IDAA Ipswich Dementia Action Alliance Registered Charity No. 1187944
Minutes of the AGM
Date: Monday 14th November 2022 Time: 13.00 Location: The Unity Centre, Meredith Road, Ipswich IP1 6ED
Present: Trustees – Nicola Bradford, Chair Jill Barton, Liz Edwards, Jo Reeder, Cllr Colin Kriedwolf Cllr Tim Lockington Sue Burman
Guests:
Wendy Chard – Home Instead Amanda-Jane Frank – Hallmark Homes
Leslie and Ian, regular attendees to weekly Memory Café at the Unity Centre, Leslie is Ian’s wife and main carer as Ian lives with dementia.
Apologies:
Steve Bryce - Trustee
Welcome
Nicola welcomed all to the meeting, particularly our guests, and all introduced themselves. Nicola explained that following a review of last year’s AGM which was a large and more public event, it was decided to host such an event every second year due to the significant costs incurred.
Chairs Report
The first success of the past year to report is the increase in trustees to govern and support the charity, up from 2 to 8 in number. We welcomed Sue Burman, being Roger Fern’s daughter, to continue to see through his great vision and passion for Ipswich DAA and will utilise Sue’s career experience in banking to fulfil the role of treasurer for the charity.
Ipswich Borough Councillors Colin Kriedwolf and Tim Lockington have joined as trustees to continue the work of their past colleague, Cllr Fern, with Colin having vast experience of a wide variety of charity and community boards and Tim previously being Consultant Geriatrician for Parkinson’s at Ipswich Hospital and now looking to volunteer in his retirement.
Liz Edwards is welcomed as a trustee having been a member of the Ipswich DAA since its establishment as the representative from Ipswich Town Football Club. Her ongoing role with the Club and its Foundation continue and make a strong partnership with the DAA.
Jo Reeder joined as a trustee bringing her career knowledge of previously working for the charity Suffolk AGE UK. Since its closure in 2020 Jo has taken the role as CEO of Communities Together East Anglia and shares her particular experience of fundraising, marketing and corporate partnerships.
Steve Bryce became a trustee to learn more about the charity sector and specifically dementia. He is the operating officer of Ipswich Buses and is particularly keen to develop the transport service to become dementia friendly.
Another welcome to the organisation this year was in August when we were joined by Jane Bates, our part time co-ordinator, who replaced Debbie Murrell following Debbie’s resignation.
In the community, our work on delivering the Therapy Project has continued, with a renewed focus on Pet Therapy tools rather than Therapy dolls as the feedback received has been more positive in this area. Singing for the Brain has also continued in residential settings where Covid has allowed and we are very grateful to Jill Barton and her choral volunteers for making this possible.
Our development this year has been the establishment of two new ‘Dementia Cafes’ for Ipswich. The first has been developed on a monthly cycle in partnership with Ipswich Town Football Club and takes place within the stadium, supported by both IDAA staff and volunteers alongside ITFC staff an volunteers. The focus for the activity centres around the heritage of the football club with past players visiting and memorabilia in abundance. The second is on a weekly model, with the session content co-produced with people living with dementia and their carers. A particular feature has been to offer activities of appeal to men living with dementia as the groups composition is such, and has been a mix of physical and sport related activities, table top gardening and topic conversations and guests.
As attendees of the weekly group, Ian and Leslie were asked to give their perspective. Ian said he likes coming, and Leslie backed this up by sharing that he does as much as he can independently to get ready to leave on a Monday, noticeably different to other days. Leslie also spoke of the benefits she has received from attending, including meeting other couples in similar circumstances, the information and support she has received as a carer to access equipment and services, and generally that there is a place where they can visit as a couple and feel ‘normal’. Nicola thanked them both for their contributions and committed to continuing to develop the IDAA through co-production.
Looking ahead to the next twelve months the trustees would be exploring opportunities to develop further ‘dementia cafes’ across the town, engage with local business and organisations to establish ‘Champions’ for dementia within local sectors and communities and continue to inform all about the needs of people living with dementia, their carers and their families.
Presentation of Accounts April 2021– Mar 2022 Sue Burman presented a spreadsheet detailing; Income: £13,635.20 Expenditure: £7515.11 A full copy of the accounts can be requested via ipswichdementia@gmail.com and will be uploaded to Charities Commission.
Ian and Leslie left the meeting.
Election of Trustees The two current Trustees were re-elected Nicola Bradford, to continue as Chair Jill Barton, appointed as Vice Chair
Sue Burman, appointed as Trustee and Treasurer Colin Kriedwolf as Trustee Tim Lockington as Trustee Elizabeth Edwards as Trustee Jo Reeder as Trustee Stephen Bryce as Trustee
Annual Return submission to the Charity Commission. As a Board with new Trustees, Nicola shared the questions asked by the Commission and all discussed and agreed the reponses for uploading.
The AGM was declared closed at 2.30pm
IPSWICH DEMENTIA ACTION ALLIANCE
Cashflow - Financial Year 2021/22 Year end 31-Mar-22
Ipswich Building Society account 800185080
| Date | Reference | Description | Pymt out | pymt in | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/04/2021 | openingbalance | £15,975.54 | |||
| 09/07/2021 | IBC | Cemeteries fund | £10,000.00 | £25,975.54 | |
| 24/07/2021 | R.Fern | Much loved | £180.00 | £26,155.54 | |
| 06/08/2021 | R.Fern | Much loved | £26.55 | £26,182.09 | |
| 06/08/2021 | IBC Invoice | D.Murrell wages 21/22 | £7,000.00 | £19,182.09 | |
| 29/10/2021 | Dementia walk fundraiser | £3,328.38 | £22,510.47 | ||
| 29/10/2021 | ITFC | Hire of Beattie Suite for AGM | £237.60 | £22,272.87 | |
| 17/11/2021 | D.Murrell | Glass award & name badges | £78.90 | £22,193.97 | |
| 17/11/2021 | D.Murrell | Foamex Board | £78.61 | £22,115.36 | |
| 30/11/2021 | IBS | Interest | £17.27 | £22,132.63 | |
| 13/01/2022 | Donation | £83.00 | £22,215.63 | ||
| 31/03/2022 | M Smith | Admin Support(March) | £120.00 | £22,095.63 | |
| 31/03/2022 | ClosingBalance | £22,095.63 | |||
| Sub Totals | £7,515.11 £13,635.20 |