## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From** 01/04/2021 **Period start date To** 01/04/2022 **Period end date**
**Charity name:** DiAthlete
## **Charity registration number:** 1190 263
## **Objectives and Activities**
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SORP reference
Summary of the Para 1.17 DiAthlete’s purposes have been
purposes of the charity set out to promote and protect
has set out in its the physical and mental health
governing document of people living with diabetes, in
particular (but not exclusively)
by:
(i) Supporting young adults
with type-1 diabetes to
emotionally accept their
condition, grow in
independence of self-
management and advance
as patient advocates to
support others living with
diabetes;
(ii) Providing schools with
information about the
impact and differing types
of diabetes, to support
acceptance for school
students living with type-1
diabetes and to tackle the
incidence of type-2
diabetes;
(iii) Improving the quality of
healthcare professionals,
consultations by providing
training sessions for
medical teams, based on
patient’s feedback and
perspectives;
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(iv) Creating an international
advocacy network of
patient champions and
patient organisation’s to
support local diabetes
communities; and
(v) Financially assisting local
diabetes communities in
lower income countries;
(b) To advance the education of
people with diabetes and those
who care for them, healthcare
professionals and the general
public, in all areas relating to
diabetes, in particular (but not
exclusively) by:
(i) providing community
workshops and seminars
for patients in sociable
environments;
(ii) promoting diabetes
education to young people
living with type-1 diabetes
through practical and
engaging methods of
education; and
(iii) operating media
campaigns to provide
accurate information about
all types of diabetes.
Summary of the main Para 1.17 and With the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing
1.19
activities in relation to throughout this period, DiAthlete has
those purposes for the acted on virtual channels to host
public benefit, in workshops for the type 1 diabetes
particular, the activities, (T1D) community (inclusive of people
projects or services with T1D, caregivers and health
identified in the professionals); inviting guest speakers
accounts. to share their experiences and advice
to the attending community on set
topics, and collaborating with NHS
and HSC diabetes teams to invite their
patients to attend. DiAthlete held 14
online workshops, each being free to
attend, during this period.
Furthermore, DiAthlete utilised social
media channels during this period to
provide supportive information across
multiple topic areas of life with
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diabetes, this included: diabetes and
exercise, nutrition, travel, socialising,
transition from paediatric healthcare
to adult healthcare, guidance for
parents and caregivers, advancing
diabetes health technologies,
diagnosis.
As we were limited in starting up as a
charity during the COVID-19
pandemic, our 2021-2022 activities
were online based, however, we are
now advancing plans for practical
events including educational camps
for 2022/2023.
Statement confirming Para 1.18 All the trustees of DiAthlete have read
whether the trustees the Commission’s public benefit
have had regard to the guidance, and in managing the affairs
guidance issued by the of the CIO, have regard to it in
Charity Commission on exercising any duties and/or powers to
public benefit which the guidance is relevant.
DiAthlete maintains monthly trustee
meetings to assess our plans and
duties.
Additional information (optional)
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SORP reference
No grants were made in this period.
Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
The DiAthlete trustees have not
Para 1.38 considered any social investment at
Policy on social present. Should any Social Investment
investment including be considered the Trustees will seek
program related advice and develop policy in
investment accordance with commission
guidelines.
DiAthlete received support from
Para 1.38 volunteers to develop projects such
Contribution made by as social media campaigns and online
volunteers workshops in this period. DiAthlete
appreciates and welcomes support
from volunteers, providing where
applicable skills, efforts and
community value to our mission.
Other
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## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
||Summary of the main
achievements of the
charity, identifying the
diference the charity’s
work has made to the
circumstances of its
benefciaries and any
wider benefts to society
as a whole.|Para 1.20|14 online educational workshops were
operated in the months from April to
December 2021, with an average of
55 participants in each workshop
attending.
Topics such as diabetes and exercise
guidance, diabetes and nutrition
support, and diabetes and socialising
(travel, alcohol and relationships)
were covered. This was to the beneft
and help to families of children with
type 1 diabetes, and adults living with
the condition.
A total of 687 people registered to our
workshops in this period. The
workshops were held virtually on
Zoom platforms.
The purpose of these workshops were
to:
utilise efective, online ways of
connecting and supporting
people with diabetes during the
pandemic
provide educational material on
set topics for each workshop
DiAthlete hosted
invite a core guest speaker – a
celebrity, positive role model
and/or lead health professional
– to share their experience to
the attendees on the set topic
for each workshop
provide breakout room
experiences for the attendees
to meet other people with
diabetes in common as either
patients or caregivers
share about the purpose and
existence of our new charity to
the attendees
Advance the education of
Health Teams to Patients by
setting up workshops in a non-
clinical environment to support
education in a more relatable
platform
DiAthlete managed monthly social
media activities throughout this
period, with each month having a set
supportive topic to share content and
information about, utilising platforms
of Facebook and Instagram to conduct
‘Live’ sessions, ‘Stories’ and media
‘Posts’ to provide personal stories
associated to the topics of the month,||
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in addition to helpful information regarding those topics. A standout feature was during the Tokyo Olympic Games, in which DiAthlete interviewed and shared frequent content with people living with diabetes who take part in sporting activities, to share their advice and core messages to empower others with diabetes. In May 2021, during the bombings of the Gaza Strip, the DiAthlete trustees chaired an essential meeting that invited the Ministry of Health in the Gaza strip, the World Health Organization (WHO), Diabetes Palestine, the International Diabetes Federation and the International Diabetes Federation Middle East and North Africa region representatives, and other organisations of relevance including Insulin for Life, Life for a Child and T1International. In addition, DiAthlete also invited Mohamed Sayem, a person living with type 1 diabetes in the Gaza strip, and his connections of fellow people with diabetes in Gaza, to the meeting for a first-hand account of their healthcare concerns for access to crucial medications such as insulin. The resulting outcome of chairing this meeting led to the WHO being able to take action through communication with Mr Sayem, the Ministry of Health in Gaza and Diabetes Palestine, to provide to the Gaza Strip a continuation of diabetes medical essentials including insulin vials, syringes and blood glucose monitoring equipment and test strips to those in need.
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In this period, DiAthlete has produced positive achievements to our set Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives, in further consideration to objectives set the fact that until March 2022, we have not been able to open our charity bank account to receive donations. In working in this period without donation budget / funding supplied, DiAthlete has achieved results through the COVID-19 pandemic by utilising the online social networking channels and our communication bases, working closely
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with diabetes health teams and
through the trustees holding frequent
meetings to plan online activities,
produce helpful content and virtual
events.
DiAthlete’s 14 workshops across the
UK audience have reached adults and
young adults living with type 1
diabetes, caregivers / parents
impacted by diabetes in their family,
and healthcare teams, achieving our
target to support these areas of
diabetes care with tailored workshop
topics to each group. Our media
campaigns have effectively and
continuously provided tips, advice and
encouragement to the diabetes
community in this period, as our
objectives set out to achieve.
The trustees look forward to
advancing with plans now that
DiAthlete officially has a charity bank
account approved and opened, where
we can thus produce more local
community initiatives and events in
face to face settings as we initially
intended to achieve, in addition to
continuing our online support of the
diabetes community.
In this period, we have been unable to
fundraise / receive any donations as
Performance of we was not with a charity bank
fundraising activities Para 1.41 account registered. Now that this has
against objectives set been approved in 2022 with Lloyds
Bank, in this new fiscal year DiAthlete
intends to advance on fundraising
projects and campaigns to help the
CIO to provide more local events and
opportunities for people living with
diabetes.
As mentioned above, due to not
having a charity bank account set up
Investment performance Para 1.41 with the trustees in this period, we
against objectives were unable to act on any financial
areas in this period; however, any
investments at this stage for the CIO
are not applicable.
Other
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## **Financial Review**
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Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 At the end of this period, the
financial position at the DiAthlete CIO has £0.00 in our charity
end of the period bank account, without any expense
outgoings.
Our charity account was opened in
March 2022 with Lloyds Bank. As this
is DiAthlete’s first year as a registered
CIO, we cannot compare this to other
years gone by; however, the trustees
expect to see advanced financial
capabilities through donations and
projects in the coming year.
Statement explaining Para 1.22 DiAthlete maintains a reserve to cover
the policy for holding fluctuations in profit and loss.
reserves stating why Substantial donations or surpluses
they are held may be kept in reserve until a useful
purpose can be found for them e.g
hosting a community workshop to
support a diabetes health team and
their local patients.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 There is no policy regarding reserves,
but Trustees are agreed that ideally,
reserves should be in the region of 12
months running costs.
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 Not applicable
reserves
Details of fund materially Para 1.24 None
in deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 None
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds Para 1.47
(including any
fundraising)
N/A
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
N/A
A description of the Para 1.46
principal risks facing the
charity
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Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing Para 1.25 Charitable Incorporated Organisation
document (CIO) Association Constitution
(trust deed, royal
charter)
How is the charity Para 1.25 Charitable Incorporated Organisation
constituted? (CIO)
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)
Trustee selection Para 1.25 Eligibility for trusteeship (at
methods including DiAthlete)
details of any
(a)Every charity trustee must be a
constitutional provisions
natural person.
e.g. election to post or
(b)No individual may be appointed as
name of any person or
body entitled to appoint a charity trustee of the CIO: if he
one or more trustees or she is under the age of 16
years; or
if he or she would automatically
cease to hold office under the
provisions of clause
(c) there would be disqualification
from acting as a charity trustee by
virtue of sections 178-180 of the
Charities Act 2011 (or any
statutory re-enactment or
modification of that provision)
(d)No one is entitled to act as a
charity trustee whether on
appointment or on any
reappointment until he or she has
expressly acknowledged, in
whatever way the charity trustees
decide, his or her acceptance of
the office of charity trustee.
(e)Every charity trustee should have
a personal connection with type 1
diabetes (a patient living with it, a
family member, a spouse or civil
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partner, or having worked in diabetes healthcare)
- (f) Number of charity trustees
- (i) There must be at least three charity trustees. If the number falls below this minimum, the remaining trustee or trustees may act only to call a meeting of the charity trustees, or appoint a new charity trustee.
- (ii)There is no maximum number of charity trustees that may be appointed to the CIO.
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All the trustees of DiAthlete must read
the Commission’s public benefit
Para 1.51 guidance, and in managing the affairs
of the CIO, have regard to it in
exercising any duties and/or powers
to which the guidance is relevant.
Apart from the first charity trustees,
every trustee must be appointed for
a term of three years by a resolution
passed at a properly convened
meeting of the charity trustees.
In selecting individuals for
appointment as charity trustees, the
charity trustees must have regard to
the skills, knowledge and experience
needed for the effective
administration of the CIO.
The charity trustees will make
available to each new charity trustee,
on or before his or her first
appointment:
a copy of the current version of this
constitution; and a copy of the CIO’s
latest Trustees’ Annual Report and
statement of accounts
Calling meetings
(a)Any charity trustee may call a meeting of the
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All the trustees of DiAthlete must read the Commission’s public benefit Policies and procedures adopted for the Para 1.51 guidance, and in managing the affairs of the CIO, have regard to it in induction and training of exercising any duties and/or powers trustees to which the guidance is relevant.
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charity trustees.
(b)Subject to that, the charity trustees shall
decide how their meetings are to be called,
and what notice is required.
(c) Chairing of meetings
The charity trustees may appoint one of their
number to chair their meetings and may at any
time revoke such appointment. If no-one has
been so appointed, or if the person appointed
is unwilling to preside or is not present within
10 minutes after the time of the meeting, the
charity trustees present may appoint one of
their number to chair that meeting.
(d) Procedure at meetings
(e) No decision shall be taken at a meeting unless
a quorum is present at the time when the
decision is taken. The quorum is two charity
trustees, or the number nearest to one third
of the total number of charity trustees,
whichever is greater, or such larger number as
the charity trustees may decide from time to
time. A charity trustee shall not be counted in
the quorum present when any decision is
made about a matter upon which he or she is
not entitled to vote.
(f) Questions arising at a meeting shall be decided
by a majority of those eligible to vote.
(4) Participation in meetings by electronic
means
(g) A meeting may be held by suitable
electronic means agreed by the charity
trustees in which each participant may
communicate with all the other participants.
(h) Any charity trustee participating at a
meeting by suitable electronic means agreed
by the charity trustees in which a participant
or participants may communicate with all the
other participants shall qualify as being
present at the meeting.
(i) Meetings held by electronic means
must comply with rules for meetings, including
chairing and the taking of minutes.
(2) Membership of the CIO
(a) The members of the CIO shall be its
charity trustees for the time being. The
only persons eligible to be members of
the CIO are its charity trustees.
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Membership of the CIO cannot be
transferred to anyone else.
(b) Any member and charity trustee who
ceases to be a charity trustee
automatically ceases to be a member
of the CIO.
DiAthlete hosts a ‘Connected
The charity’s
organisational structure Para 1.51 Network’ of NHS and HSC diabetes
health teams, in which the diabetes
and any wider network
with which the charity teams who submit their agreement to
works be a member of this network (no
costs associated) can receive
opportunities to hear from and
engage with other diabetes teams
across the UK, and partner with
DiAthlete to operate events to support
their patients, in addition to receiving
supportive materials and flyers for
their clinics and services from
DiAthlete. In this period, 7 diabetes
teams agreed to join the ’DiAthlete
Connected Network’ including the
paediatric diabetes teams at Ealing
Hospital, Croydon Health, James Cook
Hospital, Southern Trust in Northern
Ireland, Warwick Hospital, Good Hope
Hospital, Royal Cornwall Hospital.
N/A
Relationship with any Para 1.51
related parties
Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name Diathlete
Other name the charity
uses
Registered charity 1190263
number
Charity’s principal Shoals Hook House, Shoals Hook Lane, Haverfordwest, SA61 2XN
address
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
(if any)
Gavin Charles Chair Whole period
1
Griffiths
Tracy Charlotte Whole period
2
Power
3 Jennifer Dunn Whole period
4 Sara Thomas Treasurer Whole period
Simran Bal Appointed 1
5
November 2021
Paula Chinchilla Appointed 1
6
Ortega November 2021
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
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20
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity
Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements N/A for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s)** Gavin Charles Griffiths
**Position (eg** Chair Trustee **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 01 / 04 / 2022