**Trustee’s Annual Report**
|**Charity Name**|**Isla’s Journey**|
|---|---|
|**Charity Registra4on Number**|**1183156**|
|**Administra4ve Details & Principal Address**|**94 Charleston Avenue, Basildon, Essex SS13 1JH**|
## **Objec4ves and Ac4vi4es**
|**Objec4ves**||**Ac4vi4es**|
|---|---|---|
|**P r o m o 4 n g e d u c a 4 o n**
**around pre-term and early**
**labour, condi4ons resul4ng**
**in Neonatal admissions,**
**working with obstetric and**
**midwifery staf to raise**
**awareness of, and the**
**ac4ons required when**
**p r e t e r m l a b o u r i s**
**threatened.**|Objec&ve
(a)|Through the use of social media, awareness has been raised to
over 2000 followers regarding pre term and early labour and
condi&ons that can arise resul&ng in neonatal admissions.
There has been a great deal of informa&on provided
surrounding PTSD and this has resulted in Isla’s Journey being
contacted by people that had recognised the symptoms in
themselves following reading the informa&on provided. In turn
this then led to them geGng the correct support.
The founder, Ashley Simons con&nues to raise awareness
through the charity website and social media pages. Follow ups
from previous mee&ngs held regarding training to current NICU
staf and junior doctors were put on hold due to the Covid-19
pandemic.|
|**Promote good mental**
**health by providing a**
**support network that**
**parents can access at a 4me**
**that suits them**|Objec&ve
(c)|Isla’s Journey con&nues to be ac&ve with the ‘Neomates’
group, albeit in a virtual capacity. Royal London Hospital are
now fully set up with their own online group which has been
benefcial to both present and ex NICU families.
Parent sessions will con&nue face to face when restric&ons are
liWed and we plan to hold more events in hospital to promote
posi&ve mental health and wellbeing in conjunc&on with
Neonatal Mental Health Awareness Week.|
|**Seek to fund dedicated**
**antenatal, neonatal care**
**and community services**
**following discharge to**
**compliment and support**
**those services provided by**
**the NHS**|Objec&ve
(D)|Further research was needed for the introduc&on of a text
support service for parents. The original company used
unfortunately did not provide the level of service we expected.
We hope to have this in place within the next 12 months.|
|**Provide care packages of**
**essen4al items that NHS**
**services do not provide**
**when a hospital stay is**
**required.**|Objec&ve
(E)|Care packages have now been provided to 68 hospitals across
the UK, with many reques&ng a rolling stock. We currently s&ll
have 6 transfer teams in England and an addi&onal hospital in
Scotland. These are also supplied on a regular basis and are
requested by the the service when supplies run low. Care packs
are either delivered personally or sent via couriers.|
## **Achievements and Performance**
|**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the**
**charity, iden4fying the**
**diference the charity’s**
**work has made to**
**benefciaries and any wider**
**benefts to society as a**
**whole.**|The charity is now supplying 68 hospitals and 6 transfer teams across
England and into Scotland. Feedback con&nues to be posi&ve and
sugges&ons for improvements are taken on board where possible.
Following radio exposure, we were contacted by more units to ask for
details on how to support us and to u&lise our services.
Hospitals have now been re-contacted to ofer them packs and build an up
to date contact list.
The benefts of the Neomates community expansion has also been
essen&al for the mental health and family support following discharge
from NICU.
During this fnancial year, the charity raised £ which was all used to fund
care packs, support for parents and staf and raising awareness.|
|---|---|
## **Financial Review**
|**Review of the charity’s**
**fnancial posi4on at the end**
**of the period**||The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic has afected fundraising
and as such we have had to use reserves and personal funds
to cover some expenses. We do expect this to improve over
the next period.
Charitable objec&ves are able to be met in full at the end of
the period moving forward into the next.|
|---|---|---|
|**Statement explaining the**
**policy for holding the**
**reserves sta4ng why they**
**are held**||n/a|
|**Amount of reserves held**||0|
|**Reasons for holding zero**
**reserves**||Stock all replaced aWer hospitals supplied to accommodate
care packs needed for the following month and further
dona&ons and grants due before supplies are required.|
## **Addi4onal Informa4on**
|**The charity’s principal**
**sources of funds**||Dona&ons through social media, online fundraising events
e.g. rafes, local school non-uniform/bring a care pack supply
days.
£7000 grant, £2303 and £1880.82 local connect fund
£3000 bounce back loan support for marke&ng and media|
|---|---|---|
|**Investment policy &**
**Objec4ves including social**
**investment policy adapted**||**n/a**|
|---|---|---|
|**A descrip4on of the risks**
**facing the charity**||**n/a**|
|**Other**||**n/a**|
||||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|**Descrip4on of Charity’s**
**trusts**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Type of governing**
**document**||Cons&tu&on|
|**How is the charity**
**cons4tuted**||CIO|
|**Trustee selec4on methods**
**including details of any**
**cons4tu4onal provisions**
**e.g. elec4on to post or**
**name of any person or body**
**en4tled to appoint one or**
**more trustees**||Appointed by founder Ashley Simons.|
## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|**Name**|**Ofce (if any)**|**Date acted - if not**
**for whole year**|**Name of person en4tled to**
**appoint trustee**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Mrs Hazel May Benneg||Whole period||
|Mrs Elizabeth Wiseman||Whole period||
|Mrs Claire Harland||Whole period||
|Mrs Ashley Simons||Whole period||
## **Declara4ons**
## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustee’s report above.**
**On behalf of the trustees:** _H M Benne'_
**Full name:** Hazel May Benneg
**Posi4on –** Trustee
**Date –** 3/3/2022