1 April 2023 - 31 March 2024
ANNUAL REPORT PREPARED BY : Hazel Meyer Chair Spelthorne Breastfeeding Friends
CONTENTS
1. WHO ARE WE?
2. VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY
3. TRAINING
4. WHAT'S NEXT? 5. FINANCIAL REPORT
WHO ARE WE?
Spelthorne Breastfeeding Friends is a charitable group established to contribute to the promotion, protection and continuation of breastfeeding within the Borough of Spelthorne.
Our objectives are to:
Promote volunteering of mothers of any age who have breastfed their own baby/s or are still breastfeeding and have the unique quality of being able to relate to mothers from a similar community, culture and values sets
Develop capabilities, competencies, skills, understanding and employability of volunteers
Act as a source of up-to-date information about breastfeeding and feeding-related issues, the practical task of looking after babies and the importance of attunement, attachment and empathy
Provide mother-to-mother breastfeeding and other practical support for new mothers
Work closely with other organisations is Spelthorne who are supporting new parents
Help promote the benefits of breastfeeding to women less likely to breastfeed and providing appropriate support
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY
Breast pump hire scheme
Our free breast pump hire scheme has continued to be accessed from parents in Spelthorne and the surrounding boroughs although the demand has been much less than in previous years. The day-to-day administration has been taken over by one of our volunteers and three other volunteers are acting as pump hire agents - organising the collection/delivery of pumps and offering expressing and breastfeeding support to mothers hiring the pumps. The scheme is actively promoted at Ashford and St Peter's Hospital and the midwives have told us how valuable parents find it when they are working on establishing breastfeeding.
THIS YEAR WE HIRED OUT AROUND 15 PUMPS
TRAINING
We did commission a training course for volunteers this year but we found it very difficult to recruit many people as it seems like the capacity for parents to offer their time for free is becoming limited. Unfortunately none of the recruits completed the training due to various factors.
We will be putting any training programmes on hold as we reconsider the future of the charity.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Next year we will continue to run our pump hire loan scheme but will be dicussing the viability of running the charity in the future especially.
FINANCIAL REPORT Financial Report for Spelthorne Breastfeeding Friends as of 31/3/2024
Spelthorne Breastfeeding Friends 1188340 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 4/1/2023 3/31/2024 To from
Section A Receipts and payments
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| A1 Receipts Balance brought forward 2,685.02 Breastpumprental fee 225 Grants - Donation for breastpumprental scheme - LotteryGrant - - - 2,910 - - Sub total - Total receipts 2,910 A3 Payments Training package 720 pumpkits for loan scheme 766 - - - - - - - Sub total 1,486 - - Sub total - Total payments 1,486 Net of receipts/(payments) 1,424 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end - Cash funds this year end 1,424 Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Restricted funds |
to the nearest £ Endowment funds |
Total funds to the nearest £ 2,685 225 - - - - - 2,910 - - - 2,910 720 766 - - - - - - - 1,486 - - - 1,486 1,424 - - 1,424 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Details Bank Balance Details Details Details Details Signature Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ to nearest £ 1,424 - - - - - 1,424 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Hazel Meyer Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
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| Hazel Meyer | 1/20/2025 | ||