## 2024 Annual Report ## **Prepared by** Ealing Anchor Foundation **Presented by** The Trustees ## Table Of Contents **4. Our Vision & Mission** **5. Introduction** **6. Highlights** **7. What We Do** **8. Message from the Chair** **9. Achievements & Performance** **10. Encouraging Children’s Dev.** **11. The Year In View** **13. Our Work in the Community** **14. Financial Statement** **19. The Future & Long Term Goals** **20. The Team** Ealing Anchor Foundation Annual Report 2024 ## Vision And Mission ## Vision Ealing Anchor Foundation works towards a future in which all differently abled children and young people realise their aspirations and their right to an inclusive community which supports them and their families. ## Mission Our Mission is to assist children with disabilities, complex health and additional needs aged 0-5 years living in the London Borough of Ealing and their families for as long as they need us by:- - Supporting parent/carers - Being a source of advice and information for parents on how to help their child's development. - Providing a stimulating play environment with carefully structured activities according to each child's needs and stage of development and provide social opportunities to encourage and develop physical and social wellbeing. Ealing Anchor Foundation Annual Report 2024 ## Introduction We are now in our 43rd year of supporting parent carers of children who are differently abled. We have come across many challenges amidst situations that has seen us battle many storms. Securing grant funding has always been a major challenge, along with finding a new space to run our play & support sessions or to store our toy library equipment. The Covid 19 Pandemic came and went and we are now facing the cost of living crisis. Throughout these challenges, we have stood strong, advocating for our families and providing a space to support the many number of vulnerable families we know, are facing their own daily problems and who come to us at a difficult time in their lives for targeted information, guidance and advice that will give them a new confidence to make their own informed choices. We offer a holistic approach at Ealing Anchor Foundation focused around inclusion of the “Whole Family,” helping bring families together to reduce their isolation and encourage community cohesion. We know there are many more challenges to come but we plan to face them head on to be here for as long as our families need us. Ealing Anchor Foundation Annual Report 2024 ## Highlights ## **NEW LOG CABIN** ## A HOME AT LAST! Working out of a Children’s Centre and with so much going on, there’s always a lack of storage space. The charity was lucky enough to receive part funding from Screwfix Foundation to purchase and erect a gorgeous new log cabin on the Windmill Children Centre site, which is now home to our toy library equipment and music therapy items. ## **NEW FATHER’S GROUP** PUTTING FATHERS FIRST! Joining with Aaron, a local teacher, who’s brainchild it was to form the Fathers First group, we have been working with the Learning Zone team at Wembley Stadium to organise group sessions on their site for fathers. The group has gone from strength to strength and another exciting programme is planned for late 2024 and 2025. ## **PROMOTIONAL SHORT FILM** ## A PARENT’S VOICE As part of our funding from John Lyon’s Charity, we worked with Media Trust to produce a short promotional film about the services we offer and ways we help and support parent carers and their families. The film highlighted the struggles a parent faces when trying to navigate the world of special needs and the isolation felt when struggling to access services. The film serves as a stark reminder for those with little knowledge of the lives of families living with a disabled child as a powerful glimpse into the world of special needs https://youtu.be/JYZwC8mkffA Ealing Anchor Foundation Annual Report 2024 ## What We Do The charity are members of Ealing Advice Service, a 10-member consortium funded by London Borough of Ealing. We deliver a specialist service of information, support and advice to families of children with a disability. Members of the consortium have been selected based on their experience in delivering high quality advice services in the borough of Ealing, their local knowledge and partnership working. |Play & Support
Sessions|Portage Group
Sessisons|Intensive Interaction| |---|---|---| |Sing, Sign & Play|Toy Library|Music Therapy| |Outreach Telephone
Support|Information, Support &
Advice|Family Social Events| |Door to Door Transport|Fathers Group|Online Counselling| |Information Training
Workshops|Coffee Mornings|Free Legal Advice| |Newsletters|Down Syndrome Group
Tots 21|Parent Carer Evenings| Ealing Anchor Foundation Annual Report 2024 ## Message From The Chair In an economy where businesses and charities are struggling to survive, I am incredibly proud of our Foundation's resilience in continuing to deliver a high quality service that continues to evolve, innovate and grow in response to the changing needs of our local community. Funding remains an insurmountable obstacle for the SEN community, limiting access to services, educational support and respite. In a world where our families face 'no' wherever they turn, we continue to offer a lifeline, a beacon of hope. Our outreach service goes above and beyond in supporting those we serve in facing all sorts of challenges and obstacles. Our workshops continue to be thoughtfully planned and delivered in order to target what is needed the most from year to year. We never give up on our mission to support the most hard to reach, the most vulnerable of families. It is truly heartening to hear how much our service means to those we serve, that we make a difference, that we offer open minds and open hearts. I am so grateful to our incredible project manager Joy for her stellar leadership, vision and dedication and to our amazing staff who deliver with so much heart and passion. I would also like to thank our merry band of volunteers for their continued support and commitment and our long standing trustees for their faithful allegiance to this cause. Here's to continuing to go from strength to strength! ## _**Aisha Tabani Chowdhry, Chair to the Trustees**_ Ealing Anchor Foundation Annual Report 2024 ## Achievements & Performance ## NAVIGATING THROUGH A SEA OF ## TURBULENCE Finding out your child is differently abled can be a very traumatic time in a parent carers life. We supported families, so they were not alone on their journey. We sought to offer advice and guidance at the time when they needed us rather than later on, when the struggles already have had a negative effect over time. The range of services provided families with access to information support, advice and guidance suited to their particular needs. Parent carers welcomed these opportunities for befriending and sharing to hear about what worked for others with a view to trying out suggestions themselves whilst supporting each other. Our services and activities, which included door to door transport, were made available to some of the most vulnerable and isolated families living in our community. We began introducing face to face workshops again whilst continuing our online activities and increased the number of coffee mornings focussing on particular themes as a topic for discussion. Play & support sessions, training workshops and counselling sessions were run from Windmill Children’s Centre, Greenford. Being based there not only meant our services were promoted via the centre’s own mailing list but enabled us to share our collective resources and develop an excellent working relationship for the benefit of families. Ealing Anchor Foundation Annual Report 2024 ## Encouraging Children’s Development Through The Early Years ## Play & Support Sessions The play & support sessions were in huge demand and sessions remained actively busy throughout the year with families attending regularly. We know early intervention is more likely to improve education and overall wellbeing in later years and Sessions provided a great opportunity for stimulating, interactive and multi-sensory play, using musical activities and equipment for the children, carefully chosen by our experienced staff to help them learn and develop their social skills. The play & support sessions also provided placements opportunities for 4 students on work experience throughout the year from school and for 3 students studying occupational therapy at Brunel University. We provided volunteering opportunities for adults with learning disabilities, to help them develop their own learning and gain valuable experience in the workplace and working with children. ## Sing, Sign & Play Session Two sessions running jointly with the music therapist every other week, families are able to improve their Makaton signing, learn ways to help improve speech and communication and for parents and carers to learn how to encourage their child’s overall development in the home. ## Family Social Events Children gained greater emotional well-being and improved social development throughout the year. There was less isolation and children gained more independence, increased social skills and they were able to access mainstream social activities with their families. ## Portage Group Sessions, The Early Start SEND Portage Worker, assisted families to help support their children’s developmental progress by learning techniques in which they play together with confidence to achieve small steps. Ealing Anchor Foundation Annual Report 2024 ## The Year in View STAFF LANGUAGES SPOKEN - 10 Ealing Anchor Foundation Annual Report 2024 Types of Disabilitré CMN CERABRAL PALSY 12% DOWNS SYNOROME GDD ?+L MODERATE LEARNING DIFFICULTY PENDING 1% 21% PHISKAL DIS481LITY 0%. PROFOUND & MULTIPLE LEARNING DIFF IPMLDI SCD Workshops . MUSI THEIIAPY Play & ￿pport 8roup (Tuesday pml Soft Flay I Wednesday aml Play & ￿pport group (Friday) IFrSdèy pm) FUSSY EATING Q4 Ages of Children Attending Sessions BORN 2015 BORN 2016 ,4% 4%5% BORN 2017 BORN 2018 BORN 2019 50% 13% BORN 2020 io% BORN 2021 ,6% BORN 2022 BORN 2023 CKDER ## Our Work in the Community Since it started, Ealing Anchor Foundation has worked collaboratively with London Borough of Ealing, ESCAN and Ealing NHS. Our range of services are aimed at bringing families from different communities together, regardless of whether their child has a diagnosis, so we can support them on their journey and make a real difference in their lives. The charity brought together a range of practitioners from local sources including the Ealing Speech & Language team, Early Start SEND Team and Ealing SENDIASS team to offer introductory training workshops for parent carers on topics run by professionals relating to health, early intervention programmes, special needs education and counselling. Workshops includec behaviour that challenges, successful eating/toileting, Messy play, social stories and our well established EHCPs Made Easy Series. Ealing Anchor Foundation Annual Report 2024 ## Financial Statement This report highlights the year’s funding, which has enabled the charity to improve and maintain a quality service that has shown an increase in demand for the specialist support it offers, as well as information & advice to parents and carers at the beginning of their disabled journey. Funding came mainly from three main grants received from our consortium with MENCAP under the Ealing Advice Service and funded by the London Borough of Ealing. We also receive funding from John Lyon’s Charity and Reaching Communities Fund, which has ensured we can continue to deliver a quality service and expand on new projects. We are thrilled to have the support of the many Friends of Ealing Anchor Foundation . who have donated to the charity throughout the past year in so many different ways including fundraising, admin and donations. They have truly made a lasting difference and we are extremely grateful! EALING ANCHOR FOUNDATION ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Rog. Ch4r6ty No. 1196311 EALING AIICHOR FOUNDATION Incomq & Expgnullure Accounis foi Iht y•Jr gDd¢d 31 Mar¢h 2024 UnrqAlrl¢t•il R••trf¢t•d Total £91 463.23 Opvnlng Balan¢• E 98 763.02 INCOME L8EIMENCAP Johh L yons Chanly R¥4chin9 Communrtleg LB Ealing HAF Pro9r•mm• Sciewfix F￿ndatIOn GIAnd Ch8rilJblg Truit l8 Saling HIVI pro￿¢% R•fundlCredil FUr￿raiSIng Oortèlitsll Mimo•￿h￿/Sl*0c￿Pi￿n1 Yotkshifo Buildin9 Socwly Pnlerg$1 roui Incorne 350S2 75 3WO 00 40745 IT 8860.40 3S)52 75 30l￿.00 4074S 17 6860 40 20802 75 300W.LW) 26142.50 8381.72 9000 4000 00 825 00 281 27 143 10 170000 948.75 2230 N) IP41.20 948.75 2230. iooo 00 197 51 £ 99,77J.02 934 94 934 94 5,854.89 £112.650.32 £ 116,913.21 EXPENDITURE SJlaiies ar￿ T•x•$ VoluniMi•xp•ns•i Tr•n8pon Toys 8 EgLNprneni 3487.trj 46.09 84448.48 S24 OQ 8479.04 158273 1456.52 303.60 67939.48 570. 6479 04 15e272 2567.52 303.60 31.40 152 19 4911 98 1111. Admifjlmllc T•18phDng Htr8llll9lLighiI￿0[r￿eOSI siJi￿n•ry, PublQllya Pg51•0 31153 971 e6 3321.92 1209.71 9761 84 6860.40 gW.93 1440.00 3321 92 878 25 10123 70 8391 72 938 79 1440 00 120.0$ 9681.8 6860.40 980.93 144000 HAF Progr•mmo LgoJllSJbslknswance Accoun18 & 8ook••pin91 TWI Exp•ndllur• 4.7$4.11 £100.244.33 £ 105.008.44 £108,874.81 SU￿￿￿(D•h¢1lI Ioi th• 12 PApnth• 1090.TJ É 12413.•9 ¢ 1 OW.7• clo￿nI Fynd• £105 388.00 ¢ 91 803.23 EAUNG ANCHOR FOUNOATION Balan￿ She•1 Yo&r End•d 31 Mwch 2024 Not05 Ass•ts'. Bank Balance 3110Y2023 Peuy Cash Barclays curre￿ a¢couni Barclays s8￿ng5 account £ 32.752.26 £ 77.461.47 E 7,118.70 £84,746.53 E 110.213.75 £ 91 863.23 Llablllll•i: Creditors £ 4.845 75 £ soo.00 4.845 75 S00.C £10S,3e8.00 Fln•Thc•d by.. Private FUNJ Accouni. Re$irl¢ted FuNty$ £76,497.31 £64,083.32 UnrmI￿1￿￿ Fund$ £28.870.69 £ 27,779.91 105.368.00 £91863.23 EALING ANCHOR FOUNDATION Independent Examiner Report Account5 lor year to 31 March 2024 We have exarnined Incom• and Exp8ndilur8 Acctyjnl and the supportlng Infom18tlon from the ¥ecords. In otsr Opin1￿ Ihe financial statetnenls give 8 true and fair view ol the Slat• of aft8irs ol the privale fund of E8ling A￿hor Foundation as al 31 March 2024, and ol it$ surplus lor the year ended on Ihal dale, Anil Bhanol Bhanoi & Co. Chartered Accountants Dal8'. 15 Nov?mbgr 2024 Firs1 Floor 12&128 Uxbridg• Road London W13 8QS ## The Future-Ambitions & Long Term Goals ## We will continue working towards reducing barriers to key health, social and educational services - reviewing and evaluating our outcomes regularly to ensure we are financially stable to continue delivering our service and activities. providing volunteering opportunities Subject to funding, delivering activities to reach even more families evaluating finances to ensure we meet our families’ needs establishing support services whilst further developing existing links Ealing Anchor Foundation Annual Report 2024 ## Meet The Team ## **TRUSTEES** ## LED BY PARENTS FOR PARENTS Chair to the Trustees Aisha Tabani Chowdhry Treasurer Dennis Frederick Burley Secretary Nadiya Shvets Trustee Beckie Shuttleworth Trustee Katerina Pupovic Trustee Lynne Kaufmann ## **STAFF** ## SUPPORT FROM THE HEART Project Manager Joy Barton Outreach Worker Natalie Stone SPL/Early Years Coordinator Magdalena Rutkowska Senior Play Worker Gladys Bennett Administrative Worker Erica Giles ## **VOLUNTEERS** ## GIVING BACK Ashakiran Thirumalai, Ruwaida Abdelrahman, Grace Raw, Leila Malahmir, Raifeh Hussein, Meera Dasani, Mikaela Banbury, Reem Hussein, Jai Janki, Tracey, Nakisa Malahmir, Abha Aryal, Manija Aruja, Richard Burton, Brunel OT Volunteers Ealing Anchor Foundation Annual Report 2024 ## Contact Us 020 8571 9954 info@ealinganchor.org.uk www.ealinganchor.org.uk **Correspondence Address: Office 3, 1st Floor, Grove House, 77 North Road, Southall UB1 2JL Registered Address: Windmill Children’s Centre, 135 Windmill Lane, Greenford, Middx UB6 9DZ Registered Charity No: 1196311** Ealing Anchor Foundation Annual Report 2024 EALING ANCHOR FOUNDATION ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Reg. Charity No. 1196311 EALING ANCHOR FOUNDATION Accounts lor the Year to 31 March 2024 INDEX Page Income & Expenditure Account Ba18nce Sheet Independent Examiner Report EALING ANCHOR FOUNDATION In¢ome & Expendllure Accounts lor the yèar •nd8d 31 March 2024 Unreslrrcted Reslrlcted Total £91 B63.23 Openlng 8818n¢e £ 98 763.02 INCOME LBEIMENCAP )hn Lyons Chpnty Reachin9 Communrfies LB Ealing HAF Pr(¥rBmme ScreM(IX Foundaiion Grand Chantable Trust LB Ealin9 HIVI Project Refundlcredii Fundraisin9 DDnaiions MembershiplSub$¢ripiions Yorkshire 8uildiro Society Interesi Total Incom• 35052 75 300DD.00 40745.17 6860.40 35052.75 30000.00 40745.17 6860.40 )802 75 30000.00 26142 50 8391 72 s(￿0.00 4000. 825.00 281.27 14310 170D.00 0.00 0.00 948.75 2230.00 1741 20 0.00 934.94 934 94 5.854.89 £112,656.32 £ 118,513.21 948.7S 2230 00 1741.20 1000.00 197.51 £ 99,775.02 EXPENDITURE S813ries and Taxes Volunteer expenses Transport Toy5 & EquipNe So¢Jal, Parties & ￿11￿$ AdminlMIs¢ Tplephone Heatinglighliryloffice Gosl Statsonary. Publicily & Postage Tr$ininglActsvitses HAF Programme LegallSubs11Tr5urance Accounts & Bookeeping fee 3487.1 46.06 64446.48 524 00 6479.04 1582 73 145652 303.60 1877.16 3321.92 120971 9761.84 6860.40 980 93 1440.00 67933.48 570.06 6479.04 158273 2567.52 303 60 1877.16 3321.92 1209.71 9881.89 6860.40 980.93 1440.00 59631.40 152 19 4911.98 16187.43 131792 311.53 971.86 1418.04 878.25 10123 70 8391.72 938.79 1440.00 120.05 Totsi Expenditure 4,764.11 £100.244.33 £ 105,008.44 £106,6T4.81 Suwlu$llDeficillforlhe 12 Months 1090.78 É 12413.99 £ 6 B99.79 Closlng Funds £105 368.00 £ 91,863.23 EALING ANCHOR FOUNDATION 8alance ShèÈt Year Ended 31 March 2024 Notes 2024 Asset5- Bank Balance 3110312023 Petty Cash Barclays Current account Barclays Savings account £ 32,752.28 £ 77.461.47 £ 7.116.70 £ 84,746.53 £ 110.213.75 £ 91,863.23 Liabilities: Creditrjrs £ 4.845.75 £ 500.00 4,845.75 500.00 £105.368.00 £91,363.23 Financed by: Private Fund Account.. Restricted Funds £76.497.31 £ 64.083.32 UnreStr￿ted Funds £28,870.69 £ 27.779.91 £105.368.00 £91.863.23 EALING ANCHOR FOUNDATION Indèpendènt Examintr Rèport Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 We have examSned Income and Expenditure Account and the supporting infomalion from the records. In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the private fund of Ealing Anchor Foundation as at 31 March 2024, and ol its surplus for the year ended on that date. Anil Bhanol Bhanol & Co. Chartered Accountants Date.. 15 November 2024 First Floor 126-128 Uxbridge Road Li)ndon W13 8QS Notes to Income and Expendlture Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 Bank r¢eoncilatbon Barclays Current AIC No 83547256 Balance as p9r statement £32.752.28 Bank balance as per cash book on 3110312024 £32,752.28 Barclays Business Premiurn AIC No 13927628 Balance as per statement £77,461.47 Bank balance as per cash book on 3110312024 £77,461.47 Crèdittsrs Salaries and taxes NEST pension £ 4,665.88 £ 179.87 £ 4,845.75 EALING ANCHOR FOUNDATION ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Reg. Charity No. 1196311 EALING ANCHOR FOUNDATION Accounts lor the Year to 31 March 2024 INDEX Page Income & Expenditure Account Ba18nce Sheet Independent Examiner Report EALING ANCHOR FOUNDATION In¢ome & Expendllure Accounts lor the yèar •nd8d 31 March 2024 Unreslrrcted Reslrlcted Total £91 B63.23 Openlng 8818n¢e £ 98 763.02 INCOME LBEIMENCAP )hn Lyons Chpnty Reachin9 Communrfies LB Ealing HAF Pr(¥rBmme ScreM(IX Foundaiion Grand Chantable Trust LB Ealin9 HIVI Project Refundlcredii Fundraisin9 DDnaiions MembershiplSub$¢ripiions Yorkshire 8uildiro Society Interesi Total Incom• 35052 75 300DD.00 40745.17 6860.40 35052.75 30000.00 40745.17 6860.40 )802 75 30000.00 26142 50 8391 72 s(￿0.00 4000. 825.00 281.27 14310 170D.00 0.00 0.00 948.75 2230.00 1741 20 0.00 934.94 934 94 5.854.89 £112,656.32 £ 118,513.21 948.7S 2230 00 1741.20 1000.00 197.51 £ 99,775.02 EXPENDITURE S813ries and Taxes Volunteer expenses Transport Toy5 & EquipNe So¢Jal, Parties & ￿11￿$ AdminlMIs¢ Tplephone Heatinglighliryloffice Gosl Statsonary. Publicily & Postage Tr$ininglActsvitses HAF Programme LegallSubs11Tr5urance Accounts & Bookeeping fee 3487.1 46.06 64446.48 524 00 6479.04 1582 73 145652 303.60 1877.16 3321.92 120971 9761.84 6860.40 980 93 1440.00 67933.48 570.06 6479.04 158273 2567.52 303 60 1877.16 3321.92 1209.71 9881.89 6860.40 980.93 1440.00 59631.40 152 19 4911.98 16187.43 131792 311.53 971.86 1418.04 878.25 10123 70 8391.72 938.79 1440.00 120.05 Totsi Expenditure 4,764.11 £100.244.33 £ 105,008.44 £106,6T4.81 Suwlu$llDeficillforlhe 12 Months 1090.78 É 12413.99 £ 6 B99.79 Closlng Funds £105 368.00 £ 91,863.23 EALING ANCHOR FOUNDATION 8alance ShèÈt Year Ended 31 March 2024 Notes 2024 Asset5- Bank Balance 3110312023 Petty Cash Barclays Current account Barclays Savings account £ 32,752.28 £ 77.461.47 £ 7.116.70 £ 84,746.53 £ 110.213.75 £ 91,863.23 Liabilities: Creditrjrs £ 4.845.75 £ 500.00 4,845.75 500.00 £105.368.00 £91,363.23 Financed by: Private Fund Account.. Restricted Funds £76.497.31 £ 64.083.32 UnreStr￿ted Funds £28,870.69 £ 27.779.91 £105.368.00 £91.863.23 EALING ANCHOR FOUNDATION Indèpendènt Examintr Rèport Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 We have examSned Income and Expenditure Account and the supporting infomalion from the records. In our opinion the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the private fund of Ealing Anchor Foundation as at 31 March 2024, and ol its surplus for the year ended on that date. Anil Bhanol Bhanol & Co. Chartered Accountants Date.. 15 November 2024 First Floor 126-128 Uxbridge Road Li)ndon W13 8QS Notes to Income and Expendlture Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2024 Bank r¢eoncilatbon Barclays Current AIC No 83547256 Balance as p9r statement £32.752.28 Bank balance as per cash book on 3110312024 £32,752.28 Barclays Business Premiurn AIC No 13927628 Balance as per statement £77,461.47 Bank balance as per cash book on 3110312024 £77,461.47 Crèdittsrs Salaries and taxes NEST pension £ 4,665.88 £ 179.87 £ 4,845.75