Hearing Ambassadors – Annual Report- 2021-2022
| Charity Name | HearingAmbassadors |
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| Registration **Number ** |
1187089 |
| Address | Robin Lye, Windmill Lane, Eyam, Hope Valley, Derbyshire S325RJ |
| Trustees | DrCheryleBerryMBE |
| Andrew Campbell | |
| Gillian Campbell | |
| Structure and Management |
Hearing Ambassadors is managed by 3 Trustees Chair – Dr Cheryle Berry MBE Secretary – Gillian Campbell Trustee – Andrew Campbell We also have a volunteer Treasurer, John Spalton The Charity is managed by the Trustees, assisted by a Steering Group of 5 volunteers. During 2021-2022 Steering Group meetings were held every 3 months. An approved record of every meeting is held. The meeting minutes record actions (with owner and timeline), decisions, and financial commitments. No new Trustees have been recruited since the charity was started, and there are no plans to recruit any new trustees. Should our plans change, new Trustees will be recruited from our valued Steering Groupmembers. |
| 2021 – 2022 Activities and Objectives |
Hearing Ambassadors overall objective is “To educate the public on hearing well-being and in so doing to enable the development of skills, strategies and competencies to promote social inclusion regardless of hearing ability” During 2021, we decided to have a special focus on young people aged 8-14, We want to encourage them to become aware of the potential dangers posed by prolonged exposure to the sort of loud music experienced at gigs, pubs, gyms, and bars, by offering positive behaviours. |
| 2021-2022 Achievements and Public Benefit |
The trustees, in making decisions about public benefit, have had due regard to the commission's public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant Undaunted by the restrictions that were imposed by the pandemic on face-to-face meetings, Hearing Ambassadors managed to take our hearing well-being strategies to more than 500 people all over the country. We used video conferencing techniques to connect with peoplein allcorners of the UK,rangingfrom the ScillyIsles, Wales, |
Hearing Ambassadors – Annual Report- 2021-2022
| Scotland and of course north, south, east, and west of England. We connected with organisations such as U3A, Rotary, Probus, Macular Society, After Stroke Clubs, Luncheon Clubs and Dementia Cafes. During 2021, we became aware of research carried out by the World Health Organisation which predicts that the number of people world- wide with hearing loss will rise to 2.5 billion by 2050, and the people most at risk of noise induced hearing loss are today’s 12–35-year- olds. In September 2021, we launched our Sound Warriors initiative which aims to help young people to celebrate their sense of hearing and understand the danger signs that can lead to permanent noise induced hearing loss. Armed with this knowledge we hope that our young Sound Warriors will learn how to protect their hearing and enjoy safe listening life-long. During the period, we created a sister website for www.HearingAmbassadors.orgwhich is aimed at young people and their leaders.www.SoundWarriors.org, With the help of two 10 year-olds, we produced our first Sound Warriors Video which is available via the website to anyone who has access to YouTube |
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| 2021-2022 Financial Review |
Another satisfactory year with income exceeding expenditure by £1808 and a healthy retained capital of £3470. The trustees consider the minimum amount required to meet essential expenditure is £250, so this requirement is well covered. |
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| 2021-2022 Funds held by custodian trustee |
None |
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