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Invisible Palace Charity Commission Report April 2022 to March 2023

Trustees' Report

For the period from: 1st April 2022 To: 31st March 2023

Charity Name: Invisible Palace

Charity registraBon no.: 1165888

Registered address: 23 Dulwich Wood Avenue London, SE19 1HB

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Invisible Palace Charity Commission Report April 2022 to March 2023

Trustees

Trustees
Michael George Sylvester Doiley resigned & reappointed 24thFebruary 2020
Rosalind (Rosie) Hunter resigned & reappointed 2ndJanuary 2019
Julianne (Jules) Hussey resigned & reappointed 26thAugust 2020
Gail Rowe appointed 26thAugust 2020
Abigail Lilly appointed 1stNovember 2022
Ayesha Begum appointed 1stNovember 2022
Eyo E Oku appointed 1stNovember 2022
Sarah Pa[erson appointed 1stNovember 2022
Isabelle Mae Skelly appointed 1stNovember 2022

The Trustees have pleasure in presenBng their Report for the charity’s seventh full year of operaBon.

Introduc-on

Context

fragmented services, conflicBng prioriBes, and underinvestment. There is a loss of value for both people and place; cultural offers and services are centralised within each borough leaving boundaries lacking provision. Invisible Palace works with mulBple communiBes to minimise barriers to parBcipaBon in arts, heritage, and nature.

What we do

The work that Invisible Palace does brings people from a whole range of backgrounds together through shared interests for collecBve acBvity. This creates communiBes of interest where people can self-idenBfy rather than having their demographic background or life stage be the main factor defining them.

Our work takes a parBcipant led approach, with the small team developing and running acBviBes championing the needs of those taking part and creaBng programmes which respond to this need on a local and individual level. AcBviBes are acBve and pracBcal, with an emphasis on experienBal learning that is rooted in the story of the local area and people’s place within it. There are currently three strands of work heritage, gardening, and circus - these offer volunteering, creaBve sessions, trips and visits, and walks and talks.

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Invisible Palace works collaboraBvely, projects commonly bring organisaBons together creaBng a sum that is greater than the consBtuent parts. Recently Invisible Palace collaborated with volunteer run Crystal Palace Museum, CIC Willow Learning for Life and charity Paxton Green Time Bank.

co-creaBve pracBce'. These principles draw together the key ingredients for successful programme delivery: access ingrained and embedded, consistent structures for capturing content, equity and responsiveness, considered pace, relatable subject ma[er, valuing different knowledge and experBse, socially engaged pracBBoners, core community partners.

Over the last two years Invisible Palace has offered creaBve sessions / workshops and parBcipaBon for specialist groups e.g., children and young people, young carers, low-income families, elders, disabled adults, and faith groups. Similar open access sessions are offered on a pay-what-you-feel basis to general audiences.

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Invisible Palace Charity Commission Report April 2022 to March 2023

The year April 2022 to March 2023

Sculptures of Crystal Palace Park - NaEonal LoGery Heritage Fund

The Sculptures of Crystal Palace Park project had the ambiBon to reveal the hidden histories of the sculptures in Crystal Palace Park through a co-creaBve process involving local people and targeted parBcipants who may have become isolated during the pandemic and may have lost confidence in social or cultural segngs. The project built on a successful social media series developed for lockdown that began raising the profile of overlooked sculptures in Crystal Palace Park.

The project began in August 2021 but spring 2022 marked a turning point when work done by volunteer researchers was passed on to design volunteers to begin the process of interpreBng and sharing the research.

Within this reporBng period 19 events were run as part of the Sculptures project.

The above events were conducted in line with Invisible Palace's emerging 'Principles for inclusive co-creaBve pracBce'. Outputs produced in this phase of the project were:

Comments from those taking part

about the statues I didn't know were there."

and hearing different people."

"I didn't expect for this talk to look at the social context in which the statues were built, so I really felt connected to the area, the percep=on of myself and my background and now everything is interlinked."

"It surprised me how interes=ng I found it. I did not expect to be inspired."

"Escaping SE19 into the beau=ful Sussex countryside. Take opportuni=es and visits when they arise. Be confident in own judgement."

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Invisible Palace Charity Commission Report April 2022 to March 2023

PHOTOS BY SUE GIOVANNI, JULES HUSSEY, JANE PORTER, TANYA RHODES

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The extent of the work done by volunteers and the approach taken by Invisible Palace resulted in Sculptures of Crystal Palace Park volunteers winning the 2022 Marsh Award for Volunteers in Museums for the London Region. This was awarded in autumn 2023.

the Young Object Handling Volunteers at Royal Museum Greenwich, and the African Heritage Tours Volunteers at the Tate.

Invisible Palace collaborated with Crystal Palace Community Trust, Paxton Green Time Bank, Willow Learning for Life, Crystal Palace Museum, Farleys House and Gallery, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, Paxton Centre, Sarah Slaughter, and The AuthenBc Spark on this project.

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Defy Gravity Social Circus in partnership with My Aerial Home Invisible Palace was a delivery partner with Crystal Palace Community Trust on a 3-year Mayor of London Young Londoners Fund project. The purpose of the project was to develop a coherent youth offer for Anerley and Penge, minimise barriers to parBcipaBon for young people. This included community-based acBviBes across a range of spaces, the project came to an end in December 2022.

approaches to delivering this work. The programme was developed each year based on parBcipant, and staff feedback. When the programme came to an end Invisible Palace had a clearly defined Social Circus offer backed up by evidence.

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PosiBve results were seen on all evaluaBon measures set for the Young Londoner's project - increased engagement and moBvaBon; two case studies demonstrated this, improved behaviour, and young people were more able to work together. AddiBonal outcomes of increased physical literacy, confidence and resilience were also evidenced.

Between April 2022 and March 2023 Invisible Palace ran 15 Social Circus sessions, in total 67 children and young people took part in one or more session.

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PHOTOS BY SUE GIOVANNI
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During winter 2022 Invisible Palace worked closely with partners St John's Primary School, Crystal palace Community Trust, and My Aerial Home to develop a coherent bid to Reaching CommuniBes - NaBonal Lo[ery Community Fund. In March 2023 an award was made by NLCF for three years Social Circus work to deliver regular Amer School Club, Summer Intensive sessions for Years 5&6, Youth Club Taster sessions, and scholarship sessions at My Aerial Home.

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Gardening

a Friday morning. People of all ages, from a range of backgrounds, come together in the heart of Crystal Palace, through a common interest in gardening. Volunteers build connecBons, learn skills, and improve the local area both for people and wildlife. The project is supported by a professional gardener who leads the volunteering sessions.

Invisible Palace conBnued with the same model of delivery as in 2021:

sessions, 34 people got involved in one or more session, with a core group of 8 gardeners. A highlight of the summer was a visit to Chelsea Physic Garden, at the Bme CPG were in the early stages of developing their community access scheme and the trip took some Bme to organise but was well worth it. Five people joined the visit who were not garden volunteers, one of whom progressed to regular volunteering.

In September 2022 Invisible Palace received funding from the new Crystal Palace Park Trust to cover a proporBon of gardening costs for an 8-month period. The project focused on increasing biodiversity at the Boundaries Gate entrance to the park.

Six volunteers joined for a special bulb planBng session in October, it was useful to noBce that this one-off session with a clearly defined purpose helped to raise the profile of the gardening project.

Comments from passers by "Lovely spots of gardening. Very nice indeed. Well done to the gardeners." "BeauBful addiBon to this busy intersecBon! Thank you so much for your conBnued efforts!" "BeauBful, cool, relaxing."

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PHOTOS BY SOPHIE DAWSON AND SUE GIOVANNI

City Bridge Trust Funder Plus Support

In April 2022 Invisible Palace was awarded a place on City Bridge Trust's development programme. Through this scheme Director Sue Giovanni undertook a 6-month training course with Gegng on Board called Transform. The training focused on equitable and inclusive trustee recruitment.

and demonstrate how those pracBces can be extended to all aspects of the chariBes work.

Trustee role were adverBsed in late summer and by November Invisible Palace had 5 new trustees with a range of skills, experience, and backgrounds. The aim of this recruitment was to allow finding trustees to plan their departure from the charity.

Summary

Increasing the quality of evaluaBon and reporBng was a theme in the last two annual reports this has reaped dividends. Methods for recording feedback and looping that back into project development is now key to Invisible Palace's approach, as evidenced in the 'Principles for inclusive co-creaBve pracBce'.

Another strength is partnership working, and it was the combinaBon of good partnership working and strong evidence that led to success in the NaBonal Lo[ery Community Fund award for Defy Gravity Social Circus.

As the climate for small chariBes like Invisible Palace only seems to get tougher, ongoing training in good pracBce and business development will be vital to the success of the charity in the future.

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Financial Review

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The Receipts and Payments accounts show total receipts of £68,981 reported on; total payments of £50,660 and a year-end posiBon of £47,305 held in assets (cash at bank).

Overall funding for the year increased by 10%, the range of income sources also increased to the greatest number seen to date.

The charity received ongoing project funding of £31,360 from The NaBonal Lo[ery Heritage Fund and for a new project £17,420 from The NaBonal Lo[ery Community Fund. £11,284 came from our delivery partnership with Crystal Palace Community Trust and £3,994 from the Greater London Authority.

The total restricted funds received by the charity for the year were £67,655 . Of this £48,875 of restricted funds payments were made during the period. At the end of this period £43,046 of restricted funds are held which includes the opening balance of £24,266.

The total unrestricted funds received by the charity were £1,326 . Of this £1,785 of unrestricted fund payments were made this financial year. At the end of this period £4,258 of unrestricted funds are held which includes the opening balance of £4,718 . The unrestricted funds at end of period stay consistent from last year.

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DeclaraEons

The trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees' Report above and the Financial report on page 12.

Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees:

Signature(s) Full name(s) >-$(#, ?$7'@ ;,&,# Patterson Posi3on (e.g. Secretary, "&'(%$$ %#&'()) Chair) Date 24th January 2024

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Invisible Palace Registered Charity no. 1165888
Receipts & Payments Account
for theperiod 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023
The charity holds no endowment funds atpresent
There were no sales orpurchases of assets or investments.
Restricted Funds Unrestricted Funds Total
Receipts £ £ £
Donations 710 1,081 1,791
Gettingon Board 500 0 500
Crystal Palace CommunityTrust - CPCT 11,284 0 11,284
Crystal Palace Park Trust 989 0 989
Heritage Compass 899 0 899
Local Giving- Magic Little Grant 2022 500 0 500
Gift Aid 0 5 5
Greater London Authority- GLA 3,994 0 3,994
National LotteryHeritage Fund 31,360 0 31,360
National LotteryCommunityFund 17,420 0 17,420
Tickets 0 207 207
Interest Received 0 33 33
Total net receipts for theperiod 67,655 1,326 68,981
Payments £ £ £
Artists' andproject management fees 34,355 0 34,355
Equipment and materials 8,097 0 8,097
Training 1,141 0 1,141
Volunteers' Expenses 1,399 0 1,399
Staff Expenses 394 0 394
Publicity&promotion 2,984 0 2,984
Event Costs 505 0 505
Administration/Overhead 0 1,589 1,589
Bank Charges 0 72 72
FundraisingCosts 0 124 124
Total netpayments for theperiod 48,875 1,785 50,660
Restricted Funds Unrestricted Funds Total
£ £ £
OpeningBalance 24,266 4,718 28,984
Cash Funds at end ofperiod 43,046 4,258 47,305
Invisible Palace Registered Charity no. 1165888
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
for theperiod 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023
Assets Restricted Funds Unrestricted Funds Total
£ £ £
Funds held 43,046 4,258 47,305
Other monetaryassets 0 0 0
Investment assets 0 0 0
Assets retained for the charity's own use 0 0 0
Liabilities
anyinvoices outstandingat 31 March 2023 0 0 0
Total Assets at end ofperiod 43,046 4,258 47,305

ACCOUNTS PREPARED BY

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Signed

Date 28th January 2024

Ayesha Begum Signed Date 28th January 2024

Sarah Patterson

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