## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From April 1[st] 2023 Period start date To March 31[st] 2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: NURTURENATURE** ## **Charity registration number: 1182363** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|a) **The advancement of**
**health**both mental and
physical, for the public
beneft, by providing access
to and activities in a healing
garden
b) **The relief of those in need**
**by reason of health youth,**
**age, ill health, disability,**
**fnancial hardship or**
**other disadvantage**
c) **The promotion and**
**advancement of**
**education for the public**
**beneft**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The object of the CIO is to be a healing
garden that promotes health and
wellbeing for the local community
including individuals with chronic
physical and/or mental illness and life
limiting conditions, To this end, the CIO
provides a healing garden for
individuals principally but not
exclusively in Shefeld, Barnsley and
the wider South Yorkshire region.
There is a wide body of evidence that
time spent either passively or actively
in nature/gardens has a benefcial
efect on physical and mental health.
For example, reports from large
national organisations like the Kings
Fund, RHS and MIND confrm the
beneft of gardens and gardening for
physical and mental health and well
being.
Users have the opportunity to simply
sit in the garden which has been| |||planted in line with good practice for
healing gardens or participate more
actively by gardening themselves or
engaging in events taking place in the
garden which are in keeping with the
CIO’s stated purposes of the
advancement of health and relief of
those in need by reason of ill health
and/or disability. The CIO will provide,
for the public beneft, space for mental
rest and refection or horticultural or
other activities promoting recuperation
from symptoms of chronic ill health,
including long COVID
**The promotion and advancement**
**of education for the public beneft,**
is by organizing small scale workshops
and courses, such as mindfulness
courses, writing for health, propagation
courses. Such activities may also
include creative workshops in arts and
crafts and other such activities
organised by outside experts and
practitioners on subjects and activities
known to further enhance general well
being, in chronically ill or disabled
people as well as the general public
maximising the beneft of participating
in education by utilising the additional
benefts ofgreencare perse.| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Nothing in this constitution shall
authorise an application of the
property of the CIO for the purposes
which are not charitable in accordance
with [section 7 of the Charities and
Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act
2005] and [section 2 of the Charities
Act(Northern Ireland)2008].| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**No grants made**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**No social investment**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The local Rotary club with whom**
**NurtureNature has close liaison**
**has a small group of volunteers**
**who help in the summer months**| **when they are able. They were particularly committed to development of the woodland and meadow turf area and contributed a grant towards development of the meadow turf. They have also donated 2000 crocus bulbs for planting in the garden.** Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The charity operates on a small scale**
**providing mindfulness, creative writing**
**and craft based workshops that are**
**beneficial to the participants in keeping**
**with the purposes of the charity as set**
**out in its governing document. The**
**workshops take place in a dedicated**
**space in the garden which has a covering**
**allowing the garden to be used even in**
**the event of inclement weather. By**
**running the workshops in the garden the**
**benefit to health and wellbeing for the**
**individual participants is enhanced**
**because of the benefit to physical and**
**mental health of greenspace per se.**
**Because the workshops are run outside**
**they only take place in the**
**spring/summer months. During the**
**spring/summer of 2023 NurtureNature**
**held workshops on Mindfulness, Creative**
**Writing, Silk Scarf making and Batik.**
**Payment for the workshops is on an “as**
**you can afford” basis with NurtureNature**
**subsidising all places to an extent but**
**paying in full for those who are on low**
**income. All workshops are formally**
**evaluated including asking about what**
**the participants got out of the workshop.**
**All the evaluations were very positive**
**highlighting the benefit that participating**
**in such events has for the individuals**
**from the local community who take part.**
**In addition to the workshops two open**
**days were held where the garden was**
**open to visitors and a plant sale was**
**held. Visitors are encouraged to explore**
**the garden and take time to sit and enjoy**
**its peace and calm, one visitor, for**| **example, commented that “** _**just being in this space is healing; it makes me feel calm**_ **” . A plant sale is held at the same time as the Open Day selling plants from the small nursery we run and this is an important source of income for NurtureNature. Local garden groups and the Rotary come and visit the garden interested in its healing potential as well as its horticultural aspects. All of these visitor groups made a voluntary donation to NurtureNature. Access to the garden for individuals or groups is not charged for as the garden is a community resource aimed at providing a healing environment for those visiting it but voluntary donations are accepted and go towards subsidising workshops. A significant event in the summer of 2023 was a poetry reading by Jackie Kay a well known Scottish poet who was the Scottish Makar (the equivalent of the English Poet Laureate). Jackie Kay gave her services for free so that we could use the poetry reading as a fund raiser for the charity. The event proved extremely popular and raised over £500 for NurtureNature. Jackie committed to return in the summer of 2024. As well as raising funds for the charity the event was an excellent awareness raising event bringing the existence of the charity to the attention of members of the local community.** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**See financial statement**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
**Funding through plant sales is an**
**important source of funds. The**
**poetry reading which is set to**
**become an annual event is also a**
**source of income.**
**Suitable grants are the other**
**principal source of funding for**
**events/garden development.**
**The gardener is funded through a**
**regular monthly donation.**
**Visitor groups to the garden**
**usually also make a voluntary**
**donation.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**The charity is controlled by its**
**governing document in the**
**form of a constitution of an**
**incorporated charity**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Incorporated charity**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Nomination and election by**
**existing trustees.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|NurtureNature| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|NURTURENATURE Healing Garden| |Registered charitynumber|1182363| |Charity’s principal address|Station House
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Helena Davies|Chair||| ||Svava Bjarnason|||| ||Doris Stubbs|||| ||Alison Chrystal|||| ||Frances
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