Live
Through
This
ANNUAL REPORT
6th Aug 2020 _ 31st Mar 2021
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
## **Registered Name**
Live Through This
## **Other names in use**
None
## **Registered Address**
23 Ferncliff Road, London, E8 2HX
## **Registration Number**
1190756
## **Charity Structure**
Charitable Interest Organisation (Foundation Model)
## **Governing Document**
Constitution
## **Trustees**
|**Name**|**Dates Acting**|**Name of person/body**
**entitled to appoint trustee**|
|---|---|---|
|Dr Alison Berner|6th Aug - Present|Live Through This|
|Dr Kamilla Kamaruddin|6th Aug - Present|Live Through This|
|Mr Jacob Bayliss|6th Aug - Present|Live Through This|
## **Trustee selection method**
Founder recruitment at registration. Trustee selection and appointment moving forward.
## **Governance issues for period**
None
Supporting and advocating for LGBTIQ+ people affected by cancer
Registered Charity 1190756
## **Objectives and Activities**
## **Objects**
To relieve the needs of LGBTIQ+ people affected by cancer through:
- (a) Providing support services for those affected;
(b) Advancing education and raising equality and diversity within healthcare, existing cancer services, other third sector organisations and the public.
## **Summary of Main Activities**
Live Through This carries out its charitable objects through three main pathways to progress:
## **Patients**
- Providing peer support for any LGBTIQ+ person over the age of 18 who has been affected by cancer.
## **Providers**
- Educating clinicians and care providers on equitable treatment of LGBTIQ+ patients to improve the patient experience and the care received.
- Connecting examples of best practice across the country to foster an active network of improvement.
## **Production**
- Creating resources with improved knowledge about and representation for LGBTIQ+ people affected by cancer
## **Trustees are aware of the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.**
Supporting and advocating for LGBTIQ+ people affected by cancer
Registered Charity 1190756
## **Achievements and Performance**
## **Patients**
- Provided online peer support service for LGBTIQ+ people affected by cancer. Service registered to by over 30 attendees in this period. In response to the pandemic, we took our peer support services online. We were able to lead the way on this change without any break in service to our beneficiairies.
## **Providers**
- Organised and chaired a virtual roundtable with the NHS about LGBTIQ+ work in the cancer sector.
- Commissioned by the South East London Cancer Alliance to develop and deliver a webinar on inclusive practice for screening in primary care.
- Delivered multiple ‘lunch and learn’ style sessions for various stakeholders.
## **Production**
- We published a survey report on LGBTIQ+ patients’ experiences and apprehensions around the coronavirus pandemic and made this report free and publicly accessible.
- We have written articles addressing the gaps in information for LGBTIQ+ people affected by cancer, including information related to sexual function. These have been published with Macmillan, Trekstock and The Fruitfly Collective’s ‘The Cancer Hive’.
- We have attended numerous panels on LGBTIQ+ health matters that are public facing to improve community awareness of our beneficiaries’ needs and promote positive health measures such as screening.
- We created our Cooking Community cookbook to help patients connect during the pandemic over food and introduced new recipes into the cancer nutrition landscape. The book was supported by Nigella Lawson and the app Foodim.
Supporting and advocating for LGBTIQ+ people affected by cancer
Registered Charity 1190756
## **Financial Review**
## **Charity’s financial position at the end of the reporting period**
|**Opening Balance**|£8,070.52|
|---|---|
|**Total Income**|£19,970.00|
|**Total Expense**
_(incl. asset purchases)_|£10,526.21|
|**Closing Balance**|£17,514.31|
## **Reserves**
£1254.26
Reserves are held inline with the charity’s Reserves Policy to cover core activitiy delivery for a limited period and cover any costs associated with closure of the organisation. Any additional unrestricted funds are allocated to projects delivering on the organisation’s objects by the trustees and executive board.
## **Details of fund materially in deficit**
There is no deficit and the organisation does not plan to operate with a deficit.
Supporting and advocating for LGBTIQ+ people affected by cancer
Registered Charity 1190756
## **Declaration**
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
The Chair has signed on behalf of the trustees.
## **Full Name**
Mr Jacob Bayliss
## **Position**
Chair of the Board of Trustees
**Date** 04/01/2022
Supporting and advocating for LGBTIQ+ people affected by cancer
Registered Charity 1190756
## **Profit and Loss**
## **Live Through This**
## **For the period 6 August 2020 to 31 March 2021**
||**6 AUG 2020-31 MAR**|
|---|---|
||**2021**|
|**Income**||
|Donation|700.00|
|Project Funding|19,270.00|
|**Total Income**|**19,970.00**|
|**Cost of Sales**||
|Direct Expenses|6,396.86|
|**Total Cost of Sales**|**6,396.86**|
|**Gross Profit**|**13,573.14**|
|**Operating Costs**||
|Bank Fees|19.10|
|General Expenses|1,153.96|
|Insurance|534.69|
|IT Software and Consumables|459.26|
|Postage, Freight & Courier|19.52|
|Printing & Stationery|226.95|
|Rent|438.70|
|Staff Training|217.00|
|Telephone & Internet|56.00|
|**Total Operating Costs**|**3,125.18**|
|**Operating Profit**|**10,447.96**|
Charity Profit and Loss
Live Through This