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Year 2020 |
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Year 2021 |
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| Section A | Reference and administration details | |||||||||||||||
| Charity name | Psychiatric Assistance Dogs Foundation |
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| Other names charity is known by | PADs Foundation | |||||||||||||||
| Registered charity number (if any) | 1173512 | |||||||||||||||
| Charity's principal address | 85A City Road | |||||||||||||||
| St Pauls | ||||||||||||||||
| Bristol | ||||||||||||||||
| Postcode | BS2 8UQ | |||||||||||||||
| Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year 1 Malcolm Seward Chair 2 Zoe Norquoy Treasurer 3 Mark Alexander 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document Constitution (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted Foundation
(eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Appointed
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
The relief of those in need as result of having a psychiatric disability by:
a) Educating or training persons with a psychiatric disability in the proper and safe use of their psychiatric assistance dog;
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
b) Raising public awareness of psychiatric disabilities and the benefits of assistance dogs to persons with such a disability;
c) Otherwise supporting persons with a psychiatric disability in particular with their ownership and use of an assistance dog with a view to promoting their independence in society.
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The benefits are to help anyone with a psychological condition, as mentioned in 3 below, to give them more independence, to lead a better life with less need of the Mental Health and Hospital services. Which will help a significantly high proportion of the general public to enter any public space, shops and restaurants and public transport who at present may not be able to use.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
A secondary benefit will reduce the pressures on the National Health & Mental Health teams by; Helping registered members of pads.foundation to gain independence through the use of their Psychiatric Assistance Dogs and reducing the need for a carer which will not only increases self-esteem and independence but also reduces care-costs. 1 Providing education and information to support those with long term mental health issues that require the use of an Psychiatric Assistance Dog; The effect of an impairment is long-term if; 1.1 it has lasted for at least 12 months, 1.2 it is likely to last for at least 12 months, 1.3 it is likely to last for the rest of the life of the person affected; 2 Providing access to PADs Foundation training advice appropriate to subscribers needs with minimum training requirements based on the American's with Disabilities Act 2014 (ADA); Dogs need to be able to; 2.1 Be under control of the handler via harness, leash or other tether (if not the assistance dog must be under con- trol by other means such as voice control) 2.2 House trained 2.3 Must remain quiet 2.4 Not interact with other people or dogs 2.5 Must sit, stay, lie down and recall on command; 3 Providing a registration scheme/database for those with a diagnosed psychiatric condition such as PTSD, Bipo- lar, Severe Depression, Dissociative states, personality disorders and schizophrenia, with the foundation which is accessible to police and health care service providers with; 3.1 A Bi-annual doctors letter confirming a psychiatric condition as mentioned in 3, 3.2 An annual health check from the Assistance Dog's vet; 4 Providing the necessary tabards and ID cards to use when taking their Psychiatric Assistants Dog out in public areas: by a bi-annual letter proving their psychiatric disability and a vet's letter proving their Psychiatric Assistance Dog has an annual health check; 5 Providing the option of 3rd party dog insurance to protect PADs users; 6 Raising public awareness of the issues affecting those with mental health issues, both generally and in relation to their social exclusion; 7 Providing blogs and forums, advocacy and general support; 8. Provide guidance with problems relating to the law; 9 To ensure that only two questions may be asked of a PADs user when asked the nature/extent of their disability as per the ADA. 9.1 Is the animal required because of a disability? 9.2 What work or task has the animal be trained for?
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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
We have a Website development, database and content manager volunteer who joined the team mid August 2020 and has begun work on the database for the online application. We also have a Communication and Marketing Manager who joined in September 2020.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main Secure membership database is being written for online applications. achievements of the charity during the year We have successfully won the court case at the high court which validates and allows Psychiatric Assistance Dogs that meet the International Public Access standards that we adhere to. We have started the GDPR process in readiness of the website applications.
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the NA charity’s policy on reserves
Details of any funds materially Promotional banners, flyers and fleeces and initial bank account set up in deficit cost paid for by Malcolm Seward totalling £310 outstanding
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Malcolm Andrew Seward Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc)
Date 28 March 2020
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| Psychiatric Assistance Dogs Foundation | Psychiatric Assistance Dogs Foundation | |||||
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| inputs | outputs | |||||
| April 2020 | April | 01/04/2018 | ||||
| 15/04/2020 | CAF Bank Monthly Account Fee | £5.00 | ||||
| total inputs/outputs | £0.00 | £5.00 | ||||
| May | May | |||||
| 15/05/2020 | CAF Bank Monthly Account Fee | £5.00 | ||||
| total inputs/outputs | £0.00 | £5.00 | ||||
| June | June | |||||
| 18/06/2020 | BACS 2006155748CF CAF2006155748CF | 14.55 | MS | |||
| 15/06/2020 | CAF Bank Monthly Account Fee | £5.00 | ||||
| total inputs/outputs | £14.55 | £5.00 | ||||
| July 30/07/2020 |
July | |||||
| BACS 20072739431CF CAF20072739431CF | 29.10 | 02/07/2020 | DD PAYPAL PAYMENT 4Y2J22282L4GJ | 84.23 | ||
| 15/07/2020 | CAF Bank Monthly Account Fee | £5.00 | ||||
| total inputs/outputs | £29.10 | £89.23 | ||||
| August | August | |||||
| 13/08/2020 | BACS 2008103360CF CAF2008103360CF | 19.40 | 17/08/2020 | CAF Bank Monthly Account Fee | £5.00 | |
| total inputs/outputs | £19.40 | £5.00 | ||||
| September 04/09/2020 |
BACS 2009016660CF CAF2009016660CF | 24.25 | September 15/09/2020 |
CAF Bank Monthly Account Fee | £5.00 | |
| 16/09/2020 | BACS 20091136600CF CAF20091136600CF | 19.40 | ||||
| total inputs/outputs | £43.65 | £5.00 | ||||
| October | October | |||||
| 23/10/2020 | ICS BACS 000006 | 6.25 | 15/10/2020 | CAF Bank Monthly Account Fee | £5.00 | |
| total inputs/outputs | £6.25 | £5.00 | ||||
| November 10/11/2020 |
November | |||||
| BACS 2011052135CF CAF2011052135CF | 4.85 | 16/11/2020 | CAF Bank Monthly Account Fee | £5.00 | ||
| total inputs/outputs | £4.85 | £5.00 | ||||
| December | December | |||||
| 25/11/2020 | BACS 20112027589CF CAF20112027589CF | 14.55 | 15/12/2020 | CAF Bank Monthly Account Fee | £5.00 |
| total inputs/outputs | £14.55 | £5.00 | ||||||
| January 2021 | January 2021 | |||||||
| 15/01/2021 | CAF Bank Monthly Account Fee | £5.00 | ||||||
| total inputs/outputs | £0.00 | £5.00 | ||||||
| February | February | |||||||
| 15/02/2021 | ||||||||
| CAF Bank Monthly Account Fee | £5.00 | |||||||
| total inputs/outputs | £0.00 | £5.00 | ||||||
| March | March | |||||||
| 15/03/2021 | CAF Bank Monthly Account Fee | £5.00 | ||||||
| total inputs/outputs | £0.00 | £5.00 | ||||||
| total | £132.35 | £144.23 | ||||||
| proft/loss | -£11.88 | |||||||
| Balance brought forward | £279.33 | £267.45 | ||||||