RefugeeEd annual trustees’ report for financial year 2023-24
April - July 2023
From April to July 2023, our Community Teacher Training programme and our Capacity Building Programme ran as usual.
In this period, we matched 20 education specialists with organisations, mostly in Greece, where they provided capacity building support to help them deliver good education to people on the move. We also delivered 22 workshops for education organisations specifically designed for this context, with 162 participants.
We ran three community teacher training programmes. We completed our programme with The Workshop, Serbia, and commenced two further programmes, with Salam LADC in Lebanon and Movement on the Ground, Lesvos. All programmes were tailored to the specific needs of the group, supporting them to build teaching skills for their own students and with the resources available to them. The feedback we received from teachers and trainers was positive. Here are some quotes from teachers who participated:
“Thank you guys!! Thank you for the training, the brilliant speaker, and especially for your patience and flexibility.”
“Since I did the training, I have a high confidence [teaching a class] - 10!”
“I believe that this is a golden opportunity for us as refugees, and I would like to extend my gratitude and thanks for the work you’re doing. I would be interested in doing more training, higher level training. There is a saying from my country that I like - instead of giving a man a fish everyday, teach him to fish, so that he will be self-sufficient at the end of the day.”
July 2023-April 2024
From 2023 to the end of the financial year, we paused our programmes to focus on potentially merging with the organisation We/Educate, based in Greece. Both organisations at that point were providing similar services to similar target groups. We/Educate delivers a TEFL training programme to people on the move in Athens. We at refugeeEd run a bespoke teacher training programme designed for people who are teaching their communities, predominantly within refugee camp settings, and a capacity building programme to support grassroots education programmes to deliver a good education to people on the move, both mostly in Greece. Both organisations agreed in June 2023 that our aims and ethoses were aligned, and that it would
benefit both parties to share resources and allow for broader impact. We are excited to be merging with We/Educate as they embody something we were working towards: being run by and for the community they work with, namely refugees and displaced persons, who take on roles as programme coordinators and board members. For We/Educate, we were able to share our insights and experience from six years of operating in the sector and our strong understanding of running programmes in this context.
The trustees would like to thank everyone who has supported us this year as we plan ahead for our next chapter. We look forward to updating you about how things are progressing.
Signed, 4th February 2025:
Bella Evidente (Chair of Trustees) Nora Marketos (Trustee) Helen Brannigan (Trustee and Founder)
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Charity Name No (if any)
RefugeeEd 1176701
Receipts and payments accounts
Period start date Period end date
For the period from 06/04/2023 To 05/04/2024 CC16a
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds Total funds Last year
to the nearest
£ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Grant Funding - 750 - 750 12,619
Donations 835 - - 835 5,680
Overpayments & reimbursements 90 - 90 541
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Sub total (Gross income for AR) 926 750 - 1,676 18,840
A2 Asset and investment sales,
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Total receipts 926 750 - 1,676 18,840
A3 Payments
Stipends & freelancer costs 2,533 - - 2,533 10,862
Other Operating Costs 930 2,602 - 3,532 3,800
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Sub total 3,464 2,602 - 6,065 14,662
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Total payments 3,464 2,602 - 6,065 14,662
Net of receipts/(payments) [-] 2,538 - 1,852 - - 4,390 4,178
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 5,539 2535 - 8,074 -
Cash funds this year end 3,001 683 - 3,684 8,075
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of Date of
all the trustees Signature Print Name approval
Helen Brannigan Helen Brannigan 4/2/2025
Nora Marketos Nora Marketos 3/2/2025
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