**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 31 10 2019 31 10 2020 **From To** Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Brighter Living **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1180378 **Charity's principal address** 335 Hook rise south, Surbiton, Surrey, **Postcode KT6 7LW Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Peter Parker Chair/Safeguarding 2 Janet Atkins Treasury 3 Jenny Hewlett Secretary 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 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 Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** **TAR** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation Trustee selection methods Appointed by the trustees ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include We have kept up a great relationship with Kingston Voluntary Action, who additional information, where have been helping and advising the charity on a varied amount of subject. relevant, about: During this period Mariya Ali has resigned as a trustee and Peter Parker has taken on the role of safeguarding officer. - 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. **TAR** ## **Section C Objectives and activities** For the public benefit to relieve the needs of elderly people residing in Surrey and the **Summary of** surrounding area in such ways and by such means deemed charitable within the laws of **the objects of** England and Wales, and in particular but not exclusively by providing therapies, activities, **the charity set** advice and information designed to promote better physical and mental health and well being. **out in its governing document Brighter Living** has adhered to the Charity Commissions guidelines on how we should deliver our services. **Brighter Living** charity was set up by people concerned about the health of the elderly, and by Ki Gong professionals who, having seen the benefits of running sessions for the elderly in a local community centre, decided to open the project to a wider community. Our aim is to empower people over 60 to look after their health and well being in an innovative and practical manner. The activities we are running are Ki Gong sessions which include gentle movement, stretching, breathing exercises, mindfulness and meditation. Brain exercises are also incorporated from Ilchi Lee's Brain Education System which is recognised by the UN. So the services offered stimulate the body and the brain in a fun and informative way.  We have provided Ki Gong, Amrchair Yoga, meditation and breathing exercise classes to our beneficiaries. A big thank you to all the trustees, who without their contributions and commitment to delivering these services to our beneficiaries, none of this would have happened. **Thank you** to Magic Little Grants, who are in partnership with the Postcode Community trust for their £500 grant. **Thank you** to Waitrose for their £145 grant. Also, a big thank you to all the small donation received from our supporters. This has really helped our cause. Thank you for all your help and the patience shown at all the community centres and homes we have been working with while we have been setting up Brighter Living for the beneficiaries. These include MILAAP, The Kingston Chinese Association, Staywell in New Malden and Kingston. The Longmead centre in Epsom, and those we haven’t mentioned here. Without you we would not have been able to run our pilot courses and find the needs so clearly from the beneficiaries of our services. A big thank you to Kingston Voluntary Action and in particular, Sanja, Jacky and Moynaa who have all taken time and effort to help us move safely and confidently through unchartered waters. Your patience has been amazing.. A big **thank you** to Body and Brain in Epsom and the Kookhak Ki Gong UK Association who ran the Culture Seeds Initiative where we could monitor the progress of that successful program in the Royal Borough of Kingston, where relevant to Brighter Living. A big **thank you** to all the volunteers who came to the community centres and helped our service providers with such passion and commitment to the beneficiaries. And lastly a big thank you to our beneficiaries for attending the sessions and making this commitment to our local communities so worthwhile. This is good for everyone. **TAR** **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** Brighter Living’s objectives for this year were to deliver the services offered by the charity to more elderly beneficiaries in Surrey and Surrounding areas, and also produce an Impact Report for our work we do in the local area. Our objectives are to help more older people in Surrey and surrounding areas achieve better body flexibility and agility. More older people in Surrey and surrounding areas achieve a more positive mindset. More older people in Surrey and surrounding areas feel less isolated and will have formed more friendships. More older people in Surrey and surrounding areas achieve more independence. We managed to achieve these objectives by delivering more sessions to the community centres in Surrey and the surrounding areas. With a special thanks to grants coming from Magic Little Grants and Waitrose green button scheme, we will see the end of the year as an enormous success. With weekly Ki Gong, Armchair yoga and meditation sessions happening in MILAAP, Chessington, Staywell in New Malden and Kingston, The Longmead Centre and Beaumont House in Epsom, we have grown from our humble beginnings into helping over 100 beneficiaries with their health and well being. We also completed the Impact Report which has really helped us to show the benefits of what we do in the local area. **Brighter Living** is continually reporting back to organisations we are working with in the local communities are we are receiving good recognition for our achievements. We are now starting to liaise with local organisations and local councils and are looking at ways to extend our services further because of the needs highlighted by the local councils of the areas we are covering. Here is a brief synopsis of one of the reports. **TAR** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** No reserve policy **Details of any funds materially in deficit** None ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include **Brighter Living** have finished the financial year with **£974.** This money is additional information, where to deliver services online, and we will be going back to the community relevant about: centres when the restrictions have been lifted. Brighter Living has already the charity’s principal sources been applying for funding to extend these services for the rest of 2021. There are no funds being held as a custodian trustee by Brighter Living. - 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)** Peter Parker Janet Atkins **Full name(s)** Peter Parker Janet Atkins **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 09/12/2019 **TAR** TAR CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES 8rfghter Lmng 11803n Receipts and ayments accounts CC16a For thè porfod 0111112019 To 3tiior2020 Section A Receipts and payments Unre8trfcted funds Re$triGted fund? 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