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2022-03-31-accounts

LEGS ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS

2021-2022

Registered charity: 1177659 Report for year ended 31 March 2022

CONTENTS

I N T R O D U C T I O N F R O M C H A I R 0 3
O B J E C T I V E S & A C T I V I T I ES 0 4 - 1 7
F I N A N C I A L R E V I E W I N C L U D I N G N O T E S T O T H E
1 8 - 2 2
A C C O U N T S & I N D EP E N D E N T E X A M I N E R ' S R E P O R T
S T R A T E G Y F O R 2 02 2 - 2 0 2 3 2 3
S T R U C T U R E , G O V E R N A N C E A N D M A N A G E M E N T 2 4 - 2 5
R E F E R E N C E A N D A D M I N D E T A I L S 2 6

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INTRODUCTION FROM CHAIR

I am delighted to present the LEGS Annual Report for the year, 1st April 2021 - 31st March 2022.

If the previous year was defined by a rapid response to the emerging Covid-19 crisis, this current one was about stabilising the services we had built under the pressure of the pandemic, and deepening the foundations of the charity.

As always, I am extremely grateful to our many supporters, volunteers and participants for their ongoing encouragement and engagement with our work this year. Special thanks go to our Leadership Team, Physiotherapists and Trustees who drive forward the charity's mission and vision with great professionalism and care.

Covid-19 featured significantly in all our lives and our work, but the pandemic did not diminish the energy of our inspiring participants, who continued to support each other through this turbulent time.

Annys Fairweather Chair, LEGS, April 2022

One of the key areas of work was securing staffing and building a team to keep our services running with consistency and clinical excellence. We recruited a cohort of outstanding Physiotherapists and have created structures for cover to ensure that our classes run without disruption throughout the year.

Crucially, this year we secured the ongoing support of major donors, bringing stability to our longer-term funding. This continues to be an area of focus and, as our strategy for next year outlines, appointing a fundraiser is an urgent priority.

We have listened to what our participants tell us they most value about LEGS: namely, our personalised approach to each individual and being part of a community of people facing similar challenges. In response, we concentrated on boosting our Neuro Café provision, moving it to an evening slot which increased attendance. We brought in a range of external speakers and created a bank of resources for our participants to access via a dedicated members' area on our website. It's a huge part of what LEGS makes successful.

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OBJECTIVE AND ACTIVITIES IN 2021-2022

VISION

Equal access to physical activity for people with neurological conditions, enabling them to live active, healthy lives.

MISSION

To provide affordable and accessible rehabilitation to people living with neurological conditions.

VALUES

Our values express who we are. They form the basis for all we do.

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OBJECTIVE AND ACTIVITIES IN 2021-2022

LEGS was founded to provide high quality, longerterm, affordable rehabilitation, alongside or after NHS rehabilitation has come to an end.

NHS rehabilitation is often time limited and underresourced for people following a stroke or living with a long term neurological condition in the community. People report feeling lost after NHS services have finished, resulting in them becoming or remaining physically inactive and socially isolated. Meaningful improvement for people with neurological conditions can happen over many years and LEGS recognises the need for a programme which sustains increased physical activity and social participation over months and years, rather than weeks, and takes a holistic approach by providing participants with both professional and peer support and advice.

By providing our award-winning, weekly exercise sessions, LEGS can help people improve their physical activity and social participation, which can make a huge impact on their quality of life and also reduce health and social care costs.

The LEGS programme enables participants to improve their physical function, independence and confidence, whilst reducing their reliance on carers and family.

LEGS helps people access and engage in lifelong physical and social activity within their communities. We support people back into previous activities and enable the confidence to take up new opportunities.

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OBJECTIVE AND ACTIVITIES IN 2021-2022

Our outcomes include improving health and emotional well-being, increasing physical activity and reducing social isolation. We aim to enable people to enjoy activities that are meaningful to them and assist them to fulfil their personal and societal roles.

Our aims are consistent with our founding object which is:

“ the relief of disability and the preservation of health by providing physiotherapy led group rehabilitation and support sessions to people who have had a stroke and other neurological conditions .”

The main activities undertaken in relation to those purposes are:

We produced a three year business plan (20202023) which sets out our aims for the next stages in LEGS’ development. We defined our four main aims:

  1. To increase the number of participants, with a range of neurological conditions, attending LEGS and the number of groups (both online and face:face).

  2. To improve the physical condition and emotional well-being of participants.

  3. To open groups in local authority and social enterprise leisure centres.

  4. To increase the number of participants attending long term physical activity and improve their ability to self-manage their condition.

For each aim we have a series of key objectives which will shape the services we deliver. These outcomes will help us to create compelling evidence for potential funders and commissioners and reinforce the success of our intervention in improving the lives of people with disabilities.

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

OUR GROUPS

We ran 658 individual LEGS classes this year, compared with 264 in the previous year.

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750
500
250
2021 2022
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Number of classes
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We ran classes in 45 out of 52 weeks, 2 fewer than in the previous year, to create opportunities for staff annual leave.

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50
40
30
20
2021 2022
10
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Weeks with classes running
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We ran classes on 5 days a week, 1 more than in the previous year.

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4
3
2
1 2021 2022
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Days with classes
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We offered 5011 spaces* compared with 2520 in the previous year, doubling our offering.

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4,000
2,000
2021 2022
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Number of spaces
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Of the 5011 available spaces, 4478 were booked and 3286 were attended by participants, compared to 1948 booked and 1599 attended in the previous year.

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2021 2022
Unbooked 23% Unbooked 11%
Booked 77% Booked 89%
Unattended 36% Unattended 34%
Attended 64% Attended 66%
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205 of the 658 classes we ran this year were face to face (30%). 70% were online. In the previous year these figures were 10% and 90%

respectively. This reflects our aim to revive face to face services and prioritise the opening of new face to face groups as we emerged from Covid-19 restrictions.

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2021 2022
Online Face:face Online Face:face
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By the end of the year we were running 18 classes per week (an increase from 10 at the same time the year before).

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15
10
5
2021 2022
0
Classes per week
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*(1 SPACE = A PLACE FOR ONE PERSON IN A 45 OR 60 MINUTE CLASS)

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

OUR PARTICIPANTS

We provided services to 117 people and their families/carers (2.3 times the previous year).

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100
75
50
25
2021 2022
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We completed 73 assessments for new participants (compared to 36 in 2021) and 56 reassessments for existing participants (26 in 2021).

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Of the 73 people assessed this year, 59 joined LEGS. 14 people were assessed but did not join, either because they were medically unsuitable or due to logistics of class timings/locations. Many were signposted to other services. Of the 59 joiners, 1 left within 12 weeks of starting, meaning our drop-out rate was 2% (compared with 12% in 2021) which is testament to participants' satisfaction with LEGS as well as the effectiveness of our screening process at assessment.

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103 people attended a class/es this year. The ratio of people who attended a class this year, who identified as male compared to female was 4:3 (11:6 in 2021).

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The age range of our participants was 32-95 (last year:31-86) with an average age of 65 (last year:64) and the mode age was 68 (last year:64).

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50 12
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Our participants were even more geographically diverse than last year...

participants lived in either Westminster,26% Hammersmith & Fulham or Kensington & Chelsea, compared with 38% last year and 70% the year before.

74% participants had addresses in Greater London (88% last year). Of the other 26%, 10% were from Buckinghamshire because we opened our new group with Headway, South Bucks. We also had participants from Northern Ireland, Norfolk, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, Hertfordshire and Wiltshire.

11 referrals were made by LEGS to other services (including functional electrical stimulation, Queen Square upper limb programme, personal training, ARNI, podiatry, orthotics, social services and speech and language therapy).

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

SUMMARY

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

OTHER KEY ACHIEVEMENTS & MILESTONES

We created a Family & Carers Group to provide a forum for those who support our participants at home. We hosted online sessions, for peer to peer support and relaxation (including Pilates).

We moved the Neuro Café to an evening time slot, increasing attendance numbers and providing a timetable of weekly topics, with regular external speakers ranging from artists to charity leaders to Citizens Advice experts.

We had a face to face staff social and a Summer Retreat, setting goals for the year ahead and updating our operational plan .

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

GROUP OUTCOMES & EVALUATION

GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP
Move
(in studio)		 Move
(online)		 Start Reach Extra
Rated the class 5 stars 100% 86%
(14% = 4*s)		 100% 100% 100%
Felt their knowledge and
understanding of self
managing their affected
upper limb(s) (for Reach) or
condition (for all other
classes) had improved.
100%		 71%
(29% "not
sure")		 100% 100% 100%
Felt their strength had
improved in their affected
upper limb(s) (for Reach) or
legs and arms (all other
classes).
100%		 100% 100% 100% 100%
Felt that attendance and
participation at this class
had improved their
mood/well-being.		 66%
(33% "no
change")		 100% 100% 100% 100%
Felt that their balance had
improved.		 100% 86%
(14% "no
change")		 N/A N/A 66%
(33% "no
change")
Other On average,
fear of falling
was 3/10
where 0 is no
fear of falling
and 10 is
petrified.		 On average,
fear of falling
was 4/10
where 0 is no
fear of falling
and 10 is
petrified.		 66% said their
core strength
had
improved.		 On average,
participants
rated their
improvement
in upper limb
function as a
70% increase.

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

PARTICIPANT FEEDBACK

Sarah Sparkes and the LEGS physio team have been a godsend for me and so many others. I was anxious about exercising with others with neurological conditions and had been fearful of a pure Parkinson's group so a mixed Neuro exercise group was a happy medium for me. They targeted education and exercises to me within the group and were so kind and supportive.

I have improved more in the time with LEGS than I have in 8 months of community physio input. Specialist care and so so kind.

I am very grateful to you for your so helpful initial assessment of my physical condition, identifying things which were entirely missed by the various doctors l had seen and this really helped me get some of the help l needed.

I like the balance of activities and Neuro Café information sessions as I get the physical therapy and social therapy I need. I like meeting the other people in the group sessions and having a regular meeting time helps personally.

I saw a foot surgeon yesterday who was amazed at how supple I was (bending down to tie my shoelaces). Of course, I hold LEGS responsible for that!

I want to thank you for your very interesting talks on pain, incontinence, cognitive skills, and invisible handicap over the recent weeks. They have been so informative and very important topics.

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

MORE FEEDBACK

It was wonderful to have you lead the session today with your typical mixture of caring for each person, mischievous good humour, wild metaphors and precise instruction.

Very much looking forward to the new term of exercises as I have found them absolutely invaluable! Getting in and out of the car, getting dressed, wobbling around through small spaces has been made much easier having done these exercises!

So, what is so good about LEGS?

Thanks so much to all of you for keeping us motivated, fit and cheerful! So very much appreciated here.

Well, I think it is the regular exercises we do, the sense of belonging to this group of people who are determined not to let a stroke stop them living their lives, a sense of fun during the sessions. The Neuro Café is an important part of my week now. They are a group of highly motivated people. Being in a group physio session is a great incentive/motivator to keep doing the classes. It is hard to do the exercises on your own so the regular appointments help.

I also like linking the exercises to daily living functional tasks like polishing and doing the dishes! The teaching input is also very helpful to develop coping mechanisms post stroke and during lockdown.

Volunteering with LEGS] was one of my favourite things about being a student physio! Physiotherapy student

I have another client who has joined one of your classes and l am so pleased that this is the first group that she has positively engaged with! NHS referrer

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

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ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

COMMUNICATION AND FUNDRAISING

STAFFING

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

REVIEW OF FINANCIAL RESULTS

For the year ended 31st March 2022, there was a surplus of £12,748 (2020-2021: £79,763).

The income for the year was £127,985 (2020-2021: £154,020). The decrease is due to the reduction in donations from major donors of £7,000 and because we did not have the previous year's £25,000 National Lottery funding (a Covid-19 response grant).

Donations provided the largest income stream, amounting to £103,775 (2020-2021: £114,984). Income from charitable activities was £24,200 (2020-2021: £9,729). This was due to the doubling of our membership and increased class capacities as well as the purchase of our services by Headway, South Bucks.

LEGS received no statutory revenue funding and relied for its income entirely on its own fundraising activities and on donations from external sources as well as its participants.

Directly employed staff numbers remained the same, at 2.0FTE (0.5FTE administrative staff, 1.5FTE clinical staff).

Total expenditure for the year was £115,237 (20202021: £74,257). This increase was due to the charity's expansion: we ran 2.5 times as many classes this year.

Total cash funds at this year end were £118,212 (2020-2021: £105,464).

RESERVES

The Trustees calculate the reserves as the part of the charity’s unrestricted income funds that is freely available, after taking account of designated funds that have been ring fenced for specific costs. The Trustees maintain a policy of keeping at least six months’ running costs (based on the average of the forecast expenditure for the current and next years) as designated funds within the free reserves, to protect against the possibility that one or all of our current funders is unable to continue their current level of commitment. At the end of March 2022, this reserve requirement was equivalent to £83,118. At the end of the financial year 2021-2022, the total unrestricted funds were £118,212. Therefore, we had met our reserves target. These reserves are kept in a current, instant access account.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees' annual report and financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that year.

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011.

For the year in question, the charity was entitled to exemption from an audit under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011. The Charity Commission has not ordered an audit to be carried out under Section 146 of the Charities Act 2011.

The notes below form part of these accounts.

The Trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charity’s website. Legislation in the UK governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

The Trustees’ annual report has been approved by the board of Trustees on 16 January 2023 and signed on its behalf by:

Annys Fairweather Chair, LEGS

Insofar as the Trustees are aware:

These accounts have been prepared in

accordance with the provisions applicable to CIOs subject to the requirements of the Charity Commission.

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

NOTES TO THE LEGS ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2022

  1. The accounts presented here have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis for the year ended 31 March 2022.

  2. In accordance with the Charities Commission guidance, and at the request of the Trustees, these accounts have been independently examined. The independent examiner’s report follows these notes.

  3. The Trustees confirm, in accordance with the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2013, that at year end the CIO did not have any outstanding guarantees to third parties nor any debts secured on assets of the CIO.

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS OF LEGS

Report to the Trustees of LEGS. Charity no 117769 .

I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 March 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity Trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2006 Act).

I report in respect of my examinations of the Trust’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Act 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(4)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Mark Middleton, Director (FCA) LB Group, 1 Vicarage Lane, London, E15 4HF 3 January 2023

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STRATEGY FOR 2022-2023

To design our strategy for next year we identified the primary risks to the charity and prioritised the actions needed to guard against these.

We will therefore be focusing on :

We will seek purposefully to reduce the previous rate of expansion of our services (following an intensive burst in 2020-2021) to ensure that we provide a meaningful programme of rehabilitation with classes which are safe, well attended and effectively producing physical and emotional benefits for our participants. We will therefore be aiming to open up to 6 new classes (a 30% increase), utilising our existing freelance physiotherapists as much as possible.

It is simpler logistically and more time efficient (therefore cheaper) to open new classes online , because this model requires no travel for staff or venue hire. However, the benefits of face to face delivery are significant and go beyond just the physical outcomes of having a "hands on" physiotherapist present. Our participants report reduced loneliness, increased confidence and increased connectivity from committing to a weekly face to face class. We will therefore seek to open at least two new face to face groups as a priority. We will supplement this with online groups, because these are still much needed, provide outstanding results and are more suitable for many participants with mobility issues.

As we reach the end of our current three year Operational Plan (which set out our aims for the period April 2020 - March 2023) we will be evaluating the degree to which we met our objectives, and how these may have shifted within the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. We will use these reflections to shape the next three year plan which will be written in early 2023.

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

OUR ORGANISATION

LEGS (Local Exercise Groups for stroke and neurological conditions) was registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in March 2018 with the Charity Commission. The charity was established under a constitution which describes the objects and powers of the charitable organisation and the rules by which the charity is governed. The charity number is 1177659.

Apart from the first charity Trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity Trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as Trustees, the Trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the charity. The Trustees may, by and from their number and from time to time, elect such officers (Chair, Secretary, Treasurer) as they see fit.

All Trustees give their time voluntary. Any expenses reclaimed from the charity are set out in the accounts.

TRUSTEE BOARD STRUCTURE

The board meets four times a year and is responsible for LEGS’ strategic direction and policies.

STRATEGY & OUTCOMES

We want our board to reflect the diverse communities we serve and for LEGS' leadership structure to represent the equality, diversity and inclusion that we strive to create through our charity's aims.

To create a board which reflects the lived experiences of the people we work with, we will be proactively seeking to recruit new Trustees with lived experience of a neurological condition, who represent the racial diversity of our participants. We will also conduct a skills audit to identify the professional skills we want to recruit to the board next year.

PREMISES

We continue to benefit from the generous support of Barrecore, with whom we have developed a strong working relationship. They offer us accessible studio space at a subsidised rate so that we can run our face to face classes affordably in Notting Hill and Islington.

The William Hobbayne Hall in Hanwell, home to our Tai Chi classes also generously provide their venue at a charity rate meaning we can offer face to face Tai Chi classes affordably.

The ability of our team to work remotely and from home means we have no need for a dedicated office space and we have no plans to invest in such.

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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

TRUSTEE INDUCTION & TRAINING

New Trustees receive induction through 1:1 meetings with the Chair and the Director of Operations, training courses, attending board meetings and self-directed reading. Induction is an ongoing process. We recognise that it needs to be tailored to the individual and lasts many months.

On or prior to appointment, Trustees are provided with a copy of the charity constitution, latest copy of the annual report as well as Charity Commission publications on the roles and obligations of Trustees, as well as relevant or topical publications relating to trusteeship from organisations such as NCVO, the Charity Commission and Getting On Board.

POLICIES, PROCEDURES, STANDARDS & RISK MANAGEMENT

We work to all relevant professional standards and our clinicians are registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and are members of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) or have their own independently arranged insurance.

We have a comprehensive set of policies and procedures which are regularly reviewed by Trustees. There is a risk register which is kept under at least quarterly review by the Leadership Team and is formally approved by the board of Trustees at least annually.

We encourage Trustees to attend services and social events with participants to familiarise themselves with the day to day running of LEGS and the context within which it operates.

We have a dedicated Trustee training budget and Trustees are directed to undertake training.

Our Chair and Director of Operations lead on Trustee induction but it is the collective responsibility of the board to support one another, welcome new Trustees and work together collaboratively.

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REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

CHARITY NAME

LEADERSHIP TEAM

LEGS (Local Exercise Groups for stroke and neurological conditions)

Annys Fairweather, Chair of Trustees and Founding Physiotherapist

Victoria Bailey-King, Operational Director

REGISTERED ADDRESS

LEGS c/o LB Group 1 Vicarage Lane London E15 4HF

CONTACT DETAILS

Sarah Sparkes, Clinical Director & Lead Physiotherapist

BANKERS

Barclays Bank 35 Notting Hill Gate London W11 3JR

Telephone: 07377 259 778 Email: info@legs.org.uk Website: www.legs.org.uk

INDEPENDENT EXAMINER

TRUSTEES

Annys Fairweather, Chair of Trustees Esther Kufrin, Deputy Chair of Trustees David Fairweather, Treasurer Caroline Appel Rupert Cockcroft

Mark Middleton Director

LB Group 1 Vicarage Lane London E15 4HF