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2023-08-31-accounts

TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

YEAR ENDING AUGUST 2023 Company Number 09157780 | Charity Number 1166328

Table of Contents

Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3 Letter from Director .................................................................................................................. 3 Our Purposes & Aims ................................................................................................................ 5 Organisational Health .............................................................................................................. 7 The Work That We Do ............................................................................................................... 8 What We Offer .......................................................................................................................... 8 Creative Programs .............................................................................................................. 9 Support Services .............................................................................................................. 11 Our Achievements in 2022-2023 ......................................................................................... 13 Organisational Achievements ........................................................................................ 13 Young People Achievements ......................................................................................... 15 Engagement Statistics ........................................................................................................... 16 Trauma-informed Practice .................................................................................................... 18 Case Study: AAZ ...................................................................................................................... 20 Organisational Changes ......................................................................................................... 23 Plans for the Future ................................................................................................................. 24 Our Partners .............................................................................................................................. 30 Funding & Finance ................................................................................................................... 32 Reference & Admin Details ................................................................................................... 34 Structure, Governance & Management .............................................................................. 35 Financial Statements, Accounting Policies & Notes ......................................................... 38

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Introduction

Letter from the Director

Against the background of ongoing global instability compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic we have continued to open up, reassess our offering, and provide consistent, creative support.

The number and geographically widespread nature of current global conflicts has been deeply troubling both for our young people and our team. The ongoing fighting in Sudan has had a particularly deep impact on our community in the same way the fall of Kabul did two years previously. These difficulties have been made immeasurably harder by the Government’s different approach to different groups of refugees. This is exemplified by the Illegal Migration Act which extinguishes access to asylum in the UK for anyone who arrives irregularly , having passed through a country where they did not face persecution. The UN high commissioner for Refugees has stated that this is at variance with the UK’s obligations under international human rights and refugee law.

“The Bill denies access to protection in the UK for anyone falling within its scope – including unaccompanied and separated children – regardless of whether they are at risk of persecution, may have suffered human rights violations or whether they are survivors of human trafficking or modernday slavery and may have other well-founded claims under international human rights and humanitarian law.”

UNHCR Press Release 18th July 2023

This additional legislation, along with a complex and unkind immigration system as well as the ongoing backlog caused in part by the COVID-19 pandemic, has increased the already high anxiety in our young people as they approach the age of 18.

It is against this backdrop that we have sought to bring stability and consistency. We have settled well into our home at the Buddhist centre and the Buddhists continue to make us feel very welcome. We have

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established our twice-weekly classes, expanded our education offering and seen our casework and therapeutic load increase exponentially. In short, we continue to provide services with a close-knit expert team that are readily taken up by the young people. In order to ensure that we continue to do this, we have begun to introduce a distinct feedback framework to measure impact and keep us on the right track. We have spent a lot of time thinking how we could measure and evaluate our impact in a manner that is safe, creative and responsive for our young people, and will be piloting this new approach in the upcoming year. We are committed to providing young people centred services and are collaborating with the young people to discuss numerous ways to make our young leaders part of the team officially. We are happy to share that we have already begun to implement these ideas and are already seeing the benefits of giving our young people a voice in these endeavours.

It is against this background of change that we announce our co-founders have decided the time is right to step aside. Our timelines are slightly different with myself staying with the organisation for another year while we bid a fond farewell to Alyson Frazier. We are hugely grateful to her for all she has given to set Play for Progress up and see the organisation so far along its journey. Words can’t quite do justice to her efforts, so we hope a simple thank you and a wish from all in the organisation that she thrives in whatever she chooses to do is enough.

As always, we are grateful to our team for their creative thinking, passion and for shaping the change that will ensure the organisation continued development. Play for Progress is incredibly lucky to have the musicians, therapists, artists, board members and management teams that we have. The emphasis we place on Organisational Health means that there is time for our teams to share ideas and thoughts on a regular basis, while the whole organisational training sessions have allowed us to spend time in person and share a common philosophy. Despite the ongoing challenges we continue to support each other and create a collaborative way of working which ensures the holding of our whole community.

No organisation would be able to do this work without the trust and good faith of a host of funders. A heartfelt thanks to each and every one for your support.

The world is in a difficult place and we believe the more people who are thinking creatively and collaboratively the better.

Anna MacDonald

Co-founder & Director

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Our Purposes & Aims

Play for Progress is a Croydon-based charity that supports unaccompanied young people seeking asylum and promotes community resilience through trauma-informed creative engagement in the arts and education.

Our aims have evolved over the years as we have begun to understand our community more deeply, their needs and how we can support them in the most effective manner. This has taken time, learning on our part and patience from our young people. We feel that we are now where we need to be to continue to grow in the right direction. Our five departments continue to develop trust and strong relationships with our young people whilst assisting them to overcome the many challenges they face. Organisational Health is at the centre of our structure and this has ensured our team is looked after and our communication model is open to critical thinking. We continue to reflect and incorporate new methodology and learnings as we move forward.

Play for Progress is first and foremost a community. We provide a safe, trauma-informed space with dedicated adults who are consistently there to ensure the well-being of our young people. For the first time this year we have begun to welcome members of our original cohort back into the space as volunteers and team members. We are keen to develop this further and create a permanent mentor role within the space.

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Play for Progress’s mission is to ensure that while seeking the right to refuge, young displaced people have:

the community support they need to survive

We run our weekly classes which are drop-in and open to all young people. We send out reminders to our whole cohort twice every week. Our consistency means that they know we are there for them if they want to relax, play music, make art or speak with our 1:1 support services.

the safe space they need to heal

Whether young people arrive to meet with friends, enjoy companionship over food or for an appointment there is room for them. Whether they want to talk, sit in silence, play games or speak with friends there is always room for them. In a world where there are few dedicated, safe and appropriate spaces for these young people, finding this room is important.

and the stability to thrive

Every week we run our classes on a Tuesday and Thursday between the same hours with the same team. Consistency is the keystone for the work we do. In the context of safe, secure, consistent relationships young people can share not only their challenges but their wishes. Our team does whatever they can to build the foundation for these to become a reality.

We aim to provide young people who engage with us with the tools, resources, and people they need to develop the skills that will best help them to establish and deepen their foundation of wellbeing. We firmly believe that the arts, play, and creative therapies are best placed to accomplish this.

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Organisational Health

We also recognise our responsibility to the wider sector to ensure our team is well looked after which is why we have spent the last few years really focusing on and developing our Organisational Health support and shaping that into an offering for the wider community. There has been a gradual increase in awareness around this subject – and as Play for Progress has dedicated time to creating a long term infrastructure to support Organisational Health, we feel we are well placed to share this information especially with small grassroots organisations, art organisations and local authority agencies. This last year has seen the number of training sessions we provided increase and as well as a consolidation of the training programmes we offer. The official launch of our training for those who work in the sector will come in the next year. Until then we will continue to provide training to those who seek it.

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The Work We Do

What We Offer

Our activities are in person, but 1:1s can take place remotely as needed. Our delivery focuses on creative and body-centred therapeutic methods and is grounded in evidence-based trauma science. We deliver two strands of work: Creative Programmes & Support Services.

Each young person's journey with us is as individual as they are. Our expert team works with them to identify their needs. Through us they can access practical, social and emotional support. We aim to ensure consistent support for our young people. We aim to provide the skills and knowledge necessary to allow them to advocate for themselves and seek help when required.

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1. Creative Programmes

The drop-in group projects we run are open to any young person seeking asylum. These include after school classes, half term projects, cultural outings, leadership residentials, exhibitions and performances all involving engagement in music, art, dramatherapy, and wellbeing practices.

Recording, Arranging and Writing (RAW)

Our Flagship Thursday night class where our music team encourages young people to pick up instruments, bring their own music and record it. The second volume of our RAW album is just about to be published.

Creative Arts Therapy (CAT)

On Tuesday night our therapists run a creative arts class. Young people come to relax, make art and eat together in companionship.

Half Term Projects

We run three half term projects every year. For example in the October 2022 half term, the main focus was on learning songs the young people had brought, creating arrangements and informal performances in the group, and learning words in different languages. Sharing of music, language and food in a safe environment with trusted adults gives value to culture and creates trust. This sounds like a small thing in many ways but for our young people this is respite from the world they live in which is often very perilous.

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Cultural Outings & Performances

The Horniman museum visit was led by one of our associate artists Dima Karout. She guided the group around the Internal Landscapes Exhibition, where they enjoyed the Music Gallery, played instruments together, looked around the rest of the museum and had some food. It was incredibly fruitful for English language learning and learning about London. Poems about parts of Lewisham were read together (young people chose their favourites and read them out) and then a discussion followed about the words, places, meanings, and histories.

The Annual Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) performance was held on a gorgeous day in June as part of Refugee week. A group of young people led a music workshop in the outside courtyard which was very well received.

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2. Support Services, 1:1 support:

Once we have established trust with young people through our creative programmes, they often ask for help in other areas, as other local support is either over-subscribed or inaccessible. We offer 1:1s with specialists in education, therapy, casework, music and art. This range of services means we maintain holistic awareness of their needs and support them in multiple areas. In 2022/23 we provided over 330 hours of 1:1 support.

Education

Our educators truly understand not only the value of learning for learning's sake but also the practical dayto-day skills that are required. Some young people are learning numbers and letters so they can safely get the correct bus home while others are preparing for exams they hope will allow them to apply to university. Our sessions are led by young people. The range of reasons for learning is vast and we are not necessarily looking for academic achievements; we are also increasing the ability to integrate, learn in college and reduce vulnerability.

Art

We continue to engage with our associate artists through outings, trips and individual projects.

Casework

This department has seen the biggest increase over the past year. The cases are increasingly complex as councils try to save money on housing budgets, social workers and services. Our team deals with education, health, housing, immigration and age assessments. This is a wide-ranging yet highly specialised group of topics. Navigating this complex series of hurdles would be challenging for anyone, let alone an unaccompanied young person working in their second language in a system they did not grow up with.

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Therapy

Our overall therapeutic strategy has its own section later in the annual report. Briefly, looking specifically at the 1:1 sessions, we are seeing an increasing number of young people seeking therapeutic support. Some of the young people we work with cannot sleep because they do not feel safe at home. Through the body work techniques they learn around rest they develop strategies they can use to counter this. We teach grounding techniques which allow them to avoid triggering their fight and flight responses and we aim to prepare them to be able to begin the healing journey once their safety (immigration status amongst other things) is secured.

Play for Progress places considerable emphasis on ‘organisational health’; in order for our team to provide the best support to young people, the teams’ own mental health and wellbeing must be attended to. Stress and burnout of staff in the refugee/migration sector is a huge problem. Play for Progress ensures that secondary trauma is recognised and every member of the frontline delivery team has access to therapeutic supervision and support.

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Our Achievements in 2022-2023

It is always a joy to be able to share some of the triumphs the Play for Progress community has celebrated this year.

Organisational Achievements

Allies In Arts

We reinstated our Allies in Arts Series which sees Play for Progress sponsoring music performances for the Refugee Council’s Children’s Section (RCCS) social nights on a regular basis. This strengthens our relationship with RCCS and is great for allowing the young people to see trusted adults in both organisations working together.

Inter-departmental Collaborations

Building on the success of previous years we decide to open up our half term projects to members of all the different Play for Progress departments. These inter-departmental projects provided a lovely opportunity for everyone to work together, share themes and ideas as well as giving the young people interesting activities to engage with.

Alumni Active Engagement

For the first time the young leaders cooked at our end of term party, bringing specialities from their home countries (and assisted to various degrees by staff members). There was such delight from our regular attenders not just to see the young leaders taking on this role but to taste

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the food. There were many suggestions about how to ‘improve’ recipes according to where each young person was from. These were taken in good spirits. The party finished with Afghan tea brewed over an open fire in the garden. It was a truly beautiful occasion.

Museum Outings & Performances

Although not quite back to our regular outing schedule we managed to visit the Horniman Museum with Dima Karout, one of our associate artists.

The annual V&A outing and performance took place as part of Refugee week

Projects with other Creative Organisations

As part of Croydon Borough of Culture, Play for Progress alongside The Little Manhattan project ran a workshop titled Art in Transit. It is always great to work with other creative organisations in the Croydon area and this one was no exception. We expect further collaboration in the future!

Music Recordings

RAW (Recording Arranging and Writing class) Volume 2 is the second album to be written, arranged and recorded by our young people and music team.

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Young People Achievements

University Places

It is with real delight that we announce that another two of Play for Progress’s young leaders are going to university this year, while another progresses to do his Masters degree. To overcome the challenges that they have and achieve these incredible results is inspiring. We continue to support them in their onward, upward progression.

Working Within Our Team

This year also saw a young person begin to work with us in a permanent position. He has joined us in the role of Welcome team member. Being able to offer this opportunity has been a real eye-opening experience both in terms of the benefits for the young person and for Play for Progress. It has encouraged us to seek funding to roll this out further which will be discussed in greater detail later in the report.

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Engagement statistics

Age

We work with young people between the ages of 15-25.

Gender

This is a mixed picture although most of the young people who we work with identify as male. We have increased our girls’ membership this year which has been encouraging and we are keen to build on this number over the coming year.

Countries of Origin

Sudan, Afghanistan, Albania and Eritrea were the most common countries of origin for new arrivals with new members also arriving from Chad, Kuwait and Somalia

Participant Recruitment and Retention

We have been delighted to see our numbers continue to grow after the Covid-19 pandemic years.

Several of our ‘feeder’ organisations were still closed or just beginning to re-open this year so the vast majority of our new attenders were peer referrals. This is something which we feel shows that we are providing a service that the young people value and enjoy.

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The community we work with is very transient. Although a high percentage of unaccompanied child asylum seekers arrive in Croydon they are often moved to other parts of the country at some point during their asylum journey. This can happen at extremely short notice and causes further instability in their young lives. As such we strive to be as consistent a force in their experience as possible. We are in contact via text message with our entire register of young people on a twice-weekly basis – and also post on private social media pages – letting them know we are there and that classes are running. We encourage them to attend to relax, play music and art while enjoying food with their peers. This is done whilst being mindful of the many other calls on their time including lawyers’ meetings, doctor’s appointments, social worker meetings and college to name a few.

Our retention rates are higher than ever as we see our core young people returning week after week. We are also seeing an increase in peer recommendations which is very heartening. One of our focus points this year has been to create a framework to collect feedback from our young people. This has been a labour of love as we work to ensure it is both reflective of what our young people are saying and also does not impede the work we are doing at Play for Progress of building trust and relationships. We are trialling our PfP-developed method in the Autumn 2023/24 term and will update in the 2023-24 annual report.

Over the year 2022-23 there was a marked increase in young people attending our drop-in classes. This had a knock on effect and meant that our 1:1 support services saw significant increase in attendance. Our half term project attendance almost doubled from the previous year. We continue to see the return of our young leaders’ group who are now in their early 20s. This retention is particularly special as many of them have been moved out of the Croydon borough. It is also incredibly important for the newer young people to have ‘elders’ in the space to talk to.

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Trauma-informed practices (TIP)

We have learned so much over the last few years around what trauma-informed practices means, how to implement it and why it is important. Our Head of Organisational Health Becky Finlay-Hall continues to update the team at our tri-annual training on new thinking around TIP. This includes everything from an outline of the neurological basis from clinical research papers right through to the potential effect on our young people. This kind of ‘joined-up’ teaching means that the learning is easily digestible, relevant and applicable. It also keeps Play for Progress up to date on the latest clinical thinking whilst we are actively working with an affected community. These training sessions lead to great in-depth discussions as we work to understand our community and our team as best we can. In particular discussion focusses on how our practice can be further integrated into our interactions. For example, starting the education 1:1 sessions with a breathing exercise worked really well and has now been taken up by the advocacy service.

With that in mind Play for Progress continues to provide monthly reflective sessions for each of our delivery teams. We want to ensure an open environment where questions can be asked and communication is safely received. Each delivery team also opens and closes every session with a check in and check out. Again, this is an opportunity to ensure that everyone feels held and seen, as well as it being a time for communication, sharing ideas and highlighting any concerns.

At a time when we see so much burn out across the sector we are committed to ensuring a healthy work environment for our people. As our team grows and new positions are created we have continued to offer internal supervision to our team leads to ensure that they are given time and space to work through any challenges, think through any conundrums and have a moment to breathe in a very busy world. Our senior management all receive supervision from external professionals for the same purposes as the team leads and this is paid for by the organisation.

As we grow as an organisation we are keen to ensure that everyone, from the frontline of Play for Progress all the way to the Board, are involved in team self-care. We have an open invitation to all in the organisation to attend our tri-annual training and an induction for new team members.

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Play for Progress is being asked on an increasingly frequent basis to provide training for other organisations on how to work with communities in a trauma informed manner. In 202223 we provided training for MPs, BoW Arts, Kathakali, the Hub Feltham and several other organisations.

At the end of this year we decided to begin the process of formalising our training and have begun the development of the resources we will need for this. We look forward to updating you in our next annual report as to how this has begun to build.

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Young Person Case Study: AAZ

In recent annual reports we have highlighted different issues our community face or how external challenges have increased the complexity of their situation. This year we are zooming out on one Young Person’s experience across 3 years to give an overview of some of the major barriers these young people face.

The young person in this case study is Sudanese and we are calling him AAZ.

AAZ had a substantial delay for his substantive interview, housing issues and budgeting challenges.

In May 2020 the Play for Progress casework team started working with AAZ when he asked for support with his asylum claim and housing.

He had submitted his asylum application and had been waiting for his substantive interview for 1.5 years. As no updates had been received he was growing increasingly concerned. After Play for Progress got in touch with both his PA and solicitor to request an update on the matter the solicitor started making regular contact with the Home Office and forwarding their replies. This reassured AAZ that the wait was normal and he would be given a date for a substantive interview eventually.

He was living in a foster care placement but, according to his PA, he would have to leave by August 2022. He was aware his status had to be granted in order to get his own studio flat, so was worried about what would happen to him if this wasn’t granted before August. His PA explained he had two options: supported lodgings or a shared house with a semiindependent provider, the majority of which would be based outside of London. This was a big shock, as AAZ was attending college and had his entire support network in Croydon.

In February 2022 there seemed to be some issues around communication between AAZ and his PA. While AAZ was attending meetings with him, he always left confused about his situation. Play for Progress supported him through that uncertainty by liaising with his PA directly and offering him time and space to discuss and explore his options around housing, trying to make sure he understood completely.

In August 2022, AAZ finally sat his substantive interview. This left little time to resolve his ongoing housing situation. Given the circumstances, we ended up negotiating a stay put agreement with his current foster carer, so he could remain there whilst awaiting to hear the

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outcome of his asylum claim. However, in September, he was suddenly told the situation had changed and he would need to leave within 1 month. These sudden changes are not unusual and make it difficult for young people to build trust with the adults in social services as well as making it hard for them to feel safe.

At this time, AAZ was attending therapy with Play for Progress, so he had a space to explore the uncertainty and confusion around his housing. His therapist and caseworker did some joint work on the matter, including a few 3-way meetings with him, where we explored his wishes and potential scenarios (if independent housing was not found by the move-out date, he would have to spend a period of time in emergency hostel accommodation, such as YMCA, which he really wanted to avoid). Fortunately, a very small studio flat was found a week before his move-out date. We supported AAZ in thinking about the move, how to prepare for this both practically and emotionally. There was also some work to be done around managing expectations, so he wasn’t disappointed with the outcome.

This was the first time that AAZ had paid bills, so he needed some support around budgeting and getting used to ‘adult life’. These concerns were shared with his PA, who confirmed that he would be given free school meals and money for Wi-Fi, but he needed to get used to paying his bills and other expenses. Having this clarity allowed AAZ to plan appropriately.

In November, AAZ was supported to apply for a Buttle grant, offered by Chances for Children to children and young people who have experienced a crisis that has had a significant, enduring impact on their wellbeing and educational engagement. With these funds, we purchased a yearly gym membership, winter clothes, a rug and a sofa to furnish the new place, and a laptop for college.

By the end of 2022, AAZ was still coming to Play for Progress with concerns around budgeting and paying bills. We arranged for a tutor to offer a budgeting session, where he could get some useful tools to manage this. AAZ took this chance to directly request 1:1 English lessons to improve his English for college. We arranged for this to happen: he had a one off budgeting session and started his weekly English lessons on the first week of December. He has been receiving weekly 1:1 English lessons since.

In February 2023, Play for Progress got a pool of funding for young people struggling with staying warm through the cost of living crisis. We used some of this budget to top up AAZ’s electricity meter on several occasions, ensuring he could use heating over the winter.

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By May/June 2023, AAZ had been granted his leave to remain and had more housing options available. He finally moved into a bigger flat, which he was very happy about. He also decided to study a diploma in Vehicle Systems Maintenance at college. The new flat is a bit further away from college and he no longer has an under 18s transport card, so he was struggling to afford travel to college. This was discussed with his PA, who brought this to the leaving care team, who will be able to pay for his monthly travel costs.

In September 2023 AAZ participated in a work experience shadowing program organised by Play for Progress, where he was assigned an MP to shadow in the Houses of Parliament.

In recent months, AAZ continues to worry about finances and budgeting. He has moved to a much bigger 1 bedroom flat and, as temperatures drop, it is becoming increasingly expensive to heat up the place. He is keen to get some extra income, so he has requested advice around working part-time and how this would affect his benefit entitlement. We worked on his CV and updated it with the Parliament placement information. We are liaising with both his PA and key worker to explore the possibility of working part-time and have spent some time discussing this with AAZ.

AAZ is a motivated, bright young man who contributes in a myriad of ways to the Play for Progress community. We are delighted to be able to support him through the challenging steps from under-18 in the care system to being an independent adult as well as exploring his options now that he has leave to remain. The constant changes in the system mean that Play for Progress is constantly learning as well as being able to see first-hand how difficult it is to navigate.

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Organisational Changes

The last few years have seen big changes for Play for Progress as we faced Covid-19 challenges, moved homes and brought in innovative, creative ways of working. As we settled into our home in the Buddhist Centre we reflected on what have been difficult years. At the beginning of the 2021-22 year with the ten-year anniversary of Play for Progress fast approaching, both co-founders made the decision that the time was right to step aside and allow fresh energy to take Play for Progress to the next stage on its journey. To ensure this transition was made in a smooth and timely manner an interim executive director was appointed with the mandate to review the whole organisation from the point of view of structure, impact framework, and governance and to begin the process of appointing a permanent new director. Julia Beart of Pragmatic Radicals was brought in and fulfilled this task exceptionally.

We are confident as we move into 2023 that Play for Progress has a strong structure, a dynamic new impact framework which we look forward to sharing next year, and that a thorough review of governance and strategy has been carried out. As part of the governance review the decision was made to strengthen our board and we are delighted to announce that we welcomed five new board members at our July Trustee meeting. They bring an array of skills and energy which we know will nurture Play for Progress through the next stage of its development. We look forward to welcoming our new director in the 2023-24 academic year and are excited to see how the organisation continues to improve under their leadership.

As part of this year’s re-structure we brought two music team members – Alice Williamson Jelaska & Joe Cryar – who had previously been leading projects and workshops, into the role of Creative Programmes Team Leads. This ensures consistency within the team and space whilst allowing these brilliant individuals to try out new ideas and bring new vigour to the role.

We also said goodbye to Will Roper and Marisa Isidore, valued members of the Music Team and Creative Therapies.

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Plans for the Future

We need to be sustainable and secure to ensure the community of young people we serve can depend on us in their times of need and crisis. We are investing in fundraising, an executive strategy and 5 focus areas:

  1. Consolidating our core support services for young people

  2. Centring leadership of our young people in governance and decision-making

  3. Developing and diversifying the Board and executive leadership

  4. Developing our trauma-informed impact framework

  5. Documenting and sharing our organisational health model as best practice

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1. Consolidating our core support services for young people

COVID-19 hit us and our young people incredibly hard, and has had a lasting effect on our work. COVID-19 measures further heightened young peoples’ mental health struggles, increased their isolation and reduced or removed many key services.

We are operating a regular roster of activities again. However, reductions and cuts to projects and activities of other organisations in the local area continue to have a knock-on effect on referral pathways into Play for Progress.

It is a priority to build on the solid foundation of our new space at the Buddhist Centre. The location ensures our consistent timetable continues, enables drop-ins and peer referrals as well as formal signposting and referrals to take place.

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2. Centring leadership of our young people in governance and decision-making

Being led by the people we serve is vital. No one is better placed to advise on the direction and effectiveness of our services. Play for Progress will build on the co-production processes inherent in our therapeutic model and invest in youth leadership development. Long-term participants who express an interest in (or capacity and aptitude for) leadership are encouraged to take part in our Youth Leadership Pathway in any/all of the following ways:

We need to create more structured accountability of Play for Progress’s leadership to its Young Leaders Council to ensure that they have greater visibility, voice and agency in future strategic direction of the organisation, and to ensure that their lived experience informs decision-making.

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3. Developing and diversifying the Board and executive leadership

Play for Progress was founded by musicians and artists passionate about the potential for creative arts to support young people seeking asylum. After 10 years developing the organisation from one weekly music workshop to a full programme of therapeutic support the founders are planning to step back.

Play for Progress will develop and diversify its governance and leadership so that young people see people like themselves reflected within the organisation. Play for Progress will prioritise:

We will be hiring our first permanent Executive Director and have recruited five new Trustees. Inclusive recruitment processes are used to ensure experts by experience are central to work.

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4. Developing trauma-informed impact framework

Play for Progress is confident in the deep impact of its therapeutic model. As highlighted above we have built an evaluation model that does not risk re-traumatizing young people. We have to be careful with any evaluation model which asks young people for feedback which feels interrogatory. They have experiences of being asked questions by both those looking to harm and help them.

Creating an evidence base around the Play for Progress model is critical. Play for Progress will:

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5. Documenting and sharing our organisational health model as best practice

We recognised early on the importance of safeguarding the wellbeing of our team was integral to our work. Our team experiences vicarious trauma as a result of their work with traumatised communities. Play for Progress delivers training to other organisations about embedding organisational health approaches. This training has received excellent feedback.

We are developing a training package we hope will have a positive impact on what can be achieved with and for young people seeking asylum.

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Our Partners Funders S¥pyYtea by Childpen in Need The UK YOUIFI YOUTH Fund MUSIC LOTTEkV NAnONAL Thrivin9 Minds COMIC RELIEF Garfield Weston ¢il• ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND FOUNDATION +y4￿￿PLACEs CHANGINGLIVES In partnershlp¥¥lth THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND HM Govemment The D'(tyy Carte Charitable Trust THE MARCHUS TRUST 69 SYP Trust Deutsche Bank SupDrtin8 projects in rhe field5 of architecture and rnu51C f•r 'ASI ILEY LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION MPEOPLE'SII •POSTCODE Defsy )IINDAI'ION POSTCODE SOCIETY EWd&Wths LOTTERY I•TRUST• FOUNDA TION Page 30 of48 Play for Progres5 | Trustees. Annual Report & Finance StateTnents | Year Ending 31 August 2022 Company Number 09157780 | Charity Number 1166328

Delivery Partners

Creative Collaborators

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Funding and Finance

Grants and Donations

Post-Covid the funding picture has been difficult. In re establishing our regular classes and bringing back our full team we also had to increase our funding raising efforts to keep pace. We have worked hard to achieve this and are happy to report that we enter the next financial year in a good position. We are not complacent about this and have welcomed a fundraiser to our team and have started strategizing towards increasing our individual giving income. Against a backdrop of the cost of living crisis, the ongoing global conflicts and the current political environment we continue to make an excellent case for supporting this group of young people. We are fortunate to have healthy relationships with existing donors and the motivation to ensure we forge and nurture relationships with new donors.

We were grateful to the following organisations for their invaluable support in helping us deliver our work throughout 2022-2023:

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Finance and Reserves

The charity had income for the year of £165,856. At the end of the financial year, total reserves stood at £55,365 none of which was restricted. Play for Progress has a policy to maintain reserves required for an orderly shutdown in the event of a sudden loss of funding taking into account contractual notice periods and operating costs during the period assumed for shut down. Such provision is vital to ensure that the highly vulnerable community with which we work would not be adversely affected by a sudden shortfall in funding. Due to the very vulnerable nature of the young people we support, the Trustees recognise the importance of ensuring continuity of work. As such we are working towards a position where we have sufficient reserves plus secured income to cover a full year of delivery for any financial year. This is the case going into 2023/24. Play for Progress has an objective to continue building reserves to take account of other potential events including an amount to cover deficits related to events that could be incurred as a result of closure and an amount to cover other unforeseen costs. The current general reserves adequately cover approximately three months or one term's worth of operating expenses.

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Reference and Administrative Details

Charity Name: Play for Progress Charity Registration Number: 1166328 Company Registration Number: 09157780

Principal Address & Registered Office:

377-399 London Road, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3HL

TRUSTEES of the Charity & DIRECTORS of the Company

– who served in the reporting period and those appointed since as at the reporting date:

Tamzin Aitken Appointed 27 April 2020 Hannah Barker Appointed 5 March 2021 Naomi Webb Appointed 5 March 2021 Ceri Sunu Appointed 9 April 2021 and resigned 27 February 2023

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER:

Emmaus Chartered Accountants Ltd

377-399 London Road, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3HL

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Structure, Governance and Management

Governing Document

The Charity was incorporated as a Company on 1 August 2014 with the Company registration number 09157780 and was registered as a Charity under the Charity number 1166328 on 1 April 2016. It is governed by its constitution set out in the Memorandum and Articles incorporated 08 June 2015 as amended by special resolutions dated 25 January 2016.

Play for Progress is a Registered Charity, and a Company limited by guarantee, not having share capital. Every Trustee undertakes to contribute an amount not exceeding £1 to the assets of the charitable company in the event of it being wound-up during the period of membership, or within one year thereafter. The current members of the Charitable Company are the Trustees and Directors.

Management

The overall strategic direction of the Charity is determined by the Trustees who met monthly in 2022-2023 to consider all matters of relevance to the Charity.

The day-to-day management of the Charity is carried out by the Co-Founder Anna MacDonald. This related party disclosure has been made below. No conflict of interest has been declared at Trustee or Management level.

The Charity is closely related to the Co-Founder Anna MacDonald who continues to serve as the Charity’s Head of Support Services and Director.

Recruitment, Appointment, Election, Induction and Training of Trustees

If the Trustees decide that it would be advantageous to the charity to have one or more new Trustee for example after a skills audit has shown a required expertise not present in the current members, then this will be agreed at a meeting of the Trustees, either as an agenda item or upon request of an extraordinary meeting by at least two of the current Trustees.

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Such Trustees may have put themselves forward, have been approached by a current Trustee or there may be a requirement for such a Trustee without having a specific person in mind at the time. In this latter case, the current Trustees will decide upon the most appropriate way of recruiting.

Trustee Appointment

Appointment will be by vote of the Trustees of the Charity at a properly convened meeting of the Trustees. The meeting will only be valid if at least half of the current Trustees are present. Election will be by a simple majority of the Trustees voting in favour of the proposed Trustee.

Trustee Induction and Training

Existing Trustees induct and train new Trustees using the Trustee induction pack. All Trustees are responsible for staying up to date with small Charity good practice and seeking training opportunities where possible.

Risk Management

The Board acknowledges their responsibility to appropriately manage the risks the organisation is vulnerable to. We maintain a Risk Register to capture and assess the risks identified, to better enable us to determine how each risk should be managed. The Board reviews the Risk Register as a standing item on the agenda at every trustee meeting to ensure that the charity’s exposure to risk is minimised. As a Board, the Trustees are risk averse, and will therefore do everything in their power to minimise the Charity’s exposure to risk at all times. Risk management and corporate governance matters are seen as the collective responsibility of all Trustees.

Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

The Trustees (who are also the Directors of Play for Progress for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law, the Trustees are preparing the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice and applicable law). Under company law, the Trustees must not approve financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for that period.

In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:

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The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Charitable Company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charitable Company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charitable Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the Charitable Company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from the legislation in other jurisdictions.

This report was approved by the trustees on ___ and was signed for and on behalf of the 8 April 2024 board by ___. Naomi Webb

Trustee

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Financial Statements & Accounting Policies

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Co￿ARATIvE STATEPIENT OF FINANCIAL ACTivmES Ilncludlng Income & Expendlture A¢¢*￿￿) for the year eNJed 31 August 2￿ Unreslricted Funds Restrlcted Funds Total Notes INCOIE from Donations 98,914 ,397 148,311 Investments ot￿r [r￿Orne 30,241 3J.241 TOTAL INCOME EXPENDITURE on Raising fuThJs Charrtat4e actNibes 7,6& 110,923 1.645 160,320 ,397 TOTAL EXPENDrruRE 11 $72 NEf INCOVE FOR THEYEAR & NET fvK)VEMENT IN FUNDS 10.583 10.583 RECONCIUATION OF FUNDS FU￿ tOla￿eS brought forward at 1 Septemter 2021 96,861 ,861 FUND BALANCES CARRIED FORWAR AT 31 AUGUST 2022 107,444 107,444 Page 39 of48 Play for Progres5 | Trustees. Annual Report & Finance StateTnents | Year Ending 31 August 2022 Company Number 09157780 | Charity Number 1166328

UNAUDITU> OALANCÉ SH a$ 4¢ 31 August 2Q23 NUnI￿r. 091577￿ FIXED ASSETS TorvJt rred ae6ets 151 782 ¢URRV4T A8SErs C••h •t ￿nk aTh# In tr•rKI 61.1)y 1612 118,9)9 4423 62.616 121.232 LIA8ILmu Crechtors Arnourisf•lhr•dL thfttyyt•f 14.570 NEf CURRENT A8SErs 1(6￿2 55.365 107,444 THE FUND8 OF ThE CHARrrY Urnts¢ridG#rr•i Fw 107,444 R¢BtrK¢ed FLThJ TOTAL CHARIIY FUNDS 55.365 107,444 The Company was entiiled io exemwK)n Imm audtt under $477 ofthe Compan￿$ Act 2L relatiryg to small Compan￿$. The members have not requlred the companyto obtaln an audlt in aC¢¢ydan￿ ￿th section 476 of the Compan￿5 Act 21116. The director5 ackmwledge their reSP)n￿bilItIeS for complwn8with the vequirements of the Companies t wilh respectio accountin8 records and the p￿pant￿1Th of accovnts. These accwnls have been prepared in accordarKe with the provisio￿ applicable to small cornpanie5 subjett to the small companies and in a£¢(dance v•ith FRS102 SORP. The finarKial ststement5 were appro¥ed by the Board of Trustees on BApril 2024 and were signed on its behalfby Naomi Webb Page 40 of48 Play for Progres5 | Trustees. Annual Report & Finance StateTnents | Year Ending 31 August 2022 Company Number 09157780 | Charity Number 1166328

Accounting Policies

Charity Information

Play for Progress is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office and business address is Emmaus Chartered Accountants, 377-399 London Road, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3HL.

Basis of Accounting

The financial statements have been prepared to comply with current statutory requirements (principally being the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Act 2011), under the historical cost convention, and in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. The recommendations in Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statements of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard 102 (effective from 1 January 2019) have been followed. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the period. The charitable company is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS102.

The accounts are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charity. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

Going Concern

At the time of approving the accounts there are no material uncertainties about the charity’s ability to continue as a going concern.

Reserves Policy

In a normal the charity trustees would consider it prudent to hold between 3 and 6 months of budgeted expenditure in free reserves in order to cover the future needs of the charity and any delays in obtaining income. We consider this range to be between £50k and £100k currently.

At 31 August 2023 the charity had unrestricted funds of £55k which would be considered free reserves under the Charity Commission definition, therefore free reserves are within the target range.

Incoming Resources

General donations and other similar types of voluntary income are brought into account when receivable. Donated income is included gross of any attributable tax recoverable, where relevant. Donations given for specific purposes are treated as restricted income.

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Resources Expended

Resources expended are allocated directly to the charitable company's principal activities where the costs can be so identified. All other costs are classified as support costs and are apportioned between those same categories on the basis of the trustees' estimate of relevant, appropriate and allocations.

Governance costs are the costs associated with the charitable company's compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements. In particular, they include estimated proportions of support costs, including legal, professional and accountancy fees.

Fund Accounting

The general fund comprises the accumulated surpluses of unrestricted incoming resources over resources expended, which are available for use in furtherance of the general objectives of the charitable company. Designated funds are a particular form of unrestricted funds consisting of amounts, which have been allocated or designated for specific purposes by the trustees. The use of designated funds remains at the discretion of the trustees. Restricted funds are funds subject to specific conditions imposed by donors. The purpose and use of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the accounts. Amounts unspent at the year-end are carried forward in the balance sheet.

Financial Instruments

The charitable company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 'Basic Financial Instruments' and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues' of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments. Financial instruments are recognised in the charitable company's balance sheet when the charitable company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.

Basic financial assets

Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.

Basic financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as

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payable within one year are not amortised. Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

Taxation

No provision for taxation arises on the income of the company due to its charitable status.

Tangible fixed assets

Tangible fixed assets are measured at cost, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.

Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:

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NOTES TO ThE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for thtt tndtd 31 August 2023 Unrestrlcted Re5tr1cted lunds Total Tcéal 1 VOLUNTARY INCOME Donabons 4.OS3 98.1 4,058 160,592 1.205 17,614 130.697 Grants 62.4¥2 Other Irwrr 30,241 103.364 62.492 165,856 178,552 2 R&80URCES EXPENDED Unr•strfet•d funds R•strlcted nds Total Total Cost ol sa￿S FuThJrabr 7,861 7.861 7,096 552 Wet6rte 8.301 7,648 Charltabl• •xp•ndtur• Direct costs. TeaehirvJ Kxograryynes 138.8ff2 201.2941 152,S12 SupFDrt Costs" lrKFE￿nt examirob'on fees Non th.rect HQ C¢x 1.470 6.724 1,470 6.724 6,256 112 Bank ¢￿8rge8 146 146 147.1 209,634 160,320 Page 44 of48 Play for Progres5 | Trustees. Annual Report & Finance StateTnents | Year Ending 31 August 2022 Company Number 09157780 | Charity Number 1166328

NOTESTO THE UP4AUtXTED FINANCLILSTATatrrt8 forthe ￿ ended 31 Auyu5t2 62262 51.147 622V2 51.147 a￿r￿1 remwJtrJnwrn £￿.())£￿ rrm nll. T￿tnIstreS rerthwd m r¢mw•bJnlw th2tharrtAe cryAry dwr¥ rod, • iotyi of £Thl120fd£nll wa6 r•nLned 10 ULeesfty afwj n￿1￿￿￿80 Thetd81 rtmwfflbJn IOT kty TrrngEnyJrtthYth ￿￿11£34.787.(2O22 £34.169). 4 I￿)EFENDENT EXMIINERS FEE 1.470 1,470 TANGELE FIXEDASSErs 11 S•F¢mi¢rTr72 2.799 31AWW Nl 1 SeOemtrr 2.017 631 yt•r 131 Aw¢3)33 AI 31 Au￿￿t 20fJ 151 Page 45 of48 Play for Progres5 | Trustees. Annual Report & Finance StateTnents | Year Ending 31 August 2022 Company Number 09157780 | Charity Number 1166328

NOTESTOTHE UNAwrrED ￿NAl￿WIl￿TATEIIEini fortry•atmthd 31 AUg￿A￿23 1.•12 2A 1.612 4.423 cAerffo (th¢r¢JeothTS 14J7Q 7.4Ql 14.970 107.4 115.891 217.•JS 107.4 10J.JII 2211 syp 3XI 10 62.492 62.492 Pu￿Ose5 of re51ricted furwjs: drfPTryp5t syp . 1 I Page 46 of48 Play for Progres5 | Trustees. Annual Report & Finance StateTnents | Year Ending 31 August 2022 Company Number 09157780 | Charity Number 1166328

THEFUNOSCf T￿EcI1￿RtTy 1rn552 1167.9WI 107,444 . R•sbKtod Fur 49.397 149.3971 1118.5721 12•.151 107114 229) 1gA75 19.V5 9.072 9,on pkttFc4Jnd 10.C#)) tO.ty>) 49 397 Pu￿0$e5 of ￿StrICted I￿0$. Page 47 of48 Play for Progres5 | Trustees. Annual Report & Finance StateTnents | Year Ending 31 August 2022 Company Number 09157780 | Charity Number 1166328

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMEPITS forthe year ended 31 Auyust 2023 9 Amlysls crf net a$￿ts bÈtwten fun Unr•strict•d R•stvlcted Total Fund ballnus •t 31 August 2023 r•pr•s•ntsd by: SS,36S F￿ad 8886ts 1S1 cu￿8￿1 aule 62.810 Curronl118t4rtkn8 55.385 5&365 Net a88ets at 31ilW612022 were oJnw•J of UnmlrKl•J thjrth. 10 RELATeD PARTY TRANSAcnoN$ TMr••r• n• r•lel•d Ihe yw. Page 48 of48 Play for Progres5 | Trustees. Annual Report & Finance StateTnents | Year Ending 31 August 2022 Company Number 09157780 | Charity Number 1166328

Play for Progress Year Ended 31[st] August 2023

Independent Examiner's Report to Play for Progress

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Play for Progress for the year ended 31st August 2023.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees of the Company (and also its directors for the purposes of company law) you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (‘the 2006 Act’).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the 2011 Act’). In carrying out my examination I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5) (b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:

I have no concerns and 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.

Sarah Shearer FCA BSc AICB 377-399 London Road Camberley Surrey GU15 3HL 22 April 2024