2021-01-31-accounts

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	James Welch		Chair			The trustees themselves
	Matthew	Lloyd	Trustee	Reappointed	for second	The trustees themselves
				term starting	25/04/20
	Susan Welch		Trustee			The trustees themselves
	Sophie	Cole	Trustee			The trustees themselves
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Description ofthe charity's trusts
Type of governing document	Constitution
How the charity is constituted	Charitable Incorporated Organisation		- Foundation
Trustee selection methods	Trustees are appointed by existing trustees fora term ofthree where they may then be appointed for another term.						years
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where	There must be no less than one time.	three trustees and no more			than twelve at any
relevant, about:	As a small charity the trustees share		all aspects of	the responsibility				of
~ policies and procedures adopted forthe induction and training oftrustees;	running the charity but have elected a chairperson to lead the organisation. All financial and secretarial duties are shared by trustees and all matters are discussed and passed at meetings electronic communication.						the board orthrough		of
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structure and any wider	In this financial year trustees	agreed	and signed offa new			conflict of
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	The charitable objerfs ofthe Safina Lion Conservation				Fund are:
Summary ofthe objects ofthe charity set out in its	To promote forthe benefit ofthe public the conservation lions by:				and		protedion		of
governing document	a) Supporting conservation	projects	in such ways	that are		charitable
	b Conservin and rotectin	the naturalhabitatsof		lions
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Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity during the year				2020has been a difficult year due to the Covid-19 pandemic but despite the elfects it had on our work we were still able to raise the funds needed to donate to fulfil our basic objectives that we planned forthe year. The funds raised have gone specifically to projects that tie in with our main focus points written in our conservation strategy which trustees signed otf
				in previous years.
				In December trustees agreed on a new mission and vision to better
				reflect the work that we support and undertake. Our two objectives
				(matching our charitable objects) are to conserve and to educate.
				Our new mission is to work with others to protect and monitor lion
				populations in the wild. Our new vision is a future where viable
				populations thrive while coexisting with local communiTies in sustainable
				areas ofhabitat.
				One ofour trustees and representatives from two ofour supporters
				visited the headquarters ofthe Mara Predator Conservation Programme
				(MPCP) in the Olare Motogori Conservancy in February 2020. Itwas a
				great opportunity to meet and shadow the MPCP team on the ground and
				tosee the work thai they carry out. Our visiting trustee was very
				impressed with the work ofthe MPCP, their commitment to lion
				conservation in the Maasai Mare ecosystem and their work with the local
				people that live alongside them. This eye opening trip (funded independently and not part ofcharity funds) allowed our chairman and
				two supporters to gain an insight into the work ofthe MPCP, to leam from
				the staff through presentations and tojoin them on their daily drives to
				monitor the lions in the study areas as well as an opportunity to see the
				MPCP's identification database and to see the other interesting work that
				goes on in their office and their education hub.
				Trustees have also started to work with Apex Extmme to coordinate and
				maintain a 'Lion Keepers Resource Group' which will be hosted on the
				SLCFwebsite. This will be afree resource which will be password
				protected and open to zoo keepers to browse. Zoo keepers will be
				encouraged to share information relating to any aspects of lion care,
				husbandry and anything else that may be zoo related that has been
				approved by a senior manager which will be emailed tothe trustees and uploaded onto the page. The idea ofthis is to give something back to our zoo supporters by providing a place to share knowledge and ideas that
				can advance lion care and husbandry and zoos in the UK and further
				afield. This is still aworking progress and plans are in place to launch	it
				formally in Spring 2021.This work will go towards our charitable objective
				to support and publish research to advance the husbandry of lions.
				Su ort From Zoos tLEducational Talks
				Most ofour educational and conservation work istraditionally based
				around World Lion Day which takes place in the middle ofthe summer holidays on the 10' August.
				Learn About Lions Education Project
				Due to Covid-19 restrictions many zoos were unable to hold their
				traditional world lion day events and due to rules around the Zoo
				Government Grant they were unable to support outside organisations.	In
				Wales the rules were dfiferent and we sent our Leam About Lions
				educational leaflets to Apex Extreme who organised a Covid-19 safe
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		the area known as 'Risa' outside the Amboseli National Park and trustees
		are pleased to continue our sponsorship ofKuya foryet another year.
		Founded in 2007, Lion Guardians has trained and supported
		communities at seven different sites to successfully protect lions across
		the continent. Their approach involves recruiting young, non-literate
		Maasai and other pastoralist warriors to leam the skills needed to
		effectively mitigate conflicts between people and wildlife, monitor lion
		populations, and help their own communities live with lions. Byactively
		engaging in their solutions-based conservation model, people who were
		once lion killers are transformed into lion protectors.
		The donation of$1500(61106.60) continues to cover his yearly salary as
		he monitors his particular area to ensure that the lions and the habitat
		remain protected. Bysponsoring Kuya we are assured that our donation
		will not be used purely for administration fees and would impact work on
		the ground to protect lions in the wild.
		In January 2021 we sent a donation of E1106.60 ($1500)to Lion
		Guardians.
		Future Kin sP ect
		flara Predator Conservaiion Prognimme (Kenya INffdffye Trust)
		The Mara Predator Conservation Programme was formed in 2018by
		merging the Mara Lion and Cheetah projects together. They are run by
		the Kenya ytlildlife Trust which focuses predominantly on predator
		conservation through community work and science based groundwork.
		The three goals ofthe Mara Predator Conservation Programme are to
		help community members and landowners understand and appreciate
		the role ofpredators in the ecosystem, to ensure that key stakeholders	in
		the Greater Mara Ecosystem consistently utilise sound scientific
		information to inform conservation strategies and to support stable,
		healthy predator populations in the Greater Mare Ecosystem by providing
		scientific evidence for conservation action.
		Trustees have heard from the Mare Predator Conservation Programme
		Team that the collars as part oftheir 'collars for consenanion' project
		have started to be deployed despite progress being delayed by the
		Covid-19 pandemic. The first set ofcollars deployed have gone onto four
		females and one sub adult male. The second set ofcollars are to be fitted
		on three sub adult males which will include our sponsored collar and
		contact will be made when these collars have been fitted.
		Already mentioned, one ofour trustees and two supporters visited the
		headquarters ofthe Mare Predator Conservation Programme in February
		to see first-hand the work that they carry out.
		Toassist the MPCP team throughout the pandemic, in January 2021
		trustees decided to donate a sum of$475 (F357.92) which is the monthly
		fuel budget for one oftheir lion monitoring vehicles. Fuel is vital tothe
		team being able to get out and monitor the lions within the area.
		Kope Lion
		In December 2019we donated 62587.83 ($3278) to go towards a brand
		new collar to be used on a sub adult male lion. Kope Lion works
		exclusively in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania where
		certain areas are considered multi-use and inhabited by both eople and
		March 2012