| |||Mindspace| |||Lincolnshire
Heritage| |||Local churches,
rotary clubs,| |||businesses,
shops, local pubs and clubs,| |||Masonic lodges etc.| |||Healthwatch.| ||||South Lines Clinical commissioning| |---|---|---|---| ||||Group| ||||We continue to use social media such as| ||||our regular newsletter,
website and| ||||facebook to keep our 'family' connected.| ||||Carer Sitters Service- we share an office| |Relationship|with any||with them and several beneficiaries.| |related parties||Para 1.51|| ||||We have a full range ofpolicies and| |Other|||procedures
particularly
in regard to| ||||safeguarding,
These are reviewed| ||||annually
and have been approved
by| ||||LPFT.| ## |Charit|name||Dementia Su|ort|South Lincolnshire| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Other name the charity|||DSSL||| |uses|||||| |Re istered chari||number|1162277||| |Charity's|principal|address|clo Wake House,||Room 34,41 North St., Bourne, Lines,| ||||PE109AE||| ## |ofthe charity tr|ustees who manag|e the charity|| |---|---|---|---| |Trustee name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot for
whole year|Name ofperson (or
body) entitled to appoint
trustee (ifan| |Sarah Wesiwood|Chair||Trustees ofDSSL| |Denis Bedford|||Trustees ofDSSL| |Kay Bunn|||Trustees ofDSSL| |Jill Bemrose|Treasurer||Trustees ofDSSL| |Hazel Cox|||Trustees ofDSSL| |Nicholas
Fahidy|||Trustees ofDSSL| |Paula Harding||April 2022|Trustees ofDSSL| |Linda Rogers||July 2022|Trustees ofDSSL| ##