## **Annual Report 2020** 

31 December 2020 

## **Activities** 

In 2020, a year unlike any other, _Tools for Inner Peace_ continued to offer yoga to help alleviate the mental health problems of refugees in the UK and Lebanon - although many planned activities had to be postponed until a time when it is possible to gather safely again in one space. 

In the UK, classes for refugee men and women took place in London and Liverpool, shifting online to respond to Covid-19 restrictions. Preparations were also made for an online training for refugee and asylum seeker mums to learn to teach simple yoga practices in their family circle, to neighbours and within their communities; this training will take place in early 2021. 

Classes and training were funded by the John Younger Trust, the UK government’s Coronavirus Community Support Fund, as well as the National Lottery Community Fund, in partnership with the Barrow Cadbury Trust. Partners in London have included the _Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants,_ the _South London Refugee Association_ , and the _Happy Baby Community_ . In Liverpool, classes are held with _Refugee Women Connect_ , and an open class draws attendance from among beneficiaries of the _British Red Cross_ , _Asylum Link_ , the _Medaille Trust_ , _A Better Tomorrow_ and church groups. Facilitators and yoga teachers delivering _Tools for Inner Peace_ UK activities included Lynn Mooney, Nicola Birch, Kerry Gallagher and Lynn Parrott. 

_“Your classes are helping me and I’m getting out of depression now. I hope you will keep doing yoga classes for us for our physical and mentally betterment.” - Participant, Liverpool_ 

_"Yoga helped with my wellbeing and health during lockdown, so thank you very much for your help.” - Participant, Liverpool_ 

In the early months of 2020, we set to work with ambitious plans to expand our reach in offering yoga to Syrian refugees and other marginalised and traumatised communities in Lebanon. The aim was to give skills to enthusiastic yoga practitioners from these communities to be able to teach others. In January, we started our first classes beyond Bekaa valley, in Tripoli, which is Lebanon’s poorest city and site of a long running internal sectarian conflict. Classes there were organised in collaboration with _SADA Playback Theatre_ that works on the former frontline of the conflict. We were also planning to offer a scholarship to three of our most dedicated students to attend Yogic Studies 1 at the Satyananda Yoga 



Academy Europe in 2020-21. However, the Coronavirus pandemic cut short the Tripoli classes and led to the cancellation of the Yogic Studies course. The funds raised for the scholarship students will be used to organise a training programme in Lebanon in 2021-22, once it is safe to bring people together for yoga retreats once more. 

In Bekaa valley, January saw the launch of a training of trainers programme targeted at a small group of women from the refugee settlements with whom we had been working with over the years. The aim of the training is for the participants to be able to teach yoga to their neighbours and broader community. We kept these classes going through much of the year by reducing the group size and eventually taking the class online. We have also developed a series of yoga videos, dubbed into Arabic, to support the participants in reviewing what they have learned in the training sessions. The approach has already showed its worth. When we had to suspend the live training sessions, participants felt confident enough with what they had learned so far to start offering yoga to their families, friends, neighbours and children in their settlements; they found yoga to be a great way to manage the uncertainties of the lockdown. 

_“During these days and this quarantine, the only thing that we can do to help ourselves is yoga. Whenever I feel scared and not able to tell anyone about my fears, I do some yoga practices. Usually I do them with my sons, we all need it. Sometimes one of my neighbours comes to my home and we practice together. We feel fresh and energetic after doing the practices.” - Participant, Saadnayel_ 

For the first few months of the year, we also continued to offer eight weekly yoga classes for Syrian refugee women and children in Bekaa valley: three for women and five for children. These classes were held at the _Salam LADC_ community centre in Saadnayel, a widows’ settlement in Bar Elias, at the _Women Now_ centre in Chtoura, as well as a settlement in Qab Elias. These classes, taught by Amani Abd Al-Rahman, Elena Buscarini and Minna Jarvenpaa continued until early March when schools and community centres closed following the guidance of the Lebanese government due to the outbreak of Covid-19. Children’s classes at the _Salam LADC_ community centre started up again gradually from June onwards, initially offered in outdoor spaces, and we began a new collaboration offering four children’s classes at an orphanage run by the _Molham Volunteering Team_ in Saadnayel. During the autumn, our volunteer Barbara Kauffman even taught a women’s outdoor class in a secluded garden in Qab Elias for eight weeks. 

## **Organisational matters** 

The current trustees of _Tools for Inner Peace_ are Bryan Dalton, Minna Jarvenpaa (chair), Nora Maddock and Sue Owen (treasurer). Nora Maddock has taken on the role of Safeguarding Lead to ensure implementation and monitoring of our Children and Vulnerable Adults Safeguarding Policy. 

## **Finances** 

Income of £21,479 for _Tools for Inner Peace_ came from individual donors around the world, as well as grants from the John Younger Trust, the UK government’s Coronavirus Community Support Fund and the National Lottery Community Fund in 



partnership with the Barrow Cadbury Trust. Outgoings of £3,375 included payment of yoga teachers’ stipends, video editing and online training expenses. 

Most of the remaining funds will be available for spending throughout 2021, with the exception of unspent short-term Covid-19 emergency response funds received through UK grant makers. Any funds not spent by the emergency grant deadlines will need to be returned to the grant maker. The grant received from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund from the UK government (distributed by the National Lottery Community Fund) must be spent by 17 February 2021, while the grant from the National Lottery Community Fund, in partnership with Barrow Cadbury Trust, is available to be spent until 19 April 2021. The John Younger Trust funds will be available to be spent until the end of October 2021. 

The roll-over from the previous year, £5,371, was raised primarily through the ‘Triple the Impact - Help Us Spread Yoga in Lebanon’s Disadvantaged Communities‘ campaign. Additional private donations of £4,308 were received for this campaign in the early months of 2020 when the Yogic Studies training programme was still expected to go ahead during this calendar year. These funds will be spent on providing a training programme in Lebanon during 2021-22. 

|**INCOME**||
|---|---|
|**Roll-over from previous year**|£5,371|
|**Grants for UK refugee yoga classes**|£11,800|
|**Private donations for yoga training in Lebanon**|£4,308|
|**TOTAL INCOME**|**£21,479**|



|**EXPENSES**||
|---|---|
|**UK refugee yoga classes**|£2,773|
|**Lebanon training**|£581|
|**Online training expenses**|£21|
|**TOTAL EXPENSES**|**£3,375**|



|**AMOUNT REMAINING**||
|---|---|
|**Income minus expenses**|**£18,104**|





||Tools for Inner Peace|Tools for Inner Peace|Tools for Inner Peace|Charity No|1169251|1169251|1169251||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Company No|||||
||Annual accounts for theperiod||||||||
||Period start date||01/01/2020|**To**|Period end date||31/12/2020||
||||||||||
|**Section A   Statement of financial activities (including summary income and**<br>**expenditure account)**|||||||||
|**Recommended categories by activity**<br>d||ance|N<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|<br>**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**|**Prior year**<br>**funds**|
||||**£**|**£**|**£**||**£**|**£**|
|**Income (Note 3)**|||F01|F02|F03||F04|F05|
|**Income and endowments from:**|||||||||
|Donations and legacies||S01|4,308||-||<br>4,308|5,371|
|Charitable activities||S02|-|11,800|<br>-||11,800||
|Other trading activities||S03|-|<br>-|<br>-||<br>-|<br>-|
|Investments||S04|-|<br>-|<br>-||<br>-|<br>-|
|Separate material item of income||S05|-|<br>-|<br>-||<br>-|<br>-|
|Other||S06|-|<br>-|<br>-||<br>-|<br>-|
|**_Total_**||S07|4,308|<br>11,800|<br>-||16,108|<br>5,371|
|**Expenditure (Notes 6)**|||||||||
|**Expenditure on:**|||||||||
|Raising funds||S08|-|<br>-|<br>-||<br>-|<br>-|
|Charitable activities||S09|602|2,773|<br>-||<br>3,375|-|
|Separate material expense item||S10|||||||
|Other||S11|-|<br>-|<br>-||<br>-|<br>-|
|**_Total_**||S12|602|<br>2,773|<br>-||<br>3,375|<br>-|
||||||||||
|**Net income/(expenditure) before tax for the**<br>**reporting period**||S13|3,706|<br>9,027|<br>-||12,733|<br>5,371|
|Tax payable||S14|-|-|-||-|-|
|**Net income/(expenditure) after tax before**<br>**investmentgains/(losses)**||S15|3,706|<br>9,027|<br>-||<br>12,733|<br>5,371|
|Netgains/(losses)on investments||S16|-|-|-||-|-|
|**Net income/(expenditure)**||S17|3,706|<br>9,027|<br>-||<br>12,733|<br>5,371|
|**Extraordinary items**||S18|-|<br>-|<br>-||<br>-||
|**Transfers between funds**||S19|-|<br>-|<br>-||<br>-|<br>-|
|**Other recognised** **gains/(losses):**|||||||||
|Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s<br>own use||S20|-|<br>-|<br>-||<br>-|<br>-|
|Othergains/(losses)||S21|-|<br>-|<br>-||<br>-|<br>-|
|**_Net movement in funds_**||S22|3,706|<br>9,027|<br>-||<br>12,733|<br>5,371|
||||||||||
|**_Reconciliation of funds:_**|||||||||
|Total funds brought forward||S23|-|<br>-|<br>-||<br>-||
|<br>**_Total funds carried forward_**||S24|3,706|<br>9,027|<br>-||<br>12,733|5,371|
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||Tools for Inner Peace|Tools for Inner Peace||Charity No|1169251||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Company No|||||
|**Section B                      Balance sheet**|||||||||
|Guidance N||o<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**|**Restricted**<br>**income**<br>**funds**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**|**Total this**<br>**year**|**Total last**<br>**year**|||
|||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|||
|**Fixed assets**||F01|F02|F03|F04|F05|||
|**Intangible assets            (Note 15)**|B01|-|-|-|-|-|||
|**Tangible assets              (Note 14)**|B02|-|-|-|-|-|||
|**Heritage assets(Note 16)**|B03|-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|||
|**Investments(Note 17)**|B04|-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|||
|**_Total fixed assets_**|B05|-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|||
|**Current assets**|||||||||
|**Stocks                           (Note 18)**|B06|-|-|-|-|-|||
|**Debtors(Note 19)**|B07|-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|||
|**Investments(Note 17.4)**|B08|-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|||
|**Cash at bank and in hand(Note 24)**|B09|3,706|<br>9,027|<br>-|<br>12,733|<br>5,371|||
|**_Total current assets_**|B10|3,706|<br>9,027|<br>-|<br>12,733|<br>5,371|||
||||||||||
|**Creditors: amounts falling due within**<br>**oneyear(Note 20)**|B11|-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|||
||||||||||
|**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**|B12|3,706|<br>9,027|<br>-|<br>12,733|<br>5,371|||
||||||||||
|**_Total assets less current liabilities_**|B13|3,706|<br>9,027|**-**|12,733|<br>5,371|||
||||||||||
|**Creditors: amounts falling due after one**<br>**year(Note 20)**|B14|-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|||
|**Provisions for liabilities**|B15|-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|<br>-|||
||||||||||
|**_Total net assets or liabilities_**|B16|3,706|<br>9,027|<br>-|<br>12,733|<br>5,371|||
|**Funds of the Charity**|||||||||
|**Endowment funds(Note 27)**|B17|-|||-|<br>-|||
|**Restricted income funds (Note 27)**|B18||9,027|||-|||
|**Unrestricted funds**|B19|3,706||-||5,371|||
|**Revaluation reserve**|B20||||-||||
|**Fair value reserve**|B21||||||||
|**_Total funds_**|B22|3,706|<br>9,027|<br>-|12,733|<br>5,371|||
||||||||||
||||||||||
|**_The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477_**<br>**_companies._**|||**_of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small_**||||||
||||||||||
|**_The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies_**<br>**_Act 2006._**|||||||||
||||||||||
|**_The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with_**<br>**_respect to accounting records and thepreparation of accounts._**|||||||||
||||||||||
|**_These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the_**<br>**_small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP._**|||||||||
||||||||||
|Signed by one or two trustees/directors on behalf of all the trustees/<br>directors|||Print Name|||Date of<br>approval dd/<br>mm/yyyy|||
|||||||8 January202|1||
||||Susan Owen||||||
||||||||||
|Signature of director authenticating accounts being sent to Companies<br>House|||Signature|||Date dd/mm/<br>yyyy|||
|||||||8 January 2021|||
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**Section C                                            Notes to the accounts** 

## Note 1 **Basis of preparation** 

_**This section should be completed by all charities** ._ 

## **1.1 Basis of accounting** 

These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts. 

The accounts have been prepared in accordance with: 

the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing •  and with* ✓ their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland •  and with* ✓ (FRS 102) • and with the Charities Act 2011. The charity constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS Yes. 102.* 

* -Tick as appropriate 

## **1.2  Going concern** 

_**If there are material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, please provide the following details or state "Not applicable", if appropriate:**_ 

An explanation as to those factors that support the _**Not applicable.**_ conclusion that the charity is a going concern; Disclosure of any uncertainties that make the _**Not applicable.**_ going concern assumption doubtful; Where accounts are not prepared on a going _**Not applicable.**_ concern basis, please disclose this fact together with the basis on which the trustees prepared the accounts and the reason why the charity is not regarded as a going concern. 

## **1.3 Change of accounting policy** 

The accounts present a true and fair view and no changes have been made to the accounting policies adopted in note {  }. 

Yes* ✓ * -Tick as appropriate No* ✓ _**Please disclose: Not applicable. (i) the nature of the change in accounting policy; Not applicable. (ii) the reasons why applying the new accounting policy provides more reliable and more relevant information; and**_ 

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|**_(iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line affected in the_**<br>**_current period, each prior period presented and the_**<br>**_aggregate amount of the adjustment relating to periods_**<br>**_before those presented, 3.44 FRS102 SORP._**|**_(iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line affected in the_**<br>**_current period, each prior period presented and the_**<br>**_aggregate amount of the adjustment relating to periods_**<br>**_before those presented, 3.44 FRS102 SORP._**|**_(iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line affected in the_**<br>**_current period, each prior period presented and the_**<br>**_aggregate amount of the adjustment relating to periods_**<br>**_before those presented, 3.44 FRS102 SORP._**|**_(iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line affected in the_**<br>**_current period, each prior period presented and the_**<br>**_aggregate amount of the adjustment relating to periods_**<br>**_before those presented, 3.44 FRS102 SORP._**|**_(iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line affected in the_**<br>**_current period, each prior period presented and the_**<br>**_aggregate amount of the adjustment relating to periods_**<br>**_before those presented, 3.44 FRS102 SORP._**|**_(iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line affected in the_**<br>**_current period, each prior period presented and the_**<br>**_aggregate amount of the adjustment relating to periods_**<br>**_before those presented, 3.44 FRS102 SORP._**|**_Not applicable._**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||
|**1.4 Changes to accounting estimates**|||||||
|No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS102 SORP).|||||||
|Yes*||✓|* -Tick as appropriate||||
|No*||✓|||||
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|**_Please disclose:_**|||||||
|**_(i) the nature of any changes;_**||||||**_Not applicable._**|
|**_(ii) the effect of the change on income and expense or assets_**<br>**_and liabilities for the current period; and_**||||||**_Not applicable._**|
|**_(iii) where practicable, the effect of the change in one or more_**<br>**_future periods._**||||||**_Not applicable._**|
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|**1.5 Material prior year errors**|||||||
|No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS102 SORP).|||||||
|Yes*||✓|* -Tick as appropriate||||
|No*||✓|||||
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|**_Please disclose:_**|||||||
|**_(i) the nature of the prior period error;_**|||||||
|**_(ii) for each prior period presented in the accounts, the_**<br>**_amount of the correction for each account line item affected;_**<br>**_and_**|||||||
|**_(iii) the amount of the correction at the beginning of the_**<br>**_earliest prior period presented in the accounts._**|||||||
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|**Section C                                       Notes to the accounts                                               (cont)**|**Section C                                       Notes to the accounts                                               (cont)**|**Section C                                       Notes to the accounts                                               (cont)**|**Section C                                       Notes to the accounts                                               (cont)**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|**Note 2                           Accounting policies**|||||||
|**_This standard list of accounting policies has been applied by the charity except for those deleted.  Where a different or_**<br>**_additional policy has been adopted then this is detailed in the box below._**|||||||
|**2.1 RECONCILIATION WITH PREVIOUS GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING**<br>**PRACTICE**|||||||
|**Please provide a description of**<br>**the nature of each change in**<br>**accounting policy**|||||||
||||||||
|**_Reconciliation of funds per previous GAAP to funds determined under FRS 102_**|||||||
||**Start of period**|**End of**<br>**period**|||||
||**£**|**£**|||||
|**Fund balances as previously**<br>**stated**|**_5,371_**|**_18,104_**|||||
|**_Adjustments:_**|||||||
||||||||
||||||||
||||||||
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|**Fund balance as restated**||**_18,104_**|||||
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|**_Reconciliation of net income/(net expenditure) per previous GAAP to net income/(net expenditure) under FRS 102_**|||||||
|||**End of**|||||
|||**£**|||||
|**Net income/(expenditure) as previously stated**||**_12,733_**|||||
|**_Adjustments:_**|||||||
||||||||
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|**Previous period net income/(expenditure) as**<br>**restated**||**_5371_**|||||
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