## ## ## |||||||SORP reference|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary||ofthe purposes|||of|Para 1.17|To promote for the benefit ofthe public the| |the charity as set|||out|in its|||conservation,
protection
and improvement
of| |governing||document|||||the physical
and natural
environment
by taking| ||||||||action to mitigate
climate change and its effects| ||||||||and by promoting
biological diversity.
To| ||||||||advance the education ofthe public
in the| ||||||||subject ofclimate change and its mitigation
and| ||||||||to promote research for the public benefit
in all| ||||||||aspects ofthat subject and to publish the| ||||||||useful results.| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those||||Para 1.17and
1.19|The groups that make up AAFAF continued
to
have regular
monthly
meetings throughout
the| |purposes||for the public|||||year on Zoom. Monthly
meetings
have been| |benefit,|in particular,|||the|||in-person.
Membership
rose during the year| |activities,
services
accounts.||projects
identified|or
in|the|||and numbers
joining/using
our social media
group/page
increased.| ||||||||Early in 2022 we collaborated
with Friends of| ||||||||the Lake District in the second
Big Switch-Off| ||||||||event for Ambleside.
Residents
and businesses| ||||||||switched
lights over one night to save energy| ||||||||and draw attention to the harmful
effects of| ||||||||lighting
on wildlife. This is to be repeated| ||||||||annually.
It relates to our Ambleside to Zero| ||||||||Carbon objective and also to our aim of| ||||||||promoting
greater biodiversity,| ||||||||Throughout
the year we have had a| ||||||||representative
attending
meetings ofboth the| ||||||||Cumbria
Sustainability
Network
and the Zero| ||||||||Carbon Cumbria
Partnership
in order to stay in| ||||||||touch with other groups who share our| ||||||||objectives and cooperate where possible. .| ||||||||Having researched
Solar PV installers to identify| ||||||||reliable firms,
we got our first solar two| ||||||||installations
on Ambleside
properties. The| |householder
has been very satisfied with the| |---| |savings
in electricity use. The A-Z Love Solar| |Group organised
an evening
in November for| |anyone interested
in Solar PV.The event was| |well publicised
and was attended
by 45 people| |in the space of90minutes.
Many people| |registered
their interest
in solar PV and a| |smaller number were interested
in working| |with us to actually help them install solar on| |their homes and
businesses to save on fossil| |fuel burning
and save money.| |The work ofthe Evidence Agency
in 2021to| |identify stakeholders
and help us extend our| |reach has been a very useful resource to draw| |on in 2022.We have given talks to three local| |organisations
and strengthened
ties with one of| |them. We now have a quarterly
newsletter| |going out to members
and we plan to distribute| |it more widely
in 2023.| |We received the news ofthe go-ahead for the| |West Cumbria
Coal Mine in early December| |with dismay. Some members
have been
liaising| |with South Lakes Action on Climate Change| |about their legal challenge
and have been| |promoting
the group's fundraiser,
as well as| |liaising with Friends ofthe Earth locally to| |provide sources of information
to equip| |members to lobby effectively against what| |would be a very significant
increase
in carbon| |emissions.| |Our infra-red
camera trained
surveyors| |surveyed
many homes over the winter
helping| |people to save energy
—often by improving| |their insulation.
N.B.The outside temperature| |must be cold in order to carry out the surveys.| |This work will be carried out each winter.| |The Growing and Biodiversity
Group organised| |a Plant Giveaway
in IVlay and gave away over| |250vegetable
plants, herbs and pollinator| |friendly flowering
plants which
had been| |donated
by members
—to local residents
—to| |encourage
growing, food security and insect| |pollination.
This is also a family oriented
day| |with activities for children
and plants for them| |too totake home. Refreshments
were also on| |offer and a friendly
and sociable community| |atmosphere
prevailed
which fits with our aim| |ofcommunity
building
and inclusiveness.| |Tree maintenance
of intensively
planted
young| |trees on fell sides around
Ambleside
went on| |||||for a large part ofthe year improving
their| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||chances of survival
and thus increasing the| |||||sequestration
ofcarbon and increasing
wildlife| |||||habitat, We continued
to search for other| |||||suitable tree planting
sites liaising with the| |||||National
Trust and the Woodland
Trust. We| |||||were awarded
a National
Lottery jTogether for| |||||our Planet) grant ofE8,900 in April which we| |||||allocated to a major project, named Zero| |||||Carbon Bees5Trees. This involves
mapping| |||||existing trees and wildlife habitats
in and| |||||around
Ambleside
as well as identifying| |||||possible new tree-planting
sites, liaising with| |||||landowners
and engaging
residents to hear| |||||their opinions
and wishes. This work will go on| |||||into 2023 and will prepare the ground for more| |||||tree planting
and habitat restoration
in late| |||||2023.| |||||The small orchard
in the park continues to| |||||thrive as does the wildflower
meadow
which| |||||now has a sign in order to draw people' s| |||||attention to it and raise awareness
ofthe need| |||||to increase planting for pollinators.| |||||Members
have written
emails to ministers
on| |||||issues relevant to our climate and ecological| |||||concerns and responded
to consultations
on| |||||related issues.| |||||Two undergraduate
students
from Lancaster| |||||University
have been researching
topics| |||||suggested
by us and have almost completed| |||||their dissertations
—one on Food waste
in the| |||||Hospitality
Industry
and one on attitudes to| |||||Tree Planting
in the area.This research
will give| |||||us important
information
for future work with| |||||the business
community
and for future tree| |||||planting.| |Statement|confirming||Para 1.18|The trustees
have followed the guidance
on| |whether the trustees||have||public benefit provided
by the Charity| |had regard|to the guidance|||Commission
in its document
CC3- "The| |issued by|the Charity|||Essential Trustee"| |Commission
on public||||| |benefit||||| ## |Policy on|Policy on|social investment|social investment|social investment|social investment|Para 1.38|Not applicable| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |including||program|||related||| |investment|||||||| |Contribution||||made|by|Para 1.38|The entire work of AAFAF is carried out by| |volunteers|||||||volunteers| |Other|||||||| |Achieve|||e|nts|and Performance||| |||||||SORP reference|| |Summary||of||the main||Para 1.20|The Plant Giveaway
was a spectacular success| |achievements||||ofthe charity,|||this year
—attracting
and enthusing
more| |identifying|||the difference the||||people than ever and thus increasing| |charity's
work has made to
the circumstances
of its
beneficiaries
and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|||||||awareness ofthe importance
ofgrowing for
food and for pollinators.
As we observed
last
year,
residents
who have attended
our growing
events find that planting
for the benefit of
insects and/or food has become much more| ||||||||forefront
in their lives. Feedback from this| ||||||||group also demonstrates
a heightened| ||||||||awareness
ofthe need for pollinator-friendly| ||||||||plants, growing without
pesticides,
using| ||||||||peat-free compost and other good practices.| ||||||||This is evident too amongst
members,
many of| ||||||||whom have started growing
in their gardens or| ||||||||containers,
giving space to wildflowers
etc.This| ||||||||helps to stern the decline
in insect life vital for| ||||||||our survival
and improves
biodiversity
as well| ||||||||as adapting to the unfolding
crisis by improving| ||||||||food security.| ||||||||Good work was done in preparing
fortree| ||||||||planting
later in the winter - ordering of| ||||||||biodegradable
tree guards and liaising with| ||||||||landowners
such asthe National
Trust and| ||||||||their tenant farmers and cementing
our| ||||||||co-working
arrangements
with the Woodland| ||||||||Trust.| ||||||||Tree planting/
maintenance
has drawn
in new| ||||||||members
thus raising awareness
ofthe climate| ||||||||and ecological emergency
and getting more| ||||||||hands-on
deck to do the practical work. This| ||||||||will mitigate
climate breakdown
by| ||||||||sequestering
carbon and helping towards the| ||||||||general aim of improving
habitat for wildlife| ||||||||and improving
biodiversity.
The lottery grant| ||||||||we successfully
applied for is enabling
us to| ||||||||prepare the ground for larger scale tree| ||||||||planting
which will also sequester
carbon and| ## |create habitat for wildlife (everything
from| |---| |microbial
life to hover flies to woodcock to| |badgers)
which, as most of us know, is| |catastrophically
depleted
in this country. One| |ofthe most important
phases ofthis project-| |planned
for early next year
—is creating| |opportunities
for people
in the village to have| |their say about what they want and where.| |The BigSwitch-Off was again effective in| |making people think about energy use and the| |harmful
effects ofartificial
lighting
on wildlife.| |The successful
installation
ofSolar PV on two| |very different
properties
was an important
step| |towards
bringing
about the uptake of| |renewable
energy at scale. The Solar Project| |event in November
helped to spread the word| |far and wide and got a number of households| |taking their interest further
which
will help| |decrease the carbon footprint ofthe village| |overall.| |Our trained
infra-red
camera users continued| |to help people identify heat loss and take basic| |steps to keep their homes warmer
(or, in some| |cases undertake
more ambitious
insulation| |work). This work will continue each winter| |reducing
energy consumption
and helping to| |mitigate some ofthe worsening
effects of| |climate change.| |The lobbying group has renewed
its efforts to| |oppose the West Cumbria
Coal Mine and many| |members
from the wider group and the public| |have donated to the legal challenge
being| |mounted
by our SLACC (South Lakes Action on| |Climate Change) as a result ofour publicity.| |Hopefully
this project can at least be delayed| |and even abandoned
saving millions oftonnes| |ofemissions| |We have maintained
our connection
with two| |Primary Schools in the area via the Big| |Switch-Off and involving the children
in| |planting
in the wild flower meadow schools| |and we hope to work more with them
in the| |coming
ear.| ## ## |Performance|offundraising|Para 1.41|Atarget off1000for income from donations| |---|---|---|---| |activities against objectives|||was set. The total income achieved was| |set|||f692.32, plus donations off1799.15to a| ||||restricted
fund
in memory ofa member who| ||||sadly died recentl .| |Investment|performance|Para 1.41|No investment
objectives were set.| |against objectives|||| |Other|||| ## |Financ|ial
Review|ial
Review|ial
Review|ial
Review||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Review|ofthe charity's|||||Para 1.21|The charity remains
in a sound financial|| |financial|position||at|the end|||position.
Most expenditure
on charitable|| |ofthe period|||||||projects was from restricted funds donated|by| ||||||||external funders,
and a small surplus of|| ||||||||unrestricted
funds was generated.|| |Statement||explaining||the||Para 1.22|Reserves are held for the following
reasons:|—to| |policy for holding
stating
why they|||reserves
are held||||meet the costs ofessential
routine
items fe.g
insurance,
ICT), in the event of a failure to raise|| ||||||||sufficient funds to cover them;
—a contingency|| ||||||||fund for unexpected
essential costs; —urgent|| ||||||||small projects not anticipated
in the annual|| ||||||||budget;
—a cushion for cash flow, in case of|a| ||||||||need to incur planned
expenditure
before|| ||||||||receiving the income to cover it.The target|| ||||||||total of reserves
isf1800.|| |Amount|ofreserves|||held||Para 1.22|61800|| |Reasons for holding||||zero||Para 1.22|Not applicable|| |reserves||||||||| |Details|offund materially||||in|Para 1.24|Not applicable|| |deficit||||||||| |Explanation||ofany||||Para 1.23|Not applicable|| |uncertainties||about the||||||| |charity continuing|||as a going|||||| |concern||||||||| |Additional
information|(optional)|(optional)|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |You ma
choose to include further statements|||where relevant about:||||| |The charity's
principal||Para 1.4?|Grants from|charitable|trusts, and donations||by| |sources offunds
(including|||individuals.||||| |any fundraising)|||||||| |Investment
policy and||Para 1.46|No such policies have||been adopted.||| |objectives including
any|||||||| |social investment
policy|||||||| |adopted|||||||| |A description
ofthe principal||Para 1.46|The trustees|have adopted
a risk management|||| |risks facing the charity|||policy which|identifies|potential|financial,|| ||||reputational,|legal, operational||and|| ||||environmental|risks. With the controls that|||| |||||have been put in|have been put in|place, none ofthese|place, none ofthese|place, none ofthese|risks|risks|risks|is| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||currently
regarded
as significant.||||||||| |Other||||||||||||| |Structure,
Governance||and Management||||||||||| |Description
ofcharity's||||||||||||| |trusts:||||||||||||| |Type ofgoverning
document
('trust deed, ro al charte!. '||Para 1.25||Foundation
model constitution||||||||| |How is the charity||Para 1.25||CIO||||||||| |constituted?||||||||||||| |(e.g unlncorporatec||||||||||||| |association. CIQ,||||||||||||| |Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25||Apart from the|first trustees, every|||trustee||||is| |including
details ofany||||appointed
for a|term ofthree years|||by|a|||| |constitutional
provisions|e.g.|||resolution
passed||at a properly|convened|||||| |election to post or name|of|||meeting ofthe trustees.
In selecting||||individuals||||| |any person or body entitled||||for appointment||as trustees, the trustees|||||have|| |to appoint one or more||||regard to the skills, knowledge|||and|experience||||| |trustees||||needed for the|effective administration|||||of||the| |||||CIO.||||||||| |Additional
information|(optional)|||||||||||| |You ma
choose to include further statements||||where relevant|about:|||||||| |Policies and procedures||Para 1.51||Trustees are provided
with the Charity||||||||| |adopted for the induction||||Commission
trustee welcome|||pack.|||||| |and training
oftrustees||||||||||||| |The charity's
organisational||Para 1.51||AAFAF has six formal members|||who|are||the||| |structure
and any wider||||charity trustees,||and a wider membership||||||of| |network
with which the||||about 135.There||are several working|||groups|||| |charity works||||organised
around||specific topics or||projects,||||| |||||each ofwhich
is||led by a volunteer||coordinator||||| |||||who reports to|the trustees.|||||||| |||||AAFAF works with Cumbria
Action for||||||||| |||||Sustainability
and the Zero Carbon||||Cumbria||||| |||||Partnership.||||||||| |Relationship
with any||Para 1.51||||||||||| |related parties||||||||||||| |Other||||||||||||| |Reference and Administrative|||details|||||||||| |Charity name||Ambleside|Action for a Future|||||||||| |Other name the charity|uses|AAFAF||||||||||| |Registered
charity number||1188921||||||||||| |Charity's
principal address||Dillygarth,|Loughrigg,
Ambleside,|||LA22 9HF||||||| ## ## |Trustee name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot
for whole year|Name ofperson (or body)
entitled to appoint trustee (if
an| |---|---|---|---| |Gillian
Kelly|Chair||| |Caroline Caple|Secretary||| |Mary Wyburn|Treasurer|until 03/03/22|| ||Trustee|until 22/09/22|| |Sharon Holt|||| |Steve Lenartowicz|Trustee||| ||Treasurer|from 22/03/22|| |Ursula
Brendling|||| |Tim Clarke||until 10/11/22|| |Clare Humphry||from 26/04/22|| |Funds held as custodian|Funds held as custodian|trustees|on behalf ofothers| |---|---|---|---| |Description
ofthe assets||None|| |held
in this capacity|||| |Name and objects ofthe||Not applicable|| |charity on whose behalf|the||| |assets are held and how|this||| |falls within the custodian|||| |charity's objects|||| |Details ofarrangements|for|Not applicable|| |safe custody and|||| |segregation
ofsuch assets|||| |from the charity's
own assets|||| ## ## ## ##