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|||SORP reference|||
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|Summary|ofthe purposes of|Para 1.17|The objects ofPenrith and District||
|the charity as set out in its
governing
document|||Beekeepers Association
CIO are to preserve
the honeybee
by promoting
the craft of||
||||beekeeping
and educating
the public ofthe||
||||benefit ofbees in the environment.||
|Summary
ofthe main
activities
in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit,
in particular,
the||Para 1.17and
1.19|a) The promotion
and improvement
of
beekeeping
in Penrith and the surrounding
area.||
|activities,
identified|projects or services
in the accounts.||b)The control and, where possible, the
eradication
ofdiseases and disorders of||
||||honeybees.||
||||c)The raising ofpublic awareness ofthe||
||||importance
ofbees to the environment.||
|Statement|confirming|Para 1.18|All Trustees receive the CC Guidance||
|whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance|||document
and receive training as part of
their induction as new trustees.||
|issued by|the Charity||||
|Commission
on public|||||
|benefit|||||
|Additional
information|||||
|||SORP reference|||
||||AIITrustees are volunteers
and contribute|to|
|||Para 1.38|the running,
monitoring
and financial||
|Contribution
made by
volunteers|||management
ofthe charity. Members also
voluntarily
support the activities ofthe charity||
||||which enable
it to meet its charitable||
||||ob'ective s.||
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|Achiev|eme|nts
and Pe|rformance||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||SORP rererence||||
|||||Raising awareness ofthe value ofbees||to|
|||||the environment:|||
|Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,
identifying
the difference the
charity's
work has made to
the circumstances
ofits|||Para 1.20|The Penrith and District Beekeepers
Association
(PDBKA) 2022 Calendar was
sold and distributed
across the local area
and beyond: contains
information
about|||
|beneficiaries
and any wider||||bees. beekeeping
and bee friendly
plants.|||
|benefits to society as a||||Sales of2023 PDBKA Calendar began
in|the||
|whole.||||autumn 2022.|||
|||||The Hive Geometrix
Exhibition:
17~May—
3"July 2022 at Upfront Gallery; This was an|||
|||||exhibition ofvisual artist Stephen|||
|||||Livingstone's
paintings
about bees through|||
|||||the seasons.|||
|||||A portable
exhibition ofdisplay panels was|||
|||||created for display
in local venues, These|||
|||||are about bees and beekeeping
through
the|||
|||||year, the threats to bee survival and|||
|||||strategies
to support them. This was initially|||
|||||displayed
alongside
Stephen's
paintings|at||
|||||the Hive Geometrix
Exhibition.|||
|||||Additional
events which were run during the|||
|||||exhibition:|||
|||||June: Gardener's
Question Time: Over 20|||
|||||people attended.
Questions
and Answers||by|
|||||a panel ofexperts included
those about|||
|||||developing
bee and pollinator
friendly|||
|||||gardens.|||
|||||May —June: Bee Hotel Construction|||
|||||workshops:
Family workshops
to develop|||
|||||awareness
ofdifferent types ofbees and|the||
|||||construction
ofa bee hotel touse in their|||
|||||own garden settings.
8family groups|||
|||||attended.|||
|||||Pop up shop and observation
hive,|||
|||||beekeepers
present on occasional|||
|||||Saturdays.
Opportunities
for conversations|||
|||||with the general public.|||
|Favourable
comments
were provkled
by
visitors to the exhibition
and accompanying|Favourable
comments
were provkled
by
visitors to the exhibition
and accompanying||
|---|---|---|
|activities, which were recorded
in a notebook|||
|leR on site.|||
|Upfront Gallery benefited
from an increase||in|
|visitors to their site and purchases of|||
|refreshments,
awareness
ofthe other arts|||
|and music events that they hold.|||
|Schools Programme:|||
|Penruddock
Primary School: whole school|||
|project June 2022:46 pupils|||
|Temple Sowerby Primary School: Jan —Feb|||
|2022:26 Key Stage 2 pupils worked
with|||
|professional
visual artist and beekeepers|on||
|an arts-based cross curricular project about
bees, to create and construct the large-scale
bee mobile which was displayed
at Up Front|||
|Gallery during the Hive Geometrix|||
|Exhibition.|||
|Presentations
were also made to children|in||
|Cliiton Primary School (80pupils),|||
|Beaconside Primary School (60pupils).|||
|Positive comments
were received from|||
|pupils and teachers about the achieved|||
|learning
outcomes which were consistent|||
|with the aims ofthe projects.|||
|Visit to Northumberiand
Honey Company:
21"July. Attended
by PBKA Members and|||
|those from Penrith Ladies Luncheon
Group.|||
|July 30~.PBKA Stall and Observation
hive|||
|at the Kirkby Stephen Westmorland
Dales|||
|Arts Event. Approximately
30people visited
the stall during the day.|||
|Three presentations
were made by PBKA|||
|Members to3Wls (Melmerby,
Lazonby and|||
|Ivegill) This involved an estimated 70|||
|attendees.
Positive feedback was received|||
|from attendees ateach presentation.|||
|Training for aspiring beekeepers:|||
|Introducing
Beekeeper Course: July 2022.|||
||||||12attended.
100%recorded excellent to all|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||aspects ofthe course.|
||||||August - Sept: Excursion to Slovenia,|
||||||coordinated
by PDBKA in partnership
with|
||||||Api Tours, involved
16beekeepers
from|
||||||across the UK enabling
them to learn about|
||||||alternative
methods ofbee husbandry
and|
||||||strategies to support
pollinators
from|
||||||beekeepers across Slovenia.|
||||||Reports from the participants
identNed
key|
||||||areas oflearning
that would not have been|
||||||achievable
within the UK.|
||||||Swarm collection: service providing
public|
||||||benefit:
12swarm collectors responded
to|
||||||32calls from the general
public. This|
||||||resulted
in the successful
removal of19|
||||||swarms ofbees and advice provided
on|
||||||dealing
with 3bumble bee nests and 5wasp|
||||||nests. The requirement
for callers to provide|
||||||photographs
ofthe bee activity and nest site,|
||||||reduced the number of'false call outs' and|
||||||increased the ability ofbeekeepers
to|
||||||provide suitable advice immediately
the call|
||||||was received.|
|Additional|information||(optional)|||
|You ma
choose to include||||further statements|where relevant about|
||||||All the achievements
recorded
in the PDBKA|
||||||Development
plan 2022 were achieved
in|
|Achievements
against
objectives set||||Para 1.41|the various sections except one arts project
which could not be developed
until the local|
||||||authority
appointed
an arts officer with whom|
||||||PDBKA could liaise. This has been deferred|
||||||until 2023.|
||||||f.1,000grant provided
by Penrlth Town|
|Performance
offundraising
activities against objectives
set||||Para 1.41|Council provided
the remaining
50%funding
required
to cover the costs ofthe production
ofthe display panels and purchase ofbee
hotel kits.|
||||||f800 donation
by a PDBKA member|
||||||provided the finance to pay the fee ofthe|
||||||visual artist for the production
ofthe Bee|
||||||Mobile.|
||||||8250grant from H&D Wills charitable
trust to|
||||||fund the resources and arts materials|
||||||r
uired to create the Bee Mobile.|
||||||Estimated F500 in kind contribution
by||
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||||||Upfront Gallery for the exhibition space and||
||||||other onsite areas enabled the Hive||
||||||Geometric
Exhibition
and other supporting||
||||||events totake place.||
||||||f880 sponsorship
raised to support the||
||||||development
2023 PDBKA Calendar.||
||||||f545 raised through sales of2022 Calendar||
||||||which contributed
towards
the costs of||
||||||running
the additional
events held during|the|
||||||Hive Geometrix
Exhibition,
including
the||
||||||purchase ofa 'medium
size' gazebo which||
||||||will also be available for use at future events.||
||||||An auction offlowering
containers,
donated||
||||||by a PDBKA Member, at the Gardener's||
||||||Question
Time event, raised 8100which|was|
||||||donated to the BBKA'Beekeepers
in||
||||||Ukraine'
eal.||
|Financial|Review||||||
|Review ofthe charity's||||Para 121|F7,934to carry forward
includes f417,which||
|financial
position at the end|||||includes some residual grant funding,
will be||
|ofthe period|||||set aside to complete the production
of||
||||||second
hase ofinformation
dis
la
anels.||
|Statement
explaining|||the|Para 122|Reserves are held to maintain
the apiary|in|
|policy for hokling reserves|||||good repair in case ofstorm/ general wear||
|stating why|they are held||||and tear and to have funds available to||
||||||replace colonies ofbees and equipment|in|
||||||case ofcolony loss through disease etc.|To|
||||||purchase
new/ up to date equipment
for||
||||||s ecialist bee husband
u
ses.||
|Amount ofreserves held|||||F7,517||
|Reasons for holding zero||||Para 122|NIA||
|reserves|||||||
|Explanation|ofany|||Para 123|NIA||
|uncertainties|about the||||||
|charity continuing||as a going|||||
|concefll|||||||
|Additional|information||||||
||||||Member subscriptions||
||||||Fund raising at events and activities such as||
|The charity's
principal
sources offunds (including||||Para 1,47|raffles, 'bucket collections'
and through
initiatives such as the annual calendar,||
|any fundraising)|||||honey sales.||
||||||Applications
for grants/
funding
awards from||
||||||other charitable
trusts for specific projects.||
||||||Destruction
ofbee hives, colon
losses due||
|||to adverse weather conditions or disease,|
|---|---|---|
|A description ofthe principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|destruction
by non-native
species, e.g. Asian
Hornet; hive beetle; reportable
viral diseases|
|||e.g.American
Foulbrood
which would
require
ail colonies and equipment
to be|
|||destroyed.|
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|Description ofcharity's|Description ofcharity's||||
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|trusts:|||||
|Type of|governing
document||Para 1.25|Constitution
for CIO as recommended
by the
'|
|||||Cha
Commission|
|How is the charity|||Para 1.25|CIO|
|constituted?|||||
|Trustee|selection methods||Para 1.25|Trustees are elected by members at the|
|including|details ofany|||AGM. The eligibility ofthe elected|
|constitutional
provisions||e.g.||individuals
are checked out against the|
|election|to post or name|of||Charity Commission
criteria.|
|any person or body entitled|||||
|to appoint one or more|||||
|trustees|||||
|Additional
information||(optional)|||
|You ma|choose to include further statements|||where relevant about|
|||||An induction
pack is provided
and this is|
|||||followed
up by an Induction
Meeting with the|
|Policies|and procedures|||Chair and another experienced
Trustee,|
|adopted|for the induction|and||subject to their availability,
prior to the new|
|training|oftrustees|||trustee attending
their first board meeting.|
|||||PDBKA is affiliated to Cumbria Beekeepers|
|||||Association
(which comprises 5branches|
|The charity's organisational
structure
and any wider|||Para 1.51|from across north Cumbria)
CBKA is a regional constituent
ofthe British|
|network|with which the|||Beekeeping Association —ofwhich PDBKA|
|charity works||||is also a member.|
|||||Linked through
the renewal ofannual|
|||||subscriptions
from the PDBKA Membership|
|Relationship
with any related|||Para 1.51|to both Cumbria Beekeepers Association|
|parties||||and the British Beekeepers Association.|
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