## ## ## ## ## ## |||||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| ||||from donations|from donations|is still lower than pre to| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Covid 19.In the||year we received the| ||||next instalment||ofour grant from the| ||||National|Lottery|Reaching
Communities| ||||Fund amounting||to 210,605 which is a| ||||restricted|fund.|| |Investment|performance||N/A||| |against objectives|||||| |||Para 1.41|||| |||Para 1.41|||| |Other|||||| |||Para 1.45|||| |Other|||||| ## |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
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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.|| ## |Other name the charity|DSSL|| |---|---|---| |uses||| |Re istered chari
number|1162277|| |Charity's
principal address|cjoWake 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 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| ##