## **The Downright Special Network Annual Report and Accounts** **1[st] November 2022 - 31[st] October 2023** ## **Contents** Foreword from the Chair ................................................................................................................................................ 3 Background ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Our Pledge ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Safeguarding Statement ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Meet the Team ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Our Trustees ................................................................................................................................................................ 5 Our Staff ...................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Our Volunteers ............................................................................................................................................................ 7 Review of our Activities of the Year ................................................................................................................................ 8 Education .................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Downright Special Early Development Groups ....................................................................................................... 8 Downright Special Education Outreach Work with Schools ................................................................................... 9 Support to Families ................................................................................................................................................... 11 Social Events .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Other Support ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 Downright Special Health .......................................................................................................................................... 14 Down Syndrome with Complex Needs ................................................................................................................. 15 Supporting Young People – Building a Brighter Future Project ................................................................................ 16 Advocacy ................................................................................................................................................................... 17 Awareness Week ................................................................................................................................................... 17 New Parent Packs .................................................................................................................................................. 19 Networking ............................................................................................................................................................ 19 Communication with parents and carers .............................................................................................................. 19 Training ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Fundraising ................................................................................................................................................................ 21 Financial Review ............................................................................................................................................................ 23 Income ...................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Expenditure ............................................................................................................................................................... 24 Looking to the future .................................................................................................................................................... 25 Declaration .................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Appendix: Unaudited Financial Statements .................................................................................................................. 25 Page **2** of **25** ## **Foreword from the Chair** Over the past 12 months, the Charity continued to build on its success, providing excellent support to children, young people and their parents/carers. Downright Special is a successful charity due to the excellent leadership of the Charity Manager, Gillian Bowlas and the brilliant team of teachers, support staff and volunteers who between them have a wealth of expertise and experience across the key phases of children’s education and development. The training and development through outreach and partnership work, provided by our team, for practitioners across Hull and the East Riding continues to be a key strength of the Charity’s work and the demand for this is growing. There are several areas of key focus but to choose a few, in 2022/23 we continued to focus on: • Health, with many achievements including excellent partnership work to update the care pathway; working with local paediatric consultants on an alert system within hospital records; and the creation of a social story to help children, young adults and their parents to navigate the stages of paediatric appointments. • Social events, with over 20 events organised throughout the year the Charity recognises the importance and benefits for children, young people and their families to get together, have fun and share experiences. • Each stage of a child’s development. With support for new and expectant parents; early development sessions for children from birth to age five; provision for older children; and young adults through the Building a Brighter Future project, the Charity’s focus on each stage of a child / young person’s development allows for seamless transition and support. As we look to the future our plans continue to be centred on expanding our range of services in line with the increasing age range of the children we support so we can continue to support their evolving needs and help them reach their potential. You can read more about our future plans on page 25. These plans and the developments we have been able to achieve to-date would not be possible without the fundraising and grants we receive. These are critical to the success of the charity - thank you to all the individuals and organisations who have supported us this year. You have made this possible! Finally, thank you to everyone in the Downright Special Family who are a pleasure to work with and make everything achievable - children, parents, grandparents, staff, volunteers, supporters and professionals from other agencies - all of whom have a shared desire to build a brighter future for children with Down syndrome. I hope, in reading this report, you will agree it demonstrates the outstanding work, innovations and key developments the Charity continues to drive forward, all of which we are incredibly proud of. Lizann Lowson Chair of Trustees Page **3** of **25** ## **Background** The Downright Special Network was established in June 2007 to: - Provide and operate such support, materials and events so both parents/carers and professionals in health and education may be assisted in helping children with Down syndrome to achieve the best possible outcomes throughout their education, social, physical and emotional development. - Produce antenatal support and information to prospective parents and emotional and practical support to new parents. - Strive to build a brighter future for children with Down syndrome in our area. The work undertaken by staff, as a result of the fundraising and donations received, allows us to focus on our enduring priorities of: - Education - Support - Advocacy - Training ## **Our Pledge** Downright Special recognises that each individual with Down syndrome is unique and that some may have more complex needs. We pledge to create an environment where all individuals and their families feel welcome and supported, regardless of diagnosis or ability. ## **Safeguarding Statement** Downright Special is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults with a care and support need, engaged in the breadth of its activities. Downright Special believes that everyone has the right to be safe from harm and should be able to live free from fear of abuse, neglect and exploitation. Downright Special takes its responsibilities for safeguarding children extremely seriously and we believe safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. We follow safer recruiting guidelines. All Downright Special posts are subject to enhanced DBS disclosure. All our staff and volunteers who have contact with families must attend Level 1 Safeguarding training as a minimum with several of our staff receiving further training including safer recruiting, vulnerable babies and Makaton safeguarding workshop. Our safeguarding policy can be found on our website. Page **4** of **25** ## **Meet the Team** ## **Our Trustees** We had five trustees on the board this year. Trustees Neil and Michelle completed the Smile Trustee Academy this ## year. ||Lizann Lowson
Appointed October 2019
Chair since July 2020||Angela Broekhuizen
Appointed June 2016
Treasurer since June 2021| |---|---|---|---| ||Gavin Beresford
Appointed May 2017||Michelle Marie
Appointed April 2022| ||Neil Findlay
Appointed October 2022||| Page **5** of **25** ## **Our Staff** We have eight part-time members of staff to ensure the smooth running of the charity, deliver our Friday education sessions, outreach work in schools and training courses for parents and professionals and to develop our work on health and wellbeing. ## The team members are: ||Gillian Bowlas
Charity Manager||Louise Smith
Charity Organiser| |---|---|---|---| ||Sam Findlay
Health Lead||Katie Bewell
Specialist Teacher (KS1) &
Designated Safeguarding
Officer| ||Laura Nichols
Early Years Advisor||Dr Nicola O’Riordan
Advisory Teacher (KS2 to
KS4)| ||Sarah Hyde
Toddler Group Leader||Susanne Townhill
Baby Group Leader &
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Lauren, Becky & Jess,
Friday Group Volunteers
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## **Our Volunteers** To keep our costs as low as possible, the Charity uses many volunteers, including several parents, and we owe a huge debt of gratitude to each one of them who helped us this year. These volunteers assist with running Friday sessions, laminating resources, organising social and fundraising events, designing publications and resources, helping with social media, managing our website and IT systems, running our bookstall, charity tin collections and managing the accounts. Many thanks to: Lisa Bell, Harry Bewell, Lisa Bloomer, Bob Bloomer, Rachel Bowlas, Angela Broekhuizen, Tone Broomfield, Toni Bullock, Becky Constable, Neil Findlay, Jill Lambert, Jessica Ross, Karl Svenson, Roger Vine, Lauren Ward and all the amazing volunteers who helped at our Christmas, Awareness Week, Easter and summer sponsored walk events. **Lauren, Becky and Jess Friday Group Volunteers** Page **7** of **25** ## **Review of our Activities of the Year** ## **Education** _**OUR PRIORITY WAS TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER WEEKLY FRIDAY EARLY INTERVENTION SESSIONS AND SUPPORT MAINSTREAM SCHOOLS WITH INCLUSION AND**_ _**DIFFERENTIATION**_ ## **Downright Special Early Development Groups** Our Downright Special early development groups run on a Friday during term time and continue to be a great success for children from birth to approximately five years old. We currently have around 16 children who regularly attend Friday mornings and, this year, we delivered 37 sessions. These sessions are a chance for parents to get together, have a coffee, share experiences and provide mutual support. The children get the chance to play and make friends. Most importantly the sessions also incorporate ‘lesson time’ when the children are put in small groups to work on their speech, language and communication skills, numeracy and literacy in a way that is tailored to the specific learning profile of children with Down syndrome. We provide lots of bespoke visual resources to support the children’s learning and parents are given these to continue the work at home. We use Makaton sign language throughout the morning, helping parents and children learn the signs they need to communicate with each other and help with learning new words. We have established a tried and tested curriculum of activities which is reviewed annually to ensure the latest teaching methods are used. The curriculum also helps us to track progress and record milestones for each child. In September this year we altered how we organise the mornings to increase opportunities for sensory activities, enhance the transition between our different teachers and ensure the sessions are even more child orientated whilst continuing to alter our approach for children with specific social communication needs. Our baby group continues to be incorporated into Friday mornings, with our youngest children enjoying a range of sensory activities and learning some of the early skills, such as taking turns and making early speech sounds in a relaxed and fun environment. It is also a chance for parents to see a demonstration of some the activities they can do at home to support their child’s development and for parents to learn some of the most useful sign language to help with their baby’s communication skills. Also, an aspect which is crucially important, Downright Special Fridays offer parents and carers the opportunity to chat over coffee, share their experiences and offer peer-topeer support whilst the children play in a safe environment. However good a statutory agency may be, there are some things that only another parent will understand and be able to offer the mutual support which is so often needed. The Friday group is striking visual evidence that there is no “type” of parent who will have a child with Down syndrome, and we have a diversity of ages and cultures in the group. New dads can also be reassured it certainly isn’t a “mother and baby” group, as we have several fathers attending regularly. Page **8** of **25** ## **Downright Special Education Outreach Work with Schools** Downright Special Education aims to support effective inclusion in mainstream schools. Our three part-time members of staff provide support to 50 children in mainstream nurseries, pre-schools and schools. We have continued to increase our support to mainstream secondary schools as more of our children choose to continue their education this way. We now support ten children in mainstream secondary. The number of schools and nurseries receiving direct support from us is around 45. Our specialist teachers have visited schools to assess children and advise teaching staff, provided training for schools on the learning profile of children with Down syndrome, assisted with formulating effective Individual Education Plans (IEPs), written reports for the Education and Health Care Plan (EHCP) process, and attended annual reviews and transition meetings. We also continue to provide Education Resource Packs for each child we support when they begin their formal education. “Due to the teacher being shown the learning style of children with Down syndrome, they have been able to plan and resource lessons to allow the child to access the curriculum better. The child has become so confident and engaged in learning thanks to the support given to both teaching staff, support staff and the child.” Laura Nichols is our Early Years Advisor and, in addition to leading a Friday morning early intervention group, Laura’s remit is to provide support and advice on inclusion of a child with Down syndrome in mainstream nursery or preschool settings. She ensures our children get the best start to their education before they even reach statutory school age. Laura had 14 children on her caseload and provided support to 12 different settings this year. Katie Bewell is our Specialist Teacher, mostly working with children in Key Stage 1. Katie had 13 children on her caseload this year. The use of colourful semantics for comprehension and speech fluency and incorporating its use in specialist Apps such as Clicker, has continued to be a success this year. Many Teaching Assistants (TAs) are now using it in the classroom and we are seeing our years of work on the use of colourful semantics paying off, with our children making significant progress in this area of development. There continues to be great success with phonological awareness training, using multiphonics bricks with matching boards, which really help children blend and segment ‘CVC’ words. Dr Nicola O’Riordan is our Key Stage 2/3 Advisory Teacher. Nicola has been instrumental in providing outreach support to our KS2-KS4 children and supporting the children, staff and parents in the transition to secondary school. Nicola had 24 children on her case load. In the last year, has begun to support children in KS4 (years 10&11). Nicola has continued to develop our INSET training offer for schools, writing and delivering a suite of new courses to suit the requests from schools. Page **9** of **25** Very importantly, we continue to offer small-group sessions at our Downright Special Friday group for school-age children and their TAs to the end of Key Stage 1. This year, we had 12 children attending these afternoon sessions in four different teaching groups. These structured lessons cover the core elements of the curriculum, including reading, writing, literacy, numeracy, and speech and language development. Having the TAs attend means they can see a demonstration of how to practically apply the specific teaching techniques which ensure our children’s learning is maximised. They are given resources they can take away for use in the classroom and have plenty of opportunity to ask for advice on any issues they may be facing in the classroom, or to get guidance on next steps. It is also useful for them to meet other TAs to share experiences and learn from each other. We also continued monthly groups for children who have recently moved into KS2 and are ready to do some focused work on developing comprehension skills using a heavily scaffolded version of the ‘Language for Thinking’ speech and language programme. These groups are led by our KS2/4 advisor Nicola O’Riordan. ## **Case Study** _T has been coming to the Friday sessions since he was a few weeks old and he is now eight. This year he has come to the end of our curriculum of Friday sessions and will be moving to outreach support in school. When he first came to us his parents felt very frightened about the future for him but now they feel very positive about what the future holds for their son. Over the years T's speech and language skills have improved, his parents have felt very supported and continue to be active members of the Downright Special family. The difference we have made is best described in their own words: "I can't believe that Fridays are officially over. From the first Friday we walked through the doors and became part of this amazing community, you have advocated, taught and become our friends. There will never be enough words to thank you for all the hard work you've put into our son. We are forever in your debt."_ Page **10** of **25** **Support to Families** _**Our priorities during the year were to offer additional support to families and to offer a variety of social events including social event opportunities for older children/ young people**_ ## **Social Events** We organised 21 social events in total this year. Parents told us how important it is to them to have social events and chances to meet up with other families. Social events allow our families to get together, share experiences, pass on tips, support each other, and celebrate their children’s achievements. The events also give the children a chance to make friends with other children with Down syndrome and develop what we hope will be lifelong friendships and support networks. These events are just as important as our formal activities and this year we made it a priority to offer as many social events as possible with a mixture of events for all ages and the whole family and agespecific events. We knew how much our older children valued events just for them where they could socialise with their peers of the same age. It was great to be able to have our Christmas party again this year at Lazaat with 70 children plus their families coming along. It is certainly the highlight of everyone’s social calendar, with an entertainer, pamper zone, crafts, karaoke and of course a visit from Santa. We enjoyed a lovely day for our Easter Egg Hunt with 42 children and their families attending. And if that wasn’t enough chocolate, 27 of our children and their families attended the Withernsea Bike Easter Egg run at East Park, Hull. In July, we had a family sponsored walk and picnic at East Park with 56 children and their families enjoying a walk round the park, followed by a picnic. We also organised tickets for Circus Starr for 50 children in May. In addition to these whole-family events, we ran the following sessions for different age groups with over 50 of our children attending at least one event this year. Page **11** of **25** ## **Pre-school/Primary age events:** - Bowling at Superbowl, Hull - 3 dance sessions with Joanna from The Little Yorkshire Dance - Academy - 2 Soft Play pizza parties at Monkey Bizness ## **Youth Club Events (12-25)** - Pizza-making at Ask Italian, Hull - 3 Dance sessions with Joanna - 2 Bowling Parties ## **Events for Parents** From parents’ feedback we had the request to give parent/carers a forum to meet up for a chat, so over the last year we have organised four cuppa and chat sessions! Parents enjoyed the chance to have an uninterrupted catch-up whilst the children were at nursery, school and college. Attendance has been variable so we will monitor and review over the next year. Page **12** of **25** **Other Support** ## **New and Expectant Parents** We continued to support families new to parenting a baby with Down syndrome to offer support and information and this year welcomed two new babies to our special family. Through the hospital and health visiting teams, families are usually put in contact with us within a week of the birth or if a parent knows antenatally then we provide support through the pregnancy. We set straight to work not as lone “advisors” but instead using the extensive network we have built up to put the new parents in touch with others. As our database has grown to over 140 local families, we can now go so far as to match new parents to those of similar ages, situations and with babies who have similar medical conditions. For a new parent, there is nothing better than speaking to somebody who knows exactly what they are going through and can give them a glimpse of easier times a couple of years down the road, and there is nothing that our families with older children like better than reaching out to give new parents support, reassurance, advice and hope for the future. Fantastically, our families are working together for mutual benefit, which was always our ambition. ## **Advice** Our team are on hand throughout the week to give advice on all aspects of the care and education of children and young people with Down syndrome. We have a closed Facebook group for parents, giving them a safe place to share useful information, ask questions and provide mutual support. We have supported several families this year with advice on filling in benefit forms, in providing reports and advice for Education and Health Care Plans, and with support in choosing schools and nurseries. We have been able to help several families with their applications for claiming Disability Living Allowance (DLA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or appealing against decisions. ## **Online Library** We have an online library system, where we catalogue all of the books, information and resources we have and make it easy for parents and carers to view the list and arrange to borrow items. The system also makes it easier for us to log the whereabouts of all our resources. We continued to add to the library as new publications become available. Page **13** of **25** **Downright Special Health** _**To continue to develop the health agenda with a focus on the care pathway, maternity services and understanding best practice around supporting children with dual diagnosis.**_ This year we were delighted to be able to continue to fund the role of our Downright Special Health Lead. Downright Special has always had a strong focus on education and the aim of the Health Lead role is to bring this same level of expertise and knowledge to the understanding of the health needs of children with Down syndrome. Sam Findlay, a registered Learning Disability Nurse started the role in December 2020, working one day a week on a Friday. Sam has been supporting our families with: - Signposting and advice about which health services do what, how referral is made and referral criteria. This includes support with referral forms. This also includes where families have found it problematic accessing services or who wish to feedback dissatisfaction with services. - Advice about specific health issues common to Down Syndrome with signposting to reputable sources of information. - Advice/support around behaviours, management of behaviours at home, sensory processing difficulties and referral to Sensory Service if relevant. - Advice to parents about puberty/growing up. - Advice and support regarding sleep - Creation of a bespoke Health Passport for a child or young person - Creation of social stories e.g. to prepare for appointments or about specific issues such as growing up. - Discussion with parents wondering about a possible additional diagnosis for example autism or ADHD. - A listening ear for any parent that needs space to talk in confidence. In addition, this year Sam has: - **Led the annual update to the Down syndrome care pathway** , contacting relevant professionals, updating the pathway with the latest evidence-based information and working with local NHS commissioners to ensure the updates were included and rolled out. The Down Syndrome Care Pathway can be found here: https://www.hullccg.nhs.uk/downssyndromehull. The main changes in this year’s review (version 5) included audiology, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and specialist gynaecology. The guidelines for the Annual Paediatric Checklists were also updated to reflect current best practice guidelines. This was made possible by the significant input and expertise of Consultant Community Paediatrician (Neurodisability) Dr Lorna Highet and her team. - **Worked with the local Emergency Department Paediatric Consultant to set up an alert system** within hospital records so that when a child with Down syndrome arrives at hospital there is a flag on their records that alerts doctors and nurses to the possible differences in how a child with Down syndrome might display symptoms of serious illness. Sam leads on making sure this is updated on an annual basis. Page **14** of **25** - **Developed a social story** to help support children, young adults and their parents when attending their paediatric appointments at Hull Royal Infirmary. It can be used to help prepare for appointments or used during the visit to help navigate through the stages of an appointment. The resource makes the appointment a positive experience and reduces levels of anxiety. Older ones can use it themselves as an easy read so they can learn to become independent and confident attending appointments. - **Created an eye condition alert** . Sam and student nurse John created a useful one-page resource that can be saved on your phone and taken to eye test appointments. The resource lists a few of the eye conditions that may be more prevalent in people with Down syndrome and that should be checked for regularly. It also signposts professionals to the Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group evidence-based information on vision. ## **Down Syndrome with Complex Needs** Over the last 12-18 months, Health Lead Sam has been meeting and consulting with a small group of parents to better understand the issues facing families whose children have Down syndrome plus other needs such as autism. The input and discussions were written up as a report that has been shared with those involved and with the Trustees. The work was also presented at the annual DSUK Conference. We have been steadily working our way through the action plan that came from the working group of parents. We have divided the work into four topic areas: Social events, Fridays, Training, and Information & Advocacy. Here’s a summary of the actions already done or underway. Other longer-term actions are in the action plan. ## _Social Events_ - A Complex Needs Checklist for venues was developed and has been used very successfully in planning events. - Planned repeating events within and across years in safe/familiar places with same routine. - Social stories have been written in advance of each event. - Chosen (where possible) venues with multiple rooms for social events to cater for different needs. We did this for dance sessions and the Christmas party, both of which had quiet rooms available. - Invited parents to assess venues in advance. ## _Fridays_ - “All about me” forms completed/filed and kept up to date (annually or is something changes). - Reasonable adjustments made for teaching sessions and info shared/flagged with social event organisers where relevant if adjustments would help there too. For each Friday the teachers jointly plan the themes and activities, making adjustments for each child’s individual needs. ## _Training_ - An audit of all our training courses was started to check the content is inclusive of complex needs. Our Intro to DS training has already been revised over the last few years to make more mention of DS and autism or complex needs. ## _Information and Advocacy_ - Encouraged families to share top tips/useful opportunities about things that are helpful for their child with complex needs. We have been regularly posting about resources and information in the closed Facebook group for parents and in our newsletter. - Awareness week – choosing topics that celebrate all children with Down syndrome and ensuring we have a range of children represented in our posts. Page **15** of **25** **Supporting Young People – Building a Brighter Future Project** _**Our priorities were to continue the Building a Brighter Future project, looking at Downright Special’s role in supporting young people with Down syndrome post-16.**_ Between June 2022 and January 2023, we invited parents/carers to join a working party to look at the needs of families as their young people prepare for adulthood. We had nine parents participate in a series of meetings where we explored issues around preparing for adulthood including Health, Independent Living, Employment and Relationships. The group identified five themes: lack of clarity about what happens at each stage of the transition to adulthood; worries about the legal implications of becoming an adult; safety of their young person; wellbeing of parents/carers; social opportunities for their young person; the need for ongoing speech and language therapy. The group then identified actions that could be taken in the short, medium and long term for services the charity could provide or support with signposting. The information gathered was written up into a report which was been shared with Trustees, along with a series of recommendations for how the charity could support young people and their families at this stage in their lives. We were able to take some immediate actions this year including adding more information within the DS Care pathway on transition to adult services, training and information sessions organised on: Wills & Trusts; Mental Capacity; Deputyships & Lasting Power of Attorney, Puberty. In addition, the feedback told us how much the young people and families valued regular social events. This year we provided six social events specifically for this age group with an average of fourteen young people attending each one, enjoying dance sessions, bowling and pizza-making. Next steps are to feed the information into our next strategy review and plan to address some of the longer-term actions. Page **16** of **25** **Advocacy** _**Our priorities during the year were to work collaboratively with our NHS partners to review and communicate the Down Syndrome Care Pathway, to actively participate in Down Syndrome Awareness Week and to raise the profile of the charity.**_ ## **Awareness Week** Part of our mission is to act as a voice for the children and parents we support. We aim to change perceptions and raise awareness of what it really means to have Down syndrome. For Awareness Week this year we had a successful social media campaign, along the theme of #ICan to raise awareness and celebrate the individuality of each of our children/young people. People with Down syndrome, like everyone else, have a wide range of personalities and abilities and we wanted to celebrate the big variety of the things they can do just in the same way we have a huge variety of fabulous children and young people at Downright Special! We had some great videos and photos of our children of all ages showing all the things they can do. Huge thanks to, Anya, Arthur, Charlie, Emma, Frankie, Hermione, Jack, Jaeden, Jake, Jesse, Megan, Mia, Millie, Raphie, Sol, Thomas, Tia and Toby. You can view it here: - https://fb.watch/pE_FKJWnM / We also had several schools and other supporters wearing their #LotsofSocks on World Down Syndrome Day to raise awareness or hosting coffee morning and bakes sales. Page **17** of **25** A highlight for Awareness Week was our coffee morning. Families, friends, and supporters were all invited to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day. There was entertainment from the Sunshine Strummers Ukulele band, soft play, biscuit-decorating, crafts and lots and lots of cake! Over 100 people came along, and it was brilliant to see some of our young people working so hard to help on the day. We ended Awareness week with a Charity Football Match, organised and led by First Touch UK / head coach Karl Southwick, dad to Mia. A team of Downright Special friends and families played a full match against a team of parents from the football academy in a fun but competitive game that everyone enjoyed whilst raising funds for the charity and awareness. Page **18** of **25** ## **New Parent Packs** Our new parent packs continue to be available on the maternity and neonatal wards. Midwives can give these packs out to parents knowing they are receiving up-to-date information on parenting a child with Down syndrome. A version of these packs is also available for those with an antenatal diagnosis. The packs available to download from our website https://www.downrightspecial.co.uk/expectant-parents and https://www.downrightspecial.co.uk/new-parents. We raised awareness of these packs with maternity staff through the training we delivered this year to the labour ward midwives. ## **Networking** We have continued to build networks with groups nationwide, through the DSUK-led Facebook group for those running parent support groups with the aim of making a difference by sharing support, services, knowledge and expertise, making sure we are delivering the best service possible to our families and running our groups as efficiently as possible. This year we presented our work on Down syndrome with complex needs at the annual DSUK parent support group leaders conference. We continue to be affiliated to the Down’s Syndrome Association. We work closely with the local Parent Carer Forums to feedback views from parents of key issues affecting them. We have a presence at the East Riding Learning Disability Partnership Board. We participated in the stakeholder reference group for the local NHS neurodiversity service development. ## **Communication with parents and carers** Making sure we hear the issues facing parents so that we can properly represent their voices is very important to us. We regularly review and update communications and engagement action plan, and we have two parents on our board of trustees, ensuring that we are continuing to deliver services that maximise the benefit to the families we support. We send regular emails to parents, send a half-termly update newsletter to parents and communicate frequently via our social media channels and closed Facebook group. We send out a biannual survey for parents and respond to any feedback. Page **19** of **25** **Training** ## _**Our priority during the year has been to continue to offer a range of training for parents, schools, and health professionals.**_ One of our aims is to promote the awareness of Down syndrome and support successful inclusion. One of the ways we do this is providing training which is accessible to schools, parents and professionals working with our children. We minimise how much we charge for these courses to ensure no child is disadvantaged. We have had a successful year delivering a comprehensive programme of training to over 200 parents and professionals. During lockdown and the pandemic we very successfully switched to delivering our training online via Zoom or Teams, managing to reach more education staff than ever before and have continued to deliver training in this way. **Advisory Teacher Nicola delivering online training** We delivered 19 training courses for schools this year including: Introduction to Working ## **via Teams** with Children with Down Syndrome; Maths using Numicon; Teaching Vocabulary; differentiating the curriculum, Supporting Speech, Language and Communication Needs, Developing Language and Reading, Growing, Changing and Keeping Safe, Working Memory, Coordination Difficulties, Promoting Positive Behaviour, Sensory Processing Difficulties and Social, Emotional, Mental Health and Wellbeing. We organised four training sessions / workshops specifically for parents on Wills & trusts, Safe & Healthy Puberty, Toilet Training and Mental Capacity, LPA & Deputyships This year, we continued to offer our INSET training and delivered six INSET training sessions on colourful semantics, working memory, curriculum differentiation, introduction to Down syndrome and signing. Training for professionals in health is also important to us. Susanne and Gillian delivered three training sessions on delivering the news that a baby has Down syndrome, to around thirty midwives. Page **20** of **25** ## **Fundraising** The work of Downright Special is only made possible by the generosity and efforts of many people who have supported us by awarding us a grant, raising funds, or donating goods and services. Our plan in this year was to continue to have a broadly based fundraising strategy, rather than relying on one type of income. The pandemic’s impact on community fundraising remained a risk this year and this was reflected on our risk register. Our targets for this year were: grants/trusts (65%), community (30%), training (3%), other (2%). These targets are monitored at trustee meetings. Our continued focus on grants has reaped rewards in 2023, with successful grants received from: |**Grants**|**Amount**| |---|---| |Matthew Good Foundation
Brownless Trust
Ironmongers
The Beacon Lodge Charitable Trust
Hull + ER Charitable Trust
James Reckitt Charity
WO Street Charitable Foundation
National Lottery Awards For All
HEY Smile Foundation
KCOM
Joseph+Annie Cattle Trust
Tesco Bags for Good (Groundworks)
HEY Smile Foundation
Players of People's Postcode Lottery
Help For Health
Masonic Charitable Foundation|10,000
£
200
£
13,447
£
8,000
£
2,500
£
5,000
£
3,000
£
9,900
£
2,000
£
1,000
£
5,000
£
1,125
£
6,580
£
25,000
£
3,672
£
5,000
£| ||**101,424**
**£**| We were delighted that The Matthew Good Foundation awarded us a grant of £50,000 to be paid over 5 years, with the first £10000 paid to us in this year. They also supported us by working with Big Picture Charity Films to make a short new film about the charity to be used to showcase what we do to supporters and to help welcome new families. The film was completed and launched in January 2023. You can view it here: https://vimeo.com/790811879 Our income from grants was 130% of our target this year. Based on successes to date, we have once again invested £1,200 in paying for 30 hours of a bid-writer’s time to help us with our grant applications and paid for a further 30 hours to cover our needs in 2023/2024. Our community fundraising & donations income saw a 37% decrease compared to last year. We have continued to work very hard to raise funds through our bookstall, raffles, auctions and encouraging families to take part in our Down Syndrome Awareness Week activities. We raised around £5000 during Awareness Week through families and friends taking part in a number of challenges, including a sponsored football match, hair dye, bake sales, dance schools wearing Lots of Socks, Facebook donate buttons, Lots of Socks in schools and nurseries, donations and matched funds and raffles. In March 2023 our time as Charity of the Year for **Victory Leisure Homes** came to an end. We are so grateful for the support. We continue to be the charity of the year for Hercules House at South Hunsley Secondary School and this year Portia House, Hessle High have chosen us as their Charity of the Year too. Page **21** of **25** Overall, our income this year increased by 16% compared to last year (from £108K to £126K), surpassing our expectations. This gives us confidence for 2023-2024 that we will be able fund the charity in line with our budget of £131k for covering increased cost due to inflation, cost of living increases whilst continuing to grow the charity’s offer to families. It is important to highlight we receive no statutory funding, and do not currently charge our parents or the schools and early years settings we support for the majority of the services we offer. The only charge was a heavily subsidised rate for school staff to attend training courses. Every penny goes towards building a brighter future for children and young people with Down syndrome and making a huge difference to their lives today. **Our heartfelt thanks go to those who supported us by raising funds or providing goods and services between November 2022 and October 2023. These include:** Asda Foundation Harrison & Symonds Cigar Group Kerry Farmery Robert Jubb Bob Bloomer Hessle High Kim Thorpe Roger Coates Braham and Dixon Hornsea Primary Kingspan Sandhills Garden Centre Café Bridbeat Charity Singers Hull United FC Laser Renew South Holderness Ladies Probus Capgemini Humber Bridge Half Marathon Lesley Grant South Hunsley School - Hercules House Charlotte Rowley Inkwerx Tattooing M L Tuffnell Sproatley Syndicate D3 Workwear J Cowell Michael Walker St Andrews (kirkella) primary Don Bremner J Oliver Mike East Funeral Services St Paul's Boxing Academy Edenthorpe Hall Primary Jennie & Emma Smith Mrs Bruce Sunshine Strummers Genesis Pre-school Jo Thompson Paul Knight Swanland Primary Gill Foster Joanna Harker Phil Lamb, Sculcoates Church The Little Yorkshire Dance Academy Gillian Svenson Judy Sugden Premier, Beverley The One Point Gosschalks Solicitors Karl and Kerli Southwick Preston Primary Tone Broomfield Hall Road Academy Karyn Elgie Redwood Glades Victoria Ross Harris, Lacey & Swain KCOM Rhona Kirk Victory Leisure Homes Thanks also to everyone who: - Supported us during Awareness Week - Hosted a collection tin - Set up a Facebook Fundraiser for us this year - Donated via TicketSource when booking an event - Set up regular giving via their Payroll or via our Just Giving Page - - https://www.justgiving.com/downright special - Gave us a one-off donation via Just Giving, Paypal, or direct to the charity - Donated a raffle or auction prize - Donated goods for our eBay shop - Supported us by using https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk for their online shopping - Sent e-cards using Don’t Send Me A Card. - Supported us by using Amazon Smile www.smile.amazon.co.uk to do their Amazon shopping - Bought us resources from our Amazon Wish List https://tinyurl.com/2p87d64b - Everyone else who donated or supported us in any way, big or small. We couldn’t do it without you! Page **22** of **25** ## **Financial Review** ## **Income** Our levels of income saw a 16% increase compared to last year. This was mainly due to increases in grants (up 45%) due to our focus on this income stream. The pandemic had a devastating impact on our community fundraising in 2020 and 2021 and income from this funding stream has continued to decline and is 36% lower than last year. We continue to fundraise ourselves with our bookstall at Sandhill Garden Centre Café, and income from sharing the use of our printer. Our campaigns for World Down Syndrome Day generated around £5000 and we ran a number of raffles and auctions. Fundraising from individuals taking part in sponsored events continues to play a vital role in securing sufficient income to run the charity, although income from this continues to be much reduced compared to before the pandemic and we continue to look for innovative ways to encourage individuals to fundraise for us. Page **23** of **25** ## **Expenditure** Our overall expenditure was similar to last year although lower than planned. This was mostly due to wages being lower than budget as we had one person leave the organisation whose role was only partly replaced. We continue to invest in specialist resources and making bespoke materials which can be used in our education sessions or given to families and schools to support the development of the children. This year we invested in updating our ‘See and Learn’ resources, the evidenced-based programme that is recommended for working on our children’s speech sounds, vocabulary and sentence building. This year our spend on social events increased in part due to the increase in costs of events in line with the cost of living increases this year and due to the number of events we were able to organise. Following the renegotiation of our printer contract with our supplier KRL our printing costs decreased this year. We are very grateful to the many individuals who purchased office supplies and specialist resources from our Amazon Wishlist, helping to keep these costs as low as possible. We have invested in new IT equipment including two iPads (with thanks to funding from grants) and have had to replace one of our aging laptops. We keep our costs as low as possible through gifts in kind from local businesses, such as reduced accountancy costs from Harris Lacey and Swain, employment law advice from Gosschalks solicitors, website hosting / telephony support from The One Point and many more. The One Point also very kindly continue to donate their time free of charge to support us with our IT systems following our migration to Office 365 this year, keeping us working safely, securely and efficiently. We are hugely thankful for the incredible efforts from our team of volunteers, who have enabled us to continue to be so cost effective. A full summary of the accounts is appended to this trustees’ report. Page **24** of **25** ## **Looking to the future** Our plans for the next 10 years continue to be centred on expanding our range of services in line with the increasing age range of the children we support so we can continue to support their evolving needs and help them reach their potential. Our goal is to support children and young people through their secondary school years and beyond to further education and employment. We also want to ensure that we continue to be sustainable in the short term whilst we continue to deliver our core, current activities. Some of our plans are: - **To review and refresh our five-year strategy.** - **To continue to develop the health agenda with a focus on the** care pathway, maternity services and implement the recommendations from the Down syndrome with complex needs project. - **Embed the new format for Friday morning sessions into our ways of working, reviewing and amending as necessary.** - **To implement the recommendations from the Building a Brighter Future project** to support young people with Down Syndrome post-16. - **To continue to strengthen communication and engagement strategies** with a particular focus on updating our website. - **To increase our training offer for parents** and continue to offer a range of training for schools and health professionals. - **To find long term sustainable funding** for our specialist staff and our building costs. - **To continue to develop our social event opportunities** for the whole family and older children / young adults. - To continue lobbying on the regional and national stage. We actively encourage as many people as possible to get involved in whatever way they can. If you would like to do something ‘Downright Special’, please contact office@downrightspecial.co.uk ## **Declaration** The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees, Lizann Lowson (Trustee) ## **Appendix: Unaudited Financial Statements** Page **25** of **25** REGISTERED CHARrrY NUMBZR.. 1175863 Report of the Truste￿ 4nd Unaudlted FiDanclal StlltEmtiits for the Year EDded 31 October2023 for The Downright Special Netsyork H￿Ti8 L￿¢Y•lld Swai The Rivetside Building Hes51e E8st YorkthiTe HU130DZ The DowTrrS%bl Sp¢LiAI N¢twvvk CTrntenls of the Financlal Slaleiiienls ror ihe Ytar L￿]Ided JI UrliTrbrr 2023 Rtpfyrt of the Trusi¢es llldepcndcnt Examiner's R¢port SiatenieJ¥t of FiuancLyI.4ctivitie5 BAl*nce Shoel NotE¥ t￿ the FiDaTrcio1 Statement5 6 1(> 15 l)L4tdiJod StAtement i>f F'lnanrial ArtivltlL'% Thè Downrlght Spetlal Network Rtptsrt of tbe Trustees fvT tb¢ Y¢ar Eoded 31 Ottober 2013 The trustees prEKnt thew report ￿1th thc finartrial statctnEn15 of tlK charity for rhe year ended 31 October 2023. The $iee$ have adopted the provisions of kn¢ountin8 and Reportirjg by Charities.. Statcrnenl of Recommended Pri¢ii¢e appliuble lo ¢hariti¢s prep*rin8 thtt￿ accounts in accordance *ith the FtD•Dual Reporring StaTthrd applic&blc in the UK and Rcpublie of IrelarKI IFRS 1021 leffecrive l January 20151. OBJECTIVES AND AcrIvrrIES Publlc beneflt Th¢ charity tru5tee5 have compli¢d wilh their duty ￿ have Terdrd to public bellefit publis]￿d by tbe Conunissson exercising power oFdutie5, ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE ChArltsble *ctivtties For a hill review of th¢ Charity'5 reporting year including its obj¢¢tive5 and films 8nd p￿ts5 for th¢ pletsc ￿ the Chanry rcport ￿ whi¢h Ihv accounts &Te attached. FINAYCIAI. REVIEW Reserv¢¥ poll¢y The Charitys poli¢y is to bold nin¢ months of ￿m￿1n8￿81$ il) te5ervc5. The re5ervB5 PDlicy is rcw¢w¢d annuallyand 18 avEtlable on T4ue5t. STRUCTURE, GOVERNAP4CE AND MANAGEMENT Governing docuTllellt rhe charity is controlled by its govwiing ducurtWlE as a ChBrilable Incorporated 0r8anisaiion If0tU￿1ts0n model). Thc objects of tht charity and the day lo d&y rLll￿￿g of the charity w¢re unchanged when ikn ¢onV¢tston to A CIO took pl8¢e in 2017. RtLYUitmertt aDd appoiDtmeDt of new trn$te Trustee5 are appointed by ¢xistin¥ busi¢es. Org*nl$itlonal itrutture Fora full exp14natii)n of th¢ oryanisatio￿l Structure See the Chwity'srcwirt. Day lo day re¥onsibility has been dele8atedbythe Iru8tees to tlx Chariry MonagerGilliatt Bowlas. Pojltles and Procedurey The follomng policies pro¢£dutes were wtten or Niewed 8nd updated." children's safe￿[ding pJli¢y 2nd procedures, adult 5af¢guarding policy. phoio8Apby and filming policy. health sofety policy* employe¢ hatLdbook. equal opportuniti¢s poliry, Teserves policy, lone working poli¢y. financial operating procedures, risk rewster. slrnteKJ* ndraisin8 Str&te8y, coJnplBints proc¢dw¢. GDPR policy, yo1￿1¢er handb￿￿ st&tic ¢Dllection tins policy. IrLd¥¢tlon 4Dd tralnlLg of tru$teei Ttusiees are required ts) Pdmiliari5¢ themselves wth the th8rity's goveThin8 document. Safe￿1￿￿ policy and ¢mploy¢e handlx)ok. The handbook ¢ov¢rs a range of policies appli¢thle to trustees or enyloyc¢5 Including ¢onfid¢Triiality, dala protection, health and 5afcty, expcnse5 and u5¢ of Charity t¢l¢phonrs and IT. A]1 trustees w¢ie i55ued wiib Chanty ComiSSTOn'S The E55ential Trusr¢¢'. N¢w ttwiees ore alw wven the latest innual repDrt ￿H1 $taten￿￿￿t of accowits. Six Tn￿te¢ m¢dings weie held durirtg thi5 reportin8 period aDd Rll meetin8$ were qL￿rate. Minutes are available for all etirtgs on request. Re]*ted partles The fhanty is affiliat¢d lo th¢ DowD's Sytsdrome A5$0ciatiOlI, a national organisation. Page I DownTight.Sppciiil NLltwiTrrk REptsrt of Ihe'lru$ites [￿r thL' YCMI. &ndL'd 31 October 2023 RF.fF.R Y.NCF. ANI) ADMIYlb'l'RATIVtr, DL'I'AILS Rcgiistercd Chllrity nwn]b¢r 1175863 Printlpal J*Jdrt5$ 13odniM Rf thc bourd on. 518ntrd its tKhalf by.. owv)n. TTUSt¢¢ Pa8L 2 IDdep¢ndertt Examlrter's R¢por¢ to thtr Tru$iee$ of Tbt DowDrlEht Sptci*l Network IDdepeDdent report to ihe tYuste¢s of The DtsiYnrl%lLt Sp¢£1￿ Network I teport to the ¢lJariry t￿sleeS on tny examiuaiion of th¢ 3￿oUnts ofYiK Dwnri8ht Sp¢¢ial Nenyork Iihc TTUStI for thc yeu ended 31 (ktobeT 2023. iie5ponJlbllltte$ and ba¥is of rtport A5 the charity trnstees of the Trust you are rewnsibl¢ for the preparation of th¢ a¢eountu in ￿(ordanCe with the requirements of the Charities Act2011 Ctbe Act?. I report in rwcct of my examination of the Trnses &ecouth5 Catried out trnder S¢¢tion 145 of Ihe Art attd in out my exBminutioD I hav¢ followed &ll applicable Dire¢uons given by the Charity Commi5510n und¢r Section 14515llbl of the ACL Indepeudellt ex4n￿ller'S ststement I have completed my examitwtioD. I WDfintL thot no mattrigl matters have come to my attention ill collnc¢tiots with the ¢x8mination 8iiryng JnE raus¢ To believe th8r in any r@ttNal rup¢th.' Kounting r¢¢ords wcrc iiol kept in respcft of the Tru5ta5 required by Stcuon 130 of th¢ or the wLounts do not a¢¢ord ￿th thosc rccor&s. 01 th¢ a¢¢owits do not Gon)ply th¢ applicable TEquircn*nl$ ¢on¢eming th¢ forni and content of accounts Set out in Ihe CharilLeB (A¢￿Unts and Reports) Re8ulatiDllS 2008 oih¢r any r4uircmBnt thai Ihc accounts ￿Ve 4 truE and fairvi¢w which 1$ not a ￿￿tter considered A5 P&rt of an indÉ¥endent examination. T hav¢ no roncrrr& and have come across no oEhcr tnatters in ¢OnTLection with the examinalion to which attclltion should be drawn in ihisr4k)rt in ordeT to enable aprop¢r llThdcrsthndin8 of the attounL%to be rets¢hEd. Ri¢hllrd D Lacey Harri3 Laety and Swain Suitc I The lknv¢rs￿e Building Hossle East Yorkshire HU13 ODZ Page 3 ThL, l>i>wnrighl Spetiil N¢twork SiitL'menl ofFiaanciJl Atlii'itlvx rTrr Ihe Year Lnded 31 O¢tub¢r 2023 2023 Total 2022 Total tund5 Restri£tcd funds rund No1¢5 INCOME ATr40 F.￿DOW1*1ENTs FROM Jtsrtaiiuns legacic.% 17,258 17,260 20,672 Cb4rltgble gtllvllle$ Chantabl¢ 29,306 78.724 108,030 87,891 Invc5tmenl incom 1,075 1,075 Tolgl 47.639 711,72th 26,365 108.682 Exi)I,: 'l)I'rL'K￿ ON (".hurifabl¢ 54,362 58.474 Other 997 487 -%5,-1.59 58,474 F.T INI COMI FJIF.'XPEIY])ITUVi￿.j .7201 15.n.181 X.?R.5 96.874 'I'()I'AL F'UNDS CARRifD foRII'IlRD 104,3(Tr% 91.816 I'hty tK)IB5 fonii part ol"thcse finaD¢iJl slaw'mcnts Pa¥¢ 4 The DoJYurttht Sp¢d*l Network Sheet 31 O¢¢ober 1023 2023 Totsl fuDds 2022 Unrtstric¢ed r(¢thcted fi￿d5 Notcs FIXED ASSETS Tangible ￿¢ts 1.540 ,540 990 CURRENT AssErs Debtors C•sh &t bank 328 77,105 328 105.640 2.436 91,419 28.535 77.433 28.535 105,968 93.855 CREDITORS A￿￿ntS fallin8 duc within one year 13,1401 13,1401 13,Q)9) NET CURRENT ASSETS 74.293 28,535 102.828 90,846 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CUIUiKNT LIABILITIES 75.833 28,535 104.368 91.836 IET ASSETS 75.833 28,535 104,368 91,836 FUNDS Unre51riCttyJ fvnds Rtstricttrj fu￿$ 75,833 28,535 83,551 8.285 TOTAL FUNDS 104,368 91,836 The f￿?￿¢131 stEte￿e￿Is were approved by the Boatd of Trt￿te$ authorised fur ￿u¢ .r.¥￿.*￿.￿. %.F... and were signed on its bc￿fby'. W50n- Tn￿tee Th¢ norcs form part of tlwe financial sts1cm￿lS PaBe 5 'I'ht l)tswnrl2ht spec1￿] Network Note$ to tho F'lnaTrciHI Stalcm¢ntb- for ¢ht YeHr Ended 31 Octobcr 2023 ACCOUNTINCY POLICIES Basis thf prep8YlDe ¢h¢ financiul 5taleinents Ihe finaiicial sla1¢n￿nIS of tlit Lhllfily, whi¢li Is a public bcnehi enlily utKlrr FRS 102, have been PifPEITrd In a¢cOr￿nCe with Ihc atsrill¢S SQRP IFRS 11121 'Aocowiring and Repiirting by Charities.. StaieineDI or Rcconiniended Praclicc aiyliLablc lo chari11¢5 pr¢paring tlieir 3ccounls 111 li L¢ordan¢¢ willi Ihc FinAnci Reportin¥ %lln(l)r¢l appliiahlc 111 the UK and Repiiblic uf lrtlaiid IFRS 1021 Icffcclivc l Januiry 20191,. Finall￿1411 Rcpiirtin¥ StanJard 102 'fhe Financial Reporting 51and&rd •pplic&blc in the UK and R¢public of Ir¢lat)d' aiid ihc charitie5 ￿.1 2011. Tli¢ li154nii&l statements have bcl'n pr¢p2rid UThLl¢r Lhe hisiurical cost OnVV*lion. Inco￿e Inionie reLeived fi)r s¥rviE¥% proYid¢r 2U23 1,541) Al 31 Ocwbcr 2022 990 D*:BT()RS.. AF¥lOUN'f% i'ALLIYI G DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR 2U23 2022 Other debiur5 Pr¢￿yn￿nts 2,186 250 328 2.436 PDgL 8 The DownrlglLt Spetlal Ntiiyork i Ott5 to tbt Fininti¥l StAi¢melltS- ¢Olltinued for the Ye•r Ellded 31 October 1023 CREDrroRS.. AMODNTS FALLl>¥G DUK WITHfN ONE YEAR 202) 2022 Taxation and $ociAI secuti Other creditors 1,940 1.200 994 1015 3,140 IOVEMENT IN FifNDS Net move￿￿nt At 31.10.23 Unre¥trfcted luDds Gener81 ￿nd 83,551 17,7181 75.833 Reslrl¢ted fulld$ Help for H¢alih Idren InNeed MCF Masonic Hospitsl Saturday Fund Rank Fnundatioll onmoRget5 Two Riding5 Arnold CiarkCornmlln&ty Dynamix Plajrrs of P¢oplc& Posl£ode Lottery Th¢ National kn)ttery CommuDity Fund Toy Trust KCOM Tes¢0 Tr8nsfom)¢ng Care (HEY Smile) 1048 67 1.950 3.998 67 1.529 2.730 14671 11.oTr)I 683 11.6451 19921 112321 14J56 997 11,3001 998 894 4,278 467 I,(M)O 683 1.645 992 1232 14,356 1.732 735 1,31 998 894 4,278 8,285 20.250 28,535 TOTAL FUNDS 91,%36 12,532 104,368 Page 9 co￿¢1nue&.. Tbe Dtswnrlghl Speci41 Network Notes lo tho FinAneiAI Sl8tomeiits- contiiiued for Ibe Yogr Fnded 31 OL'lober 2023 MOVKMINT IN FUNDS- ¢orttlhu¢d NEI mov¢n￿nI in fund.%, iThcludcd iii Ihc above drL' follows.. IIKomiiig resoiirces Resourcc5 expended MovciiieNt iii funds Unrcstrlcted lundy G¢n¢ral fund 47,639 155,3571 Restricted funds 3,672 5,000 1,950 2,730 14671 11,(xJoi 683 11.6451 19921 MLF MasoniL 12,2701 1467) Rank Fuiindalion Ironiftun¥¢r5 Two Ridings 13.448 112,7651 13.2321 9,QOO 447 K('OM 'rc%iO 4.27% 7¥.726 1$8.47C)I 20,250 'I'U'l'AI. I,-L1Tr41). 1)6.36) Page 10 continued... Th¢ Dowllrlgbt Speclal Netswork Noles tty the Fill4neiRI StAtetDEnt5- £Qlltinued lor the Year End¢d 31 O¢tob¢r 2023 PWIOVKMENT IN FUYI DS. ¢olltinued Ctsmpllrativo for mov¢tnellt In fttlldts Net movement fund At At 31.10.12 Unre$trl¢ted funds Genetul fi]nd 80.463 (2,9121 83,551 Restrlcted fuoth Help for Health BTeltns Trust Clulth'cll In Nced MCF M%oni Barbara Ward Children$ Fo￿)d￿lI0n Boshicr Hinton Foundation H05pitsI Saturd8y Fund Rank Foundition IronmoDg¢tS Magdalcn TnL Two R￿ill8S Arnold Clark Cornmunity Fund Dynamix The National Lottery COJTllllu￿1ty Fund Toy Tru# ,379 2.083 669 12,0831 11,548) 2,048 67 3.012 74 13.012) 1741 467 I,wo 11.9301 467 l,L￿o 1.930 1,645 992 1.232 735 1.300 1.64J 992 l.23Z 735 1.3 8,285 TOTAL FUNDS 96.874 15.0381 91,836 Page 11 continued... Tbe Downrlght Spoeial Notwork (VT lh¥ Yi'*r ded 31 Uotober 2023 MOVEMEYT Ill FUND5- condnu¢(I ComparAEiVC nct tnovcmciil in liffids, incliide(l ill Ihv abovr arc as follows.. Rcsthurecs ¢xp¢nd¢d Movcli￿lir Iii funds resoiircc5 Vnrt¥lrlet¢d fund$ Genernl fiind (18.679 Restricted lunds H¢lp f(>r Hcalth BrL'lin5-fiusi Cliildrcii In Nc¢d BarbJr3 Ward Lhildretis Fouiidalion 3,275 12.6061 1?,0831 669 12,0811 4.000 1741 1741 467 I.ODE) 2,oorJ 530 1530) Imiimuii¥ers 2.OUO 1,000 2.n25 Ilmttld Clark ('(InitMiniiy Fiiiid 92 9,-$47 IU8.ts8? ¢ontinu¢d... The Downright Sp¢¢i21 N¢tsvork Notes to the Flmalleial StRtement5- conltnued for the Year Ellded 31 October 2023 MOVEMENT IIY FUNDS- ¢ontinMed A curyeniyear 12 mortths andpriDr y¢aT 12 rmnths combined p(YJition xs ts follows.. mov¢m¢nt ftmds At 31.10.23 Unr*¥￿tted Ger¢eral fund 86,463 110,630} 75.833 Rtstrlrted hKttd$ Help for Flealth Br¢lJTry Tw31 Children In Need MCF M¥oni Barbara Ward Ciuldrens Fwthtion Boshi¢r Hinton Foundation Ironmoll8BTS M*gdalen Trusi Player5 of Pe4)plc¥ Po8tcod¢ Lottery Tlie National Lutt¢ry CommuNty Fw 1,379 2.083 2.619 12.0831 11,548} 3,998 67 3,012 74 1.930 1.519 13.012} 1741 11,2471 683 14,356 1.732 998 894 4,278 14,356 .732 998 894 4278 KCOM Te*0 Trnnsformin¥CATC (HEY Snulel 18.124 28.535 TOTAL FUNDS 96.874 7,494 104,368 PBge13 eoDtinud.. TIIL, D(Iwnrizhl Sp¢ciil NL.Iwi)rk for Ilie YoAf Fnded 31 Oetobtr Z023 IOVFJiMF.NT IIY FLIND8. ¢Dniln¥¢d A ¢UEr¢ni y¢aT 12 months and prior ycar 12 tNoHilis combiiicd nci ￿￿ver￿n% Iti Funds. incliided In thc ar¢ RL5UiJtCL'S CXDciided Mov¢inent in fvnd re50iifiCS UnTCStrlcted fund5 1126,9481 110,6301 Restricted flllld Hclp for Health 14relm% l-ruxt 6,947 14,3281 12,QX31 2.619 12.UYJI MCF MdSODiC Ildrbdra Wdrd Childrenh I'ouiidaiiaii 5.000 4,uoo 17,0121 12.11001 1.000 l J,447 l.t) (2.UOOI T¢sco 'rrdnsformtn¥ (.,d￿ Iiir.Y Smile) WO SirL'Lt LhaiiLlblL F-oundation 8Y4 4,278 .3,QO(J 13,OWI 1100.6051 TOTAI, FUINns 235,(J47 7.494 R&LA'I'£I) I'AIITY DISCLUSUkkS Thcr¢ w¢rL no rclatcd i?llrty irnnsAcIion5 for tlic Ye￿ cndcd 31 O¢tob¢r 2023. Pa8e 14 onlinued. The Downrlght SpeclAI Network Note5 to tbe Fingnclgj StlltemeDtI- ¢onilrJutd for the YeAr Enrted 31 Octobtr 2023 UNRKsfRICTKD GRANTS U5rniCted ErHnts of £22.7W were received ID thE YBU. Thtse were from the followin Matthew GoDd Foundation Bro￿lIe$S Trust Hull and F.R Charii&ble Ttw Jart% Re¢kin Charity Joseph BDd Anne Cattle Trust 10.000 200 2,5DO 5,OCK) 22,7Tr) pa￿ 15 'riJe DownYi%lil SIiL'f141 N¢twTrrk Detailcd Stxtcmeilt ofFlnAntial Activitie% for Ibe Ycar bnded 31 Vctober 2O2J 2023 2022 INCOMI ANI) ENDOWMENTS Donalloijs Icg#¢it$ 17,260 20,072 InvE5tmtlll Incthmt Depil%lt accTrunl inlETC51 I,n75 FvndraisiKg cvciils Pr1ntL'r rcniii l incuTn¢ 4.159 13.240 701 3.972 69,978 Grants IOR,030 87,891 TotTrl lth¢ominR resoitroe5 126,365 108.682 F.IPVxVI Di'fLIII.: ,¢i) 499 1.70Y Miirk¢tiXb TrainiDg Dn(l Edueaho 216 673 ,476 514 28X 602 825 s¢ellJncous expcTrseg 655 110,058 Qlher Ci)mpuler LNuiptn