EL/eLy VL'S 4bft | fittte acts of CittJness .&.J.C r'c. Trustees, Annual Report for the period from 23rd October 2023 to 22nd October 2024 Charity name: Evelyn's Gift CIO Charity registration number: 1165015 Evelyn's Gift was registered as a CIO In January 2016. Our work is in memory of 7-year-old Evelyn Mary Smith, who died suddenly and unexpertedly In 2013. We carry out a diverse ran8e of projects and provide individual acts of .kindness for people in need. We promote CPR life Saving skills training in the community provided by Warwickshire Hearts. Objectives and Activities We have two objectives.. 111 To preserve and protect good health by the provislon of emergency Ilfe support trainln8 through schools and councils in Warwickshire. 121 Such charitable purposes for the publlc benefit as are exclusively charitable accordin8 to the laws of England and Wales as the trustees may from time to time determine. The public benefits from purpose111 are evidenced by research from the Resuscitation Council that show5 that training in the community improves survival rates from community cardiac arrests. Training sessions for CPRI AED have been delivered by the charity Warwickshire Hearts, with a Small number organised by Evelyn's Gift. Evelyn's Glft organised Warrf4ickshire Hearts training sessions for the public at a restaurant and. as part of Restart a Heart Day. a school. Since the project began, more than ten thousand people have been trained in South Warwickshire. This work did not require any financial support from Evelyn's Gift. The majority of our work during this period has been in the area of arts of kindness for people in need for a variety of reasons. including bereavement, serious health problems, poverty, addiction, abuse or homelessness This work applies to objective12), and the majority of this work has been across Warwickshire, with a small number of cases in other counties in the Midlands of England. We have received requests for support from sources that include Warwickshire County Council Children's Services and Care Leaver teams. charities supporting families with children with serious illness, community nursing teams, hospices. community centres and schools. We fund a bereavement group for parents when their child has died, run by Wanvickshire Therapy, a5 a mutual support network. We provide bereavement support resource packs for familie5 and schools, aimed at primary-aged children.
For individuals we are providing a direct benefit through objective {21 by enhancing quality of life and physical and mental wellbeing. Many of the items we provide are essential for a reasonable standard of livin8. We receive regular feedback from health. social care and education professionals about the direct impact on children. young people and adults. The Parents. Bereavement Group and bereavement support packs have facilitated support for bereaved people and feedback from parents, schools and other organisations shows that these projects improving outcomes for bereaved people. Objective121 provides the public benefrt of enhancing the community by facilitating community support for local people that are in crisis or vulnerable. Decision Making Pollcy Regular projects. such as bereavement support packs and toiletries for vulnerable people, do not require trustee approval. Projerts using restricted funds are reported to the trustees to ensure that the fund is bein8 used as intended. New projects and requests for individual support over £ICM) are shared electronically with the trustees if they are considered to meet our objertives. The trustees also have access to the accounts and financial statU5. A minimum of three trustees, In addition to the proposer, are requlred before the request can be approved and actioned. All decisions are made by the trustees with consideration of the public benefit and the charitV5 objectives. Structure, Governance and Management Evelyn's Gift is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation ICIOI governed by constitution. There are twelve trustees, which is the maximum number. Four of the trustees are related to one another because the charity is in memory of Evelyn Smith. The remaining trustees have a variety of skills in other areas and were all appointed by proposal and approval by existin8 trustees. Trustee Name Helen M C Smith Olficè Ilf anv) Chair Addltlonal Informatlon Also trustee of Lapworth Group Riding for the Disabled Incorporatin8 Carria8e Drivin8 ICIOI Husband of Chair Son of Chair Sister of Chalr Trevor Smilh Edward Smith Kate M Pelling APKin Jan Grewal Tracy Kewley Treasurer Secretary A150 trustee of Barford St Peterfs School Trust Additional bank account holder- unrelated to Treasurer and chair Donna Mari8 Amold-Kell Elizabeth N Jackson Aan Coope Caroline J Beresford-Ruck Kathryn Pepper
EveLy VL'S <ift | fittte acts of fiiihlness AGM report 23 0rt2023- 22 Oct2024 Introduction This year saw a continuation of growth in demand, which is predomlnantly due to an increase in awareness of our work amongst professionals within social services and health care. This has led to a level of expendSture of more than £10. [ above ovr income for the period. However. there was 3 518nificant fund of £34,780 carried over from the previous year, so the trustees agreed that some of this reserve would be spent during the year, before further grant applications are submitted. The charity does not need to hold reserves of more than £3.000 as per policy. because the charity does not have pald staff or large flxed costs. The level of activity was hi8h in the area of our acts of kindness. These referrals come from social workers, other charities and non-profrt organisations. health professionals, education professionals and hospices. Each case is considered by the trustees, and we support these by purchasln8 goods or servlces that are provided through the professional that has made the referral. I CPR/AED Training The CPR and Defibrillator training programme was originally started by a collaboratlon with Waterside Medical Centre, and later WaTh¥ick Distritt Community First Responders. This led to the formation of Warwickshire Hearts, which Incorporated free trainlng as part of their work. The ambulance First Responders continue to deliver the trainin& Including sharin8 our experience as a mean5 of encoura8in8 people to take up the offer. Working together, over 10 (th) people have received tralnin8 in South Warwickshire, and we are very 8rateful to the Warwickshire Hearts team for this vital, Ilfe-saving work. During this flnancial period tre was no cost to Evelyn's Gift for the trainin8. We or8anised training at a restaurant for the public, and for parents at a primary school. The sessions were very well attended and received excellent feedback. We are very 8rateful to Warwlckshire Hearts for deliverln8 these sessSons as part of our shared objective to train local people to improve survival rates from community cardiac arrest.
2 Project Summary Project Acts of kindness Ongoing 73 cases were completed. examples include School shoes, a food blender for a tube fed child, adapted clothing, storage furniture to improve wheelchair acce55. dog therapy for anxiety, accommodation for parents to be near a funeral director before a funeral, accommodation for parents to be near their child during hospital treatment. We purchased 21x1 boxes of biscuits to support Norma's hampers for care leavers living independently. Warwickshire Search and Rescue volunteers collected food with us from Procure4 Ltd. Puddleducks and Posh nursery and donations at Morrisons, and delivered to Norma in November. ready for distribution in December by social services to young people. Norma Wilson's Christmas hampers for young people leavin have left care Bereavement Support resources Annual Christmas projert Ongoing We sent out an estimated 55 bereavement support packs across Warwickshire, plus additional copies of books for schools in North Wanvick5hire. We Spent all of the restricted fund5 for this ro ert from the Co-op Fund We fund this group run by Warwickshire Therapy, with additional private sessions for people that need 1-2-1 support. partlcularly those recently bereaved. This vital work was partly funded from the Tesco Blue Token Scheme and St James. Place Foundation. Our policy is to fund silver fingerprint memorial jewellery for parents when a child dies, or for a child when they have experienced a significant loss. such as a parent or sibling. There has been a substantial increase in requests because of our connection to a children's hospice that covers Warwickshire, Worcestershire and other area5 of the Midland5. We also funded some funeral and memorial costs for bereaved families. Including interment at a natural burial ground and memorial trees. We replaced 4 waterin8 cans at Warwick cemetery so that grieving families can tend the graves of their loved ones more easil Bereavement Group Ongolng Other bereavement support Ongoing
Warwickshire Children's Service5 Ongoing We are members of the Child Friendly Warwickshire initiative. We supplied Care Leaver Home Boxes for young people setting up home independently. New home packs also went to young people going to universlty. with the addition of food items and student recipe books. We used funding from Think Active to create mental health support boxes, including information and items to help with stress. We funded pantomime tickets for children that were in separate care settin8s from their siblings as part of our work to facilitate siblin8s' events. We provided toys and chocolate for WCC Children's Services events. We provided packs of stationery and calculators for both primary and secondary school students visiting the Packmores Community Centre fortheir second-hand uniform events and foodbank. This was part funded bythe Rotary Club of Warwick. We provided art materials for Safeline's art therapy rooms, toiletries for survivors of abuse and items to 5UPPOrt people in court or beln Interviewed. such as stress balls. Using allocated funds from a foundation grant, we funded Duke of Edinburgh project for youn8 people at Fairfax Multi Academy Trust. We funded new seating for the Barden areas at Myton, Coventry, carried out some painting and planting work at Myton, Warwick and provided toiletries for people at the hospices. 131 December is Evelyn's Birthday, and we ask people to carry out acts of kindness. Alex Pear50n from Morrisons walked eighteen mlles to raise £1.302, including fund matching by the Morrisons Foundation. Alex arranged for us to see the Warwick Castle light walk. and for the castle to be lit in purple for Evelyn's Gift. We lit candles for children and young people that have dled. which we do each year in St. Mary's Church in Warwick. This was kindly recorded as a film by Highway Productions for parents that could not attend. PAC school essentials packs Complete Safeline Ongoing FMAT Duke of Edinbur8h Complete Hosplces Be Happy Day Annual
3 Fundraising and support A total of £34.780 was carried over from the previous year. of which £1,495 was restricted funding. 3.1 Income Donation sources are summarised in figurel. Our income came for a variety of sources, with the largest area belng other charities and foundatlons. We were voted as charity of the year 2023 for the St James. Place Foundation which gave us a grant of £10,0. Other grants awarded to us were from the Morrison's Foundation fundmatchin8 for Alex's fundraisin& the EW trust for Children'5 Services and Birmingham schools, Leamington and Warwick Football League. Kenllworth Runners from the Two Castles wn, a restricted fund from Warwick Rotary Club, Wellesbourne Lions. Santa collectlon and three restrlcted grants from Think Active for WCC Children's Services. The total income in this category was £16,627, including £1,927 of restrirted funding. £5,308 came from onllne platforms such as Paypal Givin& Go Fund Me, Facebook, Just Giving and Wonderful.or& including donations to Morrisons Community Champion Alex Pearson's sponsored walk for Evelyn's birthday and Facebook birthday fundraising campaigns. We received donations from businesses that supported us, including a book sale and tombola at Tesco, a restricted fund from Tesco Blue Token Scheme, a restrlcted f und from Co op funeral care for bereavement packs and a pub quiz at the Hope and Anchor in Leamington. We recelved £2,892 from other events organised by other individuals and organisations.. an Open Gardens in Barford, a golf day, and a summerfair at Berkeley Care homes. Individual donations of £1.730 were made, including a restricted donation to support a family at Acorns Hospice, and £477 was claimed in Gift Aid includin8 Gift Aid from donations in our previous financial perlod.
Public, £351 Workplace, £160 Gift Aid, £ CAF, £182 Business, £3,150 I ndividuals, £1,230 Events, £2,89. Charities and trusts, £16,627 vii,ino, £5,308 TOTAL INCOME £30,877 Fl8ure I Income 2023-2024 4 Expenditure 4.1 Restrlcted funds Restricted funds of £1495 were carried over from the year ending 22 Oct 2023. Source Amount Project St James, Place £978 Bereavement Group EW Trust £396 Children's Servi5 Rooted in our Community £121.LX) Allotment Total Restricted fund brought forward from funds to end 2023 Balance to be carried over £1,495 Restricted funds received betrween 23/1012023 and Ort 2211012024
Source Amount Co op Bereavement pack5 £1,039 Individual for Acorns Hospice family £5C Tesco Groundworks Bereavement Group £1.125 Think Active CS Mental Health £500 Think Active CS 3 £400 Think Artive CS4 £727 Rotary CILtb of Warwick £300 Total of restrfrted funds received this year and carried over Remaining funds £400 £727 É1.127 Restrlcted fund Expenditure Project Bereavement Group Individual acts of kindne5S Children's Services Bereavement Resource packs Hos ice Rotary Club Total nditure £2.103 £51)) £896 £1,040 £121 £300 £4.960 Runnlng costs and other expenses include website hostin8 fees, insurance, storage unlt. println& Zoom meetSn8s and Amazon Prlme membership. Total expenditure for the year was £ 40,686, shown in figure 2
EW, £1,663 other, £1,232 Bereavement packs, £3,195 Ber, support, £3,574 Charities, £3,690 Acts of kindness, £15,236 Hospices, £3,947 Children'.4 Services, £4,483 Bereavemeiit group, £3,8 TOTAL EXPENDITURE £40,910 Flyre 2 Expendhwe 2013-2024 S Summary of actlvlty 23110/22- 22/10123 Carrled over from 2023 £34,780 Carried over nditure to 2024125 £40,910 £24,747 Income £30,877 Bank Accounts carrfed over Santander unrestricted Santander restricted Santander total Cash £23,584.22 £1.127 £24.711.92 £35.45 Total carried over £24,746.67
| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Recelpts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe p•riod 2Ylc¥2)r3 To 2211013)24 Section A Receipts and payments Unre8trlcted nd R•5tricied Endowment fvnd• To¢•1 luryJ• Lart y•v toth• n•¥•rt£ A1 R•¢o1 Ch8rlb0S trwts f470ts 14127 17,588 11,461 1146 lThJ5%4du 1.750
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CHARITY COMMISSION j FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Rèport to the trustees Evelyn's Grfl On accounts for the year onded 2211012024 Charity no (rfany 1165015 Set out on pages 10-11 I report to the trustees on my examination of the a¢¢ounts of the above chanty nhe Trust") for the year ended 2211012024 Responsibilities and bas18 of report As the Gharity's trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {'the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 1495)(b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have •xamln•r's statement come to my attention in connection wrth the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charrties Act; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements ¢on¢erning the form and content of accounts set out in the Chanties {Ac¢ounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 olher than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems arKI have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body Irf any): 200 IER Oct 2018
Address: 3L Section B Disclosure Only complete Il the examiner needs to highlight matenal matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. diredions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to di8cIo8e. IER Oct 2018