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CatalyticAction

charity number 1169604 info@catalyticaction.org www.catalyticaction.org

CatalyticAction Trustees’ Annual Report

Financial year: 2020-2021 Charity number: 1169604

Figure 1 – Safe Park in Karm Al Arees, Beirut

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INTRODUCTION 3
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE ANDMANAGEMENT 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 ANDACTIVITIES 6
OBJECTIVES ANDAIMS 6
SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES 7
ACHIEVEMENTS ANDPERFORMANCE 8
THE PROJECTS 8
Karantina Neighbourhood Intervention 8
Safe Space – Kan Ya Makan 10
Safe Parks 12
Ghobeiry Public Park 14
Karantina Streetscape 15
Assessing Vulnerabilities for Urban Recovery Solutions in Beirut 18
Educational Centre 19
Mina Participatory Spatial Intervention 20
Public Space as a Means to Mitigate Conflict 21
Beirut Public Stairs Rehabilitation 22
Supporting Inclusive and Integrated Recovery in Karantina 23
RELIEF Centre research partnership in Lebanon 23
OTHER INITIATIVES 24
Lectures, workshops and public conferences 24
STATEMENT OF PUBLIC BENEFIT 25
FINANCIALREVIEW 26
PRINCIPAL FUNDING SOURCES 26
BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE CHARITY’S POLICY ON RESERVES 27
CHALLENGES ANDFUTUREPLANS 28
DECLARATION 30

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Introduction

The team at CatalyticAction is proud to have successfully completed its fifth 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 41 projects, bringing positive change to thousands of people. In particular, it has brought essential educational spaces to over 8,500 vulnerable children. In the year 2020-2021, the charity initiated 11 new projects, of which 6 were completed in 2021 and 5 will be completed in 2022. The charity also continued working on 1 ongoing research project. The number of new built projects has increased drastically compared to 2019-2020 because:

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Figure 2 - Inclusive public park in Ghobeiry

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), eight core staff members, two consultants, three 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.

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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.

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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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:

a. providing design services;

c. providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, advocacy and advice; and 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:

Our work has a direct positive impact on:

The following four values are embedded in our approach:

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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 – Neighbourhood intervention in Karantina, Beirut

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Achievements and Performance

In the year 2020-2021 CatalyticAction worked on 12 distinct projects, including 3 research projects (of which one started in 2018). All of the projects, including research, involved 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

Karantina Neighbourhood Intervention Beirut December 2020 – June 2021 (7 months)

The Karantina neighbourhood intervention is a project developed to provide the area’s residents with a safe, inclusive and playful public space. In Karantina, the availability of safe and accessible public space is highly lacking - as is the case in much of Beirut. By transforming an area of neglected and unused public land into a safe and child friendly public space, this project seeks to tackle this absence. To ensure the space accurately reflects both the needs and desires of its users, the project employed co-design methods that allowed the neighbourhood’s diverse voices to be heard.

Phase 1 – Identifying the site of intervention

The first phase of this project involved finding a suitable space for the intervention to be carried out. To do this we used various selection methodologies including participatory observation, mapping, and interviewing local community members and key stakeholders to find plots of public land that would ensure accessibility to all.

Phase 2 – Participatory design process

The project began with a community clean-up activity as the site was filled with rubbish and it was important to start activating the space so that the visualisation and transformation of the space could begin. With the help of volunteers, recruited citizen scientists and the CatalyticAction team, the site was gradually cleared. The clean-up of the space also provided an opportunity for us to ask children and other residents what they’d like from this new space.

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After the clean-up and focused research of the space and its surroundings, our team put together a preliminary design to be shown to Karantina’s residents at a community design consultation on site. The consultation allowed us to gauge the different priorities of the community and what they sought from the space. This included calls for greenery, seating areas in the shade, lighting to keep women safe, and a safe place that could be used by all age groups.

Phase 3 – Technical design

In response to this consultation, we identified three priorities that informed the final design of the space: a space that was child friendly, leisure infrastructure that could be used by all and somewhere that felt safe. The public space was thus designed to create a safe space that both enabled adults to gather with their friends and children to have a fun and exciting place to play. We encouraged this by designing features that could be left to the interpretation of their users.

Phase 4 – Construction

For the construction phase of the project, we hired workers from the local area, including residents who lived in the building by the site. Throughout the process we also negotiated with residents in the immediate surrounding to ensure that decisions around the construction worked for everyone.

Figure 4 - Neighbourhood intervention in Karantina, Beirut

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Since the space has opened it has been exciting to see how children and other residents have chosen to use each of its elements. Their new ways of interacting with it continue to surprise us. But, most of all we’re pleased that this space is an area Karantina’s residents can use without needing to abide by opening hours and prohibitive restrictions. We hope it will mark the beginning of similar interventions that ensure the neighbourhood’s streets are safe and welcoming for its children and their families to enjoy.

This Karantina Neighbourhood Intervention was implemented in parallel with the Karantina Participatory Spatial Intervention (Karantina PSI) research project. Part of the GCRF project “Assessing vulnerabilities for urban recovery solutions in Beirut post-explosion” with the Relief centre, IGP and DPU at UCL, this project aims to ensure a longer participatory process with residents by following an inclusive citizen science approach. These citizen scientists continue to monitor the use of this spatial intervention, to learn from it for future interventions and to reflect on the benefit of co-design processes for Beirut’s recovery.

For more info visit : https://www.catalyticaction.org/karantina-neighbourhood-intervention/

Size of the allocated area for the intervention (in square metres): 270 m2

Project partners:

Safe Space – Kan Ya Makan Karantina Public Park, Beirut December 2020 – July 2021 (8 months)

Kan Ya Makan is a project we developed in response to the 4th of August Beirut Blast. It sought to address children’s needs post-explosion by engaging them in a series of weekly activities that explored their relationship with space, and the environment around them.

Kan Ya Makan means once upon a time, with a play on the Arabic words, Kan Ya Makan emphasises place - Makan . Building on the idea of storytelling, this project was about children co-creating environments through narratives.

The project included the creation of “ Beit Byoot” - an outdoor child friendly safe space designed with the children.

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Figure 5 - Safe Space in Karantina Park, Beirut

Throughout Karantina’s difficult history, the recent 4th of August blast has been one of the most distressing and destructive events that the neighbourhood has experienced. It not only impacted the neighbourhood’s built infrastructure, but it has also had a profound effect on people’s safety, security and wellbeing. Plan International warned of the particular impact this crisis could have on children’s mental health, highlighting the urgency for psychosocial support to address their needs.

Through the Kan Ya Makan program, we have sought to support children through these challenging circumstances. Kan Ya Makan is a child-led program that was designed to engage children in a creative journey of storytelling, arts, play, and spatial intervention. It sought to encourage exploration and enable children to express their visions for the spatial environments around them. The program unfolded with children reflecting on their personal and collective experiences of space. The stories that emerged throughout this process allowed them to express themselves and form new relationships with their community as well as their environment. Through conceptual exploration and practical implementation, the children were invited to become active agents in shaping the world within and around them. The program was divided into three phases, with each part exploring a different aspect of children’s relationship to space:

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Figure 6 - Model making activity as part of Phase 2: Stories of places

For more info about the contents of each phase please visit:

https://www.catalyticaction.org/co-creating-childrens-environments-through-narratives/

Size of the allocated area for the intervention (in square metres): 265 m2

Project partners:

Safe Parks

Karm Al Arees and Kaskas public parks, Beirut

January 2021 – June 2021 (6 months)

In response to the Beirut port blast on the 4th of August 2020, we partnered with UNICEF Lebanon and Himaya to rehabilitate two neglected public parks in Beirut - Karm Al Arees Park and Kaskas Park. The rehabilitations focussed on transforming these parks into inclusive, accessible and child friendly spaces that could be used by the local community for everyday use, activities and gatherings. Working in close coordination with the Municipality of Beirut and Himaya NGO, the design for these parks was centred on making public spaces that could be used and enjoyed by everyone.

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Figure 7 - Karm Al Arees Public Park

We took a participatory approach to the rehabilitation of the parks, engaging with community members to understand what changes were most needed and desired. This involved consultations with the garden’s department of the municipality, informal interviews with residents and gaining insights from students from the American University of Beirut, who had previously run activities in Karm Al Arees park. We also worked in close collaboration with our partner Himaya who are conducting a two-year program with children in the parks led by trained young facilitators from the area who had clear ideas about what they thought the park needed.

Figure 8 - Play towers in Karm Al Arees Park

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Figure 9 - Kaskas Public Park

For more info about the specific interventions implemented in each park visit: https://www.catalyticaction.org/karm-al-arees-and-kaskas-public-safe-parks/

Size of the allocated area for the intervention (in square metres): 2,280 m2

Project partners:

Ghobeiry Public Park Ghobeiry

February 2021 – August 2021 (7 months)

Ghobeiry Public Park is a project we conducted in the area of Ghobeiry, a municipality on the outskirts of Beirut in the Baabda District of Mount Lebanon Governorate. In partnership with Terre Des Hommes Italy, and funded by UNICEF Lebanon, this project involved the rehabilitation of the park. It focussed on making the space more accessible for its multigenerational and varied users, including children from the schools nearby and caregivers for whom the park is a vital public space. The design for the rehabilitated park was informed by participatory design methods involving interviews with key stakeholders and hands-on workshops with children. The project was also underpinned by the desire to work within the existing features of the park, naturally a very green and vibrant space.

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The design for Ghobeiry Public Park built upon the existing features of the park, including an abundance of trees providing natural shade and an empty pavilion with lots of potential. It also focussed on creating spaces which catered to its different users. To this end, the design involved the building of five new spaces. Two of these made use of the existing pavilion to create a space for resting and an open classroom which could be used for activities and workshops. The other three areas were centred on the theme of play, with a variety of coloured walls each indicating a different focus.

Figure 10 - Ghobeiry Public Park

Size of the allocated area for the intervention (in square metres): 2,470 m2

Project partners:

Karantina Streetscape Karantina, Beirut May 2021 – December 2021 (8 months)

Karantina’s urban public space project sought to upgrade the streets in the neighbourhood of Karantina, both around the Beirut Governmental Hospital and the Public Park. An area that bustles with cars, this project focussed on making Karantina’s streets more pedestrian and child friendly by improving the infrastructure in the neighbourhood. The design interventions for this project were underpinned by a participatory approach ensuring input from the local community around their needs, visions and aspirations for the space.

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We conducted a range of participatory activities and interviews with children, young people and caregivers. For the children and younger residents involved in these workshops, we encouraged them to view themselves as architects. Exploring the site with our team members, they reflected on what they liked, disliked and thought could be improved around the site. Their ideas included adding seating areas, lights, play items, speed bumps, shading and greenery. However, they brought a range of ideas and there was a vibrant debate about where each of these items should be placed and what should be prioritised. In addition to these workshops, we also conducted informal interviews with regular users of the area including caregivers, business owners and military officers. A common theme they alluded to was the need to slow down cars to ensure children’s safety, the need for adequate seating so the space is suitable for stopping, and the importance of colour and greenery for making the streets appealing. These workshops and interviews were complemented using observational methods carried out by our team to assess how the area is used both by vehicles and pedestrians.

Figure 11 - Enhancing Streetscape in Karantina, Beirut

Building on this participatory phase, the design centred on four key areas: slowing the traffic; making the area inclusive and pedestrian friendly; creating play opportunities for children and enhancing existing social activities. In order to tackle the issue of traffic and make the area safer for pedestrians, the design involved adding a new roundabout, replacing the old median strip, and introducing speed bumps and road markings to regulate car parking and movement. To increase the safety of pedestrians and make the area more accessible, the design focussed on improving the existing sidewalks, creating pedestrian crossings and building access ramps. Part of this involved creating a new sidewalk under a

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group of existing trees which allowed for natural shade. On this new sidewalk, we implemented a long bench which aims to tackle the issues of cars parking in spaces where pedestrians should be able to gather. By adding more trees to the sidewalks, roundabouts and new median in front of the hospital, the intervention also created more shade, giving the area the feel of an urban park. Finally, to facilitate play, we built a long and colourful bench along the sidewalk which can be used for seating, jumping off and running along. There are also floor games along the pavement for children to interact with as they use the space.

Figure 12 - Enhancing Streetscape in Karantina, Beirut

By improving the infrastructure around the Karantina public hospital and Karantina Public Park, this intervention has made the area more accessible, sociable and fun for the neighbourhood’s residents. It has encouraged social activity with its range of gathering spaces and provided entertainment for children through the playful aspects of the project. This is complemented by the traffic intervention solutions which have made the area feel a lot safer.

Size of the allocated area for the intervention (in square metres): 3,000 m2

Project partners:

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Assessing Vulnerabilities for Urban Recovery Solutions in Beirut Beirut

January 2021 – June 2021 (6 months)

In collaboration with the IGP-RELIEF Centre at UCL, this GCRF funded research project seeks to provide insight into the changing landscape of local vulnerabilities following the Beirut explosion on August 4th 2020. The project focuses on the badly affected neighbourhood of Mar Mikkhael and intends to generate in-depth understanding of the evolving vulnerabilities of the neighbourhood to help inform future interventions and public policies that can address them. This research brings together urban economists, social scientists and urban designers to collect quantitative survey data, as well as community consultations data through focus groups and semi-structured interviews. The research project builds on the Prosperity Index work that the IGP-Relief Centre has been conducting in Lebanon for the past three years and focuses on the three thematic areas of Livelihood and employment, Housing security and Mental health and wellbeing. The research was conducted six months after the blast.

Figure 13 - Citizen scientists household survey training

For more info visit: https://www.catalyticaction.org/assessing-vulnerabilities-for-urbanrecovery-solutions-in-beirut-lebanon-with-the-relief-centre/ and https://www.reliefcentre.org/relief-centre-conference-2021-1/catalyticaction-public-spaces-and-vitality

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ONGOING

The following projects started in the 2020-2021 and will be completed in 2022.

Educational Centre Karantina, Beirut September 2021 – May 2022 (9 months)

This project aims at setting up an informal indoor learning space in Karantina to answer the lack of educational facilities in the neighbourhood. The design was conducted in collaboration with the local community and key stakeholders through different co-design sessions. In particular the participatory design activities were structured to aim at restoring the participants’ connection to physical learning and help them imagine their ideal, postCOVID19 learning space based on their individual and collective needs and aspirations.

Figure 14 - Young children produced models of their ideal space

The project is scheduled to be completed in May 2022.

Size of the allocated area for the intervention (in square metres): 540 m2

Project partners:

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Mina Participatory Spatial Intervention July 2021 – March 2022 (9 months)

This project in the city of El Mina in Lebanon, is a collaboration with the RELIEF centre and funded with the support of Otto per Mille of the Waldensian Church of Italy. Located by the coast in Northern Lebanon, El Mina has a lot of potential for enhancing public space. This project seeks to build on this by working with citizen scientists from the area to reflect on how residents’ experience of public space in El Mina can be improved. Through a participatory spatial intervention, this project will focus on an area in the Corniche of ElMina located by the sea. Stretching 7km along the coast, the Corniche is a place where families from different nationalities and social classes meet, coming together to use the public space. However, the Corniche lacks vital infrastructure for residents to get the most from the space. While part of the Corniche was refurbished in 2019, this section is at a considerable distance from the most vulnerable neighbourhoods of the city - the people who need it most. This project seeks to address this by focussing on the part of the Corniche in front of the social housing in Al Masaken, and the informal settlement of Hay Al Tanak.

Figure 15 - Public consultation with local residents

The project is schedule to be completed in March 2022.

Size of the allocated area for the intervention (in square metres): 1900 m2

Project partners:

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Public Space as a Means to Mitigate Conflict Majdal Anjar

September 2021 – March 2022 (7 months)

This project is a collaboration with International Alert (IA) and based in the village of Majdal Anjar in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon. It builds on IA’s programme ‘Creating Space for Peace: Supporting Local Peacebuilding and Local Citizen-State Relations’ to work with young people in Majdal Anjar to create a public space that can be used for dialogue around conflict mitigation. IA has been working with young people in the village since April 2021 to establish opportunities for dialogue that can improve inter and intra-community, as well as citizen-state relations. This takes place in the form of a youth dialogue group (YDG) in which topics such as non-violent communications and dealing with differences are discussed. This project is embedded in this agenda and applies the method of placemaking to encourage young people in the area to consider how they can participate in reimagining and reinventing public space in Majdal Anjar. The culmination of this will be the creation of a public space which they have researched and designed.

Figure 16 - Youth Dialogue Group visiting a potential site for the project

The project is scheduled to be completed in March 2022.

Size of the allocated area for the intervention (in square metres): 4,000 m2

Project partners:

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Beirut Public Stairs Rehabilitation June 2021 – June 2022 (12 months)

In partnership with UN Habitat Lebanon, this project seeks to rehabilitate and revive the public stairs of St Nicolas, Vendome and Laziza in the neighbourhoods of Mar Mikhael and Gemmayzeh in Beirut. While staircases in Beirut are used for practical purposes, they are also used as lively spaces of social interaction. They are historical landmarks that have survived the city’s vast changes, representing years of collective memory. This project aims to preserve this heritage and enhance the social activities on the stairs by fixing damages, adding furniture and improving accessibility. Through a series of participatory workshops with the stairs’ multi-generational users, the design for this project has involved direct engagement with residents of these neighbourhoods. It platforms their ideas to ensure a participatory rehabilitation of their staircases.

Figure 17 - Participants visiting the stairs to come up with design ideas

The project is schedule to be completed in June 2022.

Size of the allocated area for the intervention (in square metres): 2,050 m2

Project partners:

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Supporting Inclusive and Integrated Recovery in Karantina Karatina, Beirut

November 2021 – February 2022 (4 months)

The project aims to analyse public spaces in the neighbourhood and develop ways in which residents can co-design their shared spaces. The project follows a citizen science methodology that we tailored to this specific context and project. We recruited and trained 10 citizen scientists; women and men representing the diverse community groups living in the neighbourhood. We adapted some of the Ghel Institute’s public life tools to survey 15 public spaces in the Karantina neighbourhood and learn about their daily use. The research focuses on the urban built environment and its users’ diverse experiences. These public spaces are analysed to address key issues through co-designed interventions.

Figure 18 - Citizen Scientist conducting an interview with a resident in Karantina, Beirut

The project is scheduled to be completed in February 2022.

RELIEF Centre research partnership in Lebanon

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

Throughout 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:

Figure 19 - UK Shelter Forum 27

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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 £272,751. The charity expenditures for the year were £243,643.

Table 1 - Charity income

Of the total income, 92% was raised for delivering specific projects (always governed by formal agreements). 8% was raised to support the overall activities of the charity and it was raised from donations from individuals and private organisations.

The charity has already secured a number of projects for 2021-2022. This would allow the charity to allocate more time for strategic planning and growth.

Over the past 6 years, the charity had an average income growth rate of 44%. The growth in 2020-2021 was 80% (higher than the 40% expected).

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 11 projects during this financial year, of which 5 will be carried forward to 2021-2022. 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 from partner organisations.

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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 / or downturn in expected income. The balance held as unrestricted reserves at the end of the financial year is £79,368 which represents approximately 6 months of operating costs, including staff salaries, based on the current operating budget. The reserves policy is reviewed every year by the Board of Trustees.

Figure 20 – Safe Park in Karm Al Arees, Beirut

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Challenges and Future Plans

In the first few months of 2021-2022 the charity will be working on 5 projects secured towards the end of 2020-2021. A further 4 new collaborations are being explored and will most probably lead to projects.

Figure 21 – Giant slide in Karantina Public Park, Beirut

In 2020-2021 the charity has secured new partnerships with international organisations such as UNICEF and UN-Habitat. In 2021-2022 the charity plans to expand the activities with these partners as well as securing new strategic partnerships that can offer opportunities for long-term collaborations for the charity.

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.

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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.

In 2021, the charity has extensively worked on improving its media outreach strategy increasing the awareness among the general public and like-minded organisations about the work of CatalyticAction and its impact. The charity will continue to work on this strategy in the next year.

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.

The charity aims at participating at least three conferences per year where we will have the opportunity to present the work of the charity to other charities, NGOs and academics. These events will be an opportunity to expand the charity's network and potentially create new partnerships.

In general, the charity aims to increase its capacity over the next years, so as to improve the living conditions of an even higher number of people.

Figure 22 – Children mapping public spaces in Karantina, Beirut

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charity number 1169604 info@catalyticaction.org www.catalyticaction.org

Declaration

Andrea Rigon Trustee – Chair 26-04-2022

Andy Hilton Trustee – Treasurer 26-04-2022

Emanuela Rizzo Trustee 26-04-2022

Sandra D’Urzo Trustee 26-04-2022

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A

Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of Catalytic Action On accounts for the year 31 October 2021 Charity no 1169604 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 - 43 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31/10/2021.

Responsibilities and As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Date: 25/04/2022 Signed: Name: Olugbenga Coker Relevant professional FCCA qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 1 Holmdale Road Kent BR7 6BY

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