2022-12-31-accounts - Love ME - Love My Mind

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1[st] January 2022 31[st] December 2022 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Love Me - Love My Mind

Other names charity is known by Love Me Love My Mind Registered charity number (if any) 10177683 Charity's principal address Epsom Methodist Church

11-13 Ashley Road

Epsom KT18 5AQ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (ifany)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Rev Sue Bull	Chair	January to her death in December
Michael Reeves	Treasurer
Rebecca Brooker
Edmund O’Leary
Rabbi Danny Rich
Isabel Lobo
Andrew Boardman

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Charitable Incorporated Organisation Constitution dated 23[rd] March 2018 How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organiation Election at a General Meeting of the Charity or by appointment by the Trustees Trustee selection methods

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

In December our Chair and founder died unexpectedly afted a short period of illness.

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

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Section C Objectives and activities

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

Relief of people resident in Surrey who are suffering from mental health and learning disabilities and their carers by offering advice, support, information and training. Provision of facilities, including drop-in centre, in the interests of social welfare for individuals who have need of such facilities with the object of improving their conditions of life. Education of the public in the subject of all matters related to mental health and learning disabilities.

Our main activities were:

Overall

The most significant event for the charity was the unexpected and sad death of our founder and Chair Sue Bull after a short period of illness. This was marked with a time of remembrance. She is much missed.

Her death had repercussions both in the life of its members and in the running of the charity in 2023.

1. Epsom Mental Health and Well-Being Festival 2022

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)

Working with local service users, carers, voluntary and statutory organisations and mental health professionals, we held Epsom Mental Health and Well-Being Festival 2022 over a two day period in October 2022. The theme for the event was “time to remember”. We held a day in central market place in Epsom as a “celebration of metal health and wellbeing” and held a programme of activities on Mental Health with the theme of “Seeking Peace” . We offered information to all the community about mental health issues and the treatments, services and resources which are available in the local community.

We also contributed towards a community project to remember the people buried in Horton Cementery ‘out of sight, out of mind’. We raised awareness in the local community and members of the public painted poppies that will be places in remembrance.

We also held an Art Competition with a “Seeking Peace” theme. The artwork was exhibited in a community space of people to enjoy.

2. Weekly drop-ins

In 2022 the Drop in ran a full programme. Attendance at meetings soon returned to the level achieved before the Covid pandemic. Unfortunately, we were not able to accommodate outings due to volunteer capacity that made safeguarding difficult. However, they enjoyed local outings and the traditional BBQ.

3. Let’s Talk Epsom

“Let’s Talk Epsom” was a small self-help group aiming to support people who are affected by any kind of depression and/or anxiety by sharing experiences and coping strategies with others in similar situations. Following Covid-19 restrictions group numbers became too small to be viable. The group was put on hold in June 2021. The intention was to restart in 2022 but this was not achieved.

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Public Benefit

The Trustees have full regard for the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. They have set the following goals for the Charity’s activities:

Improving the emotional and mental well-being and resilience of local people.
Considering the bigger picture of mental health in our community.
Building a stronger community

They are fully satisfied that Love Me Love My Mind provided a high level of public benefit to those attending our activities and through raising local public awareness.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Epsom Mental Health and Well-Being Festival 2022

Delivered a successful festival by raising awareness of mental health in the community and providing valuable information and support. This year we also partnered with the ‘Out of sight, out of mind’ project to help residents to understand the part that mental health has played in Epsom’s history and mark its importance.

The Weekly Drop-In -The drop in at St Barnabas Church provided a hot meal as well as a supportive community for some 30 to 35 people on average each week, most with mental health problems and/or learning disability. This community highly values this activity as a way of socialising, punctuating their week and helping them to cope with their lives.

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Section E Financial review

The Trustees aim to be able to meet all costs as soon as they are due.

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

The total receipts of the Charity during the year amounted to £21,907 (2021 - £15,854) and total payments to £24,168 (2021 - £29,830) – a net deficit for the year of £2,261 (2021 – £13,976). Assets at 31[st] December 2022 totalled £5,076 (2021- £7,337). There were no liabilities at 31[st] December 2022 (2021- £nil).

The Trustees are continuing to give priority to identifying potential new sources of funding and seeking to raise income, so as to achieve a break-even budget on a long-term basis.

The Trustees gratefully acknowledge the grants and donations of money and gifts in kind which the Charity received during the year. The major monetary grants and donations are listed in Note 1 of the attached accounts

The Trustees acknowledge with thanks the very considerable role played by volunteers in making our activities possible:

Epsom Mental Health and Well-Being Festival relies very heavily on volunteers for its planning and execution; and
The Charity’s adminisration is also carried out entirely by volunteers.

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

Full name(s) Michael James Reeves Position (eg Secretary, Treasurer Chair, etc.)

Date

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