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2023| Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** The Birth Partner Project **Other names charity is known by** TBPP **Registered charity number (if any)** 1179100 **Charity's principal address** Trinity Centre Four Elms Road, Piercefield Place, Cardiff **Postcode** CF24 1LE ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**
**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**
1
Laura Ester
Santana
Chair
2
Smitha Coughlan
Treasurer
3
Jill Hunter
4
Gillian Boden
from 28 July 2022
5
Christianah Ugbaja
from 28 July 2022
6
Therese Marie
Chantal Patel
7
Ellen-Mae Bryant
8
Caroline Sophia
Kerenhappuch
Parkes
9
Andrea Catherine
Powell
10|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---| ||| 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**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**
Type of governing document
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
Constitution
How the charity is constituted
(eg. trust, association, company)
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Trustee selection methods
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Founders of the charity appointed as trustees during the period of set-up.
Other trustees have been appointed with consideration by the board of
trustees.
**Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
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.||| **Section C Objectives and activities** 2 March **2012** **TAR** |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**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)**|THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:
For the advancement of health, to provide emotional, physical, advocacy
and material support during the first 1000 days of life as well as the
perinatal period for women in the UK who lack access to a birth partner. In
particular, but not exclusively, through the provision of volunteer support
to provide information and signpost to services during the antenatal
period, birth partner support during labour and delivery and continuity of
non-medical care during the early postnatal period. We will continue
support beyond this period where there is a demonstrated need.
For the purpose of this clause, "perinatal" means during pregnancy, birth
and first 8 weeks after birth.| |---|---| ||Trained volunteers provide unbiased, non-medical, support for identified
women or birthing people during their pregnancy, birth, and the first 8
weeks with their baby. Following a referral from a midwife, the charity’s
project coordinator sets up a team of volunteers who provide antenatal
support. We provide 24-hour support during labour and delivery, followed
by a period of postpartum visits by volunteers to the supported new mum
and their baby, for up to 8 weeks after delivery. New mums may also
choose to attend the weekly drop-in meeting where they can access
wellbeing activities and peer support.
These activities are undertaken to ensure each woman or birthing person:
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Feels valued and continually supported.
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Has access to, and understanding of, appropriate information;and
is signposted to professional services when needed during the
antenatal period.
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Has emotional support, comfort measures and a positive, nurturing
presence during labour, birth and the immediate postpartum
period, at home and/or in hospital.
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Is supported with regular visits during the first eight weeks
postpartum, including non-medical support for maternal well-being,
support of infant feeding, and to help with referrals and signposting
to other help where appropriate.
The charity is staffed by a small team of paid staff (4 individuals working
part-time hours) who coordinate operations, recruit and train volunteers,
and ensure the organisation is well managed.
In accordance with Section 17(5) of the Charities Act and the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 we confirm that the trustees
have had regard to the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity
Commission when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance
would be relevant.| ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** 3 March **2012** **TAR** 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 March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** ## **Impact** During 2022/23 we produced our first Impact Report, which is available publicly on our website at www.birthpartnerproject.org/our-impact. By June 2023, our charity had supported over 100 women and birthing people. Our impact report showed that 100% of the women and birthing people we supported felt an improvement in their mental wellbeing as a result of the Project’s support. ## **Delivery** Throughout 2022/23, we delivered our ‘Your Voice Informed Choice’ project, in which our team co-produced a programme of maternal wellbeing activity with women and birthing people who were facing pregnancy, birth and early postpartum alone, and were living in the asylum system. After an initial phase of hybrid activity online and face-to-face, we established in October 2022 a weekly drop-in for pregnant and postpartum mums where they could share a hot meal, access information and wellbeing sessions and form relationships with one another. In addition to the provision of a peer support and wellbeing weekly drop-in meetings, we delivered casework support including face-to-face signposting to a wide range of support agencies. Support also developed to include sourcing items for pregnant and new mums including pushchairs, weaning items, maternity clothes and baby clothes from a range of partner organisations, our volunteers, and their wider networks. The weekly drop-in meeting has continued to thrive with alternative funding to support it, since the end of the Your Voice Informed Choice Project. A small leadership group has now come forward from among the mums attending weekly, to steer the group along with our team, and determine the focus of the weekly sessions. In addition to the mums and their babies supported at the weekly group, our volunteer birth partners supported a further 8 sanctuary seeking women with intensive perinatal support. In response to the ongoing demand for intensive birth partnering support, we significantly developed our volunteer recruitment and training programme this year. We ran an extensive recruitment campaign throughout November 2022 - February 2023, underpinned by a strategy to remove barriers to volunteering with our charity. This resulted in a new cohort of trained volunteers commencing in Spring 2023. We created blog and video content which was also available in audio form, shared information packs in a wide variety of formats for our partner organisations to distribute through their networks, and hosted online Q&A sessions. We created a new volunteering role for volunteers who can only commit to supporting during the postpartum period, making the role more accessible to people with full-time caring responsibilities. We also adapted our ways of working so that we can now bring on board volunteers who do not have access to their own vehicle. March **2012** **TAR** 5 Section D ## Achievements and performance ||During 2022/23 we concluded our digital inclusion programme which
focused on ensuring digital inclusion and access to key health
information around pregnancy and maternity.
In early 2023, we also delivered the ‘Social Bonds and Social Bridges’
programme to the Welsh Government, as one of a group of identified and
pre-selected grassroots organisations providing support to migrant
communities in Wales. This project allowed us to hear and share the
views of the women and birthing people we are engaged with, focusing
on any barriers to integration that they experience, to help shape Welsh
Government’s Migrant Integration Wales project.
**Funding**
In addition to delivering services using funding secured in prior years, we
welcomed new streams of income in 2022/23 from C3SC and Community
Foundation Wales’ Covid 19 Recovery Support Fund for BAME
Community Groups in Wales.
**Partnering and Influencing**
We are proud to be part of a network of equivalent organisations based
in England and Scotland, who we follow with interest in order to
develop our own learning. In Wales, we participate in a range of key
fora, including the Wales Migration Forum, Refugee Coalition, National
Sanctuary in Maternity Steering Group, Traumatic Stress Wales, and
the Perinatal Mental Health Network.
Throughout 2022/23 we increased our engagement with Welsh
Government and Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Wales, actively
drawing attention to the poor outcomes experienced by pregnant and
birthing people seekingsanctuary.| |---|---| ||| |**Section E**
|**Financial review**| |**Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially**
**in deficit**
**Further financial review details**|| ||As at 30 June 2023, TBPP had reserves of £39,036.01.
The level of reserves at the end of the year reflects three grant payments
received in the year which had not been spent by year end.
The accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments basis.
The only asset within the CIO is cash held at bank.| ||None| ||**(Optional information)**| 6 March **2012** **TAR** 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. ## **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)** Laura Santana **Full name(s)** Smitha Coughlan **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** Treasurer Chair **Date** 30/04/2024 7 March **2012** **TAR** **----- Start of picture text -----**
The Birth Partner Project 1179100
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period
To
from 01/07/2022 30/06/2023
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donation 3,694 - - 3,694 2,954
Fundraising 5,621 - - 5,621 -
Grant - - - - 1,000
Best Beginnings - 10,460 - 10,460 -
WCVA - 22,430 - 22,430 46,016
Community Fundation Wales - 7,000 - 7,000 2,000
National Lottery Awards For All - 10,000 - 10,000 -
Magic Little Grant 500 500 -
Nisa Making A Difference Locally 1,512 1,512 -
C3SC 2,250 2,250 -
Cardiff&Vale Small Grant 397 397 -
The Moondance Fundation - - - - 15,000
Sub total (Gross income for
9,315 54,548 - 63,863 66,970
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 9,315 54,548 - 63,863 66,970
A3 Payments
Cost of Raising Funds - 925 - 925 135
Cost of Charitable Activities - 63,603 - 63,603 35,552
Support Cost 73 15,792 - 15,865 6,195
Governance - 813 - 813 -
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- - - - -
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- - - - -
Sub total 73 81,132 - 81,206 41,882
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total payments 73 81,132 - 81,206 41,882
Net of receipts/(payments) 9,242 - 26,584 - - 17,342 25,088
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 3,244 53,134 - 56,378 31,291
Cash funds this year end 12,486 26,550 - 39,036 56,379
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
Cash at Bank|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**12,486**
**-**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**26,550**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
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behalf of all the trustees
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**-**
**-**
**12,486**
**26,550**
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Date of
approval| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 01/05/2024 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteès The Birth Partner Project On accounts for the year ènded 30 June 2023 Charity no (if any) 1179100 Set out on pagos I report to the trL￿eeS on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Yhe Trust.) for the year ended 30 106 12023 Responslbllltles and basis of report As the chartiy's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 rthe Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission nder section 145(5)Ib) of Ihe Art. Independent I have completed my examination. I wnfim thal no material matters have examinerfs statement come to my attents'on in connection with the examination {￿ vthich gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act.. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records- or the a¢Gounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming the fom and content of accounts set out in the Charilies (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no COn￿rnS and have come across no other matters in connedion th the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enab￿ a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brack&ts if they do not apply. Signed: Date: 0110512024 Name: MAThHEW WOOLWAY Relevant professional qualification(s} or body (if any): FCCA Address: DRUSLYN HOUSE. DE LA BECHE STREET, SWANSEA. SA13HJ IER Oct 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32. Independent examination of tharrty accounts". directions and guidance for examiners). Glve here brief detsi13 of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018