2022-12-31-accounts

Charity name	Confdent Children Out Of Confict UK
Other names by which the charity is known	CCC UK
Registered charity number	1167899
Principal address	30 Brian Road, Smethwick, Birmingham, West Midlands, B67 7LG
Names of the charity trustees	Kevin Bellwood (Chair, trustee since 28th June 2016) Christine Fenning (Deputy chair, trustee since 27th June 2017) John Fenning (Since 28th June 2016) Sarah Williamson (27th June 2017) Shruti Aggarwal (Since 5th October 2021)
Name Chief Exec/senior staf	CCC UK has no staf at present
Type of governing document	Constitution
How the charity is constituted	CIO
Charity trustee selection methods	A trustee may be appointed by the decision of the trustees.
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document	The objects of the charity are to promote: - The relief of poverty; - Education and training amongst vulnerable young people in Africa.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public beneft in relation to these objects	The principal activity of Confdent Children Out of Confict UK (CCC UK) is the funding of the education of street children of South Sudan. We do this primarily by providing fnancial and other support to the South Sudanese charity Confdent Children Out Of Confict (CCC) and to the charity Confdent Children Uganda which supports former South Sudanese street children who have taken refuge in Uganda. Our vision is to enable vulnerable children to thrive so that they can develop into competent young adults and reach their full potential.

CCC has a centre in the South Sudanese capital Juba where it houses over 80 vulnerable young children from 18 months to 17 years old. These are mainly girls who have in the past been afected by poverty, gender-based violence and many displaced by internal confict in the country. CCC also funds the education of several hundred other children throughout the world’s newest, but poorest country. Around 40 South Sudanese children who were previously supported by CCC in Juba are now being supported in Boarding School by Confdent Children Uganda. In addition to funding CCC, we occasionally fund organisations that support the education and training of vulnerable young people in South Sudan. At present our support is limited to South Sudanese children. We only fund organisations which are known to the trustees. We do not accept unsolicited requests for funding. All trustees have read the Charity Commission’s guidance on public beneft and have had regard for this guidance in all decision making.

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The trustees of CCC UK are pleased to present this sixth Annual Report to the Charity Commission. At the close of the previous reporting period (i.e. 31st December 2021) CCC UK’s cash funds stood at £25,266. CCC UK’s donations during the CCC UK Annual Return reporting period have come principally from individual donors and fundraising campaigns, but also donations from faith groups and a charitable foundation. By the end of the reporting period CCC UK was receiving just over £380 in regular monthly giving. The CCC UK Trustees would like to express our gratitude to our supporters for their ongoing partnership in this critical work. CCC UK is also very grateful for generous one-of donations (including three large anonymous donations). The Board of CCC UK was also encouraged to hear that other partners have continued to support the work of Confdent Children out of Confict in South Sudan in 2022 and was in communication with the two known partners who also support

the education programme.

We had six formal meetings during this period, with a number of fundraising calls to support a focused Christmas fundraising challenge undertaken by Trustees and their friends. This was called Journey to Juba where the group sought to make the Journey to Juba via different means of self-propelled travel: run, walk, cycle (not sure if there was anything interesting?). Owing to logistical and security challenges, this was a virtual challenge covering the distance from London to Juba. However we were delighted to make our goal just before the New Year as planned.

The continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the extremely volatile situation in South Sudan meant that Confident Children Out Of Conflict (CCC) in Juba faced very challenging circumstances. As a consequence of the long school closure many children across South Sudan dropped out of school. The largest group of out-of-school children are girls. The number of children whose school fees CCC in Juba has supported has also dropped by almost a third in 2021 due to children dropping out and with the many pressures on education partners and difficulties of following up on the large number of children who are out of school, CCC Juba has also struggled, along with all the others. CCC UK is keen to continue to work to support continued education for at least some of the most vulnerable children, especially girls.

The CCC Juba centre began the build for a new centre in Juba which was being funded by UNMISS. The church which had originally given the land for CCC in central Juba needed it back and funding was sought from different partners to continue to offer care for children who could not live with their families so a new building on the outskirts of Juba was being built during this time.

Throughout this period there were 51 girls and 17 boys in the centre. The CCC UK Chair and one Trustee met with CCC director in January 2022 who explained that costs overall have gone up and that education fees have rocketed in the last 18 months. From USD25/child/year, it is now USD150/child/year. We agreed to fund £12,000 for the education programme with a proportion of costs used for administration and costs towards employing an Education officer since the previous member of staff in this post had left. With support costs it was agreed that this funding could support 50 children. A list of names and schools was provided for trustees.

On the basis of the receipt of the annual education report for 2021 Board members agreed to transfer £12,000. Schools in Uganda were closed for most of 2021 year so we were delighted that they reopened in January 2022 for over 40 children who Confdent Children are supporting at boarding school in Uganda. We sent on letters in January from the children to a range of donors and individuals who supported these children when they were in the centre in South Sudan. One of our trustees visited the house in Kampala in March and trustees spoke to children throughout the year via video call and received school reports, photos and updates on the progress the children are making at school. We contributed £500 towards travel for 40 children to the South Sudanese border to have their refugee status renewed. We transferred £7462.80 to fund the Support Worker, the 3 Children CCC UK Funds, as well as helping out 3 other young children. The Support Worker lives with the children during the holidays and supports them with co-ordination of their education during term time. The funds for the 3 girls cover their school fees, school materials, toiletries, medical costs and a contribution to costs of living the main CCC Uganda Kampala house during holidays. We were able to provide bridge funding for 3 young children who came from South Sudan to Uganda due to challenging situations in their home circumstances. CCC UK paid for two terms of tuition, medicals and educational materials.

Achievements continued.

Fundraising activities In July 2022, one of the original South Sudanese children who is now a young adult studying in Canada carried out a fundraising sky dive for the work in South Sudan and the CCC UK board members supported her with a fundraising campaign for CCC in the UK. CCC UK Trustees ran a fundraising campaign in December 2022 to ‘Journey to Juba’ covering over 5000 miles (the equivalent distance travelling from London to Juba and asking for sponsorship. 122 supporters helped us raise £6,544.00. The sustainability of the work in Juba has also been affected with rising education costs. Discussions continue on an ongoing basis with the Director of CCC in SouthSudan and the CCC UK

Board. At the close of the reporting period CCC UK had a balance of £15,681 and the charity’s trustees were in consultation with CCC in South Sudan and CCC Uganda on support for 2023. Policy on The Trustees felt there was no need for a policy on reserves reserves while the charity has no staff. This view is periodically reviewed.

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