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





|Contribution<br>volunteers|made|by|their carers, helping to <br>and encourage<br>mutual|build confidence<br>support to fully|
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|chieve|men|ts<br>and Per|formance|||
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||||SORP reference|||
|||||RYV Sessions meet many needs:||
|||||1. Reduce isolation for both people||
|||||with dementia<br>and their carers.||
|Summary<br>ofthe main<br>achievements<br>ofthe charity,<br>identifying<br>the difference the<br>charity's<br>work has made to<br>the circumstances<br>of its|||Para 1.20|2. Stimulate<br>active participation<br>in<br>creative and singing activities.<br>3. Enable carers to engage<br>in a<br>joyful activity with their person<br>with dementia<br>on a regular basis:||
|beneficiaries<br>and any wider||||Helps maintain<br>good||
|benefits to society as a<br>whole.||||relationships<br>by providing<br>a<br>focus and structure||
|||||Providing<br>respite 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.||



|Achievements<br>against|Para 1.41|
|---|---|
|objectives set||
|Performance<br>offundraising<br>activities against objectives|Para 1.41|
|set||
|Investment<br>performance|Para 1.41|
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|inancial<br>Review|inancial<br>Review|||||||
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|Review ofthe charity's|||Para 1.21|At the end fthe|year RYV had an excess|||
|financial<br>position at|the end|||ofexpenditure|over|income|ofR7,182.|
|ofthe period||||Funds retained|from a previous year in|||
|||||connection<br>with a donation|||have been|
|||||used solely for|the|main activities ofthe||
|||||chari||||
|Statement<br>explaining|the||Para 1.22|The funds retained||are being used to||
|policy for holding<br>reserves||||support expenditure||of RYV|with its|
|stating<br>why they are|held|||principal<br>activities.||No investment<br>has||
|||||been established.||||
|Amount<br>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<br>ofany|||Para 1.23|NIA||||
|uncertainties<br>about|the|||||||
|charity continuing<br>as a going||||||||
|concern||||||||



|charity continuing<br>as a <br>concern|going|going|going||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Additional<br>information|(optional)||||||
|You ma<br>choose to include||further statements||where relevant|about||
|||||Grants from|grant making|bodies, RYV|
|||||is actively applying<br>for grants to support|||
|The charity's<br>principal<br>sources offunds (including|||Para 1.47|its on-going <br>Fund raising|activities.<br> —2 major fund raising||
|any fundraising)||||concerts took place as weil as summer<br>concert raisin<br>R5,678.99.|||
|||||As RYV has|no investments|it has no|
|||||investment|policy||
|Investment<br>policy and<br>objectives<br>including<br>any|||Para 1.46||||
|social investment<br>policy|||||||
|adopted|||||||
|||||Failure ofthe charity to secure future|||
|||||grant funding.|||
|A description<br>ofthe principal|||Para 1.46||||
|risks facing the charity|||||||
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|tructure,<br>Governance|and Man|agement|||||
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|Description<br>of charity's|||||||
|trusts:|||||||
|Type of governing<br>document|Para 1.25|CIO constitution|||(Foundation|Model)|
|ltr!Ist .'I&"(:."r1, roh'Bl olid|||||||
|How is the charity|Para 1.25|CIO|||||
|constituted?|||||||
|ie<br>&0 urII!IcorI'r''regle(. "|||||||
|assccla1IGll,<br>( ~IU)|||||||
|Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|New Trustees||are approached||on an|
|including<br>details of any<br>constitutional<br>provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of||individual<br>basis <br>ofthe Charity<br>in <br>volunteer<br>body.|||by the existing Trustees<br> consultation<br>with the||
|any person or body entitled|||||||
|to appoint one or more|||||||
|trustees|||||||



|Policies and <br>adopted for|procedures<br> the induction|procedures<br> the induction|Para 1.51|
|---|---|---|---|
|and training|oftrustees|||
|The charity's<br>structure<br>and||organisational<br> any wider|Para 1.51|
|network<br>with||which the||
|charity works||||
|Relationship||with any related|Para 1.51|
|parties||||
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|Charit|name|||RAISE YOUR VOICE|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Other name the charit|||uses|N/A|
|Re istered charit||number||1191932|
|Charity's|principal|address||1 ROUSSILLON COTTAGES|
|||||CINDER HILL|
|||||NORTH CHAILEY|
|||||LEWES|
|||||BN8 4HP|





|mes|ofthe charity trus|ofthe charity trus|tees who manage|the charity||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Trustee name||Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot for whole<br>ear|Name <br>to a|ofperson (or body) entitled<br>oint trustee<br>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||||||
|5|Andrew|Symonds||||||
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|unds held as cust|odia|n<br>t|
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|Description<br>ofthe assets||N/A|
|held<br>in this capacity|||
|Name and objects ofthe||N/A|
|charity on whose behalf|the||
|assets are held and how|this||
|falls within the custodian|||
|charity's objects|||
|Details ofarrangements|for|N/A|
|safe custody and|||
|segregation<br>ofsuch assets|||
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||||||3110|2023||31102022|
||||||f|||f|
|SOURCE OF FUNDS|||||||||
|Grants||||||0.00||10,000.00|
|Donations|||||3,136.00|||1,362.00|
|Fund Raising|||||5,678.99|||568.42|
||||||8,814.99|||11,930.42|
|APPLICATION|OF FUNDS||||||||
|Direct costs:||||13,988.64|||10,346.55||
|Other Costs:|||||||||
|Public liability|Insurance|||228.08|||201.58||
|Web hosting,|design and||updating|325.00|||271.25||
|Postage, Printing||&Stationery||203.50|||0.00||
|Training||||0.00|||0.00||
|Administration|costs|||831.98|||960.00||
|Materials 5 Equipment:|||Display Board|256.38|||0.00||
|Bank charges||||70.21|||59.55||
|Miscellaneous:||East Sussex County Council||93.20|||0.00||
||||||15,996.99|||11,838.93|
|NET (DEFICIT)/ SURPLUS|||FOR YEAR||-7,182.00|||91.49|





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|||||2023|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||E|E|
|ASSETS||||||
|Cash at Bank||||15,673.12|21,584.92|
|LIABILITIES||||||
|Creditors||||2,368.70|1,098.50|
|NET ASSETS||||13,304.42|20,486.42|
|REPRESENTED|BY|||||
|Reserves 1November||2022 brought|forward|20,486.42|20,394.93|
|(Deficit)/Surplus|for year|||-7,182.00|91.49|
|Reserves 31October||2023 carried forward||13,304.42|20,486.42|



