2023-08-31-accounts - Dementia Support South Lincs

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				Square Hole Club is our USP. We run a
				fortnightly day club for people diagnosed
				with early onset dementia or who are in
				the early stages ofdementia.
				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.
				We give talks in the community about
				our services and various aspects of
				supporting the person living with
				dementia. These talks are on request to
				organisations like Rotary, Lions, local
				businesses, supermarkets, care home
				families and staff etc.
				During Dementia Awareness Week 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		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		made by		The Trustees,		all	volunteers	themselves,
volunteers			Para 1.38	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
						Throughout the year 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	Valentines tea party. Harvest pub lunch
circumstances			of its			and our Christmas lunch in December.
beneficiaries			and	any
wider benefits			to	society		We represent a 'safe haven' for people
as a whole.						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 and decrease the stigma of
						still associated with a diagnosis of
						dementia.

You ma ch	oo	se to include	further stateme	nts where relevant about:
				We have continued to run Dementia
Achievements against objectives set			Para 1.41	Support South Lines in such a way as to support approximately 190families 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.
Performance		of		We have met our objectives for
fundraising	activities			fundraising for this year, however some
against objectives set				fundraising activities run by others on our
				behalf did not take place this year.
			Para 1.41	However in the whole ear our income

Review of	Review of	the charity's	the charity's	the charity's	Para 1.21	At the end ofAugust 2023, the position
financial position at end ofthe period				the		was a deficit ofE7.8k for the year. We have received total grants off10.6k. It is
						difficult to budget for the coming year
						due to ongoing uncertainties, however
						the potential shortfall of income over
						expenditure is circa F30k in the year to
						Au ust 2024
Statement		explaining		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 following15 months and the balance
						of ion er term restricted funds.
Amount of		reserves		held	Para 1.22	Our reserves were f175,226 at31"
						August 2023 ofwhich 236,702 related to
						restricted funds. The decrease was
						mainl due to the lower rants.
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 of210.6k in the year to
						Au ust 2023.

Policies and	procedures		to be 'in-house' by attending events	and
adopted for	the induction	Para 1.51	activities, and shadowing our support
and training	oftrustees		workers. All people who work alone	with
			our beneficiaries are required to have full
			DBScertification.
			We have monthly Trustee meetings,	and
			receive reports from sub-committees
The charity's			such as social events, etc.
organisational structure			We are connected with the following
and any wider network		Para 1.51	organisations in mutually supportive
with which the charity			relationships. —
works			Dementia UK
			Alzheimer's Research UK
			Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation
			Trust
			Alzheimer's Society
			Young Dementia UK
			Playlist for Life
			Mindspace
			Lincolnshire Heritage
			Local churches, rotary clubs,
			businesses, shops, local pubs and clubs,
			Masonic lodges etc.
			Healthwatch.
			South Lines Clinical commissioning
			Group
			SHINE
			We send out a regular newsletter and	we
			are active on social media and our
			website all ofwhich keep us in contact
			with our family ofbeneficiaries.
			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.

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 Westwood	Chair		Trustees ofDSSL
Kay Bunn			Trustees ofDSSL
Jill Bemrose	Treasurer		Trustees ofDSSL
Hazel Cox			Trustees of DSSL
Nicholas Fahidy			Trustees ofDSSL
Paula Harding			Trustees ofDSSL
Linda Rogers			Trustees of DSSL