Women's Volce Annual Accounts for tha parlod 1 September 2024 31 August 2026 Cortents: Organisatlonal Inform8fjon Trustees Annu81 Report Receipts & Payments account Statement of Assets & Llabllttb8 Not88 Independent Examln•f$ report Hasting$ Voluntary Action Jackson Hall Portland Place Hastings East Sussex TN34 1QN Oryanlsatlonal Infomiatlon for Womèn's Vol¢e for the year ended 31 August 2026 Narnfr of chadty & Numb•r. Wom8n'8 Voico 1167373 L•gal form: Ch8ritabl6 InCO￿Or¥tod Org8nlsatlon {CIO)- As8odatlon Modal Gov•rnlng documont: AddrHs: 7, The Lea8 EJsend8n Road St Leon8rd8 on Sea E881 Sus8ex TN38 OPU Patricia Hartley Loui8• Cadylfr Corol Hughe8 Eri￿ Jané Sn￿th Catherine Allen Chi8ra Capraro Jane Cal 8ank•rn: HSBC, H88ting¥ Branch Indop•nd•nt Examln•r. Laur8 Dawgon, Indepand8nl Examlnor HVA. Jacknjn Hall. Portland Place, Ha•tin99, TN34 1QN Tho Chaflty 18 op•r•t•d und•r th• rul•• of It8 con•Utullon and r8gl8tergd h￿th tho Charity Commlsslon as • CIO on the 27th May 2016. The Charfty i¥ monauod by a l)0ord ol trusto¢• which l• r6spoMlble for the organ18allon8 8trategic dlfectlon. Gov•rn•n¢• & Man•9•m•nt The ￿thodS adopted for tho recrultThnt and appolntment ol new truslae8 18 lald dovm In the consitilution. Trustee8 are appointed lor a three year period, 8nd retire by rotation. Trv61•08 are rocrult•d In a vorbety of way8',8dverb8ing. nebM)rking, personal Invitstion. AJI tru8tee8 undergo an induction into tho organi8•tlon. To be a trusteo Womon's Voi¢• recrults vkno agree la ¢omrnlt to OUT alrrA and obJ•dv••. The Tru8teo8 hold monthty pknnlng ￿￿etIngS to organ1#• 11$ day-t day cperation. Me8tings attended by the trustees wth the d8velopm8nt c))n8ullant and finan(% officer in attend￿Ce. Alms & ObJ•etlv•• Th& object ofthe CIO is to prorrth any charitablo purp)8e for tho bon•fit of women In parttcular the advancemnt of worMn'8 health and wellbeing and ￿ pro1￿110n of equality and divorsty of wom8n resident in Hastings and Burrounding areas by preserving and prolecling their physical and ernolional heallh and wdlbaing, advancing Ihwr SOCAII inclusion. Fadlitating their a￿sS to informalion which supports and ralieves their need and advan￿3 thoir edurAlon with tho object of improvlng the lives of said Women's Volc• The Chales Annual Report for the period 01 Sept•mb•r 2024 31 August 2025 Chalr'8 roport 2026 Cultlvatlng commun￿ - fornierfy Maklng It Happan We fmallsed this prolect In April 2025. In January and March we put on two events in Tesco Hollington's C(7mmunty Room, one al)out feeling safe In publlc space and the other focusing on Women's Heafth and Wellbelng. We Invf(ed Actfve Hastlngs and ESCC publlc health staff to come along and taN( to the publtc al)out the offers for support k)calty. 8a¢k Ki the town centre we held a session on Women's Heath Maklng Yours8ff Haard, a creative workshop wtth artlst and facilitator Phoeba Wingrove vtho uses her proctlce to raise awareness of women's heallh. Th18 was an opportunty to Come together to dlscuss thelr challenges wSth support from medkal professtonalB and thyik about what they need to feel heard going forward. The final event lookkng at 88x18m and m180gyny wa$ an onllne workshop wlth Laura Bates, author ot Everyd8y Sexlsm. Laura shared what Insplred her project and why namlng everyday 8eXi8m mattern. We dl3cu8sed how the80 isJue8 affed our town and how wo can take action. It was an Incredlble opportunty to hear from one of the most renowned researGhers In th18 fleld and she offered the $888lon fr8a of charge. NHS 8u•s•x Wom•n's Health Hub• Off the back ofthlg V￿rk ￿ also rece￿ed fvrKllng from NHS Su&8ex ￿0 wanted to gather feedback about Women's Heatth Hubs locally. We d￿seMInated a questlonnaire addresslng the subject and gathered 100 respon8•8 locally. Alongside th18 ￿ ran number of focus groups and a cre8tive workshop to explore what a *￿men'S health hub would look like and Include. Th18 work was fed back to the NHS and the report Is avallable on wr websSte. Neurodlvernlty Support Group In January 2025 we launched our ts￿Ce monthty Neurodlvef8ty Peer Support Group meettngs at the Communlty Hub and Mlni Common Room. The fijrther funding from Southem Water Goodwlll Fund has enabled us to keep the sessions and we changed the forniot to the 1st and 3rd Thursday evenlng of each month. We also invited k)cal neurodlversty coach Amber Smth to be Cowfacilitator with originator Rhea Powell. Thls continues to be a strong support network for neurThlivergent women consrbtenty attracting new attendee5 and ate looking into further funding to continuo this work. Women's Volce'8 Orkgolng events highlighting ISSU￿ affecttng women localty, nats'onalty and intemation811y. In February ￿ programmed kvhy is Climate Change a FemArylst Issue? To coincKle with our AGM FaciFtsted by Ihe Women's Environmental Nelwork (WEN). we explored *that a gender-just gre8n economy could look Il