Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From - Period start date: 10.7.2020 to Period end date: 31.7.2021
Charity name: ConnectionHub
Charity registration number: 1190348
| Objectives and Activities | ||
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| SORP reference | ||
| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | ConnectionHub’s objective is to advance the education and training of those granted refugee status and those seeking asylum and their dependents in London and Lesvos in need thereof so as to advance them in life and assist them to adapt within a new community. |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
The provision of equipped learning spaces for beneficiaries to participate in formal and non-formal education b) payment of fees for training and exams, c) provision of access to online learning programs and scholarships from our partner institutions . To support displaced persons meet their learning and integration needs in order to gain self-reliance.To tackle the challenges of isolation, displacement and migration by bringing communities together: diverse volunteers: professionals, academics, students, graduates and refugees. |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the |
Para 1.18 |
guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit
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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
| Achievements and Performance | ||
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| SORP reference | ||
| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. |
Para 1.20 | Summary of main achievements: ● The set-up of a physical education hub for adult refugees in Lesbos with 12 workstations ● Total on-site visits: 1679 ● A medical translator programme (human anatomy, physiology and Greek language training) in partnership with the Crisis Management Association, 8 medical translator participants ● On-site full-time job readiness and language training programme: ● 28 programme participants ● 1525 sessions of two-to-three hours attended ● Total number of on-site learning hours: 3812 ● Total number of employment and integration counselling sessions: 281 face to face sessions ● Employment support: 3 students placed into employment ● Total number of scholarships for international secondary school: 6 ● 4 x IGCSE (international lower secondary education) ● 2x IA Level (international upper secondary education) ● Mentoring: 78 students out of 283 students in Greece benefited from at least one remote mentoring session ● Certified online courses made available to students: 8513 ● Live online classes in 19 subjects including Health & Well-being in Persian, Math, English, Job Readiness, Academic Skills, Entrepreneurship and Finance. ● Total learning hours delivered: 9447 ● Total volunteers recruited and trained: 126 international volunteers (UK, Greece, Canada, India, Botswana, Tanzania, Chile, Nigeria, Portugal) ● Total interns: 8 2 x young female university students in Afghanistan 1 xyoungrefugee in Turkey |
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3x young refugees in Lesbos 1x young refugee in Athens 1x young graduate in the UK
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● Postgraduate degree scholarships - Refugee Law: 5 scholarships secured for international students 1 student was shortlisted, the application is ongoing.
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● Recognition of previous achievements application with the Council of Europe: ● 1 application and interview with a successful outcome. ● Turkey: CH with the Afghan Refugee Solidarity Association based in Turkey, supported the delivery of a Maths, Geometry and Logic summer education programme for 100 Afghan refugees in high schools across Turkey.
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● Partnerships secured: Coursera, Udemy, University of London, OBA School, Absorb Online Learning, One Happy Family, Webhelp, Crisis Management Association, Teleperformance, Ethelon, Refugee Education and Learning, Workathlon, Hellenic American College.
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Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41
| Investment performance against | Para | 1.41 | |||
| objectives | |||||
| Other | |||||
| Financial Review | ||
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| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | The CIO needs to hold at least 6 months of reserves to sustain its online platform to promote access to online learning courses provided free of charge by our partner organisations. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | As of 31. July 2021 : EUR 899.63 AUD 275 |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves | Para 1.22 | |
Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | Under charity law, the trustee is responsible for preparing the trustee’s annual report and accounts for each financial year which show a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the excess of expenditure over income for that period. |
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| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 | |||
| Investment policy and objectives | ||||
| including any social investment policy | Para 1.46 | |||
| adopted | ||||
| A description of the principal risks | Para 1.46 | |||
| facing the charity | ||||
| Other | ||||
| Structure, Governance and Management | ||
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| Description of charity’s trusts: | ConnectionHub is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation-Association Model | |
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | Constitution |
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | CIO |
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees |
Para 1.25 | Trustees are selected on their merits, professional experience, and interest in furthering the cause of the CIO. The members or the charity trustees may at any time decide to appoint a new charity trustee, whether in place of a charity trustee who has retired or been removed in accordance with clause [15] (Retirement and removal of charity trustees), or as an additional charity trustee, provided that the limit specified in clause [12(3)] on the number of charity trustees would not as a result be exceeded; At every third annual general meeting of the members of the CIO, one-third of the charity trustees shall retire from office. If the number of charity trustees is not three or a multiple of three, then the number nearest to one-third shall retire from office. |
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| Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
Para 1.51 | |
| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
Para 1.51 | |
| Relationship with any related parties | Para 1.51 | |
Other
Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | ConnectionHub |
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| Other name the charity uses | |
| Registered charity number | 1190348 |
| Charity’s principal address | Gemma House, 39 Lilestone Street. NW88SS, London, UK. |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| Firas El Dib | 10 July2020 |
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| Dr Konstantina Foteinou |
Chair | 02 November 2020 | ||
| Hassan Ali | 10 July2020 |
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name
1 Monica Wagner 10 July 2020
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 held in this capacity |
N/A |
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| Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects |
N/A |
| Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets |
N/A |
Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
| Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) | Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) |
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| Type of adviser Name Address |
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| Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) | |||
| Monica Wagner |
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
Other o tional 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) Dr Konstantina Foteinou Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date 25 April 2022