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1[st] Floor Equitable House 7 General Gordon Square London SE18 6FH 

Registered Charity Number 1009787 Registered Company in England & Wales 12238989 

www.advocacyingreenwich.org.uk 

@AdvocacyinGreen 

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## Contents 





|Vision Statement|5|
|---|---|
|Trustee Board Statement|6|
|Directors Statement|8|
|Numbers page|9|
|Diary Pages|10|
|Project updates|22|
|Trustees|35|
|Staff Team Members|36|
|Funders|38|
|Money we were given|39|
|Money that we spent|40|



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## Vision Statement 


**Our vision** is for all people with a learning disability to be full and equal members of society. 

**Our mission** is to empower people with a learning disability to bring about change for individuals, and in society, and to make sure we provide independent advocacy to anyone who needs it. 

We do this through: 

- One to one advocacy. 

- Positively encouraging self-advocacy and promoting people with learning disabilities as leaders. 

- Raising awareness among groups and individuals in the community about the issues affecting people with a learning disability. 

- Offering people with learning disabilities paid and voluntary roles within our organisation. 

- Empowering people with learning disabilities to bring about positive change in services, and in the community. 

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## Trustee Board Statement 

Despite another challenging and busy year, Advocacy in Greenwich has continued to offer a first-class service to people with learning disabilities. 

Finding the money we need is still difficult, but we are confident that our high standards will lead to successful fundraising in the year ahead – especially as we will continue to work with our local partners to offer better value. 

For example, through a joint tender with Lewisham Speaking Up and Advocacy for All, we now have one year of funding to deliver the Health Ambassadors project across the South East London boroughs. Together, we will promote annual health checks and vaccines, as well as working to raise awareness about learning disabilities and autism among health professionals. 

We have started the next stage of work in our Safe Places project which ensures that people with learning difficulties are able to access support and help from local services and businesses if needed. We have produced easy-read information and a presentation, and will be talking to members of the safe places scheme about the training and support that we can offer. 

Throughout this year, we have continued our work to increase opportunities for people with learning disabilities through our Employment Ambassadors programme and Transitions project. We will also continue with our Quality Checkers work as part of our 

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mission to ensure that community services work for people with learning disabilities. 

As well as these new and extended projects, we will ensure that people with learning disabilities continue to have a voice through our work with the People’s Parliament and our one-to-one advocacy work with parents with a learning disability during child protection and care proceedings. 

We are very sad to be losing our long-standing director Anita Rickard as well as our manager, Vicky Tantony, at the end of this year. Their commitment to Advocacy in Greenwich has resulted in some amazing work to support people with learning disabilities in our local community, and they will both be sorely missed. 

However, with endings come new beginnings, and we are excited to welcome new director Andy Heffer, who previously worked with the Special Olympics. The trustees and I are excited to hear about his plans for the organisation in the weeks and months to come, and the impact they will have on the people we work with. 

While the new variant of Covid-19 is seeing restrictions start to creep in, we are confident that as a result of the NHS’ successful vaccine rollout we will be able to continue providing services in-person as we move into 2022, but can also work on line. 

## **Beth Hardwick** 

## **Chair AIG Trustee Board** 

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## Directors Statement 

This has been another hard year with staff and people with learning disabilities employed on our projects working from home most of the time. 

We all worked hard to deliver new projects and start new partnerships. The project and diary pages show all the good work that everyone working on the projects have done. 

After working for the organisation for 23 years I am finally retiring. While working for Advocacy in Greenwich I have been lucky to be involved in developing and delivering so many good projects. 

In the time I have worked here I have met and worked alongside so many creative, skilled and committed people not just in Advocacy in Greenwich but across the voluntary sector, health and social care services. 

There is a new Director, Andy Heffer supported by a strong Trustee board to continue to lead the organisation and support the team. 

I wish everyone all the best for the future 


Anita Rickard 

Director 

December 2021 

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## Numbers 

**178** 

**87 58** 

Number of hours of support for MPs 

Number of people Number of hours the who attended a MPs worked on the Citizen Forum Transition Project **32** Number young **238** 

**601** 

**32** Number young people who took part in the Moving On Forum 

Number of hours of one to one advocacy 

Number of year 6 students that took part in the Learning Disability Hate Crime Awareness training **13** 

**445** 

**617** Number of hours of paid work for the Quality Checkers 

Number of Frontline Social Work Students trained about working well with parents with a learning disability 

Number of training sessions for MPs and Quality Checkers to help them do their jobs **130** 

**20** 

Number of sessions with young people at Charlton Academy and Shooters Hill college 

Number of people the Quality Checkers have engaged with 

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Debbie co-chaired a Health Subgroup Meeting on Teams with her co-lead Sharfraz. Lorraine co-chaired a Jobs and Activities sub group. Mark and Robert had a Citizen Forum on Zoom about Choice and Control The MPs went to the London Forum on Zoom with other London Self Advocacy Groups. Lorraine and Alice did Jobs Workshops with 6[th] Form students at Charlton Park Academy. 

The Quality Checkers had a consultation with service users from Day opportunities on zoom. They asked them about what they liked and didn’t like about their services. 








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The Employment Ambassadors meet weekly. They check job websites to make sure they are accessible for people with a learning disability. 

The MPs supported Harrow Mencap with their campaign – Hearses not Nurses. They sent a letter to the Greenwich MP Matthew Pennycook. 

The MPs went to the Cabinet Meeting to plan the agenda for the next Partnership Board. 

Lorraine went to the Jobs and Activities subgroup with her colead Claire. 

Leon helped to create easy read application forms and job descriptions for the Quality checker role. 







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The MPs went to the Partnership Board on Zoom. They told the Partnership Board about the work they had been doing. 


Leon and Lorraine went to Valuing People at Transport for London. The meeting was on Zoom 



MPs met with Rosemary and Andrew from Ideas Alliance to talk about how the MPs can get involved in the 100 Day Challenge. 


Geraldine, Vicky, Leon, and Eveline interviewed people with a learning disability from the Greenwich Boroughs to become paid Quality Checkers. 


The Quality Checkers learned how to use Webex to meet with Research net group to ask them questions about their services. 

Webex is like zoom. You can meet people on video. 


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Leon had a Housing Citizen Forum on Zoom. They wanted to find out how people were coping at home in lockdown. 

Lorraine, Ravi and Robert went to a big meeting with Ideas Alliance called “100 day challenge” Ideas Alliance told the MPs about the meeting. Lorraine and Alice did Jobs Workshops for 6[th] Form students at Charlton Park Academy. 

Sam, Shakha, Yasmin, Elizabeth and Julia joined the team as Quality Checkers. 

The Quality Checkers started their training to help them do their jobs. 

They learned about different things like: 

- Health Inequality 







- The Equality Act 2010 

- Safeguarding 

- Data protection 

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Lorraine, Ravi and Robert went to the 100 day challenge on Zoom. 

Debbie, Robert and Tommy had a Citizen forum on Zoom they talked about Health and Keeping Safe. 

Lorraine went to a Jobs and Activities subgroup on Zoom. They talked about more people with a learning disability having paid jobs. 

The Quality Checkers learned how to use Teams so they could meet online with people and ask them about their services 








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The Employment Ambassadors continued to check employment websites and work on the training for care workers. 

Lorraine, Ravi and Robert went to challenge groups 1, 2 and 3 at the 100 day challenge meeting. 

The MPs went to a Cabinet meeting to plan the agenda for the next Partnership Board 

Mark had a Citizen Forum on Choice and Control. 

Debbie met with and Liz McGrath. Liz told Debbie about a new health project called ‘Believe in Us’ 

The Quality Checkers were invited to come along to the Partnership board run by the local council and MPs to tell people about the new project. 











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Leon met his co-lead Jason to talk about housing and a workplan. 

The MPs went to the Partnership Board on Zoom. They told the Partnership Board what work they had been doing. Richard went to Transport for London Meeting on Zoom. Lorraine had a Citizen Forum about Jobs and Activities. The Safe Places group started delivering Learning Disability Hate Crime Awareness training to 10 and 11 year olds in schools. Ravi and the other MPs did a Moving On Forum for all the 6[th] Form students at Charlton Park Academy. 









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The Safe Places group were given funding to check all places that signed up to be a Safe Place still wanted to be a Safe Place. 

Assistant MP Richard was voted by the other MPs to cover for Tommy MP for Keeping Safe while his was off work. 

Debbie had a Health subgroup on Zoom with co-lead Sharfraz. Debbie told the Subgroup about her Citizen Forum. 

Debbie, Denise and Mark went to a meeting with Heart and Soul called “Believe In Us” They want to find out what people with learning disabilities have to say about health services in Greenwich. 

Advocacy in Greenwich had a stall at the Woolwich community village event. 








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Eveline and Vicky gave a presentation about working well with parents with a learning disability to 445 social work students on zoom. 

The MPs went to the Learning Disability Partnership Board. They told the Partnership Board what they have been doing. 

Ravi and Robert had a Special Citizen Forum about the 100 day challenge. 

We worked with Greenwich Council and Digital Cities as part of project to make laptops and tablets accessible to people in Greenwich who do not have access to the internet. 

The Quality Checkers were asked to Quality check a local event called Greenwich and Docklands International Festival. It's also known as **GDIF** for short. 









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The Employment Ambassadors trained care staff about how to support someone with a learning disability into work or volunteering. 

Richard, Denise and Ravi sent out questionnaires to people with a learning disability about Keeping Safe. 

The MPs went to the London Forum on Zoom with other London Self Advocacy groups. 

Robert went to the London Learning Disability and Autism Strategic Partnership Board. 

The Quality Checkers went along to the100 day challenge celebration event. It was run by Greenwich council. They got to tell people about the project. 

Sam , Yasmin and Elizabeth visited Riverwood Greenwich Mencap to speak to the service users about their services. 












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Robert and Ravi had a Special Citizen Forum about 100 Day Challenge. The MPs went to a Cabinet meeting to plan the agenda for the next Partnership Board. Some MPs and Quality Checkers had IT training to help them with IT skills. Denise and Robert went to the Valuing People Transport for London meeting on Zoom. Sam and Debbie visited Sherard Road and spoke to Roy, Cassie, Mark, and Suki about their services. 









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The MPs went to the Partnership Board on Zoom. Mark co-chaired the meeting. 

Debbie, Richard and Ravi held a Citizen Forum for people at the Riverwood Project and Colleriane Road. They talked about jobs and activities. Debbie and Alice did Health Workshops with the 6[th] Form students at Charlton Park Academy. 

Richard and Alice did Keeping Safe Workshops with 6[th] Form students at Charlton Park Academy. 

The Speaking Up Groups for young women and young men started again at Shooters Hill College. 

Denise and Robert visited Sherard road to talk to more people about their services. 








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## Greenwich People’s 

## Parliament 



The MPs have been working hard this year mainly on Zoom or MS Teams. 


The MPs had to think of different ways to find out what people with learning disabilities have to say. 


The MPs have arranged Citizen Forum Meetings on Zoom and sent out questionnaires so people can have their say. 


The MPs have continued to tell the Partnership Board about the work they have been doing and what was said at the Citizen Forums. 

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The MPs helped the big bosses at Public Health make changes to easy read information they called “Health and Adults Vision” 

Richard said “It was fine working on Zoom. I was excited about the role and covering for Tommy Keeping Safe. I have enjoyed working with other groups.” He said “It was very difficult at times as I find it hard talking to people and challenging for me. It has helped me with my social skills and public speaking.” 

Sadly, Rachel the Assistant MP passed away in May 2021. She will be missed by all at Advocacy in Greenwich. 

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## London Regional Forum 


The London Regional Forum meets 4 times a year. From December 2020 we started meeting on zoom. In September this year we had our first hybrid meeting with some people in the room and some people joining us on zoom. 



Robert and Maria have been chairing the meetings and Robert feeds back what has been said at the London Learning Disability and Autism Strategic Partnership Board. 



This year we have talked a lot about health and the difficulties people have had using health services. 

We have also talked about how people have felt during the lockdowns, not being able to meet up with friends or do normal activities. 

The minutes from the meetings are on our website: 

- https://advocacyingreenwich.org.uk/london forum/ 

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## Employment Ambassadors 


The Employment Ambassadors have designed training for workers in residential homes, to tell them how to best support people with learning disabilities into work, volunteering or training. 



They held 3 training sessions with 15 people taking part. The residential staff said the training was good and had a lot of good information. 

The Employment Ambassadors have been checking job websites to make sure they are accessible for people with a learning disability. 


Work Train Greenwich and Volunteer Centre Greenwich send website referrals to the group. 


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## Learning Disability Hate Crime Awareness Workshops 





The Safe Places Team developed and delivered Learning Disability Hate Crime Awareness Workshops to Year 6 (ages 10 and 11) students at primary schools in Greenwich Borough. The workshops were all on zoom. 

They delivered sessions to 9 classes in 5 different schools. 

**238** 

Altogether 238 students took part in the workshops. 

This is what Debbie, Leon, Lorraine and Robert say about delivering the session: 

“I enjoyed doing it. The children listened.” 

“I was nervous at the start. I hope the children will think differently.” 

“It was good. I want to do it again.” 

“I was very nervous but then I got good at it.” 

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## **This is feedback from some of the students at Deansfield Primary School** 






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## The Transition Project 



This year the Transition project has been working with the sixth form students at Charlton Park Academy and students at Shooters Hill College. 


## **Charlton Park Academy** 

We have done **workshops** about: 


- Jobs and Work experience 

- Health 

- Keeping Safe. 

We did all our workshops on Teams. 


We did a **Moving On Forum** in June on Zoom. WorkTrain Greenwich did a talk about how they can support young people and we heard from a young person what life has been like for them since they left school. 


We asked the students how they feel about the future and what their hopes and dreams are. **Shooters Hill College** 

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We have started weekly speaking up groups again.  There is a young women’s group and a young men’s group. 

The groups will be talking about how they can get the future they want and will work together on a project. 

**Ravi MP for Moving On** ran the Moving On Forum. “It’s been good.  I like Charlton Park Academy, I like  the people.” 

**Debbie MP for Health** has run workshops. 

“I enjoyed doing the health workshop.  I enjoyed speaking to the students.” 

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## Quality Checking Greenwich 


The Quality Checkers have been working hard this year, mainly on Zoom. 


They have also learned how to use teams and WebEx to meet with different groups. 


As the Quality Checkers have not been able to meet other people in person until recently, we have been sending questionnaires to people to find out about their services, so people can still have their say. 


The Quality Checkers have been doing a lot of training to learn how to be a quality checker 

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The Quality Checkers started to meet in person in the office from October this year, as restrictions eased. 

The Quality Checkers are now able to go to different services and meet with people with learning disabilities. 

We are planning for more visits and ‘have your say’ forums next year. 

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**What we have learned from working on the project so far** 

How to use zoom and use a tablet, I’ve never used one of them before.’ - **Debbie** 

‘How to use pictures and symbols’ (to communicate with others) - **Debbie** 

How to help speak up for people with learning disability’ - **Sam** 

‘Some people’s needs are more complex than mine’ - **Sam** 

Learned to work as a team. It’s difficult working with new people and getting to know them’- **Denise** 

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I learned how to use zoom on 3 things, first my mobile, then I got a tablet and now I’ve got a laptop’ – **Robert** 

‘How to meet new people’ - **Elizabeth** 

‘I’ve built confidence to be able to check services. Cause before I wouldn’t have thought about how to change things (in services) to make them better for people with learning disabilities.’ - **Yasmin** 

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## MOPAC – Mayor of London Office for Policing and Crime 


We received funding from MOPAC to design accessible information about keeping safe during the Covid-19 pandemic. 


4 people were employed to make a leaflet and a video. The group worked on Zoom 


The group decided to call the leaflet and video “Easy Read Guide to Coming Out of Lockdown” 

The guide will give people ideas on how to come out of lockdown and feel safe. 


The leaflet and video are on our website and You Tube. 

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## Trustees 

||**Trustee Board**|
|---|---|
|James Olorode|Re-elected 15thDecember 2020|
|Eveline Peates|Re-elected 15thDecember 2020|
|Beth Hardwick|Re-elected 15thDecember 2020|
|Jenny Chan|Re-elected 15thDecember 2020|
|Roland Mortimer|Re-elected 15thDecember 2020|
|Adeku Odubamiro|Re-elected 15thDecember 2020|
|Barbara Harris|Resigned 15thDecember 2020|



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## Staff Team Members 


Trustee Board 



Anita Rickard Vicky Tantony Director                                          Manager 




Alice Francis Self Advocacy Development Worker 


Julie Burns Geraldine Russell                   Gemma Hughes Self Advocacy Worker                 Self Advocacy Worker           Sessional Advocate Worker 



Sessional Advocate 


MPs and Assistant MPs 


Employment Ambassadors 



Quality Safe Checking Places Team Team 

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## Thank you to everyone who gave us money this year 













Thank you to photosymbol[TM] for some of the images used in this report. 

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## Summary of Accounts for 

## Year Ending 31[st] March 2021 

|**Income**|**2021**|**2020**|
|---|---|---|
|**Restricted**|||
|Lloyds Bank Foundation|6,976|10,000|
|City Bridge Trust|32,457|15,000|
|National Lottery Community Fund|65,614|16,244|
|Metro|6,500|20,000|
|**Income from Charitable Activities**|||
|National Lottery Community Fund|15,370|-|
|Lloyds Bank Foundation|26,024|-|
|HMRC Job Retention Scheme|2,523|-|
|City Bridge Trust|7,252|-|
|Co-op Community Fund|12,729|4,156|
|Safer Greenwich|5,986|-|
|Other|671|69|
|**Restricted**|||
|Royal Borough of Greenwich|32,369|34,886|
|Royal Borough of Greenwich – Children’s|||
|Services|7,696|10,516|
|London ADASS|-|6,059|
|Awards for All|-|3,330|
|Frontline|1,187|1,230|
|NHS England|1,305|4,400|
|Hospital Saturday Fund|-|1,250|
|Safer Greenwich|-|2,956|
|London Catalyst|-|1,250|
|Unity Trust|20,708|20,708|
|Bank Interest|-|-<br>|



**Total Income** 

**245,367 152,054** 

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|**Money Spent**|**2021**|**2020**|
|---|---|---|
|**Cost of Raising Money**|||
|Salaries|-|-|
|**Cost of the Work we do**|||
|Salaries|178,006|158,139|
|Consultant costs|6,063|6,310|
|Office running costs|8,686|11,065|
|Other staff costs|305|1,286|
|**Support Costs**|||
|Room Costs|10,500|12,000|
|Insurance|2,599|1,189|
|Bad Debts|-|774|
|Things wearing out|97|97|
|**Cost of Governing Advocacy in Greenwich**|||
|AGM and Annual Report|-|-|
|Independent Examiner Fee|950|950|
|**Total Money spent**|**207,206**|**191,810**|
|What was left over this year|38,161|-39,756|
|What was left over from last year|31,112|70,868|
|What was left over at the end of the year|69,273|31,112|



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## Money we were given 


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Other 46<br>Restricted<br>IPSOS Mori 625<br>Unrestricted<br>National Lottery Community Fund 15,370<br>Lloyds Bank Foundation £26,024<br>HMRC Job Retention Scheme £2,523<br>City Bridge Trust £7,252<br>Safer Greenwich £5,986<br>Co-op Local Community Fund £12,729<br>Unity Trust £20,708<br>NHS England £1,305<br>Frontline £1,187<br>Royal Borough of Greenwich -<br>£7,696<br>Childrens Services<br>Royal Borough of Greenwich £32,369<br>Metro £6,500<br>National Lottery Community Fund £65,614<br>£0 £20,000 £40,000 £60,000 £80,000<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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## How we spent our money 


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Other staff costs £305<br>Office running costs £8,686<br>Accountants Fee £950<br>Bad Debts £774<br>Consultants costs £6,063<br>Insurance £2,599<br>Room costs £10,500<br>Things wearing out £97<br>Salaries<br>£178,006<br>£0 £2,000 £4,000 £6,000 £8,000 £10,000 £12,000<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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Money we had left<br>Money we were given and allowed to<br>£245,367<br>spend<br>Money we spent this year £207,206<br>What was left over this year £38,161<br>Money we had left over from last year £31,112<br>Money left at the end of March 2021 £69,273<br>£0 £100,000 £200,000 £300,000<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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Registered charity number
1009787
Advocacy in Greenwich
Report and Accounts
31 March 2021

Advocacy in Greenwich
Report and accounts
Contents
Page
Legal and Adrninlstr31ive infommtion
Report of the Twstees
Independgnt Examinerfs re￿rt
Statemgnt of Finanual Actmtses
Balance sheet
Cash flow statement
Notes to the ac¢ounts

Advocacy in Greenwieh
Trustees. Annual Report for the year ended 31 hlarch 2021
The Trustee5 present their annual report and the finan￿al statem8nts for th8 year
ended 31 March 2021.
Reference and Administration Infomiation
Principal address:
First Floor. Equitable House
7 General Gordon Square
London SE18 6FH
Registored Charity Number:
1009787
Trustees
Mr Jarnes Olorode
Mrs Eveline Peates
Beth Hardwick
Jenny Chan
Mr Roland Mortimer
Mr Adekunle Odubamiro
Senlor officer..
Ms Anita Rickard
D1￿Ctor
Independent examlners
Michael Adamson and Co
21 The Drive
Hullbridge
Hockley
Essex
SS5 6LZ
Bankers
The Co-operative Bank
151-155 Lewsham High Street
London SE13 6AA

Advocacy in Greenwich
Registered Charty number: 11109787
structure, Governance and Management
Advocacy in Greenwich is govern￿1 by its ￿nStitu￿On adopted on 12 February 1992
and as arneTrJed by resolub.ons dat&J 20 May 2008 arKI 2 December 2(Q8.
The Tnjstees are eleded annually by the membetship at the Annual General Meeting
of the Charity up to a maximum of 6 people. In addition. ￿Ople may be rxTropted
by the Trustees as required until the next AGM.
All Tnjstees attend Trust& Training and online Safeguarding training and receive a
comprehensive pack whith I￿udeS the confidentialty policy. conflid of interesl
policy, disciplinary and giievance Pro￿dures, (x)mplaints procedures and delaiL8 of
the Charitys policy on dNersrfication.
Advocacy In Greenwch is a member of a kncal consortium
The Charity contsnually monitors major risks. The decisions on to manage the
risks are taken at the Twstee Meetings aThJ a risk register is in pla￿.
Objectives and Actlvities
The Charivs aim is to assisl and support people with di5abililies within the are8 of
benefit, in particular by providing them wth a ￿nge of advocacy seTvices. which
focus ￿ people with leaming disabililies and lo vK)rk sirategically to infven￿ policy
and practice.
We aim lo emp0￿Er people with a leamiTrJ disability to bring about (knryJe for
individuals arKI in souety and to makes sure that we provide independent advocacy
io anyone who needs it We do this 1hrou￿..
One to one advocacy.
Posilivgly enc￿raging seEf-advocary and prorrL)ting people wlth leaming
disabilities a5 leaders.
Raising aWa￿nesS among groups and individuals in the ￿rnMunty aLMwt the
Issues affecting peop￿ with a leaming disability.
Offering people with leamirKJ disabilities paid and voluntary roles wiihin our
organizati)n.
Empowering Fwile wtlh leamirvJ disabilties io bring ab)ut positive change in
serVI￿S. and in Ihe ￿MmunIty.
Many of the people we vK)th have cDmplex communication and we use mulkn-
media resources to supwrt people to make Ckn1￿$. We have several projects
offering one to one adV0￿¢Y and self advo(2cy groups. We prornte advoKacy

through Choices workshops. We also support people to develop skills and have paid
and voluntary rO￿S within the organisalion. Trainers. Peer MPS, developing Irainlng
materials and films, prorTr)tion, facilitating consultalion groups and becoming
members of our Board of Trustees.
We support people with leaming disabilities to lake on leadership roles locally,
regionally and nationally.
When reviewing the aclivities of Ihe Charity, the trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
Achievements and Performance
Self-Advo(acy Project
The project continues to V￿rk Suc￿sSfullY across the Who￿ organisation, arnl w8
continue to facilitate a diverse ￿nge of self-advocacy groups wth particular
emphasis on improving Choi￿ and control. We ensure that we meel the needs ofthe
diverse communty of peopb wth leaming disabilities in Greenwich.
Transitions Project
We have Five year fvnding by City Bridge Trust lo provide sew advocacy groups and
workshops for young people in transition from children to adult Setv1￿$. Durrng
lockdown the project delivered several Zoom workshops in school.
London Forum for People wth Leaming Disabli ities
We have developed and slrenglhened the London Regh)nal Forum. Meetings are
more accessible, and the Chair of the Forum has been working to represent the
views of his peers al decision making meetings lo improve the lives of all people with
leamlng disabilities in London.
The People's Parfiamenl
The work of the MPS in the People's Parliament has ensured that peopk with
leaming disabilities in Greenwich are influencing decision making locally and are
connected lo demOc￿lie proce&ses. This work continues to provide paid roles for
people wlh leaming disabilities.
Work train Consortium
Our role in the Con50rtium is to support the Ernployment Ambassadors project. The
Ambassadors have developed a￿SsIble training tools and have delwered Learning
Disability Awarenes5 training lo Employers in Greenwch. They also ched(
Employerfs websites and provide feedback on the accessibility of websites.
Quality Checking Project
We have been funded by the Big Lottery for 5 years to develop a project providing
paid roles for people wth leaming disabilities ched(ing a range of slatulory,
community and leisure services in Greenwich aiming to improve the accessibility of
their services. We have rectuiled and trained 8 Quality Checkers who have been
developing tools to Quality Ched( seNices in Greenwtch.
Safer Greenwich
A group of people with ￿arnIng disabilities used training Ihat they re￿Ned from
Lewisham Speaking Up lo develop and deliver online learning disability training to
children in Primary Sch(x)Is in Ihe Greenwich. They delivered the training lo 248
young people in 8 classes and re￿iVed positive feedback from the children.

Financlal Revlew
The results for the year are as shovm on page 6
The Injstees have set aside £30.OC(I from the unrestricted fvnds lo cover staff o)sts
and unforeseen contiTrJeneies and this reserve is reviewed on an annual basis.
In the current economic dimle. it (x)ntinues to be more drfficult to secure fundirrfJ we
therefore ensure that we seujre funding from a range of funders. We have been
grateful to all our funders who provKI￿1 athlitional support duttng this d5flicull perlod.
As we are an independent advocacy organisalion Ihe majority of our applications are
to grant making trusts. We also receive some funding fmm the slatutory sector as we
believe ihis is evidence of the walue that the statulory sector placEs on the work of
our organisation.
Our funds are spent on SUPFK)rting the delivery of an effective and high qualty
advocacy servi(*.
Other inf0m￿tIon
We prcMjU￿ a more detai18d re[￿rt is a￿ssIble to our benefi￿aries and Is
available on our website al ww.advoca
reenwich.o
.uk.
This report VRS approved by the tx)ard on
and signed on its behalf
Beth Hardwick
Chair

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Accountants. Report
Report of the Independent Examiners to the Members
Advocacy In Greenwlch
We have examined the financial 5tatement5 on pages 6 to 18 for the year ended 31 March 2021.
which have been prepared under the accountwlg polioes Set out on page 9
Respective responsibilitie5 of the trustees and examiner
The charitls tru51ees are responsible fof the prepara[￿ of the accounts. The tharity's trusteas
consider that an audit 15 not required for this year utyjer sectic￿ 144 01 the Charilies Act 2011 1(he
Charilies Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is our responsibility to..
' examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,:
' to follow the procedures laid down irb Ihe general Directions g￿eTh by the
Charity Comrnission under seclion 14515llb} ol the Charities AGt.' and
' lo slate whether partiujlar matters have come to my attenb"on.
Basis of independenl examinerfs report
Our examination w8s carried out in accordan￿ the General Directions glv8n by the Charity
Commissioners. An exarnination incJudes a review of the accounting records kept by th8 charlty
and a comparison of the accounts presented with those re￿rds. 11 also indudes consideration ol
any unusual Sterns or disd05ur8s in the aro)unts. and seeking explanations from you as trustees
concerning any such malters.
The procedures undertaken do nol provide all th8 evidence that would be required in an audit and
consequently we do not express an audit opinion on Ihe vew gNen by the ac(xJunts.
Independent examinerfs statement
In connection with our examinalion. no matter has come to our attention=
1. which gives us reasonable cause lo believe that in any matewral respect the requirements
lal lo keep accounting records in accordance with sectKJn 130 of Ihe Charities A¢t- and
Ibl lo prepare accounts which accord the accounting re¢oids and Its ¢ompty wlh the
ccounling requirements of the Act. have not been met.. or
2. to which, in our opinion, atten)on sh(xJld be drawn in order to enable a proper undeistandlng ol
tha accounts to be reached.
Michael Adamson and Co
Chartered Accountants
21 The Drfve
HullbrKJge
Hockley
Essex
SS5 8LZ
Date=

Advocacy In Gytenwlch
Statement of Finan¢Tal ActIvIt￿5 lor the year ended 31 March 2021
Unre51ricted Re¥lricted
fvnd
lunds
Total
2Q21
Total
2020
In￿rnIng res0w￿.
Incomlw rnswrces generat•¢ frJnd5:
Vduntary
1rw8$bT￿l inv
In￿mIng re5r￿e•S from chavitabh xtlvilie5
118.799
118.799
61,244
63265 126.568
90.810
Tolal incomlng rnsour¢a$
182.
245.367
152,054
ResourcE8 expendod:
Cost of gen•rnting funds
C0515 Of9erEr8lK￿ In￿me
Charflth aciMI*s
65.YJ4
141242
570
190.860
950
Total rosources ÈJpended
65.394
141,812
207X
191.810
N•t Incorne fwtbg ye*
12.0911
3B,161
139,7561
TrdnsfBr between lunds
I1.￿9}
Funds broLWI forward
31.112
31.112
10.868
Funds carried It)￿ard
39.183
31.112
attathed notBS for parl ofthese accThAnts

Advocacy in Greenwich
Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2021
Unrè$trict•d Rè$trl¢ted
Funds
Funds
2021
2021
Notes
T¢tsl
2021
Total
2020
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
192
192
192
192
289
289
CDrrènrèssets
Debtors
Cash 81 bank and in hand
11,760
55.529
67.289
11.760
86,377
98.137
20.761
48.839
69.600
30.848
30.848
Cr•dltors'. amounts falling due
wlthln one year
Net current ass8t5
1950)
29.898
128.1061
39.183
129.0561
69,081
138.7771
30,823
Nel assets
39.183
69.273
31.112
Fund$ carrièd forward
Unreslricted funds
Designated fund
Restricted fvncls
30.090
30,090
1.112
30.000
39,183
39,183
Total funds
39.183
69,273
31.112
The Charities Act requi￿$ the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial yearwhich
give a tme and falr VTew ol State of affairs of the tharty at the year end and of ihe surpls or
deficil for the year th8n ended.
In preparing trese f￿and31 statements. the Trustees a￿ wequtred to select suitable accounting
policies. as described on page 8 and then apply them an 8 ¢on515tent bas15. making judgerrents
and estimates that are prudenl and rèasonablB. Thè Trustèes must also prepare the financial
51alemeritS Oll the going concem basls unkqss 11 is inappropriate to ptesume that the charity will
continue ￿ busines5.
Thè Truslees are responsible for keeping proper accounling records whith dlsclose wilh r8asonabl8
ac¢ura¢y at any lime th& financial posilion of the charty and to enab￿ Ihem to ensure thè financial
slatements ¢omply wth ihe Charities Act 2011. The Tnjstees are also reswisible for safeguarding
the assèts of the charity 3nd hence taknng reasona￿ steps for Ihe prevention and ￿tectIOn of
fraud and othef irregulariiiès.
These accounts were approved by the Board ol Trustees on
and slgn8d on its bèhall by
Trustee
Trustse
The attached noles for part ofthese a(ts)unts

Advocacy In Greenwlch
Cash Flow Statement
for the year gnded 31 March 2021
Totsl fund$
2021
Total funds
2020
Net eash used In ¢)peraUng a¢tlvltl8s
13
37.538
129.170)
C•$h flows from Investlng a¢tr¥ttles
Interest ra￿[VOd
Cost of fixed assets
Change In ¢a$h and cash e4uivalents in tho period
37.538
129.170)
C8sh and cash equivalwtts t*(yJght forward
Cash at bank and in hand less overdrafts at 31 March
48.839
78,009
Consisting ot.
Cash at bank and in harwj
86.377
48.839
att8cW mtes for part of these accounts

Advocacy Greenwi¢h
Notes to the A¢counts for tho year ended 31 March 2021
1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES
80sls 01p￿paration
Th8 financxal ststements hav8 been wepared under the historitsl convenlh)n. and are In
accordance the Statement of Rè¢0Mme￿I￿d Practice.. AccoUn￿r￿ and RerK)rting by Chariti8S
prÈparing th*r a¢¢wnts in aco)rdwce wth the Finanaal Reporting Standard applicab￿ in the UK aTrJ
Republic of Ir818nd IFRS 1021 issued in Oclober 2019 and vAth the Charibes Act 2011.
Th&_charity-constilutes.a.publiban8filgntity gs.defined by FRS.101
INCOMING RESOURCES
Re¢ognition of ineomlng resources
These alè included in the Statement of Finan(ia Activib&8 when..
The charity becomes entitled to ihe resources..
' The trustees are virtualty certain that they rec*ive the resour¢es- and
. The tnonetsry Itslue can be rneasured with sufficienl reliat¥lity.
' Where grants are ￿￿1ved in advance, the income is spKead over th8 peti(xJ of thè grant arKI any
funds received whKh relate to future accwntirwJ peri(xJ5 treated a5 defetred incorne and
Ideased in the peri(xJ to wl¥th they relate.
Incoming resources with Trlated expenditure
Vvhefe incoming ￿$oUrCeS have related expendilure. the irKxHr￿ng resource5 and reLqted expeThJitur9
are ￿ported gross in the Statement of Financial Acti*iUes.
Volunteerhelp
The value of8ny vdunL88r h8lp is iTh*Jded in the a￿￿Mts.
Investment income
This is i￿l￿ded in th8 ar4fAJnts when receivable.
EYPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES
Liabilty recognition
Liabilit185 ar8 r8(XNJnised as swn as there is a le￿ or C￿nSt￿l¢trye Ob￿a￿"on &)mntho the ch￿IlY to
pay out resource5.
Goyemanoe costs
These indude the costs of P￿paratiOn and examination of s￿lUtOry accounts. thè (x)5ts of the Annual
General Meeting and the costs of any advice to trustees on govemance or conslitub.onal matters.
F￿ED ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets usedby the charity
They are capitalised rf they can be used for r￿e than rme yew.They are valued at cost OT. rf gTrled. at
tl* value to thè tharty on ￿elpl.wher8 a grant is r8C8ived specific8lly for the purchase of capital
Items, cfflce the ccnditicffis of tke ￿an1 have been mat. the assets ara Iransf8rred to genèral lund.
DeP￿CIatIon
DepreciatKJn has iEen provided at lh8 folIc￿ng rates in order to ￿lIe off the assets over their
estifflated useful lives.
Furnitur8 and eqiApm8llt
25% C￿ cost

Advocacy in Greenwlch
Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 Ma￿h 2021
2 Analy819 of Incomlng r•SOu￿¢S
2021
2020
Voluntary Sncom8'.
Re$trl¢tsd funds:
Lbyds Bank F￿ndati¢
City Bridge Trust
Natlonal Lottgry Comrr¥Jnty FuThY
M8tr0
6.976
39.709
65.614
10,000
15,000
16,244
.000
61,244
118,799
Incorn• Irom charltabl• act[￿li￿a-
Unrestricted funds:
Nab"onal Lottery CornrnurNty Fund
Lknyd5 Bank Foun¢Jati
HMRC Job Retents"on &h8me
Ccwp L(￿al Cornmuniy Fund
Saf8r Greerwth
other
15.370
26,024
2.523
11729
4,158
671
69
63.303
4.225
R￿1￿cled
Royal Borough of Greenwid)
Royal Borough of Gr88nwich- Chibjre￿s
London ADASS
Awards fvr Al
Frontline
NHS England
Hospital Saturday Furxj
Safer Gre￿n￿L￿
LOndr￿ Catslyst
Unty TfLk%t
32,369
7.696
34,886
10,516
6.059
&330
1.187
1.305
4.400
1,250
2.956
1.250
20,708
20.708
63.265
IMI￿lMOnt Income
Bank Interest
Total Incoming resou￿5
245.367
152.054

Advocacy in Greenwich
Notes to tho Accounts for Ihe ygar ended 31 March 2021
3 Analysls of r050urees exwnded
Details ol resources expended a￿ Sho1￿ on page 16 ofthe a¢o)unts
4 Net Incomlng resOu￿e$ for the year
2021
2020
These a￿ slated.after ¢haTgiTrJ
D8preciats'
IndeperKJent Exarniners fee
97
950
97
Trustees expenses
Trust88S 9xpens8s for the year arkKbuntecl lo £Nil 12020.. Nil)
No member of the Board of T￿Stee$ nor any person ￿nnected wAlh thèm has ￿1vad or is du8 to
receive any retnuneration for Ihe year directly or indir• from the Charity'5 furvJ5.
5 Employ¢es
2021
2020
Gross salaries
Employers NalioTral InsurarKe costs
Pensk)n contribubons
144.409
8.075
25.$22
178.c￿6
132,164
7,525
18,450
The average nunkner of employees during the year was 712020-. 71.
No employee receive(l efflduments of rnore Ihan £60.(XX¥ per annum.
ReMUnerat￿n to key management parson￿1 in Ihe year amounled lo £41.67812020 '. £40.5621
6 Taxallon
The charity is exempt from Corw)ration Tax on its tharits￿e actmles.
7 Tangible fixtd ass8t$
Furnitur•
and
equlpmènt
Total
Cost
At 1 April 2020
23,210
rJ,210
At 31 March 2021
23,210
,210
Dopro¢latlon
Al 1 Apnl 2020
Charge for the year
22,921
97
22,¥21
97
Al 31 March 2021
23,018
23,018
N•1 book valug
At 31 March 2021
192
192
Al 31 March 2020
289
289

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Notes to the Accounts for the year onded 31 Mar¢h 2021
B Debtors
2021
2020
Debtors
11.760
11.760
20,761
20,761
9 CTeditOTS'. amourts lalllng due TAtlhin one year
2021
2020
Creditors and acclu￿S
08ferred irthme
12.652
16.404
29,056
22,533
16.244
38.777
Analy$l$ of deterr￿ Incom#'.
Name ot fundel
Openlng
deferral
Released
In ye*
Deferred
In ypar
Closing
deferral
National Lottery C￿lI￿JA1ty Flfftd
16.244
16244
1fj.404
16,404
16,244
16244
16.404
16.404
10 Detalls of funds
Unroslricted Fund
We 8r8 committ9d to ensuriTrJ t￿?1 Ihe we wotk a￿ ern￿￿er￿J lo fulty partiapate ￿ lh8
wder commurHty and we wrxk tcqether to ch81t￿e assumptions and (*ange minds.
We airn to promote the rights (rf people we work wlh as citvzens aTrJ to ensure that people with
leaming dlsabilEtig5 and youro wtth parbc4)ale ￿ the p[0J￿{wC￿k at all kvels.
Designated fund
Th8 tnjslees have sot astde ￿l.(MY) frcffi lK￿eStr￿1ed ftJrK18 to co4Er $18ff a￿1 ￿èen
bngencig5.
Restricted lunds
We are m8rrthrs of 1 cnnsortium:
Worktrain
We a￿ in partnewship UrNty Wc¥ks, peo￿ vlilh 18amitwJ disabilities •)to
Employinent. Our rde is to devebp and 5UPPKlrt Empk)yment Amba￿dots prr4ert. We hav8
supportèd a smdl group of ￿￿th learrir*J disabilities to develop trasnlThJ skills and a Learning
tl'5ability Awarer￿S training pack for 51aff ￿ residential aThJ suppcmted I￿ing se￿￿5. The
Ambas5ad(xs have chethry empltyers *tbsit85 and pro￿l￿1ng rep￿ts to irnptove Ihe
accsssitility of Empknyers website5 perple with a teaming disabli ity.
Other reslrfcted funds
Parents t•Ath a learning disability
We work with p8ients wth 18am1￿ d1satKb"￿eS 10 &nyj￿ Ihai ts re(ti¥e fv supwrt that they n8￿j to
care thwr thildren and ￿there there are thild pffjlection issu&% to ￿$￿re that tw have a voice In
t￿s8 procedings. The Royal tKwrwh of G￿eNth ar￿ oth6r London Boffwghs srxit Pu￿h3$? ore

Advocacy in Greenw5ch
Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021
Peoplg's Parliam?nt
The project SUPFM)rts the running of lh8 PeofA8's Parfiarnent. MPS W8 eLqLt8d by th8ir p8ers to
present Iheir views and inierests al decision rnaki￿ ￿ting$ hxally. This work Is funded by lh6
Royal Borough ofGreenwth.
Transitions Prolect
Wè are funded by City Bridgo Trusl to pro￿d& s81f ￿1¥0¢￿ fr)r yo￿9 peop￿ in Transition.
ect
uallty Checkers ￿r0￿
We ar8 funded by the Big Lottery Furwj to dev8k)p a Quality CWirwJ Proiert to actessibility
of a range of statutory, community and leisure servitss in th8 tx)tuvJh.
Safe Pla￿$
We have funding to rewsit sites that are ojrrenuy Safe Places in Green%Mch borough to make su
nothing has changed 5TrKe the pandemic. We ar8 oflering a IrainiTrJ upd81e lo staff 81 the Safe Plae*s.
London Reglonal Forum
We continue co-oYdinÈliTVJ the Lonthn F(￿M for people a leaming disabilty. This wrxk is funded
by NHS England.

Advocacy In Greenwlch
Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021
11 Movement in funds
Year ended 31 March 2021
Fund
Gross
Fund
balances
Iransfars balances
Imought Irbcoming Outgoing b8iween
cartied
forward resourr*s resourrEs
funds forward
Unrestricted fund
1.112
68.555
165,3941
1.069
5.342
Paronts wlth a loarnlng disability
Restricted
Advocacy
Restrided
Self Advocacy
Re5tricied
Quallty Checkgrs
Restricted
other prolacts
Restricted
13.239
(12.7281
(5111
3.957
13.7171
(240}
67.369
le6.7￿)
1669)
65.614
(33.6831
31.931
24.633 {24.984)
351
De51gnated Fund
30.000
30.000
Total
31.112 243.367
Year ended 31 March 2020
Fund
Gross
Fund
balances
transfers balanc85
brought Ino)ming Outgoing bètween
carried
funds
forward
Unreslrl¢tod fund
Parents wlth a leamlng dlsabllity
ReSt￿ted
Advocacy
Restricted
Self Advo¢acy
Restri¢l¢d
Other projects
Restricted
39.413
4,225
(2,851) 139,6751
1.112
11.746
I22.6￿)
10.944
31,242
{34,340)
3.098
73.674 1101,606)
27.932
1.455
31,167
130.3231 (2.2991
D¢$ignat•d Fund
30,0
30.OLM)
Totsl
70.868
152.054
191.810)
31.112

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Note5 to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021
12 compara￿¥• Stat•m•nt ot Fin4nthl AGtlvltlg5
Unrestrlcted
lund
2020
Rostrlcted
lunds
2020
Notos
Total
2020
Incomlnu r•sour¢e#:
Incoming resour￿ ffom generated funds:
Vdunlary In¢om¢
Investment incom8
In¢omlng r¥sour¢95 Irom charllablo ac¢lvlll85
61,244
61,244
4.225
86.585
90,810
Total Incomlng r•source8
4,225
147.829
152.054
Resources expended..
Cost of g?neratlng lunds
Cosls ofgen8raling voluntary Incom
2.851
188,Q)9
950
190.860
950
Govemanc8 %x)sIs
Totsl resources expendod
2.851
188.959
191.810
Nat In¢omg for th* y•ar
Transfer beh¥een
1.374
141,1301
139,7561
139.6751
39.675
FuThls br￿Jght fward
69.413
1.455
70.888
Funds carhed foTrward
31.112
31.112
13 Reconclllatlon ol net movements In funds to nèt cash flow trom operats.ng
Note5
2021
2020
Nel rnovptll8nl in funds
Add back depredatkjn
Lps5 Interest ￿￿eNed
Decrease I Ilncreasel In debt￿$
Increase I Ideueasel in uedilors
Net Cash us¢d In operatlng a¢lhfthes
38,161
97
139,7S61
97
9.001
9,721
110.2891
20.778
29.170

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Registered charity number
1009787
Advocacy in Greenwich
Report and Accounts
31 March 2021

Advocacy in Greenwich
Report and accounts
Contents
Page
Legal and Adrninlstr31ive infommtion
Report of the Twstees
Independgnt Examinerfs re￿rt
Statemgnt of Finanual Actmtses
Balance sheet
Cash flow statement
Notes to the ac¢ounts

Advocacy in Greenwieh
Trustees. Annual Report for the year ended 31 hlarch 2021
The Trustee5 present their annual report and the finan￿al statem8nts for th8 year
ended 31 March 2021.
Reference and Administration Infomiation
Principal address:
First Floor. Equitable House
7 General Gordon Square
London SE18 6FH
Registored Charity Number:
1009787
Trustees
Mr Jarnes Olorode
Mrs Eveline Peates
Beth Hardwick
Jenny Chan
Mr Roland Mortimer
Mr Adekunle Odubamiro
Senlor officer..
Ms Anita Rickard
D1￿Ctor
Independent examlners
Michael Adamson and Co
21 The Drive
Hullbridge
Hockley
Essex
SS5 6LZ
Bankers
The Co-operative Bank
151-155 Lewsham High Street
London SE13 6AA

Advocacy in Greenwich
Registered Charty number: 11109787
structure, Governance and Management
Advocacy in Greenwich is govern￿1 by its ￿nStitu￿On adopted on 12 February 1992
and as arneTrJed by resolub.ons dat&J 20 May 2008 arKI 2 December 2(Q8.
The Tnjstees are eleded annually by the membetship at the Annual General Meeting
of the Charity up to a maximum of 6 people. In addition. ￿Ople may be rxTropted
by the Trustees as required until the next AGM.
All Tnjstees attend Trust& Training and online Safeguarding training and receive a
comprehensive pack whith I￿udeS the confidentialty policy. conflid of interesl
policy, disciplinary and giievance Pro￿dures, (x)mplaints procedures and delaiL8 of
the Charitys policy on dNersrfication.
Advocacy In Greenwch is a member of a kncal consortium
The Charity contsnually monitors major risks. The decisions on to manage the
risks are taken at the Twstee Meetings aThJ a risk register is in pla￿.
Objectives and Actlvities
The Charivs aim is to assisl and support people with di5abililies within the are8 of
benefit, in particular by providing them wth a ￿nge of advocacy seTvices. which
focus ￿ people with leaming disabililies and lo vK)rk sirategically to infven￿ policy
and practice.
We aim lo emp0￿Er people with a leamiTrJ disability to bring about (knryJe for
individuals arKI in souety and to makes sure that we provide independent advocacy
io anyone who needs it We do this 1hrou￿..
One to one advocacy.
Posilivgly enc￿raging seEf-advocary and prorrL)ting people wlth leaming
disabilities a5 leaders.
Raising aWa￿nesS among groups and individuals in the ￿rnMunty aLMwt the
Issues affecting peop￿ with a leaming disability.
Offering people with leamirKJ disabilities paid and voluntary roles wiihin our
organizati)n.
Empowering Fwile wtlh leamirvJ disabilties io bring ab)ut positive change in
serVI￿S. and in Ihe ￿MmunIty.
Many of the people we vK)th have cDmplex communication and we use mulkn-
media resources to supwrt people to make Ckn1￿$. We have several projects
offering one to one adV0￿¢Y and self advo(2cy groups. We prornte advoKacy

through Choices workshops. We also support people to develop skills and have paid
and voluntary rO￿S within the organisalion. Trainers. Peer MPS, developing Irainlng
materials and films, prorTr)tion, facilitating consultalion groups and becoming
members of our Board of Trustees.
We support people with leaming disabilities to lake on leadership roles locally,
regionally and nationally.
When reviewing the aclivities of Ihe Charity, the trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.
Achievements and Performance
Self-Advo(acy Project
The project continues to V￿rk Suc￿sSfullY across the Who￿ organisation, arnl w8
continue to facilitate a diverse ￿nge of self-advocacy groups wth particular
emphasis on improving Choi￿ and control. We ensure that we meel the needs ofthe
diverse communty of peopb wth leaming disabilities in Greenwich.
Transitions Project
We have Five year fvnding by City Bridge Trust lo provide sew advocacy groups and
workshops for young people in transition from children to adult Setv1￿$. Durrng
lockdown the project delivered several Zoom workshops in school.
London Forum for People wth Leaming Disabli ities
We have developed and slrenglhened the London Regh)nal Forum. Meetings are
more accessible, and the Chair of the Forum has been working to represent the
views of his peers al decision making meetings lo improve the lives of all people with
leamlng disabilities in London.
The People's Parfiamenl
The work of the MPS in the People's Parliament has ensured that peopk with
leaming disabilities in Greenwich are influencing decision making locally and are
connected lo demOc￿lie proce&ses. This work continues to provide paid roles for
people wlh leaming disabilities.
Work train Consortium
Our role in the Con50rtium is to support the Ernployment Ambassadors project. The
Ambassadors have developed a￿SsIble training tools and have delwered Learning
Disability Awarenes5 training lo Employers in Greenwch. They also ched(
Employerfs websites and provide feedback on the accessibility of websites.
Quality Checking Project
We have been funded by the Big Lottery for 5 years to develop a project providing
paid roles for people wth leaming disabilities ched(ing a range of slatulory,
community and leisure services in Greenwich aiming to improve the accessibility of
their services. We have rectuiled and trained 8 Quality Checkers who have been
developing tools to Quality Ched( seNices in Greenwtch.
Safer Greenwich
A group of people with ￿arnIng disabilities used training Ihat they re￿Ned from
Lewisham Speaking Up lo develop and deliver online learning disability training to
children in Primary Sch(x)Is in Ihe Greenwich. They delivered the training lo 248
young people in 8 classes and re￿iVed positive feedback from the children.

Financlal Revlew
The results for the year are as shovm on page 6
The Injstees have set aside £30.OC(I from the unrestricted fvnds lo cover staff o)sts
and unforeseen contiTrJeneies and this reserve is reviewed on an annual basis.
In the current economic dimle. it (x)ntinues to be more drfficult to secure fundirrfJ we
therefore ensure that we seujre funding from a range of funders. We have been
grateful to all our funders who provKI￿1 athlitional support duttng this d5flicull perlod.
As we are an independent advocacy organisalion Ihe majority of our applications are
to grant making trusts. We also receive some funding fmm the slatutory sector as we
believe ihis is evidence of the walue that the statulory sector placEs on the work of
our organisation.
Our funds are spent on SUPFK)rting the delivery of an effective and high qualty
advocacy servi(*.
Other inf0m￿tIon
We prcMjU￿ a more detai18d re[￿rt is a￿ssIble to our benefi￿aries and Is
available on our website al ww.advoca
reenwich.o
.uk.
This report VRS approved by the tx)ard on
and signed on its behalf
Beth Hardwick
Chair

Advocacy In Greonwich
Accountants. Report
Report of the Independent Examiners to the Members
Advocacy In Greenwlch
We have examined the financial 5tatement5 on pages 6 to 18 for the year ended 31 March 2021.
which have been prepared under the accountwlg polioes Set out on page 9
Respective responsibilitie5 of the trustees and examiner
The charitls tru51ees are responsible fof the prepara[￿ of the accounts. The tharity's trusteas
consider that an audit 15 not required for this year utyjer sectic￿ 144 01 the Charilies Act 2011 1(he
Charilies Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is our responsibility to..
' examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,:
' to follow the procedures laid down irb Ihe general Directions g￿eTh by the
Charity Comrnission under seclion 14515llb} ol the Charities AGt.' and
' lo slate whether partiujlar matters have come to my attenb"on.
Basis of independenl examinerfs report
Our examination w8s carried out in accordan￿ the General Directions glv8n by the Charity
Commissioners. An exarnination incJudes a review of the accounting records kept by th8 charlty
and a comparison of the accounts presented with those re￿rds. 11 also indudes consideration ol
any unusual Sterns or disd05ur8s in the aro)unts. and seeking explanations from you as trustees
concerning any such malters.
The procedures undertaken do nol provide all th8 evidence that would be required in an audit and
consequently we do not express an audit opinion on Ihe vew gNen by the ac(xJunts.
Independent examinerfs statement
In connection with our examinalion. no matter has come to our attention=
1. which gives us reasonable cause lo believe that in any matewral respect the requirements
lal lo keep accounting records in accordance with sectKJn 130 of Ihe Charities A¢t- and
Ibl lo prepare accounts which accord the accounting re¢oids and Its ¢ompty wlh the
ccounling requirements of the Act. have not been met.. or
2. to which, in our opinion, atten)on sh(xJld be drawn in order to enable a proper undeistandlng ol
tha accounts to be reached.
Michael Adamson and Co
Chartered Accountants
21 The Drfve
HullbrKJge
Hockley
Essex
SS5 8LZ
Date=

Advocacy In Gytenwlch
Statement of Finan¢Tal ActIvIt￿5 lor the year ended 31 March 2021
Unre51ricted Re¥lricted
fvnd
lunds
Total
2Q21
Total
2020
In￿rnIng res0w￿.
Incomlw rnswrces generat•¢ frJnd5:
Vduntary
1rw8$bT￿l inv
In￿mIng re5r￿e•S from chavitabh xtlvilie5
118.799
118.799
61,244
63265 126.568
90.810
Tolal incomlng rnsour¢a$
182.
245.367
152,054
ResourcE8 expendod:
Cost of gen•rnting funds
C0515 Of9erEr8lK￿ In￿me
Charflth aciMI*s
65.YJ4
141242
570
190.860
950
Total rosources ÈJpended
65.394
141,812
207X
191.810
N•t Incorne fwtbg ye*
12.0911
3B,161
139,7561
TrdnsfBr between lunds
I1.￿9}
Funds broLWI forward
31.112
31.112
10.868
Funds carried It)￿ard
39.183
31.112
attathed notBS for parl ofthese accThAnts

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Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2021
Unrè$trict•d Rè$trl¢ted
Funds
Funds
2021
2021
Notes
T¢tsl
2021
Total
2020
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
192
192
192
192
289
289
CDrrènrèssets
Debtors
Cash 81 bank and in hand
11,760
55.529
67.289
11.760
86,377
98.137
20.761
48.839
69.600
30.848
30.848
Cr•dltors'. amounts falling due
wlthln one year
Net current ass8t5
1950)
29.898
128.1061
39.183
129.0561
69,081
138.7771
30,823
Nel assets
39.183
69.273
31.112
Fund$ carrièd forward
Unreslricted funds
Designated fund
Restricted fvncls
30.090
30,090
1.112
30.000
39,183
39,183
Total funds
39.183
69,273
31.112
The Charities Act requi￿$ the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial yearwhich
give a tme and falr VTew ol State of affairs of the tharty at the year end and of ihe surpls or
deficil for the year th8n ended.
In preparing trese f￿and31 statements. the Trustees a￿ wequtred to select suitable accounting
policies. as described on page 8 and then apply them an 8 ¢on515tent bas15. making judgerrents
and estimates that are prudenl and rèasonablB. Thè Trustèes must also prepare the financial
51alemeritS Oll the going concem basls unkqss 11 is inappropriate to ptesume that the charity will
continue ￿ busines5.
Thè Truslees are responsible for keeping proper accounling records whith dlsclose wilh r8asonabl8
ac¢ura¢y at any lime th& financial posilion of the charty and to enab￿ Ihem to ensure thè financial
slatements ¢omply wth ihe Charities Act 2011. The Tnjstees are also reswisible for safeguarding
the assèts of the charity 3nd hence taknng reasona￿ steps for Ihe prevention and ￿tectIOn of
fraud and othef irregulariiiès.
These accounts were approved by the Board ol Trustees on
and slgn8d on its bèhall by
Trustee
Trustse
The attached noles for part ofthese a(ts)unts

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Cash Flow Statement
for the year gnded 31 March 2021
Totsl fund$
2021
Total funds
2020
Net eash used In ¢)peraUng a¢tlvltl8s
13
37.538
129.170)
C•$h flows from Investlng a¢tr¥ttles
Interest ra￿[VOd
Cost of fixed assets
Change In ¢a$h and cash e4uivalents in tho period
37.538
129.170)
C8sh and cash equivalwtts t*(yJght forward
Cash at bank and in hand less overdrafts at 31 March
48.839
78,009
Consisting ot.
Cash at bank and in harwj
86.377
48.839
att8cW mtes for part of these accounts

Advocacy Greenwi¢h
Notes to the A¢counts for tho year ended 31 March 2021
1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES
80sls 01p￿paration
Th8 financxal ststements hav8 been wepared under the historitsl convenlh)n. and are In
accordance the Statement of Rè¢0Mme￿I￿d Practice.. AccoUn￿r￿ and RerK)rting by Chariti8S
prÈparing th*r a¢¢wnts in aco)rdwce wth the Finanaal Reporting Standard applicab￿ in the UK aTrJ
Republic of Ir818nd IFRS 1021 issued in Oclober 2019 and vAth the Charibes Act 2011.
Th&_charity-constilutes.a.publiban8filgntity gs.defined by FRS.101
INCOMING RESOURCES
Re¢ognition of ineomlng resources
These alè included in the Statement of Finan(ia Activib&8 when..
The charity becomes entitled to ihe resources..
' The trustees are virtualty certain that they rec*ive the resour¢es- and
. The tnonetsry Itslue can be rneasured with sufficienl reliat¥lity.
' Where grants are ￿￿1ved in advance, the income is spKead over th8 peti(xJ of thè grant arKI any
funds received whKh relate to future accwntirwJ peri(xJ5 treated a5 defetred incorne and
Ideased in the peri(xJ to wl¥th they relate.
Incoming resources with Trlated expenditure
Vvhefe incoming ￿$oUrCeS have related expendilure. the irKxHr￿ng resource5 and reLqted expeThJitur9
are ￿ported gross in the Statement of Financial Acti*iUes.
Volunteerhelp
The value of8ny vdunL88r h8lp is iTh*Jded in the a￿￿Mts.
Investment income
This is i￿l￿ded in th8 ar4fAJnts when receivable.
EYPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES
Liabilty recognition
Liabilit185 ar8 r8(XNJnised as swn as there is a le￿ or C￿nSt￿l¢trye Ob￿a￿"on &)mntho the ch￿IlY to
pay out resource5.
Goyemanoe costs
These indude the costs of P￿paratiOn and examination of s￿lUtOry accounts. thè (x)5ts of the Annual
General Meeting and the costs of any advice to trustees on govemance or conslitub.onal matters.
F￿ED ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets usedby the charity
They are capitalised rf they can be used for r￿e than rme yew.They are valued at cost OT. rf gTrled. at
tl* value to thè tharty on ￿elpl.wher8 a grant is r8C8ived specific8lly for the purchase of capital
Items, cfflce the ccnditicffis of tke ￿an1 have been mat. the assets ara Iransf8rred to genèral lund.
DeP￿CIatIon
DepreciatKJn has iEen provided at lh8 folIc￿ng rates in order to ￿lIe off the assets over their
estifflated useful lives.
Furnitur8 and eqiApm8llt
25% C￿ cost

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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 Ma￿h 2021
2 Analy819 of Incomlng r•SOu￿¢S
2021
2020
Voluntary Sncom8'.
Re$trl¢tsd funds:
Lbyds Bank F￿ndati¢
City Bridge Trust
Natlonal Lottgry Comrr¥Jnty FuThY
M8tr0
6.976
39.709
65.614
10,000
15,000
16,244
.000
61,244
118,799
Incorn• Irom charltabl• act[￿li￿a-
Unrestricted funds:
Nab"onal Lottery CornrnurNty Fund
Lknyd5 Bank Foun¢Jati
HMRC Job Retents"on &h8me
Ccwp L(￿al Cornmuniy Fund
Saf8r Greerwth
other
15.370
26,024
2.523
11729
4,158
671
69
63.303
4.225
R￿1￿cled
Royal Borough of Greenwid)
Royal Borough of Gr88nwich- Chibjre￿s
London ADASS
Awards fvr Al
Frontline
NHS England
Hospital Saturday Furxj
Safer Gre￿n￿L￿
LOndr￿ Catslyst
Unty TfLk%t
32,369
7.696
34,886
10,516
6.059
&330
1.187
1.305
4.400
1,250
2.956
1.250
20,708
20.708
63.265
IMI￿lMOnt Income
Bank Interest
Total Incoming resou￿5
245.367
152.054

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Notes to tho Accounts for Ihe ygar ended 31 March 2021
3 Analysls of r050urees exwnded
Details ol resources expended a￿ Sho1￿ on page 16 ofthe a¢o)unts
4 Net Incomlng resOu￿e$ for the year
2021
2020
These a￿ slated.after ¢haTgiTrJ
D8preciats'
IndeperKJent Exarniners fee
97
950
97
Trustees expenses
Trust88S 9xpens8s for the year arkKbuntecl lo £Nil 12020.. Nil)
No member of the Board of T￿Stee$ nor any person ￿nnected wAlh thèm has ￿1vad or is du8 to
receive any retnuneration for Ihe year directly or indir• from the Charity'5 furvJ5.
5 Employ¢es
2021
2020
Gross salaries
Employers NalioTral InsurarKe costs
Pensk)n contribubons
144.409
8.075
25.$22
178.c￿6
132,164
7,525
18,450
The average nunkner of employees during the year was 712020-. 71.
No employee receive(l efflduments of rnore Ihan £60.(XX¥ per annum.
ReMUnerat￿n to key management parson￿1 in Ihe year amounled lo £41.67812020 '. £40.5621
6 Taxallon
The charity is exempt from Corw)ration Tax on its tharits￿e actmles.
7 Tangible fixtd ass8t$
Furnitur•
and
equlpmènt
Total
Cost
At 1 April 2020
23,210
rJ,210
At 31 March 2021
23,210
,210
Dopro¢latlon
Al 1 Apnl 2020
Charge for the year
22,921
97
22,¥21
97
Al 31 March 2021
23,018
23,018
N•1 book valug
At 31 March 2021
192
192
Al 31 March 2020
289
289

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Notes to the Accounts for the year onded 31 Mar¢h 2021
B Debtors
2021
2020
Debtors
11.760
11.760
20,761
20,761
9 CTeditOTS'. amourts lalllng due TAtlhin one year
2021
2020
Creditors and acclu￿S
08ferred irthme
12.652
16.404
29,056
22,533
16.244
38.777
Analy$l$ of deterr￿ Incom#'.
Name ot fundel
Openlng
deferral
Released
In ye*
Deferred
In ypar
Closing
deferral
National Lottery C￿lI￿JA1ty Flfftd
16.244
16244
1fj.404
16,404
16,244
16244
16.404
16.404
10 Detalls of funds
Unroslricted Fund
We 8r8 committ9d to ensuriTrJ t￿?1 Ihe we wotk a￿ ern￿￿er￿J lo fulty partiapate ￿ lh8
wder commurHty and we wrxk tcqether to ch81t￿e assumptions and (*ange minds.
We airn to promote the rights (rf people we work wlh as citvzens aTrJ to ensure that people with
leaming dlsabilEtig5 and youro wtth parbc4)ale ￿ the p[0J￿{wC￿k at all kvels.
Designated fund
Th8 tnjslees have sot astde ￿l.(MY) frcffi lK￿eStr￿1ed ftJrK18 to co4Er $18ff a￿1 ￿èen
bngencig5.
Restricted lunds
We are m8rrthrs of 1 cnnsortium:
Worktrain
We a￿ in partnewship UrNty Wc¥ks, peo￿ vlilh 18amitwJ disabilities •)to
Employinent. Our rde is to devebp and 5UPPKlrt Empk)yment Amba￿dots prr4ert. We hav8
supportèd a smdl group of ￿￿th learrir*J disabilities to develop trasnlThJ skills and a Learning
tl'5ability Awarer￿S training pack for 51aff ￿ residential aThJ suppcmted I￿ing se￿￿5. The
Ambas5ad(xs have chethry empltyers *tbsit85 and pro￿l￿1ng rep￿ts to irnptove Ihe
accsssitility of Empknyers website5 perple with a teaming disabli ity.
Other reslrfcted funds
Parents t•Ath a learning disability
We work with p8ients wth 18am1￿ d1satKb"￿eS 10 &nyj￿ Ihai ts re(ti¥e fv supwrt that they n8￿j to
care thwr thildren and ￿there there are thild pffjlection issu&% to ￿$￿re that tw have a voice In
t￿s8 procedings. The Royal tKwrwh of G￿eNth ar￿ oth6r London Boffwghs srxit Pu￿h3$? ore

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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021
Peoplg's Parliam?nt
The project SUPFM)rts the running of lh8 PeofA8's Parfiarnent. MPS W8 eLqLt8d by th8ir p8ers to
present Iheir views and inierests al decision rnaki￿ ￿ting$ hxally. This work Is funded by lh6
Royal Borough ofGreenwth.
Transitions Prolect
Wè are funded by City Bridgo Trusl to pro￿d& s81f ￿1¥0¢￿ fr)r yo￿9 peop￿ in Transition.
ect
uallty Checkers ￿r0￿
We ar8 funded by the Big Lottery Furwj to dev8k)p a Quality CWirwJ Proiert to actessibility
of a range of statutory, community and leisure servitss in th8 tx)tuvJh.
Safe Pla￿$
We have funding to rewsit sites that are ojrrenuy Safe Places in Green%Mch borough to make su
nothing has changed 5TrKe the pandemic. We ar8 oflering a IrainiTrJ upd81e lo staff 81 the Safe Plae*s.
London Reglonal Forum
We continue co-oYdinÈliTVJ the Lonthn F(￿M for people a leaming disabilty. This wrxk is funded
by NHS England.

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Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021
11 Movement in funds
Year ended 31 March 2021
Fund
Gross
Fund
balances
Iransfars balances
Imought Irbcoming Outgoing b8iween
cartied
forward resourr*s resourrEs
funds forward
Unrestricted fund
1.112
68.555
165,3941
1.069
5.342
Paronts wlth a loarnlng disability
Restricted
Advocacy
Restrided
Self Advocacy
Re5tricied
Quallty Checkgrs
Restricted
other prolacts
Restricted
13.239
(12.7281
(5111
3.957
13.7171
(240}
67.369
le6.7￿)
1669)
65.614
(33.6831
31.931
24.633 {24.984)
351
De51gnated Fund
30.000
30.000
Total
31.112 243.367
Year ended 31 March 2020
Fund
Gross
Fund
balances
transfers balanc85
brought Ino)ming Outgoing bètween
carried
funds
forward
Unreslrl¢tod fund
Parents wlth a leamlng dlsabllity
ReSt￿ted
Advocacy
Restricted
Self Advo¢acy
Restri¢l¢d
Other projects
Restricted
39.413
4,225
(2,851) 139,6751
1.112
11.746
I22.6￿)
10.944
31,242
{34,340)
3.098
73.674 1101,606)
27.932
1.455
31,167
130.3231 (2.2991
D¢$ignat•d Fund
30,0
30.OLM)
Totsl
70.868
152.054
191.810)
31.112

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Note5 to the Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021
12 compara￿¥• Stat•m•nt ot Fin4nthl AGtlvltlg5
Unrestrlcted
lund
2020
Rostrlcted
lunds
2020
Notos
Total
2020
Incomlnu r•sour¢e#:
Incoming resour￿ ffom generated funds:
Vdunlary In¢om¢
Investment incom8
In¢omlng r¥sour¢95 Irom charllablo ac¢lvlll85
61,244
61,244
4.225
86.585
90,810
Total Incomlng r•source8
4,225
147.829
152.054
Resources expended..
Cost of g?neratlng lunds
Cosls ofgen8raling voluntary Incom
2.851
188,Q)9
950
190.860
950
Govemanc8 %x)sIs
Totsl resources expendod
2.851
188.959
191.810
Nat In¢omg for th* y•ar
Transfer beh¥een
1.374
141,1301
139,7561
139.6751
39.675
FuThls br￿Jght fward
69.413
1.455
70.888
Funds carhed foTrward
31.112
31.112
13 Reconclllatlon ol net movements In funds to nèt cash flow trom operats.ng
Note5
2021
2020
Nel rnovptll8nl in funds
Add back depredatkjn
Lps5 Interest ￿￿eNed
Decrease I Ilncreasel In debt￿$
Increase I Ideueasel in uedilors
Net Cash us¢d In operatlng a¢lhfthes
38,161
97
139,7S61
97
9.001
9,721
110.2891
20.778
29.170

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