Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 01/04/20 Period start date To 31/03/21 Period end date
Charity name: You Can Flourish
Charity registration number: 1166721
Objectives and Activities
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SORP
referen
ce
Summary of Para Objects of the Charity
the purposes 1.17
of the charity ● To promote and protect the good health and
as set out in
wellbeing of young women and girls in particular,
its governing
but not exclusively, in Warwickshire and the
document
surrounding areas. This is done through the
provision of guidance, support, education and
other such services as the trustees shall
determine with a view to improving the girls’ self-
esteem, relationships, and resilience; and
increasing their active participation in their
communities.
● To advance the Christian faith in accordance with
the statement of faith.
Summary of Para Flourish aims to fulfil its vision as shown above and
the main 1.17 in so doing, serve the local and wider communities
activities in and
who connect with Flourish. Flourish’s vision is to see
relation to 1.19
a generation of girls aged 11-18 set free to Flourish
those
to their full potential. Our area is defined as
purposes for
Warwickshire.
the public
benefit, in
In order to carry out these purposes we deliver
particular, the
activities, services that aim to improve self-esteem and
projects or mental and emotional wellbeing. We deliver 4 types
services of programmes:
identified in
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the accounts.
1. Flourish Girls’ Course: a group programme for schools and community settings.
A group of up to 12 girls at a time for 8 sessions of 1 hour each with 2-3 female leaders.
This course focusses on issues and pressures girls commonly face and empowers with resilience building tools to help. Topics include: self-esteem, personal strengths, body image, friendships, sex/consent/relationships, managing emotions and raising aspirations.
The group time provides a safe space for girls to explore and discuss these issues. Girls find sharing and peer support helpful and informative.
Groups are most often delivered in schools. Staff refer girls onto a course based upon presentation of issues or low self-esteem and wellbeing in school.
2. Flourish Girls’ Course+: a group programme for girls in Christian contexts.
We adapt the above Flourish Girls’ Course for suitability in a church youth group context. Here we use biblical teaching to support girls in understanding their unique worth and explore the issues and pressures they face in the context of Christian beliefs.
3. Rebuild – Group Mentoring Programme
A new course designed this year in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a 6-session programme focussed on emotional resilience, and uses
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy techniques; thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Rebuild can be delivered online or in person.
4. One-to-one Mentoring
We match individual girls with a suitable mentor (staff or a volunteer). Our mentoring programme can be uniquely tailored to individuals to offer them the best possible support. Sessions last up to an hour on a weekly basis. One-to-one support allows each girl to have a safe space to explore the issues and challenges they are facing.
This 12-session programme has been designed to follow a framework that:
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●Provides a safe space for girls to explore and talk about the issues and pressures they are facing. Girls feel less isolated and more empowered to overcome some of these issues with the support and encouragement of a mentor.
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●Proactively improves self-esteem. We have observed that in most referrals, low selfesteem is a root cause or a perpetuating factor affecting wellbeing. Self-worth and value are key themes weaved through our programme. When girls start to hold their heads a little higher, they are more empowered to begin making changes for positive wellbeing in their lives and try new things.
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●Equips girls with tools and strategies to cope. Mentors help girls learn resilience building tools to cope with the specific issues and pressures they are facing e.g. to manage difficult emotions better.
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●Raises aspirations. Mentors help girls to look ahead, make great choices for their lives and begin to make small steps and changes towards a more positive wellbeing and future.
Through our girls’ course and mentoring, we typically work with girls who present with low self-esteem and issues affecting wellbeing e.g. low aspirations, anxiety, depression, self-harm, at risk of child sexual exploitation, anger issues,
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friendship difficulties and challenging emotions.
5. Wellbeing Drop-In
●Open access lunch time school based
group. Girls can drop in one lunch time a
week to creatively explore mental
wellbeing and have a mentor on hand to
talk to if they needed. We were not able
to run this due to the pandemic and
school closures. We hope to start this up
again next financial year.
Statement Para In planning the activities of Flourish, the Trustees
confirming 1.18 have given consideration to the guidance on public
whether the benefit issued by the Charity Commission, last
trustees have
updated September 2014.
had regard to
the guidance
issued by the
Charity
Commission
on public
benefit
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Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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SORP
referen
ce
Policy on Para
grant making 1.38
Policy on Para
social 1.38
investment
including
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program
related
investment
21 volunteers from the local community supported
our work, including regular mentoring and group
leading and 1 administrative volunteer and 1
Contribution Para treasurer. The majority of mentoring sessions are
made by 1.38 volunteer led. Group sessions are led by a staff
volunteers
member with the help of up to 2 volunteer leaders.
Other
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Achievements and Performance
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SORP
referen
ce
The year of the pandemic!
Summary of
the main
achievements April 1st 2020 - March 31st 2021. The year no one
of the charity, saw coming! From the very beginning of the last
identifying the financial year, with schools closed and social
difference the distancing measures in full swing, we swiftly
charity’s work orientated ourselves to focus on new priorities;
Para
has made to adapting our services to the "new normal".
1.20
the
circumstances Despite the uncertainty and constant changes we
of its have had to make, we are so proud of our team of
beneficiaries staff and volunteers, who have worked tirelessly to
and any wider adapt the way we do things and remain "open" to
benefits to
supporting girls aged 11-18 through this turbulent
society as a
time.
whole.
• Flourish remained "open" to supporting girls
aged 11-18 with low self-esteem and/or mental
wellbeing needs; through adapting our services
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between online and face-to-face support as
restrictions allowed.
• A "Resource Hub" was created on our website to
support girls, parents and schools through
accessible wellbeing support resources, available
to view or download. A further resource hub was
created to assist our mentor team in delivering
creative online mentoring.
• A new course was designed to support emotional
resilience, in response to what girls were telling
us they needed during lockdown. "Rebuild" was
initially developed for online delivery and then
adapted to work face-to-face with small groups
in schools in a Covid secure way. We have seen a
significant uptake of this programme.
• During the second round of school closures, we
sent 46 "self-care" packages in the post to all the
girls we were working with. These parcels in the
post included small gifts and activities
encouraging strategies for emotional resilience.
• We have expanded our volunteer team with a
further 6 new mentors and groups course
leaders.
●We continued to work towards replicating our
resources and building contacts and a in order to
support and equip churches and organisation
across the UK to reach out to girls in their local
communities. We are also now working towards
replicating our Rebuild Course with several
successful pilots this year. Our resource hub has
proved to be a successful method of sharing
resources to other’s who need them.
Mentoring Referral Needs:
50% referrals cited social isolation
50% self-harm
52% anxiety
50% low self-esteem
10% at risk of child sexual exploitation
40% friendship problems
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40% low level depression/low mood 30% had experience a recent loss or bereavement 23% problems with food/eating 25% anger issues. Flourish highlights in numbers: 31 girls accessed one-to-one mentoring support. This is a decrease from 44 last year. 310 one-to-one mentoring sessions took place either on Zoom or face-to-face, in schools and in the community. Less than the 360 sessions last year. Although we delivered less mentoring support than in the year previously, we are proud to have supported such a significant number, despite schools being closed for 2 terms out of 3 in the financial year. We found that the disruptions and isolation incidents meant that each mentoring case took significantly more time to deliver 12 sessions than in normal circumstances. 4 Rebuild courses were delivered online whilst schools were closed between June and August. 7 “in person” Rebuild courses were delivered in local schools during the period of time in this year they were open (September to December). A total of 57 girls completed a Rebuild course. 1 Flourish Girls’ Course was delivered in school for 6 girls. A total of 73 group sessions took place (Rebuild and Girls’ Course). A total of 91 girls received intensive support of some kind through Flourish. Last year the figure was 92 girls in total. Rebuild uptake was excellent, and this has meant that we were able to reach more girls quickly than with mentoring alone. We are so pleased to have supported a similar number of girls overall this year as last year, despite Covid and school closures. 112 self-care packs were sent out in the second school closure, to girls we were working with between January and March, off the back of a
fundraising campaign.
In March 2021, our waiting list for mentoring was 22 girls. This has hit an all-time high.
We recruited 5 new volunteer mentors/course leaders .
We worked across 8 local secondary schools.
We have measured outcomes over the year in order to report the impact our services have on our beneficiaries. We use the
We use the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale. We also ask girls to use a 10-point scale to measure their satisfaction in certain areas of their lives as shown below.
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Outcomes – all This year Last year
projects
% Girls % Girls
improved improved
Increased Self- 67% 77%
esteem
Improved mental 67% 89%
wellbeing
More satisfied 89% 60%
with own
appearance.
More satisfied 55% 54%
with friendships.
Making safer 11% 37%
choices.
Raised 78% 85%
aspirations.
Happier at school. 40% 58%
Achieving more at 78% 52%
school.
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Discussion of data:
We are encouraged that despite the challenges of
delivering one-to-one and group mentoring during the Covid-19 pandemic we have continued to see improvements across each area of girls lives. These changes have however been less significant than the year before, particularly with girls mental well being and self esteem. A large proportion of the results reflected above were for girls who completed their initial questionnaire before the pandemic started and their second questionnaire mid pandemic which had an impact on results. We supported some young people whose mental and emotional health dramatically suffered through the pandemic. A Young Minds survey in July 2020 showed that 83% of young people with an existing mental health need saw this worsen when schools shut. We have seen this reflected in an increase in level of need in our referrals; the number of girls being referred with suicidal thought has doubled during the pandemic. We are proud to have continued supporting girls through each of the covid lockdowns, however there have been long breaks in some girls mentoring journey due to changes in national rules, school closures, isolation periods and technology failures (in girls homes). These breaks have again had an impact on results. Partnerships We have continued our partnership with Lifespace Trust (an established local mentoring charity) who provided a full day of training for our volunteer mentors. We continue to use them for reference and support. Our directors meet a senior Lifespace staff member regularly to share ideas and developments. One of our directors receives supervision from Lifespace. We have continued to get referrals through Early Help support, schools and parents and youth workers. We continue to receive office space and facilities
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including printing from Life Charity in Leamington
Spa.
We continued to be supported through coaching and
a residential (online) by the Cinnamon Network as
part of the 2-year project Lab, supporting us in
replication work.
We continue to be members of Thirtyone:eight who
support us with safeguarding resources, consultancy
and DBS processing.
Anecdotal Feedback
Carer of mentee F, aged 14 about digital
mentoring:
“She’s really enjoying the mentoring. I’m learning
as well as her I think, so it’s helping and I’m seeing
a different side to her.”
Dad of mentee H, aged 14 regarding digital
mentoring:
“She seems positive when she comes off (the call),
she is enjoying it. It’s what she needs right now
and it’s all going in the right direction.
Rebuild Parent:
The course came at a very helpful time for us as it
was helpful to have it running during the summer
months when school is shut. The course offered a
discrete opportunity for my daughter to engage in a
positive process that I feel has benefited her
wellbeing before returning to school.
Feedback from mentee, F aged 15, received
mentoring face to face and over Zoom:
“ I have learnt to see a new side to myself in a sense
of self-worth and the positives of myself. Seeing it
written down and on sheets makes you realise the
focus is on you and you can’t control what others
think. You should be your number 1. When I look
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back at my journal I can see a more positive side to
myself and believe the qualities about myself.”
Feedback from mentee N, aged 13, received
face-to-face and digital mentoring:
“Both my daughter and I feel that the support and
service you provide is amazing and therefore we
feel no improvement is needed. Even during a
worldwide pandemic, you continued to support my
daughter and myself during a very difficult time
where we also lost our Nanny/Mum. As a result, my
daughter is no longer anxious, is expressing her
feelings more and has a renewed belief in herself.”
Mentee F, aged 13, received digital
mentoring: “The best thing about
mentoring was having someone to talk to every
week. I liked saying what was important to me and
doing the support circle work. I’ve been more
positive about myself and others and less angry.
I’ve liked the fact I am a leader. I enjoyed it all. I
would definitely recommend it because it’s really
good and you can have a safe place.”
Email from Mum of A, Rebuild & FAB member:
“She's doing so good now. So proud of my baby
girl!! She's come a long way since lockdown when
she became very withdrawn. It’s all thanks to you
guys at flourish. Thank you so much for helping
her.”
Mental Health Lead at local secondary school:
“I think it’s great that you are still here providing
support, you are fabulous.”
Social Prescribing Link Worker:
“I have mentioned your service to a girl guide
leader, as I feel it's a wonderful service!”
Mentee T, aged 13 completed face to face
mentoring:
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“The best thing about mentoring is that there’s a
person that understands me, willing to help and
feels like a friend. Mentoring has helped me to tell
other teachers if I’m struggling and given me a
space to talk – a free space. It helps you to feel
better telling someone than keeping in your
feelings.”
Mentee R, aged 15:
“I have learnt ways to cope with anxiety,
friendships, other people and myself. At the start of
mentoring, I didn’t have many coping strategies
and now I have learnt loads of things. It has helped
me as I can now use strategies when I need to and I
have gained confidence throughout. The activities
are helpful and also fun.”
Report from a mentor after a digital
mentoring session and self-care pack in the
post for H, aged 15:
“My mentee loved receiving her care pack in the
post, and said that mentoring was the highlight of
her week.
She had a little wobble over Christmas and got her
journal out to read and said it gave her strength to
continue.”
From parent of T, aged 15 received digital
mentoring in 2020:
“I think she really enjoyed the sessions and
Sophie was lovely (obviously the whole team I
think is amazing and has helped T immensely).
Thank you again to the whole team”
Mentee J, aged 13, received digital
mentoring:
“(Because of my Flourish mentoring) I wasn’t
frightened to go back to school and I was surprised
by that.”
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Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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We have measured outcomes over the year in order to
report the impact our services have on our beneficiaries.
We use the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the
Warwick-Edinburgh
Achievement
s against Para 1.41
objectives set
68
Performance
of fundraising
activities
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against Para 1.41 objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other
Financial Review
| Review of the charity’s fnancial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 |
Total receipts for the year were£79,212.(Income was up 98% from last year when income was £40,017.) £42,742 came from the following restricted grants: £1500 Heart of England Covid 19 Fund £500 Tesco Bags Funding £4000 CAF £1000 WPH Healthcare Charity £600 Warwickshire County Councillors Funding £10,000 The Trusted Executive Charitable Foundation £350 Warwick King Henry Fund £8380 Government Covid Grant administered through National Lottery. |
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£4000 The Newfield Trust
£3312, Comic Relief small grant administered through
Groundwork
£2300 Warwick District Council
£3800 Heart of England Covid Resilience Fund
£3000 Souter Trust
We received £6000 in total donations from St Mary’s
Church Leamington and St John’s Church Kenilworth,
St Paul’s Leamington and St Margaret’s Church,
Whitnash.
£12,207 (15% of our income) came in through
unrestricted voluntary income gifts and donations,
from the generosity of individual donors. This is up
from £11,057 (27% of income) last year.
We received £3,298 (4.2% of income) in service
charges and contributions from schools/agencies and
parents. This is down from £6,847 last year (17% of
income). This demonstrates an increased reliance on
grant income during the Covid pandemic, when
regular income from schools was not forthcoming due
to closures.
In the pursuit of the vision set out above, Flourish has
expended £64,421 this year. The costs of salaries
and resources to run our programmes made up the
majority of our expenditure. We also pay £200 a
month for office space rental to Life Charity.
Statement Para Reserves Policy
1.22
explaining the
It is the policy of Flourish to maintain a balance of
policy for holding
funds which equates to at least four months of normal
reserves stating
operational costs. The balance held at the end of year
why they are held
of £41,398 exceeds this.
Amount of Para £41,398
1.22
reserves held
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Reasons for Para N/A
1.22
holding zero
reserves
Details of fund Para N/A
1.24
materially in
deficit
Explanation of any Para N/A
1.23
uncertainties
about the charity
continuing as a
going concern
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Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Donations and grants are currently our main source of
funds.
The charity’s
principal sources
of funds (including Para
any fundraising) 1.47
Investment policy
and objectives
including any Para
social investment 1.46
policy adopted
The Trustees and Directors have reviewed the risks to
which a small charity operating with a few employees
and a larger volunteer base is exposed. Appropriate
general and public liability insurance has been
A description of
Para obtained. Operational risks associated with activities
the principal risks
1.46
have been reviewed and appropriate guidelines and
facing the charity
policies agreed to ensure that any risk is minimised.
The biggest risks we review on a regular basis include:
● Funding shortages whereby Flourish becomes
financially unviable. We have a reserves policy
and a funding strategy in place to find funds
from a range of sources.
● Lone working for staff and volunteers. We have
a lone working policy and proceedures
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volunteers are trained to follow.
● Leaks of confidential data and information
provided by volunteers and service users. We
have reviewed the way we process, manage
and store confidential data. A full GDPR
compliance review will take place annually.
● Staff/ volunteers not working professionally or
overstepping safeguarding or good practice
boundaries. We have a safer recruitment policy
and procedures, a disciplinary policy and a
code of conduct that we expect all staff and
volunteers to adhere to. Full training and
supervision support are provided and considers
these risks.
Other
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Structure, Governance and Management
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Description of
charity’s trusts:
Type of governing Para Constitution last amended 22/04/2016.
1.25
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para You Can Flourish is a Charitable Incorporated
1.25
constituted? Organisation (CIO).
(e.g
unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para New Trustees are identified through connections
1.25
methods including made with individuals in the course of Flourish’s
details of any activities. Exploratory conversations occur and if the
constitutional time/skills of the individual and the needs of the
provisions e.g. Board align, the person is invited to submit a Trustee
election to post or application form. If this is successful, the person is
name of any invited to an interview with 2 Flourish trustees
person or body including the Chairperson, where they have the
entitled to appoint opportunity to ask further questions and introduce
one or more themselves. If a synergy is identified, the person is
trustees
invited to become a trustee based upon the voting of
existing trustees.
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Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Policies and
procedures
adopted for the Para
induction and 1.51
training of trustees
We are members of Thirtyone:eight who we use
for resources and consultancy on safeguarding
matters and for our DBS processing.
The charity’s
organisational
structure and any
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wider network with Para
1.51
which the charity
works
Relationship with
any related parties Para
1.51
Other
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Reference and Administrative details
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Charity name You Can Flourish
Other name the charity Flourish
uses
Registered charity 1166721
number
Charity’s principal Flourish, 2 Radford Road, Leamington Spa, CV31 2SN
address
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Name of person
Dates acted if not (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
for whole year to appoint trustee
(if any)
Miss Kate Chair
1
Munday
Mrs Rachel
2
King
Mr Phil
3
Sewards
Mrs Charlotte Appointed
4
Lockyer 16/09/2020
5
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
| Trustee | name Dates |
acted | if | not | for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| whole | year |
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of Name Address adviser
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Mrs Kerstin Friend, Mrs Charlotte Bevan and Jennifer Dean
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
Other optional information
Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 01/04/20 Period start date To 31/03/21 Period end date
Charity name: You Can Flourish
Charity registration number: 1166721
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference |
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | Objects of the Charity ● To promote and protect the good health and wellbeing of young women and girlsin particular, but not exclusively, in Warwickshire and the surrounding areas. This is done through the provision of guidance, support, education and other such services as the trustees shall determine with a view to improving the girls’ self-esteem, relationships, and resilience; and increasing their active participation in their communities. ● To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the statement of faith. |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
Flourish aims to fulfil its vision as shown above and in so doing, serve the local and wider communities who connect with Flourish. Flourish’s vision is to see a generation of girls aged 11- 18 set free to Flourish to their full potential. Our area is defined as Warwickshire. In order to carry out these purposes we deliver services that aim to improve self-esteem and mental and emotional wellbeing. We deliver 4 types of programmes: 1. Flourish Girls’ Course: a group programme for schools and community settings. |
A group of up to 12 girls at a time for 8 sessions of 1 hour each with 2-3 female leaders. This course focusses on issues and pressures girls commonly face and empowers with resilience building tools to help. Topics include: self-esteem, personal strengths, body image, friendships, sex/consent/relationships, managing emotions and raising aspirations. The group time provides a safe space for girls to explore and discuss these issues. Girls find sharing and peer support helpful and informative. Groups are most often delivered in schools. Staff refer girls onto a course based upon presentation of issues or low self-esteem and wellbeing in school.
2. Flourish Girls’ Course+: a group programme for girls in Christian contexts.
We adapt the above Flourish Girls’ Course for suitability in a church youth group context. Here we use biblical teaching to support girls in understanding their unique worth and explore the issues and pressures they face in the context of Christian beliefs.
3. Rebuild – Group Mentoring Programme
A new course designed this year in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a 6-session programme focussed on emotional resilience, and uses Cognitive Behaviour Therapy techniques; thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Rebuild can be delivered online or in person.
4. One-to-one Mentoring
We match individual girls with a suitable mentor (staff or a volunteer). Our mentoring programme can be uniquely tailored to individuals to offer them the best possible support. Sessions last up to an hour on a weekly basis. One-to-one support allows each girl to have a safe space to explore the issues and challenges they are facing.
This 12-session programme has been designed to follow a framework that:
- Provides a safe space for girls to explore and talk about the issues and pressures they are facing. Girls feel less isolated and more empowered to overcome some of
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these issues with the support and encouragement of a
mentor.
● Proactively improves self-esteem. We have observed
that in most referrals, low self-esteem is a root cause or
a perpetuating factor affecting wellbeing. Self-worth and
value are key themes weaved through our programme.
When girls start to hold their heads a little higher, they
are more empowered to begin making changes for
positive wellbeing in their lives and try new things.
● Equips girls with tools and strategies to cope. Mentors
help girls learn resilience building tools to cope with the
specific issues and pressures they are facing e.g. to
manage difficult emotions better.
● Raises aspirations. Mentors help girls to look ahead,
make great choices for their lives and begin to make
small steps and changes towards a more positive
wellbeing and future.
Through our girls’ course and mentoring, we typically work
with girls who present with low self-esteem and issues
affecting wellbeing e.g. low aspirations, anxiety, depression,
self-harm, at risk of child sexual exploitation, anger issues,
friendship difficulties and challenging emotions.
5. Wellbeing Drop-In
● Open access lunch time school based group. Girls
can drop in one lunch time a week to creatively
explore mental wellbeing and have a mentor on
hand to talk to if they needed. We were not able to
run this due to the pandemic and school closures.
We hope to start this up again next financial year.
Statement Para 1.18 In planning the activities of Flourish, the Trustees have given
confirming
consideration to the guidance on public benefit issued by the
whether the
Charity Commission, last updated September 2014.
trustees have had
regard to the
guidance issued
by the Charity
Commission on
public benefit
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Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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SORP
reference
Policy on grant Para 1.38
making
Policy on social Para 1.38
investment
including
program related
investment
21 volunteers from the local community supported our work,
including regular mentoring and group leading and 1
Contribution Para 1.38
administrative volunteer and 1 treasurer. The majority of
made by
volunteers mentoring sessions are volunteer led. Group sessions are led by
a staff member with the help of up to 2 volunteer leaders.
Other
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Achievements and Performance
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SORP
reference
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| SORP reference |
SORP reference |
SORP reference |
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| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. |
Para 1.20 | The year of the pandemic! April 1st 2020 - March 31st 2021. The year no one saw coming! From the very beginning of the last financial year, with schools closed and social distancing measures in full swing, we swiftly orientated ourselves to focus on new priorities; adapting our services to the "new normal". Despite the uncertainty and constant changes we have had to make, we are so proud of our team of staff and volunteers, who have worked tirelessly to adapt the way we do things and remain "open" to supporting girls aged 11-18 through this turbulent time. • Flourish remained "open" to supporting girls aged 11-18 with low self-esteem and/or mental wellbeing needs; through adapting our services between online and face-to- face support as restrictions allowed. • A "Resource Hub" was created on our website to support girls, parents and schools through accessible wellbeing |
support resources, available to view or download. A further resource hub was created to assist our mentor team in delivering creative online mentoring.
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A new course was designed to support emotional resilience, in response to what girls were telling us they needed during lockdown. "Rebuild" was initially developed for online delivery and then adapted to work face-to-face with small groups in schools in a Covid secure way. We have seen a significant uptake of this programme.
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During the second round of school closures, we sent 46 "selfcare" packages in the post to all the girls we were working with. These parcels in the post included small gifts and activities encouraging strategies for emotional resilience.
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We have expanded our volunteer team with a further 6 new mentors and groups course leaders.
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We continued to work towards replicating our resources and building contacts and a in order to support and equip churches and organisation across the UK to reach out to girls in their local communities. We are also now working towards replicating our Rebuild Course with several successful pilots this year. Our resource hub has proved to be a successful method of sharing resources to other’s who need them.
Mentoring Referral Needs: 50% referrals cited social isolation 50% self-harm 52% anxiety 50% low self-esteem 10% at risk of child sexual exploitation 40% friendship problems 40% low level depression/low mood 30% had experience a recent loss or bereavement 23% problems with food/eating 25% anger issues. Flourish highlights in numbers: 31 girls accessed one-to-one mentoring support. This is a decrease from 44 last year. 310 one-to-one mentoring sessions took place either on Zoom or face-to-face, in schools and in the community. Less than the 360 sessions last year.
Although we delivered less mentoring support than in the year previously, we are proud to have supported such a significant number, despite schools being closed for 2 terms out of 3 in the financial year. We found that the disruptions and isolation
| incidents meant that each mentoring case took significantly more time to deliver 12 sessions than in normal circumstances. 4 Rebuild courseswere delivered online whilst schools were closed between June and August. 7 “in person” Rebuild courseswere delivered in local schools during the period of time in this year they were open (September to December). A total of57 girlscompleted a Rebuild course. 1 Flourish Girls’ Coursewas delivered in school for6 girls. A total of73 group sessionstook place (Rebuild and Girls’ Course). A total of91 girlsreceived intensive support of some kind through Flourish. Last year the figure was 92 girls in total. Rebuild uptake was excellent, and this has meant that we were able to reach more girls quickly than with mentoring alone. We are so pleased to have supported a similar number of girls overall this year as last year, despite Covid and school closures. 112 self-care packswere sent out in the second school closure, to girls we were working with between January and March, off the back of a fundraising campaign. In March 2021, ourwaiting list for mentoring was 22 girls.This has hit an all-time high. We recruited5 new volunteer mentors/course leaders. We worked across8 local secondary schools. We have measured outcomes over the year in order to report the impact our services have on our beneficiaries. We use the We use the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Warwick- Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale. We also ask girls to use a 10- point scale to measure their satisfaction in certain areas of their lives as shown below. Outcomes – all projects This year % Girls improved Last year % Girls improved Increased Self-esteem 67% 77% Improved mental wellbeing 67% 89% More satisfied with own appearance. 89% 60% More satisfied with friendships. 55% 54% Making safer choices. 11% 37% |
incidents meant that each mentoring case took significantly more time to deliver 12 sessions than in normal circumstances. 4 Rebuild courseswere delivered online whilst schools were closed between June and August. 7 “in person” Rebuild courseswere delivered in local schools during the period of time in this year they were open (September to December). A total of57 girlscompleted a Rebuild course. 1 Flourish Girls’ Coursewas delivered in school for6 girls. A total of73 group sessionstook place (Rebuild and Girls’ Course). A total of91 girlsreceived intensive support of some kind through Flourish. Last year the figure was 92 girls in total. Rebuild uptake was excellent, and this has meant that we were able to reach more girls quickly than with mentoring alone. We are so pleased to have supported a similar number of girls overall this year as last year, despite Covid and school closures. 112 self-care packswere sent out in the second school closure, to girls we were working with between January and March, off the back of a fundraising campaign. In March 2021, ourwaiting list for mentoring was 22 girls.This has hit an all-time high. We recruited5 new volunteer mentors/course leaders. We worked across8 local secondary schools. We have measured outcomes over the year in order to report the impact our services have on our beneficiaries. We use the We use the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Warwick- Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale. We also ask girls to use a 10- point scale to measure their satisfaction in certain areas of their lives as shown below. Outcomes – all projects This year % Girls improved Last year % Girls improved Increased Self-esteem 67% 77% Improved mental wellbeing 67% 89% More satisfied with own appearance. 89% 60% More satisfied with friendships. 55% 54% Making safer choices. 11% 37% |
incidents meant that each mentoring case took significantly more time to deliver 12 sessions than in normal circumstances. 4 Rebuild courseswere delivered online whilst schools were closed between June and August. 7 “in person” Rebuild courseswere delivered in local schools during the period of time in this year they were open (September to December). A total of57 girlscompleted a Rebuild course. 1 Flourish Girls’ Coursewas delivered in school for6 girls. A total of73 group sessionstook place (Rebuild and Girls’ Course). A total of91 girlsreceived intensive support of some kind through Flourish. Last year the figure was 92 girls in total. Rebuild uptake was excellent, and this has meant that we were able to reach more girls quickly than with mentoring alone. We are so pleased to have supported a similar number of girls overall this year as last year, despite Covid and school closures. 112 self-care packswere sent out in the second school closure, to girls we were working with between January and March, off the back of a fundraising campaign. In March 2021, ourwaiting list for mentoring was 22 girls.This has hit an all-time high. We recruited5 new volunteer mentors/course leaders. We worked across8 local secondary schools. We have measured outcomes over the year in order to report the impact our services have on our beneficiaries. We use the We use the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Warwick- Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale. We also ask girls to use a 10- point scale to measure their satisfaction in certain areas of their lives as shown below. Outcomes – all projects This year % Girls improved Last year % Girls improved Increased Self-esteem 67% 77% Improved mental wellbeing 67% 89% More satisfied with own appearance. 89% 60% More satisfied with friendships. 55% 54% Making safer choices. 11% 37% |
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| Outcomes – all projects |
This year % Girls improved |
Last year % Girls improved |
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| Increased Self-esteem | 67% | 77% | |||
| Improved mental wellbeing |
67% | 89% | |||
| More satisfied with own appearance. |
89% | 60% | |||
| More satisfied with friendships. |
55% | 54% | |||
| Making safer choices. | 11% | 37% |
| Raised aspirations. | 78% | 85% |
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| Happier at school. | 40% | 58% |
| Achieving more at school. |
78% | 52% |
Discussion of data:
We are encouraged that despite the challenges of delivering one-to-one and group mentoring during the Covid-19 pandemic we have continued to see improvements across each area of girls lives. These changes have however been less significant than the year before, particularly with girls mental well being and self esteem. A large proportion of the results reflected above were for girls who completed their initial questionnaire before the pandemic started and their second questionnaire mid pandemic which had an impact on results. We supported some young people whose mental and emotional health dramatically suffered through the pandemic. A Young Minds survey in July 2020 showed that 83% of young people with an existing mental health need saw this worsen when schools shut. We have seen this reflected in an increase in level of need in our referrals; the number of girls being referred with suicidal thought has doubled during the pandemic. We are proud to have continued supporting girls through each of the covid lockdowns, however there have been long breaks in some girls mentoring journey due to changes in national rules, school closures, isolation periods and technology failures (in girls homes). These breaks have again had an impact on results.
Partnerships
We have continued our partnership with Lifespace Trust (an established local mentoring charity) who provided a full day of training for our volunteer mentors. We continue to use them for reference and support. Our directors meet a senior Lifespace staff member regularly to share ideas and developments. One of our directors receives supervision from Lifespace.
We have continued to get referrals through Early Help support, schools and parents and youth workers.
We continue to receive office space and facilities including printing from Life Charity in Leamington Spa.
We continued to be supported through coaching and a residential (online) by the Cinnamon Network as part of the 2- year project Lab, supporting us in replication work. We continue to be members of Thirtyone:eight who support us with safeguarding resources, consultancy and DBS processing. Anecdotal Feedback Carer of mentee F, aged 14 about digital mentoring: “She’s really enjoying the mentoring. I’m learning as well as her I think, so it’s helping and I’m seeing a different side to her.” Dad of mentee H, aged 14 regarding digital mentoring: “She seems positive when she comes off (the call), she is enjoying it. It’s what she needs right now and it’s all going in the right direction. Rebuild Parent: The course came at a very helpful time for us as it was helpful to have it running during the summer months when school is shut. The course offered a discrete opportunity for my daughter to engage in a positive process that I feel has benefited her wellbeing before returning to school. Feedback from mentee, F aged 15, received mentoring face to face and over Zoom: “ I have learnt to see a new side to myself in a sense of self-worth and the positives of myself. Seeing it written down and on sheets makes you realise the focus is on you and you can’t control what others think. You should be your number 1. When I look back at my journal I can see a more positive side to myself and believe the qualities about myself.” Feedback from mentee N, aged 13, received face-to-face and digital mentoring: “Both my daughter and I feel that the support and service you provide is amazing and therefore we feel no improvement is needed. Even during a worldwide pandemic, you continued to support my daughter and myself during a very difficult time where we also lost our Nanny/Mum. As a result, my daughter is no longer anxious, is expressing her feelings more and has a renewed belief in herself.”
Mentee F, aged 13, received digital mentoring: “The best thing about mentoring was having someone to talk to every week. I liked saying what was important to me and doing the support circle work. I’ve been more positive about myself and others and less angry. I’ve liked the fact I am a leader. I enjoyed it all. I would definitely recommend it because it’s really good and you can have a safe place.”
Email from Mum of A, Rebuild & FAB member:
“She's doing so good now. So proud of my baby girl!! She's come a long way since lockdown when she became very withdrawn. It’s all thanks to you guys at flourish. Thank you so much for helping her.” Mental Health Lead at local secondary school: “I think it’s great that you are still here providing support, you are fabulous.” Social Prescribing Link Worker: “I have mentioned your service to a girl guide leader, as I feel it's a wonderful service!” Mentee T, aged 13 completed face to face mentoring: “The best thing about mentoring is that there’s a person that understands me, willing to help and feels like a friend. Mentoring has helped me to tell other teachers if I’m struggling and given me a space to talk – a free space. It helps you to feel better telling someone than keeping in your feelings.” Mentee R, aged 15: “I have learnt ways to cope with anxiety, friendships, other people and myself. At the start of mentoring, I didn’t have many coping strategies and now I have learnt loads of things. It has helped me as I can now use strategies when I need to and I have gained confidence throughout. The activities are helpful and also fun.” Report from a mentor after a digital mentoring session and self-care pack in the post for H, aged 15: “My mentee loved receiving her care pack in the post, and said that mentoring was the highlight of her week. She had a little wobble over Christmas and got her journal out to read and said it gave her strength to continue.” From parent of T, aged 15 received digital mentoring in 2020: “I think she really enjoyed the sessions and Sophie was lovely (obviously the whole team I think is amazing and has helped T immensely). Thank you again to the whole team” Mentee J, aged 13, received digital mentoring: “(Because of my Flourish mentoring) I wasn’t frightened to go back to school and I was surprised by that.”
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Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and the Warwick-Edinburgh
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of fundraising Para 1.41
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objectives set
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Financial Review
| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | Total receipts for the year were£79,212.(Income was up 98% from last year when income was £40,017.) £42,742 came from the following restricted grants: £1500 Heart of England Covid 19 Fund £500 Tesco Bags Funding £4000 CAF £1000 WPH Healthcare Charity £600 Warwickshire County Councillors Funding £10,000 The Trusted Executive Charitable Foundation £350 Warwick King Henry Fund £8380 Government Covid Grant administered through National Lottery. £4000 The Newfield Trust £3312, Comic Relief small grant administered through Groundwork £2300 Warwick District Council £3800 Heart of England Covid Resilience Fund £3000 Souter Trust We received £6000 in total donations from St Mary’s Church Leamington and St John’s Church Kenilworth, St Paul’s Leamington and St Margaret’s Church, Whitnash. £12,207(15% of our income) came in through unrestricted voluntary income gifts and donations, from the generosity of individual donors. This is up from £11,057 (27% of income) last year. We received £3,298 (4.2% of income) in service charges and contributions from schools/agencies and parents. This is down from £6,847 last year (17% of income). This demonstrates an increased reliance on grant income during the Covid pandemic, when regular income from schools was not forthcoming due to closures. In the pursuit of the vision set out above, Flourish has expended£64,421this year. The costs of salaries and resources to run our programmes made up the majority of our expenditure. We also pay £200 a month for office space rental to Life Charity. |
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| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | Reserves Policy It is the policy of Flourish to maintain a balance of funds which equates to at least four months of normal operational costs. The balance held at the end of year of £41,398exceeds this. |
| Amount of reserves held |
Para 1.22 | £41,398 |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | N/A |
| Details of fund materiallyin deficit |
Para 1.24 | N/A |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a goingconcern |
Para 1.23 | N/A |
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| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 | Donations and grants are currently our main source of funds. |
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| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | The Trustees and Directors have reviewed the risks to which a small charity operating with a few employees and a larger volunteer base is exposed. Appropriate general and public liability insurance has been obtained. Operational risks associated with activities have been reviewed and appropriate guidelines and policies agreed to ensure that any risk is minimised. The biggest risks we review on a regular basis include: ● Funding shortages whereby Flourish becomes financially unviable. We have a reserves policy and |
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a funding strategy in place to find funds from a
range of sources.
● Lone working for staff and volunteers. We have a
lone working policy and proceedures volunteers
are trained to follow.
● Leaks of confidential data and information
provided by volunteers and service users. We have
reviewed the way we process, manage and store
confidential data. A full GDPR compliance review
will take place annually.
● Staff/ volunteers not working professionally or
overstepping safeguarding or good practice
boundaries. We have a safer recruitment policy
and procedures, a disciplinary policy and a code of
conduct that we expect all staff and volunteers to
adhere to. Full training and supervision support
are provided and considers these risks.
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Structure, Governance and Management
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | Constitution last amended 22/04/2016. |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association,CIO) |
Para 1.25 | You Can Flourish is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). |
| Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees |
Para 1.25 | New Trustees are identified through connections made with individuals in the course of Flourish’s activities. Exploratory conversations occur and if the time/skills of the individual and the needs of the Board align, the person is invited to submit a Trustee application form. If this is successful, the person is invited to an interview with 2 Flourish trustees including the Chairperson, where they have the opportunity to ask further questions and introduce themselves. If a synergy is identified, the person is invited to become a trustee based upon the voting of existing trustees. |
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and training of
trustees
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resources and consultancy on safeguarding matters
The charity’s and for our DBS processing.
organisational Para 1.51
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Other name the charity Flourish
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Registered charity number 1166721
Charity’s principal address Flourish, 2 Radford Road, Leamington Spa, CV31 2SN
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Dates acted if not for body) entitled to
Trustee name Office (if any)
whole year appoint trustee (if
any)
Miss Kate Chair
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Munday
2 Mrs Rachel King
3 Mr Phil Sewards
Mrs Charlotte Appointed
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Lockyer 16/09/2020
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Type of Name Address adviser
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Mrs Kerstin Friend, Mrs Charlotte Bevan and Jennifer Dean
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CHARITY COMMISSION I FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl membors of You Can FkrISh On aceounts for the year ended 31101r2021 Charlty no (rf any) 1166721 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charty (Ihe Trust") for the year ended 3110112021. Responsibililles and As the chanty trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of roport of the accounts in acGordance with the requirements of the Chanties Act 2011 fthe Acr). I report in respwt of my examination of Trust's accounts caffied out under section 145 of the 2011 Aci and in carying out my examination. I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charty Commission under section 14515)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection wrth the examination which gNes me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concems and have ffle across no other matters in connection with the examinats'on to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey <k) not appty. Signed: Date: 15-1 Name: Relevant prof•8slonal qualification{s) or body Irf any): Address.. IER October 2018
Section B Disclosure Only complete If the examiner needs to highlight matters of conGem (see CC32, Independent examination of ¢hartty accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brfef detall• of any ltsms that the oxaminer wlshes to dlsclose. IER October 2018