CatalyticAction
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CatalyticAction
Trustees’ Annual Report
Financial year: 2019-2020 Charity number: 1169604
Figure 1 - Participatory design workshop in Karantina
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| INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................. 3 |
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| STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT ............................................................... 4 |
| TYPE OF GOVERNING DOCUMENT.............................................................................................................. 4 |
| LEGAL STRUCTURE.................................................................................................................................. 4 |
| RECRUITMENT AND APPOINTMENT OF NEWTRUSTEES.................................................................................. 4 |
| ORGANISATIONALSTRUCTURE.................................................................................................................. 4 |
| RELATED PARTIES................................................................................................................................... 4 |
| RISKMANAGEMENT............................................................................................................................... 4 |
| LIST OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES............................................................................................................ 5 |
| OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES .............................................................................................. 6 |
| OBJECTIVES ANDAIMS............................................................................................................................ 6 |
| SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES........................................................................................................................... 7 |
| ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE ................................................................................ 8 |
| THE PROJECTS........................................................................................................................................ 8 |
| Inclusive Parks in Arsal, Hermel, Barja and Qaraoun 8 |
| Arsal playground extension 8 |
| Proximity of care 9 |
| Co-designing built intervention with children affected by displacement (DeCID) 10 |
| Rural heritage recovery and post-conflict development in Kurdistan Regional Government 11 |
| Karantina park rehabilitation - Kan Ya Makan 11 |
| RELIEF Centre research partnership in Lebanon 12 |
| OTHER INITIATIVES................................................................................................................................ 13 |
| Lectures, workshops and public conferences 13 |
| Key events 14 |
| STATEMENT OF PUBLIC BENEFIT ...................................................................................... 14 |
| FINANCIAL REVIEW .......................................................................................................... 15 |
| PRINCIPAL FUNDING SOURCES................................................................................................................. 16 |
| BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE CHARITY’S POLICY ON RESERVES........................................................................... 16 |
| CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PLANS ................................................................................... 18 |
| DECLARATION ................................................................................................................. 20 |
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Introduction
The team at CatalyticAction is proud to have successfully completed its fourth year of operations, and to continue to bring about positive change through participatory design by empowering communities to disrupt conditions of poverty and inequality.
The Board of Trustees is extremely grateful to every single person who contributed to bring the CatalyticAction’s vision and ambitions to reality, such as volunteers who offered vital contributions to the charity's activities.
The Board of Trustees would also like to thank all of the donors who believed in the charity’s vision and financially supported its activities.
Since 2015, CatalyticAction has been able to support disadvantaged and disenfranchised communities through 30 projects, bringing positive change to thousands of people. In particular, it has brought essential educational spaces to over 7,580 vulnerable children. In the year 2019-2020, the charity completed 4 projects started in 2018-2019, carried out 5 new projects and continued working on 1 ongoing research project. The number of new built projects was reduced compared to 2018-19 due to covid-19 restrictions, which prevented many activities to be conducted, including some community engagement workshops as well as construction.
The charity aims to significantly increase its capacity over the next years, so as to improve the living conditions of an even higher number of people.
Figure 2 - Inclusive public park in Barja
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Structure, Governance and Management
Type of governing document
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a Constitution.
Legal structure
The charity is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) whose only voting members are its charity Trustees.
Recruitment and appointment of new Trustees
Trustees are appointed and recruited by the existing Trustees.
Organisational Structure
The organisational structure comprises a Board of Trustees (formed by 4 trustees), four core staff members, two consultants, interns and volunteers. Other staff are contracted according to the needs of each project.
Related parties
CatalyticAction works with partner NGOs, INGOs, charities, development agencies, and universities in the UK and overseas. CatalyticAction also partners with private companies, who provide professional pro-bono advice to assist the delivery of the charity projects.
Risk Management
Trustees perform periodic review of the risks facing the charity and put measures in place to mitigate the risks. The principal risks identified are programmatic risks and compliance risks.
The Board of Trustees together with the Senior Management Team assess the risks of any new project before allocating financial resources to it. Before entering a new partnership, the charity conducts a partner assessment. When working overseas, we seek advice from FCO as well as from local sources and work with our local partners to assess the risks of each new project. Context analysis and conflict sensitivity approaches are the foundation of the development of our interventions.
CatalyticAction carries out a health and safety risk assessment for each project. In response to the covid-19 pandemic, CA developed health and safety procedures to be able to continue to conduct participatory activities while respecting social distancing and other procedures aimed at limiting the spread of covid-19. Procedures are in place to ensure compliance with health and safety standards for the charity staff and volunteers undertaking work on behalf of CatalyticAction. These procedures always comply with local laws and guidelines as well as best international practices.
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CatalyticAction follows research ethics and data protection procedures which have been developed in line with UK and local regulations.
Policies and procedures are in place to ensure the safety of vulnerable children and adults who are engaged directly or indirectly in the work of the charity.
CA trains staff and any person doing work on behalf of the charity to comply with the charity’s policies and procedures.
CatalyticAction is insured to cover staff travelling overseas. The insurance policy has been specifically tailored to the charity’s activities to cover employer’s liability insurance, public liability insurance and trustee liability insurance.
The charity follows a rigorous financial management system to ensure that funds are spent following the charity’s objectives and the project-specific donor’s requirements.
List of policies and procedures
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Anti-corruption and bribery policy
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Conflict of interest policy
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Complaint procedures
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HR policies and procedures
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Procurement policy and procedures
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Environmental policy
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H&S policy
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
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Partners assessment policy
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Covid-19 procedures
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Data protection procedures
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Insurance policy
These policies and procedures are periodically reviewed to ensure that they continue to meet the needs of the charity.
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Objectives and Activities
Objectives and Aims
As per constitution, the objectives of CatalyticAction are to ensure the relief and assistance of people in any part of the world who are the victims of war or natural disaster, trouble, or catastrophe in particular but not exclusively by:
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a. providing design services;
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b. providing advice on building housing and accommodation and public and private open spaces;
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c. providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, advocacy and advice; and
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d. the provision of any other such charitable services as the Trustees consider fit in furtherance of the said object.
We do so by empowering vulnerable children and their communities through participatory built interventions.
We champion the co-production of dignified built environments where everyone can take part in the creation of equitable, inclusive and sustainable communities.
We achieve this through practical projects in:
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Humanitarian architecture
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Multidisciplinary research
Our work has a direct positive impact on:
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Children’s wellbeing : We aim to improve children’s wellbeing through the process of co-design, creating safe and nurturing places that address their needs, acknowledge their rights and materialise their desires.
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Social Cohesion : Our projects enhance a sense of belonging and inclusion between diverse groups of people as they come together throughout the project cycle.
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Local economy : We create job opportunities and boost the local economy by hiring local labourers, adopting context-appropriate technologies and purchasing local materials.
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Built environment : Our projects create and rehabilitate spaces, delivering good quality sustainable and cost-effective built interventions that are dignified and inclusive to all community members.
The following four values are embedded in our approach:
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Valuing local knowledge
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Capacity building
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Supporting local economy
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Enabling equal engagement
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Significant activities
CatalyticAction’s primary charitable contribution is to equip communities with skills in participatory design and construction to empower them to alleviate conditions of poverty and inequalities. During this financial year, CatalyticAction has been focusing its activities on providing educational facilities that can provide long-term impact for the communities involved. CatalyticAction has also worked on a number of research projects, for which the overall aim was to develop the charity’s knowledge of topics that are strictly linked to the charity’s practice. Engaging in research also aimed at influencing partners’ research practices towards a more participatory engagement of communities that looks at how can empowerment be achieved through physical interventions.
Figure 3 - Inclusive public park in Qaraoun
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Achievements and Performance
In the year 2019-2020 CatalyticAction worked on 5 distinct projects, including 2 research projects. All of the projects, including research, included extensive activities of community engagement. For built projects, community members and local partners were involved in the design process from inception to implementation. This approach ensured the long-term sustainability of the projects as both community members and local partners acquired knowledge and skills essential for their long-term operation.
CatalyticAction monitors implemented projects with the support of its local partners. Monitoring and evaluation is carried out mostly through qualitative interviews by our local partners. As they are the ones who will use the spaces built by CatalyticAction on a daily basis, they can provide valuable feedback on the operation of the projects implemented. The charity also follows up directly on projects by conducting regular site visits.
The projects
Inclusive Parks in Arsal, Hermel, Barja and Qaraoun
During the first two months of the financial year, CatalyticAction completed 4 inclusive parks projects, which began in 2018-2019. 3 parks were implemented in partnership with Terre des Hommes Italia and 1 with Amel Association International. All 4 projects were funded by UNICEF.
Arsal playground extension
March 2020 – June 2020 (4 months)
After completing the inclusive playground in Arsal, in partnership with Terre des Hommes Italia (TDH IT), Action Against Hunger contacted TDH IT with the opportunity to extend the playground through a fund from the European civil protection and humanitarian aid operations (ECHO). CatalyticAction was selected to carry out the design and implementation of this project.
It was collectively decided that the playground would benefit from specific play items targeting young children and toddlers in particular. Young children need specific stimuli and experiences to guide their cognitive development. Through play activities carefully designed for toddlers, they will be able to build the foundations of their scientific learning, develop their self-confidence and physical skills. Moreover, for babies and young children it’s important that the play resources are highly tactile and varied so that they can investigate them using their primary way of interacting with the world; the senses. Through sensory play, children digest new knowledge and store it for later reference.
Size of the allocated area for the intervention (in square metres): 50 m2
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Project partners:
Terre des Hommes Italia
Terre des Hommes works for the rights of children and to promote equitable development without racial, religious, political, cultural or gender-based discrimination: Terre des Hommes Italy is a non-governmental organisation based in Milan and member of the International Terre des Hommes Federation (https://terredeshommes.it/).
Action Against Hunger
Action Against Hunger is an international charity committed to saving the lives of malnourished children and supporting their families to beat hunger. They enable people to provide for themselves, see their children grow up strong, and for whole communities to prosper (https://www.actionagainsthunger.org/).
Proximity of care https://www.proximityofcare.com/
November 2019 – October 2020 (11 months)
Arup and the Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF) signed an MoU in December 2018 to partner and combine Arup’s design and planning expertise, with BvLF’s knowledge on early childhood development, to help improve the lives of young children, caregivers, and pregnant women globally.
Under this MoU, a grant was given to Arup – International Development, to produce a Guide to assess, better design and implement child-friendly interventions in vulnerable urban environments, such as informal and refugee settlements, with anticipated wider benefits among urban communities. The Guide builds on BvLF’s Urban95 initiative, which aims to improve, through urban planning, policy and design, the way babies, toddlers and the people who care for them live, play, interact and travel through cities.
A number of countries and local partners organisations were selected to support in the development of the Guide, and in particular to adapt it to the specificities of the identified vulnerable urban contexts. CatalyticAction’s was designated to carry out this work in the city of El-Mina, Tripoli, Lebanon.
CatalyticAction conducted the following tasks:
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Research and fieldwork for carrying out site assessments in Lebanon
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Research and fieldwork in Lebanon towards development of the design Guide
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Validation and advocacy of interim outputs and the completed Guide
Some of the fieldwork activities and the overall community engagement had to be adapted following the multiple restrictions imposed by the Lebanese government in response to the covid-19 global pandemic.
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Project partners:
Arup
Arup is an independent firm of designers, planners, engineers, architects, consultants and technical specialists, working across every aspect of today’s built environment. Together we help our clients solve their most complex challenges – turning exciting ideas into tangible reality as we strive to find a better way and shape a better world (https://www.arup.com/).
Bernard van Leer Foundation
The Bernard van Leer Foundation believes that all babies and toddlers, especially the most disadvantaged, deserve a good start in life. A good start puts each individual child on the path to realizing their full potential and, collectively, sets the foundation for a healthy, creative and peaceful society (https://bernardvanleer.org/).
Co-designing built intervention with children affected by displacement (DeCID) https://decid.co.uk/
January 2020 – August 2020 (8 months)
The DeCID project aims to develop a new approach for the participatory design of social infrastructure for children in urban areas affected by displacement. In partnership with humanitarian actors, local communities, municipalities and academics, DeCID will develop a practical toolkit to support those involved in the co-design of such infrastructures.
The DeCID project believes that the positive impact of this approach to participatory design of social infrastructure depends on bridging a number of professional and disciplinary gaps: between institutions and professionals who work with children and/or displaced people, and engineers and architects who work on urban infrastructure at municipal level on the other; between architecture, engineering, and urban planning on the one hand, and social work and sociology on the other; and between affected communities on the one hand, and practitioners on the other.
CatalyticAction was a leading partner in this project providing their knowledge and experience on this topic.
Project partners
Bartlett Development Planning Unit
The Bartlett Development Planning Unit (DPU), part of University College London, conducts world-leading research and postgraduate teaching that helps to build the capacity of national governments, local authorities, NGOs, aid agencies and businesses working towards socially just and sustainable development in the global south (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/development/).
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Rural heritage recovery and post-conflict development in Kurdistan Regional Government February 2020 – June 2020 (5 months)
The project targets the understudied rural periphery of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in north-east Iraq. Erbil in known as on the oldest continuously inhabited landscapes in the world. Erbil’s rural-urban heritage includes tangible, intangible, and natural heritage.
The project aims to put in place a framework for heritage recovery that is long-term, bottom-up, participatory, socially just and inclusive. The envisioned approach is peoplecentred, heritage-led and place-specific.
CatalyticAction was engaged to train the local researchers who would conduct the fieldwork. They were trained on research methods, feedback and discussion, data management and research ethics.
Project partners
American University of Beirut
Founded in 1866, the American University of Beirut bases its educational philosophy, standards, and practices on the American liberal arts model of higher education. A teaching-centered research university, AUB has around 800 instructional faculty and a student body of around 8,000 students. The University encourages freedom of thought and expression and seeks to graduate men and women committed to creative and critical thinking, life-long learning, personal integrity, civic responsibility, and leadership (https://www.aub.edu.lb/).
Karantina park rehabilitation - Kan Ya Makan August 2020 – January 2021 (6 months)
Kan Ya Makan , co-creating children’s environments through narratives - is a project developed by CatalyticAction as a response to the 4th of August Beirut blast. CatalyticAction partnered with Terre des Hommes Italia Lebanon and UNICEF Lebanon to implement the project. CA also collaborated with the AUB Neighbourhood initiative and clinical psychologists at the AUB psychology department. Partnerships and collaborations are key to ensure the project is implemented in a holistic and sustainable approach.
CatalyticAction adopts a co-design approach that aims at empowering vulnerable communities in the process which is crucial in such context. CatalyticAction already knew the community of the Karantina neighbourhood since 2016 when CatalyticAction implemented the playground in the park, during which we worked with the children in the Karantina neighbourhood to engage them in the design and implementation of their
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playground, as well as in a series of community activities in the park and the neighbourhood.
The key objectives of the project are to:
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Co-create a safe social place with and for children; a place for expression, belonging and healing. This includes working on: the rehabilitation of the park and the construction of new play items and outdoor furniture (based on the community’s needs and input).
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Strengthen community self-help and social support through the reactivation of the Karantina public park and through the mechanism of referral of the families of children to support them in other sectors such as shelter and relief.
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Advocate on the importance of community-based approaches to address mental health, wellbeing and the reconstruction of Beirut, focusing on the importance of public space and of working with children.
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Learn from this intervention to develop strategies for Beirut recovery with the participation of children and their communities.
Size of the allocated area for the intervention (in square metres): 2200 m2
Project partners
Terre des Hommes Italia
Terre des Hommes works for the rights of children and to promote equitable development without racial, religious, political, cultural or gender-based discrimination: Terre des Hommes Italy is a non-governmental organisation based in Milan and member of the International Terre des Hommes Federation (https://terredeshommes.it/).
Unicef Lebanon
The United Nations Children's Fund is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide (https://www.unicef.org/).
RELIEF Centre research partnership in Lebanon - https://www.relief ~~7~~ centre.org/ The RELIEF Centre is a transdisciplinary research collaboration that focuses on one of the world’s pressing challenges of the moment: how to build a prosperous and inclusive future for communities affected by mass displacement.
This collaboration started in 2017-2018 and was renewed also in the current financial year.
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Other initiatives
Lectures, workshops and public conferences
During the year, CatalyticAction delivered several lectures, workshops and public conferences with the aim of raising awareness about the role of participatory practices and architecture in the field of sustainable construction and development:
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Cardiff University, Welsh School Architecture (WSA), Participatory Architecture for Community Empowerment, Cardiff, UK, December 2019.
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Women in Design 2020 +, Participatory Architecture for Community Empowerment, Mumbai, India, January 2020.
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Forum for Exchange and Excellence in Design, Impact of Community-led Spatial Interventions, Pune, India, January 2020.
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The University of Sheffield, School of Architecture, Community-led Spatial Interventions, Sheffield, UK, February 2020.
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UCL, Development Planning Unit, MSc Building and Urban Design in Development, Participatory Design: Stories from the field , London, UK, February 2020.
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University of Arkansas, Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design, Activist Practices Class , Zoom, September 2020.
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Key events
LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction Jury
CatalyticAction’s co-founder Joana Dabaj was selected as jury member for the LafargeHolcim Awards for Sustainable Construction. The jury met online in June 2020.
Call for new trustees
Sandra D’Urzo joined the board of trustees towards the end of this financial year. Sandra is currently working with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) as Senior Officer with the Shelter and Settlements Unit. Sandra is an architect whose work aims to improve the living conditions of the most vulnerable.
CatalyticAction’s strategic planning meeting
In April 2020, the charity held its first strategic planning meeting with the board of trustees, staff members and long-term volunteers and supporters of CatalyticAction. The meeting was held via Zoom as covid-19 travel restrictions did not allow to meet in person.
The purpose of the meeting was to reflect on the past activities of the charity since its foundation and discuss the strategy for the future.
The following are the key strategic actions for the charity’s growth, which have been identified during the meeting:
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Develop long-term partnerships with key actors
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Expand donors landscaping
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Develop a Covid-19 response
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Expand the charity’s work in the UK
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Strengthen the evaluation of past projects
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Improve aspects of the charity’s communication on impact
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Improve aspects of the charity’s methodology to implement projects
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Register as NGO in Lebanon
Statement of public benefit
When reviewing the charity activities, the Trustees had to regard the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit. The Trustees ensured that the activities undertaken are in line with the charitable objects of CatalyticAction, and in doing so are satisfied that CatalyticAction’s activities meet the requirements on demonstrating public benefit.
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Financial Review
During this financial year, the charity raised a total income of £151,105. The charity expenditures for the year were £148,878.
Table 1 - Charity income
Of the total income, 57% was raised for ‘fees for charitable services’. 2% was raised from other sources, including donations from individuals and private organisations. The below graph shows the income raised for ‘fees for charitable services’ throughout the years. This specific income is a good indicator of the charity growth as it is linked to the number and size of projects carried out.
Table 2 - ‘Fees for charitable services’ income
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Following a growth of income since its foundation, the charity was expecting to increase its income and resulting operational budget also in 2019-20 following a similar growth rate (%) as achieved in the previous years (averaging at around 40% over 3 years). The charity budget was developed based on this projected growth. Nevertheless, this was only partially achieved as covid-19 had an impact on some of the charity’s activities, and in particular limiting the number of built interventions that we were able to deliver. As a consequence, the charity was able to secure less income than planned (resulting in a growth rate of around 25%).
Despite the challenges, no major budget cuts have been made throughout the year. We have had no cause to furlough staff or make any redundancies during this period. A limited amount (around 10%) of unrestricted reserves had to be used to cover the budgeted expenses for this financial year.
Towards the end of the financial year (2019-20) field activities with project partners resumed (as covid-19 spread started to slow down), hence opening up opportunities for new projects. From a financial point of view, the explosion at the port of Beirut (on the 4[th] August 2020), brought significant international attention on the city and on the response to this disaster. This resulted in an increased effort from donor’s organisations to fund reconstruction projects in Beirut.
As of the end of this financial year, the charity completed and secured the funds for 4 proposals linked to the reconstruction efforts in Beirut and began multiple conversations on further potential initiatives. For this reason, we anticipate a growth of the charity income in the upcoming year (2020-21) which is expected to be at around 40% compared to the income raised in the current financial year.
CatalyticAction benefits from the support of many volunteers in an operational capacity as well as many other vital roles. In accordance with the Charity Commission guidelines on financial reporting, the economic contribution of volunteers is not recognised in the financial statements.
CatalyticAction has carried out 5 projects during this financial year. The overall cost of these projects is only partially reflected in the financial statements as part of the implementation costs were incurred by our partners.
Principal funding sources
The main source of funding for the charity during this financial year have been fees for charitable services.
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
The Trustees aim to hold unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover 6 months of operating expenses to enable the smooth running of the charity in the event of unforeseen costs and /
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or downturn in expected income. The balance held as unrestricted reserves at the end of the financial year is £62,306 which represents approximately 5 months of operating costs, including staff salaries, based on the current operating budget. The reserves policy is reviewed every six months by the Board of Trustees.
Figure 4 - Inclusive public park in Hermel
Figure 5 - Participatory design workshop in Karantina
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Challenges and Future Plans
The current year has seen a decrease of built projects due to the impact of covid-19. For roughly 6 months, the charity and its partners were not able to plan for new built projects as many restrictions were in place to limit the spread of covid-19. For example, construction sites were not allowed to operate in Lebanon, international travel was limited, and participatory activities with children and communities were not permitted.
Despite this challenge, the charity has seen an increase in research projects, through which new key partnerships were established. This has also been helpful to secure additional income for the charity to be able to operate at full capacity during the months where built projects were limited.
In the next financial year, the charity is planning to expand its work in Beirut, in particular in response to the 4[th] August port blast and the reconstruction process that started right after it. The charity has already started discussing with local partners for the rehabilitation of 5 public spaces in Beirut.
Alongside this effort, the charity aims at implementing additional educational spaces such as public parks, child friendly spaces, playgrounds, schools, and community centres to better the living conditions of disadvantaged communities. Due to the charity’s experience in this context, CatalyticAction predicts that the majority of the projects will be implemented in Lebanon. Nevertheless, the charity staff and the Board of Trustees are working to expand CatalyticAction’s activities to other countries in the Middle East.
The charity will continue to dedicate resources to increase the charity’s impact by growing the number of partners and projects. The charity will also try to connect with a wider number of supporters through public events, social media and other networking opportunities. This process will hopefully allow the charity to reach a wider number of people and communities, empowering them through built interventions.
The charity is planning to expand its current Board of Trustees to at least a total of 5 members. The board is currently lacking strong financial planning skills, in particular regarding charity finance, which would be a requisite in the selection of future trustees. The charity is also looking for specific persons to join the charity as patrons; individuals who will be actively promoting the work of CatalyticAction without having to be involved in its operational management.
Outreach to students and professionals will remain an important activity of the charity. Participating in conferences, lessons, etc. has the potential to inspire students and professionals about the social potential of participatory architecture. CatalyticAction has been involved in academic research that will inform the practice of the charity.
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The charity aims at participating at least one conference per year where we will have the opportunity to present the work of the charity to other charities, NGOs and academics. This event will be an opportunity to expand the charity's network and potentially create new partnerships.
Figure 6 - Inauguration day for inclusive park in Barja
Figure 7 - Painting activity with children for inclusive park in Arsal
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Declaration
Andrea Rigon Trustee – Chair 05-04-2021
Andy Hilton Trustee – Treasurer 05-04-2021
Emanuela Rizzo Trustee 05-04-2021
Sandra D’Urzo Trustee 05-04-2021
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| Charity Name | No (if any) | |||||||||||
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| CatalyticAction | 1169604 | |||||||||||
| Receipts and payments accounts | CC16a | |||||||||||
| For the period from |
01/11/2019 Period start date |
To | Period end date 31/10/2020 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds | Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | ||||||||
| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | ||||||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||||||
| Donations from individuals 510 842 - 1,352 299 Donations from organisations 587 1,540 - 2,127 15,937 Fees for charitable services 123,916 4,319 - 128,235 181,706 Bank interest 113 - - 113 413 Funds for expenses - 19,277 - 19,277 - Sub total(Gross income for AR)125,126 25,978 - 151,104 198,355 Total receipts 125,126 25,978 - 151,104 198,355 ~~—__———~~ |
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| A3 Payments | ||||||||||||
| Bank fees | 144 | - | - | 144 | 310 | |||||||
| Computer equipments | 3,198 | - | - | 3,198 | 82 | |||||||
| Consultancycosts | 19,222 | 12,019 | - | 31,241 | 4,184 | |||||||
| Cost ofgoods sold(directproject expenses) | 210 | 21,223 | - | 21,433 | 81,706 | |||||||
| Insurance | 379 | - | - | 379 | 856 | |||||||
| IT software and consumables | 1,361 | 35 | - | 1,396 | 548 | |||||||
| Postage | 20 | - | - | 20 | 2 | |||||||
| Staff salaries | 89,325 | - | - | 89,325 | 65,917 | |||||||
| Staff training | 309 | - | - | 309 | - | |||||||
| Telephone | 35 | - | - | 35 | 22 | |||||||
| Travel expenses | 349 | 1,063 | - | 1,412 | 1,614 | |||||||
| **Sub total ** | 114,552 | 34,340 | - | 148,892 | 155,241 | |||||||
| A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end |
Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) Cash funds this year end |
114,552 34,340 - 10,574 - 8,362 - - 47,763 49,260 - 58,337 40,898 - 99,235 ~~=== ~~ |
- - 99,235 |
148,892 155,241 - 2,212 43,114 - - 97,023 - - 99,235 43,114 ~~==~~ |
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| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |||||||||||
| Unrestricted | Restricted funds | Restricted funds | Endowment | |||||||||
| Categories | Details | funds | funds | |||||||||
| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||||||||||
| B1 Cash funds | 50,543 40,898 - 4,484 640 30 2,618 - - 22 - - 58,337 40,898 - Triodos Cash USD Cash EUR Total cash funds Co-operative bank PayPal GBP PayPal EUR ~~===>~~ |
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| (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) | OK | OK | OK | |||||||||
| Unrestricted | Restricted funds | Restricted funds | Endowment | |||||||||
| funds | funds | |||||||||||
| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||||||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | 2,618 - - 22 - - Cash USD Cash EUR ~~_>]~~ |
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use | Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) Current value (optional) Unrestricted - 1,660 Unrestricted - 1,720 - - Details Computer equipments Construction tools ~~———~~ ~~ee~~ |
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees | Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees | Signature | Print Name | Print Name | Date of approval | |||||||
| Andrea Rigon | 05/04/2021 |
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl Catalyts"c Action On accourts for the year ended 31 Ocaober 2020 Charity no (rfany) 1169604 Set out on pages I report to Ihe trusiees on my examination of a¢¢ounts of the above charty for the year ended 31110r2020. Responsibilities and As the tharity trustees, you are $nSible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordan with the requirements of the Char5ties Ac 2011 rthe . I reporl in of my examinalion of the ChatiV5 accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Ad and in (arrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Direcb"ons given by the Chafity Commission urKler sedion 145(5Mb) of the Act I have completed my examinatton. I nfirni that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination 1¢h gives me use to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were nol kept in accordan wrth section 130 of the Act or the accounts do TK)t accord Wlih the aCunting records Independent examlnerfs statement I have Do COnmS ar¥J have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be dravm in order to enable a proper un(lerstsnding of the accounts to be feached. Signed: Date: 27102r2021 Nan: Olugbenga C Relevant professional qualifKation{s} or body lrfany): FCCA Address: 1 Holmdale RO Kent BR7 6BY IER February 2021