Supporting cultural developments in Gloucester Gust is a charitable incorporated organisation charity registration no. 1164727
Trustees Report for GUST Charity No 1164727 April 2020 to March 31[st] 2021
The Trustees report for year ended March 31st 2020 indicated that GUST was in the initial stages of collaborating with Take Note. GUST began working with social and arts entrepreneurs Marianna Hay and Emily Webb in 2019 to look at trialling their new The Take Note: Connect programme in Gloucester. The programme, having delivered a pilot in Suffolk earlier in the year, supports organisations to deliver extraordinary artistic work together and in partnership. Having been brought up in Gloucester and recently returned to live in the area, Emily was keen to see Gloucester benefit from this new initiative. With our knowledge of the people and organisations working in the city, GUST was a perfect partner to deliver this element of their programme. We signed a partnership agreement with Take Note in April 2020 and submitted the 2[nd] stage of our joint application to Esmee Fairbairn Foundation for funding to deliver the project.
The project aims were threefold: to increase confidence and expertise in communities to deliver arts projects, to empower local arts organisations to work collaboratively to deliver bigger and better arts projects and to develop a model of partnership working which could be replicated to achieve social change in regions of low arts provision across the UK. The aims were in line with GUST’s own to strengthen strategic support for organisations and people in Gloucester to develop better ways of working together and delivering ever more ambitious projects and programmes.
With funding of £58,000 secured in August 2020, Take Note: Connect Gloucester was launched in September 2020: New partnership initiative Take Note and Gloucester-based charity GUST will collaborate with and support Gloucester organisations to deliver bold artistic work together and catalyse social change.
The programme provided funding of £40,000 to support 2 partnership projects, with Take Note providing wrap-around strategic support and partnership tools to ensure the partners have the greatest possible impact for these 2 projects and to enable more partnership working with even greater collective impact in the future.
The programme acknowledged the infrastructure and strategic foundations created by Gloucester Culture Trust and we worked closely with the Trust to connect and support organisations and individuals interested in the opportunity, bringing together potential partners across the city and advising applicants on submissions for this pot of funding. The 10-year Gloucester Cultural Strategy 2016-2026 is founded on the principle of partnership and with community at its heart and Take Note Gloucester responds directly to these ambitions.
We launched the fund in October with an open-invite Zoom attended by over 30 participants, from arts and social organisations and Individual artists. This was followed up with a networking/partnershipbuilding session online to facilitate Introductions to those looking to build partnerships for their application to the fund. 20 Gloucester organisations and artists attended and these sessions are now being embedded by the Culture Trust as a regular networking offer in the city due to the success of this event:
"We should do this [speed dating] all the time - it's so valuable to be able to connect like this, something we've never done in the city before - we should make the most of it." Chris Walker, AgeUK Gloucestershire
A total of 44 organisations via 10 partnership projects applied for Take Note funding in November 2020 – January 2021 with a 2-stage application process. These projects showed an incredibly strong pool of arts organisations, artists, freelancers and cross-sector collaborators, demonstrating the dynamism and innovation of Gloucester’s creative commitment to arts for social change. The two successful partnership projects represented an exciting fusion of arts and non-arts organisations working together to make change. In addition to the funding, the successful projects will also be part of the Take Note:
Registered Office 2 Wychwood Court, Cotswold Business Village, Moreton in Marsh, GL56 0JQ Trustees Clair Greenaway | James Millar | Donna Renney
Supporting cultural developments in Gloucester Gust is a charitable incorporated organisation charity registration no. 1164727
Connect Gloucester programme of strategic collaborative support, designed to promote and enable effective partnership working every step of the way. This will run until autumn 2021 following the successful delivery of the 2 projects during the summer.
With our networks and insight into Gloucester organisations, we supported the application process, selecting 2 very different but equally inspiring projects to fund in March 2021. Hip-hop, beatboxing, film, drama and photography are set to animate the streets and homes of Gloucester this summer. Young people and families affected by food poverty, NHS patients, carers, refugees and asylum seekers and people from the wider Gloucester community will create powerful artworks, to be celebrated publicly as the country opens up after lockdown.
Connect, Collaborate and Create brings together Your Next Move with The Music Works, Barton Street Neighbourhood Policing Team, Prospects Youth Support Team, The Venture Playground and Friendship Cafe. Together they will create a hip-hop project that shines a light on food poverty, working with young people, their families and the wider community to create collaborative hip hop, beatboxing, MCing, DJing and graffiti and a film that captures the power of this work.
Creative Communities, New Perspectives is a collaboration of Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, GARAS (Gloucestershire Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers), Inclusion Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire Carers Hub and Look Again to boost mental health and wellbeing through mindful photography and drama. Working with a wide range of people struggling with their wellbeing, there will be an exhibition of their work at the Cathedral and Gloucester Royal Hospital in the summer.
“This wouldn't have been possible without the Take Note programme... It's the partnership approach that really makes this more interesting and more special - for us as organisations and for the individuals taking part because they get to meet people they wouldn't necessarily meet otherwise and it helps to open people's minds and eyes to new possibilities."
Ruth Davey, Look Again Photography on BBC Radio Gloucestershire
Take Note facts and figures:
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Secured £58,388 funding from Esmee Fairbairn Foundation.
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Awarded £40,000 funding to 2 partnership projects with a total of 12 partner organisations across arts and non-arts sectors in Gloucester.
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16 cross-sector partners from arts and other social change organisations including NHS, Police, refugee support agency, disability support agency and more, involved in these 2 partnership projects.
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10 partnership applications to Take Note: Connect Gloucester from a total of 44 Gloucester organisations /community partners.
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Over 30 arts and non-arts organisations and individual artists and producers attended the Take Note: Connect Gloucester launch and gave overwhelmingly positive feedback.
The total income for the charity in the year to March 31[st] 2021 was £62,391 against £33,609 year ended March 31[st] 2020. We closed the year with cash of £8,578 of which £8,485 is identified as restricted funds from the Esmee Fairbairn Trust and which is allocated to conclude spending for Take Note.
Looking ahead to 2021-22, we intend to continue our work supporting partnership development in the city of Gloucester, particularly in light of the impact of Covid-19 on the cultural and heritage sectors. In particular we are in the early stages of collaboration with the City Voices team, exploring ways in which GUST can support the growth of this key strand of Gloucester History Festival. Our collaboration with Take Note is ongoing, and we look forward to the delivery of the two funded projects in the coming months. We will further contribute to discussion of the next stages for Take Note beyond 2021 and beyond Gloucestershire.
Registered Office 2 Wychwood Court, Cotswold Business Village, Moreton in Marsh, GL56 0JQ Trustees Clair Greenaway | James Millar | Donna Renney
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Charity Name No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 01-Apr-20 30-Mar-21 To from
Section A Receipts and payments
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| Donations | 450 | 1,450 | - | 1,900 | 1,350 | |||||||||
| Never Better Grants received | - | 2,103 | - | 2,103 | 27,259 | |||||||||
| Sponsorship | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Sponsorshipin kind | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Gift Aid | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
| Greatplaces claim | - | - | - | - | 5,000 | |||||||||
| Take Note Grants Received | - | 58,388 | - | 58,388 | - | |||||||||
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450 | 61,941 | - | 62,391 | 33,609 | |||||||||
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| Total receipts | 450 | 61,941 | - | 62391 | 33,609 | |||||||||
| A3 Payments |
| Donation to Gloucester History Festival | |||||||||
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| - | 1000 | - | 1000 | 1,000 | |||||
| Bank Charges | 69 | 69 | - | 138 | 120 | ||||
| Never Better Project Management | - | - | - | 0 | 3,715 | ||||
| Never Better Production / Creative Budget | |||||||||
| - | 8092 | - | 8092 | 56,280 | |||||
| Never Better Marketing | - | - | - | 0 | 6,574 | ||||
| Never Better Evaluation | - | - | - | 0 | 3,000 | ||||
| Never Better CounsellingSupport | - | - | - | 0 | 2,770 | ||||
| Never Better OpeningNight | - | - | - | 0 | 303 | ||||
| Never Better Stakeholder Management | |||||||||
| - | - | - | 0 | 35 | |||||
| GUST Administration and Marketing | 17 | - | - | 17 | - | ||||
| Donation to MusicWorks | - | 250 | - | 250 | - | ||||
| Membership | 180 | - | - | 180 | - | ||||
| Take Note Project Management | - | 3500 | - | 3,500 | - | ||||
| Take Note Marketing | - | - | - | 0 | - | ||||
| Take Note Evaluation | - | 6375 | - | 6375 | - | ||||
| Take Note Project Funding | - | 40000 | - | 40000 | - | ||||
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| Sub total | 266 | 59286 | 0 | 59552 | 73,796 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
- - - 59,286 2,655 |
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- - - 59,552 2,839 |
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| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| 73,796 | |||||||||
| 184 | 2,655 | - | 2,839 | - 40,187 | |||||
| - 272 | 272 | - | - | - | |||||
| 181 | 5,558 | - | 5,739 | 45,926 | |||||
| 94 | 8,485 | - | 8,578 | 5,739 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
05/01/2022
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) CAF Account (GUST - includes restricted ~~donations £1250)~~ CAF Account (Special Projects - Never ~~Better and Take Note)~~ Details |
Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) CAF Account (GUST - includes restricted ~~donations £1250)~~ CAF Account (Special Projects - Never ~~Better and Take Note)~~ Details |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 94 - - 94 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 94 - - 94 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - 8,485 - 8,485 OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) |
Restricted funds to nearest £ - 8,485 - 8,485 OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) |
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
05/01/2022
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the tfusteésl members of THE GUST On a¢¢ounts forth• year endad 31 MARCH 2021 Charlly no Ilf any) 1164727 Sat out on pagos l port lo the trustees on my examlnatlon of tho accounts ol the above charity Clhe Trust'l for th8 ygar ended 3110312021 As the charftys trusteès. you are responsible for the preparation of the 8ccounls in a(Kordanc8 wllh the requirements of the Charilles Act 2011 Ilhe ACV'I. Responslbllltles and basls of rèport I report in respect of my gxaminalion of thè Trust's ac¢ounls carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act 2nd In carrying out my tsxaminalion, I have lolk)wed all th8 applicable Directions given by the Ch8rity Commlsslon under section 14515llbl of th6 Act. Independent examiner's statement I ¢ompl6ted my examination. I tonfirm ihat no material matters have ome to my attention in connection wth the examination lolher than thal disclosed b$low'l whlch gives me cause lo bg1Igve that In. any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with slI0n 130 ol the Charilies Act.. or the ac¢ounls did not aCCOTd wllh the accounting records., or the accounts did not ¢omply with Ihfr applicab16 r&quir6m6nts concernlng Ihe forrn and conlenl of accounts sel out In the Charitles IAccounls and Reports) R69ulallons 2008 other Ih8n any roquirement that lh8 accounts give a 'lrue and falrf view which is not a mattel consid8r8d as p8rt of Bn independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters In connecbon with the examinallon lo whlch allenllon Should ba drawn Sn this report in order lo enablè 8 proper undetslanding of the accounis to bo roached. Pl&ase delete Ilje words In Ihe brAck8ts if Ihey do not apply. Slgngd: •L Dats: 291112022 Namo: Suzanne Ross Relovant profosslonal quallflcatlonlsl or body Ilf any): ACA Address., 73 Moorend Park Road. Cheltenham, Glos GL53 OLG IER Oct 2018
Ilf any).. Address: Section B Disclosure Only complete If the examiner needs lo highlight material matters of concern {see CC32, Ind8p8ndenl examination of charily accounts: directions and guldancè lor examiners). Glvè h8re brlef detai15 of any Items that the èxamlnar wlshe5 to disclose. IER Oct 2018
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES C.IIErlly lQamè Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For thtr period from 01-P-.pr-20 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Lastyear t¢ Ihe nearè$l£ lothe n•Jrn$t£ to th• nearest£ tothe nBBre5t£ A1 Receipts Danatlons NgvgrBeii¢iGraThls rece nsors aor6N In 4SO 1A50 2.103 27,259 Gr¢91 place$*in Take N(th Grants REIved 5&388 Sub fotal(Gross inGom8 for AR) 01.941 63,391 346D9 A2 Asset and Investment sales. 15ee taJ)lel- Sub fotal Tot81 recelpls 45Q 61,941 62391 33,809 A3 Payfflents DonalloD to Gloucester H15iwFlvl 10QO 69 10QO 138 .1.000 BEnk Cha N8yoF Btsir Pr0iBcifd8nagnet NeveT Eetier Produ¢tlonl&#aUvg Budget 69 1715 8092 8OY2 51280 574 Nevèr B•ll&rMark6ting lever Eetler Evpluallon Never Beii8rCounselling SuppDrt Never B¢iigrOpollin Ngvor Béltérstakeholderm80ernen1 3,000 2.770 303 35 GUST AdrnSnl$iralkn and Matkelin [lOn to Muslcwoik Momber5hlp Toke Nots PTO octmana Tako Note Mad(etino Take Note Evaudin Take Noi¢ Pro 17 250 250 leo 6rnBnt 3500 6375 40000 6375 40000 Sub total 266 59286 Sga52 73,196 A4 Asset and Investment purchases. l$tre table) Sub totsl 266 59,286 59,552 73.796 Net of recetipts/(paymentsJ A5 Translers between funds A6 Cash funds lastyearend Cdsh funds thls year end 184 2.655 272 5,$58 8,485 2,839 40,187 272 4739 4578 45,926 5,738 CCXX Rl acUnts ISSI (k51of12?
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Llnreslri¢ted lunds to n•arost£ R¢strl¢ted funds to nttarnst£ Endowmont funds ton•ar•st£ CatecJor*eb B1 Cash funds CAFA¢couni (GUST- indudtt residcied Account I5pec&ryl Proieds- Nwor 8.485 Tolal Cash funds 94 8,485 Unrestrlcttd funds Restrlcted funds to n•ar•st £ Endowment funds Details B2 Other monetsry assets Fund towN¢h Currenr value elalls Cost loptlonall Fund to whlch A$$et belo Currnnt Valuè Details B4 Assèts retained for the charit8 own use FundtDwhlGh Arnount du lthon duè Details B5 Llabillties SkJned byonèort4W Iruslee9 b&h4f ol allthe Iwslees Signature Prlnt Name Date of roval ClalrGreenawo O>JaTr22 CCXX R2 accoutst$ ISSI 0510112022