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2021-11-10-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 11[th] November 2020 To 10[th] November 2021

Charity name: M2 SPED Awareness

Charity registration number: 1183367

Objectives and Activities

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SORP reference
Summary of the Para 1.17 The purposes of the CIO are:
purposes of the charity - for the public benefit to
as set out in its advance the education of
governing document school age children attending
London schools in Special
Educational Differences
(SPEDs) such as Dyslexia,
Autism and ADHD.
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To promote equality and
diversity by advancing and
raising awareness in these
domains.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and Between the Months of November
1.19
activities in relation to 2020- June 2021, the activities of the
those purposes for the charity continued to be affected by
public benefit, in the pandemic. As such activities
particular, the activities, focussed on addressing our objectives
projects or services covered two themes: (i) Continuing to
identified in the build a programme addressing the
accounts. core themes expressed in our school
sessions which can be delivered
online to include 6 [th] form students
from a wider range of schools in
London and (ii) Using Social media to
advertise our previous work and
inform potential donors of what is to
come in terms of the charities
objectives of raising awareness.
The social media responsibilities
delegated to staff costed the charity
£24
During February 2021, The Co-
founders worked with King’s College
London to deliver a workshop to a
small group of first year medics
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raising awareness on Dyslexia in
Medicine.
During July 2021, a 1.5-week summer
school was delivered online to a group
of year 12 students from different
schools in London. Sessions covered
common challenges experienced by
members of the SPED community
such as stigmatisation, employment
difficulties and mental health. In the
summer school, the students also had
the opportunity to speak with
neurodiverse individuals and their
parents to explore the lived
experience of being a part of the
SPED community as an individual or
parent. At the end of the programme,
students had to create and deliver a
presentation which reflected on what
they have learned during the summer
school and how they would use
lessons learnt to raise awareness in
their local community.
The costs of running the summer
school programme was £634 which
was attributable to staff costs.
During the September-November
2021 charity has delivered sessions to
year 10 students in Harris Academy
Boys East Dulwich. Sessions covered
common challenges experienced by
members of the SPED community with
Autism and ADHD such as media
portrayal, acceptance in the
community and mental health.
Like previous years, Students were
encouraged to think of ideas in which
in February 2022 they will give
presentations to fellow peers in their
year group summarising what they
had learnt, as well as writing short
academic essays which reflected on
the key themes taught to them.
The sessions were delivered by both
the Trustees of the organisation and
paid staff. Paid staff accounted for
£12 during this period.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 We can confirm that the Trustees,
whether the trustees Mitchell Osei-Junior (Co-Founder,
have had regard to the Chairman), Mayya Vorona (Co-
guidance issued by the Founder, Secretary) and Kelvin
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Charity Commission on Naicker (Treasurer) have had
public benefit regard to the guidance issued by
the Charity Commission on public
benefit.
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SORP reference
N/A
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
N/A
Para 1.38
Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment
N/A
Para 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
N/A
Other
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Achievements and Performance

SORP reference

Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
diference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
benefciaries and any
wider benefts to society
as a whole.		 Para 1.20 During the Course of July 2021-
November 2021, the Charity has been
delivering workshops via an online
summer school to year 12 students in
London and Year 10 students in Harris
Academy Boys East Dulwich (the
latter which is still ongoing at the end
of the fnancial period). Both works to
raise Awareness of neurodiversity, the
sources of stigmatisation and the
efects it could have on the
neurodiverse community. The
following positive impacts were
generated.
Impact on the Neurodiverse
Community:
A market research survey covered
with the year 12s demonstrated an
overall positive change in perceptions
of dyslexia and Autism, with an
overall 72% percent accuracy
increase on the traits associated with
these special educational diferences.
Additionally, prior to the programme
40% of the students stated they felt
confdent with supporting their fellow
neurodiverse peers socially and
emotionally. This boosted to 100%
post the summer school programme.
all students of the Year 12 summer
school programme also delivered a
session educating on what they have
learnt from the summer school
programme and their conversations
with neurodiverse individuals and
their parents. The students also
mentioned how they will use this
newfound knowledge to go back to
their schools and raise awareness
about SPEDs.
Overall, 96% of the students on the
programme reported that they felt
confdent in their development of
their public speaking, writing and
critical thinking skills to raise
awareness to the general public.
Ratings of our Sessions and its
impact on self-development of
the students who attend:

100% of the participants rated all the sessions of the programme excellent or outstanding. Two of the most amazing feedback reflecting the difference our programme can make was echoed by one of our year 12 students on the programme who mentioned “ Thank you all, for mentoring us on SPEDs, I hope you continue to impact more lives and making them aware about our responsibilities to the wider society at large!” And “ Thank you for taking the time out of your day to bring us all together as a community to bring awareness of SPEDS!” Charity activity during Pandemic: During November 2020 – June 2021, the Charity has been focussing on developing the materials and funds needed to deliver the summer school programme and return to in-school sessions in September 2021. This period has been successful, and the online summer school proved successful. The results of the return to in-school sessions with the year 10 programme will be detailed in our next annual report.

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See above section for “ Summary of
the main achievements of the charity,
Achievements against Para 1.41 identifying the difference the charity’s
objectives set work has made to the circumstances
of its beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a whole.” For
achievements against objectives
set.
This financial year, the charity has
been raising funds both via online
Performance of means.
fundraising activities Para 1.41 Through advertisement online via our
against objectives set charity social media pages, we have
been gathering online donations on
our GoFundMe page and PayPal
donations page.
Our GoFundMe Page has gathered a
total of £25 between November 2020
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to November 2021. Our PayPal donations has amassed £94.98 Between November 2020 to November 2021. The Charity has also been collecting contribution from family and friends which has contributed to £373.01 during this financial period. In terms of securing a stable donation from a company, the organisation is still pursuing an organisation or foundation to agree to give an annual donation that will help with extending the charities activities. However, due to the pandemic and its effects on organisations it has been difficult this financial year to secure a meeting with a company.

Summary of Donations received between November 2020 to November 2021 GoFundMe= £25.00 PayPal Donations= £94.98 Family and Friend Contributions= £373.01 Total gathered during financial period from donations= £492.99 The organisation does not hold any investments. Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives N/A Other

Financial Review

Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 At the End of the Financial Period- as financial position at the of 10[th] November 2021; end of the period The Charity has: Bank Balance: £19.98 GoFundMe Balance: £90.00 PayPal Funding Balance: £94.98

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Total Balance= £204.17
The Charity plans to raise for the
next Financial Period
GoFundMe+ PayPal Funding
Expectations= £150
Family & Friends Donation
contribution= £400
Street Fundraising = £100
Raffle Ticket Fundraising= £100
Support through grants for Not-for-
profit organisations= £1000
Total= £1,750
The charity plans to spend during
the next Financial Period
Summer School Programme
associated costs
(These costs will cover marketing,
staff for the sessions, Administrative
costs such as acquiring Enhanced DBS
for staff to work with the students and
Setting up and maintaining Moodle for
online programme)= £508.00
Year 10 and 12 Programme School
Sessions associated costs (these costs
will cover staff running the sessions
and administrative costs such
acquiring Enhanced DBS for staff to
work with the students and
purchasing uniform) = £262.00
Total= £770.00
Therefore, the charity plans to
have spare at the end of the
fnancial period as a safety
budget
Calculated as Expected Raising –
Expected Spending= £980.00
Statement explaining Para 1.22 The Charity currently has no policy for
the policy for holding holding reserves, as it is currently has
reserves stating why not raised enough to have a reserves
they are held policy.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 The charity currently has no reserves
for the reason stated in “statement
explaining the policy for holding
reserves stating why they are held”.
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 The Charity currently has no policy for
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reserves holding reserves, as it is currently has
not raised enough to have a reserves
policy.
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 The charity currently has no fund
in deficit materially in deficit.
Explanation of any Para 1.23 As of November 2021, the only
uncertainties about the uncertainty is the effect the pandemic
charity continuing as a still has on gaining donations and
going concern funding to deliver the programmes
and activities the charity are involved
in.
The charity has scaled down its
programmes by delivering only the
year 10 and summer school
programme to accommodate for the
budget remaining for the charity. The
charity will increase it’s focus on
gaining donations in order to be able
to recover from the effect of the
pandemic on the donations and
funding gathered in order to deliver
more programmes including the year
12 programme again for the following
financial year.
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You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
See “ Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the period” for
The charity’s principal information regarding principal
sources of funds Para 1.47 sources of funds.
(including any
fundraising)
The charity does not have any
investments.
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
The only risk facing the charity is the
effect pandemic has had a
A description of the Para 1.46 contributing effect on gaining
principal risks facing the donations and funding to deliver the
charity programmes and activities the charity
are involved in.
The charity as a result has scaled
down its programmes to just the
summer school and year 10
programme, whilst the charity focuses
on gaining donations in order to be
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able to recover from this effect to continue to deliver any programmes which were affected. N/A Other

Structure, Governance and Management

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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Charity commission model
document constitution- Foundation model
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Trustees are selected for appointment
methods including on the basis of their skills, knowledge
details of any and experience needed for the
constitutional provisions effective administration of the CIO.
e.g. election to post or
name of any person or Decisions of who is made a trustee is
body entitled to appoint a decision made by the existing
one or more trustees trustees of M2 SPED Awareness.
Individuals who may be suitable for
the role provide a CV which
documents their knowledge, skills and
experience. This is followed by an
interview with standardised questions
to fairly assess who will be more
suitable for the role of trustee. CVs
and Interviews are assessed by the
existing trustees.
Upon successful admission, the
trustee are given a formal training
session which covers our charity’s
activities, and their role and
responsibilities in further detail. This
is followed by a 1 month “shadowing
and handover” period in order to
familiarise themselves with our
charity’s activities and take on more
responsibilities.
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trustee must be given a formal
Policies and procedures Para 1.51 training session which covers our
adopted for the charity’s activities, and their role and
induction and training of responsibilities in further detail. This
trustees is followed by a 1 month “shadowing
and handover” period in order to
familiarise themselves with our
charity’s activities and take on more
responsibilities.
The charity splits its branches of
operations into streams:
The charity’s -
organisational structure Para 1.51 Year 10 programmes (Lead
Trustee: Mayya)
and any wider network -
Year 12 programmes (Lead
with which the charity Trustee: Kelvin)
works -
Assessments and Mentoring
programme (Lead Trustee:
Mitchell)
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Marketing (Lead Trustee:
Mayya)
Each branch is lead by a Trustee who
is responsible for the executive
decisions, forming events and shifts
associated with each stream, as well
as training and briefing staff allocated
to deliver sessions or work associated
with that stream.
Staff are asked to write debriefs of
their sessions and shifts in order for
the stream lead to document and
discuss in the 3-monthly trustee mid-
term review meetings.
The charity has no existing
relationships with any parties.
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
N/A
Other
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Reference and Administrative details

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Charity name M2 SPED Awareness
Other name the charity N/A
uses
Registered charity 1183367
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number
Charity’s principal 26 Maldon Road
address Upper Edmonton
London
N9 9QP
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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)
Mayya Vorona Co-founder, 10 [th] May 2019- Any of the current
1 Secretary Present trustees are entitled to
appoint trustees.
Mitchell Osei- Co-founder, 10 [th] May 2019-
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Junior Chairperson Present
Kelvin Naicker Treasurer 7 [th] January 2020 -
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Present
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name

N/A

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year Mitchell Osei-Junior 10[th] May 2019 - Present

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

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Description of the assets There are no assets held in any capacity by the
held in this capacity charity.
Name and objects of the N/A
charity on whose behalf
the assets are held and
how this falls within the
custodian charity’s
objects
Details of arrangements N/A
for safe custody and
segregation of such
assets from the charity’s
own assets
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Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

There are no exemptions from disclosure.

Other optional information

N/A

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

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Signature(s)
Mayya Vorona
Full name(s) Kelvin Naicker Mitchell Osei-
Junior
Position (eg Treasurer Chairman Secretary
Secretary, Chair, etc)
Date
27/04/22
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Bank Statements between November 2020 to November 2021

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