## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
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Section A Reference and administration details
THE ASBESTOS VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUPS’ FORUM UK
**Charity name** GROUPS’ **Other names charity is known by** Forum **Registered charity number (if any)** 1183024 **Charity's principal address** 34 Glumangate Chesterfield
**Postcode S40 1TX**
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
1 Joanne Gordon Chair Forum
2 Rob Rayner Secretary Forum
3 John Flanagan Vice Chair Forum
Ange Mulligan Membership Forum
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Secretary
5 Lisa Booth Treasurer Forum
6 Neil Bishop Forum
7 Rachel Gallagher 9/11/21 Forum
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name Address**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO
- How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
From Forum members. Forum members are members of individual support Groups
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
Member organisation elect a delegate to the Forum. The Forum has a set of principles and guidance of best practice to be Forum members. Any new members must apply using an application and agreed criteria to be a member. The committee can accept or reject membership.
- 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.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
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## **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
The Asbestos Victim Support Groups Forum is an umbrella organisation made up of Asbestos Support Groups who have been established for the public benefit of people injured by asbestos, families and carers in order to relieve the suffering and hardship of ill health.
The CIO objectives are to protect the physical and mental health of sufferers of asbestos related disease through the provision of financial assistance, support, education and practical advice. To advance the education of the general public by raising awareness of the hazards of asbestos
1. Sharing best practice amongst support groups to offer the best available financial, practical and emotional support to sufferers, families and carers
2. To act as a voice for sufferers, families and carers to ensure they are receive the best possible support when engaging with Government departments or other statutory bodies
3. To work together to create public awareness events on the hazards of asbestos
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
Undertook a number of best practice days with Forum members which accumulated in a report. Best practice events are continuing on an ad hoc basis.
The Forum’s intervention has meant that the Forum has documents which reveal how dangers Cape Intermediate Holdings products were, these will support sufferers, families and carers with civil claims.
The Forum was involved with a UK wide event to raise awareness about asbestos cancer mesothelioma. Go Blue for meso. Over 100 public buildings and landmarks raised awareness by lighting up blue.
## **Section E Financial review**
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The Charity has low income and expenditure. The policy is to **Brief statement of the** keep enough money to allow the Forum to meet. **charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
The majority of funding comes from individual support groups You **may choose** to include which is set each year. additional information, where relevant about:
- 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)** J H Gordon **Full name(s)** Joanne Helen Gordon **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 10/10/22
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**Asbestos Support Groups Forum – Summary of Financial Activity 1[st] September 2021 to 31[st] August 2022**
## **Expenditure**
£477.60 Clarion Creations – website re-design
£210.00 Web hosting
£54.00 Account fees
£1032- A W Solutions – hosting of best practice days
£49.47 postage
£388.65 hotel/travel– for attendance at Nurses Conference – 2 groups
## **Total £2,211.72**
## **Income**
£1400 subs
£1062.72 – donations including sale of books
## **Total - £2462.72**