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2024-03-31-accounts

A N N U A L R E P O R T Registered Charity 1184411

For the period ending 31st March 2024

www.ownmylifecourse.com/wlc

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C O N T E N T S

Welcome - Chairwoman’s Report 3
CEO refections 5
Vision and mission 6
Board of trustees 7
What we have achieved 8
What women say 10
Irish tour 14
Changing lives 15
Who are course participants? 16
What trainees say 17
Impact of zoom coaching 18
Who are our trainees? 19
Financial review 21
Structure and governance 22
Financial report 23
Trustee remuneration and related parties 25
Independent examiner’s report 26
Thank yous 27

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W E L C O M E

Chairwoman’s Report

Welcome to our annual report for April 2023 - March 2024. It was my pleasure to join the trustees in this reporting period and to be voted in as Chairwoman. I am very grateful to the leadership Liza Thompson provided across her tenure and it has been an honour to take over from her with the charity in such a healthy and strong position, which is a credit to Liza and the rest of the Trustees.

We are delighted to have achieved so many of our 2023/24 goals:

PRIORITY 1: STRENGTHEN ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

PRIORITY 2: STRONGER NETWORKS AND BRAND RECOGNITION

PRIORITY 3: EXPAND REACH

We have achieved so much more than what we set out to do this year including:

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Alongside the vital work we have done as a charity, the Sunday Times published some of the story of our CEO Natalie, as she fought for justice related to her ex-husband’s perpetration of sexual and domestic violence. As Trustees we are extremely proud of the way she has continued to work tirelessly for the charity alongside dealing with many personal challenges, as well as supporting others through theirs. It is a joy to see her work acknowledged in the Sunday Times, which included reference to the Own My Life course and the wider work of our charity.

I have loved chairing the charity for the past year and seen our work go from strength to strength. I am excited by the opportunities for growth over the next year and I know my sister trustees remain entirely committed to ensuring that we increase our ability to enable women to take back ownership of their lives and to resource practitioners as they support women across the UK, Ireland and beyond!

Sarah Learmonth , Chairwoman | 29th July 2024

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C E O R E F L E C T I O N S CEO’s Report

We have had a joyous year in 2023/24, with over 230 practitioners trained, including over fifty new organisations sending their staff on our training, with over half of these new organisations starting to deliver Own My Life within their organisation. That’s twenty seven more places where women can be enabled to own their lives!

It was so wonderful to be recognised as an Inspiring Female at the North East Chamber of Commerce’s annual awards, something that was only possible because our wonderful Development Lead, Jo Costello nominated me. I love that our charity is one which celebrates women, and seeks to be a cheerleader both for those facilitating the course, and those attending courses.

One of the ways we did this during this year was through our Irish Tour. This was an absolute highlight of my year! Over a week I met with eight Irish Own My Life services and with each one delivered talks, including to secondary school students, a women’s conference, International Women’s Day celebrations, multi-agency groups and others. It was so precious to meet with women who had attended Own My Life, including a woman who attributes the course with giving her the skills to regain custody of her baby daughter and a group of Irish Traveller women who absolutely loved the course.

Gaining funding to develop a women’s Employability Course has been exciting and we are in the process of seeing the draft course finalised, ready to be piloted by Own My Life services. So too has seeing our first ever Australian facilitator trained to deliver the course, with an Australian pilot course planned for later in 2024.

It remains an absolute joy to see so many practitioners equipped to deliver Own My Life, confident that our work really is transformative for women. This year has personally been very challenging, as I supported women that my ex-husband had raped or abused, as they sought justice through a criminal court case. His conviction and subsequent indefinite sentence was a relief, but was also emotionally very taxing.

The Women’s Liberation Collective remains committed to the idea that the personal is political, and this was really borne out in this case, as it was through an Own My Life course that my ex-husband’s most recent partner recognised his abuse and reported him, making it much more likely that Police Scotland could secure successful convictions. Seeing some of our story told in the Sunday Times, including how instrumental Own My Life has been in the story, was really impactful. Throughout this challenging time, I’ve been so grateful for support from our Chairwoman, Board, our Development Lead Jo, and of course my husband and our Admin Lead, Andrew, in the emotional fallout of it all.

Own My Life really is a national (and gradually becoming international!) sisterhood and I feel so blessed and grateful each day to be part of this organisation that is making such a huge difference to women’s lives

Natalie Collins, CEO | 1st August

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V I S I O N & M I S S I O N

The Women’s Liberation Collective was registered as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on 15th July 2019.

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Our vision

A world where women are liberated from male violence and control.

Our values

WOMAN-CENTRED: Women and their needs are at the centre of everything we do. Our aim to prioritise women is in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in which “sex” is a protected characteristic.

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LIBERATION: We seek to ensure that all women we reach experience equality of opportunity: we also aim to move beyond equality, and work towards a world where women are liberated from male violence and control.

RESISTANCE: This resistance is both collective and individual. As an organisation we will resist the oppression of women and the ways that patriarchy harms us all. Alongside this, we recognise that all women find creative ways to resist abusers. Rather than this resistance being honoured, women are often met with scorn and blame. Our work seeks to honour and mobilise women’s resistance to abuse and patriarchy.

INTEGRITY: We hold ourselves to a high ethical standard, striving to act honestly, fairly and consistently and using power wisely and well.

COLLABORATION: We foster collaborative spaces which build sisterhood and resist competitive attitudes. We will work together with charities and other partner organisations to achieve our goals.

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Our Mission Statement

We will equip, train and educate women, so that they can take back ownership of their lives from male abusers. We will also work in wider society, to prevent abuse.

Aenean ac dui sit amet nibh bibendumros nulla posuere gravida!

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B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S

The Trustees present their Report together with the financial statements for the period ended of 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 for The Women’s Liberation Collective, a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (“the Charity”).

The Women’s Liberation Collective works to change the world for women who have been subjected to men’s violence; through transformationally equipping organisations who work with women.

We do this through Own My Life, an innovative and creative training programme and course for women.

Our trustees are:

The purposes of the charity as set out in our governing document are:

Through Own My Life we support organisations and practitioners to enable women to regain ownership of their lives when they have been subjected to abuse or violence by men. We deliver facilitator training to female practitioners who work with women. Alongside meaningfully transforming practice, our training equips facilitators to deliver Own My Life courses both one-to-one and with groups of women. Alongside providing practical resources, our work is a form of systems advocacy which seeks to make the world a better, more joyful and hope-filled place for women who have been subjected to abuse by men.

We have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit and Code of Governance when reviewing our aims and objectives,

governance arrangements and in planning our future activities.

As allowed for small charities, receipts and payments accounts have been prepared for this Report. The Trustees confirm that the Trustees’ Report and financial statements of The Women’s Liberation Collective comply with the provisions set out in Charities SORP (FRS 102).

Our work has gone from strength to strength over the last year. Launching Irish context resources, alongside a tour of Irish services was joyous, as was seeing new courses available across the UK, Ireland and beyond. Seeing more women trained and learning from women about the many joys that come from owning their lives has made this year joyful and hope-filled.

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W H A T W E H A V E A C H I E V E D

Comments from women who have participated in Own My Life courses across the UK and Ireland.

  1. GROWTH: We have seen more practitioners trained and new courses starting in new geographic areas across the UK and Ireland. We have increased awareness of our work and the effectiveness of what we do, particularly in our hope to see organisations outside of the domestic abuse sector engaging with our work.

  2. CHEERING ON IRISH WOMEN: Our Irish context Own My Story journal and videos have been widely welcomed by facilitators and organisations in the Republic of Ireland and it was joyous meeting so many women, organisations and their wider networks, especially being part of events organised by Irish Own My Life services, inspired by our Irish Tour.

  3. FACILITATOR SUPPORT: Along with our annual facilitator conference (and party for course participants), we have offered quarterly network sessions for facilitators, and offered a workshop for facilitators delivered by experts from the Power Threat Meaning Framework.

  4. NEW RESOURCES: We redeveloped our WoManual to improve the design for facilitation (it is now ring-bound and separate from the course journal). We also have begun offering large-print journals to ensure Own My Life is accessible to visually impaired women.

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W H A T W E H A V E A C H I E V E D

We delivered ten facilitator training events (over 10% increase from 2022/23). 232 practitioners trained as Own My Life course facilitators (44% more than in the last financial year). We offered 2-hour Zoom coaching sessions for all trained facilitators to increase their confidence and skill in online facilitation via Zoom. From our online Evaluation Station system we know that at least 458 women started Own My Life courses in 2023/24 (10% drop from 2022/23) and that we have provided 3,329 journals to services (30% increase from 2022/23), which represents up to 3,329 women who have accessed an Own My Life course in person or online in 2023/24.

10 Online facilitator training
events delivered.		 109 Organisations trained.
232 Practitioners trained. 3,329 Journals provided for women
accessing courses.
69 Practitioners attended Zoom
Coaching sessions.		 458 Women (at least) have started
Own My Life courses.

Map with numbers of trainees and organisations trained.

TOTAL Since 2019 we have: •[Trained 1,229 practitioners from 289 organisations. ] IMPACT •[Provided 14,569 journals for women to attend Own My Life courses.]

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W H A T W O M E N S A Y

Feedback from 206 women who have attended the Own My Life course in 2022/23

I would recommend the Own My Life course to other women. I enjoyed the Own My Life Course. I think the Own My Life course has changed my life.

Wordcloud: words women used to describe the course after they had completed it (the size of the word indicates how many women used it)..

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W H A T W O M E N S A Y

Feedback from 207 women who have completed the Own My Life course

BEFORE OWN MY LIFE AFTER OWN MY LIFE
I feel like I am in control of my life
and my future.
I can make sense of my life.
Overall, I feel good about my life.
I am as healthy as I can be.
I know where to go if I need help
with diffculties in my life (e.g.
money, health, job, education).
I like and feel safe in my
neighbourhood and/or
community.

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W H A T W O M E N S A Y

Feedback from 207 women who have attended the Own My Life course

BEFORE OWN MY LIFE AFTER OWN MY LIFE
I know what domestic abuse is.
I think that the things I see and
hear in songs, newspapers, TV
programmes, magazines, and
adverts affect how I see myself
and my life.
I feel in control of my fnances/
money.
If I am a parent and am in contact
with my children, I feel able to
meet their needs.
If I am a parent, I am confdent
that my children know that I love
them.

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W H A T W O M E N S A Y

Feedback from women who have attended an Own My Life course

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I R I S H T O U R

We loved travelling to the Republic of Ireland to launch Irish-context materials, here we share some of the highlights.

Next up was speaking at a conference with Laois Domestic Abuse Service. å

We spoke at an International Women’s Day event organised by Oasis House in Waterford to launch their new Own My Life course.

  1. Our last event was an International Women’s Day conference organised by Esker House in Athlone.

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C H A N G I N G L I V E S

“I didn’t think I needed Own My Life because I’d had a number of abusive partners, and thought I knew everything I needed to about abuse. I went on the course anyway and the course taught me a lot. When I met a new partner I saw his abusive behaviours soon enough to end the relationship before it got bad. My daughter was taken into care when she was only newly born because of one of the abusers. Because of all I have learned in Own My Life, I now have the ability and awareness to recognise abusive behaviours in any future relationships.”

Gina*

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Our CEO Natalie with Gina* and her baby.

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W H O A R E T H E C O U R S E P A R T I C I P A N T S ?

For course participants who completed our Evaluation Station, we know that…

Disability

Age

40% of women described themselves as having a disability.

The majority of participants were between 36 -55. There were no women under 18.

Of those with a disability; 44% had mental health problems; 25% had a longterm illness; 14% had a mobility impairment, 9% learning difficulties, 5% were Deaf/hearing impaired, 1% had a speech impairment; and 1% were Blind/ sight impaired.

Ethnicity

74% of participants were white,10% were Asian or Asian British, 9% were Black, African, Caribbean or Black British, and 4% were from mixed or multiple ethnic groups, 3% selected “none of the above”, and >1% were Arab.

Class

When asked to identify their social class from a list 55% were working class, 20% were middle class, 15% were “other”, 9% were upper-working class, 1% were upper-middle class,. No one identified as upper class.

Sexuality

When asked to identify their sexuality from a list; 89% were straight, 4% bisexual, 6% chose “other”, 1% lesbian. No participants identified as gay.

Religion and Belief

When asked to identify their faith from a list; 32% had no faith, 36% were Christian, 5% were Muslim, 5% were agnostic, 5% were atheists, 3% were “other”, 1% were

Buddhist, 11% were “spiritual”, 1% were Hindu, and 1% were Sikh.

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W H A T T R A I N E E S S A Y

Feedback from practitioners who attended facilitator training

How much would you say the course has increased your knowledge?

Will the training change your practice?

Practitioners’ comments:

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I M P A C T O F Z O O M C O A C H I N G

Feedback from 69 practitioners who attended Own My Life Zoom coaching to equip them in delivering the course online

Participant tech literacy

There was a range of confidence with technology among those who participated in Zoom coaching. When asked what level of confidence they had about using technology; 11% were “not at all confident”, 32% were “a bit confident”, 49% were “mostly confident”, and 11% were “not at all confident”.

BEFORE COACHING AFTER COACHING How confident were about about delivering the Own My Life course via Zoom?

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W H O A R E O U R T R A I N E E S ?

For our 232 trainees we know that…

Age

The majority of trainees (50%) were between 36 -55. There were no women under 18.

Disability

12% of women said they had a disability. Of those with a disability; 36% had mental health

problems, 36% had a long term illness, 21% had learning difficulties, and 7% had a mobility impairment, and 7% were sight impaired/Blind.

Ethnicity

85% of trainees were White, 6% were Black, African, Caribbean or Black British, 4% were Asian or Asian British, and 2% were from mixed or multiple ethnic groups, and 3% said they were none of the options offered.

Class

When asked about their social class; 57.4% were working class, 20.6% middle class, 16.9% upper working class, 3.7% other and 1.3% upper middle class.

Sexuality

When asked about their sexuality; 92% were straight, 7% bisexual,1% “other” and >1% (1 participant) were lesbian.

Religion and Belief

When asked about their faith; 42% were Christian, 40% had no faith, 8% were Atheist, 3% Muslim, 3% were Agnostic, 3% were “other”, >1% (1 participant) were Sikh, and >1% (1 participant) were Jewish.

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W H O A R E O U R T R A I N E E S ?

All these brilliant women attended our training!

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F I N A N C I A L R E V I E W

During the period up to 31st March 2024, The Women’s Liberation Collective received total income of £152,267 (2022/23: £118,958), of which £11,000 comprised grant funding and £2,460 came from donations. This income was attributable to charitable activities relating to delivering the Own My Life course.

Expenditure incurred for 2023/24 totalled £138,106 (2022/23: £129,425), all of which related to charitable activities. Currently, all those who work for us are self-employed, which means that our staffing costs are integrated within project costs, rather than being separate to them.

Total funds as at 31st March 2024 were £65,904 of which £8,300 represented restricted funds. Free reserves, representing unrestricted funds less tangible fixed assets totalled £57,604.

Our reserves policy can be found within our Financial Management Procedure HERE.

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S T R U C T U R E A N D G O V E R N A N C E

Constitution

The Women’s Liberation Collective was established in 2019 and achieved charitable status in 2019. The Women’s Liberation Collective is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and is constituted by its Articles of Association dated 15 July 2019.

Recruitment and election of trustees

When a vacancy in the Trustee Board occurs, care is taken to ensure that new Trustees are able to contribute effectively alongside the existing board by providing complementary skills. During the period up to 31st March 2024, the Charity has approved the following policies:

of the skills audit and a 6-month trustee confirmation period.

Office holding trustees (Chair and Treasurer) are voted in for 3-years, with an opportunity for review at the charity AGM.

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Charity's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Approved by order of the members of the board of Trustees; Sarah Learmonth, (Shirley) Irene Hayes, Louise Tullin, Sadia Masud, Henu Cummins and Ebunoluwa Babarinde, signed on their behalf by:

Our Safeguarding, Complaints, Privacy, and Equal Opportunities policies are available on our website HERE. A skills audit of the current Board of Trustees undertaken biennially. We have a trustee induction process for new trustees, which includes completion

Sarah Learmonth, Chairwoman | 17th September 2024

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F I N A N C I A L R E P O R T

Our bankers are: Metro Bank PLC, One Southampton Row, London, WC1B 5HA

Period ending 31st March 2024 Period ending 31st March 2024 Period ending 31st March 2024 Period ending 31st March 2024 Period ending 31st March 2024 Period ending 31st March 2024 (2022/23) (2021/22) (2020/21) (2019/20)
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Total funds Total funds Total funds Total funds Total funds
Receipts £ £ £ £ £ £ £
Grant income 1,000 10,000 11,000 0 0 13,038 23,097
Donations 2,523 0 2,523 1,017 1,240 2,040 107
Primary Purpose Trading 137,966 0 137,966 117,789 131,102 83,485 0
Trading 855 0 855 152 414 0 0
Total receipts 142,344 10,000 152,344 118,958 132,756 98,563 23,204
Payments
Charitable activities 136,331 1,700 138,031 129,301 94,956 86,740 10,340
Trading 450 450 124 354 0 0
Total payments 136,781 1,700 138,481 129,425 95,310 86,740 10,340
Net receipts 5,563 8,300 13,863 -10,467 37,446 11,823 12,864
Cash funds brought
forward		 51,666 0 51,666 62,133 24,687 12,864 0
Cash funds at the end of
the period		 57,229 8,300 65,529 51,666 62,133 24,687 12,864
Statement of assets and liabilities Statement of assets and liabilities Statement of assets and liabilities Statement of assets and liabilities Statement of assets and liabilities Statement of assets and liabilities Statement of assets and liabilities
As at 31st March 2024 (2022/23) (2021/22) (2020/21) (2019/20)
Unrestricted
funds		 Restricted
funds		 Total funds Total funds Total funds Total funds Total funds
£ £ £ £ £ £ £
Cash funds:
Cash at bank 57,229 8,300 65,529 51,666 62,133 12,864 12,864
Total funds 57,229 8,300 65,529 51,666 62,133 24,687 12,864
Liabilities
Spark Admin (March) 2,916 0 2,916 3,108 - - -
Resource orders 4,998 0 4,998 6,122 - - -
Development work 1,738 0 1,738 1,325 - - -
Other 0 0 0
9,652 0 9,652 10,555 19,608 - -

Approved by the board of The Women’s Liberation Collective.

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F I N A N C I A L R E P O R T

Our bankers are: Metro Bank PLC, One Southampton Row, London, WC1B 5HA

Restricted Funding

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION:

Non-UK income/expenditure

The non-UK countries we worked with in this reporting period were the Republic of Ireland and Australia.

Unrestricted Funding

During the reporting period the majority of our unrestricted income came from primary purpose trading (PPT). This includes:

Largest Single Donor

Our largest donation from a single donor was £1,000.

Any surplus from PPT has been (or will be) reinvested to further our charitable objects. INCOME FROM PPT: £137,966. AMOUNT SPENT: £136,331.

We had no donations from for profit companies.

Related Persons Donations

Our largest donation from a related person (e.g. a trustee) was £1,000.

Trading

During the reporting period we have begun to sell products to raise funds for the charity. These include tea-towels, prints, and hoodies.

During the reporting period:

Donations from other countries

We had no donations from other countries in any of the following categories:

Income from government contracts

We are formally commissioned by one local authority to train staff to run Own My Life. Our income from this was:

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T R U S T E E R E M U N E R A T I O N A N D R E L A T E D P A R T I E S

During the reporting period, the following reimbursements were made to Trustees:

Trustee Renumeration

No trustees (or any person connected to them) received remuneration for trustee duties during the reporting period. In the previous year (2022/23) Irene Hayes received reimbursement of expenses: £85

Fees received as a facilitator support person subcontracted to the charity (for one trustee) were as follows:

Trustee Remuneration

Total
Period ending31 March 2024		 Total
Period ending31 March 2023
£ £
Irene Hayes Expenses 0 85
Sadia Masud Co-training and facilitator support 125 3,575

Related parties

Spark is the self-employed partnership of Natalie Collins, founder of the Own My Life course and our CEO, and Andrew Collins. Prior to setting up the charity, Natalie was paid to deliver the Own My Life course via Spark. As Andrew provided administration support for Natalie’s other work, the trustees were confident Andrew would be the best person to provide administration support to the charity. With the support of the trustees, Natalie and Andrew have chosen to remain self-employed. This reduces the workload and cost to the the charity (no payroll etc is needed) and allows Natalie and Andrew freedom to do work with other organisations.

Terms and conditions

Any operational matters which involve payments to Spark require trustee approval with Spark having only read-only access to the charity bank account. Spark’s fees are discussed and approved by the trustees, with any changes to fees or responsibilities reviewed and voted on by trustees.

Related parties

Total
Period ending31 March 2024		 Total
Period ending5 April 2023
Description of transactions £ £
Spark (Training delivery) 36,620 27,000
Spark (Administration) 18,299 23,757
Spark (Resource provision) 33,296 39,202
Spark (CEO services) 13,200 17,040
Spark (Other) 3,534 4,985
Spark Total 104,949 111,984

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I N D E P E N D E N T E X A M I N E R ’ S R E P O R T

The Women’s Liberation Collective

Charity Number 1184411

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity, for the year ended 31st March 2024.

As the charity trustees of the Charity, you are responsible for the preparation of accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("The Act").

I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 201 Act, and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission 145(5)(b) of the Act.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which give me cause to believe that in any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Michael Hendy ACMA Certax Accounting (Sunderland) Ltd. 14 Foyle Street Sunderland SR2 1LE Independent Examiner

Michael Hendy ACMA | 17/09/2024

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T H A N K Y O U S

Course participants

Yo u a r e t h e r e a s o n T h e Wo m e n ’ s L i b e r a t i o n C o l l e c t i v e e x i s t s ! Yo u r s t r e n g t h a n d c o u r a g e a r e a n a b s o l u t e j o y t o u s . T h a n k y o u f o r d o i n g t h e w o r k t o o w n y o u r l i v e s a n d f o r b e i n g

Facilitators

T h a n k y o u f o r p a r t n e r i n g w i t h u s i n s i s t e r h o o d t o e n a b l e t h e w o m e n y o u w o r k w i t h t o t a k e b a c k o w n e r s h i p o f t h e i r l i v e s . T h e s u c c e s s o f O w n M y L i f e i s a t e s t a m e n t t o y o u r s k i l l s , c o m m i t m e n t a n d p a s s i o n .

p a r t o f t h e O w n M y L i f e s i s t e r h o o d . We a r e a l w a y s c h e e r i n g y o u o n .

Marna Carroll and Kathleen Maher

Louise’s sponsors

O u r t r u s t e e L o u i s e i s c o m p l e t i n g t h e L o n d o n C l a s s i c s l a t e r i n 2 0 2 4 . T h a n k y o u t o t h o s e o f y o u w h o h a v e a l r e a d y s p o n s o r e d h e r i n s u p p o r t o u r w o r k .

T h e w i s d o m e a c h o f y o u b r o u g h t t o t h e I r i s h - c o n t e x t t r a n s l a t i o n h a s e n s u r e d i t i s t r u l y m e a n i n g f u l f o r w o m e n ’ s l i v e s . T h a n k y o u a l s o t o y o u r o r g a n i s a t i o n s L a o i s D o m e s t i c

A b u s e S e r v i c e a n d A s c e n d N T C D f o r e n a b l i n g y o u t o s p e n d t h e t i m e w o r k i n g w i t h u s o n t h e t r a n s l a t i o n .

Anne Lyttle

T h a n k y o u f o r b e i n g o n e o f o u r T r u s t e e s B o a r d . We m i s s y o u a n d w e ’ r e g r a t e f u l f o r y o u r c o n t r i b u t i o n t o t h e B o a r d , t h a n k y o u f o r w o r k i n g w i t h u s .

Our Supporters

Liza Thompson

T h r o u g h y o u r t e n a c i o u s l e a d e r s h i p a s o u r C h a i r w o m a n o v e r t h e l a s t 3 . 5 y e a r s , w e h a v e b e e n a b l e t o b u i l d s t r o n g r o o t s , w i t h s y s t e m s a n d p r o c e s s e s t h a t h a v e e m p o w e r e d u s t o g r o w h e a l t h i l y a n d j o y f u l l y. T h a n k y o u f o r a l l y o u r w o r k w i t h u s . We m i s s y o u !

T o t h o s e w h o h a v e f i n a n c i a l l y s u p p o r t e d o u r w o r k , o r o t h e r w i s e c h e e r e d u s o n , w e a r e s o g r a t e f u l t o y o u . Yo u r s u p p o r t e n a b l e s u s t o m a k e t h e b i g g e s t d i f f e r e n c e t o w o m e n ’ s l i v e s .

Louise Bryant

T h a n k y o u f o r b e i n g w i l l i n g t o i n c l u d e w o m e n f r o m a l l o v e r t h e U K ( a n d t h e w o r l d ! ) o n t h e c o u r s e s y o u r u n .

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D e a r T e a c h T e a r m a i n e , L a o i s D o m e s t i c A b u s e S e r v i c e , A s c e n d N T D C , C o o l m i n e , K e r r y R e f u g e , O a s i s H o u s e , a n d E s k e r H o u s e , t h a n k y o u f o r a w o n d e r f u l I r i s h w e l c o m e a n d f o r e n a b l i n g u s t o t o u r S o u t h e r n I r e l a n d . We l o v e y o u a l l !

Paul Johnston

T h a n k y o u f o r y o u r p r o - b o n o t e c h w i z a r d r y, w h i c h h e l p e d u s t o w o r k o u t a s o l u t i o n t o o u r a d m i n i s t r a t i v e t e c h n i c a l i s s u e s .

Amanda Griffiths and Jan Bostock

Carol Meredith

T h a n k y o u f o r b o l s t e r i n g o u r f u n d i n g a p p l i c a t i o n c o n f i d e n c e a n d s k i l l s . We ’ r e g r a t e f u l t o h a v e y o u i n t h e O w n M y L i f e s i s t e r h o o d .

Yo u r P o w e r T h r e a t M e a n i n g F r a m e w o r k w o r k s h o p f o r O w n M y L i f e f a c i l i t a t o r s w a s b r i l l i a n t , t h a n k y o u f o r v o l u n t e e r i n g y o u r t i m e , s k i l l s a n d w i s d o m t o s u p p o r t o u r f a c i l i t a t o r s .

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Golden Bottle Trust

We a r e s o g r a t e f u l t o t h e f u n d i n g y o u h a v e p r o v i d e d t o e n a b l e u s t o p i l o t a n e m p l o y a b i l i t y c o u r s e . We k n o w i t ’ s g o i n g t o m a k e a h u g e p o s i t i v e d i f f e r e n c e t o w o m e n ’ s l i v e s .

T h a n k y o u f o r y o u r i n c r e d i b l y g e n e r o u s d o n a t i o n o f £ 1 , 0 0 0 . We a r e e x c i t e d t o b e a b l e t o u s e i t t o m a k e t h e b i g g e s t d i f f e r e n c e t o w o m e n ’ s l i v e s .

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T h a n k y o u f o r h a v i n g u s o n y o u r p o d c a s t , t o S a l l y J a c k s o n f o r b e i n g a g r e a t i n t e r v i e w e r a n d f o r m a k i n g s p a c e f o r o u r c e l e b r a t o r y v u l v a t e a t o w e l s a t y o u r c o n f e r e n c e .

Sinead Butler and Sara Wallace

T h a n k y o u t o y o u a n d y o u r o r g a n i s a t i o n s ( R u h a m a a n d E s k e r H o u s e ) f o r y o u r h e l p w i t h o u r I r i s h I n t e r s e c t i o n a l i t y v i d e o , w e c o u l d n ’ t h a v e m a d e i t w i t h o u t y o u !

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