2024-04-05-accounts - Tees Valley Of Sanctuary

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	1st	Feb		2024	31st	Jan		2025
Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) Charity's principal address
					Tees Valley		of Sanctuary



			1193792

			60 The Avenue
			Linthorpe
			Middlesbrough
			Postcode				TS5 6SB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Satinder Collins	Chair
	Samsoudini Moussa	Co-Chair
	Alma	Hellaoui












	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
	Name	Dates acted if not for wholeyear
	None

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

March 2012

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Type of adviser Name Address None

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)

Constitution

CIO in the Tees Valley How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by Board Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

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;

TVoS has a group of volunteers and members from whom we try to select our trustees. Trustees are usually familiar with our work or they may attend some of the workshops offered by City of Sanctuary. TVoS has the following policies in place:

Internal Financial Controls
Due Diligence
Conflicts of Interest
Social Media
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
Safeguarding
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

TVoS is part of the bigger City of Sanctuary movement which follows these objects:

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

Encouraging towns, areas, places, organisations and institutions to become welcome and safe, through the provision of information, advice and support; Advancing the education and training of people who are refugees or asylum seekers; Liaising with other private, voluntary and statutory organisations on relevant issues Promoting activities to foster understanding between the general public, refugees and asylum seekers

March 2012

TAR

Activities undertaken:  Supporting schools, colleges and local theatre to become places of sanctuary
Providing training to school staff and students on refugee issues  Promoting community cohesion through our work with schools and colleges
Working with EAL support to improve the inclusive practices in schools
Developing an EAL support group in Darlington  Attending training/meetings by Refugee Education and The Bell Foundation on Meeting the Needs of New Arrivals to Years 10 and 11
Contact with Ofsted to raise the issue regarding the inclusion and
Summary of the main attainment of asylum seekers and refugees. Awaiting contact from
activities undertaken for the the senior regional inspector
public benefit in relation to  Work alongside and supporting the work of a local mental health these objects (include within charity to expand service provision
this section the statutory  Working with UASC (Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children) declaration that trustees have to gain knowledge of their needs.
had regard to the guidance  Attending regional updates and specific meetings by NEMP issued by the Charity  Attending NEMP meetings to discuss ESOL provision for mid- Commission on public term new arrivals aged 16+
benefit)  Meeting with the police commissioner and being involved with work the policing plan on safer communities (myth busting booklets to be funded and produced)
Attending training workshops, meetings and AGM to learn from CoS and share with other groups.
Supporting campaigns that will improve the lives of the RAS community e.g. Asylum Matters - Right to Work
Awareness raising about refugee rights.  Presentation of awards to schools and colleges  Networking with refugee organisations in Tees Valley  Enabling Middlesbrough Council to pass a motion to welcome refugees

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

March 2012

TAR

Tees Valley of Sanctuary continues to be managed and run by volunteers. Some are in employment and others are retired. The volunteers have various experience in areas such as education, local authorities, health and refugee organisations. We do have some with lived experience but this needs to increase.

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

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

March 2012

TAR

Section D Achievements and performance

A school and two colleges have achieved the sanctuary award, this year Summary of the main with four ongoing applications which include Teesside University. achievements of the charity Much of the wok of TVoS was towards developing inclusive practices in during the year schools which have an intake of refugee and asylum-seeking children. There are no Ofsted criteria for provision and attainment for this group. The quality of provision varies in schools. TVoS has contacted Ofsted regarding this issue and is awaiting a response from the Senior Regional Inspector. The local authorities in the Tees Valley continue to be supportive and welcoming towards sanctuary seekers. With the joint action of Asylum Matters and TVoS, Middlesbrough passed a motion at a council meeting to state that refugees were welcome. Work towards developing a specialist mental health facility in the Tees Valley continues. Gill Martin who has experience in this field as a psychologist and with setting up such a facility is now chair at Somewhere Else and enabling it to go forward.

Section E Financial review

March 2012

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The charity does not have any reserves as yet.

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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

Funding is through donations

Expenditure is related to services TVoS provide and meetings attended relating to our work

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

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Satinder Kaur Collins Samsoudini Moussa Full name(s) Satinder Collins Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Co-Chair etc) Date 05/03/2024

TVoS Accounts Jan 2024 to Jan 2025

March 2012

TAR

CHARITY COMMISSION Fok *J40WALÈS Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period fro Fet-24 To Jan-25 Section A Receipts and payments Unresiricted funds to the nearest Resincted tsnds Endowiiienl nds Totsi tsnds Lastyear to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest£ tothe nearest £ A1 Recei Is Green Gates Prima 69 Sub totalfGr&ss income for ARI 69 8,082 TAR March 2012