2020-12-31-accounts - A Mile In Her Shoes

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Policy on	social investment	social investment	social investment		Para 1.38	Not applicable	Not applicable
including	program		related
investment
Contribution		made	by volunteers		Para 1.38	With	only a few	paid personnel,			volunteers play a very important role in the charity. They lead and assist
						at the sessions		we run.	We are grateful for all their help and support in delivering such a positive impact to
						our beneficiaries.
Other						None
Achieve	m	ents	and Performance
							SQRp
							reference
Summary	ofthe main achievements				ofthe charity,		Para 1.20	Operational		achievements through activities delivered
identifying		the difference the chadity's			work has			We are	proud of having found creative ways to continue to support beneficiaries during
made to the circumstances				of its beneficiaries		and		the Covid 19pandemic lockdowns. For our beneficiaries, the continued support we
any wider	benefits		to society as a whole.					provided	at	this time was especially valuable. The need to adapt and flex our model of
								support	has also allowed A Mile In Her Shoes to think differently about how to deliver our
								impact,	and demonstrated our resilience in the face of huge challenges to our delivery
								model.	Activities delivered:
										o	Core group activity sessions: Where lockdown restdictions allowed, we
											continued to deliver our group activity sessions. As well as fun running-
											based games sessions, we now provide sessions including other fitness
											elements requested by beneficiaries. These include boxercise, Zumba,
											mindfulness and yoga elements. Some sessions are outdoors and some
											are indoors; this has allowed more opportunities for women to engage who
											lack confidence in exercising outdoors.
										o	Sessions delivered remotely: Coaches and volunteers delivered some
											sessions by Zoom to give members (as we refer to the women who join	our
											sessions) the opportunity to maintain or start fitness activities when they
											could not or were not confident enough tojoin face to face sessions. This
											had the added benefit of helping members to keep themselves busy.
										o	Supporting fitness and wellbeing outside ofsessions: With sessions limited,
											we tried to encoura e members and women su orted b or anisations	we

								disruption, we offered 78sessions to 40members and there were 194unique
								attendances. We anticipate participation to be significantly higher in 2021.
							~	Impact of activities: The trustees are persuaded that the charity's work has made a
								positive difference to its beneficiaries' circumstances. Evidence ofthis includes positive
								feedback from them indicating an improvement in physical and mental wellbeing and in
								overall motivation to be more active and get things done in spite of COVID restrictions.
							~	In addition, we have begun to extend our scope to the Borough ofWestminster. We
								had an initial meeting in December with Specialist Homeless Health team at Great
								Chapel Street Medical Centre to discuss the project. We are due to follow up this
								month but the impact of lockdown on Homeless Health services is likely to be
								significant although we hope this is an opportunity to broaden the project going
								forward.
							Organisational development
							In addition to ongoing service delivery, the charity achieved some organisational
							development goals which will enhance our ability to make a difference to our beneficiaries'
							circumstances in future. These include:
							~	Actions to improve our ability to generate income through individual giving/fundraising,
								including adopting JustGiving as our third party fundraising platform
							~	One ofour community coaches was appointed programme manager, allowing for
								increased efficiency and effectiveness in coordinating our work, including through new
								capacity to build and broker relationships with refuges, fitness coaches and other
								delivery partners
							~	Recruiting four new trustees in summer/autumn 2020.They bding additional capacity,
								and a range of skills and experience to the board (including in fundraising, chadity
								finance and charity leadership) to increase our potential to maximise impact.
							~	Putting in place a sub-committee system in 2021, again to increase efficiency and
								allow for more focus on strate ic pints when the board meet as a whole.
Additional	information		(optional)
You ma	choose to include			further statements		where relevant about
Achievements		against	objectives set		Para 1.41	As a microcharity, objectives are mainly determined by those set out in grant requirements. During the reporting period, the charity fulfilled requirements set out in main grants.
Performance offundraising a ainst ob'ectives set				activities	Para 1.41	No objectives set.

inancial	Review	Review
Review of position at	the charity's financial the end ofthe period		Para 1.21	Receipts totalling off41,099were received ofwhich 837,760related to		restricted		grant funding:
				f20,260 from Comic Relief
				E7,500 from Greater London Authority
				f10,000 from Homeless Link
				R3,339ofunrestricted income was generated from fundraising	activities.
				Expenses totalled 621,934 in the period ofwhich f16,142 related to the		delivery		ofthe Comic Relief
				activities. The most significant costs include payment ofthe Community		Coaches		to deliver sessions and
				associated costs of running the sessions such as kit and venue	hire.
				Unrestricted reserves at the end ofthe period were f16,049 and restricted reserves were					f23,463.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are			Para 1.22	The charity holds reserves to meet any unforeseen expenditure, to safeguard cease the support we provide to our beneficiaries and to fulfil any outstanding			against needing to suddenly obligations to contractors and
held				su liers.
Amount of	reserves held		Para 1.22	Our reserves policy is minimum 3 months operating costs.
Reasons for holding zero		reserves	Para 1.22	Not applicable
Details offund materially		in deficit	Para 1 24	Not applicable
Explanation ofany uncertainties about the charity continuing as a			Para 1.23	None
oin concern

The charity's	principal sources offunds (including	principal sources offunds (including	principal sources offunds (including	principal sources offunds (including	principal sources offunds (including	Para 1.47	In 2020 the charity's principal sources	In 2020 the charity's principal sources	offunds	offunds	offunds	were grant income	were grant income	were grant income	from
any fundraising)							Comic Relief, Team London and Homeless				Link and individual			fundraising
							donations.
Investment	policy	and objectives		including any		Para 1.46	Not	applicable
social investment		olic ado	ted
A description	ofthe principal		risks facing the			Para 1.46	~	End ofsignificant grants
charity							~	Inability to grow unrestdicted income
							~	Personnel resource
							~	Ongoing effects ofand uncertainty	due		to Covid-19 pandemic,				affecting
								income, beneficiaries and our abilit		to	and	how we	rovide	services.
Other							Not	a licable
tructure,	Governance		and		Management
Descri tion	ofcharit 's trusts
Type of governing		document				Para 1.25	Constitution (CIO foundation model)
(trust deed	ro al	charter)
How is the charity		constituted?				Para 1.25	CIO
(e unincorporated		assoc stion		CIO)
Trustee selection		methods including			details ofany	Para 1.25	The	constitution requires that:
constitutional name ofany one or more	provisions e.g. person or body trustees		election entitled		to post or to appoint		~ Apart from the first charity trustees, every trustee must be appointed for a term ofthree years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting ofthe charity trustees.
							~ In selecting individuals for appointment					as charity	trustees,		the
								charity trustees must have regard		to the skills, knowledge					and
								ex erience needed for the effective			administration		ofthe CIO.

							our members,	and	volunteers.	volunteers.	This was	not possible	due to	Covid19 restdctions,	we plan to
							make these introductions	available		as soon as circumstances			allow.
The charity's structure and		organisational any wider network with				Para 1.51	Not applicable. The charity is governed by a board which is supported dealing with finance and fundraising, governance and operations.							by a number of sub-committees
which the charity works
							Paid staff include a programme		manager		and 4 community	coaches.		Coaches are supported	by volunteers
							8 currentl
Relationship		with	any related		parties	Para 1.51	Not applicable
Other							Not a licable
Refere	nce	and Administrative				details
Chari	name				A MILE	IN HER SHOES
Other name the chari				uses	NA
Re istered chari			number		1183760
Charity's	principal		address		c/o Capital Office
					Kemp House
					152-160City		Road
					London
					EC1V2NX

es ofthe ch	ari tr	ustees who mana	ethe chari
Trustee name		Office (ifany)				Dates acted ifnot for whole year		Name toa	ofperson (or body) entitled oint trustee ifan
Carli-Louan	Foster	Treasurer
Mary Nicholls		Co-chair (from 7October 2019to 26		November	2020)	Trustee	until 26 November
						2020
Jennifer Cirone		Co-chair (from 7 October 2019to 26		November	2020), Chair
		from 26 November	2020 to 28Janua	2021
Nicola Miller						Trustee	from 26 March 2020
						to 29 Jul	2021
Sarah Bridget		Secretary
Evershed
Celia Roberts

	Ross James
	Pemam
	Gemma Abbott
	Clare Louise
	Jenkins
10	Anna Lucy Robertson Bird
	Victoria Kate
	Parker
12	Katherine Victoria Burt	Co-chair (from 26 November 2020 to 28 January 2021

Until 30Janua 2020
Trustee from 18August
2020
Trustee from 18August
2020
Trustee from 18August
2020
Trustee from 18August
2020