## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From** 19[th] June 2019 **To** 31[st] December 2019 (or start date of charity registration to financial year end)
**Charity name:** The Association For Medical Humanities (AMH)
**Charity registration number:** 149094
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the purposes Para 1.17 This is publicly available on the
of the charity as set out AMH website (AMH.ac.uk) and set
in its governing out in our constitution. It was
document completed and uploaded to
Charity Commission.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and The main activity during this initial
1.19
activities in relation to period included an open to all
those purposes for the widely publicised and pre-planned
public benefit, in Non Profit conference that took
particular, the activities, place in partnership with
projects or services University of Plymouth - Material
identified in the Medicine: Objects, and Bodies 26 [th] -28 [th]
accounts. June ;
Other services include annual
membership renewal and small
recruitment of new Members
Further public resources were
added to our website and journal
membership subscription was
changed from hard copy to online
journal.
Further dissemination activities
included blogging and
presentation of student posters on
website.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 We are making small footsteps
whether the trustees and this was initiated during the
have had regard to the period. We acknowledge that as a
guidance issued by the new charity more work will be
Charity Commission on needed and this is in hand. When
public benefit AMH became a charity elected
council members became trustees
unless declining to do so. An initial
induction was given at a general
meeting prior to the AGM. In
October 2019 we began to
consider swot analysis in planning
for a skills audit. We are in the
process of further refining Trustee
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## **recruitment policies and induction policies.**
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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SORP reference
Student prizes were awarded at
Para 1.38 Plymouth
Policy on grant making No grants were awarded during
the period as we are very newly a
charity and currently this is an
aspiration when in a more stable
financial position. The AMH is
currently focussed on increasing
membership and on dissemination
activities that will eventually
permit grant making. In
recognition of future grant-
making, there is a policy in
process
Working is ongoing on this
Para 1.38 towards these being in place with
Policy on social policies in process
investment including
program related
investment
Trustees are all volunteers and
Para 1.38 give their time in running the
Contribution made by AMH. AGM 26 [th] June (14hrs); GM
volunteers October 24 [th] 2-5pm (24hrs) Meetings
take place for 3hrs every quarter,
so 1 during this period. Other
tasks allocated in interim:
included website, blogging,
development of membership
strategy; planning for 2020
conference.
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## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
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Not for Profit conference in
partnership with University of
Plymouth - Material Medicine:
Summary of the main Objects, and Bodies ; The conference
Para 1.20
achievements of the asked health care professionals,
charity, identifying the academics, emerging scholars,
difference the charity’s clinicians, and artists to engage in
work has made to the and interrogate patient practices,
circumstances of its and promote understandings of
beneficiaries and any both the human condition and
wider benefits to society practices of patient care through
as a whole. critical dialogue between medicine
and healthcare, and the arts-
humanities communities. It
engaged established and
emerging scholars, established
and internationally recognised
artist-researchers, freelance
artists and cultural sector
organisations, including the
Portrait Positive project. It raised
and examined significant issues
for the field of Medical Humanites
(MH), especially questions of
inclusion, diversity and ethics.
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 At the end of this short initial
financial position at the period after becoming a charity to
end of the period end of financial year, accounts
held £8031 (see Financial Report).
The upcoming conference in
Limerick in 2020 is anticipated to
bring in further revenues together
with a membership drive.
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 There are no reserves. The small
policy for holding amount of £8031 is necessary for
reserves stating why they assuring future conference and
are held prize disbursements year on year
and for making occasional
payments, such as website,
database and admin throughout
the year.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 No reserves held
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 N/A
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 N/A
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s N/A
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Constitution
document
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 CIO
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Election to post usually at AGM –
methods including details beyond this by General meeting
of any constitutional and Trustee Body of between 9
provisions e.g. election to and 16 (quorate at 6 Trustees).
post or name of any
person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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A Trustee induction pack is in
place and will be reviewed. There
Policies and procedures is also a trustee induction policy,
adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and a recruitment policy that are
and training of trustees under review.
The inherited organisational
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structure is by volunteering for
The charity’s Para 1.51 election and appointment by
organisational structure Members at AGM of previously
and any wider network some 13 council members
with which the charity including international non-UK
works resident and non Trustee
representation and student reps.
There are now between 9 and 16
trustees, including 3 officers.
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name The Association for Medical Humanities
Other name the charity AMH
uses
Registered charity 149094
number
Charity’s principal The Old Mercer’s House
address 118 The Bank, North St
Turners Hill
West Sussex
RH10 4NT
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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)
Dr Jennifer Incoming Trustee whole period
Patterson President and
1
previously Vice
President
Dr Joanne WInning Incoming Vice Trustee whole period
2
President
3 Ms Linda Turner Secretary Trustee whole period
Dr Joseph ODwyer Outgoing Trustee whole period
President
4
continued as
Trustee
Dr Bridget Trustee whole period
5
MacDonald
Dr Angela Hogson Trustee whole period
6
Teall
7 Prof. Zoe Playdon Trustee whole period
8 Dr Bruce Summers Trustee whole period
9 Dr Radha Bhatt Elected 28-06-19
10 Dr Joanne Whalley Trustee whole period
Dr Michael Trustee whole period
11
VanDessel
Dr Deborah Trustee whole period
12
Padfield
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved N/A
## **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity – N/A
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s) Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date**