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## MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE This has been our fifth year of delivery, a year in which we have both deepened our understanding of our members and the challenges they face and found ways to celebrate the amazing work they do in increasingly difficult conditions, amid a cost-ofliving crisis and the continued impact of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic. Children and Young People continue to struggle with their mental health and the lack of access to services to adequately cope with their needs and the continued rise of families living in poverty. Our members are responding to these challenges. Despite facing a recruitment crisis in the charity sector, community leaders, part time workers and volunteers have been delivering more than ever in a borough which is now home to over 112,000 0-25 year olds, of which YEF members have reached up to **32,000!** Partners have worked together to contribute to the reduction of young people not in education, employment or training (down by nearly 40%) and Ealing Council have driven forward their commitment to Young people both by actively seeking partnerships with the VCFSE sector, such as the VRU-funded Parent Carer Champions programme, and by committing to not only save the Southall Young Adults Centre from closure, but to invest heavily in improving the facilities to make it a needs-led state-of-the-art facility. We have continued our commitment to empowering young people by developing our youth voice programme, Ealing Young Champions, who delivered an amazing event to raise awareness of the mental health issues faced by young people in the borough. We have been joined by two fantastic new members of staff, Hollie and Lamise. Hollie’s co-production experience has been invaluable in both supporting the Ealing Young Champions and in leading our membership support and offer. Lamise has led the charge on overhauling our impact measurement framework and led on our intensive member engagement and renewal process, meaning that over the next year, we can ensure our offer is closely tailored to the needs of our members. We have also taken on responsibility for the Culture Education Partnership, alongside Ealing Council, to support it to move towards independence and continue its mission to ensure that arts and culture is for all children and young people in the borough. We hosted 20 training sessions and workshops this year. Over the next year, we will continue to deliver high quality, relevant training which our members have asked for, and put on fun, engaging, useful and interesting events about a range of topics, including the opportunity for plenty of face-to-face networking. We have also increased our support to stabilise our members’ future and work towards sustainability through fundraising, strategic support and our small grants programme, with over £100k disbursed direct to members and over £750k brought in through various avenues of support for the sector. We have held funder events, including a funder’s fair attended by over 100 people. We have given the sector and Ealing’s young people some much-deserved recognition through our first annual Young Ealing Foundation Awards. We hope to increase our fundraising support to offer more robust one-to-one support as well as more partnership bidding opportunities, and to continue to distribute small grants. Most importantly, our Ealing Young Champions will be developing co-production training to deliver to our members, ensuring services in the borough are truly reflective of what children and young people want and need to ensure they are able to be happy, healthy and safe. ## **Elly Heaton, CEO & Paul Bradford, Chair** Page 04 £1M+ membership £500k - OVERVIEW £1M ANNUAL £0 - TURNOVER £100k £250k - 70membersmembers £500k £100k - £250k 32,000+ CHILDREN & yOUNG pEOPLE 1,630 59% ACROSS THE BOROUGH VOLUNTEERS non-white led ## membership OVERVIEW 70membersmembers impact areas THIS YEAR WE MEASURED OUR IMPACT ACROSS THREE AREAS: ## INCREASING OPPORTUNITES MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN EALING ## youth-led resilient services organisations APPROPRIATE AND YOUTH SERVICE ACCESSIBLE YOUTH PROVIDERS ARE MORE SERVICES MEET THE SUSTAINABLE, DIVERSE NEEDS OF THE RESILIENT, AND BOROUGH'S YOUNG PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE Page 05 ## IMPACT AREA 1: INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES ## **Small Grants** This year our Small Grants programme in partnership with John Lyon’s Charity continued for its second year. Young Ealing Foundation Members could apply for grants of up to **£5,000** for projects working with children and young people or core costs if their organisation exclusively supports children and young people. In total **19** Small Grants were given out in **4** rounds for the total amount of **£91,439.94.** Out of 19 successful applicants, nine were not eligible for JLC funding as they were not registered charities or did not have charitable status - five were CICs and four were Limited Companies. A list of Members who received funding can be found on page 39. These grants will enable local groups to reach children and young people through activities varying from Boxing sessions for young Travellers to woodland wellbeing sessions for young people with SEND and their families in Hanwell. ## **Supplementary Schools Grants** We also continued our JLC Supplementary School Grants programme, giving out a total of **£21,000.** This included six Supplementary Schools Grants of **£3000** each as well as six ‘uplift’ payments of **£500** to each grantee to support their organisations through the cost-of-living crisis. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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**Case Study: Haven Woods CIC – Woodland Programme for Children with Additional Needs (and their Parents)** Haven Woods CIC, a forest school based in The Hobbayne Woods in Hanwell, provides a safe space for children with additional needs to connect with nature, learn new skills at their own pace and develop and increase confidence. They successfully applied for £5,000 through our Small Grants programme which allowed them to carry out 40 hours of woodland sessions for 25 children with additional needs as well as 16 adult parent/carers. _We have had the pleasure of working with an autistic 8 year-old boy, with a polish heritage background. He attended every session with his mum. When D began attending the sessions, he had no spoken language and no contact with any member of the group. He attended the initial sessions and would wander around the camp area, and lead his mum around the woodland, exploring natural features, but showed no interest in engaging with any of the activities. Over a few weeks, he started to stay longer in the camp area and began sitting on a log seat, beside his mum, and would eat the food she bought for him. After a few sessions, D began to engage with us, with eye contact. He progressed to offering a hug at the end of the session. He continued to join the group, and would sit in camp, alongside other children. He would happily seek out hugs from us and began to use the hammock, sling swing and button swing, independently choosing what he’d like to do whilst he was in camp._ _D now has a vocabulary over 20 words, and is able to say hello and goodbye in English. His mum is delighted and shares with us her joy at how he has progressed. She has told us how excited he is to get ready, in his woodland clothes, each camp day, and knows where he is going._ _The neurodiverse children we have worked with during our project often face exclusion from activities, especially those based in a natural, outdoor setting. We have offered a safe space for them to connect with nature, learn new skills, at their own pace and develop and increase confidence. Our sessions are led by the needs of the individual, providing them with the freedom and time to be curious, explore and feel included._ _Over time we have built trusting relationships, not only with the children, but also with their supporting adult. Through these relationships we have been able to support not just their physical risks, through the activities, but also the emotional risks. The children and families have formed a true sense of belonging and community._ ## **Samantha Barrett Bowes, Project Manager** Page 07 ## **Cultural Education Partnership** Since the inception of the partnership in 2018, the Young Ealing Foundation has been a core partner of the Ealing Cultural Education Partnership (CEP). The CEP’s vision is that ‘Ealing is a place where all young people have equitable access, at all levels, to the richness and diversity of the high quality, vibrant arts and culture programme across the borough, with a pathway to careers and wider opportunities’ and was originally set-up and housed within Ealing Council. In 2022, thanks to a grant from John Lyon’s Charity, the Young Ealing Foundation took on responsibility for the CEP. Working in close partnership with Ealing Council, YEF will support the CEP to increase funding opportunities for its Youth Collectives, Teacher CPD and Children’s University and work towards finding a new, permanent host or setting up the CEP as an independent organisation within three years. Key achievements include: - Securing £175k funding for the continuation of the CEP beyond its initial investment - 20 schools signed up to the Arts Charter (launched in January 2023) - Development of a Creative Careers Toolkit - Youth Collectives pilot project completed in Greenford, Northolt and Acton ## 20 schools £175,000 signed up to funding secured arts charter Page 08 ## IMPACT AREA 2: RESILIENT ORGANISATIONS ## **Training** Training continues to be one of the main ways we ensure youth service providers are more sustainable, resilient, and professional. This year’s training programme consisted of 6 individual training sessions across the year with a total of 74 attendees. Subjects were: - Rethink Suicide Awareness Childhood Anxiety Emergency First Aid at Work Equality Diversion & Inclusion Safeguarding Awareness Prevent Radicalisation and Extremism ## 6 trainings 74 attendees Overall our events and training rated an average of 4.6 out of 5 stars and knowledge of the subject across all training courses increased by 30%. _**"Very clear and “The training was "Brilliant training - detailed training, informative and professionally very informative – engaging!" delivered” thank you!”**_ ## **Networks** Alongside training, we also run networks bringing together organisations working across the children and young people’s sector in Ealing. Network themes include Inclusive Activity, Tackling Youth Violence and the Ealing Arts and Health Alliance. This year we held 8 network meetings with 124 attendees. 8 networks 124 attendees Page 09 ## **Trustee Matching Event** We know that many of our members’ are in need of Trustees to strengthen their Board so in the spirit of ‘good governance’ we decided to bring back our Trustee Matching event which we first ran, very successfully, back in 2019. The event took place on the 23rd March at Ealing Town Hall and was attended by 13 local Ealing-based organisations who were looking for Trustees as well as 25 local individuals who were interested in potentially becoming a trustee. A further 5 organisations were in a charity brochure available on the day. Data gathered after 3 months of the event revealed that 52% of attendees were in conversation with a charity, and 2 attendees had already begun their roles as trustees with charities that had attended on the night. Mahaba Café CIC attended our Trustee Matching event after signing up for membership with us as they were keen to meet local individuals who would like to get involved and help them with their journey to launching an inclusive café for young adults with a learning disability and/or autism. _**“We did find a match at the event and now have an amazing extra CIC Director. It was also extremely helpful for us to get to know Young Ealing Foundation and we also met some other lovely people that have been very supportive since. The event was a big step in our start up journey.”**_ Page 10 ## Funders FAIR Financial sustainability is one of the highest areas of need for our members, and Ealing is consistently underrepresented in grant funding awards. This year, for the first time, we hosted a Funders Fair bringing together 10 fantastic funders and over 100 attendees at the Ealing Project Cinema. Funders presented details about their opportunities to the attendees and then had a stand in the foyer where members could have face-to-face discussions with them about their programmes and whether there was a fit with funders’ priorities. It was attended by the following funders: A2 Dominion, Arts Council, Catalyst, Children in Need, City Bridge Trust, Ealing Council, Freshwater Foundation, John Lyon's Charity, London Youth, London Funders and Ethical Property Foundation. Feedback was overwhelmingly positive for the event and, as a result, we will be holding this annually. _"_ _**Lovely to meet so many others in the sector locally - such an amazing turnout. I hope you continue to run these!"**_ _**"I just wanted to thank you for such a brilliant morning! I was able to speak to so many of our current and past funders and speak to new ones."**_ _**"Thanks so much to the YEF team for organising this event. Young Ealing Foundation does so much to help promote and provide support to charitable organisations!"**_ 100% OF ATTENDEES SAID THEY FOUND OUR ABOUT AT LEAST ONE NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ## IMPACT AREA 3: YOUTH-LED SERVICES ## **Ealing Young Champions** After an extremely successful first year, our Ealing Young Champions youth-voice initiative had a very busy and exciting second year, supported by our fantastic new Member and Youth Voice Manager, Hollie Hartley. The group of six young champions aged between 14-17 meet weekly during term time and have been involved in a number of exciting and important projects across the year including co-designing Ealing’s first ever Youth Mental Health Crisis Café – Circle, in partnership with Hammersmith and Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow Mind. Page 12 ## **A Note from Eve, 17, Ealing Young Champion** _“The Ealing Young Champions are a team of young people dedicated to promoting and bettering the mental health offer for young people in Ealing. Last year, we found out our campaign to save a local Southall youth centre had been successful, which we were very pleased about after our hard work, which was part of a community effort. We also hosted an event called 'Get Connected' which was brilliant, and lots of young people came. We were able to do research on how young people in Ealing were feeling, and asked them questions about their lives, and what they wanted to see improved in Ealing. Based on these findings, we are now working on a new project to create a series of Zines - which we hope will be a useful mental health resource for young people._ _During the last year, as an Ealing Young Champion, it has been exciting to be a young person in Ealing - we have had many successes, with the saving of the YAC, and the Get Connected event. It's so good to see that there are more opportunities for young people. We have participated in grants panels, in which we hand selected projects to fund, that we thought would serve our community best, and have the biggest possible impact._ _On the other hand, as a young person in Ealing, it has been tough for many people, who are still suffering from the long-term effects of Covid, and those who have struggled with how to deal with that. This is evidenced by the findings from our Get Connected event, and we know that there is a huge, and increasing, demand for better and more widely available help for young people in our area, which is felt borough wide._ _I am so glad to be working in such a great team, and I am hopeful and excited for our future plans, aiming to improve Ealing's offer for young people, such as myself._ _We have loved working together and can't wait to see what the next year will have waiting for us!”_ Page 13 ## **Arts and Health Alliance x Ealing Young Champions Collaboration** We continued to run the Ealing Arts and Health Alliance (EAHA), bringing together those working in both the arts and health sectors on a bi-monthly basis to harness the powerful effects the arts can have on young people’s mental health and create a space where impactful partnerships and projects can be born. This year the EAHA received Challenge London Legacy Funding through A New Direction to conduct a piece of action research exploring how the arts can be used as a tool to improve young people’s mental health. This year-long piece of research culminated in ‘Get Connected’, an event co-created with the Ealing Young Champions. From August 2022 - January 2023, The Ealing Arts and Health Alliance worked with researcher Dr Carolyn Defrin to carry out a series of workshops with young people affiliated with the Ealing Young Champions (EYC). Collaborating with Prime, an early career local artist, the team engaged the young people in arts activities in local arts venues, alongside conversations around mental health and wellbeing to develop an interactive event for other young people in the borough. 'Get Connected’ was held at The Ealing Project, where each of the EYC participants hosted their own interactive booth encouraging dialogue with other local young people. The event consisted of nine different creative activity stations based on things that the young champions do to support their own mental health, followed by a film screening, with the aim of gathering wider research on local young people’s mental health and how the arts can be used as a tool to understand this. Over 50 young people attended the event and activities included poetry-writing, portrait sketching, lego freestyle, boxing, baking, DJing, a photo booth and ‘drop a pin’ – marking areas of the borough that you feel connected to. The difference in the confidence levels of the Ealing Young Champions themselves after the event was palpable. From initially being apprehensive at the thought of running their own stalls, they went on to design and host their activities and interact confidently with new people. Every single one of them stood up at the end and spoke in front of everyone, thanking them for coming to the event and inviting them to join them as Ealing Young Champions. The event has galvanised them into taking the findings further and ensuring that local decision makers listen to them and commit to coproducing services moving forwards. They want to use Get Connected as a model for peer-research in Ealing and take it to other areas in the borough, engaging even more young people. The Ealing Arts and Health Alliance now has fantastic, tangible, hyper-local evidence that the arts can be a powerful tool for revealing insights into young people's mental health and that co-creation is highly effective when it comes to meaningful engagement with young people. They can now build on this evidence and use this as an example of best practice to bring in more arts and health projects into the borough and encourage others to co-create interventions and programmes with local young people with the aim of improving young people’s mental health. ## _**WATCH OUR REEL**_ **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## **Youth Offer Partnership** In the summer of 2021, as Covid-19 restrictions were being lifted, there were nearly 7,000 16-30 year old benefit claimants in Ealing, amongst the highest in London, and no clear system to use inter-agency communication to find the right support to move them into high-quality, opportunities. Young men, those from deprived wards in the borough and those from minoritised communities were disproportionately represented in these statistics. Ealing Council convened the first Youth Offer Partnership (YOP) to bring together a forum for a collaborative education, training and employment offer for young people aged 16 – 30, focused on four themes: 1. More and better opportunities 2. Employment support 3. Pathways for the most vulnerable 4. Careers advice and guidance Youth Offer Partnership meetings are convened quarterly and have hosted representatives from VCFSE groups, Education institutions, Private sector organisations and statutory sector representation from the DWP and various departments at Ealing Council. In total over 50 different organisations or teams have been represented. All of these reps have significant experience in supporting the YOP’s target audience in a number of ways to move closer to, or enter, education, employment or training. ## Quarterly meetings offer the opportunity to: - Scrutinise local data - Identify gaps in support - Agree actions to meet the groups aims in the short-, medium- and long- term The action plan developed by the group identified three areas of need: 1. Understanding our audience 2. Engaging Underrepresented Young People 3. Increased opportunities for young people And each area of need was linked to short-, medium-, and long-term actions. The Youth Offer partnership has already achieved a number of these: Directory of services and regular newsletter to enable providers to advertise opportunities they offer, and to seek opportunities for those they support Employer Standard working group set up to develop a best practice guide for employers taking on young people in the early stages of their working life Schools engagement & work experience working group convened to improve communications with secondary schools and to identify the need for benefits of work experience Job fairs working group have arranged and run an employment specifically targeting young people Future work in discussion includes: - Increasing apprenticeship opportunities in the VCFSE - Peer research with young people to better understand needs - Looking at youth-led social action and volunteering opportunities to build skills Bidding for large scale funding as a partnership to increase number of opportunities and provide more support - Report back on progress and share learning and best practice - Network with other organisations and understand the local offer SINCE THE YOP WAS SET UP, CLAIMANT RATES IN THE 16-30 CATEGORY HAVE DROPPED BY NEARLY 40%! Page 16 ## **My Ends: Tackling Youth Violence in Southall and Norwood Green** In 2022, the Young Ealing Foundation was commissioned by the Mayor of London's Violence Reduction Unit’s My Ends funding to research the experiences of violence impacting young people in Southall and Norwood Green. The subsequent report explores what makes young people feel unsafe in their community, and what some of the potential solutions are. Using the input of Young People, we have been able to produce clear recommendations to address the issues raised in the research. We are supporting the voluntary and statutory sectors to work together to ensure that Southall is an area where young people feel safe to achieve and live their best lives. You can read the full report here. ## **Parent Carer Champions** Ealing is the fourth most populous borough in London, with over a third of the population under the age of 25 and faces challenges related to youth violence and high rates of youth re-offending. The need for initiatives to address these issues arose due to the lack of decline in first-time entrants to the youth justice system. The MOPAC Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) provided funding to empower parents and carers, build resilient families, and adopt a public health approach to reducing violence. We partnered with three of our member organisations, ESDEG, GOSAD, and HSENA, to deliver a comprehensive training program for parents and carers affected by youth violence. The program aimed to equip parents with tools and strategies to manage behaviours, promote positive relationships, and address serious youth violence. Training sessions covered various topics, such as understanding the teenage brain, external threats, violence impacting girls and young women, and conflict management. The program provided a safe space for open discussions, breaking the taboo around youth violence. The programme engaged parents and carers in Ealing, specifically targeting those affected by youth violence and those that ESDEG, GOSAD, and HSENA were already working with. Through their existing relationships, these organisations identified the needs and desires of parents and carers in the community. The partnership allowed for a culturally competent, relevant, and accessible training program that resonated with the target audience's specific challenges and aspirations. To engage parents and carers, we organised a series of training sessions which were delivered by partner organisations. The training sessions were designed to be engaging and informative, covering topics relevant to the participants' experiences. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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The program also created opportunities for peer-to-peer interaction and community engagement. Parent and carer champions emerged from the training sessions, who then conducted peer engagement activities, such as hosting coffee mornings, distributing information leaflets, and presenting at conferences. These activities were important to create a supportive network, break the stigma surrounding youth violence, and empower parents to share their knowledge and support each other. The training program reached **37** parents and carers directly, who then engaged with **124** additional parents and carers through community interactions. Parents gained a deeper understanding of youth behaviour, external threats, and conflict management. The program created a safe space for discussions, breaking the taboo around youth violence. Parents expressed relief, increased awareness of available support services, and a commitment to utilizing their newfound knowledge to support other parents and young people. Participating in the training program had a significant impact on parents and carers. They gained knowledge, understanding, and confidence in managing their children's behaviours and navigating support systems. By breaking the taboo around youth violence, participating parents felt relieved to openly discuss and address the issue, reducing the stigma within their communities. The program empowered parents to seek assistance when needed and increased their awareness of available support services. Furthermore, the mutual learning between trainers and the Somali community enhanced practice in support services. ## **Case Study: H** H is a mother of 4 children, all of whom have additional needs. She started to volunteer with us to gain confidence having been out of work for over 10 years. H took part in 5 of the 6 training sessions provided as part of this programme, she found it engaging and gained knowledge in new areas. Initially she was apprehensive about going into the community to deliver training. So, we paired the champions so they could support each other. She started to run the parent /carer coffee morning and relaying the knowledge she gained in an informal way to parents. She went out to other community venues to distribute information leaflets and the benefits of the programme. She has gained so much confidence and has now agreed to present at a national conference. **“I'm looking forward to helping more parents and carers in the same place I once used to gain support for myself.”** ## **Other feedback has included:** Page 19 ## **The Young Ealing Foundation Awards** The first ever Young Ealing Foundation Awards Ceremony took place on Thursday 21st July 2022 at the University of West London’s Westmont Hall and celebrated the fantastic achievements of Ealing's children, young people and youth providers. Over 200 people attended the inaugural event, including local young people, youth workers, MPs and even local TikTok stars, The Gregorian Sisters. The awards were co-hosted by one of our brilliant Ealing Young Champions, Lily Connolly-Woods and straight from her show at BBC Radio1XTra, Westside Radio’s Fee Mak. We had a stellar line up of local talent who performed on the evening including The Bollo x Delve Collective who paid tribute to Jamal Edwards MBE with their tracks ‘Self-Belief’ and ‘Acton’, Macy Ward who performed a cover of Celeste’s Love is Back, Corni who performed his new release: Ascending; and local dance crew Elevate Arts who closed the evening with an energetic street dance performance (and continued the dancing at the reception afterwards in the University’s ‘Heart Space’ where Westside Radio’s DJ Kizzi provided the tunes). ## **The Young Ealing Foundation Awards cont.** Ten awards were presented in total, five for young people and five for local youth providers. The winners were as follows: ## _**Young People:**_ ## _**Youth Providers:**_ Community Champion: Megan Fahy – Catalyst Housing Group Green Champion: Sufiyan Abdul Qayum – Clean Air for Southall and Hayes Overcoming Adversity Award: Dorothy Chan Young Leader Award: Ryan Kennedy - YMCA Young Volunteer of the Year: Yasmin Choukrallah, Amira Choukrallah, Kholoud Karboube – Bollo Brook Youth Centre Positive Opportunities Award: Znaniye Foundation's Ealing Saturday Club Violence Intervention Award: YMCA and John Lyon's Charity’s Crime Diversion Project Mental Health and Wellbeing Award: WAPPY’s Creating Mindfully Lockdown Life Volunteer of the Year: Rakiya Dahir - HSNEA Youth Professional of the Year: Colin Brent – Bollo Brook Youth Centre It was the event of the year for Ealing’s youth sector, an evening of celebration and emotions. ## **Elly Heaton, CEO, Young Ealing Foundation said:** _“The last few years have been incredibly tough for our sector. Poverty levels are rising, those who are systemically and continuously discriminated against face growing issues, and cuts from central government means we face a constant battle to deliver more and more desperately needed services with less and less money._ _This evening has been an opportunity to see how people can shine in the face of adversity. Young people, like the Ealing Young Champions, are standing up and making their voice heard. Young people are showing resilience, and leadership, and giving back to their communities to make positive change._ _Organisations like all of you in this room and hundreds more besides and digging deep into the reserves of their strength to deliver meaningful and engaging opportunities, working in partnership with one another so that young people have the chance to shine. Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to nominate peers, colleagues, and young people – we were blow away by the quality of the nominations._ _The Young Ealing Foundation, together with everyone in this room, are working to make Ealing a great place for children and young people.”_ ## **Rupa Huq MP for Ealing Central and Acton said:** _“What a brilliant evening, look I’ve never been to an Oscars Ceremony, or a Grammy’s or anything like that, but the excitement tonight, the golden envelopes, the drum roll almost every time and what a lot of talent in this room. The Oscars and all that have nothing on this, because this is 100% Ealing”_ Page 21 ## FUNDRAISING The Young Ealing Foundation undertakes all fundraising activities in line with the Fundraising Code of Practice. The charity is committed to fundraising which is legal, open, honest and respectful. If fundraising activities are managed on the charity’s behalf by volunteers, appropriate support is provided to ensure their fundraising activities protect both the reputation of the charity and its supporters. The Board of Trustees and CEO actively review risks to income generation and support the Fundraising Consultant to deliver a clear fundraising strategy. The majority of the Young Ealing Foundation’s income is secured from charitable trusts and foundations. Despite the many challenges presented by the tail end of the pandemic as well as the cost-of-living crisis, the Young Ealing Foundation achieved considerable growth in diversifying income and raising the profile of the charity to funders and the local community. ## **We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to those who supported our work over the past year.** THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT ## GRANT MAKING During the year ended 31 March 2022, the Young Ealing Foundation worked collaboratively with other charities to distribute a number of funds. Through our small grants programme, we have distributed a total of £142,506 to 23 voluntary organisations working in the borough. Grants range in size from £500 to £5,000. A full list of grants is included on page 38 of this report. ## FINANCIAL REVIEW OF THE YEAR Total net incoming resources for the year was £439,378, details of which are shown in the Statement of Financial Activities. Total expenditure for the year was £411,777. The balance of funds at the end of the year was £240,603 of which £77,866 is restricted. The balance of unrestricted funds carried forward includes a General Reserve of £70,000. The remaining £92,737 will be required for the running costs of the charity in 2023-24. ## FUTURE PLANS At the beginning of the financial year 23/24, the Young Ealing Foundation team conducted one-to-one Membership Renewal meetings. These in-person meetings provided an opportunity for us to ‘deep dive’ into our Members to give us a real understanding of the state of the sector and how we can be best placed to support Members moving forward. We have developed our upcoming year’s activities based on this and data gathered during these meetings will feed into our 2024-2027 strategy which we will be working on this year in partnership with our Board of Trustees, who will also be conducting an internal Board Effectiveness Review. ## **Across the membership we heard that funding remains the biggest challenge that organisations face, so in response:** - We will run regular ‘meet the funder’ sessions and our popular Funders Fair - We will offer fundraising and impact measurement training - We will give one-to-one feedback on applications to our small grants programme before the panel meets to maximise members' chance of success - We are working to secure funding for a ‘fundraising consultant’ to work one-to-one with members to develop a fundraising strategy ## **Our members said they are keen to network and build better partnerships in Ealing but are stretched for time, so in response:** - We have replaced multiple networks with ONE quarterly network dedicated to networking and building connections in Ealing with other practitioners - Need a connection and don’t know who might be best? We will support you to find out that information and do the introduction - We will continue to grow and keep updated our directory of opportunities for young people in Ealing Page 23 ## FUTURE PLANS CONT. ## **Our members said that youth voice is a priority and an area many would like to develop, so in response:** - We will be running co-production training, for members, led by young people - This includes coaching from a young person to look at ways of embedding more youth voice into member organisations ## **Our members said that training needs to be relevant to what they currently need, so in response:** - We have curated an annual training programme based on what were the identified areas of need - Members can use two safeguarding training licenses per year and this vital training can be organised flexibly at a convenient time for all **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT ## **Public benefit** ## **Governance** Throughout the year, the board was made up of ten trustees. Four of these were new trustees who reflected the need for greater local representation from the statutory and voluntary sector, as well as a young trustee and a trustee with significant fundraising experience. The Trustees confirm they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission, including the guidance ‘Public benefit: running a charity’ (PB2). Board decisions are taken at bi-monthly board meetings, with new trustees being officially appointed by members at the AGM. There were no sub-committees of the board, although ad-hoc task and finish groups have been set up throughout the year to support the CEO on specific items such as staff appraisals and remuneration; risk management and fundraising. New Trustees are subject to an in-depth induction process, which includes providing: - Information about roles and duties of Trustees from the charity commission Memorandum and Articles of Association Dates of Board meetings List of Trustees with contact details Business / Strategic Plan Trustee Code of Conduct - Trustee handbook including key policies Annual Report and Summarised Accounts Organisation Chart Information about current projects ## **Reserves policy** The Young Ealing Foundation has a cash reserve, also known as working capital, of approximately three months’ core costs. This is the immediate cover required in the event of the need to close down the Foundation. The Trustees have agreed that the Foundation must maintain a cash reserve equivalent to three months’ core running costs and to cover contracts to which the Foundation is already committed. Three months’ is estimated to be approximately £70,000 in line with the agreed budget. In making funding decisions for future projects and activities the Trustees will not commit until sufficient funding has been raised. In this way sufficient reserves should at all times be maintained for the future costs of the Foundation. In considering the reserves requirement, any amounts held as Restricted funds are not included except to the extent that they affect funding decisions involving specific projects to which those Restricted funds relate. Trustees also meet key staff members including the CEO to discuss current priorities and projects, and are subject to references, DBS checks and eligibility checks. Trustees are not remunerated, however they can apply for expenses for attending meetings including travel and childcare costs. The reserves policy is reviewed annually by the Trustees. Page 25 ## STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT CONT. ## **Risk Management** The Young Ealing Foundation has a detailed risk register, outlining all the principle risks under the following categories: - Governance Operational Financial External Youth Voice Membership The risk register is reviewed annually by a sub-committee of the board of trustees, at which point existing controls are reviewed, the likelihood and impact of a risk occurring are assessed, and further controls and mitigating actions are agreed with a deadline. The risk register is updated by the CEO on a bi-monthly basis for review at meetings of the Board of Trustees. ## ' REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS ## **Trustees** Paul Bradford – Trustee (Chair) Simon Edrich – Trustee (Treasurer) Jo Brianti – Trustee (Secretary) Ashwin Desai – Trustee Dr Aysha Raza – Trustee Jeanette Grose – Trustee Rema Rathborne – Trustee Yemi Adeola – Trustee ## **Executive** Elly Heaton, CEO ## **Registered charity number** 1171554 ## **Bank** The Co-Operative Bank, P.O. Box 101, 1 Balloon Street, Manchester M60 4EP **Principal office** Bilton House 7 Culmington Road London W13 9NB **Independent Examiner** Ily Maisanda BSc, ACMA, CGMA, ACA, MSc, Fintech (Oxford) Chartered Management Accountant Principal Partner Maisanda & Co Sobus Hub, 196 Freston Road Kensington, London W10 6TT ## STATEMENT OF TRUSTEE'S RESPONSIBILITIES The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the Financial Statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Foundation and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the Foundation for that year. In preparing these Financial Statements, the Trustees are required to: - Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - Observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP; Make judgments and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; State whether applicable accounting standards, comprising FRS 102, have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the Financial Statements; and Prepare the Financial Statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Foundation will continue in business. The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Foundation and enable them to ensure that the Financial Statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Foundation and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the Foundation and financial information included on the Foundation’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions. ## **By order of the Board of Trustees** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## **Position: Chair** **Date: 23.08.2023** Page 27 ## INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT I report on the accounts of the charity for the period ended 31 March 2022 which are set out on pages 1 to 26 of the Trustees Annual Report. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. - It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act; - to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act; and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner’s report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** - In connection with my examination, no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Ily Maisanda ACMA, CGMA Date: 17.08.23 Sobus Hub, 196 Freston Road, Kensington W10 6TT** Page 28 ## STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES ## **INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities. Page 29 ## BALANCE SHEET ## **AS AT 31 MARCH 2023** For the financial year ended 31 March 2023 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies. No member of the company has deposited a notice, pursuant to section 476, requiring an audit of these financial statements under the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. The directors acknowledge their responsibility for ensuring that the company keeps accounting records which comply with section 386 of the Act and for preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of its profit or loss for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to accounts, so far as applicable to the company. These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 and in accordance with. FRS 102. On behalf of the Board and signed on its behalf **Paul Bradford, Chair Date: 23.08.2023** Page 30 ## STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** Page 31 ## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** ## **1.3.Charitable funds** ## **1. Accounting policies** Charity information Young Ealing Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO). Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives. Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements. ## **1.1.Accounting convention** The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Young Ealing Foundation’s Charitable Incorporated Organisation Association, the Charities Act 2011 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)". The Young Ealing Foundation is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have departed from the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 only to the extent required to provide a true and fair view. This departure has involved following the Statement of Recommended Practice for charities applying FRS 102 rather than the version of the Statement of Recommended Practice which is referred to in the Regulations but which has since been withdrawn. The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the Young Ealing Foundation. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of freehold properties and to include investment properties and certain financial instruments at fair value. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below. ## **1.4.Income** Income is recognised when the Young Ealing Foundation is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received. Grants are recognised in the financial statements when due. Donations are recognised when received. Sales are recognised when the related services have been provided. Cash donations are recognised on receipt. Other donations are recognised once the Young Ealing Foundation has been notified of the donation, unless performance conditions require deferral of the amount. Income tax recoverable in relation to donations received under Gift Aid or deeds of covenant is recognised at the time of the donation. ## **1.5. Expenditure** Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and includes irrecoverable VAT. Grants payable are recognised as expenditure when payment is due to the partner organisation in accordance with the terms of the agreement. ## **1.6. Cash and cash equivalents** Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. ## **1.2.Going concern** At the time of approving the financial statements, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the Young Ealing Foundation has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. ## NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS CONT. ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** ## **2. Financial instruments** The Young Ealing Foundation has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments. Financial instruments are recognised in the Young Ealing Foundation’s balance sheet when the Young Ealing Foundation becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument. Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously. ## **2.1. Basic financial assets** Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised. ## **2.2 Basic financial liabilities** Basic financial liabilities, including creditors and bank loans are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised. Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method. Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of operations from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as noncurrent liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. ## **2.3 Derecognition of financial liabilities** Financial liabilities are derecognised when the Young Ealing Foundation’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled. ## **3. Employee benefits** The cost of any unused holiday entitlement is recognised in the period in which the employee’s services are received. Termination benefits are recognised immediately as an expense when the Young Ealing Foundation is demonstrably committed to terminate the employment of an employee or to provide termination benefits. ## **3.1 Retirement benefits** Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due. ## **3.2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements** In the application of the Young Ealing Foundation’s accounting policies, the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods. Page 33 ## **4. Donations** ## **5. Charitable Activities** ## **6. Trustees** None of the trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from Young Ealing Foundation during the year. Page 34 ## **7. Employees** There were no employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more. ## **8. Debtors** ## **9. Creditors** ## **10. Deferred Income Reconciliation** Page 35 ## **11. Restricted Funds** The income funds of the charity include restricted funds comprising the following unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust for specific purposes: During the period, Young Ealing Foundation transferred amounts from unrestricted funds to those restricted funds that would otherwise have been in deficit. Page 36 ## **12. Analysis of net assets between funds** ## **13. Related party transactions** During 2022/23 there were no Related Party Transactions ## **14. Cash generated from operations** ## **15. Analysis of changes in net funds** The Young Ealing Foundation had no debt during the year. Page 37 ## **16. Grant Giving** The following grants were given to member organisations during 2022/23: |**NAME**|**FUND**|**AMOUNT**| |---|---|---| |Ealing Council|Cultural Education Partnership|£12,858| |HSENA|Parent Carer Champions|£5,250| |GOSAD|Parent Carer Champions|£2,375| |Education and Skills Development|Parent Carer Champions|£500| |Mel Productions CIC|YEF Small Grants|£10,000| |Treasure Boxing Club|YEF Small Grants|£10,000| |Football Chance Foundation|YEF Small Grants|£5,000| |HSENA|YEF Small Grants|£5,000| |Let's Leap|YEF Small Grants|£5,000| |GOSAD|YEF Small Grants|£5,000| |Haven Woods|YEF Small Grants|£5,000| |DaDy|YEF Small Grants|£4,970| |APNA Youth|YEF Small Grants|£4,978| |Bless Community Church|YEF Small Grants|£5,000| |AJ Sport London|YEF Small Grants|£4,972| |Monster Cat Theatre|YEF Small Grants|£2,379| |YMCA|YEF Small Grants|£5,000| |One Place|YEF Small Grants|£5,000| |MEM Academy CIC|YEF Small Grants|£4,956| |Voice of Somali Community|YEF Small Grants|£4,605| |Potential Mentoring|YEF Small Grants|£4,783| |Rolladome|YEF Small Grants|£4,880| |Voice of Somali Community|Supplementary Schools|£4,500| |CAIA|Supplementary Schools|£5,500| |Aspire Academy|Supplementary Schools|£1,000| |VOD International|Supplementary Schools|£3,500| |Somali Family Learning (SoFaLe)|Supplementary Schools|£3,500| |Education and Skills Development|Supplementary Schools|£3,500| |Znaniye Foundation|Supplementary Schools|£3,500| ||**TOTAL**|**£142,506**| Page 38 ## **"Together, for Ealing's Children and Young People"** **Young Ealing Foundation** Bilton House 7 Culmington Road London W13 9NB ## **Registered charity number** 1171554 WWW.YOUNGEALINGFOUNDATION.ORG.UK