## ## ## ## ## ## |||||||SORP reference||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary||ofthe purposes|||of|Para 1.17|Toadvance the education ofchildren|in| |the charity
governing||as set out
document||in its|||Norfolk by the provision oftrained
Reading Support Volunteers
(RSVs)
schools.|in| |Summary
ofthe main
activities
in relation to those
purposes
for the public
benefit,
in particular,
the
activities, projects or
services identified
in the||||||Para 1.17and
1.19|We provide trained and DBSchecked
RSVs who regularly
listen to children
read (predominantly
4-7 yr olds but
increasingly
also 7-11yr olds). This
support
is on a one-to-one basis, In
schools.|| |accounts.||||||||| ||||||||We aim to provide this voluntary|| ||||||||support
in communities
and schools|| ||||||||where
it is needed most.|| ||||||||We continue to work in some ofthe|| ||||||||more disadvantaged
areas in Norwich|| ||||||||and surrounds.
Using a grant obtained|| ||||||||via the Norfolk Community
Foundation|| ||||||||(NCF) in the previous
period we|| ||||||||undertook
a campaign
to attract and|| ||||||||train additional
volunteers
from the|| ||||||||Great Yarmouth
and Gorleston area.|| ||||||||Via the New Literacy Project, TNRP|| ||||||||continued
working
in collaboration
with|| ||||||||NCF and the National
Literacy Trust,|| ||||||||focussing
on employer supported|| ||||||||volunteering
in Thetford.|| |Statement
confirming
whether the trustees
have
had regard to the guidance
issued
by the Charity
Commission
on public||||||Para 1.18|Our Trustees are fully aware ofthe
public benefit offered by our charity.
All
Trustees are regularly
forwarded
Charity
Commission
News and guidance
on
matters.|| |benefit||||||||| |||||Para 1.38|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Policy on|grant making||||| |||||Para 1.38|| |Policy on|social investment||||| |including|program||related||| |investment|||||| ||||||TNRP Reading Support Volunteers| |Contribution
volunteers||made|by|Para 1.38|(RSVs) benefit schools, teaching staff,
parents
and naturally
the children
they
are supporting.| ||||||Good literacy skills underpin
all learning| ||||||and success in later life.
In Norfolk as| ||||||many as 1 in 4 children
leave Primary| ||||||School unable to read and write| ||||||adequately.
Our aims and objectives| ||||||are to improve
upon these frightening
statistics.| ||||||This is an intergenerational
project, with| ||||||a high percentage
ofour RSVs retired| ||||||and using their time to benefit young| ||||||children. Lack ofliteracy skills has such| ||||||a continuing
knock-on effect in later life,| ||||||excluding
people not only from learning| ||||||and skills development
but also from| ||||||the job market and ultimately
from| ||||||supporting
their own children
with| ||||||reading.| |Other|||||| ## |||||SORP reference|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||It has been another very productive
year
for The Norfolk Reading Project both in| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,||||Para 1.20|terms ofincreasing
the number of
Reading Support Volunteer
in schools
and further developing
our collaboration| |identifying
charity's|the
work|difference the
has made to|||with other organisations
to support
schools in some ofthe most| |the circumstances|||of its||disadvantaged
areas.| |beneficiaries
and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|||||During the period July 1"2022 and June
30'"2023 we held 11training sessions| ||||||including
2 in Gt Yarmouth
and 2 in| ||||||Thefford. We also held 2training| ||||||sessions for sixth form students
in both| ||||||The Norwich School and East Norfolk| ||||||Sixth Form College in Gt Yarmouth.| ||||||These training sessions resulted
in a| ||||||total of112community
Reading Support| ||||||Volunteers
and 42 sixth form students| ||||||supporting
primary school children| ||||||across Norfolk to improve their literacy| ||||||skills.| ||||||We have been extremely
fortunate
this| ||||||year to receive a very generous
bequest| ||||||from the estate of Leona Levine with| ||||||f70,000 received from the estate in July| ||||||2022.We want to ensure that these| ||||||funds are used in the best possible way
to enhance and support the work that| ||||||we already do in schools and to improve| ||||||the opportunities
for children to be| ||||||engaged
with reading outside ofschool.| ||||||We would like to provide more| ||||||educational
and inspirational
speakers| ||||||for our volunteer
community
to improve| ||||||communication,
retention
and| ||||||motivation.| ||||||We had received a grant ofR2000 from| ||||||the New Endeavours
Rangers
Fund via| ||||||The Norfolk Community
Foundation
in| ||||||the previous year and in the year to 30| ||||||June 2023we used this to recruit and| ||||||train over 20volunteers
in the Gt| ||||||Yarmouth
area ofthe county. Members| ||||||ofour Trustees management
committee| ||||||spent time in the town engaging
with| ||||||potential
volunteers,
distributing
leaflets| ||||||and promoting
the need for literacy| ||||||support
via local publications.
We were| ||||||able to run 2volunteer
training sessions| ||||||in Gt Yarmouth
Library as a result of| ||||||this initiative.| |The collaborative
Literacy Project with| |---| |The Norfolk Community
Foundation
and| |The National
Literacy Trust has been| |ongoing throughout
the year with
focuses on Thetford and Norwich. We| |have set up a successful
partnership| |between
Smith and Pinching
(local| |financial services company)
and Mile
Cross Primary School which should| |provide sustainable
support for Key| |Stage 2 children
in the school. Other| |local businesses
are also providing| |reading support toa number ofschools| |across both target areas.| |Funds have also been received
in the| |form ofgrants and donations
from other| |sources including;| |POET —The Promotion
of English Trust
f4000| |Aylsham
Agricultural
Show Association| |f500| |We are very grateful for the support| |from charitable trusts and individuals| |who continue to support the important| |work that our volunteers
are doing
in
schools to improve
lifetime| |opportunities
for many children across| |the county.| |We have identified
the need to further| |develop our administrative
systems
with| |an upgrade to our IT.This will include a| |new Management
Information
System| |and Volunteer
Portal, this project will be| |ongoing and will benefit both volunteers| |and the communities
that we support.| |In April 2023 our Chairperson
and co-| |founder, Anne Thorley was awarded a| |Coronation
Champion
Award
in| |recognition
of her charitable
work with| |The Norfolk Reading Project —this is a| |reflection ofthe work that all our| |wonderful
Reading Support Volunteers| |provide
in over 100schools each week.| |We have continued
to provide| |opportunities
for our volunteers
to| |share their experiences
and to develop| |their skills with the provision of| |educational
workshops
and social| |events such as coffee mornings.
Leanne| |Fridd —award winning
children' s| |bookshop owner and Suzanne| |Robertson —Deputy Headteacher
have| |provided
inspiration
for our volunteers| |at recent events.| |Requests
from local schools for reading|Requests
from local schools for reading| |---|---| |support
have continued to increase with|| |the effects ofthe Covid -19pandemic|| |still having an impact on learning across|| |the board. This is particularly
apparent
in schools in disadvantaged|| |communities
with the East of England
one ofthe lowest performing
regions|in| |KS2 national
attainment
tests for|| |2022/23. Before the pandemic
the|| |majority ofour volunteers
were|| |supporting
KS1 children (age 4-7yrs)|| |this has changed post pandemic
with|| |many volunteers
assigned to KS2|| |children (age 7-11yrs)to help them|| |catch up with their peers.|| |The majority ofour training sessions|| |have taken place in Town Close School|| |in Norwich
and we would
like to thank|| |them for their generous
support for our|| |charity both with the provision
ofthe|| |training
venue and for our inclusion
in|| |other promotional
events.|| |Finally, and most importantly
we would|| |like to thank all ofour Reading Support|| |Volunteers
who continue to inspire,|| |cajole and support young readers—|| |'Today a reader, tomorrow
a leader' W.|| |Fusselman.|| |Additional|information|information|(optional)|| |---|---|---|---|---| |You ma|choose to include further statements|||where relevant
about| |Achievements
objectives set||against|Para 1.41|An objective ofattracting
and training
more volunteers
than
in the previous
year was met. Volunteers
trained to 30| |||||June 2023were 112community| |||||volunteers
and 40 sixth form students| |||||(30June 2022 62 community
volunteers| |||||and 10sixth form students).| |||||Regarding
the New Endeavour
Rangers| |||||Fund grant: 16new volunteers
and 27| |||||sixth form volunteers
were trained from| |||||Great Yarmouth
and Gorleston area with| |||||an objective oftraining 25total.| |||||Following the disruption
caused
in| |||||previous years by Covid, we achieved| |||||an important
objective ofshowing
our| |||||gratitude
to volunteers
by giving them| |||||the opportunity
to network
and meet the| |||||committee at a Summer Coffee morning| |||||in a Trustee's
garden 17September| |||||2022. On 13May 2023we also held an| |||||indoor Coffee morning
with speakers| |||||Suzanne Robertson —Assistant
Head| |||||Teacher Mile Gross Prima
School and| |||||Leanne Fridd —Children's
Bookshop|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||owner Bookbugs and Dragon Tales.|| |||||which also proved very popular and|| |||||inspirational.
Both events attracted|| |||||around 40volunteers.|| |||||The Volunteer
handbook
was updated|| |||||and redesigned
as planned.|| |||||We increased
our number oftrainers|by| |||||one.|| |||||Concerning
communication
on TNRP|| |||||and initiatives,
during the year we had|| |||||considerable
success in placing press|| |||||releases
in various local newspapers|| |||||and magazines,
mainly due to a very|| |||||proactive volunteer.|| |||||TNRP gave a presentation
at a Business|| |||||Networking
event, further|| |||||communicating
the work we undertake|| |||||to the business
community.|| |||||TNRP was privileged
to be a residuary|| |||||beneficiary
ofan estate, first amount|| |Performance||offundraising||banked 28.7.22.|| |activities|against objectives||Para 1.41||| |set||||Expenditure
with regard to a restricted|| |||||grant received via NGF In the period to|| |||||30June 2022 was completed
by the end
ofOctober 2022.|| |||||A restricted
award from The Promotion|| |||||of English Trust (POET) was applied for|| |||||in January 2023 and received
in May
2023.|| |||||Several donations
were received|| |||||including
one from the Aylsham|| |||||Agricultural
Show Association.|| |||||An initial meeting was held with an|| |Investment
performance
against objectives|||Para 1.41|investment
advisor during the year and
whilst investment
decisions are still|| |||||being considered,
the legacy has been|| |||||invested
in an easy access building|| |||||society account offering an interest rate|| |||||comparable
to Ior exceeding a level of|| |||||return which might be obtained,|| |||||currently,
from equities and bonds.|| |Other|||||| ## |Review ofthe charity's
financial
position at the
ofthe period|Review ofthe charity's
financial
position at the
ofthe period|Review ofthe charity's
financial
position at the
ofthe period|Review ofthe charity's
financial
position at the
ofthe period|Review ofthe charity's
financial
position at the
ofthe period|end|end|Para 1.21|At the year-end the TNRP bank balance
off79,713.10was held as K6,713.10in
the HSBC current account and 673,000|At the year-end the TNRP bank balance
off79,713.10was held as K6,713.10in
the HSBC current account and 673,000| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||held in an easy access Saffron Building|| |||||||||Society account earning
interest.|| |Statement||explaining||the|||Para 1.22|Restricted reserves are held until the|| |policy for|holding||reserves|||||appropriate
purchases
allocated to that|| |stating
why||they|are|held||||grant or award are made.
Unrestricted|| |||||||||reserves are available to cover other|| |||||||||expenditure
and investment.|| |Amount
of||reserves||held|||Para 1.22|879,713.10|| |Reasons|for holding|||zero|||Para 1.22||| |reserves|||||||||| |Details of|fund materially|||||in|Para 1.24||| |deficit|||||||||| |Explanation||ofany|||||Para 1.23||| |uncertainties||about the|||||||| |charity continuing|||as|a going|||||| |concern|||||||||| |Additional|information||||(optional)||||| |You ma
choose to include||||||further statements||where relevant
about:|| |The charity's
principal|||||||||| |sources offunds|||(including||||Para 1.47||| |any fundraising)|||||||||| |Investment||policy|and||||||| |objectives|including
any||||||Para 1.46||| |social investment|||policy||||||| |adopted|||||||||| |||||||||Succession planning
regarding
key|| |||||||||roles, including
those on the committee,|| |A description||of the principal|||||Para 1.46|present a risk for TNRP.|| |risks facing||the charity|||||||| |||||||||In particular,
despite TNRP now having|| |||||||||three trainers, there is still a need for|| |||||||||additional
trainers.|| |||||||||The volume ofadministration
requires|| |||||||||the implementation
ofa database|| |||||||||system to further
improve
knowledge|on| |||||||||volunteers
and schools, to enable|| |||||||||improved
communication
and to free up
time for those involved.|| |||||||||Volunteers
are trained subject to|| |||||||||successful
DBSchecking.
To keep
these volunteers
enthusiastic
and|| |||||||||relevant
in our aim to help improve|| |||||||||literae
levels in schools
we need to|| ## ||hold regular|coffee mornings
and|| |---|---|---|---| ||workshops
to allow for continuing||| ||exchange of|experiences
and volunteer|| ||knowledge.|We also aim to regularly|| ||communicate|with our volunteers|via| ||emails and our newsletter
'In the||Loo '.| |Other|||| ## |Description
of charity's|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:|||||||| |Type ofgoverning
document||Para 1.25|Constitution||||| |: )'!'=.,
I cf)a,'0,|rj||||||| |How is the charity||Para 1.25|CIO||||| |constituted?|||||||| |Trustee selection methods
including
details ofany
constitutional
provisions e.g.||Para 1.25|Trustees appointed
passed at a properly
ofcharity Trustees.|||by a resolution
convened
meeting|| |election to post or name|of||||||| |any person or body entitled|||||||| |to appoint one or more|||||||| |trustees|||||||| |Additional
information|(optional)||||||| |You ma
choose to include further statements|||where relevant||about:||| |Policies and procedures|||||||| |adopted for the induction||Para 1.51|||||| |and training
oftrustees|||||||| ||||TNRP is|a member ofVoluntary|||Norfolk| |The charity's
organisational
structure
and any wider
network
with which the||Para
1 51|which is a charitable support
organisation
specifically for community
groups and charities
in the county.||||| |charity works|||TNRP also benefits from guidance,||||| ||||funding|opportunities||and webinars|| ||||offered by the Norfolk Community||||| ||||Foundation,||who offer support||to| ||||voluntary|groups and charities|||across| ||||Norfolk.||||| |Relationship
with any||Para 1.51|||||| |related parties|||||||| |Other|||||||| ## ## |Refere|nce and|Ad|minis|trative
details|trative
details|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Charit|name|||The Norfolk Readin||Pro'ect| |Other name the charit|||uses|TNRP||| |Re istered charit||number||1176987||| |Charity's|principal|address||College Barn,||| |||||Cake Street||| |||||Old Buckenham,|Attleborough|| |||||Norfolk||| |||||NR17 1PS||| ## ## ## ## ||CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||I OI'||I N(|I AN/I
AND INA[$g|||||The Norfolk|Reading|Project||||1176987||| ||||||||||Receipts and|||payments||accounts|||CC16a| ||||||||||For the period
from||01-Jul-22||To||30-Jun-23||| |~||J||~|~|~||~|~
0||||||||| ||||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted||Endowment||||| ||||||||||funds||funds||funds||Total|funds|Last year| ||||||||||to the neereet|8|to the nearest|8|to the neereet 8||to the neereet 8||to the nearest t| |A1 Recei|ts||||||||||||||||| |Awards
Donations
Legacy|||||||||1,523
70000||4 000|||||4,000
1,523
70000|2 000
1,646| |u
tote|||ross /ncome||||or||||||||||| ||||||||AR)||71,523||4,000|||||75,523|3,646| |A2 Asset an||investment||||sales,|||||||||||| |(see table).|||||||||||||||||| |||||||u|oa||||||||||| ||||Total|||receipts||||||||||75,523|| |A3 Pa ments|||||||||||||||||| |DBSchecks
Books and reading|||aids||||||965
2,038|||||||1,613
2053|922
1 142| |Venue costs||||||||||60||70||||130|200| |Pnnting,
Stationery
Advertising
Bank char es
Sundry|||8 IT||||||1,408||209|||||1,617
61|4ee
1,028
30
50| ||||||Sub total||||5,377|||||||8,330|3,840| |A4 Asset and||investment|||||||||||||||| |urchases|see table||||||||||||||||| ||||||Sub total||||||||||||| ||||Total payments||||||5,|77|953|||||6,330|3,840| |Net ofreceiptsl(payments)|||||||||||3,047|||||89,193|192| |A5 Transfers||between|||funds||||||||||||| |A6 Cash funds|||last|year||end|||||||||||| |Cash|funds this year end|||||||||||||||79,713|| ||||||||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Restricted|Restricted|Endowment|Endowment|Endowment|Endowment| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||funda|||funda|||funds||| |81|Cash funds||||Cash at tNnk ttaac IThe Norfolk||toneareet||E
3.013|to neareet|E
3,700||to neereet||E| |||||||||73,000|||||||| ||||||Total cash funds|'8'~- ..P!**.**.|||||||||| ||||||(»area iereneee with teeitp!» »nd tieynienre||||||||||| ||||||eerre»efe))||||||||||| ||||||||Unrestrtctecl|||Restrlsted||Endowment|||| ||||||||funda|||funds|||funda||| ||||||||to neereet||E|to neereet|E|to neereet|||E| |82|Other monetary||assets||||||||||||| |||||||||||C||Current||value|| |83Investment||assets|||||||||||||| ||||||||Fund te wtttah|||||Current||value|| |84 Assets retained|||for|the|||||||||||| |charity's
own use|||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||When||due|| |85 Liabilities||||||||||||||el|| |«gncd
, , hn)!|by one or hNo trustees
ot ell the trustees|||on|Signature|||||||Date||of|| |||||||||||||a|oval||| ||||||||ANNE|THORI.EY.CHAIR|||||||| |||||||LE|YPENNIKET,|||TREASURER|||||| |,,&.XX Hi ni»:dents (SS)||||||||||||07/01)2024|||| ## ## ## ||CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION|CHARITY COMMISSION||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||I OI'||I N(|I AN/I
AND INA[$g|||||The Norfolk|Reading|Project||||1176987||| ||||||||||Receipts and|||payments||accounts|||CC16a| ||||||||||For the period
from||01-Jul-22||To||30-Jun-23||| |~||J||~|~|~||~|~
0||||||||| ||||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted||Endowment||||| ||||||||||funds||funds||funds||Total|funds|Last year| ||||||||||to the neereet|8|to the nearest|8|to the neereet 8||to the neereet 8||to the nearest t| |A1 Recei|ts||||||||||||||||| |Awards
Donations
Legacy|||||||||1,523
70000||4 000|||||4,000
1,523
70000|2 000
1,646| |u
tote|||ross /ncome||||or||||||||||| ||||||||AR)||71,523||4,000|||||75,523|3,646| |A2 Asset an||investment||||sales,|||||||||||| |(see table).|||||||||||||||||| |||||||u|oa||||||||||| ||||Total|||receipts||||||||||75,523|| |A3 Pa ments|||||||||||||||||| |DBSchecks
Books and reading|||aids||||||965
2,038|||||||1,613
2053|922
1 142| |Venue costs||||||||||60||70||||130|200| |Pnnting,
Stationery
Advertising
Bank char es
Sundry|||8 IT||||||1,408||209|||||1,617
61|4ee
1,028
30
50| ||||||Sub total||||5,377|||||||8,330|3,840| |A4 Asset and||investment|||||||||||||||| |urchases|see table||||||||||||||||| ||||||Sub total||||||||||||| ||||Total payments||||||5,|77|953|||||6,330|3,840| |Net ofreceiptsl(payments)|||||||||||3,047|||||89,193|192| |A5 Transfers||between|||funds||||||||||||| |A6 Cash funds|||last|year||end|||||||||||| |Cash|funds this year end|||||||||||||||79,713|| ||||||||Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Unrestricted|Restricted|Restricted|Endowment|Endowment|Endowment|Endowment| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||funda|||funda|||funds||| |81|Cash funds||||Cash at tNnk ttaac IThe Norfolk||toneareet||E
3.013|to neareet|E
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own use|||||||||||||||| |||||||||||||When||due|| |85 Liabilities||||||||||||||el|| |«gncd
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