## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] September 2022 To 31[st] August 2023**
## **Charity name: Archbishop’s Park Community Trust**
## **Charity registration number: 1191222**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|
Promote for the beneft of the
public the conservation
protection and
improvement of the physical
and
natural environment of
Archbishop’s
Park.
Advance the education of the
public in the conservation,
protection and improvement of
the physical and natural
environment in Archbishop’s
Park
Promote social inclusion for the
public beneft by working with
people in North Lambeth who
are socially excluded on the
grounds of unemployment;
fnancial hardship; youth or old
age; ill health (physical or
mental); substance abuse or
dependency including alcohol
and drugs; homelessness, or
discrimination.
To promote for the beneft of
the public the conservation
protection and improvement of
the physical and natural
environment of Archbishop’s
Park.
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|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Delivered 46 gardening club
sessions supporting local
residents and vulnerable adults
Made signifcant improvements
to anexisting garden|
|accounts.||accessible garden.
Hosted 6 gardening and
cookery sessions to a local
school using own produce
In addition to existing club
members, welcomed 12 new
volunteers, 15 students and 30
corporate volunteers and
ofered 1,700 volunteer hours
of efort
Supported 5 students with work
experience from an inner- city
school who were struggling
with mainstream education
Ran a further 11 well being
sessions and a summer get
together for over 65s to
promote healthier living and
social inclusion|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|Yes|
## **Additional information (optional)**
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SORP reference||
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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Our volunteers, students and
corporate volunteers provided over
1,700 hours of support|
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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reference||
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|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|
**To promote for the beneft of the public**
**the conservation protection and**
**improvement of the physical and natural**
**environment of Archbishop’s Park.**
We ran 46 gardening club sessions and with
volunteers including local residents, referrals
from the NHS and Thames Reach plus internship
students from Roots and Shoots (an
environmental college supporting barriers to
learning), continued to maintain a variety of
large gardens. Improvements have been made
to a new garden established in 2021 by
installing roped walkways, additions to the
native hedging and have created areas of new
bulb planting. The apiary produced a greater
yield of honey and our orchard had bumper
crops of fruit including the vine had a yield of 30
kilos of red grapes. We hosted a variety of
cookery sessions for students and this autumn 6
gardening and cookery sessions were set up
with local students from DLD who have helped
make a variety of jams and chutneys which
were sold to raise funds for our charity. The
usual routine maintenance also took place
including the re-mulching the walkways around
the gardens to make them both safe and
accessible, endless leaf collection and pruning
plus applying coats of wood protection to the
shelter and numerous seats. More bulbs and
shrubs were planted to improve the biodiversity
and physical appeal of the park and the green
waste has been used to make compost.
**To advance the education of the public in**
**the conservation, protection and**
**improvement of the physical and natural**
**environment in Archbishop’s Park**
The gardening club sessionswelcomed12 new|
volunteers, 15 new students and over 30 corporate volunteers all of whom helped plant, prune and tidy. With support from Awards For All, Building Stronger Communities and the Lambeth Community Fund, we continued the work of our gardening club whose participants provided a minimum of 1,700 volunteer hours and 900 hours from the 2 staff and 5 students attending the internship programme. In January 23 we supported 5 students who were struggling with mainstream education and attend one of the local academy schools. They have undertaken a variety of practical skills from repairing raised beds to dismantling a disused store cupboard to planting and cultivating our food growing areas. It’s given them exposure to a real environment with real tasks whilst developing their capacity to work as a team and follow instruction. In addition we have run 4 cooking and skill based workshops with our neighbours at Oasis Farm, supporting young people who abstain from education. Since September 22 we have supported one horticultural student from Roots and Shoots (a local horticultural college) with a 7 month work experience placement on a 1:1 basis to help them gain a variety of key work skills which will provide the best opportunity to secure the next move into further training or employment. We’ve continued our trips to the Paper Garden in Canada Water which again have provide real building experiences as well as organizational ability, team working and time keeping. Last year we trialled wellbeing sessions for over 65s and due to its popularity ran a further 12 monthly sessions funded by Lambeth Well Being Fund, each supporting 10 residents. This starts with a walk around the park, followed by a fun skills based task such as making lavender wheat bags which can be heated and applied to aching limbs! **To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by working with people in North Lambeth who are socially excluded on the grounds of unemployment; financial hardship** ; **youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs; homelessness, or discrimination.** We continued to promote social inclusion by widely advertising via fliers, the park noticeboard, our website, NHS agencies within
Lambeth and Southwark, Thames Reach (homeless) social prescribing teams and volunteers. For joint projects such as our wellbeing sessions, we used wider social media and were able to access their networks. This year we won our 14th Green Flag marking community involvement in the public realm and an additional London in Bloom award.
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Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The main grant providers were the
Lottery, Building Stronger
Communities (GLA) & Lambeth Social
Fund (ChangingLives)|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Monies are set on reserve to ensure 2
years of operating costs and items
which are difcult to fund via grant
applications|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|n/a|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|n/a|
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47||
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust|
|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|Appointed by existing trustees|
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51||
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|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|Archbishop’s Park Community Trust|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1191222|
|Charity’s principal address|c/o Lambeth Landscapes
Archbishop’s Park
Carlisle Lane
SE1 7LE|
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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||Helen Lees|(Chair)|||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
## **Director name**
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
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional 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)** Helen Barbara Lees
**Position (eg Secretary,** Chair of Trustees **Chair, etc)**
**Date** 18.4.24