**ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2023 16 January 2023, Trinity Hall, Cambridge** _Tove Jannsen, Moomin characters_ **The Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society’ Report for 2022** Dear Members of the Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society It has been an unpredictably challenging year for many of us, and CamRuSS was no exception. However, thanks to the continued support of our members and generous efforts of our volunteers we can be proud of the results. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 we launched online consultation meetings with volunteers where we discussed how we can support refugees arriving from Ukraine and provide humanitarian aid to those affected by the war. We held 12 meetings in the year which led to many new community initiatives. From late March until December we organised 28 events for Ukrainian refugees in Cambridgeshire, aimed at providing information support and fostering their social and cultural adaption to life in the UK. With the help of our professional teachers, teaching assistants and course coordinators we delivered two ESOL courses classes. The first course April-July was run by volunteers, and the second September-December with support of the South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) and we will continue doing so in 2023 with the kind support of the SCDC. Since its launch in early May, our telephone helpline has been providing guidance to newcomers to Cambridgeshire, and many of our volunteers have been addressing queries in the Cambridge4UA Telegram chat that now has circa 1000 members. Our volunteers provided interpreting services and organised free social and cultural events for new community members from Ukraine, such as a visit to Saffron Walden Symphony Orchestra performance and guided tours of the Scott Polar Museum, among others. We facilitated the distribution of 150 free Vodafone SIM cards to Ukrainian refugees at our events. More than 60 people contributed to the success of these important and demanding community projects. On a wider cultural scale, we held 20 events, exploring our shared heritage and marking the anniversaries of prominent scholars and artists such as Yuri Lotman, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Korney Chukovsky, Marina Tzvetaeva, Viktor Tsoi as well as the decipherment of the Rosetta Stone. Over 1000 people visited our cultural events. Thanks to the kind contributions of its participants, we raised over £5000 in support of the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine (DEC)/Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal and the CamRuSS Hardship Fund for Ukrainians. The key fundraising events were a piano recital by Vitaliy Pisarenko in March, Boris Akunin’s talk in April and Marina Tsvetaeva’s evening of poetry and music in October. During the year we secured 5 grants for the amount of £20,252.80, four of which were in support of our initiatives for Ukrainians. Our Board of Trustees was represented by Ksenia Afonina (Chair), Yelena Karl (Vice Chair and Events Coordinator), Alona Gunko (Treasurer), Katia Onatskaia (Membership Officer), Sayara Thompson (events and projects) and Oxana Gerasimova (Secretary). Elena Richer stepped down from the Board earlier in the year. Honorary Advisers: Tanya Yurasova, Janar Davletov, Jelena Carter, Firuza Melville. There were monthly meetings of the Board of Trustees and the strategic brainstorm session in late November with the group of our charity’s distinguished Patrons: Sir Tony Brenton, Libby Howie, Prof Anthony Cross, Dr Rachel Polonsky and Prof Emma Widdis. Our operational activities were supported by the valuable help of the part-time Administrative Assistant: first six months by Laura Thomas and from September Elena Shampanova stepped into this role. Elvira Churyumova continued assisting with preparing event recordings and occasional administrative duties. **The Cambridge Russian-Speaking Society’ Report for 2022** Our financial position remains secured, although most of the income this year was spent on supporting displaced Ukrainians and other UK charities which provided humanitarian aid in the Ukraine (DEC, True Russia). We created our own dedicated Hardship Fund to support local community projects for Ukrainian refugees. Our income has grown by over 60% predominantly due to the grants and ticket fees from in-person events. However, the outgoings increased over threefold when compared to last year in order to cover direct costs, support of the community initiatives and the new website redevelopment project. Our membership fees stayed unchanged since 2015 (£12 single, £18 family). 38 new members joined our charity during the year which comprises a total of 134 members by the end of 2022. Communications were delivered by website, regular newsletters (predominantly fortnightly), Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Our website showed around 1000 visitors monthly, circa 3000 subscribers to the newsletter with 350 new community members from Ukraine. By the end of 2022 the CamRuSS social media accounts have 1801 followers on Facebook, 318 - Instagram and 161 – Twitter. I would like to take this opportunity to thank our members, Patrons, Trustees, Honorary Advisers, team of administrators and volunteers for their amazing support this year. I am delighted to report that we managed to set up successful collaborations with the following partners: St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church, South Cambridgeshire District Council, Jesus College, Cambridge City Council, Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), National Careers Service, Cambridge Regional College, Cambridge Sustainable Food, Cambridge Refugee Resettlement Campaign, Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum and The Scott Polar Research Institute, among others and we are most grateful for our productive joint efforts in the course of this year. Dr Ksenia Afonina Chair of the Board of Trustees Financial Summary CamRuSS 2022 The Trustees of the Cambridge Russian - Speaking Society are very grateful to all its members for their continued support, especially in these challenging times. 2022 has been an eventful year for our charity, among other notable events, we have launched a project of updating charity’s website and created a CamRuss “Donate” payment button to attract donations in support of running our activities. A CamRuSS Hardship Fund has been created to realise projects in support of the Guests from Ukraine, arriving in Cambridge and Cambridgeshire, fleeing war. In 2022 we collected £4,875 in donations from the events organised by our dedicated trustees and volunteers in the course of the year. Please can we take this opportunity and say a heartfelt thanks to all our patrons, members, volunteers, organisers, and all CamRuSS friends for their help and support. The financial position for the year is a surplus of £5,366 (2021: £11,137). Total Income £32,800 (2021: £19,558), detailed below: - Entrance fees £5,231 (2021: £581). We have provided five successful events. - Sponsorship/ External Grants £20,253 (2021: £nil). We have received five Grants from the South Cambridgeshire District Council: one large Grant for the ESOL classes, three for the events to help and support our Guests from Ukraine and a Queens Jubilee grant from the Cambridge City Council. - Overall donations received were £2,152 (2021: £13,405). - Membership fees £1,774 (2021: £2,298). - Other income £3,390 (2021: £3,274). This includes Gift Aid claim on donations £2,864 (2021: £2,636), which has become possible thanks to our members support and charitable status obtained in 2019. The overall expenditure £27,434 (2021: £8,422). There is sizeable difference in expenditure compared to the previous year, largely a result of our activities in support of our Guests from Ukraine and our investment in new web development project. - Corporate costs £21,444 (2021: £5,659), including our admin staff salaries (£4,404) and £13,756 in expenses in relation to the projects supporting ESOL classes and cultural/ social adaptation events for the Ukrainians. - Direct costs £2,244 (2021: £1,257), including donations to “True Russia” Fund following Boris Aknin’s Charitable talk in March 2022 (£300) and Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal (£1,260) - Other overheads £3,586 (2021: £1,130), including web and IT expenses. Your sincerely, Trustee & Treasurer Alona Gunko ||The Cambridge Russian-SpeakingSociety|The Cambridge Russian-SpeakingSociety|The Cambridge Russian-SpeakingSociety|Charity No|1183636| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Annual accounts for theperiod||||| ||Period start date|01/01/2022|To|Period end
date|31/12/2022| **Section A Statement of financial activities** ## **Recommended categories by activity** ## **Income and endowments from:** Donations and legacies Charitable activities Other trading activities Investments Separate material item of income Other _**Total**_ ## **Resources expended Expenditure on:** Raising funds Charitable activities Separate material item of expense Other _**Total**_ ## **Net income/(expenditure) before investment gains/(losses)** Net gains/(losses) on investments ## **Net income/(expenditure)** ## **Extraordinary items** ## **Transfers between funds** ## **Other recognised gains/(losses):** Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s own use Other gains/(losses) ## _**Net movement in funds**_ ## _**Reconciliation of funds:**_ Total funds brought forward _**Total funds carried forward**_ |**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**|**Total funds**
**2021**
**£**| |---|---|---|---|---| |3,926|20,253|-|24,179|15,703| |8,621|-|-|8,621|3,855| ||-|-|-|| |-|-||-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |12,547|20,253|-|32,800|19,558| |||||| |-|-|-|-|-| |7,181|20,253|-|27,434|8,421| |-|-|-|-|-| ||-|-|-|| |7,181|20,253|-|27,434|8,421| |||||| |5,366|-|-|5,366|11,137| |-|-|-|-|-| |5,366|-|-|5,366|11,137| |-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |||||| |-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |5,366|-|-|5,366|11,137| |||||| |-|-|-|-|-| |5,366|-|-|5,366|11,137| ## **Section B Balance sheet as at 31/12/2022** ## **The Cambridge Russian-Speaking Socety** |Fixed assets
Intangible assets
Tangible assets
Heritage assets
Investments
_Total fixed assets_
Current assets
Stocks
Debtors
Investments
Cash at bank and in hand
_Total current assets_
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
_Net current assets/(liabilities)_
_Total assets less current liabilities_
Creditors: amounts falling due after one year
Provisions for liabilities
_Total net assets or liabilities_
**_Funds of the Charity_**
Endowment funds
Restricted income funds
Unrestricted funds
_Total funds_
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all
the trustees|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
Total this year Total last year
£
£
£
£
£|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
Total this year Total last year
£
£
£
£
£|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
Total this year Total last year
£
£
£
£
£|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
Total this year Total last year
£
£
£
£
£|Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
income funds
Endowment
funds
Total this year Total last year
£
£
£
£
£| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||-|-|-|-|-| ||-|-|-|-|-| ||-|-|-|-|-| ||-|-|-|-|-| ||-|-|-|-|-| ||||||| ||-|-|-|-|-| ||-|-|-|-|-| ||-|-|-|-|-| ||45,396||-|45,396|40,030| ||45,396|-|-|45,396|40,030| ||||||| ||-|-|-|-|-| ||||||| ||45,396||-|45,396|40,030| ||||||| ||45,396||-|45,396|40,030| ||||||| ||-|-|-|-|-| ||-|-|-|-|-| ||||||| ||45,396||-|45,396|40,030| ||||||| ||-|||-|-| ||||||-| ||45,396||-|45,396|40,029| ||45,396|-|-|45,396|40,029| ||||||| ||Name||Position||Date of
approval
dd/mm/yyyy| ||A. Gunko||Trustee & Treasurer||18/03/2023| ||K.Afonina||Chair of Board of Trustees||18/03/2023| 17/03/2023 CC17a (Excel) 1 ## **Notes to the accounts** **Note 1 Analysis of income** |Donations and gifts
GiftAid
Legacies
General grants provided by government/other
charities
Membership subscriptions and sponsorships
which are in substance donations
Other
**Total**
Entrancefee
Raffle tickets
Other
**Total**
Merchandise sale
**Total**
Interestincome
Dividendincome
Rentalandleasingincome
Other
**Total**
**Total**
Conversion of endowment funds into income
Gain on disposal of a tangible fixed asset held
for charity's own use
Gain on disposal of a programme related
investment
Royalties from the exploitation of intellectual
propertyrights
Other
**Total**
**TOTAL INCOME**
**Analysis**
**Donations**
**and legacies:**
**Charitable**
**activities:**
**Other trading**
**activities:**
**Income from**
**investments:**
**Separate**
**material item**
**of income:**
**Other:**|**Analysis**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
2,152
- -2,152
- - - -
- - - -
-20,253
-20,253
1,774
- -1,774
- - - -
3,926 20,253
- 24,179
- - - -
5,231
- -5,231
- - -
3,390
- -3,390
8,621
- -8,621
- - - -
- - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
32,800
- -32,800
**For the year ending 31 December 2022**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
2,152
- -2,152
- - - -
- - - -
-20,253
-20,253
1,774
- -1,774
- - - -
3,926 20,253
- 24,179
- - - -
5,231
- -5,231
- - -
3,390
- -3,390
8,621
- -8,621
- - - -
- - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
32,800
- -32,800
**For the year ending 31 December 2022**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
2,152
- -2,152
- - - -
- - - -
-20,253
-20,253
1,774
- -1,774
- - - -
3,926 20,253
- 24,179
- - - -
5,231
- -5,231
- - -
3,390
- -3,390
8,621
- -8,621
- - - -
- - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
32,800
- -32,800
**For the year ending 31 December 2022**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
2,152
- -2,152
- - - -
- - - -
-20,253
-20,253
1,774
- -1,774
- - - -
3,926 20,253
- 24,179
- - - -
5,231
- -5,231
- - -
3,390
- -3,390
8,621
- -8,621
- - - -
- - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
32,800
- -32,800
**For the year ending 31 December 2022**|**for the ye**
**31/12/2021**
**Total funds**
**£**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Donations and gifts|2,152|-|-|2,152|13,405| ||GiftAid|-|-|-|-|-| ||Legacies|-|-|-|-|-| ||General grants provided by government/other
charities|-|20,253|-|20,253|-| ||Membership subscriptions and sponsorships
which are in substance donations|1,774|-|-|1,774|2,298| ||Other|-|-|-|-|-| ||**Total**|3,926|20,253|-|24,179|15,703| |||||||| |||-|-|-|-|-| ||Entrancefee|5,231|-|-|5,231|581| ||Raffle tickets||-|-|-|| ||Other|3,390|-|-|3,390|3,274| ||**Total**|8,621|-|-|8,621|3,855| |||||||| |||-|-|-|-|-| ||Merchandise sale||-|-|-|| ||**Total**|-|-|-|-|-| |||||||| ||Interestincome|-|-|-|-|-| ||Dividendincome|-|-|-|-|-| ||Rentalandleasingincome|-|-|-|-|-| ||Other|-|-|-|-|-| ||**Total**|-|-|-|-|-| |||||||| |||-|-|-|-|-| |||-|-|-|-|-| |||-|-|-|-|-| |||-|-|-|-|-| ||**Total**|-|-|-|-|-| |||||||| ||Conversion of endowment funds into income|-|-|-|-|-| ||Gain on disposal of a tangible fixed asset held
for charity's own use|-|-|-|-|-| ||Gain on disposal of a programme related
investment|-|-|-|-|-| ||Royalties from the exploitation of intellectual
propertyrights|-|-|-|-|-| ||Other|-|-|-|-|-| ||**Total**|-|-|-|-|-| |||||||| |||32,800|-|-|32,800|19,558| 17/03/2023 CC17a (Excel) 1 **Notes to the accounts** ## **Note 2 Analysis of expenditure** |**Expenditure on**
**raising funds:**
**Expenditure on**
**charitable**
**activities**
**Separate material**
**item of expense**|**Analysis**|**For the year ended 31 December 2022**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
- - - -
- - - -
-
-
-
- -
- - - -
- - - -
-
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
56
-56
-
- -
-
- -
234
-234
-
- -
150
150
-
3,191
3,191
394
394
2,995 20,253
-23,248
7,021 20,253
-27,274
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
|**For the year ended 31 December 2022**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
- - - -
- - - -
-
-
-
- -
- - - -
- - - -
-
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
56
-56
-
- -
-
- -
234
-234
-
- -
150
150
-
3,191
3,191
394
394
2,995 20,253
-23,248
7,021 20,253
-27,274
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
|**For the year ended 31 December 2022**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
- - - -
- - - -
-
-
-
- -
- - - -
- - - -
-
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
56
-56
-
- -
-
- -
234
-234
-
- -
150
150
-
3,191
3,191
394
394
2,995 20,253
-23,248
7,021 20,253
-27,274
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
|**For the year ended 31 December 2022**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**£**
- - - -
- - - -
-
-
-
- -
- - - -
- - - -
-
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
56
-56
-
- -
-
- -
234
-234
-
- -
150
150
-
3,191
3,191
394
394
2,995 20,253
-23,248
7,021 20,253
-27,274
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
|**for the ye**
**31/12/2021**
**Total funds**
**£**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Incurred seeking donations|-|-|-|-|-| ||Incurred seeking legacies|-|-|-|-|-| ||Incurred seeking grants|||||| ||Operating membership schemes
and social lotteries|||||| ||Staging fundraising events|||||| ||Fudraising agents|||||| ||Merchandise cost||||-|-| ||Operating a trading company
undertaking non-charitable trading
activity||||-|-| ||Advertising, marketing, direct mail
and publicity|-||-|-|-| ||
Start up costs incurred in
generating new source of future
|-|-|-|-|-| ||~~income~~
Database development costs|-|-|-|-|-| ||Other trading activities|-||||| ||Investment management costs:|-|-|-|-|-| ||Portfolio management costs|-|-|-|-|-| ||Cost of obtaining investment
advice|-|-|-|-|-| ||Investment administration costs|-|-|-|-|-| ||Intellectual property licencing
costs|-|-|-|-|-| ||Rent collection, property repairs
and maintenance charges|-|-|-|-|-| |||-|-|-|-|-| ||~~**Total expenditure on raising**~~
**funds**|-|-|-|-|-| |||||||| ||Flowers and souveniers|56||-|56|45| ||Guest fees|-||-|-|-| ||Publicity and promotion|-||-|-|-| ||Venue hire|234||-|234|-| ||Travel cost|-||-|-|-| ||Hospitality for events|150|||150|101| ||Stationery & Postage||||-|41| ||Web and IT expenses|3,191|||3,191|920| ||Fees & Subscriptions|394|||394|211| ||Other direct cost|2,995|20,253|-|23,248|6,730| ||**Total expenditure on charitable**
**activities**|7,021|20,253|-|27,274|8,047| |||||||| |||-|-|-|-|-| |||-|-|-|-|-| |||-|-|-|-|-| 17/03/2023 CC17a (Excel) 1 |**Total other expenditure**
**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**
**Total**
**Other**
Governance cost||-|-|-|-| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Total**|-|-|-|-| ||||||| ||Governance cost|160|-|-|160| |||-|-|-|-| |||-|-|-|-| |||-|-|-|-| |||-|-|-|-| ||**Total other expenditure**|-|-|-|-| |||7,181|20,253|-|27,434| on HMRC website first question, Gro 17/03/2023 CC17a (Excel) 2 ## **AGM 2023 Agenda** |Agenda Item|Speaker|Position|Mins|| |---|---|---|---|---| |Introduction
Ksenia Afonina
Chair
1
**Welcome from CamRuSS's Patrons**
**Tony Brenton**
**Patron**
20||||| |**21**
Summary of results for 2021
Ksenia Afonina
Chair
5
Summary of results for 2022
Ksenia Afonina
Chair
8
Finances 2021-2022
Ksenia Afonina
Chair
3
Membership 2021-2022
Katia Onatskaia
Membership Officer
3
Communications 2021-2022
Elena Shampanova
Communications Team
3
Trustees' activities
Yelena Karl
Trustees' Secretary, Vice Chair
2
**Questions/comments**
**5**
**Voting for the reports approval 2021-2022**
**2**
Vote of thanks
Ksenia Afonina
2
**Part 1: Reports for 2021-2022**||||| |**33**
**Strategy 2023**
Objectives/mission/constitution
Sayara Thompson
3
Finances and membership
Sayara Thompson
3
**Voting (changes in constitution, strategic objectives and membership fees)**
2
Board of Trustees, Advisers Update(Q&As)
Ksenia Afonina
3
**Voting (Board of Trustees)**
2
New website upgrade (followed by Q&As)
Sayara Thompson
3
Events for 2023
Olga Tutubalina/Yelena Karl
7
CamRuSS for Ukrainians
Ksenia Afonina
3
**Questions/suggestions/AOB**
7
**Voting approval of plans for 2023**
**POLL**
**2**
**AOB**
**10**
Closure of the meeting
Sayara Thompson
1
**Part 2: Plans for 2023**||||| ||**10**
Sayara Thompson
1|||| |Closure of the meeting||||| |||||**46**| |**Total**|||**100**|| ## **PART 1: Reports for 2021-2022** - - K. Afonina - Summary of results for 2021 - - K. Afonina - Summary of results for 2022 - • Finances 2021-2022 - K. Afonina - Membership 2021-2022 - E. Onatskaia - Communications 2021-2022 - E. Shampanova - Trustees' activities - Y. Karl - Questions/comments - Voting - Vote of thanks am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 CamRuSS Report 2021 ## **Results for 2021** **Members:** 172 (43 Family/ 127 Individual) £2,298.46 vs £1,229 in 2020 87% **Events:** 25 (18 online) 2000+ participants 35% **Income:** £19,558.36 19% **Donations:** £13,405.18 18% **Net surplus:** £11,136.86 ## **Organisation structure 2021** **Patrons:** Sir Tony Brenton, Libby Howie, Dr Rachel Polonsky, Prof Anthony Cross, Prof Emma Widdis **Board of Trustees:** Ksenia Afonina (Chair) Yelena Karl (Vice Chair and Events Coordinator) Alona Gunko (Treasurer) Ekaterina Onatskaia (Membership) Sayara Thompson (Events, GDPR) Oksana Gerasimova (Secretary) Elena Richer (Events and Finances) ## **Board of Trustees:** **Honorary Advisers:** John Barber, Tanya Yurasova, Firuza Melville, Janar Davletov, Jelena Carter **Organising Committee** (active volunteers): - Beverly Lott (proofreading), Natasha Bacon (communications) - Alla Viktorova, Laura Thomas (conversation group), Dima Mevzos (outdoor BBQ events) **Part-Time Administrator:** Laura Thomas, Elvira Churymova am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 CamRuSS Events 2021 **“The National Republics of Russia’s Southwest: Dagestan and Kalmykia Compared” with Dr Edward Holland and Dr Elvira Churyumova** **Date:** 15 January 2021 **Key organiser:** Elvira Churyumova **Participants:** 60 ## **“The Portland Spy Ring” by Stephen Dalziel** **Date:** 11 February 2021 **Key organiser:** Yelena Karl **Participants:** 195 ## **CamRuSS Annual General Meeting (AGM)** **Date:** 22 February 2021 **Key organiser:** Ksenia Afonina **Participants:** 53 “Writing the Siege of Leningrad” with Anna Reid **Date:** 5 March 2021 **Key organiser:** Ksenia Afonina **Participants:** 236 ## **CamRuSS Easter Art Sale - Online** **Date:** 12 - 26 March 2021 **Key organiser:** Elena Richer **Participants:** 22 **Easter Origami Craft Master class with Lyudmila Perlova (in Russian)** **Date:** 1 April 2021 **Key organiser:** Ekaterina Onatskaia **Participants:** 21 **“Gagarin, Zvyozdochka and Prime Minister Macmillan: the Build-up to and Aftermath of the First Human Spaceflight” with Doug Millard** **Date:** 8 April 2021 **Key organiser:** Mikhail Lukin **Participants:** 95 **Belarus, the Keystone in Europe’s Borderlands with Neil Kent** **Date:** 15 April 2021 **Key organiser:** Sayara Thompson **Participants:** 159 ## **Poetry Readings with Marina Boroditskaya (in Russian)** **Date:** 23 April 2021 **Key organiser:** Svetlana Baibekova **Participants:** 71 **Mikhail Bulgakov as a unique, XX century Russian artist with Prof. Irina Mineralova (in Russian) Date:** 7 May 2021 **Key organiser:** Ksenia Afonina **Participants:** 143 **Marking the Centenary of Academician Andrei Sakharov: Panel discussion (in English and Russian)** **Date:** 21 May 2021 **Key organiser:** Tanya Yurasova **Participants:** 106 ## **“Mayovka” BBQ** **Date:** 31 May 2021 **Key organiser:** Dima Mevzos **Participants:** 28 **“Russian Language: Between the Past and the Future,” a lecture by Evgeny Vodolazkin (in Russian)** **Date:** 4 June 2021 **Key organiser:** Ksenia Afonina **Participants:** 171 **“Ivanovo – the ‘Russian Manchester’, and the Story of Printed Textiles in Russia”, a talk by Pamela Smith** **Date:** 24 June 2021 **Key organiser:** Yelena Karl **Participants:** 106 ## **“White Nights”: Evening of Songs and Music (in English and Russian)** **Date:** 26 June 2021 **Key organiser:** Valentin Rusinov, Inga Dolgilevich **Participants:** 44 **Three Capitals in the Life and Work of the Russian Artist Alexander Florensky: St Petersburg-Tbilisi-Moscow (in Russian) - online** **Date:** 23 September 2021 **Key organiser:** Ksenia Afonina **Participants:** 87 ## **Cambridge Treasure Hunt #4** **Date:** 26 September 2021 **Key organiser:** Tatiana Yurasova, Sayara Thompson **Participants:** 46 ## **Londongrad: Is it still “From Russia With Cash”? by Mark Hollingsworth** **Date:** 1 October 2021 **Key organiser:** Mikhail Lukin **Participants:** 150 ## **Traditional Mushroom Walk & BBQ** **Date:** 3 October 2021 **Key organiser:** Dima Mevzos **Participants: 30** **“Daily Life in Moscow Following the Collapse of Communism”: an illustrated talk with Robert Stephenson** **Date:** 7 October 2021 **Key organiser:** Natalia Budanova **Participants:** 164 **Marking the Bicentenary of Dostoevsky's Birth – A talk by V. Dimitriev** **Date:** 4 November 2021 **Key organiser:** Ekaterina Onatskaia **Participants:** 122 **"Double-Headed Eagle: Russia between East and West" with Sir Tony Brenton** **Date:** 29 November 2021 **Key organiser:** Ksenia Afonina **Participants:** 85 ## **Russian Film Week in Cambridge: NEXT STATION: RUSSIA (UK Premiere)** **Date:** 2 December 2021 **Key organiser:** Ksenia Afonina **Participants: 55** **“British Awareness of Russian Culture over Three Centuries” with Professor Anthony Cross** **Date:** 3 December 2021 **Key organiser:** Ksenia Afonina **Participants:** 50 ## **Online Russian Cooking Class with Elena Riddle** **Date:** 9 December 2021 **Key organiser:** Elena Richer **Participants:** 62 am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 CamRuSS Report 2022 ## **Results for 2022** ## **CamRuSS for Ukrainians:** - 28 cultural/social adaptation events - ESOL classes (8 months, 200 students) - Telephone HelpLine - 150 Vodafone SIM cards - Cambridge4UA chat - Raised for Ukrainian support initiatives: £23,647 - Supported by over 60 volunteers **CamRuSS for Ukrainians Volunteers’ dinner at Jesus College, 23 September 2022** ## **Results for 2022** **Members:** 133 (33 Family, 100 Individual) £1,776 vs £2,298.46 (2021) 23% **Events:** 20 (5 online) 1200+ participants **Income:** £32,800 68% **Grants:** £20,253 **Donations for Ukrainians’support initiatives:** £1,963 **Net surplus:** £5,366 49% ## **Organisation structure 2022** **Patrons:** Sir Tony Brenton, Libby Howie, Dr Rachel Polonsky, Prof Anthony Cross, Prof Emma Widdis **Board of Trustees:** Ksenia Afonina (Chair) Yelena Karl (Vice Chair and Events Coordinator) Alona Gunko (Treasurer) Ekaterina Onatskaia (Membership) Sayara Thompson (Events, GDPR) Oksana Gerasimova (Secretary) **Honorary Advisers:** Tanya Yurasova, Firuza Melville, Janar Davletov, Jelena Carter **Organising Committee** (active volunteers): Beverly Lott (proofreading), Natasha Bacon (comms) **CamRuSS for Ukrainians:** Tanya Yurasova, Alla Viktorova, Sayara Namsaraeva, Olga Tutubalina, Isabella Warren, Eleanor Peers, Denis Silyutin, Dima Mevzos, Sasha Argunova. **Part-Time Administrator:** Laura Thomas, Elena Shampanova, Elvira Churyumova am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 CamRuSS Events 2022 ## **CamRuSS Old New Year Online Party (Quiz Night)** **Date:** 13 January 2022 **Key organiser:** Sayara Thompson **Participants:** 48 **Guided tour “Gold of the Great Steppe” by Dr Rebecca Roberts** **Date:** 30 January 2022 **Key organiser:** Yelena Karl **Participants:** 30 **"Yuri Lotman in My Life" with Marina Sonkina** **Date:** 4 February 2022 **Key organisers:** S.Baibekova, E.Richer **Participants:** 72 **Sochi International Film Festival & Awards (SIFFA) in Cambridge: FIRE (dir. Aizhan Kassymbek, 2021, Kazakhstan) Date:** 4 February 2022 **Key organisers:** Ksenia Afonina **Participants: 70** **Prof. Igor Ruzhitsky: "The Language and Literary Works of F.M. Dostoevsky” - Online Date:** 18 February 2022 **Key organisers:** Ekaterina Onatskaia **Participants:** 146 **Piano Recital: Vitaly Pisarenko** **Date:** 18 March 2022 **Key organisers:** Ekaterina Onatskaia **Participants:** 100 **A Conversation with Boris Akunin – Russia: Its Past, Present and Future** **Date:** 29 April 2022 **Key organisers:** S.Thompson, M.Burrell, K. Afonina **Participants:** 150 ## **May Day BBQ** **Date:** 2 May 2022 **Key organisers:** D. Mevzos **Participants:** 40 **Happy Anniversary, Egyptology! Hieroglyphs, Tutankhamun, and Thoughts for the Future: A talk by Dr Alex Loktionov Date:** 2 May 2022 **Key organisers:** Ksenia Afonina **Participants:** 68 ## **Literary evening with Carina Cockrell-Ferre** **Date:** 3 June 2022 **Key organisers:** Ksenia Afonina **Participants:** 35 **Queen’s Platinum Jubilee One-day Art Exhibition in Cambridge** **Date:** 17 June 2022 **Key organisers:** Svetlana Baibekova **Participants: 25** ## **"White Nights": An Evening of Songs and Music** **Date:** 2 July 2022 **Key organisers:** V. Rusinov, I.Dolgilevich **Participants** : 25 **Workshop with Vocal Coach Liuba Doga: "Connect to and master your voice”** **Date:** 13 July 2022 **Key organisers:** Sayara Thompson **Participants** : 12 ## **”Korney Chukovsky, the writer & translator. Then and Now”** **Date:** 23 September 2022 **Key organisers:** Yelena Karl **Participants** : 89 **Marina Tsvetaeva's 130th Anniversary: An Evening of Music and Poetry with Xameleon Theatre** **Date:** 8 October 2022 **Key organisers:** Ekaterina Onatskaia **Participants** : 70 ## **Traditional Forest Walk and BBQ** **Date:** 9 October 2022 **Key organisers:** Dmitry Mevzos **Participants** : 50 Professor Dame Caroline Humphrey: “On the Edge: Life Along the Russia -China Border” **Date:** 25 November 2022 **Key organisers:** Ksenia Afonina **Participants** : 50 ## **CamRuSS Christmas Dinner** **Date:** 15 December 2022 **Key organisers:** Isabella Warren **Participants** : 50 am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 CamRuSS for Ukrainians ## **CamRuSS for Ukrainians Events 2022 (1 of 2)** |**#**|**Date**|**Title**|**Organisers**|**Presenters/teachers**| |---|---|---|---|---| |1|April-July|ESOL classes|Tanya Yurasova, Alla Viktorova,
Ksenia Afonina|9 teachers supported by 20 assistants and
helpers| |2|29 April|Cultural adaptation|Introductions|| |3|6 May|Cultural adaptation|Introductions|Alla Viktorova, Denis Silyutin, Tanya Yurasova,
Ksenia Afonina| |4|13 May|NHS System|Tanya Yurasova|Lena Payne| |5|20 May|Employment opportunities in
Cambridge|Tania Eliott|Homerton College, Tania Eliott| |6|27 May|Higher education in the UK|Sayana Namsaraeva, Ksenia
Afonina|Caroline Humphrey| |7|3 June|“How Wars End” (2022) literary
readings|Ksenia Afonina, Natalia Berloff|Carina Cockrell-Ferre| |8|10 June|Primary and Secondary education in
the UK|Tanya Yurasova, Olga Tutubalina|Dick Matthews| |9|26 June|Welcome to Cambridge music and
poetryevening||Vot Takoi Teatr| |10|1 July|Employment and benefits|Ksenia Afonina|DWP, Ede& Ravenscroft| |11|15 July|NHS|Alla Viktorova|Natalia Notkina, Olga Starobinskaya| |12|29 July|Legal matters|Ksenia Afonina, Alla Viktorova,
Lena Payne|Denis Silyutin, Quentin Langley Coleman| |13|28 July|ESOL classes Graduation
ceremony|Tanya Yurasova, Alla Viktorova|Yelena Karl, Katia Onatskaia| |14|14 August|Family outing in Milton Park|Alla Viktorova|SCDC grant, Lena Payne, Sasha Argunova| ## **CamRuSS for Ukrainians Events 2022 (2 of 2)** |**#**|**Date**|**Title**|**Organisers**|**Presenters/teachers**| |---|---|---|---|---| |15|September-
December|ESOL classes for Ukrainians|Tanya Yurasova, Alla Viktorova,
Ksenia Afonina|7 teachers supported by 20 assistants and
helpers| |16|9 September|Housing for Ukrainians|Yelena Karl, Lena Payne|Representatives from Cambridge and SCDC| |17|13 September|Career guidance|Ksenia Afonina|WEA| |18|23 September|The Highway Code|Yelena Karl|Dmitri Mevzos, Sergey Shishlov| |19|23 September|Dinner for CamRuSS volunteers|Ksenia Afonina|Natalia Berloff| |20|9 October|BBQ in Thetford Forest|Alla Viktorova, Dmitri Mevzos,
Lena Payne|SCDC grant| |21|14 October|Food Banks and Food Hubs|Ksenia Afonina|Cambridge Sustainable Food, Cambridge Refugee
Resettlement Campaign & Cambridge Ethnic
Community Forum| |22|25 October|Guided Tour of the Scott Polar
Museum|Eleanor Peers, Alla Viktorova|Naomi Chapman, Olga Tutubalina| |23|28 October|Career Guidance|Ksenia Afonina, Alla Viktorova|National Careers Service| |24|4 November|UK Universities|Ksenia Afonina/Olga Tutubalina|Natalia Berloff, Olga Tutubalina, Tatiana
Bebchuk, ARU College| |25|18 November|Banking system in the UK|Alla Viktorova|George Turner| |26|22 November|Guided Tour of the Scott Polar
Museum|Eleanor Peers, Alla Viktorova|Naomi Chapman| |27|9 December|NHS|Ksenia Afonina/Olga Tutubalina|Tatiana Lapa| |28|17 December|ESOL classes Graduation|Tanya Yurasova, Alla Viktorova,
Ksenia Afonina|SCDC grant| ## **CamRuSS for Ukrainians 2022** ## **Collaborations** - St Andrew’s Street Baptist Church - South Cambridgeshire District Council - Jesus College - Cambridge City Council - Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) - The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) National Careers Service - Cambridge Regional College - Cambridge Sustainable Food - Cambridge Refugee Resettlement Campaign - Cambridge Ethnic Community Forum - The Scott Polar Research Institute - Vodafone ## **CamRuSS for Ukrainians 2022** Cambridge News, 20 December 2022 # **Financial Report 2021-2022** Ksenia Afonina (on behalf of Alona Gunko) am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY CamRuSS Finances 2021 F.ST. 1999 2021 INCOME (£19,558) Other income IGiftAid. etc) 17% Entrance fees General Donations Mernbership fees 12% 17% Individual donation 51% 2021 EXPENDITURE (£8,422) Feesand Subscriplions 3% vents rentlrefreshm ents Wab hostinglmailc himplzoom 15% Admin expences 80% am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY CamRuSS Finances 2022 F.ST. 1999 2022 INCOME (£32,800) Othar income IGiftAid, atcl 10% Entrance f885 16% Membership fees General Donations 7% Sponsorshipl External Grants 62% 2022 EXPENDITURE (£27,444) Events rentlrefreshme nts Overheads Ukraine related donations 7% Fees and Subscriplions 2Yo Admin expenc85 16¥• Web hostinglmailc implzoom 12% Salary to teachers 47% ## **CamRuSS Finances 2021** **----- Start of picture text -----**
50,000
45,000
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
£ £ £ £ £ £
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total income (not incl Marttila in 2017) Total direct cost (not incl Marttila in 2017)
Overheads Net Surplus / (Deficit)
Capital & Reserves
**----- End of picture text -----**
|**Description**|**2017**|**2018**|**2019**|**2020**|**2021**|**2022**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| |Total income (not incl Marttila in 2017)|9,253|13,200|14,645|14,908|19,558|32,800| |Total direct cost (not incl Marttila in 2017)|6,247|7,394|9,186|1,974|1,257|2,244| |Overheads|519|636|383|1,119|1,130|3,586| |Net Surplus / (Deficit)|2,487|4,532|3,869|9,381|11,137|5,366| |**_Capital & Reserves_**|**_11,110_**|**_15,642_**|**_19,511_**|**_28,892_**|**40,029**|**45,396**| |_increase of reseves year-on-year_|_27%_|_41%_|_25%_|_48%_|_39%_|_13%_| ## **CamRuSS Finances 2021** ## **Cambridge Russian Speaking Society 2022** |**Income and Expenditure**
_For the year ending 31/12/2022_
**Income**
Membership
Entrance fee
Ruffle tickets
Donations
Sponsorship/External Grants
E. Marttila Exhibition grants
Other income
Merchandise sale
Bank interest received
Total income
**Direct Cost**
Rent for the events
Refreshments for the events
Flowers and souveniers
Travel direct cost
Guests/performance fee
Publicity and promotion
Other direct cost
E. Marttila Exhibition costs
Previous years direct cost
Total direct cost
**Gross Surplus / (Deficit)**
Governance cost
Corporate cost
**Overheads**
Web and IT exp
Stationery & Postage
Fees & Subs
Total overheads
**Net Surplus / (Deficit)**|**2022**
**2021**
1,773.53
2,298.46
5,231.19
580.94
0.00
0.00
2,152.48
13,405.18
20,252.80
0.00
0.00
0.00
3,389.59
3,273.78
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
32,799.59
19,558.36
233.78
0.00
150.49
100.92
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1,860.00
1,054.10
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
2,244.27
1,257.41
**30,555.32**
**18,300.95**
_67%_
_41%_
159.75
374.22
21,444.13
5,659.47
3,191.42
919.80
0.00
0.00
394.21
210.60
3,585.63
1130.4
**5,365.81**
**11,136.86**|**2020**
1,229.00
1,472.60
0.00
10,900.02
500.00
0.00
805.00
0.00
1.36|**2019**
**2018**
**2017**
1,250.45
1,768.00
1,218.00
4,324.65
5,384.82
3,521.50
271.21
457.16
400.00
3,540.00
1,924.00
10.00
3,990.00
3,160.00
3,502.91
0.00
0.00
8,000.00
1,085.00
405.00
484.00
183.50
101.20
116.90
0.24
0.18
0.13| |---|---|---|---| |||14,907.98
_13%_
0.00
0.00
198.19
28.60
134.24
782.50
104.00
726.15
0.00
0.00|14,645.05
13,200.36
17,253.44
_9%_
_43%_
_87%_
3,272.58
1,160.95
799.00
691.66
848.34
1,183.17
510.03
217.43
192.96
1,214.71
1,653.80
1,298.70
1,186.00
785.33
685.00
1,825.89
923.62
710.38
485.08
1,804.80
1,378.18
0.00
0.00
8,141.90
0.00
0.00
0.00| |||1,973.68
_-73%_
**12,934.30**
_123%_
122.20
2,311.49
969.18
4.50
145.60|9,185.95
7,394.27
14,389.29
_24%_
_18%_
_82%_
**5,459.10**
**5,806.09**
**2,864.15**
_-9%_
_103%_
_88%_
309.50
396.79
897.13
242.03
104.05
189.20
121.40
132.67
169.15
397.56
146.48
277.36
0.00| |||1,119.28
**9,381.33**|383.20
635.71
518.96
**3,869.27**
**4,531.56**
**2,345.19**| ## **CamRuSS Finances 2021** ## **Balance Sheet** |_as at_
**Current Assets**
Bank Current account
Bank Deposit account
Bank NEW Current account
Bank NEW Deposit account
PayPal
Cash|**31/12/2022**
**31/12/2021**
474.56
17,293.15
3342.84
3342.84
34,041.24
16,110.34
7,460.40
3,202.28
77.26
81.88
45,396.30
40,030.49|**31/12/2020**
**31/12/2019**
**31/12/2018**
**31/12/2017**
21,145.00
16,834.35
14,974.97
10,562.84
3,342.45
341.33
341.09
341.04
1,913.00
0.00
2,307.52
2,016.40
214.67
184.27
318.83
110.91
206.20| |---|---|---| |||28,892.24
19,510.91
15,641.64
11,110.08| Prepaid Income **Current Liabilities** Prepaid Expenses |**Current assets less liabilities**
**Capital & Reserves**
Reserves
Surplus or deficit|**45,396.30**
**40,030.49**
40,030.49
28,892.24
5,365.81
11,136.86
45,396.30
40,029.10
_13%_
_39%_|**28,892.24**
**19,510.91**
**15,641.64**
**11,110.08**| |---|---|---| |||19,510.91
15,641.64
11,110.08
8,764.89
9,381.33
3,869.27
4,531.56
2,345.19| |||28,892.24
19,510.91
15,641.64
11,110.08| |||_48%_
_25%_
_41%_
_27%_| am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 Membership Report Ekaterina Onatskaia ## **Membership report 2021-2022** |**Family Status**|**2021**|**2022**| |---|---|---| |||| |Qtr1|15 members - 7 new/8 returned|19 members: 5 new /14 renewed| |Qtr2|8 members - 5 new/ 3 returned|7 mbrs: 3 new/4 returned| |Qtr3|3 members - 2 new/ 1 returned|1 member: vip invitation| |Qtr4|18 members - 8 new/10 returned|6 members - 1 new/5 returned| |**Family total**|**43 family members: 20 new/23**|**33 family members: 10 new/23 renewed.**| ||**renewed**|**1-VIP**| |~~---~~||| |**Individual Status**||| |||| |||| |Qtr1|31 members - 16 new/15 returned|32 members: 5 new/27 returned. 1VIP| |Qtr2|27 members - 17 new/10 returned|25 members: 4 new/21 returned| |Qtr3|33 members - 25 new/8 returned. 7 of
them - VIP members|12 members: 8 new/4 returned. 5 VIP| |Qtr4|36 members - 18 new/14 returned (4-
VIP members)|31 members: 12 new/19 returned. 6 VIP| |||| ||**127 individual family members: 54**|| |**Individual total**||**100 individual members: 28 new/71**| ||**new/73 renewed. 11 VIP**|| |||**renewed. 12VIP**| ||**memberships**|| |||| |||| ## **Membership report 2021-2022** |**For 2022:**||| |---|---|---| |**Date**|**Event Name**|**Membership in £**| |25/11/2022|Professor Dame Caroline Humphrey: “On the Edge: Life Along the Russia-
China Border”|£252| |29/04/2022|Boris Akunin "Russia's Present,Past and Future"|£184| |08/10/2022|Marina Tsvetaeva’s 130th birth anniversaryconcert|£154| |18/03/2022|Piano Recital byVitalyPisarenko|£54| |||| |**For 2021:**||| |**Date**|**Event Name**|**Membership in £**| |29/11/2021|“Double-Headed Eagle: Russia between East and West” with Sir Tony
Brenton|£185| |04/11/2021|Markingthe Bicentenaryof Dostoevsky’s Birth with I.Ruzgitskiy|£125| |05/03/2021|“Writingthe Siege of Leningrad” with Anna Reid|£108| |01/10/2021|Londongrad: Is it still “From Russia With Cash”? byMark Hollingsworth|£107| |11/02/2021|"The Portland SpyRing” byStephen Dalziel|£102| |04/06/2021|"Between the Past and the Future,” a lecture byEvgenyVodolazkin|£101| am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 Communications Report Elena Shampanova ## **Communications 2021-2022** ## **CAMRUSS.COM ANALYTICS 2021-2022** - 11,000 users in 2021 - 12,000 users in 2022 - Top countries: - UK 61% - USA 10% - Russia 6% - Referrers: - 47% direct - 36% organic search - 10% other websites - 10% social media ## **Mailchimp** **Communications 2021-2022** - 2,625 subscribers - 157 CamRuSS members - 42% opens - New layout since September 2022 - Regular newsletter: - 41 (2021) - 42 (2022) - Mailings to members only: - 7 (2021) - 11 (2022) ## **Communications 2021-2022** ## **Social Media** **----- Start of picture text -----**
2020-21 2021-22
Facebook Reach 15,065 25,639
Facebook Visits 2,691 2,400
Instagram Reach 1,666 1,877
Instagram Visits 534 561
**----- End of picture text -----**
am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 Communications 2021-2022 Locations 2021 2022 Top cities Top cities Cambridge, UK Cambridge, UK 21.5% 18.6% London. UK London. UK Moscow, Russia 4.3% Moscow, Russia 1.￿A Huntingdon, UK 1.2% Sl Neots, UK Ely, UK Bury St Edmunds am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 Communications 2021-2022 Engag8ments Shoi%' ng 9, caj's wilh d￿ty Twitter Engagemwrt rats Nov 25 1.7% 161 followers Your Tweets eamed 3.7K impressions over this 91 day period ## **Communications 2021-2022** ## **Please follow, like, comment, and share:** **@camrussuk** **CamRuSS1999** **@Cam_RuSS** **Trustees’ report 2021-2022** **Trustees’ report 2021-2022** **Trustees’ report 2021-2022** ## **Trustees are active volunteers** - Board meetings (2-3 hrs per month)* - Board composition (7/6) - Specific roles - Organised events - Hired administrative assistants - Recruited more volunteers, Patrons and trustees - Responded to world events - Special projects (i.e. new website, CamRuSS4Ukrainians) - Prepared and run AGM - *The Board met 8 times in 2021, 10 times in 2022. am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 Q&As and voting Reports approval for 2021-2022 am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 Vote of thanks am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 Strategy and Plans for 2023 ## **PART 2: Plans for 2023** - Objectives/mission/constitution - S. Thompson - Finances and membership - Voting (2023 Strategy and Membership fees) - Board of Trustees, Advisers Update - K. Afonina - Voting - New website upgrade - S.Thompson - Events planned in 2023 - O.Tutubalina/Y. Karl - CamRuSS for Ukrainians - K. Afonina - Voting am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 Strategy for 2023 Sayara Thompson ## **Constitution** ## **Our Constitution states that the objectives of our society are:** _To advance education for the public benefit in East Anglia by providing opportunities for members of the public to learn the Russian language and to engage in activities and events designed to enable them to develop a better understanding of the history, arts and culture of Russia._ ## **We suggest to add:** _To advance education for the public benefit in East Anglia and beyond by providing opportunities for members of the public to learn the Russian language and to engage in activities and events designed to enable them to develop a better understanding of the history, arts and culture of Russia._ _To promote harmony between different ethnic groups by enhancing knowledge and mutual understanding between Russian-Speaking communities and other communities in East Anglia and beyond._ **Plans and strategic objectives for 2023** ## **Format of events:** - In-person - Online/Zoom - Hybrid ## **Type of events/topics:** - Continue with the CamRuSS for Ukrainians project - Talks and events with the focus on environment, music, arts, literature, films, thought-provoking and current affairs - Continue with regular social events (May Day picnic, White Nights, Mushroom Walk, etc.) + involve the Ukrainians guests - Series of talks on environment/geography/ethnography in Russia in global perspective **To continue working closely with volunteers and exploring potential reward schemes** ## **Financial objectives for 2023** - Continue applying for grants as a source of funding for various projects, such as the CamRuSS for Ukrainians project and other community and education support projects - Cover our fixed costs (approx. £7K) by increasing membership fees - £12 -> £18 for individual membership - £18 -> £25 family membership - Start charging for online events (£5+) - Continue funding a position of the part-time administrator - Explore how we can source funding for a part-time web support - Ensure we have a healthy balanced budget by the end of the year **Q&As and voting** 1. Changes in the constitution 2. Strategic objectives and membership fees ## **Organisation structure 2023** **Patrons:** Sir Tony Brenton, Libby Howie, Dr Rachel Polonsky, Prof Anthony Cross, Prof Emma Widdis **Board of Trustees:** Sayara Thompson (Chair, GDPR) Ksenia Afonina (Vice Chair and CamRuSS for Ukrainians) Alona Gunko (Treasurer) Ekaterina Onatskaia (Membership) Oksana Gerasimova (Secretary) Alla Viktorova (Events, PR) Olga Tutubalina (Events, Technical support) Alexandra Argunova (Safeguarding Lead) Sayana Namsaraeva (Events) **Honorary Advisers:** Tanya Yurasova, Janar Davletov, Yelena Karl **Organising Committee** (active volunteers): Beverly Lott (proofreading), Natasha Bacon (communications), Dima Mevzos (outdoor events), Varvara Veselova (finances) **Part-Time Administrator:** Elena Shampanova, Elvira Churyumova am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 Q&As and voting Board of Trustees 2023 am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 CamRuSS Website ## **CamRuSS Events 2023** ||**Person/event**|**Talk title or theme**|**Possible dates**|**Category/details**|**Format/language**|**Proposed by/ organiser**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |1|**English classes:**
**12-week course**|CamRuSS 4 Ukraine|9 Jan – 31 March|Support for Ukrainians|In-person|TY, KA, AV| |2|**CamRuSS AGM**|Tony Brenton’s talk, reports and
plans|Mon 16 Jan|Annual General Meeting
for members|Hybrid
English|Board of Trustees,
patrons| |3|Alexander
Chernokulskiy|Climate Change in Russia|Thu-Fri 9-10 Feb
(TBC)|Geography, anthropology,
social history,
environmental studies|Russian or English
Zoom|Olga Tutubalina| |4|Jenny Antil|Talk about her book "Small Acts of
Kindness", a fictional story about
Russia in 1825 and the Decembrists|
Thu 16 Feb|Talk /History|In-person
English|Tanya Yurasova| |6|Julia
Nemirovskaya|Disbelief|Fri 24 Feb|Anti-War Poetry Evening|Zoom
Russian & English|Yelena Karl| |7|Vitaly Pisarenko|Piano Recital|10/17 March|Music|In-person
Russian & English|Ekaterina Onatskaia| |8|Nadezhda
Zamyatina|Development of Arctic Cities/Arctic
frontiers|20-30 March
(TBC)|Geography, anthropology,
social history,
environmental studies|Russian
Zoom|Olga Tutubalina| |9|Vera Polozkova|Poetry|Early April (TBC)|Poetry|In-person
Russian|Ekaterina Onatskaia
Boris Kouznetsov| |10|Natalia
Zubarevich|Economic geography of Russia, and
how it transformed in wartime|20-30 April (TBC)|Geography, anthropology,
social history,
environmental studies|Russian/English
Zoom|Olga Tutubalina| |11|Mayovka|Outdoor BBQ|1-2 May|Social event|In-person
Russian & English|Dima Mevzos| |12|Louise
Hardiman|Courtly Gifts and Cultural
Diplomacy book launch|20-30 May (TBC)|Art, history, British-Russian
relations|In-person
English|Ksenia Afonina| |13|Peter Hewitt|Piano concert|27 June|Music|In-person
English|Ekaterina Onatskaia| |14|White Nights|Social singing|1 July|Social event/Music|In-person
Russian & English|Valentin Rusinov (TBC)| ## **CamRuSS for Ukrainians 2023** - ESOL classes - Social/cultural adaptation events - Telephone Helpline - Collaborations/synergies - Grants/fundraising - Anything else? - Next CamRuSS for Ukrainians consultation meeting on 21 January at 17:00 am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 Q&As and voting Plans/events for 2023 am llss THE CAMBRIDGE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING SOCIETY F.ST. 1999 Thank You