## ## ## ## ## |Chari|name||Dementia|INatters Here fordshire| |---|---|---|---|---| |Re istered charl||number|1187352|| |Charity's|principal|address|Thomdale|| ||||The Lydiatts|| ||||Eyton|| ||||Herefordshire|| ||||HR6 OEE|| ||||Tel:01432|804480| ## |Type ofgoverning|Type ofgoverning|Type ofgoverning||Constitution|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |document|||||| |How is the charity||||Charitable|Incorporated
Organisation
(CIO)| |constitutedg|||||| |Trustee selection methods||||Apart from|the first charity trustees every trustee must be| |including|details ofany|||appointed|fora term ofthree years by a resolution
passed| |constitutional||provisions||at a properly
convened
meeting ofthe trustees.|| |e.g.election to post or
name ofany person or||||In selecting|individuals
for appointment
as charity trustees| |body entitled toappoint||||the charity|trustees
must have regard to the skills,| |one or more trustees||||knowledge|and experience
needed forthe effective| |||||administration
ofthe CIO.|| |||||In addition,|the trustees
require
potential trustees to submit| |||||a CV stating what they can offer a trustee and attend at|| |||||least one trustee meetin .|| |Names|ofthe charity|||trustees who manage the charity|| |Trustee|name||ONce|Ifan|Ex
rtise| |Dr Shirley Evans|||Chair||Shirley is a Senior Research Fellow with the| ||||||Association
for Dementia
Studies, the University| ||||||ofWorcester. She brings expertise
in writing| ||||||grant applications,
fundraising,
business| ||||||development,
evaluation,
technology
and social| ||||||media. She is Chair ofHerefordshire
Dementia| ||||||Action Alliance.| |Andrew|Wood||Finance||A chartered
accountant
and experienced
finance| ||||Oflicer||director ofover more than 20years, and has| ||||||also served
in the charitable sector, as a trustee,| ||||||over the last 30years.
He has worked, at| ||||||board-level,
in the social care sector, since| ||||||2014,snd in the wider healthcare
sector since| ||||||2011,and co-owns a homecare business,| ||||||serving
Herefordshire,
which has a particular| ||||||focus on dementia
care provision.
He is also a| ||||||trustee ofa Bristol-based
charity, Alive!, which| ||||||has provided
innovative,
meaningful
activity| ||||||sessions
in care homes for more than 10years,| ||||||again with a focus on dementia
care provision.| |Phillipa|Bruce-Kerr||||Solicitor and Partner with Harrison
Clark| ||||||Rickerbys.
Specialisms
include advice to older| ||||||people and those with disabilities
and their| ||||||families.
A particular
interest
in support| ||||||structures
and mechanisms
for those with| ||||||dementia,
especially
in the early stages where| ||||||there seems little support
and signposting.| ||||||Phillips is also a Trustee of Leominster
Meeting| ||||||Centre.| ## |Trustee name|ONce|Ifan|Ex ertise|| |---|---|---|---|---| |Joy Valentini|||Joy qualified as a State Registered
Nurse
in|| ||||1976and has had a varied career in and out of|| ||||nursing ever since. She runs her own home care|| ||||business
in Leominster
and she is a Trustee and|| ||||Manager ofLeominster
Meeting Centre. Her|| ||||husband
is now in a nursing
home in the last|| ||||stages ofdementia.
Three oftheir children
live|| ||||abroad so travelling
is high on her priodity
list,|| ||||along with a passion for increasing
the|| ||||understanding
ofdementia
in the wider|| ||||community.|| |Ashley Winter|||An Armed Forces veteran
currently
working as|a| ||||Welfare Officer for the Defence Medical Welfare|| ||||Service, supporting
the community
and Wye|| ||||Valley NHS trust. As a member ofthe Institute|of| ||||Welfare, Ashley isa qualified Welfare Officer,|| ||||Mental Health
First Aider and has completed|| ||||many courses to support those living with|| ||||dementia.|| |Natalie Cooke|||A Registered
Manager
with a domiciliary
home|| ||||care provider
in Herefordshire.
Having worked|in| ||||the sector for 15years, she has both a passion|| ||||for raising awareness
ofdementia
and|| ||||supporting
those living with a dementia
and their|| ||||families. She champions
awareness
and|| ||||supports
the local community
with dementia|| ||||information
sessions, as well as being involved|| ||||in the local Dementia
Action Alliance|| |David Pearson|||Worked
in public libraries for all his career and|| ||||ended as Stock Manager for Worcestershire.|| ||||Within this role he was responsible
for social|| ||||inclusion
projects and was instrumental
in|| ||||setting
up Books on Prescription
within the|| ||||county. His late wife passed away from a rare|| ||||form ofAlzheimer's
disease
in early 2014,and|| ||||since early 2015he has spent a lot oftime|| ||||working as a Volunteer
Development
Worker for|| ||||both Herefordshire
and Worcestershire.
Roles|| ||||included
working
on Dementia
Action Alliances,|| ||||disseminating
information
to stakeholders,|| ||||related groups and individuals
and families, and|| ||||for liaising within communities
to raise the profile|| ||||and understanding
ofdementia.
He isa|| ||||Dementia
Friends Champion,
and also works for|| ||||the Worcestershire
Alzheimer's
Side by Side|| ||||Service.|| ## |Name and role at DMH|Name and role at DMH|What they bring| |---|---|---| |Clare Powney- Chief||DMH CIO employs Clare Powney as Chief Officer who has| |Offfcer||worked
in the Dementia Sector for a number ofyears for the| |||Alzheimer's
Society developing
and managing
their services| |||across Herefordshire
and Worcestershire.
She also has| |||experience as a company
director,
in local government
and as an| |||educator. Clare has built an extensive
knowledge
and| |||understanding
ofthe locality, its issues, and good relationships| |||with local stakeholders.
Clare is also a trustee of Leominstsr| |||Meetin
Centre.| |Cheryl Poole-
Community||DMH CIO employs
Cheiyl as Community
Development
Project
(Ãicer for 10hours a week. She brings 30yrs experience of| |Development|Project|working,
practicing
and training
in the field ofDementia care,| |Officer||most recently as a Community
Dementia
nurse with ths| |||Community
Dementia Service and as a GP Practice Community| |||Dementia
Nurse. Cheryl is currently
delivering
the one-one| |||support service as well as supporting
delivery ofthe other| |||Herefordshire
Dementia
Community
Support Services (HDCSS).| |||Cheryl is also a trustee ofLeominster
Meeting Centre and Chair| |||ofDementia
Friendl
Leominster.| |Charlotte Powney-||DMH CIO employs
Charlotte as a full time Herefordshire| |Community||Dementia
Community
Support Services (HDCSS) Project Officer.| |Development|Project|She has a background
ofworking
in the health and care sector| |Officer||supporting
people in their homes to retain their independence| |||and specifically people affected by dementia. She brings a wealth| |||ofexperience to the team and delivers
with Cheryl the one-to-one| |||support service, the Memory Cafes, face to face carers groups,| |||mana es the volunteers
and the social media
lafforms.| ## |Objectives|and Activi|ties||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Summary of|the purposes|1) Promote the health and wellbeing
ofpeople|living|| |ofthe charity|as set out in|with a dementia
or associated
conditions,
their||| |its governing|document|relatives and carers in Herefordshire
through,|but|| |||not exclusively,
the provision ofeducation,||| |||opportunitiss,
information,
development
and|support|| |||ofactivities.||| |||2) Support the creation ofdementia
friendly||| |||communities
across Herefordshire
to enable|people|| |||to feel understood,
valued and able to contribute||to| |||their community.||| |||3) To raise awareness
ofdementia
and reduce|the|| |||m
hs and sti ma surroundin
the condition.||| |||Page 5of15||| |Summary|ofthe main
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See below| |---|---|---|---| |activities|In relation to||| |those purposes||for the|| |public benefit,||in|| |particular,|the activities,||| |projects orservices|||| |identified|in the accounts||| |Statement|confirming||In planning
our activities, we have kept in mind the| |whether the trustees|||have
guidance
issued by the Charity Commission
on public| |had regard tothe|||benefit and regularly
refer to our charitable
objectives.| |guidance|issued by the||| |Charity Commission|||on| |ublic benefit|||| |Achievements|||and Performance| ||||The Herefordshire
Dementia
Community
Support Service (HDCSS) pilot
was contracted for a further 12-month
period to the 31"March 2022 and| ||||funding
made available to expand to employ a new full-time project officer| |Summary|ofthe||to provide additional
support to those with dementia
and their carers. This| |main achievements|||has enabled
us to deliver services to nearly 300 people
in the last 12-| |ofthe charity,|||month
period when the original reach was to be 50 individuals.
The| |identifying|the||services are open to anyone across Herefordshire
who may have| |difference|the||concerns
regarding
themselves
or a loved one' s/friend's
memory
and to| |charity's|work|has|professionals
seeking
additional
information.
The service is also open to| |made tothe|||anyone who may have mild cognitive
impairment,
which isa major step| |circumstances||of|forward
in Herefordshire,
as previously
there has not been any support| |its beneficiaries|||specifically for this condition.| |and any wider|||| |benefits tosociety|||DMH has also been successful
in being allocated
NHS Winter Pressures| |as a whole.|||funding
to deliver additional
services during the winter months to support| ||||the wellbeing
ofpeople affected by dementia
during a difficult period ofthe| ||||year.| ||||A successful
bid was made to the National
Lottery Community
Fund for a| ||||12-month project called Herefordshire
Dementia Voices to start January| ||||2022. The aims ofthe project are:| ||||~
to find people affected by dementia
and enable their views and| ||||voices to be heard.| ||||~
drive forward the work ofDementia
Matters Here and the Dementia| ||||Action Alliance
in relation to the development
ofDementia
Friendly| ||||Communities,
education
and training
and awareness
raising.| ||||~
support
local communities
and relevant organisations
and| ||||stakeholders
to reach and bring together people affected by| ||||dementia
both at a local basis and a county-wider
basis.| ||||~
build dementia
friendly communities.| ||||~
deliver education
and training
and awareness
raising to help| ||||reduce stigma and promote early diagnosis.| ||||The project will start the beginning
ofJanuary 2022 and one full-time| ||||Community
Development
Officer and one part-time
administrator
have| ||||been appointed
to facilitate the project.| ||||DMH has also trialled a new model ofMemory Cafh which has been very| ||||successful
in offering a social and support opportunity
for both people with| ||||a dia nosis and their carers. We have been successful
in securin
a small| ||||DMH|additionally
now sits on four ofthe five dementia
pathway
review|additionally
now sits on four ofthe five dementia
pathway
review| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||workstreams||and is therefore
ideally placed to be able to influence| ||||im roved dementia
rovision b
statuto
stakeholders
movin
forwards.||| |Achievements|||against||objectives| ||||||1) Promote the health and wellbeing
of people living with a| ||||||dementia
or associated
conditions,
their relatives and| |Achievements||against|||carers in Herefordshire
through,
but not exclusively,
the| |objectives set|||||provision ofeducation,
information
and support ofactivities.| ||||||Delivering:| ||||||~
Weekly Online Meeting Point| ||||||~
Fortnightly
Carer's Group| ||||||~
Face to face Carer's Groups| ||||||~
Memory Cafes| ||||||~
Telephone
Support Line| ||||||~
Fortnightly
Newsletter| ||||||~
One-to-one
support| ||||||~
Working
with statutory
and voluntary
organisations| ||||||2) Support the creation ofdementia
friendly communities| ||||||across Herefordshire
to enable people to feel understood,| ||||||valued
and able to contribute
to their community.| ||||||Supporting
Herefordshire
Dementia
Action Alliance| ||||||COVID has again unfortunately
prevented
DMH from| ||||||achieving
what
it had hoped to this year. However,
DMH| ||||||was able to support the successful
Dementia Awareness| ||||||week held by Dementia
Friendly Leominster
during August.| ||||||3) To raise awareness
ofdementia
and reduce the myths and| ||||||stigma surrounding
the condition.| ||||||DMH has been unable to hold any events due to the| ||||||COVID pandemic
situation
still but has worked to| ||||||communicate
with or anisations
around
raisin
awareness| |||||Due to COVID fundraising
activities have again taken a hit,|| |||||however, we successfully
secured a number ofgrants to continue|| |Performance||of||to deliver our services. Once the situation
improves,
we will be|| |fundraising|activities|||able to focus again on fundraising
activities. We were also|| |against objectives set||||successful
in securing one larger grant and one smaller grant to|| |||||su|ort the delive
ofour ob'ectives.| |Financial
Review|Financial
Review|||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Review ofthe charity's||Income||| |financial position atthe||The charity secured total income ofE134,703(2020:E21,437) in its||| |end ofthe period||second year ofoperation,
with f62,800ofthis Restricted income,||| |||received on the last day ofthe year,|for 2022 project expenditure.|| |||Expenditure
Expenditure
in the period totalled f53,196(2020:f14,884).||| |||Surplus and Reserves
The surplus
for the period was therefore f81,507(2020:f6,553),split||| |||between a surplus
on Unrestricted
Funds of218,707 and||a surplus of| |||862,800 on Restricted Funds||| |Statement
explaining||We aim to acquire sufficient funding|to cover at least six month's|| |the policy for holding||running
costs to protect the delivery|ofservices to people|affected by| |reserves stating why||dementia||| |the
are held||||| |Amount ofreserves||We have sufficient funds to cover just over 8 months-worth||ofrunning| |held||costs without an
further income, which the Trustees are||leased with| |Reasons for holding||N/A||| |zero reserves||||| |Details offund||N/A||| |materiall
in deficit||||| |Explanation
ofany||In common
with very many charities,|other than those with very large|| |uncertainties
about|the|levels ofreserves,
ongoing operation|and impact depends|on securing| |charity continuing|as a|income to cover the running
costs.||| |oin
concern||||| ## |Trustees||||||~|the charity drifts with no|the charity drifts with no||~ an annually
reviewed||business|business|business| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||clear objectives,
priorities or||||plan which sets out the||key||aims| |The charity|||lacks|||plans||||and objectives||||| |direction/strategy||||||~|needs of beneficiaries|not||~ utilise an annual
financial||||plan| |||||||fully addressed||||and budget||||| |||||||~|financial
management|||~ monitor financial
and||operational||| |||||||difficulties||||performance||||| |||||||~|loss of re utation|||||||| |Trustee body||||lacks||~|poor decision
making|||~ agree skills required||||| |relevant|skills|||or||reflected
in poor value for||||||||| |commitment||||||mone
on service delive||||||||| |Conflicts|of||interest|||~|charity unable to pursue||its|~ trustees to disclose|potential|||| |||||||own interests and agenda||||conflicts of interest||||| |||||||~|decisions may not be|based||~ trustees to stand down|||on certain|| |||||||on relevant
considerations||||decisions||||| |||||||~|impact on reputation|||||||| |||||||~|rivate benefit|||||||| |Reporting||to trustees||||~|inadequate
information|||~ timely and accurate|project|||| |(accuracy,||timeliness|||and|resulting
in poor quality||||reporting||||| |relevance||||||decision making||||~ timely and accurate|financial|||| |||||||~|failure oftrustees to fulfil|||reporting||||| |||||||their control functions||||~ have regular contact|between|||| |||||||||||trustees and senior staff||||| |Operational||||||||||||||| |Project or||service||||~|compatibility
with objects,|||~ utilise monitoring
and||reporting||| |development||||||plans and priorities||||procedures||||| |||||||~|funding
and financial|viability||||||| |||||||~|project viability|||||||| |||||||~|skills availabilit|||||||| |Employment||||issues||~|employment
disputes|||~ Fair recruitment
processes||||| |||||||~|health and safety issues|||~ reference and qualification||||| |||||||~|claims for injury, stress,|||checking procedures,|job|||| |||||||harassment,
unfair dismissal||||descriptions,
contracts||of||| |||||||~|equal opportunity
and|||employment,
appraisals|||and|| |||||||diversity
issues||||feedback procedures||||| |||||||~|adequacy
ofstaff training|||~ utilise job training
and||||| |||||||~|child protection
issues|||development||||| |||||||~|low morale|||~ be aware ofemployment||||law| |||||||~|abuse ofvulnerable|||requirements||||| |||||||beneficiaries||||~ ensure staff vetting|and||legal|| |||||||||||requirements
(eg DBS||checks)||| |||||||||||~ have a whistle-blowin|||olic|| |Volunteers||||||~|lack ofcompetences,|||~ use role competencies/vetting||||| |||||||training
and support||||procedures/training/supervision||||| ||||||||poor service for beneficiaries|||procedures||||| |||||||~|inadequate
vetting
and|||||||| |||||||reference procedures||||||||| |||||||~|recruitment
and de endenc|||||||| |Health, safety and||||||~|staff injury|||~ comply with current|law||and|| |environment||||||~|product or service liability|||regulations||||| |||||||~|injury to beneficiaries|and||||||| |||||||the
ublic||||||||| |Procedural|||and systems|||~|lack ofawareness
of|||~ properly document
policies and||||| |documentation|||||||rocedures
and
olicies|||rocedures||||| |||||||~ actions taken without|proper|proper|proper|~ annual
review ofsystems|~ annual
review ofsystems|~ annual
review ofsystems|~ annual
review ofsystems|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||authorit||||||||| |Information|||technology|||~ systems
fail to meet||||~ ensure system meets need/||||| |||||||operational
need||||security and authorisation||||| |||||||~ failure to innovate
or|update|||procedures
~ annually
review||||| |||||||systems||||insurance
cover for any||insurable||| |||||||~ loss/corruption
ofdata||eg||loss||||| |||||||donor base||||||||| |||||||~ breach ofdata
rotection|||law|||||| |Financial||Risks||||~ budget does not match key||||~ link budgets|to business||planning|| |||||||objectives and priorities||||and objectives||||| |Budgetary||control and||||~ inability
to meet||||~ monitor and|report
in a|timely||and| |financial|reporting|||||commitments
or key||||accurate way||||| |||||||objectives||||~ use costing procedures|||for|| |||||||ability to function as|going|||product or service delivery||||| |||||||concern||||~ monitor and|control costs|||| |Dependency|||on||income|~ cash flow and budget||impact||~ identify
major dependencies||||| |sources||||||of loss of income source||||~ im
lement ade
uate reserves||||| |Compliance|||with||donor|~funds applied
outside||||~ agree budget|control, monitoring|||| |imposed||restrictions||||restriction||||and reporting|arrangements|||| |||||||~ repayment
of grant||||||||| |||||||~ future relationship
with||donor||||||| |||||||and beneficiaries||||||||| |||||||~ re ulato
action||||||||| |Fraud or||error||||~ financial
loss||||~ review financial
control||||| |||||||~ reputational
risk||||procedures||||| |||||||~ loss ofstaff morale||||~ identify
insurable
risks||||| |||||||~ regulatory
action||||||||| |||||||~ im act on fundin||||||||| |Environmental|||||or|~ impact on voluntary|income|||~ communicate|with supporters|||and| |External||Factors||||~ impact on use of services|||by|beneficiaries||||| |||||||beneficiaries||||~ ensure good|quality
reporting|||of| |Public perception||||||~ ability to access grants||or||the charity's
activities and|||financial|| |||||||contract fundin||||situation||||| |Adverse|publicity|||||~ loss ofdonor confidence or||||~ implement
complaints||procedures||| |||||||funding||||(both internal|and external)|||| |||||||loss ofinfluence||||~ Ensure proper review procedures||||| |||||||~ impact on morale of|staff|||for complaints||||| |||||||~ loss ofbeneficiary||||||||| |||||||confidence||||||||| |Relationship|||with||funders|~ deterioration
in relationship||||~ ensure regular contact||and||| |||||||may impact on funding||and||briefings to major funders||||| |||||||support available||||~ report fully on projects||||| |||||||||||~ meet funders'|terms and|||| |||||||||||conditions||||| |Compliance||||Risk||~ fines, penalties
or censure||||~ identify key legal and regulatory||||| |||||||from licensing or activity||||requirements||||| |Compliance|||with||legislation|regulators||||||||| |and regulations||||||~ loss oflicence to undertake||||||||| |appropriate|||to the|||particular
activity (see||||||||| |activities,||size||and||operational
risks)||||||||| |structure||of|the charity|||~ employee
or consumer||||||||| |||||||action for negligence||||||||| |||||||~ re utational
risks||||||||| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Restricted|Restricted|Endowment|Endowment| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Categories|||Details||funds||funds||funds|| |||||||to nearest 8|to|nearest 6||to nearest|8| |81Cash|funds|||||88,060|||||| ||||||Tofal cash funds|88,080|||||| |||||(agrce|balances with receipts and payments||||||| ||||||acccvn(c))|Agrr cmnnl Error|Aglcsl(lot(||Error|OK|| |||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|||Endowment|| |||||||funds||funds||funds|| |||||Details||to nearest 8|to|nearest 8||to nearest|8| |82 Other|monetary||assets||||||||| |||||Details||Fund to which
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s|Cost (optional)|||Current value
o tlonal|| |83Investment||assets|||||||||| |||||Details||Fund to which
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o tional|| |84Assets retained|||for the||||||||| |charity's|own|use|||||||||| |||||||Fund towhich|Amount||due|When dua (optional)|| |||||Details||saba(
relates||o tional|||| |85 Liabilities|||||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of ag the trustees|||||Signature|Print|Name|||Date of approval|| ||||Chair ofTrustees|||Shirley|Evans|||14th Februa|2022| ||||Finance Trustee|||Andrew|Wood|||14ih Februa|2022|