**To** and ## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 07 2024 01 07 2025 **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Support for New Life **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1190810 |**Charity's principal address**|
Carrammea Community Resource Centre|
Carrammea Community Resource Centre| |---|---|---| ||27 Northolt Road|| ||London|| ||**Postcode**|**HA20LH**| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**Mr Patrick**
**Munyao**|||Support For New Life| ||**Mr Martin Muir**|||| ||**Mr Herbert Bird**|||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Beatrice Muia ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document[constitution ] **TAR** March **2012** 1 (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Chairman and Trustees (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Recruited - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees. - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. Trustee recruitment and induction policy and safeguarding policy. - Chairman (Mr Patrick William Munyao) Trustee (Mr Martin Muir) Trustee (Mr Herbert William Bird) No Related Parties. - Trustees are guided by risk management policy to prevent and manage any risks. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** The object of Support for New Life is ; To promote social inclusion for the public benefit of people living in Greater London who are socially excluded as a result of their age, ill health or disability, in particular with regard to older people, to relieve the needs of such people and assist them to integrate into society. **TAR** March **2012** 2 ## Intervention such as. - Providing support networks for people to connect digitally with family and friends, to order shopping and access to health care including ordering prescriptions. - Providing opportunities face to face to participate equally, fully, and independently in health and well – being activities such as Zumba, Yoga, Chair exercises / workshops, through zoom or in peer support groups relating to healthy lifestyle. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** - Sharing knowledge and resources to help offer individual tailored support to improve social skills. - Addressing behaviour that are counterproductive or interfere with everyday living through raising awareness and using volunteers as community navigators to house-bound or hard to reach older people. The work carried out by Support for New Life is for the public Benefit. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** - To enhance social support with other people of their choice. - To increase opportunities for social interactions by providing information to beneficiaries. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grant making. - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. - To improve social skills by proving safe secure and nonjudgmental environment. - To address behaviors that are counterproductive or interfere with everyday living through raising awareness to beneficiaries. - To improve physical, mental Health and social well – being of our beneficiaries. - Creating positive energy, sense of belonging and Build Strong communities. - Support for New life has grant -Making policy, that is used to guide grant, making. Investment policy to guide on investments. Volunteer induction and training policy and volunteer management including safe guiding policy. **TAR** March **2012** 3 Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** Support for New Life continue offering support ton elderly individuals experiencing loneliness and isolation through peer support groups, which include physical activities, educational workshops on topics of their choice and a social hot lunch. All our service is free of charge. We currently have 30 registered members and working towards increasing capacity. With between 15-18 members attending during peer support groups. We have received positive feedback from our members, relatives and partners of the positive impact combating loneliness and isolation. 70% of our members have made friends that share their experiences and challenges with. The feedback from member is overwhelming some member had not left their front door since the pandemic, because they didn’t feel safe, others lost their partner making it difficult to socialise. These members regularly attend the peer support group and spear head mentoring new members. We run peer support groups on Monthly basis without miss and their confidence, self-esteem and self-care has increased with positive physical and mental health benefits. **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** Support for New Life Reserve policy, set out; **Brief statement of the**  How much the charity needs to hold in reserve and why? **charity’s policy on reserves**  How and when the charity’s reserve can be spent  How often the reserve policy should be review. It is good practice to keep money aside as Reserves to protect the charity against drops in income or allow new opportunities. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** No ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** - The Charity source of fund is applying for grants now. - You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:  the charity’s principal sources of funds (including Support for New Life Expenditure is for the project as agreed by the any fundraising); funder. - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - Support for New Life has investment policy on how to invest ethically and - investment policy and taking risk in investment, but we have no money to invest currently, but objectives including any the policy is in placer for future. ethical investment policy adopted. ## Section F Other optional information ## **Financial control Governance.** 1. Regular financial check by the management board. 2. Oversight by management board to monitor financial activities, performance and strategic decision –making. 3. Adherence to establish financial policies and procedure to mitigate risk and maintain financial integrity. **Future outlook** Implement outreach initiatives to combat loneliness and isolation among elderly including days out and seaside trips. Strengthened partnership with local organisation and volunteers to enhanced our community impact. This report serves a testament to dedication to transparently and accountability. ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Munyao **Full name(s)** Patrick William **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chairman **etc)** **Date** 02/07/2024 **TAR** March **2012** 5 SUPPORT FOf¢ NEW UFR rtforNew Life. Totsl Recelpts &P 1st July 2023 to 0110712024 ments Accoun forthe ear ended. Income Receipts Totsl Unrestrlrted Re5trlrted Receipt l Together Community Grant Balance bought forward from previous year. £8928.08 Recelpts 2 0610912024 Receipts 3 £750 Chlldren England organlsatlon £10.￿0 Nat5onal lottery Total Income £19678.08 Ex endlture Totsi Receipts Payments Staff Wages and volunteer Expenses Postage, printtng and ststionary Equipment £9860. £400 £ i(xJo IT expenses Eiorj) Venue hires E964 Food and refreshment £3600 Petty cash £800 Professional activities facllitstor £1200 Miscellaneous £200 Total Expendlture £ 19024.00 Balance carried forward 0510612024 £ 654.08 Bank balance £645.08 The financial statement was approved at a meeting of the management committee and signed on its behalf by. Singed...... ...kUI££.l¥..................................................