**LIVE WELL WITH COPD FAREHAM AND GOSPORT**
## **TRUSTEES REPORT FOR THE YEAR 2023 – 2024**
- **1) Charity Name :- Live Well With COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)**
- **2) Charity Number :- 1175611**
- **3) Charity’s Principal Address :- 17, Brookside, Gosport, Hants, PO13 0YS**
- **4) Names of Trustees :- George Hathaway, Mike West, Marilyn Razzell and Norman Hall.**
- **5) Date of Approval of Trustees Annual Report 01/09/2025**
- **6) Names of All Other Trustees :- None**
- **7) Type of Governing Document & Details of how the Charity is Constituted :-**
- **A) The Governing Document is currently being revised**
- **B) How the Charity is Constituted :- Formed following cessation of NHS funding of maintenance classes.**
## **8) Trustee Recruitment & Appointment :- Apart from the First Charity Trustees, every**
**trustee must be appointed for a term of two years by a resolution passed at a properly**
**convened meeting of the Charity Trustees.**
**In Selecting individuals for appointment as Charity Trustees, the Trustees must have**
**regard as to the skills and knowledge needed for the effective administration of the**
**CIO.**
## **9) Charitable Purposes & Activities :- To relieve sickness and to promote and protect good**
**health for the public and benefit of those suffering from COPD, their families, and carers in the Fareham and Gosport areas by :-**
- **Raising awareness of COPD through effective communication**
- **Liaising with other community groups, health charities and public bodies**
- **Providing advice, support, and active communication within the group**
- **Encouraging self-management of the condition**
- **Updating members on and participating in research opportunities**
- **Liaising with and working together with community respiratory teams and**
- **Through the provision of grants to those suffering from COPD or their carers**
## **10) Summary of the Main Achievements of the charity.**
**In the year 2023/2024 the group has had another successful year despite the deaths**
**of a number of members, notably including that of a founder member and trustee Richard Geall; however, they have been replaced by a similar number of new members. This has meant that we have been able to somewhat increase the numbers**
**attending our thrice weekly exercise maintenance classes.**
**On the social side we have held a stall at two local Fayres, and held several well attended Quiz nights and Skittles evenings. There have been quarterly excursions to**
**places of interest, determined by popular demand of the members. The Xmas party**
**was, again a huge success.**
**Our monthly meetings, at which we have both educational and entertaining speakers have**
**again been very popular and well attended. So all in all we have been able to successfully**
**sustain our aim of supporting all of those suffering from COPD and other health issues**
**in the Gosport and Fareham area.**
**We have continued to hold exercise classes three times a week with between 20 & 45**
**taking part. We gain new members mainly through the NHS Pulmonary Rehab referrals,**
**but also quite a few through word-of-mouth contacts.**
**Welfare :- The Welfare Officer has contacted 52 members who have been poorly and**
**sadly, some seven members have passed away. Funerals have been attended and visits**
**made with flowers, fruit and veg or chocolates.**
**To those who have been poorly, ‘Get Well Cards’ have been either sent or delivered.**
**Financial support for items has been offered and our mobility scooter has been loaned to**
**one of our members.**
**11) Financial Review.**
**A Profit and Loss Account for the year is enclosed. The funds for the group come from having a stand at local events such as the Vintage Car Rally, held on the late August Bank Holiday and the Annual Michaelmas Fayre. We receive a number of In Memorial Donations.**
**We hold a raffle at our monthly meetings and also a monthly raffle and these and refreshment sales also contribute to our funds.**
**DATE :- SIGNED ……………………………………………….**
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Sheet1 Live Well With COPD – Profit and Loss Account – 3[rd] November 23 to 2[nd] Nov Charity No 1175611
## Debit
## Credit
|Leisuire Centre Hire
Trips
Refreshments
Christmas
Insurance
Computers
Printing
Welfare
Secretary's Expenses
Equipement
Total Income
Total Expenditure
Profit|9544.66
Excersise Classes
3933.34
Trips
24.94
Refreshments
583.76
Christmas
351.78
Donations
276.56
Polo Shirts
303.47
Memoria
159.58
Transfer – Petty Cash
417.69
Lottery
599.00
Outside Events
16194.78
Scooter
16579.46
16194.78
384.68|13073.30
270.00
354.34
662.50
100.00
70.00
1493.00
21.00
310.32
115.00
110.00|
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