Music for Memories Mid Sussex Annual Report and Accounts 2020
Aims and Purposes
Music for Memories Mid Sussex aims to provide personalised music headsets to those living with memory loss, loneliness or other needs across the community in order to bring joy and comfort to those receiving them.
Music for Memories Mid Sussex works on a basis of no charge per headset in order to ensure all who need to benefit from them are able to.
Objectives and Activities
Music for Memories Mid Sussex aims to deliver approximately 50 headsets per year to applicable individuals and support local care and residential homes in developing personalised playlists for residents. This is best done through face-to-face meetings as development of a relevant headset can take several hours and depending on the recipient may need to be done over a number of smaller time blocks.
Achievements and Performances
In 2019 Music for Memories Mid Sussex put together and distributed over 50 headsets to relevant individuals and the intention had been to replicate and expand on this in 2020. Partnerships were being developed with a number of organisations and care homes across Mid Sussex at the start of the year with events and meetings scheduled. The onset of the Covid-19 Pandemic meant that virtually all of our channels to put together a headset were closed down to us from March. The success of the headsets has always been based on face-to-face contact and sometimes several hours of experimentation to identify the correct selection of music to include. The process is personal, and at times emotional, for the participants so the ability to interact fully is important.
The organisation has had to switch its tactic to developing playlists virtually and this has limited our reach significantly. In 2020, 10 playlists and headsets have been put together and distributed across the region.
Volunteers
Music for Memories Mid Sussex runs entirely on a volunteer basis and the trustees would like to thank those who support us in the work we do, with particular thanks to Jackie Beckett, who looks after the financial administration of the organisation, and Stephen Beckett who has been of invaluable in the setting up of our website.
Financial Review
Prior to Music for Memories Mid Sussex being awarded its CIO status our finances were cared for by Sheddingdean Baptist Church in a designated account. This money was transferred into our own bank account in March 2021 once we had received our CIO number and been able to set up our own bank account.
The Covid-19 Pandemic has had a significant impact on the finances of Music for Memories Mid Sussex. The trustees took the decision to purchase a laptop at the onset of the pandemic to allow some virtual playlist development to continue and this will also be of use to the charity in the coming years.
At the end of 2019 one of our original supporters, Matthew Gallagher passed away suddenly and the organisation was honoured to be selected as on the beneficiaries of donations made in his memory. This money was received in April 2020 and has formed the bulk of the income for the charity in this calendar year. The pandemic has meant the fundraising has not been possible for the charity and we anticipate this issue to continue into 2021. Due to the relative infancy of the charity our outgoings are fairly minimal and so despite our inability to fundraise in this calendar year we carry forward a balance £6876.27.
In September we received an unexplained payment of £122 which was sent to us in error by the bursar of Holyport School. After several enquiries working out where this money had come from the error was uncovered and returned to them in November.
Musl¢ lor M•morS•s R•c•l andP m•nt$ 2020 Summa Deposited Amount Month January 2020 Feburary 2020 March 2020 April 2020 May 2020 June 2020 July 2020 J ust 2020 Septernber 2020 October 2020 November 2020 December 2020 Notes 1,1.00 2.619.43 3,264 44 1.085.00 25.00 122.00 Totsl Deposited .116.87 Exp•ndltur• Amount Oat• January 2020 Feburary 2020 March 2020 Apnl 2020 May 2020 June 2020 July 2020 August 2020 September 2020 October 2020 November 2020 December 2020 Not•s 764.94 14.99 19.69 2498 5.00 199.93 5.00 500 196.07 5.00 Totsl s 1,240.60 Bal l•ft in SBC 6.876.27 Music foi Memoiies Recei t5 and Pa ments Janua 2020 ited Amount Date Details of recei Totsl De iled Outgoing Amount £0.00 Date Details ol ments Total s ent £o.i)o
Music for Metnoiies Recei tsandPa tnents Februa 2020 iled Amount £ 1.000.00 1.00 Dale Detsils of recei de test trasler SBC S8C 1310J2020 2910212020 Total De ited £1,001.00 Outgoing ee Amount Date Details of l Total s £0.00 Music for Memories Recei tsandPa ments March 2020 ited Amount 50.00 £2.569.43 Date Details of recei Matthew Galla hei Donation balance trs SBC 0110312020 0410312020 Total De ited £2,619.43 Outgoing ee Amount £739 96 £19 98 £500 Date Details of new la Rach ex bank fee ments Com letel PC 2710312020 0110312020 0110312020 Total s nt £764.94 Music foi Memoiies Recei ts and Pa ments A ril 2020 ited Amount £2.614.47 £ 589.97 Date Details of recei donations Matthew Galla Lions frommatthew G3113 0610412020 0610412020 er fiJneral ei funeral Total De ited £3,264.44 l Outgoing I Pa ee Amount £500 £9.99 Date Oetails of bank lee Rach ex ments 1510412020 0310412020 l Total s nt £14.99
Music for Memories Recei Is and Pa mellls Ma 2020 ited Amount £1.085 00 Date Details of iecei don3tion Matthew Galla 2810512020 er funeral 8 Total De ited £1,085.00 11 Outgoing 13 Pa ee 14 Amount £14.69 £5.00 Date Details of Rach ex Bank fee meni$ 1510512020 1510512020 16 17 18 Toial s ni £19.69 Music for Memories Recei tsandPa ments June 2020 ited Amount Dale Details ol recei Total De ited 10 Outgoing 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ee Amount £19.98 £5.00 Date Detai15 of rach ex bank fee ents 1510512020 1510512020 Total $ ni £24.98 Music foi Memoiies Recei tsandPa ents Jul 2020 ited Amount Date Detai15 of recei Total Oe Ited 10 Outgoing 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pa ee Amount Date Details of Bank lee ments 1510712020 Total s nt É5.00
Music for Memories Recei tsandPa ments Au ust 2019 ited Amount 2500 Date Details of recei Donation Beverle 2110812020 i Totsl De iled £ 25.1)0 Outgoing Amount £194.93 £5.00 Date Details of Rach ex bank fee ments 2110812020 1510812020 6 Total s nt £199.93 Music for Memories Recei tsandPa menls Se tember 2020 ostted unknown Amount £ 12200 Date Detai15 of iecei ueried wrth t5 ort school unsure omder Total De sited £ 122.110 Outgoing Pa Amount £5.00 Date Details of Bank Fee ments 1510912020 Total $ nt £5.1)0 Music for Metnoiie5 Recei tsandPa tnents October 2020 osited Amount Date Detai15 of iecei Total DÈ itèd l Outyoing Amount Dalè Dèialls of bank fee mènts £5.00 1511012020 i Toial s nt £5.00
Music for Memories Recei tsandPa tnent5 Novembei 2020 osiled Amount Dale Details of iecei Total De ited Outyoing Pa hol ort T Beckett monthl fee ee Amouni £122 00 £69 07 £500 Date Details of refund of mistaken 1311112020 13111r2020 3011112020 ment ex nses Total s nt £1%.07 Music for MetTroiies Recei ts and Pa ments Decembei 2020 osited Amount Date Details of recei Total De osited l Outyoing I Pa monthl fee ee Amount Date Details of ments £500 1511212021 l Total s nt