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|Summary|ofthe purposes of|||The promotion<br>of community<br>participation||
|the charity|as set out|in its||in healthy<br>recreation<br>in particular<br>by the||
|governing|document|||provision<br>of|facilities for participating<br>in|
|||||paddle-sport|and associated water-sports.|
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>activities<br>in relation<br>to those|||Para 1.17and<br>1.19|Provision of <br>paddlesport|group lead and coached<br>sessions.|
|purposes|for the public|||Provision<br>of|training<br>in relation to Safety|
|benefit,<br>in|particular,|the||and Rescue.||
|activities,|projects or|||Coaching for participation<br>in paddlesport||
|services identified<br>in||the||competition|i.e.polo, racing and slalom.|
|accounts.||||Provision<br>of|equipment<br>and training<br>for|
|||||paddle sport|activities.|
|||||Organisation|of polo, racing and slalom|
|||||events and corn etitions.||
|Statement|confirming||Para 1.18|The trustees|have had due regard to|
|whether the trustees||have||ensure the activities provided<br>are for the||
|had regard to the guidance||||public benefit<br>in sofaras they are open to||
|issued by|the Charity|||anyone and|provide health benefits through|
|Commission<br>on public||||increased exercise and recreation.||
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|Policy on|grant making|Para 1.38|
|Policy on|social investment||
|including|program<br>related||
|investment|||





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|Contribution|||made by||Para 1.38|The club is run, and activities organised|||
|volunteers||||||and led, entirely<br>by volunteers.<br>Volunteers|||
|||||||have support the dub by serving<br>on|the||
|||||||committee,<br>coaching members,<br>providing|||
|||||||safety cover, organising<br>events and|||
|||||||supporting<br>sessions.|||
|||||||They have also helped to improve the local|||
|||||||environment<br>by participating<br>in river|clean-||
|||||||u s.|||
|Other|||||||||
|chieve|m|e|nts|and Performance|||||
||||||SORP reference||||
|Summary||of|the|main|Para 1.20|The charity organised<br>several trips to|||
|achievements|||of|the charity,||facilitate increased<br>experiences<br>and|||
|identifying||the difference the||||awareness<br>of paddling<br>on unfamiliar|rivers||
|charity's|work has made to|||||and lakes.|||
|the circumstances||||of its||Coached sessions were run throughout||the|
|beneficiaries|||and|any wider||year on multiple<br>days ofthe week.|||
|benefits to||society asa||||Indoor paddle<br>skill sessions were run|||
|whole.||||||during the winter months.|||
|||||||First Aid training was provided<br>for club|||
|||||||activity leaders.|||
|||||||River litter picks.|||
|||||||Organised<br>two slalom competitions|and||
|||||||one regional<br>marathon<br>competition.|||
|||||||Held come and try-it sessions for the|||
|||||||general public including<br>during<br>the Bedford|||
|||||||River Festival.|||
|||||||Supported<br>volunteers<br>with coaching|and||
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|Achievements||against|Para 1.41||||||||
|objectives set|||||||||||
|Performance||offundraising|Para 1.41||||||||
|activities against objectives|||||||||||
|set|||||||||||
|Investment|performance||Para 1.41||||||||
|against objectives|||||||||||
|Other||||The club supported|||the community|||through|
|||||the donation|ofsurplus canoes||||to a|local|
|||||scout gfoup.|||||||
|||||The club provided||free training|||and||
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||||||6ORP reference|||||||
|Review of|the charity's||||Para 1.21|Allowing|for liabilities the charity had cash|||||
|financial<br>position at||the|end|||funds of|677,736at|the|end ofthe period.|||
|of the period||||||||||||
|Statement|explaining|the|||Para 1.22|The charity will aim||to hold 1.5years||||
|policy for holding<br>reserves||||||operating|costs as a general reserve.|||||
|stating why they are||held||||A separate "President's|||Contingency"|||
|||||||reserve is provided||for|unexpected||costs|
|||||||such as|le al fees.|||||
|Amount of reserves||held|||Para 1.22|General|reserve F15,000|||||
|||||||President|Contingency||reserve E7,946|||
|Reasons for holding||zero|||Para 1.22|N/A||||||
|reserves||||||||||||
|Details offund materially||||in|Para 1.24|None||||||
|deficit||||||||||||
|Explanation|of any||||Para 1.23|None||||||
|uncertainties<br>about the||||||||||||
|charity continuing<br>as a going||||||||||||
|concern||||||||||||
|Additional|information||(optional)|||||||||
|You ma<br>choose to include||||further statements||where relevant about:||||||
||||||SORPreference|||||||
|The charity's<br>principal|||||Para 1.47|The principal<br>source||of|funding|is from||
|sources of|funds (including|||||membership<br>fees.||||||
|any fundraising)||||||Further funding<br>is provided<br>from donations,||||||
|||||||grants,<br>running<br>events and coached||||||
|||||||sessions.||||||
|Investment|policy and||||Para k46|||||||
|objectives|including|any||||||||||
|social investment<br>policy||||||||||||
|adopted||||||||||||
|A description<br>ofthe principal|||||Para 1.46|Loss ofmembers<br>due to lack ofpaddling||||||
|risks facing|the charity|||||opportunities<br>as a result of insufficient||||||
|||||||volunteer|leaders.|||||
|Other||||||The club|has actively invested|||in new and||
|||||||existing session leaders|||with funding|||
|||||||provided|for British Canoeing|||courses,||
|||||||Safeguarding<br>and First|||aid training.|||
|||||||New canoes and kayaks have||||been||
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|Descri<br>tion ofchari<br>s|trusts|:|||||||
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|Type of governing<br>document|||Constitution||||||
|How is the charity||Para 1.25|Charitable|Incorporated<br>Organisation||||with|
|constituted?|||voting members|||other than|its charity||
||||trustees||||||
|Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|Elected by|members|||||
|including<br>details ofany|||||||||
|constitutional<br>provisions|e.g.||||||||
|election to post or name|of||||||||
|any person or body entitled|||||||||
|to appoint one or more|||||||||
|trustees|||||||||
|Additional<br>information|(optional)||||||||
|You ma<br>choose to include further statements|||where relevant||about:||||
|||SORP reference|||||||
|Policies and procedures||Para 1.51|||||||
|adopted for the induction|||||||||
|and training<br>oftrustees|||||||||
|The charity's<br>organisational||Para 1.51|||||||
|structure<br>and any wider|||||||||
|network<br>with which the|||||||||
|charity works|||||||||
|Relationship<br>with any||Pars 1.51|Run in parallel|||with Viking Kayak Club|||
|related parties|||CASC until|such time as all assets and|||||
||||labilities of|Viking Kayak Club CASC can|||||
||||be transferred||to the CIO and the CASC||||
||||dissolved.||||||
||||Affiliated to British Canoein||||.||
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|Refere|nce and|nce and|Administ|rative<br>det|ails|
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|Charity|name|||Viking Kayak|Club|
|Other name||the charity uses||VKC||
|Registered||charity|number|1190021||
|Charity's|principal||address|Poynter's Boat House||
|||||Batts Ford||
|||||Commercial|Road|
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