## **Trustees Report and audited annual accounts 1st Sept - st 2019 31 August 2020**
## **Trustees Retiring: Bob Davies , Chrissie Pope, Lucy Kay**
**New Trustees appointed: Steve Cooke ( chair and treasurer ) Coral McDonnell, Hazel Allister , Charlie Stevens , Zak Mohamed**
**New Management group; Steve Cooke, Julie James, Charlie and Sue Stevens**
## **Our objectives**
_1. The relief and assistance of refugees and those seeking asylum in any part of the world who are the victims of war or natural disaster, trouble, or catastrophe in particular by the supply of aid to such persons through providing: grants, items and services to charities and other organisations with similar objectives._
## **How has this objective been achieved?**
## **Aid trips to Refugee camps**
Ranald and Pete to L’Auberge
Mike Hawkins to France
Chris Bristow to France
Mairtin to France
Sal and Jen car load of aid August
Planned September trip with Mairtin
Reverse Advent Calendar project:, 156 food/hygiene packs
Sal Chaffey two trips with DRS donations
Issa to Kent hub of C4C with full van
## **Donations to Refugee support groups**
Total donations Sept 2019 to August 2020 **£10,400**
**Beneficiaries** : Care4Calais : Donate4Refugees : MARDHI : Help Refugees : Refugee Community Kitchen Calais : Ruhi Aktar Greece : Muslims In Need Yemen / Syria / Rohinga : Heather Young Paris : No Borders shoe appeal.
## **Moses baskets project**
Collection by Mesopotamia 9.1.20
## **Fundraising**
Dent in the Rent …… now stands at **£257 per month**
Ebay …massive thanks Yagel and Gareth and children **£459.51**
Beatfeet
Participation in Coronavirus Lockdown Relay
Donations: Freedom Feed’ em, Northern Lights Cinema, birthday fundraisers,
Charlie’s 15k sponsored run.
Kims’ corridor shop… and Kims’ front garden shop.
New selling arrangements in warehouse during English lessons only **£664.21**
Savanah recycling clothes sales **£2295**
Individual donations from many people.
_2. The relief and assistance of asylum seekers and refugees and their dependents living (temporarily or permanently) in Derby and Derbyshire by providing items, services and practical support._
## **How has this objective been achieved?**
## **Activities in Derbyshire**
Matlock illuminations visit
Mohammed Reza concert at DRS …. Made video for Sue Allanson video
Wild things visit to Shining Cliffs 25.2.20
Theatre Trip 4.1.20
Beatfeet - African dance/drumming event 7.2.20
Trip to Nottingham 23.2.20
Trip to Derwent Valley 20.8.20
St Annes activities include Music , Art, Sewing, Gardening , Woodworking Yoga ,
Bike maintenance class
Donation of bike repair workshop equipment.
Negotiating Bike workshop kitchen at DRS with Bikeback charity with National Lottery funding. Once a week maintenance and training class with refugee volunteers. Open to all refugees across Derby
Weekly food donations form Fareshare
Twice weekly sorting clothes for aid trips or selling for funds at home and abroad.
Regular volunteer numbers around 25 – 40. Half from local refugee asylum seeker community. Highest number volunteers in one session 60.
Garden refurbished to include vegetable plot and flower beds and space for outside English lessons
## **Activities during Lockdown**
Fortnightly newsletter
Risk assessment and ongoing safety provision in St Anne’s
Two successful bids for PPE funding grants £677 + £250
Buddy groups for English support
Music app group
Link with Crow Wood allotment
Other support apps e.g Upbeat Communities.
Litter picking morning
## **Provision of aid in Derbyshire**
Hardship fund £300 Aldi vouchers donated for distribution from DRAC
Regular donations to refugees in St Anne’s …. Eg Laverstoke court people
23 bikes repaired ,serviced and given out to provide transport opportunities.
Storage of furniture and delivery to refugees with new accommodation
Help with repairs in accommodation.
Support for Laverstoke people during recent racist graffiti attacks
## **Working with other organisations in Derbyshire and beyond.**
Regular updates and liaison with DRAC , Migrant Help , Red Cross , TOGS
Derby University, Nottinghamshire refugee groups, Wild Things, Peak Rangers , Bikeback ,
_3. To advance the education of the public in general about issues relating to refugees and those seeking asylum by promoting and providing activities which foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds._
## **How has this objective been achieved?**
- Hazel to Mansfield Inner wheel
- Bob’s Calais induction course
- Visit to St Mary’s Church, Plumtree, Nottingham
- Adam Bates’s update on Greece
- Research project with Derby University International Relations Dept.
- BBC online coverage of trip to Shining Cliff woods 25.2.20
National Refugee Week activities
- Radio Free Matlock
- BBC Radio Derby interviews
- Liaison with IMIX
- Interview with Daily Mirror online
- Virtual parkrun ‘Run with Refugees’
- Charlie’s 15k sponsored run
- “From there to here,” Photo montage on youtube
_4_ . _To empower refugees and asylum seekers in Derby by offering English conversation and/or grammar sessions, thereby increasing confidence, integration and employability_ .
## **How has this objective been achieved?**
- Twice weekly English lessons
- Increased team of tutors. There are now 10 in the team
- “Classroom” created on the stage, with storage for materials, portfolios games etc
- Classroom created in garden
- Investment in resources and teaching aids, eg mobile whiteboard, mini whiteboards
- Portfolios to store work, certificates etc and to promote pride in achievements
- Sal Chaffey completed online ESOL course
- Invested in white board and new printer.
- English team gradually augmented to 10 strong team
- English certificates awarded for work and Home Office portfolios
**Finally and most importantly a massive THANK YOU to all our volunteers through the year without whom this long list of achievements would not have been possible**
## **DRS CASH FLOW 01/09/2019 - 31/08/2020**
|**DRS CASH FLOW**
||
|---|---|
|**01/09/2019 - 31/08/2020**
**RECEIPTS**
One of donation
**RECEIPTS**
Dent the rent donation
**RECEIPTS**
Regular donation
**RECEIPTS**
Warehouse sales
**RECEIPTS**
Event sales
**RECEIPTS**
Grants
**RECEIPTS**
Merchandise sales
**RECEIPTS**
Weigh in sales
**EXPENSES**
Gift Aid
**EXPENSES**
Bike scheme
**EXPENSES**
Rent
**EXPENSES**
Premises expenses
**EXPENSES**
Event expenses
**EXPENSES**
Advertising
**EXPENSES**
Bank Charges
**EXPENSES**
Donations to other charities
**EXPENSES**
Activity supplies
**EXPENSES**
Entertainment
**EXPENSES**
Merchandise expenses
**EXPENSES**
Travel expenses
**EXPENSES**
Misc - to categorise
**EXPENSES**
Items for donation
**EXPENSES**
Paypal Charges
**TOTAL CASH IN / OUT**
**BANK**
Balance b/fwd
**PETTY CASH**
Balance b/fwd
**PAYPAL**
Balance b/fwd
**TOTAL CASH**
Balance b/fwd
**TOTAL CASH**
Balance c/fwd|9 2019
**09/19**|
||£575
£60
£100
£90
£75
£0
£0
£179
£0|
||**£1,079**|
|||
||£0
£200
£150
£0
£0
£5
£100
£6
£93
£0
£510
£0
£425
£12|
||**£1,500**|
|||
||**-£421**|
||£9,600
£768
£271
£10,639|
||**£10,218**|
|10 2019|11 2019|12 2019|1 2020|2 2020|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**10/19**|**11/19**|**12/19**|**01/20**|**02/20**|
|£213|£128|£2,063|£1,247|£655|
|£70|£70|£81|£136|£242|
|£100|£100|£0|£0|£0|
|£100|£54|£262|£364|£90|
|£0|£472|£982|£66|£233|
|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|£71|£105|£162|£0|£5|
|£185|£295|£409|£322|£0|
|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|**£739**|**£1,223**|**£3,959**|**£2,135**|**£1,225**|
|£0|£100|£120|£35|£405|
|£200|£200|£200|£200|£200|
|£619|£161|£9|£359|£260|
|£0|£0|£30|£424|£0|
|£42|£0|£88|£0|£0|
|£0|£0|£0|£2|£0|
|£0|£0|£2,800|£0|£2,106|
|£76|£0|£0|£0|£48|
|£149|£96|£0|£30|£231|
|£195|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|£350|£0|£83|£335|£217|
|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|£208|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|£2|£7|£23|£4|£3|
|**£1,842**|**£564**|**£3,353**|**£1,391**|**£3,469**|
||||||
|**-£1,103**|**£660**|**£606**|**£744**|**-£2,244**|
|£9,384|£8,592|£8,810|£9,070|£9,772|
|£250|£271|£514|£201|£142|
|£584|£252|£451|£1,110|£1,212|
|£10,218|£9,115|£9,775|£10,381|£11,125|
|**£9,115**|**£9,775**|**£10,381**|**£11,125**|**£8,881**|
|3 2020|4 2020|5 2020|6 2020|7 2020|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**03/20**|**04/20**|**05/20**|**06/20**|**07/20**|
|£410|£545|£380|£500|£260|
|£242|£247|£242|£242|£262|
|£0|£50|£0|£50|£0|
|£35|£0|£0|£0|£295|
|£47|£0|£48|£0|£218|
|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|£0|£0|£0|£390|£26|
|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|**£734**|**£842**|**£670**|**£1,182**|**£1,061**|
|£0|£0|£0|£0|£150|
|£200|£200|£200|£200|£200|
|£196|£0|£0|£514|£237|
|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|£1,500|£3,040|£0|£1,000|£0|
|£99|£0|£0|£0|£16|
|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|£50|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|£153|£0|£0|£72|£40|
|£0|£0|£0|£0|£0|
|£0|£373|£0|£0|£700|
|£4|£6|£15|£17|£6|
|**£2,202**|**£3,619**|**£215**|**£1,804**|**£1,349**|
||||||
|**-£1,468**|**-£2,777**|**£455**|**-£622**|**-£288**|
|£7,487|£6,491|£4,438|£4,543|£3,420|
|£126|£69|£69|£69|£50|
|£1,269|£854|£130|£480|£1,000|
|£8,881|£7,413|£4,637|£5,091|£4,470|
|**£7,413**|**£4,637**|**£5,091**|**£4,470**|**£4,181**|
|8 2020||TOTAL|
|---|---|---|
|**08/20**||**2019/20**|
|£1,569||£8,545|
|£265||£2,159|
|£0||£400|
|£318||£1,608|
|£0||£2,140|
|£677||£677|
|£0||£343|
|£575||£2,380|
|£0||£0|
|**£3,404**||**£18,252**|
|£0||£810|
|£200||£2,400|
|£291||£2,797|
|£4||£458|
|£0||£130|
|£0||£7|
|£1,000||£11,545|
|£22||£267|
|£0||£599|
|£0||£245|
|£100||£1,860|
|£0||£0|
|£0||£1,706|
|£4||£103|
|**£1,620**||**£22,927**|
||||
|**£1,784**||**-£4,674**|
|£3,012|||
|£50|||
|£1,119|0||
|£4,181||£10,639|
|**£5,965**||**£5,965**|