THE
Annual
Report
2022/23
Jun?
PROJEC
**EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS TO DEVELOP HIGHER CONFIDENCE AND SELFESTEEM, STAY IN EDUCATION, AND CREATE A BRIGHT FUTURE**
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## **TABLE OF CONTENT**
**Page** Overview 4 Who We Are/Trustee Summary 5 Who We Support 7 What We Do 8 Our Year 9 Our Future 13 Thank you 16
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## **OVERVIEW**
**FOUNDER:** Ali Golds **FOUNDING PROPOSALS:** To advance in life young women of school age who have experienced significant challenges **BUSINESS LOCATION:** 12 New Broadway, Worthing BN11 4HP **LEGAL FORM:** The Juno Project, Charity number 1176628 **CEO:** Sanchia Ryan **START OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITY:** January 2017
**START OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITY: FINANCING: FUTURE PLANS:**
Funded through donations from grant funders, foundations, and private individuals
The Juno Project has already supported over 500 girls in West Sussex since inception, and intends to take operations nationally over the next two years.
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## **WHO WE ARE**
Our board of trustees
OUR CEO Alex Gray Geoff Cherrill Emma Banks Sanchia Ryan Appointed 3/12/21 Appointed 6/6/22 Appointed 4/2/22 Appointed 4/1/22
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## **TRUSTEE SUMMARY**
This year has seen The Juno Project continue to deliver its programmes successfully to a large number of young women. The feedback makes it clear that these programmes are having a very positive impact on their lives and it is a pleasure to have the opportunity to support them. There has been an increase in the stability and sustainability of the organisation and this has ensured that we are in a position to drive things forward and develop our programmes further. We are very excited about the future of The Juno Project! Alex, Geoff and Emma
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## **WHO WE SUPPORT**
We support girls and young women aged 10- 16, with unmet emotional needs, and untapped potential, who are at risk of leaving school without the environment or tools they need to grow beyond their trauma and challenge, nurture their **What we do** self-worth and recognise their abilities and aspirations. This issue has huge implications for the life outcomes of all these young women, along with the family unit and society at large, placing strain on social institutions, health, wellbeing, and community resources.
Current research shows that that young women make up the highest risk group for mental health issues. A quarter of young women self-harm – more than twice the rate for young men, and this figure is growing. Young women are 3 times more likely to have common mental health issues, and PTSD, than young males. They are also 75% more likely to consider, or attempt suicide, than their male counterparts. Numerous studies acknowledge that being able to manage emotions is critical for achievement, as without the ability to regulate emotions, it is hard for young women to establish positive relationships, and dysregulation due to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) can impact negatively on executive function.
There is a strong correlation between poor mental health and ACE, which are now widely acknowledged as being detrimental across a range of on-going and diverse life outcomes, including physical health and longevity.
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## **WHAT WE DO**
We believe that early intervention with young women who are **What we do** struggling with the impact of ACE and/or mental health issues is key, because young women deserve fulfilling, happy lives and have untapped abilities, gifts, and talents, that our communities need. Our mission is to enthuse, encourage and empower young women whose vulnerabilities may to lead to challenging life outcomes.
Our programmes provide positive female role models, generate trust, and create a safe and reflective environment in which young women can begin to explore their experiences, behaviours and core beliefs along with learning tools to support emotional regulation and resilience. We encourage young women to explore their own agency and create powerful, positive stories about what they have survived, who they are and what they can achieve: all our work is framed by the question, 'What are your gifts and how will you use them?
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## **OUR YEAR**
The Juno Project worked with 168 young women this year across schools in West Sussex. We made links with new schools and demand for our programme continued to increase. We were successful in finding our first corporate sponsor, Out-standard, London. We have 3 new facilitators who bring a wealth of skill and experience in working with young people. Our new website has gone live and we have made great progress as a new board in generating a long term strategy for the charity’s continued success and growth. We have begun planning for our new Youth Advisory Board and are working on our new 3 year strategy.
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## **OUR YEAR**
Our programmes are written for the young women we support, and therefore it’s vital that they have continuous input into the work we do.
We ask all participants to complete a questionnaire at the beginning and end of each programme. This helps us to ensure that we have the information we need to support them and that we are listening to young women and meeting their needs.
So far in this school year, 75% of the young women we worked with told us that their contribution to school life and their community had improved and 70% told us that there have been improvements in aspiration and goal setting. Attendance data demonstrates that school attendance has improved for more than half of the young women on programme.
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## **OUR YEAR**
When asked what changes the parents and teachers saw in the girls, comments included:
An increased ability to ask for help from adults. Some of the students have been able to stay calm for longer during times of confrontation or challenge.
More confidence with managing anxieties and judgement of themselves and others.
**Students seem more positive about engaging with school. Gave students an understanding of how to tackle issues in a different way**
Students now recognise the importance of walking away to calm down, especially when dealing with social issues. Some have got better at identifying and reaching out to key trusted adults in school.
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Attendance increased,
especially to lessons
they previously did not
like. Some students
engage more with
completing coursework
tasks as they saw a
point to them.
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## **OUR YEAR – A SMALL SELECTION OF WHAT SOME OF OUR PARTICIPANTS SAID THEY LEARNED:**
_I have learned I deserve to be somewhere safe. I told school what happened at home…now I am going to a foster family._
_I have learned to hide my feelings less and might go to counselling._
_I need to appreciate the good things in my life. I need to be willing to change for my life to change._
_Anxiety doesn’t define me. It is not forever. I am going to counselling to challenge my anxiety now._
_I am just as worthy as other people. I take care of myself more. I have 6 new friends and someone likes me._
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OUR
FUTURE IS
POSITIVE!
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## **OUR FUTURE**
We are committed to empowering vulnerable and marginalised young girls to improve their self-esteem and confidence, overcome their challenges and achieve their potential.
We are still seeing an increasing number of referrals from schools and external agencies wanting to refer to our programmes, year on year, and we are keen to work closely with our referral partners to further develop our programmes to meet demand and respond to gaps in service. We are in the process of developing a Youth Advisory Board to oversee our work and looking at expanding our service offer to include social action, and a greater focus on youth voice. We are now working with a child and adolescent mental health expert to further develop our programmes.
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**OUR FUTURE**
We are also increasing the age range of the young women we work with, by growing the support available for KS 3 young women and our programme for younger girls in Year 6, Horizons, to support the transition to secondary school. We are keen to increase our reach in supporting young people nationwide.
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## **THANK YOU**
We want to thank **all** of our donators, funders and sponsors, for the support and help you have offered us this year.
Special thanks to Out-standard, London, our corporate sponsors, who pledge us monthly financial support and have generously offered their time and encouragement to the young women on programme with us. More about them here - https://out-standard.com/
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**Charity Name No (if any) The Juno Project CIO 1176628 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a**
**For the period** Period start date **from** 01.04.2022
Period end date **To** 31.03.2023
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**41,343**
**7,000**
**749**
**279**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**49,371**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**49,371**
**24,106**
**6,867**
**2,026**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,999**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**32,999**
**16,372**
**-**
**9,979**
**26,351**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**23,929**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,929**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,929**
**12,493**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,493**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**12,493**
**11,436**
**-**
**-**
**11,436**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**65,272**
**7,000**
**749**
**279**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**73,300**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**73,300**
**36,599**
**6,867**
**2,026**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,492**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,492**
**27,808**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**65,272**
**7,000**
**749**
**279**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**73,300**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**73,300**
**36,599**
**6,867**
**2,026**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,492**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**45,492**
**27,808**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Grant income|**41,343**|||||**18,500**|
|Donations|**7,000**|||||**-**|
|Other income|**749**|||||**521**|
|Bank interest|**279**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**49,371**|||||**19,021**|
||||||||
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**
|||||**-**|
|~~**_Sub total_**~~|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**19,021**|
||||||||
|Facilitators|**24,106**|||||**28,472**|
|Support services|**6,867**|||||**3,434**|
|Office costs|**2,026**|||||**888**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**32,999**|||||**32,794**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_ **
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**32,794**|
||||||||
||**16,372**|**11,436**|**-**|**27,808**||**- 13,773**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**9,979**|**-**|**-**|**9,979**||**-**|
||**26,351**|**11,436**|**-**|**37,787**||**- 13,773**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
13/04/2023
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
**Details**
**Details**
Bank account
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**26,351**
**11,436**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,351**
**11,436**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Emma Banks|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
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approval|
|||Emma Banks|3/5/23|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
13/04/2023
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