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Year 2022 |
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Year 2023 |
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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 | 4 Trenowth Terrace | |||||||||||||||
| South Street, Grampound Road | ||||||||||||||||
| TRURO, Cornwall | ||||||||||||||||
| Postcode | TR2 4EB | |||||||||||||||
| 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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16 17 18 19 20 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:
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
a) Educating or training persons with a psychiatric disability in the proper and safe use of their psychiatric assistance dog; 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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| 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) |
The benefts 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 signifcantly 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. A secondary beneft 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. 1Providing 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; 2Providing 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; 3Providing 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 confrming a psychiatric condition as mentioned in 3, 3.2 An annual health check from the Assistance Dog's vet; 4Providing 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; 5Providing the option of 3rd party dog insurance to protect PADs users; 6Raising public awareness of the issues affecting those with mental health issues, both generally and in relation to their social exclusion; 7Providing blogs and forums, advocacy and general support; 8.Provide guidance with problems relating to the law; 9To 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)
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 achievements of the charity during the year |
Secure membership database tested for public use. Membership application system devised, paperwork prepared. Volunteers recruited to help with assistance dog training guides, marketing and database design. Networking with other assistance dog charities at events and lectures. Awareness of the charity is beginning to spread. |
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the NA charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially 0 in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include Principal source of funding is donations. additional information, where We are looking at how we could incorporate a fundraising volunteer. 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 30 January 2024
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| £8.00 £8.00 £8.00 £8.00 £5.00 £5.00 £5.00 £40.00 £5.00 £170.42 £5.00 £5.00 £272.42 |
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| inputs | outputs | |||||
| April 2022 | April 2022 | |||||
| total inputs/outputs | £0.00 | £8.00 | ||||
| May | May | |||||
| total inputs/outputs | £38.80 | £8.00 | ||||
| June | June | |||||
| total inputs/outputs | £0.02 | £8.00 | ||||
| July | July | |||||
| total inputs/outputs | £0.00 | £8.00 | ||||
| August | August | |||||
| total inputs/outputs | £0.00 | £5.00 | ||||
| September | September | |||||
| total inputs/outputs | £0.08 | £5.00 | ||||
| October | October | |||||
| total inputs/outputs | £173.65 | £5.00 | ||||
| November | November | |||||
| total inputs/outputs | £0.00 | £40.00 | ||||
| December | December | |||||
| total inputs/outputs | £0.19 | £5.00 | ||||
| January 2023 | January 2023 | |||||
| total inputs/outputs | £29.10 | £170.42 | ||||
| February | February | |||||
| total inputs/outputs | £0.00 | £5.00 | ||||
| March | March | |||||
| total inputs/outputs | £0.14 | £5.00 | ||||
| total | £241.98 | £272.42 | ||||
| proft/loss | -£30.44 | |||||
| Balance | £227.54 | |||||