Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 01 09 2021 31 08 2022
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Bambisanani Partnership CIO
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) 1163461 Charity's principal address C/O BWCAT
Bradford Road Ilkley Postcode LS29 6AE
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 David Geldart Chair
2 Darren Beardsley Vice Chair
3 David Thorpe Treasurer
4 Barbara Pounder
5 Andrew Lockwood
6 Brogan O’Connor
Margaret
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Hattersley
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution adopted 08/09/2015 Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
CIO How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustees are appointed for a term of three years by a resolution Trustee selection methods passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees (eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
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- TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND IN PARTICULAR THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT MNYAKANYA HIGH SCHOOL AND OTHER SCHOOLS / INSTITUTES OF EDUCATION IN THE NKANDLA REGION OF KWAZULU NATAL AND AT ST MARY'S MENSTON SCHOOL AND OTHER SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES WITHIN WEST YORKSHIRE, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF OPPORTUNITIES, RESOURCES AND FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOLS.
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
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THE PROMOTION OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE NKANDLA REGION OF KWAZULU NATAL BY THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR PLAYING SPORT.
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TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH SPORTING ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPACITIES AND SO THAT THEY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
In planning our activities for the year, we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our trustees’ meetings.
The focus of our activities in our seventh year was to continue to strengthen the links with educational establishments and other agencies in both countries. The planning of post Covid student volunteer visits to South Africa has also been a priority. Work has also begun to potentially involve Newcastle College in future Bambisanani Partnership activities
In collaboration with Rotary Clubs in the UK and South Africa work has continued to develop ICT provision at Mnyakanya High School.
Preparatory work has continued with Mnyakanya School and South African partners to develop a Sports Pitch for the school and wider community.
Work has continued to embed the ‘Cycling to Success’ programme and indeed expand it to other areas in partnership with KZN Cycling.
Despite volunteer visits to South Africa being postponed or cancelled due to Covid-19 this year a number of fundraising events have helped support establish The Bambisanani Athletics Challenge involving primary schools in South Africa and Leeds has developed from a successful pilot programme to become an annual event involving even more schools from both countries.
Extensive time has been invested over the last year developing existing partnerships and developing new ones with a view to future collaborations, including with the KZN Department of Sport and Recreation, KZN Department of Higher Education, KZN Cycling, South African High Commission, British Council and the Sport at the Service of Humanity Foundation.
A close working relationship has been developed with fellow
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Yorkshire sports-related charity, The Jordan Sinnott Foundation.
The University of Leeds and Leeds Trinity University undertook a Research and Development visit to South Africa with a view to expanding links with colleges/universities and KZN Cycling as well as preparing to re-establish student volunteer visits to South Africa in 2023.
The charity has worked closely with Mnyakanya High School to establish bursaries for particularly deserving students to attend university
The Bambisanani Partnership was invited speak a two major International Conferences about its work.
Despite all the frustrations with Covid-19 in terms of postponed student volunteer visits this has been a very productive year for the partnership.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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policy on grant making;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Grant making : The Bambisanani Partnership is essentially not a grant making charity but where financial support is given, we always seek to obtain an element of funding from South African sources as well as our own. This is an important principal for our charity and ultimately seeks to build capacity and empower the communities that we work with in South Africa. By not funding any project 100% continues to ‘lever’ additional funding for the community led projects that we are engaged with. In every sense we believe that this brings considerable added value to our work.
Volunteers: The Bambisanani Partnership has no employees and as such continues to be run entirely by volunteers. During the past year more than 50 volunteers in both countries have contributed in various ways to the ongoing running of the charity and the provision of our programmes and activities. Many of these volunteers are serving teachers or lecturers who have skilfully included, and in many cases embedded, the work of the Bambisanani Partnership within their educational establishments.
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Due to the impact of Covid-19 the main focus of the charity this year was to support remotely South African Schools through fund raising and strengthening links with the local UK community. The following are some of this year’s achievements:
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This year saw the number of young people from both countries that have been involved in Bambisanani Partnership projects and programmes rise to 10,500. Significantly this now includes students from primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and universities. Over the past three years the number of educational establishments involved in our work has increased from 17 to 29
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Mnyakanya School achieved its best ever examination results and recorded a significant increase in student enrolment citing the Bambisanani Partnership as an important factor in that success with particular reference to the ICT Suite and Water Installation Project provided by the charity
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Our Cycling to Success initiative continues to develop within the Mnyakanya community as a means of transport, sport, fitness training and recreation. The initiative and has gained both praise and support from World Champion professional cyclist, Lizzie Deignan and has featured in numerous articles
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The Bambisanani International Athletics Challenge expanded to include 6 schools from South Africa and 6 from the UK involving 394 students. This project was Highly Commended for Best Sports Project in the annual Leeds Compassionate City Awards
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14 Bambisanani Awards presented to three South African schools recognising and rewarding achievement of students
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Invited to become a partner in the British Council’s influential Internationalism Alliance
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In partnership with the Jordan Sinnott Foundation annual awards have been presented in South Africa encouraging sport and sports leadership in young people. Football shirts from the Sinnott 25 campaign were distributed to children at Mnyakanya High School and Vumanhlamvu Primary School
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Two students from Mnyakanya School have been awarded Bambisanani Partnership bursaries as a contribution towards their university fees. Both students are studying to become teachers at the University of South Africa
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Several national and international articles have been published highlighting the impact of the charity
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Charity Founder and Chair, David Geldart gave a Keynote speech at the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Summer School Conference
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Charity Founder and Chair, David Geldart contributed to the Sport for All World Summit held at the Vatican and also had an audience with Pope Francis
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Section D Achievements and performance
Section E Financial review
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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
We aim to ensure reserves are maintained at £10,000. We currently hold cash at bank of £69,911, with Trustees considering how best to use this funding with £30,000 being approved in principle to support the construction of a football facility
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Not applicable
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
Our main source of funding has been donations.
The majority of income is applied to the objectives of the charity and we keep all other costs to a minimum. This is achieved by the dedicated trustees that volunteer their time to ensure the success of the charity.
The charity has no guarantees and no debt outstanding at the year end.
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Future plans –
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Organise a post Covid Research and Development visit to South Africa for St. Marys School and Newcastle College
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Organise visits of volunteers from schools/colleges/universities in the UK to South Africa to develop and extend Bambisanani programmes and projects in 2023. Five visits from four institutions
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Expand the ‘Cycling to Success’ programme in collaboration with KZN Cycling in more remote rural communities Cycling - MoU for joint Development Plan
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Expand the Bambisanani International Athletics Challenge for primary schools in both countries and explore other curricula engagement between the schools involved which are driven by sport
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In collaboration with Mnyakanya School and Rotary Clubs in South Africa and the UK improve Computer Applications Technology (CAT) provision at Mnyakanya School with the aim of raising standards at the school and achieving specialised CAT status via assessment by the KZN Department of Education.
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Work with South African schools to develop an Indigenous Zulu Games project for UK schools
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Develop a programme of work with a Special School in South Africa introducing modified sports
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Support Newcastle College to develop links with South Africa and become a member of the Bambisanani Partnership thus increasing the range and capacity of the charity
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Develop existing university/college partnerships in both countries to expand the joint training of Physical Education teachers and Sports Coaches
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Develop a Bambisanani Award for primary schools in both countries that promotes sport, leadership, volunteering and global citizenship
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Continue to work with a range of partners in South Africa in order to build a sports
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ground for the Mnyakanya community
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Contribute to the Sport for All World Summit Declaration and subsequent Declar-Actions
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Explore the possibility of new joint initiatives in collaboration with the British Council, KwaZulu-Natal Department of Sport and Recreation and KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education
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Establish a good working relationship with the new First Secretary (Political) at the South African High Commission in London
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Establish a good working relationship with the new Community and Partnerships Manager at the Global Schools Alliance
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Promote internationalism and global citizenship in collaboration with the British Council’s Internationalism Alliance and the independent Global Schools Alliance
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Highlight the work and impact of charities in general, and our own work specifically, through written articles, interviews and conferences
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) D Thorpe Full name(s) David Thorpe Position (eg Secretary, Treasurer Chair, etc) Date 10/02/2023
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Charity Name No (if any)
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period Period start date Period end date
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from 9/1/2021 8/31/2022
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
1,669 - - 1,669
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
1,669 - - 1,669
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 1,669 - - 1,669
A3 Payments
Insurance 927 - - 927
Activity costs 1,708 - - 1,708
Expenses 1,518 - - 1,518
Accountancy - - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 4,153 ] - - 4,153
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 4,153 - - 4,153
Net of receipts/(payments) - 2,484 - - - 2,484
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 72,395 - - 72,395
Cash funds this year end 69,911 - - 69,911
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| Section B Statement | of assets and liabilities | at the end of the period | at the end of the period | at the end of the period |
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | |||
| Categories | Details | funds | funds | |
| B1 Cash funds | Total cash funds | to nearest £ 69,911 - - 69,911 |
to nearest £ - - - - |
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| (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
OK |
OK | ||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | |||
| funds | funds | |||
| B2 Other monetary assets | Details | to nearest £ - - - - - - |
to nearest £ - - - - - - |
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| B3 Investment assets | Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - - - - - |
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| B4 Assets retained for the | Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - |
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| charity’s own use | - - - - - - - - |
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| Fund to which | Amount due | |||
| B5 Liabilities | Details | liability relates | - - - - - (optional) |
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Name | ||
| David | Thorpe |
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Last year
to the nearest £
7,277 - - - - - - - 7,277
7,277
913 10,776 2,642 - - - - - - 14,331
14,331 - 7,054 - 79,449 72,395
Endowment funds
to nearest £ - - - -
OK
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -
Current value (optional) - - - - -
Current value (optional)
When due (optional)
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Date of
approval
2/7/2023
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