THECHARLIEBURNS FOUNDATION
ANNUAL
REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 3110312022

|**Company Number**|09489173|
|---|---|
|**Charity Number**|1182236|
|**Registered Address**|23 Sharon Gardens|
||Hackney|
||London E9 7RX|
|**Trustees**|Trustees who are also directors under company law, who served|
||during the year and up-to-the date of this report are as follows:-|
||Keeley Burns (appointed 13/03/15)|
||Tais Lima (appointed 19/12/18)|
||Natalie Delaney (appointed 01/02/19)|
|**Bankers**|Barclays Bank Plc|
||298 Mare Street|
||Hackney|
||London E8 1HE|
|**Website**|www.thecharlieburnsfoundation.com|
|**Email**|trustees@charlieburnsfoundation.co.uk|
|**Facebook**|www.facebook.com/thecharlieburnsfoundation|
|**Twitter**|@TheCharlieBurns2|
|**Instagram**|Thecharlieburnsfoundation|





**THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION** 

**ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 


**Message from The Founder and Trustee** KEELEY BURNS 

he Charlie Burns Foundation’s are happy to present to you our 3rd Annual Report. 

This year we have been less focused on food poverty and are prioritising our regular day-to-day activities to support those bereaved and affected by serious violence. Extending our focus on health and wellbeing we have been able to provide community activities that focus on improving social connectedness and resilience building as the pandemic is still upon us as we are still experiencing local lockdowns. 

Postcode Parents have gone back to face-to-face sessions although there has been some impact due to local lockdowns we have been able to provide a consistent service and move sessions online. 

However, through our experience of extending our service we have realised that there is a need to continue to centre our services around health and wellbeing, providing traditional and alternative therapeutic interventions for individuals and in group settings. 

Over the next year the Charity will focus on outreach and sustaining partnerships with other organisations to strengthen our presence and extend the interventions that we provide.  Many thanks to all staff, volunteers and facilitators your hard work has enabled CBF to provide the much needed support to our community and users. 


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**THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION** 

**ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

## **AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION** 

- [To ] **[relieve the charitable needs]**[ of families bereaved or traumatised as a result of ] youth violence and knife crime 

- [To ] **[act as a resource]**[ for young people particularly but not exclusively those who are ] at risk of becoming involved in gang culture and violent crime by providing **advice** , **education** , **mentoring** and **assistance** and organising programmes of educational and other activities as a means of advancing in life and helping young people by **developing their skills, capacities and capabilities** to **enable them to grow** into society as independent mature and responsible adults. 

- [For the public benefit, the ] **[prevention of crime]**[ and the ] **[protection of people]**[ of all ] ages and their property by **raising awareness** of knife crime and other serious youth violence and its impact. 


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**THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION** 

**ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

## **TRAUMA INFORMED FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER** 


We were awarded a grant from The Postcode Community Trust in the last financial year and we continue to provide much needed family and one-to-one specialist guidance, advocacy, practical & emotional support by a specialist Trauma Informed Family Support worker. 

This position provides essential and valuable support and advocacy to families bereaved by serious violence. We were able to extent and focus on providing outreach and practical support, monitor health and wellbeing, signposting to specialist services of any issues of concern of wellbeing and assess the 

psychosocial, practical and emotional needs as well as providing support during the grieving process. The trauma informed family support worker is the first point of contact for families that self-refer or are referred to The Charlie Burns Foundation. 


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**THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION** 

**ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

## **…AS THERAPY** 


Following on from the successful Drumming…As therapy in September 2021 we received funding from Clarion futures to extend the …As Therapy programme. 

The programme provided mental health and wellbeing support to communities, designed to strengthen psychological and community resilience using traditional and alternative therapies. …As Therapy aimed to support and equip participants with positive practices and coping mechanisms to strengthen resilience during traumatic life experiences and events. 

With six different therapies over 17 weeks; group counselling, Reiki, yoga, Writing, Drama and Drumming this ‘Covid-19 Community Project’ designed to reduce isolation, build social connections, improve psychological coping skills, build community resilience and future-proof wellbeing. 

With advertising on Eventbrite the sessions were a great success with may people attending from across London. 

We would like to thank the facilitators who provided the community with traditional and alternative practices to improve their wellbeing. A big thank you to psychotherapists at R-U-N, Reiki healer - Cher Nedd, Yoga specialist - Lotte Rice, Award winning writer - Eva Edo, Experts in self discovery healing and personal development who facilitated the Drama sessions - The Remedy and Master Drummer from One Drum Foundation, Abass Dodoo. 


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**THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION** 

**ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

## **POSTCODE PARENTS** 


Our most consistent project Postcode Parents continues to provide weekly sessions and a safe space for those affected by serious youth violence. We connected with local organisation ‘I Found Me Therapeutic Counselling’ who were contracted to facilitate Postcode Parent sessions. We started off with face-to-face sessions but due to the Pandemic and local lockdown restrictions we had to move some sessions online. 

Online duel delivery of Postcode Parents extended the reach for client participation. We realised that with the online sessions we were able to engage those needing support from 

outside of London and outside of the United Kingdom. We will be reviewing the way Postcode Parents will be delivered. We continue to provide necessary one-to-one specialist therapeutic services to parents experiencing severe trauma. 

## **CRISIS RESPONSE** 

Crisis Response Sessions was held once a month and facilitated by an experienced psychotherapist who specialises in supporting those bereaved through serious violence. Sessions were designed to help users move from individual trauma to collective healing, with focus on the psychological and emotional affects experienced by users in the aftermath of losing a family member to serious violence. 

The sessions provided a space for users to gain awareness of their strengths and limitations based upon their experiences; gain understanding of behaviours, actions and choices and provide users with practical individual and collective coping practices. 

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**THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION** 

**ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

## - **FINANCIAL REVIEW** 31 MARCH 2022 

The Charlie Burns Foundation wants to thank all of our funders who have enabled us to carry out the work outlined in this report. This has been a very challenging time for our users and wider community, without your continued support we would not have been able to provide the most valuable support to our community. 

## REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL POSITION 

Income: The result for the year are set out in the financial statements pages 9 - 12. The total income for the year was £22,088 (£39,055 at 31 March 2021). 

Expenditure: Total expenditure for the year was £23,076 (£26,225 at 31 March 2021). 

Surplus/Deficit: Our final financial position for the year across all funds is a deficit of -£988 (surplus of £12,829 at 31 March 2021). 

Reserves: Total cash reserves at the end of the financial year are £11,863 (£12,851 at 31 March 2021). This is predominantly made up of restricted reserves. 

Conclusion: The financial year for the Charlie Burns Foundation has been an uncertian one. For the year ahead we will be focused on securing funding to ensure that the core activities continue to run. 


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Natalie Delaney - Trustee 

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**THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION** 

**ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

## **RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS** 



|**RECEIPTS**<br>**UNRESTRICTED FUNDS**|**RESTRICTED FUNDS**|**FUNDS 2021-22**|**FUNDS 2020/21**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Clarion Futures<br>£<br>0|£<br>21,993|**£**<br>**21,993**|**£**<br>**9,484**|
|City Of London - Community<br>Response fund<br>£<br>0|£<br>0|**£**<br>**0**|**£**<br>**9,100**|
|Charities Trust<br>£<br>0|£<br>0|**£**<br>**0**|**£**<br>**1,000**|
|Postcode Community Trust<br>£<br>0|£<br>0|**£**<br>**0**|**£**<br>**17,353**|
|Activities for generations funds<br>£<br>0|£<br>0|**£**<br>**0**|**£**<br>**1,393**|
|Other receipts - Donations<br>£<br>95|£<br>0|**£**<br>**95**|**£**<br>**725**|
|London Borough of Hackney<br>£<br>0|£<br>0|**£**<br>**0**|**£**<br>**0**|
|**_Sub total_**<br>**£**<br>**95**|**£**<br>**21,993**|**£**<br>**22,088**|**£**<br>**39,055**|
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|**Total receipts**<br>**£**<br>**95**|**£**<br>**21,993**|**£**<br>**22,088**|**£**<br>**39,055**|



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**THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION** 

**ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

## **RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS  CONTINUED…** 

|**PAYMENTS**<br>**UNRESTRICTED FUNDS**|**RESTRICTED FUNDS**|**TOTAL FUNDS**<br>**2021-22**|**FUNDS 2020/21**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Cost of Charitable activities -<br>_Community Care Packages_<br>_LCRF - Community Care_<br>_Packages_<br>_Postcode Parents_<br>_…As Therapy_<br>_Trauma Informed Support_<br>_Worker_<br>_Ofice expenses_<br>£<br>52<br>_Expenses_<br>Travel<br>Insurance<br>Subscriptions<br>Trips & Entertainment<br>£<br>8<br>Governance<br>£<br>13||||
||£<br>263|**£**<br>**263**|**£**<br>**2,136**|
|||**£**<br>**0**|**£**<br>**9,079**|
||£<br>7,434<br>£<br>3,558<br>£<br>11,091|**£**<br>**7,434**|**£**<br>**5,786**|
|||**£**<br>**3,558**|**£**<br>**29**|
|||**£**<br>**11,091**|**£**<br>**5,620**|
|||**£**<br>**52**|**£**<br>**237**|
||£<br>333|**£**<br>**333**|**£**<br>**254**|
|||**£**<br>**0**|**£**<br>**95**|
||£<br>257<br>£<br>67|**£**<br>**257**|**£**<br>**258**|
|||**£**<br>**67**|**£**<br>**156**|
|||**£**<br>**8**|**£**<br>**605**|
|||**£**<br>**13**|**£**<br>**26**|
|**Sub Total**<br>**£**<br>**73**|**£**<br>**23,003**|**£**<br>**23,076**|**£**<br>**24,281**|
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|**ASSETS & INVESTMENTS- PURCHASES**||||
|**Payment for property, plant &**<br>**Equipment**<br>**£**<br>**0**<br>**£**<br>**0**|**£**<br>**0**<br>**£**<br>**0**|**£**<br>**0**|**£**<br>**1,944**|
|||**£**<br>**0**|**£**<br>**0**|
|**Sub Total**<br>**£**<br>**0**|**£**<br>**0**|**£**<br>**0**|**£**<br>**1,944**|



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**THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION** 

**ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

## **RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS  CONTINUED…** 

|**Total Payments**<br>**£**<br>**73**|**£**<br>**23,003**|**£**<br>**23,076**|**£**<br>**24,281**|
|---|---|---|---|
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|**Net of receipts/(payments)**<br>£<br>22|£<br>(1,010)|**£**<br>**(988)**|**£**<br>**12,829**|
|**Cash funds last year end**<br>£<br>20|£<br>12831|**£**<br>**12851**|**£**<br>**22**|
|**Cash funds this year end**<br>**£**<br>**42**|**£**<br>**11,821**|**£**<br>**11,863**|**£**<br>**12,851**|



## **STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES AS AT 31ST MARCH 2022** 

|**UNRESTRICTED FUNDS**|**RESTRICTED FUNDS**|**ENDOWMENT FUNDS**|
|---|---|---|
|**CASH FUNDS**<br>**Barclays Bank Plc**<br>£<br>42<br>**Cash in hand**<br>£<br>0<br>**TOTAL CASH FUNDS**<br>£<br>42|||
||£<br>11,821<br>£<br>0|£<br>0<br>£<br>0|
||£<br>11,821|£<br>0|



## **PUBLIC BENEFIT STATEMENT** 

The Trustees confirm that they have complied with the duty in section 17 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit, 'Charities and Public Benefit'. 


______________________________________ Keeley Burns - Trustee 

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**THE CHARLIE BURNS FOUNDATION** 

**ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022** 

## **OUR FUNDERS & PARTNERS** 

- [Postcode Community Trust ] 

- [Clarion Futures ] 

- [In Kind Direct  ] 

- [One Drum Foundation  ] 

- [I Found Me Therapeutic Counselling  ] 

- [The Remedy ] 

- [Eva Edo  ] 

- [Lottie Rice ] 




- [Cher Nedd ] 

- [R-U-N ] 








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