## We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2021-2022 |**Section A - Reference and administration details**|**2**| |---|---| |Trustees|2| |Advisors|2| |Management team|3| |**Section B - Structure, governance and management**|**3**| |**Section C - Objectives and activities**|**4**| |**Section D - Achievements and performance**|**5**| |**Section E - Financial review**|**6**| |**Section F - Other optional information**|**6**| |**Section G - Declaration**|**7**| |**Balance Sheet (03/03/2021 -08/03/2022)**|**8**| |Further details|9| |A1|9| We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2021-2022 ## Section A - Reference and administration details |From (start date):
To (end date):|09/03/2021
08/03/2022| |---|---| |Charity Name:
Other Names:|We Are Donors
The charity is not known by any other names| |Registered charity number:|1178843| |Charity’s principal address:|20 Peat Moors, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7HS| ## Trustees |Trustees|||| |---|---|---|---| |**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (of**
**body entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |Matthew Byrne|Chair|Whole year|| |Jasper Mogg||Whole year|| |Matthew Symington||Whole year|| |Jonathan Mayes||Whole year|| ## Advisors Names and addresses of advisers (optional information) |**Name**|**Type of advisor**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |None||| 2 We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2021-2022 ## Management team |**Position**|**Name**| |---|---| |Chair|Matthew Byrne| |Chief Operating Officer|Matthew Symington| |Secretary|Joseph Battle| |**Finance team**|| |Treasurer|Charlotte Brathwaite-Shirley| |Fundraising Lead|Anna Ehrlich| |**Recruitment team**|| |Recruitment Lead|Sophie Hughes| |Interview Lead|Jonathan Mayes| |**Marketing team**|| |Marketing Lead|Ibrahim Mahmoud| |Marketing team member|Anna Critchley| |Communications Lead
(blog and newsletter)|Cecilia Adamou| |**IT team**|| |IT Lead|Madeline Green| |IT Advisor|Jasper Mogg| |**Education team**|| |Education Lead|Jenny Whitby| |Blood Donation Lead|Laura Whitter| |Student Representative|Paaras Doshi| ## Section B - Structure, governance and management Type of governing document: Constitution 3 We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2021-2022 How the charity is constituted: CIO - FOUNDATION Trustee selection methods: Elected by existing trustees ## Additional governance issues (optional) |You may choose to include
additional information, where
relevant, about:
●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.|The We Are Donors Charity has multiple locally run We Are Donors
Groups. These groups consist of: a ‘Local Lead’ that has overall
responsibility for the group, and who is appointed following an
interview with the We Are Donors management team or Board of
Trustees; a ‘Local Committee’ that the Local Lead appoints and is
elected each year by members of each Group.
Each group meets with a member of the We Are Donors management
team at least every 12 weeks to monitor progress and address any
issues that may have arisen.
The We Are Donors management team and Board of Trustees meet at
least every 12 weeks to monitor progress and address any issues that
may have arisen.
Our educational materials have been reviewed by individuals with
experience in blood and organ donation, transplantation, education,
and ethics, and by NHS Blood and Transplant. The materials have
previously been reviewed by the Newcastle University Research
Ethics Committee.
We have a comprehensive set of policies and procedures that are
distributed to all parties to help protect all parties involved. All
volunteers receive standardised training and we have developed
standardised communication templates to ensure that communications
from each We Are Donors group is as clear as possible.
All members (including Trustees, management team, and Advisors)
are volunteers and are unpaid.| |---|---| ## Section C - Objectives and activities |Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its governing
document|WE ARE DONORS PROVIDES EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC IN
GENERAL (AND PARTICULARLY AMONGST YOUNG PEOPLE
UNDER THE AGE OF 25) IN THE SUBJECTS OF BLOOD, ORGAN,
TISSUE, STEM CELL, AND BONE MARROW DONATION AND
TRANSPLANTATION, INCLUDING DONOR REGISTRATION, IN
SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE GENERAL PUBLIC.| |---|---| |Summary of the main
activities undertaken for the
public benefit in relation to
these objects (include within|We have delivered talks about organ donation to schools and
universities in Bristol, Cambridge, Dundee, Keele, Oxford, Newcastle,
and Sheffield. We have new groups in London and Brighton based at
UCL, KCL and Brighton University that are in the process of organising| 4 We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2021-2022 |this section the statutory
declaration that trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public benefit)|talks at schools and youth groups.
We have active social media accounts at the local and national level
that produce and circulate digital marketing materials which increase
awareness about blood and organ donation.
In partnership with NHSBT we have designed and implemented a
blood donation program which recruits students to sign up to the blood
donor register and attend their first donation with a member of their
local team. This program is operating successfully in Bristol,
Newcastle, Sheffield, ***.
We were actively trying to recruit Local Leads from across the UK in
order to expand the project’s reach. We are in contact with students at
Cardiff and Warwick university and in the process of establishing these
groups.
All charity trustees have regard to the commission’s public benefit
guidance. They are all aware of the guidance and have all taken it into
account when making a decision to which the guidance is relevant.| |---|---| |Additional details of objectives
and activities (optional
information)
You may choose to include
further statements, where
relevant, about:
●policy on grantmaking
●policy programme related
investment
●contribution made by
volunteers.|| ## Section D - Achievements and performance |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity
during the year|●The charity faced ongoing disruption due to COVID-19, we carried
on delivering online talks. We switched back to in person talks at
the end of the year.
●We secured a grant from NHSBT to set up two groups in London
to deliver education on blood and organ donation to BAME
groups.
●We rolled out our blood donation programme across all groups in
the UK - we have recruited over 450 new blood donors
●We have expanded to 10 groups across the UK.
●We have incorporated new technologies such as Slack to help
coordinate our work - we have 86 volunteers and committee
members on the domain at present
●We organised and ran our first national training day online to 45
volunteers across the country attended
●We held our first ever in person National Steering Committee
meetings.| |---|---| 5 We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2021-2022 ●We ran our first and second national fundraiser which raised hundreds of pounds and raised awareness of the issues at hand ## Section E - Financial review Brief statement of the charity’s We do not have a reserves policy. policy on reserves Details of any funds materially Nil 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.|Treasurer’s Report 2021/22 (Charlotte Brathwaite-Shirley)
I am pleased that due to grant funding and fundraising the charity has
been able to continue delivering the key objectives of the charity,
raising awareness regarding blood and organ donation amongst the
public. This year was a challenging one due to the ongoing covid
pandemic but we were able to overcome these challenges and have
one of our most successful financial years to date.
At the beginning of the financial year 2021/22 we were successful in
securing funding of £9,893 from the NHSBT grant scheme to continue
our work and to allow us to expand into London wards with areas of
high diversity. With these funds we were able to set up two new
branches in south east and south west London who were able to
deliver educational and awareness events focusing on organ and
blood donation to over 500 students. These funds also allowed us to
update our educational materials allowing us to engage our target
audience more and have greater impact. Our volunteers hosted a 400
lives event, raising awareness for the approximately 400 people who
die each year waiting for an organ transplant.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our volunteers, funders
and supporters for their commitment to our charity, allowing us to
continue to meet our objectives and goals.
I look forward to building on our successes this year for 2022/23.| |---|---| ## Section F - Other optional information Other optional information 6 We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2021-2022 ## Section G - Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees: Name: Matthew Byrne Position: Trustee, Chair Date: 10/3/2022 7 We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2021-2022 ## Balance Sheet (03/03/2021 -08/03/2022) |Note
ref.||Total funds (£)|Prior year
funds (£)|Further
details| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Fixed assets:**|||| ||Intangible assets|0|0|| ||Tangible assets|0|0|| ||Heritage assets|0|0|| ||Investments|0|0|| ||_Total fixed assets_|0|0|| ||**Current assets:**|||| ||Stocks|0|0|| ||Debtors|0|0|| ||Investments|0|0|| ||Cash at bank and in hand|8323.61|368.13|A1| ||_Total current assets_|8323.61|0|| ||**Liabilities:**|||| ||Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year|0|0|| ||_Net current assets or liabilities_|0|0|| ||_Total assets less current liabilities_|0|0|| ||Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than
one year|0|0|| ||Provisions for liabilities and charges.|0|0|| ||_Net asset or liabilities excluding pension asset_
_or liability_|0|0|| ||Defined benefit pension scheme asset or
liability|0|0|| ||**_Total net assets or liabilities_**|0|0|| ||The funds of the charity|0|0|| 8 We Are Donors Annual Trustee Report 2021-2022 ||Endowment funds|0|0|| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Restricted income funds|9893.00|0|| ||Unrestricted funds|352.61|368.13|| ||Revaluation reserve|0|0|| ||Pension reserve|0|0|| ||_Total unrestricted funds_|0|0|| ||**_Total charity funds_ **|**£**10, 245.61|0|| ## Further details ## A1 Starting balance 08/03/2022: £368.13 Total income: £10,245.61 Total spending: £ 2,290.13. Remaining balance: £8,323.61 Summary of spending: ## **In:** Grants/Restricted income: £9893 Fundraising/donations/Unrestricted: £352.61 ## **Out:** Charitable activities: £2,290.13. 9