TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT OF POSITIVE AGEING IN LONDON
(which is a registered charitable Incorporated Organisation with educational aims).
It meets the public benefit reporting requirements by:
• including the statement that the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit at our AGM on 20[th] December 2022
• describing its significant activities undertaken to further its charitable purposes for the public benefit
Our Aims and Objectives which are to be found on our website www.pailondon.org.uk are as follows: to make a real difference to the lives of older people by:
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Raising key issues affecting older people in London
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Developing older peoples policy and voice for London
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Challenging for change
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Engaging, advocating for and promoting older people in London
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Working with key strategic bodies which have an influence in London
Despite being unsuccessful in acquiring funding to pay for professional support, our activities continue to include the following:
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maintaining our public profile;
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being open to and encouraging new members;
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running activities which have been both educational and fostered active involvement by members aimed at reducing social isolation and loneliness
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encouraged members and our target demographic of older Londoners to be informed and involved in issues pertaining to the welfare and health of older people in London.
Despite lack of funding, PAiL, during this financial year being reported on, sought to do this by maintaining and improving our website www.pailondon.org.uk as an accessible and informative tool for both members and the wider population of older Londoners (50+ including pensioners and with a focus on those facing poverty, exclusion and deprivation). We have uploaded newsletters, our guide and the results of our working groups around the 8 WHO Age Friendly Domains which make up the basis for an age friendly city along with our recommendations to the GLA/London Recovery Board on those Missions of interest to older Londoners plus the results of our previously held (pre-Covid) conferences and recommendations relating to age friendly London boroughs.
Despite the aforementioned lack of funding, we sought to
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maintain a social media presence highlighting issues of interest and concern to PAiL members and the wider community
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continue to produce newsletters which were sent to over 1000 members and contacts and then disseminated through our organisational partners to thousands more.
We also supported regular working groups seeking to raise issues of concern and recommendations relating to making LONDON more accessible and age friendly in line with the work of the GLA and the LRB as well as London boroughs. We and our members continued to play an active role in age partnerships including the London Age Friendly forum network and EngAgeNet the national age forum network.
Regular committee meetings, open to all members, continued to be held where we involved members and agreed future activities, including a large conference scheduled for December 2022.
Our activities continued to be held virtually as many members were anxious with ongoing concerns around the pandemic and threat of lock downs which impacted negatively on our ability to directly engage with our wider membership and older Londoners generally.
Despite facing financial problems due to a lack of funding, we continue to actively pursue funding from contracts, fundraising and donations. As mentioned previously, this meant that, under this period of review, we were unable to continue employing part time administration, website, communications and social media experts but rather relied solely on voluntary involvement from members.
M.C. Walsh
Chair Pail
POSITIVE AGEING IN LONDON (PAIL)
(Charity Commission Registration Number 1189011)
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT For the period 01 October 2021 to September 30, 2022
£
RECEIPTS:
Services 100.00
Total Receipts 100.00
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PAYMENTS:
Website Maintenance & Costs 9.59
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Total Payments 9.59
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Net of Receipts/Payments 90.41
Funds held at Bank on 01 October 2021 227.54
-----------Funds held at Bank on 30 September 2022 317.95
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