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|Objectiv|es and|Ac|tiv|itie|s|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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|Summary|ofthe purposes|||of|Para1.17|For the public benefit specifically|to|||
|the charity|as set out|in|its|||provide support<br>and relief, through||||
|governing|document|||||regular singing sessions, for people||||
|||||||living with dementia<br>in the Sussex||area||
|||||||and their carers.||||
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>activities<br>in relation to those|||||Para 1.17and<br>1.19|Raise Your Voice (RYVJ provides<br>fortnightly<br>creative singing sessions||||
|purposes|for the public|||||throughout<br>the year. The average||||
|benefit,<br>in|particular,|the||||participation<br>is sixteen people with||||
|activities,|projects or|||||dementia<br>and their carers. There|is|no||
|services identified<br>in||the||||charge to participants.||||
|accounts.||||||The sessions are each led by two||||
|||||||professional<br>musicians<br>with expertise|||in|
|||||||working<br>with people who have||||
|||||||dementia.||||
|Statement|confirming||||Para 1.18|Yes, the Trustees have had regard||to the||
|whether<br>the trustees||have||||guidance<br>issued by the Charity||||
|had regard to the guidance||||||Commission<br>on public benefit||||
|issued by|the Charity|||||||||
|Commission<br>on public||||||||||
|benefit||||||||||
|Additional|information||(optional)|||||||
|You ma<br>choose to include||||further statements||where relevant about:||||
||||||SORP reference|||||
|||||||NIA||||
||||||Para 1.38|||||
|Policy on|grant making|||||||||
|||||||NIA||||
||||||Para 1.38|||||
|Policy on|social investment|||||||||
|including|program<br>related|||||||||
|investment||||||||||
|||||||RYVVolunteers<br>are an essential|part of|||
||||||Para 1.38|the sessions. They provide a warm||||
|Contribution<br>made by||||||welcome for people with dementia||and||
|volunteers||||||||||





|||||||||their carers, helping to build confidence|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||and encoura<br>e mutual su<br>ort.|
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|Other|||||||||
|chieve|m|e|n|ts|and|Performance|||
||||||||SORP reference||
|||||||||RYVSessions meet many needs|
|||||||||1. Reduce isolation for both people|
|||||||||with dementia<br>and their carers.|
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity,|||||||Para 1.20|2. Stimulate<br>active participation<br>in<br>creative and singing activities.|
|identifying||the||difference||the||3. Enable carers to engage<br>in a|
|charity's|work|||has|made|to||joyful activity with their person|
|the circumstances|||||of its|||with dementia<br>on a regular basis:|
|beneficiaries|||and any wider|||||Helps maintain<br>good|
|benefits|to|society|||as a|||relationships<br>by providing<br>a|
|whole.||||||||focus and structure|
|||||||||Providing<br>respite<br>in which both|
|||||||||parties are active participants.|
|||||||||4. Enables carers to meet one|
|||||||||another and share|
|||||||||experience/build<br>supportive|
|||||||||relationships.|
|||||||||5. Sustain caring relationships|
|||||||||which might otherwise<br>require|
|||||||||professional<br>health/social<br>care|
|||||||||su<br>ort.|
|dditional||information||||(optional)|||
|ou ma|choose to include further statements|||||||where relevant about|
|||||||||This is the second year in which Raise|
|||||||||Your Voice has operated as a stand|
|Achievements||||against|||Para 1.41|alone charity.|
|objectives||set||||||During the year RYV has continued to|
|||||||||successfully<br>deliver a full programme<br>of|
|||||||||activities for<br>artici<br>ants and carers.|
|||||||||RYV received a grant from the Chalk|
|||||||||Cliff Trust ofF10,000which together|
|Performance<br>offundraising<br>activities against objectives|||||||Para 1.41|with the surplus<br>funds brought<br>forward<br>from the previous year has enabled<br>RYV|
|set||||||||to maintain<br>a full fortnightly<br>programme.|
|||||||||Grant funding<br>in the year together with|
|||||||||individual<br>donations<br>and the surplus|
|Investment|||performance||||Para 1.41|funds brought<br>forward has been|
|against objectives||||||||sufficient to cover annual costs. RYV|
|||||||||has no investment<br>funds. Donation|
|||||||||received<br>in the previous year is to be|
|||||||||used solel<br>for the<br>rinci<br>al activities.|
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|inancial<br>Review|inancial<br>Review|inancial<br>Review||||||||
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|Review ofthe charity's|||||Para 1.21|At the end ofthe year|RYV had an|||
|financial<br>position <br>ofthe period|at|the|end|||excess ofincome over expenditure<br>f91.49.Funds retained<br>from the|||of|
|||||||previous year in connection||with a||
|||||||donation<br>will be used solely||for the|main|
|||||||activities ofthe charity|for 2022/2023|||
|||||||together with costs of|opening asecond|||
|||||||hub in Bur ess Hill, West Sussex.||||
|Statement<br>explaining||the|||Para 1.22|Interest rates remained|low|during|the|
|policy for holding|reserves|||||year ended 31October 2022, no||||
|statin<br>wh<br>the|are|held||||investment<br>has been established.||||
|Amount ofreserves||held|||Para 1.22|f20486.42||||
|Reasons for holding||zero|||Para 1.22|NIA||||
|reserves||||||||||
|Details offund materially||||in|Para 1.24|NIA||||
|deficit||||||||||
|Explanation<br>ofany|||||Para 1.23|NIA||||
|uncertainties<br>about||the||||||||
|charity continuing|as a going|||||||||
|concern||||||||||
|dditional<br>information|||(optional)|||||||
|ou ma<br>choose|to include|||further statements||where relevant about||||
|||||||Grants from grant making bodies||||
|The charity's<br>principal<br>sources offunds (including|||||Para 1.47|||||
|any fundraising)||||||||||
|||||||As RYV has no investments||it has|no|
|||||||investment<br>policy.||||
|Investment<br>policy and<br>objectives<br>including<br>any|||||Para 1.46|||||
|social investment|policy|||||||||
|adopted||||||||||
|||||||Failure ofthe charity to secure future||||
|||||||grant funding||||
|A description<br>of|the|principal|||Para 1.46|||||
|risks facing the charity||||||||||
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|Description<br>ofcharity's||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|trusts:||||||||
|Type ofgoverning<br>document||Para 1.25|CIO constitution|||(Foundation|Model)|
|trust deed<br>ro al charter||||||||
|How is the charity||Para 1.25|CIO|||||
|constituted?||||||||
|(e.g unincorporated||||||||
|association,<br>CIQ||||||||
|Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|New trustees||are approached||on an|
|including<br>details of any|||individual|basis||by the existing Trustees||
|constitutional<br>provisions|e.g.||ofthe Charity||in|consultation|with the|
|election to post or name|of||volunteer|body.||||
|any person or body entitled||||||||
|to appoint one or more||||||||
|trustees||||||||
|Additional<br>information|(optional)|||||||
|You ma<br>choose to include further statements|||where relevant||about:|||
|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction||Para 1.51||||||
|and training<br>oftrustees||||||||
|The charity's<br>organisational<br>structure<br>and any wider||Para 1.51||||||
|network<br>with which the||||||||
|charity works||||||||
|Relationship<br>with any related||Para 1.51||||||
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|Charit|name|||RAISE YOUR VOICE|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other name the chari|||uses|N/A|
|Re istered chari||number||1191932|
|Charity's|principal|address||1 ROUSSILLON COTTAGES|
|||||CINDER HILL|
|||||NORTH CHAILEY|
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|charity on whose behalf|the|||
|assets are held and how|this|||
|falls within the custodian||||
|charity's objects||||
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|safe custody and||||
|segregation<br>ofsuch assets||||
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