2023-10-31-accounts - Raise Your Voice

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Objectives and Act	itie	s
		SORP reference
Summary ofthe purposes the charity as set out in its governing document	of		For the public benefit specifically to provide support and relief, through regular singing sessions for people living with dementia and their carers in
			the Sussex area
Summary ofthe main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the		Para 1.17and 1.19	Raise Your Voice (RYV) provides fortnightly creative singing sessions at 2separate venues in Sussex throughout the year. The average participation at each venue is sixteen people with dementia and their carers. There is no
accounts.			charge to participants. The sessions are each led by two
			professional musicians with expertise		in
			working with people who have
			dementia.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance		Para 1.18	Yes, the Trustees have had regard guidance issued by The Charity Commission on public benefit.	to the
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit
Additional information (optional) You ma choose to include further statements			where relevant about:
		SORP reference
			N/A
		Para 1.38
Policy on grant making
			NIA
		Para 1.38
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
			RYV volunteers are an essential part of
		Para 1.38	the sessions. They provide a warm welcome for eo le with dementia	and

Contribution volunteers	made	by	their carers, helping to and encourage mutual	build confidence support to fully
			participate in the sessions.
			N/A
Other

chieve	formance
	SORP reference
		RYV Sessions meet many needs:
		1. Reduce isolation for both people
		with dementia and their carers.
Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity, identifying the difference the charity's work has made to the circumstances of its	Para 1.20	2. Stimulate active participation in creative and singing activities. 3. Enable carers to engage in a joyful activity with their person with dementia on a regular basis:
beneficiaries and any wider		Helps maintain good
benefits to society as a whole.		relationships by providing a focus and structure
		Providing respite in which both
		parties are active participants.
		4. Enables carers to meet one
		another and share
		experience/build supportive
		relationships.
		5. Sustain caring relationships
		which might otherwise require
		professional health/social care
		su ort.

Achievements against	Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance offundraising activities against objectives	Para 1.41
set
Investment performance	Para 1.41
against objectives
Other

inancial Review	inancial Review
Review ofthe charity's			Para 1.21	At the end fthe	year RYV had an excess
financial position at	the end			ofexpenditure	over	income	ofR7,182.
ofthe period				Funds retained	from a previous year in
				connection with a donation			have been
				used solely for	the	main activities ofthe
				chari
Statement explaining	the		Para 1.22	The funds retained		are being used to
policy for holding reserves				support expenditure		of RYV	with its
stating why they are	held			principal activities.		No investment has
				been established.
Amount of reserves	held		Para 1.22	R13304.42
Reasons for holding	zero		Para 1.22	NIA
reserves
Details offund materially		in	Para 1.24	NIA
deficit
Explanation ofany			Para 1.23	NIA
uncertainties about	the
charity continuing as a going
concern

charity continuing as a concern	going	going	going
Additional information	(optional)
You ma choose to include		further statements		where relevant	about
				Grants from	grant making	bodies, RYV
				is actively applying for grants to support
The charity's principal sources offunds (including			Para 1.47	its on-going Fund raising	activities. —2 major fund raising
any fundraising)				concerts took place as weil as summer concert raisin R5,678.99.
				As RYV has	no investments	it has no
				investment	policy
Investment policy and objectives including any			Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
				Failure ofthe charity to secure future
				grant funding.
A description ofthe principal			Para 1.46
risks facing the charity
Other

tructure, Governance	and Man	agement
Description of charity's
trusts:
Type of governing document	Para 1.25	CIO constitution		(Foundation	Model)
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How is the charity	Para 1.25	CIO
constituted?
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assccla1IGll, ( ~IU)
Trustee selection methods	Para 1.25	New Trustees	are approached		on an
including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of		individual basis ofthe Charity in volunteer body.		by the existing Trustees consultation with the
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees

mes	ofthe charity trus	ofthe charity trus	tees who manage	the charity
	Trustee name		Office (ifany)	Dates acted ifnot for whole ear	Name to a	ofperson (or body) entitled oint trustee ifan
	Lesley Dunford		Chair
	Richard	Moore	Treasurer	1 November 2022 to 25
				January 2023
	Roger Glow		Treasurer	25 January 2023To 31
				October 2023
	Charlotte	Wallis
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