2021-03-31-accounts - The North Lincolnshire Children's Literacy Trust

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Trustees' Annual Report					for theperiod
From	Period start date			To	Period end date
	01	April	2020		31	March	2021

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name North Lincolnshire Children’s Literacy Trust

Other names charity is known by NLCLT

Registered charity number (if any)[1176961 ]

Charity's principal address Ashby Hub

Ashby Hub	Ashby Hub

Ashby High Street, Scunthorpe
North Lincolnshire
Postcode	DN16 2UT

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11	Trustee name	Role	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	AddyFarmer	Chair of Trust
	Sandra Simmons	Vice Chair of Trust
	Colin Brabazon	Treasurer
	Cllr Julie Reed	Trustee
	Hannah Dale	Trustee
	Richard Mason	Trustee
	Sarah Spencer	Trustee
	Fiona Clawson	Trustee
	Susan Hollingworth	Trustee
	Jayne Hutton	Trustee
	Nick/Mel Webb	Trustee

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser	Name	Address
In kind support	Jane Laws	North Lincolnshire Council
In kind support	Emma Wilkinson	North Lincolnshire Council

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

CIO

(eg. trust, association, company)

TAR

2019 - 2020

Elected by Trustees Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document 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)	To advance the education of children in North Lincolnshire by the provision of support to improve their literacy skills.
	1) Campaigning to promote the social and economic importance of reading, encouraging a shared responsibly across business, public and voluntary communities, to make a positive difference.  CLT Website created, which includes a Paypal Giving Fund donation button.  Facebook and Twitter are used on a regular basis to share with families information related to literacy, the importance of reading, latest reports, suggestions, ideas of activities to do at home etc. 2) Promoting and supporting new and established children’s literacy initiatives to inspire a generation of children to read, grow and succeed.  Making Big Memories with Little Babiesinitiative established in partnership with The Health Tree Foundation, Scunthorpe General Hospital, ensures that families with babies on the neonatal intensive care unit receive a gift bag containing a book, nursery rhyme CD and information about the importance of families sharing songs and stories with their baby whilst in hospital to help aid brain development, communication and bonding.  Fun Family Literacy Kits– 500 early year’s packs including a copy of Addy’s book, A Place Called Home, were distributed during the 1stlockdown via children’s centres, early years providers and schools. In addition to this a further 100 primary school family literacy kits were gifted. £1500 was raised by local companies, groups and individuals to purchase the kits, plus we received donations of books, and resources from national companies including Booktrust, Harper Collins etc. An application for a further £2000 has been submitted to the local community grant scheme  Volunteer Reading Champions– On hold during Covid/School Closures. Programme will be relaunched in 2021, but with recruitment and training delivered via schools.  Sponsorship of local literacy based eventsbringing free literacy themed activities and events to local children, young people and their families via the Power of Words family literacy festival  Little FREE Libraryproject commenced, with the installation of three little libraries in locations  FREE gifting of ‘A Place Called’book and resources to families in need during the Covid-19 crisis. 3) Facilitating partnership opportunities to promote reading for pleasure across communities.  North Lincolnshire Council provide FREE support in kind, includingtrainingand admin. Closepartnerships formed with

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

To advance the education of children in North Lincolnshire by the
provision of support to improve their literacy skills.

1) Campaigning to promote the social and economic importance
of reading, encouraging a shared responsibly across business,
public and voluntary communities, to make a positive
difference.

CLT Website created, which includes a Paypal Giving Fund
donation button.

Facebook and Twitter are used on a regular basis to share with
families information related to literacy, the importance of
reading, latest reports, suggestions, ideas of activities to do at
home etc.
2) Promoting and supporting new and established children’s
literacy initiatives to inspire a generation of children to read,
grow and succeed.

Making Big Memories with Little Babiesinitiative established in
partnership with The Health Tree Foundation, Scunthorpe
General Hospital, ensures that families with babies on the
neonatal intensive care unit receive a gift bag containing a
book, nursery rhyme CD and information about the importance
of families sharing songs and stories with their baby whilst in
hospital to help aid brain development, communication and
bonding.

Fun Family Literacy Kits– 500 early year’s packs including a
copy of Addy’s book, A Place Called Home, were distributed
during the 1stlockdown via children’s centres, early years
providers and schools. In addition to this a further 100 primary
school family literacy kits were gifted. £1500 was raised by local
companies, groups and individuals to purchase the kits, plus we
received donations of books, and resources from national
companies including Booktrust, Harper Collins etc. An
application for a further £2000 has been submitted to the local
community grant scheme

Volunteer Reading Champions– On hold during Covid/School
Closures. Programme will be relaunched in 2021, but with
recruitment and training delivered via schools.

Sponsorship of local literacy based eventsbringing free
literacy themed activities and events to local children, young
people and their families via the Power of Words family literacy
festival

Little FREE Libraryproject commenced, with the installation of
three little libraries in locations

FREE gifting of ‘A Place Called’book and resources to families
in need during the Covid-19 crisis.
3) Facilitating partnership opportunities to promote reading for
pleasure across communities.

North Lincolnshire Council provide FREE support in kind,
includingtrainingand admin. Closepartnerships formed with

TAR

2019 - 2020

the Words Count, Imagination Library and library teams to increase awareness of the trust and spreading consistent messages about the importance of reading

Health Tree Foundation and local Rotary Clubs support with fundraising for the Making Big Memories With Little Babies Project
Partnerships strengthened with schools and settings through the Volunteer Reading Champion programme.
Partnership formed with Tesco and the Landscape Partnership via the Little Free Libraries project.

Section D Achievements and performance

 Making Big Memories with Little Babies project continues to Summary of the main deliver free reading resources to families with babies on the achievements of the charity local NICU ward at Scunthorpe General Hospital. Further during the year volunteers have been recruited through the Health Tree Foundation to gift the resources on a weekly basis.  Over 60 Volunteer Reading Champions have now been trained to support children to develop their reading skills. They are working in schools across North Lincolnshire.  £250 donation received from the North Lincolnshire Rotary Swimarathon. This money was used to purchase Volunteer Reading Champion Resource kits.  £2000 funding was secured via the Tesco Bags on Help scheme. This money was used to design, make, install and fully stock 3 Little Free libraries, in the following locations; The ARC, Luddington & Garthorpe School and Belton Kitchen & Visitor Centre. Providing children will free access to quality books.  The Children’s Literacy Trust sponsored the Power of Words Festival free family theatre showing of Gangsta Granny in Baysgarth Park. All tickets sold out, with 500 people attending.  Over 300 copies of Addy’s book ‘A Place Called Home’, plus associated resources were gifted to families via children’s centres during the Covid-19 crisis.  Continue to receive regular small monthly donations from Lincs Lotto  Paypal account set up and PayPal Giving Fund application approved allowing donations to be made to the trust easily.

Section E Financial review	Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially in deficit
	Opening Balance £4435.62 Total Income this period £2356.50 Total Expenditure this period £1617.76 Closing Balance £5174.36 £2000 of Closing balance is reserved for purchase of future Making Big Memories with Little Babies Gift Bags. Remaining balance to be used for existing and new projects 2020/2021
	FYI – We were able to fund some elements of the Little FREE Libraries project via the Power of Words Festival, so did not spend the full £2000 grant.

Section F	Other optional information

TAR

2019 - 2020

Projects started at the end of the financial year, which will be completed in 2020.

North Lincolnshire Children’s Literacy Trust website creation
Family Literacy Kit’s – Funding being raised to purchase family literacy resources that will be donated to families in need, who are vulnerable or living in areas of deprivation.

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

A.Farner

Sandra Simmons Full name(s) Addy Farmer Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair of Trust Vice-Chair of Trust etc) Date 31.04.2020

TAR

2019 - 2020

North Lincolnshire Children's Literacy Trust Financial Accounts 2020 - 2021

Start Date	01.04.2020
End Date	31.03.2021
		Money In			Money Out
Date	Item	£	Date	Item	£
15.04.2020	Lincs Lotto Donation	7.5	02.04.2020	Liondog - Trust website creation payment 1	£462.50
07.05.2020	Donation - Paradise Min	100	05.05.2020	Amazon Gift Voucher - Photo Competition Winner 1	£30.00
12.05.2020	Lincs Lotto Donation	6	05.05.2020	Amazon Gift Voucher - Photo Competition Winner 2	£30.00
13.05.2020	Donation - Shah's Clothes	200	28.05.2020	Winning Moves - 51 packs of Top Trumps for Family Literacy Kits	£202.16
18.05.2020	Paypal Donations	31.91	03.06.2020	Nettl of Scunthorpe - Bookmarks for Family Literacy Kits	£52.80
02.06.2020	Lincs Lotto Donation	6	03.06.2020	BBD Direct - 24 Junior Scrabble games for literacy kits	£361.15
03.06.2020	Donation Scunthorpe Lions	200	18.06.2020	Brain Box/Bananagrams ASMODEE/Esdevium Games Ltd	£972.65
19.06.2020	Donation Scunthorpe Rotary Club	500	18.06.2020	Winning Moves- 40 packs of Top Trumps	£135.92
19.06.2020	Paypal Donations	2	17.07.2020	Liondog - Trust website creation payment 2	£712.50
14.07.2020	Lincs Lotto Donation	7.5	27.07.2020	Amazon Gift Voucher - POW Competition Prize Winner	£30.00
04.08.2020	Lincs Lotto Donation	6	25.09.2020	Flowers for Rotary - Thank you for Story Sacks	£10.00
15.09.2020	Lincs Lotto Donation	7.5	30.03.2021	POW Match Funding for ACE Bid (BIG SKY NORTH)	£300.00
21.09.2020	Rotary Swimarathon	250
12.10.2020	Lincs Lotto Donation	6
17.11.2020	Lincs Lotto Donation	6
09.12.2020	Lincs Lotto Donation	7.5
12.01.2021	Lincs Lotto Donation	6
09.02.2021	Lincs Lotto Donation	6
05.03.2021	Paypal payback	1
09.03.2021	Lincs Lotto Donation	6
30.03.2021	Paypal Donations	30.47
Totals		1393.38			£3,299.68
Opening Balance		5174.36
Total Income	this period	£1,393.38
Total Expenditure this period		£3,299.68
Closing Balance (bank balance @ 30.03.2021)		3,267.07