## **Roseland Surgeries Patients Group** 

## **Registered Charity No. 1196429** 

## **Trustee’s report for the year 5 April 2023 to 4 April 2024** 

## **History** 

The  Roseland  Surgeries  Patients  Group  was  created  as  a Charitable  Incorporated  Organisation  on  5[th] November  2021. Before this date the Roseland Surgeries Patients Group was set up  as an  unincorporated  charity  registered  with  the Charity Commission no. 1170266. 

The new charity and the former charity were merged on 5[th] April 2022. 

The cash held in accounts at Barclays Bank was left in the accounts pending the creation of a new account for the new charity. 

## **Aims and Objectives.** 

The first aim of original charity was created to promote social, mental and physical wellbeing of the patients registered at the Roseland Surgeries GP practice. 

This aim has been continued with the CIO. During the financial period under review several activities were organised to benefit registered patients. 

1. Roseland Café. A pop-up café serving tea/coffee and cakes in  Gerrans  Parish  Memorial  Hall  (GPMH)  every  second Thursday afternoon. This is a popular event with elderly residents.  The  event  is  funded  by  voluntary  donations from attendees. 

2. Veryan Café/ Warm Hub. This pop-up café operates in the Veryan Village Hall in the Roseland peninsular.  Provides hot and cold drinks and warm food for local elderly people in a social setting. There is a new café/hub in St Just in Roseland which has started in this financial year/ 

3. Walking for Fun. This activity is now self supporting and requires no help from the charity. 

4. Line Dancing. A regular event at GPMH in Gerrans. Funded by voluntary donations from attendees. Some support is still required for this activity. 

5. Singing for Fun. This activity is now self supporting and requires no help from the charity. 



6. We  have  established  a  new  support  group  for  people involved  in  caring  for  family  members.  Meeting  are monthly and are now attended by 9 carers, supported by the support link worker at Roseland Surgeries. 

7. Painting for Fun. Group activity supported by local artists. Also held at GPMH. Funded by voluntary donations. 

8. Table  tennis.  A  popular  regular  event  at  GMPH  and  at St.Mawes Memorial Hall. Donations from these activities are used to hire village halls for the purpose. 

9. Grants of £250 were made to the Tregony Repair Shop, which provides expertise in repairing a variety of items for village  people  in  a  social  setting,  and  to  the  Philleigh Chatters group, which provides a forum for villagers to meet and discuss a variety of local issues. 

All of these activities are at varying stages of needing financial help, some fully independent and others at the early stages. 

The second aim of the charity is to provide and maintain a network of defibrillators across all the villages in the Roseland peninsula. The network consists of 30 defibrillators placed in prominent positions in the local villages of St Mawes, Gerrans, Portscatho, St Just in Roseland, Ruan Lanihorne and Veryan. These villages are located some distance from local ambulance and paramedic access and sometimes more than an hour away from hospitals. The charity considers this activity as key to the wellbeing of local residents and visitors. 

## **Bank Account** 

The trustees hold a business account at Barclays Bank, Truro. 

**Charity  Account** .  Sort  code  20-87-93  No.  63179419.  This account is used for the day-to-day business of the charity. 

## **Income and Expenditure** 

## **Income** 

|**Income**||
|---|---|
|Cash Donations from regular activities|£1,712|
|Defbrillator Appeal|£10,663|
|Volunteer Cornwall Grant|£5,750|





Total Income 

£18,125 

|**Expenditure**||
|---|---|
|Defbrillator purchase and maintenance|£6,461|
|Hire of village halls for regular events|£2,210|
|Line dancing leader/musician|£130|
|Veryan Warm Hub|£731|
|St Just warm hub|£243|
|Table Tennis start up – St Mawes|£531|
|Grant to Tregony Repair Shop/Philleigh|£500|
|Painting for Fun|£145|
|Carers Support|£82|
|Other expenses|£247|
|Total Expense|£11,280|



## **David Calton Treasurer of trustees**