## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From: Period start date 04/04/2024 To: Period end date 05/04/2025**
## **Charity name: World Dignity Project**
## **Charity registration number:** 1171219
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP
reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of
the purposes
of the charity
as set out in
its governing
document|Para 1.17|We fight for mental health and well-being for all with equality
of treatment and dignity in patient experience as a basic
human right – World Dignity Project
https://theworlddignityproject.org/
https://www.mhinnovation.net/organisations/world-dignity-
project
https://www.linkedin.com/company/9278127/admin/dashboard/
https://www.facebook.com/TheWorldDignityProject/
https://www.instagram.com/theworlddignityproject/|
|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.|Para 1.17
and 1.19|Most of our activities are already on our websites, various
social media platforms, in journals:
https://www.mhinnovation.net/organisations/world-dignity-
project
https://www.linkedin.com/company/9278127/admin/dashboard/
https://www.facebook.com/TheWorldDignityProject/
https://www.instagram.com/theworlddignityproject/
Our activities are focussed on three groups:
**Public:**
Mobilising the public to ensure dignity in mental health is a
reality:
1. Literacy (promoting knowledge about mental
health).
2. Advocacy on behalf of vulnerable people and their
families and carers.
3. Change the public mind-set towards those with mental
health issues.
4. Encourage wider public discussion about mental
health.
5. Provide dignity and hope for people affected by
mental illness.|
|||**Mental Health Professionals**
1. Helping mental health professionals to tackle self-
stigma and promote a dignity experience for their
patients, carers, and families.
2. Connecting professionals and sharing experiences.
3. Increasing understanding of the service user
experience.
4. Continuing Professional Development.
**Policy Makers**
Engaging and influencing policy makers to ensure policies
protect and promote dignity and equality of treatment for those
with mental health issues.
Details of our activities from April 2024 to April 2025 are
summarised in the Achievements and performance section
of this document below.|
|---|---|---|
|Statement
confirming
whether the
trustees have
had regard to
the guidance
issued by the
Charity
Commission
on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have regard to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit and have signed accordingly.
The Trustees have regard to best practice guidance and the legal
obligations of fundraising for Non-Profit Organisations in the UK.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The World Dignity Project has a policy on
grant making to support any application.|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|The Trustees have regard to best practice
guidance and legal obligations with regards
to social investment and programme
related investment for Non-Profit
Organisations in the UK.|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The
World
Dignity
Project
has
a
volunteering
policy
to
support
the
volunteer programme. It defines the role
of volunteers within the organisation, and
how they can expect to be treated.
Trustees,
Volunteers,
Researchers
&
Charity Secretary have contributed their
time pro bono, covering a range of activities:
`-`Administration including management|
|||of social media, regular bulletins and
management of the website
`-`Publication
`-`Research
`-`Organised
events
including
educational events|
|---|---|---|
|Objectivesand policies||The Trustees have considered any risks to
which the Foundation could potentially be
exposed, reviewing these on an ongoing
basis.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|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.|Para 1.20|**MAIN ACHIEVEMENTS APRIL 2024**
**TO APRIL 2025**
During this period The World Dignity
Project has made a difference to mental
health professionals, members of the
public and policy makers by participating
in the following educational and
awareness raising activities to better
embed dignity in mental health:|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Ongoing**
1)**The World Dignity Project Website a global**
**resource:**
Maintaining and updating the World Dignity
project website as a global resource for all:
_https://theworlddignityproject.org/_
**2) Publications as a global resource:**
We have worked with reputable international
mental health and well being academic journals
to promote dignity in mental health and are
producing a Special Issue of Academia Mental
Health and Well-Being|
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|This is a very important partnership that enables|
|us to promote the issue of dignity in mental|
|ehaltha cross a broader academic audience.|
|There have been ten articles published since|
|2024|
|-|
|https://www.academia.edu/journals/academia|
|mental-health-and-well-being/special-|
|issues/1060/Dignity-in-Mental-Health-A-Global-|
|Priority|
|3) World Dignity Project aligned Academic|
|Research|
|•|Claire Brooks|- has developed and validated|
|the first scale for mearing dignity in mental|
|health service user experience, in conjunction|
|with colleagues at the University of Bradford.|
|This work will be published in the near future.|
|Claire Brooks co-authored and published a|
|synthesis of 2 phases of qualitative research|
|carried out by the World Dignity project to|
|define mental health dignity. This article was|
|co-authored with lived experience|
|researchers.|
|Claire Brooks has maintained the charity’s|
|LinkedIn and Facebook social media pages.|
|•|Michelle Riba|– Supporting Collaborative|
|Care through editorial role in Current|
|Opinions in Psychiatry|
|•|Todd Edwards|- Published an article:|
|Edwards, T. M., Patterson, J. E., & Griffith, J.|
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|||L. (2025). Dignity, families, and family
therapy._Academia Mental Health and Well-_
_Being_, 2(2).
https://doi.org/10.20935/MHealthWellB7674
•
**Steve Maingot**– is an NHS App Ambassador
and plays a crucial role in supporting patient
dignity through digital inclusion at Professor
Ivbijaro’s Practice. He is passionate about
championing digital tools and services and
supports to patients download and use digital
tools like the NHS App or online consultation
platforms.
**4) PLAN 2025 -2026**
•
Currently updating the World Dignity Project
website to enable educational material to be
freely downloaded to enable improved mental
health advocacy and better promote the
Dignity agenda. This will also allow our
members publications to be made available to
the general public
•
To hold an online meeting to promote Dignity
in Mental Health to academics and the
general public
•
To hold a symposium to highlight the lessons
learned from the Special Issue of Academia
Mental Health and Well-Being|
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|Performance of
fundraising activities
against objectives set|Para 1.41|There was no fundraising activities against objectives
set because members have donated their time as
volunteers pro bono.|
|Investment
performance against
objectives|Para 1.41|There was no investment performance against
objectives because members have donated their
time as volunteer’s pro bono.|
|Other||The new address for the charity is:
The World Dignity Project
c/o Dr Ivbijaros Practice
The Wood Street Health Centre
6 Linford Road
London
E17 3LA
Professor Ivbijaro made a personal contribution to
Steve Maingot for his support of £10,800|
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21||
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The trustees have no policy of retaining
significant reserves, other than to ensure
that sufficient funds are held at any one
time to cover the grants already promised
in the next three months.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|0|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**There are no financial transactions**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not Applicable|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|The trustees consider that there are no
material uncertainties about the charity's
ability to continue as a going concern.|
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|There was no fund-raising activities against
our objectives set in the last year.
Trustees,
Volunteers,
Researchers
&
Charity Secretary have contributed their
time pro bono, covering a range of activities:
-Administration including
management of social media,
regular bulletins and management
of the website
-Publication
-Research
-Organised events including
educational events
-Managing the World Dignity
Champion awards|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|The Trustees have regard to best practice
guidance and legal obligations with regards
to social investment and programme
related investment for Non-Profit
Organisations in the UK.|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The Trustees have considered any risks to
which the Charity could potentially be
exposed, reviewing on an ongoing basis.|
Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|World Dignity Project is governed by its
constitution and controlled by the Board of
Trustees who will act as Directors for the
purposes of company law and Trustees
for the purposes of charity law. Decisions
are made by a simple majority vote.|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Association|
|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|Para 1.25|New Trustees, need to apply to the
President and would be interviewed by the
Board of Trustees to determine suitability.
A vote of the Board will ensue and will
determine acceptance or otherwise.|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Management of the charity is the
responsibility of the Trustees. The roles
and responsibilities required to manage
the activities of the charity fall within the
remit of the Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees are required to set
the charity's goals and aims and are
required to oversee their successful
fulfilment.
The charity has no permanent employees|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|Members will come from the following
regions:
• Africa
• The Americas
• South-East Asia
• Europe
• Eastern Mediterranean
• Western Pacific
Membership is of four types:
a) Individual members
b) Organisational Members
c) Honorary Members
d) Founding Members
The World Dignity Project is a voting
member of the World Federation for Mental
Health (WFMH).|
||Para 1.51||
Relationship with any related parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|World Dignity Project|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|WDP|
|Registered charitynumber|1171219|
|Charity’s principal address|c/o Dr Ivbijaro’s Practice
The Wood Street Health Centre
6 Linford Road
London
E17 3LA|
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|1
2
3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Professor Gabriel
Ivbijaro MBE|President|Not applicable|The World Dignity Project
Board|
||Professor Lucja
Kolkiewicz|Vice President|Not applicable|The World Dignity Project
Board|
||Ms Lisa Weston|Legal Advisor|Not applicable|The World Dignity Project
Board|
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
|**Director name**|**Office**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**|
|---|---|---|
|Professor Michelle Riba|Director for Diversity,
Equality and Inclusion
& Director of Scientific
Publications|Not Applicable|
|Dr Claire Brooks|Director of Research &
Development|Not Applicable|
|Professor Jean-Luc
Roelandt|Director for Collaboration|Not Applicable|
|Professor Pierre Thomas|Director of Professional
Development|Not Applicable|
|Professor Henk Parmentier|Director of NGO
Relationships|Not Applicable|
|Professor Todd Edwards|Adviser- Families and
Carers|Not applicable|
|Mr Steve Maingot|Adviser–Governance|Not applicable|
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year **||
|---|---|---|
|None|Not Applicable||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets Not Applicable held in this capacity Name and objects of the Not applicable charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for Not Applicable safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
Not Applicable
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
**Not Applicable**
## **Other optional information**
**None**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Professor Lucja Kolkiewicz **Full name(s)** Professor Gabriel Ivbijaro MBE ~~a~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** President Vice President **Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~ **Date** 25/08/2025 ~~|~~