## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From November 2021 (Period start date) To October 2022 (Period end date)** **Charity name: A Community for Change** **Charity registration number: 1196539** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The Objects of A Community for Change
are, for the public beneft, to advance in
life and help children and young people
by providing support for parents, carers
and families so they are better able to
meet the needs of such children and
young people.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Community Conversations, one of the
centre pieces of ACFC, have been
delivered from 2021-2022 with a total of
50 attendees participating. The following
community conversations during this
period addressed:

Mental health approaches to trauma
caused by serious youth violence

Trauma of knife crime

Race and racism

Disproportionality of police stop and
search.
Although it is an identifed service, the
Community Conversations there was no
budget set aside for them.
Another ACFC activity is ourSaturday
School. For children aged 9 - 16 years old,
we placed a strong emphasis on non-
curricular and co-curricular education e.g.
emotional and mental health, cultural
heritage, nutrition etc. The
supplementation of mainstream
education helped to increase the
confdence and self-esteem of our
targeted group. The Saturday School has
proved to be invaluable in strengthening
relationships between parents and their
children. It also provides opportunity for
intergenerational learning which is
something we would like to further
develop going forwards. The tutors have
mainly been individuals who have
generously volunteered their time and
resources to improve the academic
achievement of our targetedgroup.| ||||| |---|---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|ACFC aims to provide support for parents,
carers and families so they are better
able to meet the needs of the
community’s children and young people.|| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|ACFC is a not-for-proft organisation set
up in the quest to realise our vision to
give parents and carers a voice by
empowering them to be instrumental in
the change they want to see for their
children in the community.| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**1.**
ACFC was created in 2020 by
members of the community
passionate about setting up a
forum to support parents in
response to incidents of youth
violence in Newham.
**2.**
ACFC, since its inception, has
delivered 17 community
conversations to the local
community with the aim to build
awareness, ofer advice and to
hold stimulating discussions on
key topics impacting the local
community.
**3.**
In November 2020 we started a
Saturday School for children aged
9 - 16 years old. There’s a strong
emphasis on non-curricular and
co-curricular education e.g.
emotional and mental health,
cultural heritage,nutritionetc.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
See ‘**Achievements and Performance**’
– Summary of the main achievements…
(above).| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**N/A**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£1,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
Mainly through funding applications| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The heavy reliance of volunteers as
Trustees to keep the function of the
organisation going.| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|ACFC Constitution as of 12thNovember
2021| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|ACFC became a CIO on 12th November
2021| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Every trustee must be appointed by a
resolution passed at the properly
convened meeting of the trustees
With regard the selection of trustees for
appointment, the trustees must have
regard to the skills knowledge and
experience needed for the efective
administration of the CIO.| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Trustees may appoint one of their number
to chair meetings and at any . time
invoke such appointment. If no one is
appointed or if the person appointed is
unwilling to preside or is not present
within 10 minutes after the time of the
meeting the Trustees present may
appoint one of their number to chair the
meeting.
A Trustee may not appoint anyone else to
act on their behalf at Trustees meetings.
A meeting may be held by suitable
electronic means agreed by the Trustees
in which each participant may
communicate with all the other
participants.
No decisions may be made by the
meeting of the Trustees unless a quorum
is present at the time the decision is
made. “Present” includes being present
by suitable electronic means agreed by
the Trustees in which participant or
participants may communicate with all
the other participants.
The quorum shall be two Trustees or one
third of the Trustees, whichever is the
greater number.
A Trustee shall not be counted in the
quorum present when any decision is
made about a matter upon which that
Trustee is not entitled to vote.
Questions arising at any meetings shall
be decided by a majority of votes, each
Trustee having one vote. In the case of an
equalityof votes,the chair of the meeting| |||shall not have a second or casting vote
and the resolution shall be lost.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|There are four people who have the
responsibility of being Trustees of ACFC.
Their names are listed at the end of this
document. They have the role of: Chair,
Vice Chair, Treasurer and Secretary.| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|ACFC are supported in its eforts by two
organisations: Rights and Equalities in
Newham (**REIN**) and**Wipers**, a youth
justice social enterprise that specialises in
working with vulnerable and
disadvantaged young people.| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|A Community for Change| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|ACFC| |Registered charity number|1196539| |Charity’s principal address|1a Cumberland Road
Plaistow
London
E13 8LH| ||| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Keith Thomas|Chairperson|November 2021|ACFC| ||Shazad Yasin|Treasurer|November 2021|ACFC| ||TonyDavis|Vice Chair|November 2021|ACFC| ||Momodou Lamin
Sanyang|Secretary|November 2021|ACFC| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |Keith Thomas|Chairperson|| |Shazad Yasin|Treasurer|| |Tony Davis|Vice Chair|| |Momodou Lamin Sanyang|Secretary|| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** **This submission is late because it is the very first time we have undertaken such a task and hope it meets requirements. We have taken our time with it to ensure we are doing the right thing.** **As stated within this form, we are a team of four volunteers trying to make a difference in our community despite having full time jobs.** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** ` **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Keith Thomas **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 28.02.24 8