## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From - Period start date:** 10.7.2021 **to Period end date:** 30.6.2022 **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.| |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:
www.makeitingreece.org
ConnectionHub developed an online resource for refugees as well as social workers to navigate the
public education system and entrance points in Greece. The guide included information on applying for
recognition of previous achievements, opportunities to bridge knowledge and skills, locate responsible
institutions and access a directory of vocational schools, information on entry requirements and funding
opportunities.
On demand learning and free certificates
ConnectionHub continued providing free access to online learning and free certificates to over one
thousand refugees and displaced students in partnership with Coursera.
A Levels
ConnectionHub sponsored two refugees to study towards obtaining international A Level credentials.
Volunteer and social engagement
As part of our operations, ConnectionHub engaged and provided avenues for young and old people to
collaborate on volunteer projects, exchange knowledge and skills and develop a better understanding of
the refugee crisis and integration challenges.| **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||1.7.2021 - Starting balance1,799.01GBP
30.6.2022 - Closing balance1,052.60 GBP
1.7.2021-30.6.2022 Spending -9,577.11GBP| |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 1.7. 2022 :
GBP 1,228.65 GBP| |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** |||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**
**Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint**
**trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**1**||Firas El Dib||| |2||Dr Konstantina
Foteinou|Chair|| |3||James
Perham-Marchant||03.3.2022| |4||Heloise Ardley||After 31.7.2022| |5||HeylayKornblum||14.3.2022-31.8.2022| |||||| ## 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** 31.07 2023