## ## ## ## ## ||||||||SORP reference|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Qvmeai'~f-tiae-pvaiaesee.||||||ef-||-lk~bjeele sf&e4&l&sm.&6belief+~| |the charity as set||||out|in its|||sickness and preservation
ofhealth of| |governing|||document|||||children
and their families
by the provision| |||||||||ofequipment,
resources and bereavement| |||||||||su
ort.| |Summary
activities|||ofthe main
in relation tothose||||Para 1.17and
1.19|The charity provides parent packs to
families transferred
in the Nectar| |purposes|||for the public|||||ambulances
across the region to get them| |benefit,||in particular,|||the|||through
the first few days in hospital, and| |activities,|||projects|or||||also provide
parent packs to families| |services||identified||in|the|||admitted
to the Special Care Baby Units.| |accounts.||||||||The charity renovated
family rooms on| |||||||||wards to create a safe space for families.| |||||||||The charity provides portable libraries
in| |||||||||children's
wards across the region, and| |||||||||provide bereavement
breaks for families| |||||||||after the death ofa child. The charity funds| |||||||||medical equipment
and provides
training| |||||||||that saves children's
lives, makes time in| |||||||||hospital easier for sick children
and| |||||||||reduces anxiety for families and are ther~| |||||||||for bereaved
arents
in their time ofneed.| |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||||guidance||||Commission
on public benefit when| |issued|by||the Charity|||||pianning
the activities ofthe CIO. Without| |Commission
on public||||||||vital equipment,
e.g. SATs and heart rate| |benefit||||||||monitors,
families cannot care for their sick| |||||||||children
at home and they would need to| |||||||||remain
in hospital.
Through
the CIO's| |||||||||purchases
families are able to be together| |||||||||at horne, where they should be. The| |||||||||equipment
bought
will be used by a| |||||||||succession offamilies over time in the| |||||||||West Cumbria area.
Having a child in| |||||||||intensive care can mean that families can't| |||||||||bond with their child as they would| |||||||||normally.
Research has shovifn that 69%of| |||||||||parents feel closer to their baby through| |||||||||reading
and 86k ofparents said they
en'o ed it. Parents described
how readin| ||||||helped them to gain an increased sense of|helped them to gain an increased sense of| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||control, intimacy
and normality.
Staff in|| ||||||PIGU (Paediatric
Intensive Care Unit)|| ||||||suggested
the iPads.
They felt they would|| ||||||aid cognitive development,
provide|| ||||||educational
resources and could be used|| ||||||by siblings ofsick children
and parents as a|| ||||||reprieve from the intense environment.|| ||||||There is a iack ofsensory equipment
and|| ||||||physiotherapy
aids in the PICU. Long term|| ||||||patients
in intensive care need stimulation|| ||||||to aid continued
cognitive development|| ||||||while incapacitated.
The children also|| ||||||require
much support to continue their|| ||||||physical development
and without the|| ||||||purchase
ofmore equipment
children
miss|| ||||||out. The bereavement
support
will provide|| ||||||comfort, information
and help for families|in| ||||||their greatest time ofneed, following the|| ||||||leasWAhair-ehIM~isi@~wareaees-e~|| ||||||TQFs is vital in supporting
famiTies when|| ||||||their child is diagnosed
with this condition.|| |chievem|e|nts|and Performance|||| |||||SORP reference||| ||||||The charity has had a year ofgrowth and|| ||||||development,
which is really exciting.|| |Summary
of
achievements||the main
ofthe charity,
Para 1.20|||As well as successfully
adding
larger
fundraising
events to our calendar with the|| |identifying|the difference||||Festival ofFootball being a huge success,|| |the charity's||work has made|||we have also attracted
support from the|| |to the circumstances||||of its|Cumbria
Community
Foundation
and The|| |beneficiaries||and any||wider|National
Lottery with our first large funding|| |benefits to|society as|||a|grants.|| |whole,||||||| ||||||Based on feedback from service users and|| ||||||the professionals
we work with we have|| ||||||also developed
the services we offer—|| ||||||adding
our Peer Support Service, which is|| ||||||going to make a big difference to the way|| ||||||we operate and the support we offer to our|| ||||||famiiies. Through the service moving|| ||||||forwards we will be offering 1-2-1 support to|| ||||||parents,
from our volunteers
who have been|| ||||||through
similar experiences.
This service|| ||||||has also meant we have the ability to offer|| ||||||those who wish to volunteer to make a|| ||||||difference for families a role in the charity,|| ||||||which is something
we haven't been able to|| ||||||do in the past,|| ||||||This deveiopment
has been in addition to|| ||||||our ongoing work providing
parent. bags to|| ||||||families
in the Special Care Baby Units, who|| ||||||are transferred
by the NECTAR team and
the Bobb 's Little Ex lorer ba s to families|| ## |spending
a long time in hospital to support| |---| |their sensory development.
We have| |continued
to provide portable
libraries to| |children's
wards across the region to make| |books accessible to families 24/7 also.| |We have renovated
more family rooms this| |year, making a space for families
while they| |are in hospital
with their baby —to have a| |moment
ofquiet, or distraction —or| |sometimes just normality
along with their| |babyl We have also continued
to support| |medical teams with equipment
and families| |with donations
ofcomfort items to relieve| |stress and make time in hospital easier.| |Among
all these achievements
this year, we| |have also been welcomed
into more| |regional and national
boards and bodies to| |nfluanca. poliey~ci-preeadvr~whieh-| |means we can make even more ofa| |difference to families
in hospital,
based on| |our knowledge
as a charity.| |We have had a really successful year, and| |we look forward tothese projects continuing| |to develop
into 2024 and beyond!| ## |Review ofthe charity's|||The CIO has had a good year leaving ihe| |---|---|---|---| |financial
position at the end
ofthe
eriod|||charity with agood balance sheet at the
ear end.| |Statement
explaining
the||Para 1.22|The trustees intend to hold reserves so that| |policy for holding reserves|||the CIO can continue
its charitable| |stating
why they are held|||activities for a period of i2 months
should| ||||fundin
cease.| |Amount
Gfreserves
held||Para 1,22|f.138,256 ofwhich 8",2,507are restricted| ||||reserves.| |Reasons for holding zero||Para 1.22|N/A| |reserves|||| |Details offund materially|in|Para 1.24|N/A| |deficit|||| |Explanation
ofany||Para 1.23|No uncertainties
about the CIO's ability to| |uncertaintiis
about the|||continue
activities.| |charity continuing
as a going|||| |concern|||| ## ## |Description
ofcharity's||| |---|---|---| |trusts:||| |Type ofgoverning
document||Constitution.
CIO-Foundation
registered 20
November 2015as amended
on 24| |||Februa
2020.| |How Is the charity|Para 1.25|CIG| |constituted'||| |Trustee selection methods
including
details ofany
constitutional
provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Apart from the first trustees,
every trustee
must be appointed
by a resolution
passed
at a properly convened
meeting ofthe
charity trustees.
In selecting
individuals
for
appointment
as charity trustees,
the charity
trustees must have regard to the skills,
knowledge
and experience
needed for the| ## ## |Refere|nce and|Ad|minis|trative
details| |---|---|---|---|---| |Charit|name|||Team Evie| |Other name the charit|||uses|| |Re istered charit||number||1164489| |Charity's|principal|address||176Church Meadows| |||||Great Broughton| |||||Cockermouth| |||||CA13 OJL| |ame|s ofthe chaiity trus|tees who manage|the charity|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Trustee name|ONce (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot for whole
ear|Name
toa|ofperson (or body) entitled
oint trustee
ifan|| |1|Hazel Johnston|||||| |2|Jill Johnston|||||| |3|Emma Ivison|||||| |4|Stephen Johnston|||||| |5|Stuart Buchanan|||||| |6|Abigail Clucas|||||| |7|Robert Nordon|||||| |8||||||| |9||||||| |10||||||| |11||||||| |"l4||||||| |15||||||| |16||||||| |17||||||| |18||||||| |1&||||||| |20||||||| ## |Funds held as custodian|Funds held as custodian|trustees on behalf ofothers| |---|---|---| |Description
ofthe assets||N/A| |held in this capacity||| |Name and objects ofthe||N/A| |charity on whose behalf|the|| |assets are held and how|this|| |falls within the custodian||| |charity's objects||| |Details ofarrangements|for|| |safe custody and||| |segregation
ofsuch assets||| |from the charity's
own||| |assets||| |Name ofchief executive|or names ofsenior staff members (0 tionai information)|| ## ## ## ## |||{agree balances yAth receipts|and payments||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||account{a))||||||||| |||||Unrestricted|||Restricted||||Endowment| |||||funds||||funds|||funds| |||||to nearest 8|||to|nearest 8|||to nearest 8| |B2Other monetary aesete|||||||||||| |||Dataas||Fund towhich
asset belon s|||Cost||{optional)||Current value
o
onal| |B3Investment|assets||||||||||| |||Data)ie||Fund towhich
asset belon 3|||Cost||{optional)||Current value
o tlonal| |B4Assets retained for the||Other tsni)ibis assets||Unrestricted||||||81,318|28,883| |charity's
own|use|Other tangible assets||Restricted||||||1,837|1&338| |||||Fund to|which||Amount|||dus|When dus| |||||ilsbll|reiates|||o|onal||o
tonal| |BSLiabilities|||||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf ofall the tr'ustses||Signature||||Print Name|||||Date of
a
roval| |||||||Jill Johnston||||||