Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date 01 April 2020
Period end date 31 March 2021
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Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Our Blue Light Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1178735 Charity's principal address Northmoor Cottage South Northmoor, Wykeham, Scarborough Postcode YO13 9QH
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
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1 Jay Marshall Chairman
2 Tracey Varela End December 2020
3 Mark Wright
4 Helen Wright
5 Katy Moncad
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Constitution Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Corporate Body How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods Recommendation by Trustees Voted (eg. appointed by, elected by) Elected
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
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To raise awareness of mental health and well-being to all staff across the emergency and essential services by providing peer support networks with links across the UK. To also raise mental Summary of the objects awareness and support the families of emergency and essential of the charity set out in services staff and to signpost, support colleagues where its governing document required. This financial Year started with Covid-19 restrictions and lock downs. The Charity continued by increasing its online content and publishing help and advice to its followers. The Charity was also able to hold online Meetings and miniConferences which were well attended.
The Charity had to cancel 10 events throughout the year which had been planned. This was due to Covid restrictions as they were face to face events. This had a major impact on Fundraising and being able to engage with the Charity’s Summary of the main followers. activities undertaken for New Partnerships were formed with other Emergency Service the public benefit in Charities and Groups who were having similar problems. This relation to these objects has given us new opportunities for when we come out of Covid (include within this restrictions. section the statutory The Charity was able to engage with other Groups and declaration that trustees Organisations to create a Charity Calendar which enabled some have had regard to the engagement while obeying restrictions. guidance issued by the The Charity was able to hold online “Family Nights” and Charity Commission on Christmas Carol Concerts which were well received and public benefit) attended.
Trustees were also involved throughout the year in giving advice and assisting other Emergency Service Groups in providing Wellbeing to frontline staff.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
The Charity had to adapt very quickly to meeting and Summary of the main achievements of the providing online advice and content due to restrictions. charity during the year Trustees were able to give first hand feedback to Policy makers and Stakeholders about the effect on the Wellbeing of frontline Emergency Service staff. The Charity was able to produce a Charity Calendar while keeping to all regulations and restrictions.
Section E Financial review
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This year we held no reserves except for some prepaid Brief statement of the tickets to the Yorkshire 3 Peaks Walk which had to be charity’s policy on postponed. reserves
Details of any funds None materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include The only monies received were from the sale of the Charity Calendar and refunds from cancelled events. additional information, where relevant about: Due to Covid-19 restrictions, fundraising was extremely limited. the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
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) Jay Marshall Position (eg Secretary, Chairman Chair, etc) Date 31st January 2022
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