2021-12-31-accounts

REFUGEES WELCOME Westminster Road Macclesfield SK10 1BX

Annual Report and Accounts 2021

Refugees Welcome Registered Charity No. 1169909

REFUGEES WELCOME Westminster Road Macclesfield SK10 1BX

Trustees’ Annual Report for the Year ended 31 December 2021

Charity registration number: 1169909

Objectives and Activities

Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	1. To advance the education and training, in the area of Cheshire East, of those granted Refugee Status and their dependents in need thereof, so as to advance them in life and assist them to adapt within a new community. 2. To provide relief from financial hardship and unemployment amongst those who have been granted refugee status and their dependents within the area of benefit.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	The main activities we have undertaken in this period have been to contract with Cheshire East council to provide volunteers to support the delivery of the VPRS scheme, as laid out by the Home Office and to contract directly with the Home Office to provide Community Sponsorship to refugee families in the Nantwich and Alsager areas of Cheshire East. Since September 2021 we are also supporting 5 Afghan refugee families under the ARAP scheme. We work with CVS to recruit, select and manage 40 volunteers, who work with our families. The roles of the volunteers and the scope of their work are defined in role profiles and are one of three roles – Family Support Volunteer, Task Volunteer or English Practice Volunteer. All the volunteers go through safeguarding training in addition to training to become volunteers on the programme.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	The Trustees have had regard to guidance issued by the Charity commission on public benefit
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Contribution made by volunteers	Volunteers are assigned to individual families to carry out roles detailed above
Achievements and Performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	VPRS Cheshire East – Macclesfield and Congleton. We have continued to support 5 families. The mother and 2 children of one family have moved to Luton, leaving the father in Macclesfield. The children all attend school and ESOL tuition has resumed. CS (VPRS) Cheshire East – Nantwich The family in Nantwich continues to be supported through Community Sponsorship in contract with the Home Office. The father of the family is in employment. CS (VPRS) Cheshire East – Alsager A Syrian family moved into Alsager in September 2021. The father of the family is in employment. ARAP scheme for AFGHAN refugees. Two families live in Crewe, one in Wistaston, one in Macclesfield and one in Alsager. The children all attend school regularly and adults in all 5 families have some type of paid employment.

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Refugees Welcome Registered Charity No. 1169909

REFUGEES WELCOME Westminster Road Macclesfield SK10 1BX

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:	Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Achievements against objectives set	We have continued to work alongside Cheshire East to support the Syrian families. They are all making progress, with the help of Cheshire East Social Workers and our volunteers, towards living independently. The Afghan families have only been in the area since late September, but the children are in school and the parents of some families are already in employment, or applying for suitable jobs.
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	In September 2021 we launched a fundraising scheme called Boundless. Some donations have been “one off” but other people subscribe each month.
Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	At the end of the year, the charity had a surplus of £29,031.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Our policy is to hold 6 months running costs in reserve, but our main funding stream is through a contract with the council, this is currently deemed low risk
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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	The principal sources of funds are grants received through our contract with Cheshire East. In September a fundraising scheme called Boundless was established to provide extra funds.
Structure, Governance and Management
Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document	Constitution
How is the charity constituted?	Refugees Welcome is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Appointed by interview and vote of members of the board.
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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	All our policies appear on the : RefugeesWelcome.co.uk website.
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	The charity is run by 8 trustees. Our volunteers are organised by a paid member of CVSCE (Council of Voluntary Services, Cheshire East)
Other	This section was completed in the 2018 report and the only major changes are that there are now the 5 Afghan families and the Boundless fundraising scheme has been set up.

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REFUGEES WELCOME Westminster Road Macclesfield SKIO IBX Independent examiner's report on the accounts Report to the trusteesl members of Relugees Welcome On accounts for the year ended 31 December 2021 Charity no (if any} 1169909 Set out on pages I report io the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chanty (the Trust,) for the year ended 31 December 2021. Responslbllltles and tmsls of report As Ihe charitys trusiees. are responsible for the prepar￿lon of ihe accounts i accordance with the requirements of the Chafities Act 2011 ￿he Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under seaion 145 of the 2011 Act and in cafrying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Directions piven by the Charity Commission under section 14515}Ibl ot the Act. Independent oxamlnefs I have completed my examination. I confi.rm that no Materi￿ matters have come to statement my allentson in connection wilh the examination which gives me cause lo believe that in. any material respect.. the accounting recoids wefe not kept in a¢¢ordance with section 130 of thg Charitses Act., or the accounts did r*ol accord wilh the accounting records., ot the accounts did not comply wilh the applicable requirements concernlng the form and conieni ol accounts set out in ihe Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any iequirement that the accounts give a'true and fair, view which Is not a mailer considered as pan of an independent examinatson. I have no concerns and have come across no ￿he[ matters In connecDon wtth Ihe examlnatlon io which attentton should be diawn In this repon in order to enabte a proper underslandlng of the accounts to be leached. Slgned.. Date: /0 Bemard Potter Relevant professional qualification(s) of body lif any}.. Fellow of the Chartowed Institute of Management Accountants Address: 12 Nevis Drive, Crewe, CW2 auH Page S Refugees Welcome Registered Charity No. 1169909