## ## |SUAlfAary|ofthe|The Objects ofthe charity are:| |---|---|---| |purposes ofthe||| |charity as|set|1. To relieve the needs ofsufferers ofFoetal Alcohol Spectrum| |out in its||Disorder {FASD)and those whose lives are affected by that| |governing||condition who live or work in the area ofbenefit or| |document||neighbouring
areas through the provision ofsupport,| |||education
and practical advice.| |||2. Toadvance the education ofthe general public in all areas| |||relating to Foetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorder {FASD)including| |||the profnotion ofresearch forthe public benefit in all aspects| |||of FASD and to publish the useful results.| |||The area ofbenefit isthe South EastofEngland, County ofKent and| |||Medway
Unitary Authority,
United Kingdom
and worldwide.| |SufAAlary|ofthe|| |fAalA activities||1. To raise avvareness ofthe key features and lived experience of| |ln relation to
those purposes
forthe public
benefit, in||individuals
affected by Foetal Alcohol Spectrum
Disorders
{FASD)via talks, training,
films and social media.
2. To provide support for individuals
and families affected by| |particular,|the|FASD eg via support groups and group outings.| |activities,||3. To develop relationships
with key partners,
in particular
with| |projects or||the Kent S.Medway
CCG, and create a system to ensure| |services||professionals
offer appropriate
expert help.| |identified|in the|4. Tocontinue to develop relationships
with other FASD charities.| |accounts.||| |Statement||The trustees have had due regard tothe Charity Commission
guidance| |confltming||on public benefit. They can confirm that all the activities carried out in| |whether the||the year 2021/22 were consistent
with this benefit.| |trustees
have||| |had regard|to|The trustees fnet quarterly
in person during the year and discussed| |the guidance||issues between
fneeting via email and the Trustees'
WhatsApp
Group.| |Achievements|and Performance| |---|---| |Summary of|The year 2021-22 has seen significant
developments
in FASD Awareness's| |the main|direction and an increased public profile. We remain a local charity in that| |achievements|our days out forfamilies with a child with FASD are primarily for families| |ofthe charity,|living in Kent, Medway and South London
Butwe have also embraced the| |identifying|digital world which has greatly expanded our reach.
In September 2021| |the difference|we started a series ofonline monthly
webinars,
where we interview| |the charity's|specialists on FASD.| |work has|| |made tothe|Dui lng the pandemic our support groups foi young people arid adults| |circumstances|with FASD moved online. These groups are hosted by one ofour| |ofits|Ambassadors,
who herself has FASD, with support and supervision
from| |beneficiaries|our CEO and Founder.| |and any wider|| |benefits to|We launched
our 3'd film on FASD Day (9~ September). This film, "What| |society as a|Can Alcohol DoTo A Foetus'P" explores what can happen to an unborn| |whole.|baby when it is exposed to alcohol.| ||Unfortunately,
due tothe Covid lockdowns
all ofour physical support| ||groups were closed for most ofthe year. However, we did begin to offer| ||online and telephone 121swith our Founder, who has much practical| ||experience ofbringing
up children
with FASD.| ||Locally we have been members ofthe NHS Kent S.Medway
CCG group| ||responsible
for education
and training ofhealth professionals
about| ||FASD. At a national
level were invited to sit on the All Party Parliamentary| ||Committee
on FASD.We also gave input to 'The Time is Now: The| ||National
Perspective on Ramping
up FASD Prevention,
Diagnosis and| ||Support Services' published
by NICE.| ||In summary,
our work makes a direct difference to specific individuals,| ||such asthose who attend our days out or our support
groups. But we| ||believe that this year we have had a wider impact with our webinars,| ||membership
ofthe CCG and the All Parliamentary
Group as well as our| ||films. As a result more people are becoming a~are of FASD, its causes, its| ||prevalenre
and its long term effects.| |Achievements|Our target setting has not been very clear in the past and this is| |against|something
which we have rectified forthe current year. Our latest| |objectives set|Business S.Development
Plan includes atracker which trustees use to| ||monitor progress towards meeting goals. However, we have collected| ||data and we know that typically we have around 30attendees tothe day| ||out events and 6 —12people at each ofour Youth and Adult support| ||group meetings. We receive much heartfelt thanks forthese activities.| ||||We are very pleased with the number ofattendees at our webinars: the|We are very pleased with the number ofattendees at our webinars: the|We are very pleased with the number ofattendees at our webinars: the| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||number ofonline attendees averages 115with almost the same number||| ||||ofpeople watching
later via You Tube.||| ||||More generally,
we have achieved our objective ofbeing avoice for||| ||||people with FASD. Locally we have done that via being a member ofthe||| ||||NHS|CCG group responsible
for FASD and nationally
through|membership| ||||ofthe Parliamentary
Group on FASD.We are also an active||member of| ||||The Alliance ofcharities working
in the field ofFASD.||| ||||internally
we have strengthened
our board and have a small group of||| ||||committed trustees who give many hours tothe charity.||| |Performance|||We met our fundraising
target forthe year. However, the last money we||| |offundfaising|||were awarded
was for activities starting
in March 2022 and,||| |activities|||unfortunately,
the money did not reach our bank account until after our||| |against||year||end. This means we had a small deficit on our accounts|for 2021/22.| |objectives|set||||| |Financial Review|||||| |Review of|the|||In November 2021,we received 621,000from Colyer|Fergusson.| |charity s fiinancial||||This isthe first tranche ofathree-year
grant. Receiving a known|| |position atthe end||||award forthree years wiH help us considerably
with the planning of|| |ofthe period||||our activities. We began spending the money in December 2021.|| |||||As mentioned
above, we ended the year with a slight|deficit, just| |||||under 62,000. This unfortunate
occurrence occurred|because an| |||||award off25,588did not arrive in our bank account until after the|| |||||year end.|| |||||Our expenditure
is split approximately:
72/o to direct|charitable| |||||costs ie personnel
and associated costs directly related to achieving|| |||||the charity's objectives; 25%to indirect charitable
costs ie support|| |||||personnel
costs, insurance, etc and 3%to governance|costs.| |Statement||||We are working towards holding reserves equivalent|to 3months| |explaining|the|policy||operating costs. This issothat we can manage delays|in receiving| |for holding|reserves|||funding (as happened
atthe end ofthe year) and could close down|| |stating why they|||are|in an orderly fashion ifwe were to cease receiving funding.|| |held|||||| |Amount ofreserves||||f3,625free reserves asofthe year end.|| |held|||||| |Reasons for holding||||N/A|| |zero reserves|||||| |Details offund||||N/A|| |materially|in deficit||||| |Explanation ofany||||N/A|| |uncertainties||about|||| |the charity|||||| |continuing|as|a|||| |going concern|||||| |The charity's
principal sources of
funds (including
any
fundraising)||Our main sources offunding are grant giving trusts and the NHS
CCG.This year we have been very fortunate to have been awarded
a 3-year grant from Colyer Fergusson.
In addition, we receive a
small amount ofmoney from individual
donations
and from| |---|---|---| |||businesses.| |Investment
policy
and objectives||We have not adopted
an Investment
Policy as do not have funds to
invest. We have a small amount ofreserves which is kept in our| |including
any social||savings bank account.| |investment
policy||| |adopted||| |A description
ofthe
principal
risks facing
the charity||Lack offunding
and not maintaining
our staff and volunteers
are
our biggest risks. Our staff are under constant pressure to do a lot
with not very much. There is also a risk in that the charity relies
heavily on a very small number ofpeople.| |||In order to mitigate these risks, we have recently restructured
how
we do our funding. We now have clear funding
priorities and dear| |||costings ofprojects and core work. We hope this will help usto
maintain
a steady growth
in funding. We should then be able to| |||expand our core staff.| |Structure, Governance
and Management||| |How isthe charity||Charitable
Incorporated
Organisation
(CIO), only voting members
are| |constituted'||its charity trustees. 'Foundation'
Model.| |Trustee selection
methods
including
details ofany||In selecting individuals
for appointment
as charity trustees, the
trustees have regard tothe skills, knowledge
and experience needed
forthe effective administration
ofthe CIO and what skills ale missing| |constitutional
provisions.||from the trustee board.
Apart from the first charity trustees, trustees are appointed for a
term of3years by a resolution
passed at a properly convened| |||meeting of the charity trustees. Normally this is our AGM. They may
stand for a second term but after that there must agap ofat least| |||one year before re-appointment.
Trustees are interviewed
in accordance with the Safer Recruitment| |||policy and aw necessary DBSchecks and References are taken.| |Conclusion
Despite the pandemic
and lockdowns, the charity has continued to provide services for
those with FASD and their families. This has not always been easy and has meant adapting
to different ways ofdoing thing
eg having online support meetings and online 121s.But
we have managed to do it.We have also continued to develop eg by introducing
our||| |popular webinars|and by producing
athird film.|| |Reference and Administrative|details||| |---|---|---|---| |Charity name|FASD Awareness||| |Other name the charity uses|FASDAwareness|South East|| |Registered
charity number|1176933||| |Charity's
principal address|3Winter Gem Lane, Faversham||ME138YU| ## |Full name(s)|Irene Hall|Andy Nichols| |---|---|---| |Position (egSecretary,|Chair|Trustee| |Chair, etc)||| ||q4'" September 2O22|| ## |Code||||Cost
e||Amount|Code|Income|||Amount| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Q001||||Admin||E16,573.00|1001|FASD trainin|||| |0002||||Trainin||f185.60|1002|Co
orate|Partnershi|s|K2,250.00| |0003
0004
0005||||Board meetin
Print/staiione
Posta e|s|f60.00
f119.88
f0.00|1003
1004
1005|Grants
Donations
Bank Interest on Reserve AC|||f39,510.00
f5,458.17| |0006||||Website/ernails||E50.00|||||| |0007||||||f762.20|||||| |0008||||Support group||EO.OO|||||| |0009||||Travel||f28.80|||||| |0010||||Telecommunications||f16049|||||| |0011
0012||||Marketing
Advertising||E40.00
fQ.oo|||||| |0013||||Fundraising||EQ.QO|||||| |0014||||Events||f282.24|||||| |0015||||Professional fees||f930.00|||||| |0017||||Days out and
Entertainment|activities|f75.00
f0.00|||||| |0018
0019||||Banking
HMRC||f0.00
f0.00|||||| |0020
0021||||Wages
Insurance||co.oo
f0.00|||||| |OQ22||||General expenses
FASD training||fo.oo||||TOTAL|f47,519.35| |0024
0025||||Maintenance
Rent|8 Repairs|f192.35
f0.00|||||| |0026||||Park Pro'ect Costs||E6,095.00||Bank A/C @04/04/2022:|||| |0027
0028
0029||||KCF
National
Lotte
S
rt En land||f1,500.00
f6,870.00
f0.00||Current AC
Savings AC|||f24,608.44
f5,024.74| |0030||||MVA||f0.00|||||f29633.18| |||||Fore Trust||EO.OO|||||| |0045||||Col er Fer uson
Groundwork||f5,100.00
f7,007.38
K3,381.00||Rlngfenced
Project specific funds
held
Free Reserves @05/04/2022|||f26,008.03
f3,625.15| |||||TQTAL EXPENDITURE||R49,501.93|||||629633.18| |Signed|by|one|or|two trustees on behalf ofall||the trustees||Print Name|||Date ofapproval
dd/mm/yyyy| ##