## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From** 01/01/2023 **Period start date To** 31/12/2023 **Period end date** **Charity name:** Creative Packs Cancer Charity ## **Charity registration number:** 1195111 Welcome to our Annual Report for year ending 31 December 2023. ## **Objectives and Activities** The CIO purpose is for the public benefit to relieve the needs of teenagers in England & Wales who are undergoing treatment for cancer – and are in hospital teenage and young adult cancer units – by providing them with creative packs, so that they are stimulated and occupied and can better tolerate their treatment. Hospitals struggle to finance arts & crafts – which we believe are essential for the mental health & wellbeing of young cancer patients in hospital having treatment. There is often a lack of donations to hospitals to support teenagers, whereas for very young patients this is less of a problem. This charity helps to bridge that gap in donations by providing creative activities to teenage and young adult cancer units. ## **Creative Packs Cancer Charity’s key activities and projects:** - Handmade and delivered 271 creative packs across nine teenage cancer units in this period. Each creative pack included at least five creative activities for the patient. - Provided bespoke sensory creative packs for patients who are blind or partially sighted because of their illness. All trustees have read and understood the Charity Commission guidance with regards to public benefit, and all work/projects carried out have been done so in accordance with providing public benefit. ## **Achievements and Performance** Our mission is to provide creative packs to young cancer patients in hospital, who due to their treatment face long periods of isolation. Our mission started during Covid and, due to its incredible impact and the ongoing strong demand for our packs, we are continuing to support patients via teenage and young adult cancer units. We work closely with the medical professionals on the teenage units to deliver the activities which are most beneficial to patients. Key achievements this year include: - Provided creative packs to teenage and young adult cancer units located in England and Wales. - Supplied 271 creative packs. - Ran our first creative packs workshop with Office Principles – a UK company that supported the charity as part of its corporate charity initiative. The Queens Medical Centre (QMC) provided feedback from patients that received creative packs: _“The best thing about coming in for treatment” – QMC teenage cancer patient_ _“Love these packs they’ve kept me going through treatment” – QMC teenage cancer patient_ _“It helps the time go quicker, and I don’t focus on the bad stuff” – QMC teenage cancer patient_ _“Love my pack. It’s perfect for me, I let my dad join in if he’s bored” – QMC teenage cancer patient_ Creative packs workshop at Office Principles, June, 2023. Charterpath round table event, Nov, 2023. Bringing together non-profits with finance professionals to explore how we can inspire more people into skills-based volunteering. ## **Achievements against objectives set** Our key objective for this period was to increase the amount of teenage cancer units we offer our services to and continue to meet the demand of existing units. This year there has been two new units that we supply packs to. We were able to run our inaugural corporate charity event, where we ran our first creative packs workshop. The charity also did a presentation to raise awareness of childhood cancer. Back in 2022, we also launched our charity sustainability commitment, outlining the necessary steps we are taking to protect our planet, while delivering on our charity mission. Details about this commitment are on the charity’s website. This commitment was still in place for 2023. ## **Financial Summary** - This financial summary covers activities and transactions from 1 January 2023 to 31 Dec 2023. Donations and Grants received during the year are allocated to nonrestricted funds to be used for any of the charitable aims of the charity. - For the year from 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023 the charity received an income of £2,695, this was due to donations received across the period. - Expenditure incurred by the charity was £3,663; this was to fund the materials & activities for the creative packs, the delivery of the packs to units and marketing materials. - We rely on the kind donations from our supporters, who donate because of the awareness created by word of mouth and organic social posts across Instagram. These donations are received via Benevity and CAF platforms. - Cash at bank as of 31 Dec 2023 was £11,926 in unrestricted funds. The main financial risk to the charity is reduced donations, the charity plans to mitigate the risk by exploring other grants and running fundraising activities across 2024. - The funds in the bank is held to fund the materials & activities for the creative packs, the delivery of the packs and marketing materials. The funds will be utilised to meet any charitable expenditure that may arise in the event of a reduction in funding. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** Type of governing document CIO foundation model |How is the charity
constituted?|Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)| |---|---| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions|Appointed by trustees| |Other|Trustees meet on regular bases as required by the
Constitution to discuss matters, chaired by the chairperson.
Minutes are taken by the chair.
All the activities and major risks to the charity are discussed
between trustees to make sure the charity is managed
appropriately.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Creative Packs Cancer Charity| |---|---| |Registered charity number|1195111| |Charity’s principal address|132a Himley Road
Tooting
London
SW17 9AQ| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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3|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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