
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date 

Year Day Month Year **From** 1st April 2020 **To** 31[st] March 2022 

## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name** The Grey Dog Trust **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)**[1176205 ] **Charity's principal address** 112 Adnitt Road Abington Northampton **Postcode NN1 4NG** 

**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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||Paul Harahan|Chair|||
||Laura Wood||||
||Lorna Robinson||||
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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** 

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## **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 (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted 

Constitution 

CIO 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Elected by Membership Trustee selection methods 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing children and young people (aged between 6 and 25) from becoming socially excluded due to mental ill health or emotional distress, to relieve the needs of those children and young people with mental ill health or emotional distress and assisting them to integrate into society 

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The charity has been providing awareness workshops for schools and youth groups. These aim to increase peoples understanding of mental health and allow for open discussions. 

In addition, the charity has provided free Mental Health First Aid training for scout leaders across 10 counties during this financial year.  The Mental Health First Aid course is a full 2-day certificated course which give people the skills required to help a young person in mental health crisis.   It also raises awareness and understanding. 

**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)** 

**Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

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## Section D                      Achievements and performance 

**Summary of the main** Increasing the number of counties we supply training for scout leaders to **achievements of the charity** 10 **during the year** 

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## **Section E                    Financial review** 

The charity does not have a reserve policy 

**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: 

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- 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)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**<br>**etc)**<br>**Date**|||
|---|---|---|
||Paul Hanrahan|Lorna Robinson|
||<br> <br>Chair of Trustees|Secretary|
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