2021-03-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 04 2020 To 31 03 2021

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address	Foundation for Family Medicine in Palestine	Foundation for Family Medicine in Palestine
	FFMP
	1183997
	Flat 4
	65-67 Elgin Avenue
	London
	Postcode	W9 2DB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for **whole year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	TonyLaurance	Hon Treasurer
	Paul Wallace	Chief Executive Officer
	Gene Feder	Hon Secretary
	Ann Louise Kinmonth
	Thomas Sharpe	Chair

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
Board member	Graham Watt
Board Member	Umayieh Khammash

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

CEO Professor Paul Wallace

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable incorporated organisation How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Selected and appointed by the Board Trustee selection methods

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

Organisational Structure:

Board (5 members) Executive Group (10 members) Working Groups x 3 (8 members in total) Relationships FFMP operates in close collaboration with Medical Aid for Palestinians – a Memorandum of Understanding between the two charities was signed on 30[th] March 2020

Risks and system procedures

Trustees regularly review risks at Board meetings.

• FFMP informed by MAP’s detailed monitoring process and safety procedures

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

The preservation and protection of health, primarily in Palestine (the West Bank and Gaza).

Summary of the objects of the Technical and professional support for development of Family Medicine charity set out in its in Palestine governing document

Engagement of Palestinian Family Medicine colleagues in the international Family Medicine community

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1. Establishment of FFMP as a charitable incorporated organisation (June 2019)

2. Setting up of the website www.familymedicinepalestine.org (September 2019)

3. Delivery of a range of programmed of activities (https://familymedicinepalestine.org/programmes)

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

4. Raising the profile of Family Medicine in Palestine through the 2[nd] International Conference of Family Medicine in Palestine – November 2019

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Contributions made by volunteers

FFMP membership includes in excess of 20 active volunteers. All provide technical and professional input to charity’s work on a completely voluntary basis. Their input includes:

• Mentorship of Palestinian colleagues

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

• Design and delivery of activities in education and training on the ground in Palestine and remotely from the UK, US and Switzerland

• Design and delivery of evaluation

• Design and delivery of research capacity strengthening

• Design and maintenance of the website

• Active membership of the governance structures (Board, Executive Group and Working Groups)

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Family Medicine residency programme

• ❖ Support and mentorship for faculty - Lubna AlSaudi and Suha Hamshari

• ❖ Direct support through online tutorials for residents

• ❖ Tailored training for Family Medicine trainers (Malak and Sakhet) employed by An Najah National University

Transitional Training Programme (TTP)

• ❖ Pilot program completed

• ❖ Evaluation report produced and presented with recommendations to key stakeholders inclding Ministry of Health, United Nations Relief and Works Agency, Palestinian Medical Council, World Health Organisation

Support for international engagement, learning and development

• ❖ Sponsorship of International MSc in Medical Education at Dundee – Suha Hamhari

• ❖ Development of research links eg HERA programe through Research Capacity Strengthening group led by Prof Gene Feder

International faculty development

• ❖ Fulbright Scholarship – Prof Therese Zinc ongoing engagement with faculty and residents

• ❖ Student projects

• ❖ Peer reviewed publications

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Section E Financial review

The Charity’s policy is to maintain sufficient reserve to maintain core Brief statement of the activities charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially None in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information) Principal sources of funds You may choose to include additional information, where Medical Aid for Palestinians – commission our services to aid in the relevant about: delivery of their Family Medicine Program • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

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
	Paul George Wallace
	CEO
	30thJanuary 2022
	30thJanuary 2022

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