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2025-03-31-accounts

MA YTrIELD AND Tr'IVE ASIIES COMMIINITY SERVICES AC'C.'OI,:)T.S FOR I"F.AR FROM I APRIL 2024 TO 31 MARCII 2025 TRIISTEES L. Firrell Hon Chhimiun C. MArshall Hon Tr￿U￿r B. Cook. T. Greuory C. Kcmp C. Kerr R. Penlicost M. Smith Regiliered ChAn'iy Numlxr 1166647

MAYFIELD ES MMUNITY SERVICES MAYF us .AR T031-' MAR 12025 EOEI The orgunisalion is regislered as a Charithble InCOr￿rnIed Organisniion - charity number 1166647. MA YFACS supp)rt the community ofmayficld and Five Ashc5 with 4 ¢ILar mandulc lo help allLviale loneliness and i%olation by providinbl a rnnuL' of lii'ili¢s for oll ag¢s. providing supp)rt und si8npsiin8 10 oihcr orgoni5lliions. WL arc slriviiib lu.mok¥ our ¢ommunily an inclusive and wclcominbi eni'ironment. 4up￿)rtIn￿ on¢ anothL'r, ¢r¢atiny Op￿rtunItIL￿ and workin8 together for ihe bcncfil of all who live. work and are educaled within our boundanes. FINAN IAI. Rr.pnR Th¢ finoncial resuli for ik peri(Kl is Stsicd in the I￿orne and ex￿ndlIuTe accounl olthchcd. Incomc for ihis yettr woj £1 ??,879 {)0?4 - £94.711). with ihe yubjianlial donulionj cominb, Irom a wdL rnnge of donors. W¢ werL' wicuIoTlv girntifiL'd (o huvL' been Ivurded o biruni from Ihc Nati(Jnal l.oiiery fund in ?O??J23 for the 3 years commencin April ?0?2. from which wc ¢onlinue lo IKn¢fii in Ihe year und¢r review. We arL' olso plcoKd lo conlinuc lo k gcn¢mu$lv SUp￿)ned bv Mo)'ficld Pori.sh Council for a further with ll ¥rnnl of £5.000 dunn8 v¢4r L$ 4 ¢onthbuuon ￿ S￿([ costs. WL hAvc h¢cn IhL r￿lpILnl loo of £3.OU() Irom Wcnl(kn lo supprt our ￿'orK with Ukraine rcfu¥eL5 in Ihc communily. IM￿n￿n11Y we conlinuc to rcceivc a wide number ofdonalions from individuAls in thc communily lo A lothl of over £17.238 incI￿AIng gift aid for unrcslnclcd and a further £1.775 for $￿TriC actii'ilies such as our Ukrninian 8upFK)rt Fund ond Jclii'ilics ivithin Ihe Communiiy Shed. We received in iotsl donlllions and urants of £86.?44 1 ?0?4 - £55.15XI lor resiricied pUr￿)se5 lor PToJects thai QfL' key lo IhL (kvelopmenl of thc charily's aims. A full list of donors is noicd in Notes 6 & 7 of the accounts. MA YFACS now nm17 R8uIAf 8r4Waciivili¢s. with mor¢ 250 individuals allcndinbj al le&%1 onc. on a regular tmsis. New aclivilies such as Mcn on Ihc Movc. our mcn's walk and thlk group. MA YFACS MovinB Sounds- an opportunity for opIL Io gLI more aclive lo music and in.slrumLnls. and our voulh 8clivilies with CRF.ATF. 1<1 .] ihc Shed. have IKen a fantssiic additjon this pAsi year 10 our schcdule This hL8 llllowed for us lo reach new ￿0p1¢. ofall ages. und io crLale nL'W Ways for individuals to connect wilh each other. Wc have IKen inlroducinB rnore inlergenernlional aclivilie5. working iogcihcr with locol primary. .schools ond ihc villoge pre-sclKJoI io bnng different oges logeiher. This hos bcL'n so lovely lo wotch ihe inlcrnclion from both ihe childTen and ihe adulis and often bnngs a completely ditTerenl en8a8emenl in our Broup

Our Communiiy Shed. which also includes a community gardcn, Bec hi￿¢8 und an orchard, has bL'comc A sanctuary down 91 Merrieiveathers Farni. wilh Sheddcrs Icarning ￿1V Skills. explorin&i new inlerests. and genernlly having a lovely lime logcthcr. For o second ycar. our own MA YFACS honey was produ¢¢d and used as 4 rundraisinu means for ihe PToJecl. The Orchard developed and flourished, now with 4? apple trtts of many varieties growing well. We continue to welcoine the locol prc-sch(x)l lo ih¢ orchArd for cnd of year celcbration& ￿ w¢ll as lambs h¢lpin8 lo mainlain the ¥rass levelj. The Coinmunity Garden doubled in siz¢ over ihe winr S￿50n. now wilh 8 beds urowing.lots ofveBetables read), for our wxlure tsble in lh¢ summcr monihs. ThL b)ardL'n h&4 allrnclcd a ne￿, of 'shed(k.rs' M'ho comc lo work on ih¥ beds and also Ikurn ski115 including i¥illow Wcllving und supp)nins (hc bLf k￿ping. Our monthly repair cafés ore a fantnsttc ivay of reusing and Trpairing ii¢ms. and Inst vcaT complclcd over I l O repairs. Wilh ih¢ir r¢c¢ni addiiion of providing u sharyKninB servicL' for louls an(1 kilch¢n licm5. wc ho￿ io inLfL'USL' thc SL'fvicL'S and fundrwsin Ihcy deliver. Crelle r& The Shed - our monthly Youth ￿tIVity. hAS r¢a¢lKd over 40 s¢condary Ld young ￿0pIL., from over 14 diirL.￿nI Schools. This has rLally hiBhliuhiLd lo us jusl how spread the se¢ondory KIM)ol reach is from our community and how imrM)rtanl It IS lo bnnB Ikse young wplc logciher in o sAfc cnvironmenl lo re- conneci und expl()￿ n¢w ll¢tivilics louLihcr. The sUp￿rt from l(Kal creali¥'e individull15 on¢nn¥ ihcir tsmL lo dLIIvL'r o scssion for our youn¥ kwple hus. been so wonderful. With 4es5ions including monoprintinB. grnifiii art. pini ￿uring, bead making and. cvmingi soon. a youth 5hLdiwLX)dwoTkin¥ doublc scssion. Ihc group has rLally bL'Lomc a firni favouriie in our ￿Bular ￿lIVI11¢S- so much so ihai ihe porents aT¢ wanlinbi lo ulsu biL'I Involvcdl Thi5 hlls led io Ihc inlroduclion of our very ￿}pUlAr Poini ond Sip cveninbis - an opp)rtunity lo IK inspired b! incredible artivork and creole your ow puinlinbi to lllkL hDmc wilh you! These aTe fundrnJsJnB LVLnts now quurtLrlv. bul have bcL'n o way for us io rcach new peoplc. of fjll a8cs. and welcome ihem to our MA YFACS community. Thi3 year. we have called up)n10¢81 indivithlqls and businesses lo attend Dementia Awareness trninin¥ - ￿'cAuse gasning an underslanding of how wc can h¢lp those livingi wilh dementi& makc a hU￿￿e dilference lo not only the individutt15. bul Ihw'r rarnily and friend5. sthiis1i¢s 51alc Ihal l in I I pyople over 65 in lh¢ UK hav¢ dL'mcniill - and Ihis will incrL'asc. which makes it so IM￿nAnt for io incre￿¢ our 5uprK)rt for those living ￿1h d¢m¢niia wiihin our Parish. We are so proud 10 hAv¢ Wiined for FRf.F ovcr 60 1ndividL￿1s. and we arc urb>in more IKoplL Io biwn ihi5 a￿11¢n￿5 I￿nIn￿l and direct wpl¢ lo funh¢r IcKal Iruinin8 or onlinc cquivBlenls. We also hcld a MO￿ Iniensiv¢ Le4minB from Living iiryth Demenlia for ?4 individuals over 2 really unthrstandin8 from ￿pIC livin¥ wilh

demeniia. how we ￿ imwove our ¢ommunicaiions and supw>n. Local businesses who have rcccived Ihis IraininB now display Iheir Wealden Demcnlia Aclion AlliJn¢¢ slickers in their windows. helping io build a more demeniia friendly community. Our aim for ih¢ ¢omin8 year is io d¢liv¢r d¢afawar¢n¢ss iraininB. which will noi only ImprovL our ¢ommuniiy for those who ar¢ hard ofhearin8. or living with hearing lo&s. bui also lor sKopl¢ livin¥ wilh dcmL'llii& a5 hcarin810ss is a significani risk facior for devLlopinb d¥menlia, We are cuThenilv working wilh fAsi Sussex HLaring to deliver monihlv hLwinbi uid mainlLniince SUPkX)rt locally. ond this is a service whiLh hDs alre￿Y been a huge success. We Imve also booked an imtial 6-Mttk British Sign LangUll￿ (BSL ) course for our voluniecrs laier this year. 10 ensure w¢ irnprovL otsr awareness and our communications to be more inclusive lo those with h¢orinb loss. Our Conimunity Car Scrvice conlinucs lo IK. a lif¢ltne lo man), who would nol ￿ able lo access Ihcir mcdical ￿p￿inImLnts llny olher way Wilh Ihe r¢duLlion of Ihi unl), bus &ervicc lo our communily lo on¢ hour. vuln¢rable Individua15 aTC nol ubl¢ to use public lrnn5rK)rt for their op￿Intmen15 wilh the lon8 wtsii for public lrnnsport nnd our drive SUPkKJrt h&$ increased io over 430 drii'es in ihe ILst year olone. and this is rupi(Ilv incrLosinb? inio Ih15 new year. Our drivers noi unly providc ihc irnn5PJrt. bul also ihe componionship llnd supp)rt that th¢ wnBcf5 nccd Jller appoinlmen15. A sofe friLnd lo travel home wlh. The s¢rvi¢¢ is so voluAbl¢. w¢ havc now slunl'd ihL' procL'ss lo rttruit a dcdiulcd COwordinNlor for ihis service io increase ihe service we providL. An a5￿cl of MA YJ*ACS work that is often nol r￿liSed is in how we can ¢n5urc tKoplL blLi furthLr SLIp￿rt and &SSiSlAnce when Ih¢y nied il. WL oft¢n sa),. if cannol help un Individulll ourselves. we will know 50m¢onc ivho can WhLihL'r people n¢¢d financilll or food supp)rt. arc supwkrt, acc¢55 lo lrnnsport and communiiv cnr supw>ll. Compuier and rr 5UPIK>rt. befnendJnB and compfjnionship, or .jusi don't know wh() els¢ lo lurn 10 for infonnalion MA YfACS are ihere lo assist wilh ull of Ih¢s¢ n￿d5. ¢iih¢r our3¢1vcs. or b). sign￿Sting kKoplc lo othcr organisaiions and profcssiono15 who can hclp. Bcing a fricndly face and building Irusl within our communiiy has meant Ihai wle conth¢i us for Ihui fir51 slaBe ofsup￿rt. And th￿ first step ts yo imp￿] We work closely with l(K41 medi￿1 PrnCii¢es in refmls for supwrt and ihis Thill conlinuc lo improve As we mov¢ being? in the sarnc community ccnlre prLmi5L%. W¢ ref¢r ?.3 r(X)d bank requ¢%ts each Mrek.. and signwsl lo l(Kal communily rnd¥¢sIi￿irii5. Wc also hav¢ our own produce thle oU￿1dL. our oITice during ihe summer monihs, with frcsh produ¢¢ from our community garden. available for the communitv lo selxl and use. Whai really makes our MA YFACS Comrnunily strong is our Volunle¢TS. of which havL over 140 volunieers. 8ivin8 over 241K) hours of thcir time. and mak"Ing & diffcrencv in so many differefft wdys. Last year our voluntem suPF￿rtCd and intcrnclcd with over 650 individuals.

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examIne￿$ report on the accounts SeGtlon A Indcpondenl Ex.Iiniiier 5 Roport C•rry r4wn m•mb•rn af On account• lor th• yo•r •nd•d 31 Charfty no Ii&b&V? Sot out on pa I r•port to th• truste•s my •yamlnaUon ￿ th• aCC￿nts of the abo charlty (Ih• Trusf) year ond•d R•gponJlbllltlM and As the rjwlty truthm ol tho Tniit, YLKI we r•iixxi8lbla lor thè prnparnllon ba•l• of r•port rf the ac£ounts wllh tho requlr•menl8 of the Charltles Act 2011 ('th0 Acr). I report In respect of my •xarnlnatl￿ ol lh• accwnts cafrknl out under $ectlon 145 of the 2011 Act and In carrying out my examlnatlon I have idlov￿d the appllc8bl8 Directions glven by the Charity Commlss under 145(5)(b) of tho Aci I have com￿•tOd my examlnauon. I conftmi that no mat•rfal mattern ha4• come lo my attentlon ( In conrffjcuon wlth lh• •xarnlnalion aive5 me caum to bellave thai In, •ny mtsial a¢a￿nting recwds not kept In •CCtydtrK• wth 8•cUon 130 of the Ac4 or Iho accounts do not acaxd Ythh th& ac￿n￿r9 record8 I have no concems and have come aiXOS$ no other matters In conn8th>n t￿ examlnatlon to vthlch attention shouid be dravffl In ord•r to Mable a nderslandlng of the accounts to b• reached. deble tIK• woth In brnckets Mlhoy th n<* apty. Independent examlnet• •tstem•nt Slgn•d: 774 447TrJ Nam•: Relovant proles•lonal quallflcallon{•) or body {If any): fulu 6¥ld ¢ Addrn8•: ¥fr ffi

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