|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. Sectlon B Statemont of assets and Ilabllltlas at the end of tho ￿rIOd {Jor￿trict•d funds R•Btri¢l•d l¥nd End¢Mn•ol funds ¢at•90rf0• Dotsl t¢l B1 Ca8h funds 1l3•3 12,393 amnK$ii Uthrqstrfct•d fvndi R•Btrfd•d fvnds End¢￿￿•￿t funds D•tsl tonHmt£ ntvlllyp Dètai15 b￿0￿ Icpdona ts￿oft Co¥tl0plcN CL¥r•ntv•l lopdona Detal B4A880ts retalnod for tho charlty's own use Fundtowthlch du• lopkna Dota115 B5 Uabllltles Sigrkd by ¢*iw) tru$t•e6 on behall of8llth•lrJstsgs Siyn•bJr8 Prini Nam8 Da￿ of¥kyoval J.B.FthnN JOHN FENNING 7123124