## Trustees Annual Report |For the Period|For the Period|1st January 2020 to 31st December 2020
Charity Reg 04 March 2020- 31st December 2020|1st January 2020 to 31st December 2020
Charity Reg 04 March 2020- 31st December 2020| |---|---|---|---| ||||| |Charity Name|Gecko on the Move|Charity Number|1188327| ## **Objectives and Activities** ||Sorp Reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of the
charity as set out in its governing
document|Para 1.17|To advance the education of school age children throughout
the world, particularly, but not exclusively, in the subject of
maths, by supporting teachers and by supplying educational
resources such as math manipulatives.| |Summary of the main activities in
relation to those purposes for the
public beneft, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identifed in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and 1.19|●
Received Full charity Status UK March 2020
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Project at Bandari School, Tanzania January
2020
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Project at Bandari School, Tanzania started
December 2020 (until 11th Jan 2021)
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Kit delivered to Florence in preparation for
teaching migrant students
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ISF Italy agreed to take GOTM on as its school
project 2020| |||●
Local Teacher interviewed in Mto Wa Mbu to
support Bandari School and other local schools
by training teachers and modelling Maths
teaching using the 100 pocket chart in the year
2021.| |---|---|---| |Statement confrming whether the
trustees have had regard to the
guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on public beneft|Para 1.18|All trustees are aware of the public guidance beneft
and have read it.| |Contribution made by volunteers|Para 1.38|Celi
was
joined
by
an
excellent maths educator,
Annemiek Waters from Australia and a carpenter Scott
Schaefer also from Australia who built shelving for the
new dining hall.
Jane Marandu based in Arusha helped
organise a Shoe Drive through her school for Bandari
Students. Jane also was a part of the interview process
for appointing a new local teacher.| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP Reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main achievements
of the charity, identifying the
diference the charity’s work has
made to the circumstances of its
benefciaries and any wider benefts||From January 2020 to August 2020 Gecko on the
Move’s ability to carry out its activities were disrupted
due to the COVID 19 pandemic. The plan was to start
the charity in Florence, Italy by connecting with local| to society as a whole. migrant organisations. The year started with the resignation of Huw Roberts and a new trustee coming on board, Heather Welch from Edx Education. Throughout the year the trustees have met via Zoom informally to discuss the charity and ways forward. Edx Education did a Podbean with Gecko on the Move in May 2020 which was placed on their site. In January 2020, GOTM returned to the Bandari School in Tanzania for the third year running. It is always wonderful to return to Bandari to see it’s growth and development and to make a positive impact on the teaching and learning of Maths. The time spent there was only 15 days due to Celi returning to full time work and only being able to secure unpaid leave for this amount of time. The first day GOTM held a teacher inset session focusing on the Big Ideas of Early Mathematics, recommended by maths specialist Dr Paul Swan. The Bandari teachers also felt they would benefit from inservice on teaching fractions. Edx Education sent two top up kits in addition to fraction manipulatives. Both were sent my DHL and both kits arrived without incurring import tax and duty. All three teachers from the previous years remained and a new teacher was employed. We found it challenging changing the new teacher’s mindset in the short period of time and she needed more modelling and mentoring. Unfortunately on the first day of the second week Cel’s mother had a massive stroke so she had to fly immediately to Australia and left Annemiek to finish up the project. This obviously impacted the amount of time she could be in each class. It was clear that a 2 week period is just not effective and it needs to go back to one month which means finding volunteers and a co-ordinator for the second half of the project in January 2021. The trolleys to store the maths manipulatives never arrived from last year (they were sent my freight from the UK) so we made a decision not to send anymore but to just carry the trays and lids in checked in baggage which restricted the number of boxes to 6. In the future this means we will need to get carpenters to build wooden shelving for the additional classes. Building a central storage area in the resource room would benefit the teachers and allow them to share resources. See Bandari Project Evaluation 2020 for further reflections of the project. GOTM reconnected with Victor Hugo school and the plan was to run a project there in August 2020, however, due to covid this was not possible. GOTM still envisages starting the project in Nepal and is in communication with them, hoping it can take place in 2021. In June 2020 Edx Education sent maths materials to Florence in preparation for the charity to commence it’s work there in September 2020 with the assistance of teachers and students from the International Schools of Italy. Celi has started sending emails to organisations in the hope of forming links with existing NGOs. It has been a challenging and frustrating year on many fronts but a positive of this year was that we finally received our full UK charity status on 4th March 2020. Charity number 1188327. This will hopefully give us more credibility and allow us to apply for more funding through larger grant giving organisations and businesses. In December 2020 no volunteers could take part in GOTM so Celi flew to Tanzania to train a local teacher to put in place for the 2021 calendar year. The position was advertised and 2 prospective teachers were interviewed. Zawadi was chosen (currently a teacher at Bandari). Bandari have agreed to a secondment for one year. We asked the students of Bandari to return to school early after Christmas. Week 1 was Grade 4 only and week 2 in Jan 2021 the remainder of the classes will return. Zawadi will teach at Bandari from 8 to 12 noon supporting and team teaching in Mathematics with class teachers. 2 afternoons are for planning. 2 afternoons are for visiting local schools and training other teachers using the 100 pocket chart, She will model lessons to students also. One day a week (Friday) she will attend an International School in Arusha and observe maths teaching in primary classes. Over the 15 days Celi trained Zawadi and together they planned and team taught. ## **Financial Review** ||SORP Reference|| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s fnancial
position at the end of the period|Para 1.21|Money in account at start of
fnancial year Jan 2020 =
3823.76 GBP. At the time of charity registration March 2020,
the amount in the account was GBP 3552
Ingoings (donations and sponsors) = GBP 1523
Outgoings from January to December= GBP 2357.69
Otugoings March to December= GBP 2086
Current amount of money in the GOTM bank account as of
31st December 2020 = 2989| |Statement explaining the policy for
holding reserves stating why they are
held|Para 1.22|The money held in the account is to be used to train
and pay for the expenses of new coordinators on each
project, the salary of a local teacher in Tanzania and
the purchase of a laptop for communication with
GOTM and planning lessons. Storage trolleys for new
materials| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|GBP 2989| |Reasons for holding zero reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Reasons for holding zero reserves|Para 1.24|| |||| |---|---|---| |Explanation of any uncertainties
about the charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|In the foreseeable future it is uncertain if we are able to
run the project on the ground in Tanzania, Nepal and
Italy with volunteers due to COVID restrictions
This could also restrict volunteers from countries which
may still be in lockdown even if the projects can go
ahead.| ## **Additional Information** ||SORP Reference|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal sources of
funds (including any fundraising)|Para 1. 47|Donations
Edx Education GBP 3485 (from previous year 2019)
Sponsoring of Maths resources and small donations
1523 GBP (2020)
**Donations**
EdxEducation (year 2019)
Individual small sponsors and donations
ISF (2020)| |Breakdown of Spending from 4th
March - 31st December 2020||Local Teacher salary = 288
Flights = 1119
Accommodation= 27
Visa= 37| |||Transport = 45
Food and water = 65
Phone /Internet = 12
ICT = 22
Misc (shipping, other resources, kids underwear, GOTM
shirts for staf)= 133
Insurance =174
Resources = 54
Website and domain hosting = 111| |---|---|---| |A description of the principal risks
facing the charity|Para 1. 46|Funding
Applying for funds/grants especially post Brexit and
COVID
Not having funds to train coordinators| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of Charities trust|SORP Reference|| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity constituted|Para 1.25|CIO -Charitable incorporated organisation| |Trustee selection methods including
details of any constitutional
provisions e.g. election to post or
name of any person or body entitled|Para 1.25|No new trustees added this year.| |to appoint one or more trustees||| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any other parties|Para 1.51|●
Ed X Education
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Gratnells UK
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Bandari Project, Tanzania
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Victor Hugo School, Nepal
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Trying to make connections at present with
migrant organisations in Florence
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St Constantines school, Arusha| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity Name|Gecko on the Move| |---|---| |Other name charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1188327| |Charity’s principle address|1 leicester Villas
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 5SP| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |Trustee Name|Ofice|Dates acted if not for a
whole year|Name of person (or body)
entitled to appoint trustee
(if any)| |---|---|---|---| |Martin Hansford|Chair check|Whole year|| |Celi (Tracy) Harper|Treasurer|Whole year|| |Heather Welch|Secretary|Whole year|| ## **Reference and Administrative details** Corporate trustees - names of the directors at date at report was approved Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others |Description of the assets held in this capacity|N/A| |---|---| |Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation|N/A| of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details N/A ## **Declarations** The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) |Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s)|| |---|---| |Full name(s)|Martin Hansford| |Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)|Chair| |Signature|| |Date|30 December 2020| Full name(s) Celi (Tracy) Harper Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Treasurer Signature Date 30 December 2020 Full name(s) Heather Welch Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Secretary Signature Date 30 December 2020