## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 08 09 2021 31 03 2022 **To** **From** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1195745 Hazelnut Community Farm **Charity's principal address** 9 Dorset Road Bristol **Postcode BS9 4BJ** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||John White|Chair||| ||Pippa White||Resigned 27/01/22|| ||LucySablan|||| ||Clare Fussell|||| ||David Gould|||Board of Trustees| ||Tim Barnett|Treasurer|Appointed 27/01/22|Board of Trustees| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address** ## **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 Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by Board of Trustees 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; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - 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** 1. to advance the Christian faith and understanding of its relevance to the environment in the United Kingdom and any part of the world for the benefit of the public in accordance with the Basis of Faith by - a. raising awareness and understanding of Christian beliefs and practices, - b. carrying out religious devotional acts, **TAR** March **2012** 2 - c. contributing towards a better society, for example by - promoting social cohesion and social capital, - d. carrying out, as a practical expression of religious beliefs, other activities (such as advancing education or conflict resolution, or relieving poverty), which may also be charitable; 2. to promote for the benefit of the public in the United Kingdom and any part of the world the conservation, protection, and improvement of the physical and natural environment by - a. modelling and promoting sustainable practices and engagement with gardening and the outdoors, - b. other activities (such as advancing education) which may also be charitable. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** **TAR** March **2012** 3 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 **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## Section D Achievements and erformance p **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** - **Transforming land: We have been able to transform two pieces of land that are used as spaces of worship as well as community spaces for Lockleaze and Upper Horfield** - **Giving food: Over the last year we have given back to the community 95% of what we’ve grown. We give to the Vench a charity well established in Lockleaze that gives veg boxes and cooks meals for young people whilst not in term time.** - **Schools work: We have received a £7000 grant for an eco schools work project. We are joining with Rob Smith from St. James/St. Mary’s Lockleaze. We will be running a contest in local schools from January to design our new community garden plot. We will then have eco clubs and some young people being mentored help us build and and grow the space. We already have one school on board with meeting scheduled for the others.** - **Social prescribing: We have begun conversations with local GP’s about using the spaces for social prescribing groups. We have one group in Lockleaze that uses our site occasionally.** - **Hong Kong: We have had a large number of families who have resettle from Hong Kong join our community. We have an average of 5 families come on a Sunday to our Church service with new families coming each week. The community also has begun to meet at our site on Saturdays to connect together and use our garden. We have loved having all the folks from Hong Kong. We have connected over the shared language of nature and gardening.** - **Festivals: In October we has an Apple Fest to celebrate the Apple Harvest. We had 100 people come. Many young people came as well. There was a mix of local residence, from churches in Lockleaze, Hazelnut community, and the Hong Kong community. At the end of November we will have Fire Fest which is a Christings reimagined around fire pits.** - **Estates ministry: Our locations in Lockleaze and Upper Horfield make us an estate ministry. Estates will feel the change of an ecological breakdown before other urban centres. As we minister in these areas in creative ways we aim to capture and share our learning in order to equip and inspire others.** - **Unity with other churches and charities: Since starting we have worked with Baptists, Methodist, United Reformed, and independent. As well as local charities. Some examples of who we regularly work with: Gregory the great, St. Mary’s and St. James Lockleaze, St. Mary Stoke Bishop, Cotham Parish Church, Bristol City Deanery, Bristol North Advice Centre, The Vench, Ebenezer Church, the Noise, and Horfield** **TAR** March **2012** 5 Section D Achievements and erformance p ## **and Lockleaze Network Breakfast.** - **We have a new partnership starting with GNK/Airbus. The head of wellbeing visited our site and as a direct result is wanting to build a community garden at GNK for the wellbeing of those working there as well as to grow food and give it away to the community. The head of the NHS for green social prescribing is also involved and keen to see how this could be rolled out to other corporations if successful.** - **The Creation Project: We have just launched the Creation Project. An eco arts gallery that can be hosted by churches in the diocese to encourage people to engage with issue of climate emergency. It is designed around 8 pieces of art that have been created by local Christian artists. The aim is to have the art gallery tour churches for the entirety of 2022.** - **Hazelnut has also been able to help resource local churches. We collaborated with the Asma mission area for their lent resource. Wild Church in the NWMA is a partner with Hazelnut and there are plans emerging for a joint project.** **John has also been invited to speak at St. Nicks, Woodies people and planet, St. Peters Henleaze, Saint Paul’s Southville, Foundation, and New Wine.** ## **How Hazelnut is forming a Wider Network:** - **In July 2021 Hazelnut held a conference over zoom called ‘Sustaining Church’ There were over 30 speakers and 450 people in attendance. The topic was on how the church can flourish in a climate emergency. We also recorded the sessions and have made them a free resource on Youtube. There is a diverse team of 5 that are planning next years conference. It will be in partnership with A Rocha, Trinity College, Operation Noah. It will have speakers from across the world.** - **Sustaining Conversations: Since the conference we have had monthly conversations open to people from across the UK on topics around climate emergency and the church.** - **Potting shed: In January we are starting Potting shed. A weekly program for Christian groups who want to start growing projects. Our first year has seen 20 groups sign up with an average weekly attendance of 28 people. These groups are across the UK. We are already seeing this as forming ecumenically and a resource for dioceses.** - **Green Church showcase: We recently were a finalist for the Showcase from over 150 applications. As part of the Church times showcase we were featured in a service at COP26** **TAR** March **2012** 6 ## Section D Achievements and erformance p - **This year John has had articles published in the** _**Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal**_ **and** _**Wild Church**_ - - **Our Website has created over 30 resources that can be used for free. For instance: The Eco library, liturgy, Christingle Reimagined, Slow Church, and Green Christmas.** - **We have been able to host over 100 people on the site this summer. Many of whom have taken inspiration from the site to use in their own parish. Beyond a number of local churches there have also been Baptist and Methodist churches. We hosted groups like students from Trinity College and Bristol Baptist college, the Wives fellowship, and Young Christian Climate Network. We also had summer placement students from Ridley Hall, Cuddesdon, Trinity College, and Sarum College.** - **All of this is building a network called the Collective that encourages communities to engage creatively with agriculture, worship, and climate emergency.** **TAR** March **2012** 7 ## **Section E Financial review** It is our intention, once we are established, to hold unrestricted reserves **Brief statement of the** equivalent to at least 3 months costs in line with charity best practice **charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially in 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); - 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** **TAR** March **2012** 8 **Signature(s) Full name(s)** John White **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 30/1/2023 **TAR** March **2012** 9 |**Hazelnut Community Farm**|**Hazelnut Community Farm**||**1195745**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||**CC16a**| |**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
08/09/2021|**To**|Period end date
31/03/2022||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**2,873**
**4,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**

**6,873**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**6,873**
**1,031**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,031**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,031**
**5,842**
**-**
**-**
**5,842**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**8,650**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,650**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**8,650**
**617**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**617**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**617**
**8,033**
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**-**
**8,033**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**11,523**
**4,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**15,523**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**15,523**
**1,648**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,648**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,648**
**13,875**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |VoluntaryRecipts|**2,873**|||||**-**| |Loan - N Woodfield|**4,000**|||||**-**| |||||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|
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**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |Costs of Charitable Activities|**1,031**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**1,031**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**5,842**|**8,033**||**13,875**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**5,842**|**8,033**||**13,875**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 28/01/2023 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Loan N Woodfield
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**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**5,842**||**8,033**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**5,842**||**8,033**||**-**| |||||||OK| |||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**-**| |||||||**When due**
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