Trustees. Annual Report for the period P￿10d stat date Peiiod 8rKI date Year ?? From Section A Reference and administration details Other namos ¢hority is known by Reglstered clwlty number {11 1167710 Charltys prfncipal addro88 128 L&vf¢yd La Rugby warw￿kshIre CV22 7Jr Names of thè charlty trust￿ who nwiage the charlty Dat•• act•d If bKlf¢r wtrK4• Tr￿1•* nprn• l)M¢o Ilf arty) Narn• ol p•r•on lor bDty) •ntbtl•d Fay Mcsodey Helen Yuling Kao Jacky FS8ar Lisa Mushing- Rimmer Chair Secrelary Treasurer 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Nam85 of the trustoos for tho dwity. rf any, (for examp￿ w custodian trustees) Name Dates acted rf not for whole TAR Mard) 2012 Namos and addres￿$ of ad¥isws (Optiona infarnth) of adviser Name Address Namo of chlef executlve or names of senlor start mgfflbers (Optional InfOrn￿lOn} Section B Structure, governance and management Doscription of the chwivs trusts Type of Sf*veming document How the charity is conslitut& cio Trustee sefectvjn mell￿￿￿$ AprM)inbJ by the existir¥J Trustees Addlllonal govgrnanco Is$￿8 (Opllonal informknon) You may choose to incl￿1& additsonal infomiatron, where reEevanl, about.. pOI￿leS and Pr￿￿ureS adopted for the Inductm￿ and tralnlng of trustees. the chanty's (wgantsalional structure and any wider n8twc*k wrth which the charty • relat￿ship with ￿ reEaed part trustees, Cc￿derat.rffl of major risks and the sysiem and wcK8dures to man8g8 them. Section C Objectives and activities (l) the pronK)tion of gxial ind￿lon among per9)ns who have Autism SpalrLm Conditions or rdated o)nditions who are sooally •• Summary oftho obJ8cts of tho charity Sat out in its governing document eJdLKl&l from ￿]dy, or parts of 9xi*, as a result of conditions to rdierfe the n￿5 of th t￿rson5 and assist them to Integrate into socidy, in partialar by: providing eJ￿atIOn and infomiation to s￿￿}rt and enable 57Kth persons to maximise ed￿atIonal and employmt OpP)rt￿ltIes. raising pth)lic aWa￿￿S of the isgE5 aff81in erxjns both enerall and arth 21112 TAR in rdation to their gxial ert, fOr￿T6. alvocacy arKI g￿eral SL4)POrt. (2) To proff¥)te and prot&t the physic21 and ￿￿tal health of persons who have s￿r￿n Conditions or relat￿1 conditions, thar families. friwds and (arers, who have a CDnnolion to the R￿bY area, thrO￿h the provision of s support. advi￿, and pr￿tiCal ￿siStan￿ as the TrL&ees see fit. Our membershFI continues to grThv year-cTryear, as dcw ￿Jr ded￿a(￿j Facebc(& chat f(￿m, wh￿h we ck6ety monitcf arKI &Jminist8r to ensure it rernayts effectrie aryj 5upwINI8. DuriThJ the we have offer&J fdkAYin9 aCt￿￿'e8, wimarily ￿r Associale Members. Mernbuship continues free. Coffee momings for parents to tYovKJe th8 Opwrtunty f￿ discussion ab￿t ￿U¢811￿, health aTrJ s¢xial isyJ8s In a safe environment. Rebates fcff parents and carers attendirwj relevant training course& alk)wed ltr￿e who wished to expand t￿r knowledje or strategies for he*>ing their chitdren (such as Makaton C￿[SeS) to (k) so at a reduced cost. We have ab) exparttled C￿ links with exiernal parent training ￿￿0viders to give a moré balarK&J broad choice. We rmvkknj rebates f¢y ￿Ual carpark rosses at county parks kn the surrouThJiThJ area. This 4k)ws familw to access the outdcor spaces on a regular bass Wit￿ IkqvwvJ lo pay parkirwJ fees each bme. This is imkxytant mt only to encourage (Krt&A)r pw. ex8rcise and irKlusion but also to tske away tt* wory of pawr4J parkirwJ fe8s aThJ C￿ty U￿r0 the factlllw fcy a slK¥t trne, whch wi happ8n often. We twe gNen subsidies fc* famity days (Jjt. This ￿h￿rne has b88n extremdy successful, in a similar way to the car park pass scheme, 88 it alkm familEs flexii¥lty to a￿aThJe acknvit*s which take into account their hKkJren's nterests and with less pressure on the financial wnpkation rf they Can￿rt comrAete Ihe whcle day to unloreseen difficul￿ rx Vlt￿ lh￿r chthj canl c(w. We have enCouW￿ w familes to be frt. active and healthy by subsidisff¥J physic4 pursuits rni￿t Othe￿￿ not engage in, in scheme called Get Active. We have mantained and adrnwtster8J a Faceimxjk Chat group and f(￿urn f￿ athice 8ThJ SJPFUI. to alkMI 24 hour sharing of Informati￿ ar resc4Jrces and fcff f￿lES to fcrye reLqlkThhips. This continues to grow in parti¢iFont& We have offered signtk)stirrfJ to other services website. Facelxx)k arKI aL80 via p￿)ne, ￿all aTKI personal meetings as and when required. We have maittaKHJ aThJ exp￿￿1 litKary of ￿1prnent and books for free use in the CLNnmunty. We have 8 Wge littsry of boKA(s on th8 Aubgn corKlition and rdated tcws, trt)th for ￿nts arKI for their chikfv to te atle to better understsrml c(￿e with the coThJitK)n. We alg) have ent wch as we. ltsj Uankets wh￿h can be Summary ofthe maln actlvltle8 undertaken for the publlc benefft In relation to these objeds {Include wlthln this 3e¢tlon the statutory dg¢laratlon that trustees have had regard to the guldance Issued by the Charlty Commisslon on public benefft) TAR March 2012 to ty before makirM3 the deci%N)n to purchase these expensrve items bef¢xe k1￿1[￿j rf they WTU We have raised awareness of condibl￿ in the communty through ial and other and by forgirKJ reL￿IOnShiFG wff(h thal businesses encouraging fundraisi￿. We have forg8J vahjable links wtth other k¢al charthes. s￿h as RIAary and Rokeby ￿(￿.. as we have ber￿frtted from Iheir sery￿e4 we have i￿(￿ne inVo￿ed in some of their fundraising tivitie5. Workiro in this cdktmtwe way we can yJppKYt each other's common fv and forg8 an and sUp￿rt￿e thal communily offer. In provmdi￿￿ Ihese services. trustees have c¢ywlled on and given due regard to the commissiJ)'s public b￿efit guidance. Att￿Ugh the main t￿ef￿ianeS of benefrts are the families with the Rugby area, Jr charrty has a WKler purFose. Thts i￿ludeS raisiw awareness arvj understaThding of reiated coTrJilin8', educating the publ￿ in general through vanous mediums. s￿h as Ihe intemel,. invrtation to our AGM. hxal m&Jia coverage and gj-forth. Any members of our community w￿? find themselves faced wrlh diagr￿ls. educatiM i&8ues, health and sctial care i&sues ￿ I￿$t needing peer to Feer gjpport will krN)w of ￿ be easity ab18 to firKI our chanty lo gain the hdp and 5UPFKJt they n*J. T￿ wider c(Thmunlty also t￿arts frclm serV￿8S by Ihe suprth we pass directy to wr families. giviThJ them the courage andlor resourc8s to be at4e to engage in more local activities. By pyoviding ¢¥portunities to be rn￿8 actwe in the communty and to have the suppNt they need to so. we hope Ihat the coTrJrtion will be accepted. people will see through miscorwts￿s thLrt A￿lsM s(xiety wiu b8 more welcomlng. Addltlonal detalls of obJethe• and aclfvltles (Optlonal Inf0m)￿On) TAR Marth 2012 You may Cho￿8 to nclude further statemerrts, where rel8vanL atrjut: policy on grantmaklrKJ', policy programm8 r8latwJ investsnent; contribuiion M￿le voluntaars. Section D Achievements and performance TAR arth 2012 Section D Achievements and performance Summary of the main achievements of the charlty durlng the year During the year, we have rKovitsJ the activiiies and beneftis listed in the t*eVK￿ Sect￿ to LW memtws. In addib.on to this. we have achieved fdk)WI￿.' We continwl our eff(*ts by maintsining a ne￿ork of We conbnue to accept thr￿ ￿r onlin8 fundrak8ing platf￿ Gohkn G￿l￿j and PeotAe's FuThJralsi￿. We c(MtKiue to expbNe other furKlraising qJportunitEs and also acc8pt d￿th0n5 when SFW, usiThJ EasyFurKlraiswvJ.c(Mn (also known ag Rip&4e), Amaz(￿ sM￿e and Faceto)k We have contin￿1 to exp8Thd wr bxk and equipm8nt library wh￿h a free service for our members and we have improved access to this 1hro￿h our wdjsrte. We have ewed wth CAVA to gain thice on test practice for the charty. We have extended (wjr to make u5 a robjst and transparent charity arKI conlinue to revi8w thesè ￿3￿larty. We hBve m8wth.ned a central ￿r¢8 of irrfom8tNM and news-sharing ardirKJ Auti&n and ts linked coThJitions and inlc4erances from around the worfd webg'te aTrJ FaCet￿k pages to keep familEs informed the latest (kvelopments and to gNe them new strategies and ideas. We have been deVeh)￿.￿3 a new imwoved websrt. e wh'ch is much more user.frÈ￿1lY arKI ￿cessIb￿. Marth 2012 Section E Financial review We h8ve a on (xjr reserv&8, wiitten and agreed by the Trustees. It states that we sFThJld aim to maintain a reserve of Th) I￿ than £3000 aNI no mixe1han £1LMXIJ in unrestrict￿￿ fuTrJ& mon￿ alk)¢ated IhroLKJh grants fc￿ wific wc4￿ts should tE monitrxed to ensure they are us&d within ￿Y tim6vxath are sul4'eLtto. Hthvever due to thg past sitUa￿n with Covid-19 we had to ￿Spend any allc¢alK)n of funds and hence the bank baance is over this amounL The funds have n been di5tn"tKrteAI as ts Gov￿nment guiddines alow. Brlef StatOm￿ of the charlty's polirrf on rosorves If rewves incr8ase over paranetws. ts Trustees shoukl act to er￿re our furth *e ahxated to gJ*atle nthv pr(Y￿ts cy nec8ssary ning c¢* of the charity. We hold reserves to ensu￿ the conlin￿l eX￿r￿e of the charty, to be atle to react to new projects we feel will benefbt the c￿nMunity in a timdy way and to be to allow a ccffitiroency for rerAacement of more exptrbsive items, as comwts ffjulwl￿t, sfthhj it be n￿essary. D￿allS of any funds materlaty In deficit Furthor financlal rovlgw d8tals {Optlonal Inf0m￿lOn> You may choose to include addili)nal infcmiation. where relevant about: charity's principal sources of furth linc1￿lIng any fuNJr8isiry)' how expenditure has supported the key thJ'ectNes irbvestment poI￿Y and objectives includiry any ethical w)vestment Oicy adopt￿. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration TAR M8Tth 2012 Slgned on behalf of the truste Slgnaturels) .F Full nwM(s) Posltlon (eg Se¢retary. Chalr, mcgoXLE¥ C HAIRPEOSO AC4