## **Trustees Annual Report 05-04-2022** ## **Divine Purpose** 1179506 16 Wordsworth House, Stafford Road, London, NW65YT ## **Trustees** Ngozi Ijanboh Margaret O’Sullivan Samson Ijanboh We are a CIO with a board of 3 trustees at present. As per the constitution section 10, the rules of recruitment are as follows; •Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term of 3 years or indefinitely by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. •In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. ## Objectves Our objectives are as follows as per the constitution; •To provide a greater opportunity for the less privileged in society. Through enhanced training, development and education programs leading to employment. Working with youths, providing information and advice about help and support available from ourselves and other organisations . Running community events, organising day trips activities and excursions for service users, thereby building a closer community. ## **Achievements** During 2022 the charity carried out a day trip to Margate Beach for 106 young people and their families, 2x 16 young people Kayaking sessions, several trips to the bowling Alley for 10-12 x young people as well as group activities in the local/ larger London city parks. All trips were fully funded by Divine Purpose through funding received through charity organisations such as The Henry Smith Charity and Karakusevic Carson Architects as well as donations from trustee’s. •106 young people and their families Attended the Margate Beach trip. 2 x 53 seater coaches were hired to transport the attendees who were collected from a local pick-up point to the registered charity address. Leaving at 8am and arriving 10:15am the attendees spent the whole sunny day on the beach, before leaving at 18:00pm. The children were given, buckets, spades, & water pistols. We also had ball games available for group play. Ice-cream was also provided as part of the trip. 1 family received new shorts, t-shirts and sandals for the trip as they had no beachwear/summer clothes. The trip was to enable children and families to get outside of the community as a summer trip, make memories, having fun annoying time together as a family as well as a community. To lift community spirits as these families would not have another opportunity to leave the community otherwise. •We organised 2 Kayaking sessions for a total of 32 young people with Phoenix Outdoor Centre. The young people were collected by minibus provided by Phoenix Outdoor centre. They took part in an afternoon of Kayaking and thoroughly enjoyed themselves, gaining a certificate of completion at the end. This was an amazing achievement the young people had never experienced before. Following on from this, 1 group will take part in gaining their level 2 certificate in Kayaking during summer 2023.. The Phoenix Outdoor centre were amazing! Seeing the young people free and full of joy was phenomenal. Some of them were apprehensive having never participated in any waterworks before but by the end they didn’t want to leave. Stating it was the best thing they have ever done in their lives! We want the young people to experience as many different experiences as possible to hopefully, broaden their mindset and aim for more. Introducing new possibilities. •We attended 10 Pin Acton bowling Alley twice during the summer holiday with 10-12 children. Having fun. Out of the local community. Summertime activity for children who would otherwise not leave their local area. •We arranged/ encouraged many gatherings in the local parks, water parks providing fruit, snacks and soft drinks. We played football, basketball, swung on swings, slid down slides and had picnics. Parents had company, young people had company, we were closer as a community and outside in the sun. •We purchased a much needed Laptop as all the work had previously been carried out on handheld devices. •We paid for the running of the charity such as insurance, website, dbs checks, flyers and posters etc ## **Vision** We are continuing with the fight to obtain a small premises in order to engage further with the community without added costs. To run drop-in sessions for young people and provide a safe space to interact as many young people have no access to outside spaces unless it’s the local park. It is essential especially during the colder months, the young people have an outlet available to them and the parents trust the Charity to provide such possibilities for the mental health of the young people and the parents. This also gives us more time to hear from the young people direct in order for us to run activities they themselves are asking for. We will continue to run as many activities/ daytrips as possible especially during half term holidays in order to sustain the young people who have no other way of engaging in activities. At present we have no outstanding debts, we have £200 in the account and no reserves. We continue to run via volunteers as to spend all monies on the purpose of our young people. As more funds are received, we intend to hopefully employ some of the volunteers from the community who are already working to support the charity and the community. This way it is another way to strengthen out community in another way. Trustee Name Ngozi ljanboh