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2022-03-31-accounts

Annual Report

Covering the period 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022

1. Introduction

Wellbeing in the Weald was established to provide inclusive activities and initiatives in our rural community so that people, including those who may be isolated, can make connections and benefit from improved health and wellbeing. We aim to organise new and promote existing wellbeing activities, including community walks, lunch clubs, choirs, volunteering and other social activities that bring people together on a regular basis.

We work with local GPs, social prescribers and schools to ensure that our activities and initiatives are relevant for our community and cooperate with other organisations (such as charities that do not currently have activities in our community) to facilitate local delivery of their activities.

Our registration as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation was completed on 24 June 2020, under Registered Charity Number 1190083, with the following Objects set out in our Constitution dated 10 June 2020:

For the purpose of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one or more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs; discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender reassignment; poor educational or skill attainment; relationship and family breakdown; poor housing; crime (either as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into society).”

2. Trustees

During this reporting period the following people acted as trustees of Wellbeing in the Weald:

Name Date appointed* Date demitted
Dineli Charlesworth 05/04/2019 -
Mark Lawrence 05/04/2019 -
Deborah Jones 11/06/2019 -
Anthony Platts 02/07/2019 27/07/2021
Naomi Rosling 02/07/2019 -
Andrew Chandler 06/08/2019 -
Eric Shapland 12/11/2019 21/09/2021
Hedley Mayor 10/11/2020 07/07/2022

* Where the appointment dates stated above pre-date our registration as a Charity, they are the dates from which trustees started as committee members of Wellbeing in the Weald, when it was an unincorporated association.

Registered Charity Number 1190083

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Address: Mill House, Mill Lane, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 2HX

Peter Simpson has also joined as a trustee since 24 October 2022. In accordance with our Constitution, there must at all times be a minimum of three trustees. Trustees are volunteers, who are appointed by the Board of Trustees with regard to their skills, to support the effective administration of the Charity.

3. Activities for the public benefit

The trustees have had due regard to public benefit guidance published by the Charities Commission.

During 2021-2022, we were delighted to finally be able to resume so many of our activities after the prolonged and repeated Covid-19 isolation, lockdowns and quarantine periods of 2020-2021, which had such an extraordinary impact on our collective mental health and wellbeing. We also introduced several new activities to specifically target groups who we had identified as being particularly at risk of isolation or exclusion.

The following table summarises our key activities to provide a public benefit during this reporting period:

Purpose Who is it for What did we achieve
Allotment
and
Allotment
Walks		 To help improve mental health
and wellbeing, loneliness and
isolation; to encourage
friendships from varied social
and ethnic backgrounds; to
offer gentle activity to those
who need rehabilitation
following surgery or receiving
treatment. Sharing knowledge,
teaching and encouraging
people to try new and different
produce by offering fruit,
vegetables and flowers
produced at the allotment to
take home.		 Open to
everyone		 We held 32 regular sessions and 5
alternative (different day) sessions,
with total 375 attendances (338
regular/ 37 alternative). Tea/ coffee are
provided. Attendance varies between 6
and 15 on any Sunday morning, most
are regular attendees. The profile is
80% female and 20% male, with age
profile most attendee aged 50+. Some
of the attendees are single, lonely,
isolated and are carers for others.
During the winter period (December –
late February, varies depending on
weather) we introduced walks on 7
occasions, with 3-5 attendees, similar
profile to allotment.
Volunteers constructed a new shed for
the plot. We enjoyed raspberry ice
cream made from our own raspberries.
Any surplus produce is given to Horsley
Place and Rectory Fields (assisted
living).
Book Club To improve wellbeing through
on line (Zoom)social interaction.
Benefits are: boosts mood, it’s
stimulating and fun, people
learn new things and can make
friends.		 Open to
everybody
from 18yrs
and older.		 The book group has an average of
seven attendees at remote sessions
held each month, so approximately 84
attendances over 12 sessions.
Attendees are all women, of all ages. It
has given people something to look
forward to – a social occasion from the
comfort of their own homes and it a
very nice, respectful group so everyone
has a chance to talk. Some attendees
have mentioned how thegrouphas has

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Purpose Who is it for What did we achieve
encouraged them to broaden their
minds, as well as their reading.
Boxing
Fitness		 To facilitate in our community a
programme of fun, non-contact
boxing exercise classes, to boost
physical and mental health.
These sessions are run in
conjunction with Olympia
Boxing CIC.		 Initially
aimed at
children aged
12 to 18. We
subsequently
added an
additional
adult class in
response to
demand.		 Boxing courses started in July 21, as a
10 week trial. Thereafter courses were
run termly in block of 6 sessions. In the
children’s class, attendees were aged
between 11-16. In the adult classes,
attendees were predominantly female
and aged from 18-60. Courses had
reserved places for those unable to
afford the fees. Total attendances for
the year were c450.
Crafting
Sessions		 To support those who have
been isolating for months,
depressed and lonely, and who
would possibly benefit from
such an activity to increase their
feelings of wellbeing.		 Aimed at
single
people,
carers,
people who
are lonely or
depressed
and people
who are
older and/or
are living
alone.		 Arrangements for crafting changed
with Covid requirements, starting the
year in Church House and moving to
the Library in August 2021.
By the end of the financial year, plans
were developing to move the craft
group to join the Drop-in in at the
Parish Church, so crafters could share
the catering facilities provided. Total
attendances for the year were 385 on
45 occasions.
Men’s
Cookery		 To provide opportunities for
participants to learn to cook
various healthy meals and for
them to enjoy cooking.		 Men who are
recently
bereaved,
living alone
or have little
or no
cookery skills		 The first session was held on 6th
October 2022, we started with 4 men
and gradually increased the group size
to 8 attendees. Covid did still restrict
attendance/ sessions in November/
December. There were 9 sessions with
52 attendances overall, plus on average
4 volunteer supporters per session.
Profile was men 65-80 from Cranbrook,
Sissinghurst, Frittenden and Tenterden.
Lesson menus included pasta and
meatballs, vegetable curry,
profiteroles, lasagne, minestrone soup,
pasties and tortillas. Several of the men
found the class helpful for getting out
and about after covid restrictions
and/or family bereavement.
Men’s Shed To provide a supportive, self-
help, safe environment targeted
at men in particular, to promote
wellbeing and engagement in
active and creative projects and
hobbies and interaction with		 Initially, men
18yrs and
older		 During this reporting period the
planning, preparation for and
promotion of this new activity came to
a head with the first meeting of the
Men’s Shed on 31 March 2022.

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Purpose Who is it for What did we achieve
others who may be interested in
the same or similar activities.		 We are very excited to see how this
activity develops during 2022/2023.
Mindfulness
in schools		 To equip children with skills to
help them manage feelings and
difficulties more effectively,
thus improving their wellbeing.
To help improve the capacity to
focus in school, and therefore
improve access to education.
Teachers learn the technique to
help them manage stress and
help the children manage their
own.		 Children and
young adults
aged
between 5 –
19 years old.		 For a number of reasons, we were
unable to progress this project as
hoped. In summer 2021 the Cranbrook
Primary School year 6 class
(approximately 25 children) received a
specially designed four session MiSP
course preparing them for managing
the transition to secondary school. This
was well received by children who had
also had to deal with a very disrupted
and for some very troubled year due to
Covid. Our plans to roll out the Paws
B course more widely in three other
local schools were frustrated by school
changes of plan, the need to ensure
appropriate Covid safety measures and
the closure of High Weald Academy.
Pick up the
Pieces		 WITW Jigsaw Library to provide
enjoyable and rewarding
occupation for people who are
isolated, unwell or recuperating
from illness.		 Open to
everybody,
with local
delivery or
collection of
jigsaws.		 We have worked hard this year to build
up the collection to ensure we have a
range of jigsaws and to promote
availability. All jigsaws were
donated. Take-up has been limited,
with a local home borrowing jigsaws
for residents who have learning
disabilities and a small number of
regular individual borrowers, who
were self-isolating for much of the
year.
Welcome
Wednesday
Drop-In		 To support those who have
been isolating for months,
depressed and lonely, and who
would possibly benefit from
such an activity to increase their
feelings of wellbeing.		 This is aimed
at single
people,
carers,
recently
widowed,
people with
early stage
dementia
and people
who are
older and/or
are living
alone.		 At the beginning of the year, we were
using Church House with only 6
attendees at any one event, to manage
Covid risk. Once the weather improved,
we based the group meetings on the
Ball Field (or in The George when wet)
from July until late September. We
moved indoors to the rear section of
the Parish Church at the end of
September until the financial year end.
By early in 2022, the numbers
attending regularly had grown above
20 and have gradually increased
further, as attendees have discovered
how to cope with Covid and their
health. There were 631 attendances
(mostlyregulars)at 60 events,with

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Purpose Who is it for What did we achieve
most attendees 65+ and a male/ male
ratio of 80:20. Thanks to the team of
WITW helpers and latterly Cranbrook
School pupils, for baking and helping at
the Drop In.
Wellbeing
Walks		 To provide access to regular,
low impact physical activity to
all local residents in a social and
safe environment. Walks are
accessible to people with
limited mobility or pre-existing
medical conditions / injuries.
These sessions are run by the
Tunbridge Wells Walking For
Health Scheme which is a
franchise of The Ramblers.		 Open to
everybody.
There is a
range of
physical
fitness/ability
and
motivation to
join the
walks.
Multiple
groups to
tailor the
walks to the
type of
attendees we
have in each
group.		 During this year we provided three
walking groups in Cranbrook almost
every week and one group in Benenden
per week. An estimated 177 walks with
an average weekly attendance of 32
(total across all walking groups). Our
demographic is predominantly female
(68F to 15M) between the ages of 50 to
80 (it is estimated that less than 1% are
under 50 years of age). There are a
range of ability levels and due to the
fact we operate multiple groups, we
have been able to offer longer (90
minute) walks as well as shorter (60
minute) ones.

We would like to thank all of our volunteers, committee members / trustees and our administrators, who have devoted so much of their time and effort to organise, lead and support our activities and to help us in all aspects of operating the Charity.

We would also like to thank:

4. Plans for 2022-2023

4.1 Ongoing activities

As circumstances and funds permit, we hope to continue / repeat many of the above activities and various other prior WITW activities for the community in general such as:

Fruit picking (see also Juice under Fundraising)

Quiz nights (see also under Fundraising)

Attendance at Community Events/ Fetes (see also under Fundraising)

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4.2 New activities

For 2022 - 2023 we have sought to identify who we are not currently reaching, in order to specifically target some of our new activities at harder to reach sections of our community. We have identified these target groups by reaching out to a number of people and organisations, such as the community wardens, GP’s and social prescribers, who have all given their feedback on where they believe the most socially excluded people are.

Who are our specific target groups for this year?

We also intend to facilitate support in our community for those who may be suffering from financial hardship.

Planned new activities focussed on our target groups

Several of our recently started activities are focused at these target groups and we plan to continue with these. Further new activities will be considered as appropriate, as circumstances and funds permit. We will wherever possible seek grant funding to at least partially cover the costs of any new activities during 2022-2023. Additional fundraising or grants will be required for these activities to be sustained longer term.

5. Fundraising

5.1 How we have raised funds

We would very much like to thank the National Lottery Community Fund, Kent Sport’s Everyday Active, the Charles Lewis Foundation and Kent County Council for the grants received during this period. We did not run any fundraising appeals or campaigns.

We would also like to thank the members of our community who, and local organisations that, have made donations to support our work during this period and record our ongoing gratitude to the Co-op Community Fund and Councillor Seán Holden / Kent County Council (KCC Combined Member Grant Scheme) for grants received previously, which continued to be used to fund our operations and activities during 2021/2022.

Juice sales

This financial year includes the continuing sales from the harvest of September/ October 2020 with sales completed on 17th June 2021. It also considers the harvest of apples and pears in the autumn of 2021 until April 2022.

Thanks to Ulli and family in Benenden and the Edwards family in Hawkhurst for the fruits from their orchards, which provided our 2021 crop, and the Tucker family in Sandhurst for their extra juice. Thanks too to Walpole family from Goudhurst for their offer during this period of fruit for the 2022 harvest. And to our volunteer pickers, we simply could not have done it without you!

We owe Tony a great debt of gratitude for all his work arranging juicing, bottling and labelling and in preparing bottles for sale and selling juice at the local farmers markets, as well as supplying local shops. Thanks also to the local retailers who kindly sell our juice, including – Cranbrook Farm shop, Wilkes

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Butchers and Benenden Community shop. With Covid outbreaks continuing, many community events at which we normally sell juice were cancelled, so we were grateful for those that were held and for the volunteer help too.

5.2 How we will continue to raise funds

WITW has previously initiated several successful fundraising ventures which had to be put on hold during Covid, but which we now hope to resume during 2022/2023 including:

We also plan to raise funds via:

6. Financial Report

The Trustees understand that they are responsible for preparing this Financial Report, for ensuring that it provides a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Charity and for keeping proper accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Charity's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Charity. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees have set a reserves policy to cover 2 months of day to day running costs, in addition to committed costs for each year. The costs of the co-ordinator / administrators over this period were funded through a restricted grant for our core operating costs.

The income of Wellbeing in the Weald is not at a level to require independent verification or audit of its financial statements.

Registered Charity Number 1190083 Address: Mill House, Mill Lane, Sissinghurst, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 2HX

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Wellbeing in the
Weald - Income and
Expenditure Account		 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 24 June 2020 to 31 March 2021 24 June 2020 to 31 March 2021 24 June 2020 to 31 March 2021
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
£ £ £ £ £ £
General fundraising,
grants and donations
National Lottery
Community Fund
Awards for All		 10,000 - 10,000 - - -
Co-Op Community
Fund		 - - - 5,304 - 5,304
Donations (see note
4)		 844 - 844 237 - 237
Charitable activities
(see note 5)		 2,718 2,200 4,918 167 2,395 2,562
Other income (see
note 6)		 2,755 - 2,755 2,081 - 2,081
Total income 16,317 2,200 18,517 7,789 2,395 10,184
Costs
Charitable costs (see
note 7)		 3,683 1,213 4,896 (153) 570 417
Fundraising costs
(see note 8)		 1,030 - 1,030 1,600 - 1,600
Support Costs (see
note 9)		 1,697 9,763 11,460 1,557 2,295 3,852
Total costs 6,410 10,976 17,386 3,004 2,865 5,869
Net surplus/(deficit)
for theperiod		 9,907 (8,776) 1,131 4,785 (470) 4,315
Funds brought
forward		 11,593 7,841 19,434 6,808 8,311 15,119
Funds transferred (3,247) 3,247 - - - -
Funds carried
forward		 18,253 2,312 20,565 11,593 7,841 19,434
Wellbeing in The
Weald - Balance
Sheet		 As at 31 March 2022 As at 31 March 2021
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
£ £ £ £ £ £
Current Assets
Cash at Bank 18,125 2,312 20,437 11,568 7,841 19,409
PettyCash 128 - 128 25 - 25
18,253 2,312 20,565 11,593 7,841 19,434
**Represented by: **
General Funds 18,253 2,312 20,565 11,593 7,841 19,434

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Notes

  1. 24 June 2020 to 31 March 2021 accounts have been restated to more clearly set out general grants and donations, project income, grants and donations and associated costs.

  2. By agreement with the grant provider, £570 of unreserved costs previously incurred on Mindfulness in Schools has been set against the grant. This adjusts the Unreserved / Reserved sub-totals for our prior period, but not the overall total.

  3. On incorporation and registration of Wellbeing in the Weald as a Charity on 24 June 2020, all of the funds and assets that were previously held by the trustees of Wellbeing in the Weald as an unincorporated association were transferred to the Charity (including all intellectual property, stocks of juice and other physical assets, which were transferred at zero value).

Notes
1. 24 June 2020 to 31 March 2021 accounts have been restated to more clearly set out general grants and
donations, project income, grants and donations and associated costs.
2. By agreement with the grant provider, £570 of unreserved costs previously incurred on Mindfulness in Schools
has been set against the grant. This adjusts the Unreserved / Reserved sub-totals for our prior period, but not the
overall total.
3. On incorporation and registration of Wellbeing in the Weald as a Charity on 24 June 2020, all of the funds and
assets that were previously held by the trustees of Wellbeing in the Weald as an unincorporated association were
transferred to the Charity (including all intellectual property, stocks of juice and other physical assets, which were
transferred at zero value).
1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 24 June 2020 to 31 March 2021
4. Donations
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
£ £ £ £ £ £
Amazon Smile 55 - 55 - - -
EasyFundraising 94 - 94 77 - 77
General Donations 695 - 695 160 - 160
844 - 844 237 - 237
5. Charitable
activities
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
£ £ £ £ £ £
Allotment 155 - 155 97 - 97
Boxing (including
grant from KCC)		 1,464 500 1,964 - - -
Crafts 386 - 386 - - -
Dropin 333 - 333 70 - 70
Men’s Cookery
(including grant
from Charles Lewis
Foundation)		 380 1,600 1,980 - - -
Men’s Shed - - - - - -
Walking football
(grant from KCC)		 - 100 100 - - -
Mindfulness in
Schools (KCC
Members Grant)		 - - - - 2,395 2,395
2,718 2,200 4,918 167 2,395 2,562
6. Other income
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
£ £ £ £ £ £
Fetes/Fairs 637 - 637 - - -
Jam/Chutney 154 - 154 - -
Juice 1,964 - 1,964 2,081 - 2,081
2,755 - 2,755 2,081 - 2,081

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Notes (continued)

Notes(continued)
1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 24 June 2020 to 31 March 2021
7. Charitable costs
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
£ £ £ £ £ £
Allotment 171 - 171 205 205
Boxing 1,920 500 2,420 - - -
Crafts 308 - 308 - - -
Dropin Costs 949 - 949 100 - 100
Men’s Cooking - 213 213 - - -
Men’s Shed 333 - 333 - - -
Mindfulness in
Schools (see note
2)		 - 400 400 (570) 570 -
WalkingFootball 2 100 102 - - -
Groupof Six - - - 112 112
3,683 1,213 4,896 (153) 570 417
8. Fundraising
costs
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
£ £ £ £ £ £
Fetes/Fairs 30 - 30 - - -
Jam/Chutney 113 - 113 - - -
Juice 887 - 887 1,600 - 1,600
1,030 - 1,030 1,600 - 1,600
9. Support costs
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
£ £ £ £ £ £
Administrators - 9,573 9,573 - 1,536 1,536
Adverts - 55 55 - 300 300
Gmail 256 - 256 178 - 178
Insurance 287 - 287 274 - 274
Phone 121 - 121 50 - 50
Printing - 135 135 - 186 186
Safeguarding 230 - 230 639 - 639
Sundry 299 - 299 387 - 387
Training/Resources 350 - 350 - 130 130
Venue hire etc (not
project related)		 10 - 10 - 143 143
Website Costs - - - 29 - 29
Zoom subscription 144 - 144 - - -
1,697 9,763 11,460 1,557 2,295 3,852

These resources mean that we are satisfied that we will be able to continue our operations for the foreseeable future.

Approved by the Board of Trustees on 14 December 2022 and signed on its behalf by:

Andrew Chandler - Trustee, Chair

Peter Simpson - Trustee, Treasurer

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