2022-03-31-accounts

Lambeth Links

Trustees’ annual report for the period: 23 February 2021 – 31 March 2022

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Lambeth Links Other names charity is known by None Registered charity number 1193637

Other names charity is known by None

Charity's principal address Ground Floor, Canterbury House

1 Royal Street London Postcode SE1 7LL

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year
1 Christopher French Chair
2 Claire Louise Boardman Treasurer
3 Juan Carlos Trabolsi Secretary
4 Gareth Roger Morris 01-May-20 to 01-Apr-22
5 Dr Thomas Benjamin Lawrance
6 Julia Rachel Shelley
7 Sarah Annie Phoebe Merrick
8 Mx Charley Hasted
9 Clare Francis Truscott
10 Adam Shilton 30-Mar-20 to 12-Sep-21
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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Constitution – adopted 20 February 2021

How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Trustee selection methods Appointed by existing trustees on a 3-year term.

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;

To assist with the proper governance of the CIO, we have drafted and abide by the following policies:

• Donation acceptance policy

• Conflicts of interest and conflicts of loyalty

• Public data privacy notice

• Trustees’ data privacy notice

• Finance policy

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

Lambeth Links’ primary objective is the promotion of equality and diversity for the public benefit of people that live, work, or visit the London borough of Lambeth. We aim to accomplish this by:

• (a) Aiming to eliminate discrimination on the grounds of gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation;

• (b) raising awareness in equality and diversity and the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual and other marginalised sexual minorities, and non-binary gender persons (LGBTQIA+) and the issues affecting their lives and their communities;

• (c) promoting activities to foster understanding between people from diverse backgrounds and in particular those from LGBTQIA+ background; and

• (d) cultivating a sentiment in favour of equality and diversity in particular through celebrating the diversity of the LGBTQIA+ community.

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Summary of the main activities In planning our activities for the year, we kept in mind the Charity Commission’s undertaken for the public benefit guidance on public benefit at our trustee meetings. in relation to these objects (include within this section the The main activities are as follows: statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance  Engagement with the wider LGBTQIA+ community through virtual and issued by the Charity Commission in-person events. on public benefit)  Engagement with key public bodies (e.g. Lambeth Council, Met Police,

• Engagement with key public bodies (e.g. Lambeth Council, Met Police, Healthwatch Lambeth, NHS South East London Integrated Care System) to represent and raise awareness about issues impacting the lives of the LGBTQIA+ community.

• Developing a framework and training program along with Norwood School to set up a LGBTQIA+ society and creating guidelines that can be followed by other schools in the borough and further afield.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

We would like to thank all the time and contribution from our trustees, and presenters at events; the generous contributions that we have received to help us achieve our objectives; and, in particular, we would like to thank Tim O’Dell and the team at Lambeth Libraries for all their support organising our events.

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Our first year as a CIO was very active, commencing by taking the time to setup all the necessary fundamentals to run the charity, as well as being recognised by Lambeth Council as the official LGBTQIA+ forum for the people that live, work, study and socialise in Lambeth.

During this period we had the opportunity to host two instances of LGBTQ+ History Month events (2021 and 2022) with over 500 attendees in total; engage with dozens of service providers and other LGBTQIA+ organisations; launch a podcast with prominent members of the community; promote a number of surveys and consultations impacting our community; helping Norwood School draft their inclusivity policies and application for the Stonewall Champion Award, and providing them with ‘pronoun’ lanyards to increase visibility; working with other key organisations looking at older members of the community on the review of the policies of ‘Pride in Care’ and to introduce these best practices to care homes in Lambeth in order to make them more inclusive and avoid trans & homophobic incidents. Lastly, former Cllr Lucy Caldicott - our former representative from Lambeth Council - placed a full motion to council to assert Lambeth’s commitment to supporting the health and wellbeing needs of trans and non-binary people.

A few more details of our community engagement follow:

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Section D Achievements and performance

For 2021, still fronting the challenges of the Covid pandemic we hosted our launch as a charity with a series of LGBT History Month events which were attended by close to 200 people. These events focused on:

• Promoting engagement of the LGBTQIA+ community with the 2021 Census, particularly given the historical importance as it was the first time that sexual orientation was being asked in a national census and this information will help shape policy for a number of years.

• Health provisioning for the LGBTQIA+ community,

• Housing needs and requirements for the community; and finally

• A joint event with the British Army on experiences of our community within the armed forces.

We were able to hold our first in person event in 2021, partnering with Myatt’s Field Park, and run a Pride Picnic for Pride Month. This community event saw a diverse mix of the Community come together, including families, younger and older people. Approximately 60 people attended.

For 2022 we held more in person events and focused on:

• Celebrating the 30[th] anniversary of the first EuroPride held in Brockwell Park, Lambeth

• The future of Trans Health;

• Another Myatt’s Field Park Pride Picnic that, despite the weather, was attended by approximately 80 people.

We have also represented the interests of the Community by engaging with key service providers responsible for our health, wellbeing and safety, such as:

• The Met Police and being part of the recruitment of their full time LGBT+ Activity & Engagement Coordinator and sitting on the Community Relationship Group

• Supporting the work of the newly formed NHS South East London Integrated Care System

• North Lambeth Patients Group

• The Lambeth Emotional Health and Wellbeing board

• Lambeth Healthwatch

• Southeast London Patient Group

• Pride in Practice

• Tonic Housing

• Opening Doors London

• Age UK

And by attending events and working with other key organisations such as:

• Working closely with the forums of neighbouring boroughs – primarily: Southwark, Lewisham, and Wandsworth

• Black Thrive

• Silver Pride

• Trans Pride

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Section E Financial review

Our reserves as of 31[st] March 2022 consist of £5339.98 of which £3700 are in Brief statement of the charity’s restricted funds and £1639.98 in unrestricted funds. policy on reserves We will continue to use these funds for further community engagement. Details of any funds materially in Not applicable deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

The great majority of our funding came from grants, with a small amount raised through the sale of merchandise and other minor donations.

Most of our expenditure has been on events and materials that directly impact the community. The rest is comprised of admin fees, reimbursement of out-ofpocket expenses and website hosting.

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

None

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Christopher French Juan Carlos Trabolsi Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)[Chair ] Secretary Date 18/01/23 18/01/23

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