## **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**| |---|---|---| ||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 ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 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**| |---|---|---| ||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:
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The set-up of a physical education hub for adult refugees in Lesbos with 12 workstations
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Total on-site visits: 1679
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A medical translator programme (human anatomy, physiology and Greek language training) in
partnership with the Crisis Management Association, 8 medical translator participants
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On-site full-time job readiness and language training programme:
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28 programme participants
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1525 sessions of two-to-three hours attended
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Total number of on-site learning hours: 3812
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Total number of employment and integration counselling sessions: 281 face to face sessions
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Employment support: 3 students placed into employment
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Total number of scholarships for international secondary school: 6
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4 x IGCSE (international lower secondary education)
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2x IA Level (international upper secondary education)
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Mentoring: 78 students out of 283 students in Greece benefited from at least one remote
mentoring session
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Certified online courses made available to students: 8513
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Live online classes in 19 subjects including Health & Well-being in Persian, Math, English, Job
Readiness, Academic Skills, Entrepreneurship and Finance.
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Total learning hours delivered: 9447
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Total volunteers recruited and trained: 126 international volunteers (UK, Greece, Canada, India,
Botswana, Tanzania, Chile, Nigeria, Portugal)
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Total interns: 8
2 x young female university students in Afghanistan
1 xyoungrefugee in Turkey| - 3x young refugees in Lesbos 1x young refugee in Athens 1x young graduate in the UK - ● Postgraduate degree scholarships - Refugee Law: 5 scholarships secured for international students 1 student was shortlisted, the application is ongoing. - ● 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. - ● 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. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 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**| |---|---|---| |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.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||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**| |---|---|---| |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.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |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| |---|---| |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** |1
2
3||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**
**Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint**
**trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||Firas El Dib||
10 July2020| |||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| |---|---| |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)**| |---|---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| |**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