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|Names and addresses ofadvisers<br>(Optional information)|Names and addresses ofadvisers<br>(Optional information)|Names and addresses ofadvisers<br>(Optional information)||||||||
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|Type ofadviser<br>Name||Address||||||||
|Tamara Ben-Halim||||||||||
||~<br>a|~ ~||||~|||~|
|Description<br>ofthe charity's trusts||||||||||
||Type of governing<br>document|Constitution||||||||
||How the charity is constituted|||||||||
||Trustee selection methods|Recommended<br>by Directors <br>**f** **T**<br>o<br>rustees|after||consultation|||with staff, elected by Board||
|Additional<br>governance<br>issues (Optional<br>information)||||||||||
|You may choose to include||Current organisational<br>structure:||||||||
|additional<br>information,<br>where<br>relevant,<br>about:||Trustees: Marina Galanti,<br>Muwaffak<br>(joined March 2022)||||Bibi, Tareq|||Baconi, Daniel Machover|
|~|policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and|Co-Directors: Tamara Ben-Halim|||and Aimee|||Shalan||
||training oftrustees;|Payroll staff:||||||||
|~|the charity's organisational|Hussein<br>Khalidi, Programme|Manager|||||||
||structure<br>and any wider|Sarona Bedwan, Outreach|Officer|||||||
||network<br>with which the charity|Aatikah<br>Rashid, Communications|||Manager|||||
||works;|Salwa Abu-Wardeh,<br>Education||&|Finance Manager|||||
|~|relationship<br>with any related<br>parties;|Part-time Contractors:||||||||
|~|trustees'<br>consideration<br>of|Mehdi Beyad, Researcher||||||||
||major risks and the system|Pascale Pean, Researcher||||||||
||and procedures to manage|Ahmad<br>Al Hasani, Database consultant|||||(until|Mar 2022)||
||them.|||||||||
|||Policies &Procedures<br>relating toTrustees:||||||||
|||Code ofGovernance<br>olic|introduced||||in 2020|||
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|||||The objects ofthe Charity are:||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||-Toadvance the educaUon ofthe public<br>in the subject ofhuman<br>rights<br>includingin~<br>law and human<br>rights in the hfiddle East, with a||
|||||focus on Pakrstine||
|||||- For the public benefit to promote the educa5on ofpeople fpuptls,||
|||||university<br>students,<br>and professionals)<br>in the UK and internationally<br>on<br>the subject ofhuman<br>rights<br>in the Middle East, with afocus on Palestine,<br>in such ways as the charity trustees think fit, including<br>by: provkling<br>workshops<br>on the subject, providing<br>seminars<br>and talks at educatkxral<br>i~and beyond, and poviding<br>briegngs to interested<br>or||
|||||concerned<br>partlesfindivtduals||
|||||-Toadvance the education ofthe pubHc<br>in general on the subject of||
|Summary ofthe objects ofthe<br>charity set out In its<br>governing<br>document||||human<br>rights in the Middle East, with afocus on Palestine,<br>including<br>through<br>media —arddes,<br>interviews,<br>op-eds, talks, lectures, briefings,<br>~,and parbcipant<br>workshops||
|||||- Toraise awareness<br>among the general<br>public<br>in the UK and||
|||||internationally<br>ofhuman<br>rtghts issues, particukrrly<br>with regard tothe||
|||||subject ofPakrstine.||
|||||-Topromote equality<br>and diversity<br>by the elimination<br>ofdkrcrimination<br>on||
|||||the grounds ofage, sex or sexual orientagon,<br>pardcularty<br>on the subject||
|||||of Pakrstine.||
|||||-Tostrengthen<br>communities<br>working<br>on human<br>rights issues focused on||
|||||Palestine<br>in the UK and abroad,<br>build cohesion among them, and foster||
|||||cooperatkxt<br>and colaboraten||
|||||-Toengage<br>in community<br>building<br>tivities||
|||||Education<br>and human<br>rights:||
|||||1. Workshops<br>and training||
|||||Between July 2020 and June 2021:<br>We ran 7workshops<br>which~on Pakrstinian<br>human<br>rights,||
|Summary ofthe main<br>acthrttles<br>undertaken<br>forthe<br>public benefit In relation to<br>these objects (Include within<br>this section the statutory<br>declaration<br>that trustees have||||the hkrtory ofthe Palestine/Israel<br>conflict, understanding<br>the<br>language<br>ofintematiomd<br>law and human<br>rights law, and<br>communlcathns<br>skill-buikfing.<br>Through these workshops,<br>we built<br>thek~ and capacities of178human<br>rights advocates<br>and u Iverslty students across Britain, North Ame¹ca and<br>Europe||
|had regard tothe guklance<br>Issued by the Charity<br>Commission<br>on public<br>beru¹lt)||||We ran 6tagored trainings<br>for individuals<br>and organisations<br>working on human<br>rights<br>in the Middle East, building the<br>capactges of&0people,<br>including<br>established<br>human<br>rights<br>advocates,<br>legal schokrrs, organisa5ons<br>working<br>in human<br>rights|/|
|||||humanitarian<br>issues, members oftrade unions,<br>and university||
|||||students.||
|||||Through these educational<br>programmes,<br>we have advanced<br>and||
|||||promoted<br>the education ofpeople in Britain on the subject ofhuman||
|||||rights<br>in the Middle East while promoting<br>inchrsivity<br>and diversity. We||
|||||have akro strengthened<br>communlges<br>and organisations<br>working on||
|||||human<br>ri hts issues focused on Palestine/Israel<br>in the UK<br>rovidin||
|TAR||||||





|||||2. I/Irtual talks||
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|||||We continued<br>our evening<br>talk series and held 5virtual talks in this||
|||||period, whbh 1095peoph In Britain 5 around the world registered|to|
|||||attend. These talks featured academics and experts who discussed||
|||||issues relating to human<br>rights, social justice and Intematbnal<br>hw, with a||
|||||focus on the Middle East and Pahsfine/israel,<br>whilst also broadening|the|
|||||focus to look at other relevant<br>human<br>rights issues. These talks are a key||
|||||part ofour educabonal<br>and community-building<br>elforts as they bring||
|||||together members ofour network and the public who engage<br>in open||
|||||diabgue<br>on criUcal hsues surrounding<br>Palestine/Israel<br>and human<br>rights||
|||||more broadly.||
|||||Through these talks, we have expanded<br>our reach, advancing<br>the||
|||||education ofthe publb on the subject ofhuman<br>rights<br>in the Middle East||
|||||and beyond.||
|||||3. Outreach<br>and collaboration||
|||||During this period, we continued<br>to bufid connections<br>with other local|and|
|||||international<br>groups &organisations<br>working on human<br>rights. We||
|||||furthered<br>our community<br>building<br>efforts through<br>regular communbatfon||
|||||with our network,<br>and parUcipated<br>in several panel discussbns<br>with other||
|||||human<br>rights groups<br>/ on university<br>campuses<br>both in person and online,||
|||||as well as organising<br>brhfings<br>&roundtables<br>on key issues concerning||
|||||Palestinian<br>human<br>rights with other partner organisations.||
|||||In this way, we have strengthened<br>ties with other groups and||
|||||organisations<br>working<br>on education<br>and human<br>rights, while raising||
|||||awareness<br>of human<br>rights issues focused on ths subject of||
|||||Pahstine/Israel.||
|||||4. Onfine resource and tools||
|||||During this period, we continued<br>to devebp our online resources,<br>whbh<br>contains extensive fact-checked and referenced content around<br>human<br>rights<br>in the Middh East, with afocus on~.This content is||
|||||availabh<br>to ths public and also features content, videos and links from||
|||||other organisaUons<br>In the field —ensuring<br>that our websfie acts asa hub||
|||||of informaUon<br>on Palestine/israel<br>as well asa portal into the important||
|||||work ofother relevant organisatlons.||
|||||We launched<br>our sochl media proSe in the summer of2020.This||
|||||included<br>developing<br>and disseminaUng<br>reguhr educational<br>posts about||
|||||human<br>rights and Palestine/Israel<br>for public consumption.||
|||||Through<br>our online resources, we have worked to promote the educatbn||
|||||ofthe publb<br>in the subject ofhuman<br>rights in the Mkldle East, and helped||
|||||to foster colhboratbn<br>with different organhatbns<br>in the Ihld.||
|||||We corrfirm the trustees have had regard tothe Charily Commissbn's||
|||||uidance on<br>blic benefit.||
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|~<br>~|~<br>~|~<br>~|~<br>~|~<br>~<br>~|
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|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity||||In the period to 30e June 2021,the charity:|
|during the year||||Built the knowledge<br>and communication<br>skills of228 people on|
|||||human<br>rights,<br>international<br>law and the Palestine/Israel<br>conflict|
|||||through<br>13workshops<br>and training sessions|
|||||Deepened the understanding<br>ofapproximately<br>548 people on key|
|||||topics related to Palestine and human<br>rights through 5virtual talks|
|||||Continued<br>to develop<br>human<br>rights content for our online|
|||||resources|
|||||Produced the first module<br>in an online course series (to be|
|||||launched<br>in summer 2022)|
|||||Hired a Database consultant|
|||||Continued<br>to develop a community<br>ofsupporters<br>and alumni|
|||||Continued<br>tofoster and strengthen<br>partnerships<br>with other key|
|||||groups and organisations<br>working<br>in similar fields|
|||||Our different workshops<br>helped beneficiaries<br>improve the following:|
|||||~<br>Understanding<br>ofthe human<br>rights framework|
|||||~<br>Knowledge<br>ofthe history and contemporary<br>reality ofthe|
|||||Palestine/Israel<br>conflict|
|||||~<br>Understanding<br>ofinternational<br>law|
|||||~<br>Communication<br>skills (public speaking/massaging)|
|||||TESTIMONIALS:|
|||||"Makan empowered<br>me through<br>their trainings<br>and networks<br>to become|
|||||the human<br>rights activist<br>I am today.<br>I have grown with their|
|||||workshops<br>and trainings<br>immensely<br>and learnt to effectively and|
|||||successfully<br>communicate<br>the case for Palestinian<br>human<br>rights.<br>I would<br>encourage<br>all [human<br>rights] activists tojoin Makan. "|
|||||Former student at University ofLeeds|
|||||"The Makan workshop exceeded our expectations<br>and helped us in so|
|||||many different ways. It helped us focus and put our efforts in the right|
|||||direction. Coming back to Essex after the workshop,<br>we have gained|
|||||great connections<br>to other universities'<br>Palestine Societies and were|
|||||inspired<br>by their stories. We've held more productive<br>meetings<br>and larger|
|||||events.<br>Ittaught us how to deliver our message. We have held<br>two successful events since, and have gained<br>many new members. "|
|||||Former student at Essex University|
|||||The funding<br>Makan has received has been almost exclusively|
|Briefstatement|||ofthe|unrestricted<br>in this period.<br>Funds are used to meet our charitable|
|charity's|policy||on reserves|objectives,<br>run our programmes<br>(workshops,<br>virtual talks, social events),|
|||||compensate<br>staff, pay rent and utilities,<br>and cover legal and|
|||||administrative<br>costs.|
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|||||Statement|offinancial|acfivNes||||
||||||Un~|tncome|Endowment|Total this|Total hwt|
||||||funds<br>f|funds<br>f|funds<br>f|year|ysm<br>E|
|Incoming resources|INote|3)||||||||
|||||s|124,228|88,527|-|212,755|183,402|
|||||s|13,574|||13,574|1,453|
|Gant Funtrnu||||||16,250||16,250||
|Innnal Sla fnnntnann<br>/lant nustasun||nut/Illa»||||||||
|Othsr<br>Ilnnurtltta<br>rssoatam||||||||||
|Tote/|incor/dug|||resort/sea|137<br>3|104777||24|184866|
|Resources expended|INote||4)|||||||
|Costs ofesnsrstbta<br>Funda<br>Costs nr~nntnntsu<br>Inonmn||||||||||
||||||158,289|35,431|-|193,720|145,174|
||||||1,384|1,980|-|3,364|2,719|
||||||169673|37411|-|197084|147 893|
||||||21,871|67,366|-|45,495|36,982|
||||||21,871|67,366|-|45,495|36,952|
|Other Istcognlsed<br>gainsgosses)||||||||||
|Gains and losses on revaluaaon<br>ofIbtsd assets<br>for the cherty's<br>own uss<br>Gains and losses on~assets||||||||||
|Netenoreert in funds|||||21,871|67,368|-|46,496|36462|
|Total funds brought|forward||||72,968|||968|36006|
|Tots/ funds canfed fonsanf|||||61098|67||118|7 968|








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||Notes tothe accounts|
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|INCOINING<br>RESOURCES||
|RecoenlUon of Incoming|These are induded<br>Inthe Statemem ofFlnandal Adlvem<br>(SoFA)when:|
|ISSOUICSS<br>Incoming resounxm<br>with<br>rekrted expendbure<br>Onmls and dmuNom|~<br>the chsrltv becomes entNed lo the resaunxh:<br>~<br>Ihe trustees BIBvbtUsgv cerhlh they wig fscalve gls fesoufum;<br>shd<br>~<br>the~vshe can be messuhm<br>wgh BUNdsm~.<br>where hcomhg resounxh<br>have rekded~(asveh~or conkuct Income)<br>the Inaxlring resaunxw<br>and rehted~an. reported gross h the SoFA.<br>Grants and dohstkxw ars only hduded<br>In the SaFA when gw chalky has uncandhonal<br>~to the esources.|
|Tax redabns on dwuNons<br>and gets<br>~hNANhe Slid<br>ITOllllMCB nerted grallbl<br>ONs In Idnd<br>Volunteer<br>help<br>Donated senrlces and<br>feesitka<br>~tncome<br>~gains and losses<br>EXPENDITURE AND <br>Lhbglty recagnmon<br>Oosfhsrl cscosts<br>Gnmts wkh perfonnance|incoming<br>esources from tax redalms ee Induded<br>In the SoFAat the same tkne as the gift to<br>wtrich gwy leisk!.<br>Thts ISonly Ihcbxkm<br>Ih gle SOFA OhCS gle ndslsd goods Of $8fVICSBhave beefl~<br>GNB kl kbld sfe~fof Bt8 sssahsbh eglnsle ofglslf vBkre lo 5N!charily ofdw<br>sllwum sctusgy f8$5$8d.<br>GNB in Idnd forssh ord~ sre Indud&<br>In the sccounh as gNs only when sokl or<br>dhbibuled<br>by Ihe charity.<br>Gris in Idnd foruse by the derby are hchxkm<br>In the SaFAas~~when<br>These sre ordy Induded<br>In IhcamkN<br>resounxw<br>(wxh an~amount<br>In resources<br>~whee Ihe benegl tothe chamy is reasonaidy~,~and<br>rmdeflsL<br>Ths vsIUB placed orl these fesaufcm Isgls esllsIBd vsIUB togls chsrity ofths<br>sehrice orfacgly~<br>The wdue ofany vduntey<br>help received ls not induded<br>In the Bccourm but Is~In the<br>blrsl88$' shnu BIfeprxL<br>Thh h Induded<br>Inde~whenracdvsbh.<br>Ttris Incbxke any gain or loss an the ade of~and any gatn orkes resublng<br>from<br>revabdng~to market vshe at the end ofthe year.<br> UABILTIES<br>Lhbgges are~aa SOan aSthere Is8legal or~ob5585on commlhng<br>the<br>lo puy OUI<br>BBOUfCSS.<br>Indude certs ofthe repare5w<br>and~ofstatutmy~,the cosh oftrustee<br>meetings<br>and crxrt ofsny legal Ixhrice to tnrskxw on<br>governance<br>or~numms.<br>Where Ihe charity gives 8gnmt wkh corxgtkxw for Its payment<br>being 8~level afservice|
|condmons<br>Onnrts payabh wnhout|or output tobe provided,<br>such grants are ordy recognised<br>in the SoFA once the redpkmt ofthe<br>grant has provided<br>the spedged sanrice ar autpuL<br>These are ordy~In the accounts when 8~has been made snd there sre|
|perfonnance<br>condhons<br>Support Casts|no condhom tobe met rehtng to the gnml wtdch remain<br>In the conlrd ofthe charity.<br>Support costs hdude cerdnd funcgom<br>and have been eBocsM to acgvky cost drtegoles<br>on 8<br>basis~wgh the use af esaurass, eg~properly cash by Boorareas. or per|
|ASSETS<br>Tsngttds fixed assets fofUse<br>by charityI~|OBpks, staff cosbl by 5IBgrne sped Bhd aglef cash by glair Usage.<br>These sre~Ifthey rxm be used for more than one ylar, and cost at least 6560. They<br>are vexed at coat rx 8~vake on recelpL<br>I~rprated an a~stock~are valued st market vakm at the year<br>end. Ogvx<br>vsstmerd assets are~at trustees' best esgmale ofmarket value.|
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||This year<br>6|Last year<br>6|
||88,527|76,883|
||124,228|106,519|
|Total|||
||4,159|1,453|
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|---|---|---|---|
|Natws ofthe expenses||||
|Total amount paid||fNone<br>fNone||
|62Fees for examination<br>or audit ofthe accounts||||
|Pkwse prov(de detads ofthe amount pakf forany statutwy||external sctudny ofaccounhr and other||
|services pnnrkktd<br>by your indepertdent<br>examkmr oraudhor.||IInothktg was pakfpose entar|NONE In the|
|eppmpdats<br>box(es).||||
|Independent<br>examiner's<br>orauditms' fees for reporting|on the|||
|accounts|||1260|
|Other fees (forexample: advice, consultancy,<br>accountancy||||
|servtcesi paid to the Independent<br>examiner orauditor||||





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||This year|Last year|
||||||E|E|
|Gross wages, salaries and benefits||in kind|||108,636|63,582|
|Employer's<br>National Insurance|costs||||5,606|2,102|
|pension costs|||||720|687|
||||Total|staff costs|114,962|66,371|
|7.2Average number offull-time|equivalent||employees|in the year|This year<br>Number|Last year<br>Number|
|The parts ofthe charity in which the|||||||
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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||||||||E|||
|Balance brought|||||||9,598|||
|forward||||||||||
|Additimm||||||||||
|Revsluagons||||||||||
|Disposrds<br>Transfers '||||||||||
||||||||9,698|||
|8.1 Accumubrted||depreclsdon|and|Impairment|pnnlbrlons|||||
|Balance brought|||||||3,068||3,068|
|forward||||||||||
|Depreciation|charge|||||||||
|for veer||||||||||
|Impairment<br>pnwislons||||||||||
|Revsluagons||||||||||
|Dlsposals||||||||||
|Transfers'||||||||||
|Balance cerned|||||||4,986||4,968|
|forward||||||||||
|82 Net book|value|||||||||
|Blmrght forward|||||||6,529||6,529|
|Carried forward|||||||4,610||4,610|





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|Note 9<br>Debto|Note 9<br>Debto|rs and prepayments|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Please complete this note if||the charity has any debtors|or re a|ents|||||
|Analysis ofdebtors|||Amounts<br>within|falling due<br> one year||Amounts<br>more|falling due after<br> than one year||
||||This veer|Last veer||This year||Last veer|
||||5||5||||
|Trade debtors|||||||||
|Amounts<br>due|from subsidiary|and associated|||||||
|undertakings|||||||||
|Other debtors|||1,577.0||1,577.0||||
|Prepayments|and accrued income||||||||
|||Total|||||||
|Note 10|Creditors and accruals||||||||
|Please complete this noteifthe chanly has any creditors|||oraccruals.||||||
|10.1 Analysis|ofcreditors||||||||



|Loans and overdrafts||
|---|---|
|Trade creditors||
|Amounts<br>due to subsidiary|and associated|
|undertakings||
|Other creditors||
|Deferred income 'Restricted|Reserves'|



||Amounts|falling due|falling due|Amounts|falling due|falling due|after|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||within|one|ear|more|than|one|ar|
||This veer|Last veer||This veer||Last vear||
||8||8|0||8||
||8,807||21,350|||||
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