2023-09-30-accounts - Medway Asthma Self Help Group (Mash)

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MEDWAY ASTHMA SELF HELP

ANNUAL REPORT 2022 - 2023

Registered Charity Number 1196597 Charitable Incorporated Organisation

- Medway Asthma Self Help (MASH)

Established in 1996, MASH supports people and families affected by asthma through the provision of support and information relating to the causes of asthma and its effective treatment, and by raising awareness of asthma in the general community of Medway

Front Cover Front Page Introduction Page 2 Contents Page 3 Acknowledgements Page 4 Chair Person’s Report Page 5 Trustee and Volunteer Information Page 6 Co-ordinators Report Page 7 & 8 We Need You Page 9 Fundraising Page 10 Clinic Report Page 11 Clinic Feedback Page 12 Treasurers Report Page 13 & 14 MASH Centre Details Back Page

Acknowledgements

MASH is very fortunate to be supported by many people and organisations this year. A number of them are acknoweledged below.

Clive Johnson Coop store throughout Maggie Cane Medway and in particular Dr Peter Burt Borstal Wei Wei Peters Village Julie Millest Rochester Riverside Sharon Asare Creams, Chatham Samantha Whybrow Deborah @ Mid Kent Dr Paula Hamilton College Judith Pender Diggerland, Strood Anir Manivannan Dragonfly Crystals Arya Manivannan East Medway University Asha Saroy of the Third Age (U3A) Bridget Nightingale EasyFundraising Carole Coulthard Fiona Mukhtar Diana Smith Funding For All Fiona Pender Gillingham Street Angels Jessica Pender Gillingham Rotary Club Julie Critcher in particular Barry Gillam Michael Turner and John Allen Michaela Temperley Healthwatch Medway Nanili Manivannan Historic Dockyard, Sean Hanna Chatham Wendy Plamer IONOS Cllr Dan McDonald Kent Community Cllr Gary Etheridge Foundation Cllr Hazel Brown In Kind Direct Cllr John Williams Koko Tan and Brows Cllr Simon Curry Lounge Dr S Paramothayan Loopy Nails Dr S Singham Mediclinic Pharmacy Prof. John Dickinson Medway CCG Alan Stockey Medway Community Chris and Christine Rogers Healthcare Dorte Gilry Medway Council Nicki Georgini Medway Park Asthma and Lung UK Medway Voluntary Action Bedfont Scientific Ltd Molly Maleed British Lung Foundation Nucleus Arts Amy @ Tropic Skincare Rainham Eco Hub Canva Rhia’s Treasures Central Theatre, Chatham Rochester Eco Hub Coop Local Community Fund Roko Health Club

Sarah at Scentsy Smile Publications Spensley’s Pharmacy, Twydall St Augustines Church Susan Munday Sylvia @ The Body Shop at Home Tesco Stores throughout Medway and in particualr Gillingham and Rainham The Department for Digital, Cultural, Media and Sport DCMS) The Gary Bush Foundation The Gladiator Group The Massage Booth The Royal Engineers Room The Transformation Academy Universal Stores, Lower Stoke University of Greenwich University of Kent Watling Street Post Office WHoo Cares Woodville Halls, Gravesend

Chairperson’s Report

I am pleased to report another successful year for MASH supporting the people of Medway who have asthma and their families and also raising awareness of the condition. Our specialist asthma nurse, Julie, has held our weekly asthma clinics providing vital support alongside Sharon, who is currently working through her training, paid for by us. Julie has also conducted our allergy testing clinics in which many people have been seen. We look forward to Sharon being able to cover for Julie and to extend our reach throughout Medway. I pay tribute, too, to our hardworking and dedicated Coordinator, Kirsty, who has made sure MASH functions, organising our fundraising and our outreach sessions, supporting trustees, and working with our partners on key events, such as the educational day.

We have had a busy year. There have been regular outreach sessions where we have been able to spread the word, we have held quizzes that have been well-supported and successful and, at the time of writing, Kirsty is busy organising the first pamper evening we have held for a little while. We joined with the University of Kent and the Respiratory team at Medway Maritime to organise the second or our educational events at the Maritime campus and welcomed people with asthma as well as professionals.

We have faced a challenge this year. Our move to become a Charitable Incorporated Organisation over the past couple of years resulted in our bank, Barclays, insisting on us opening a new account. Barclays then took six months to give us the opportunity to do that and there have been internal delays since then. Thankfully, our previous treasurer, Judith, who stood down as trustee last year, undertook to operate our existing bank account in the meantime. We are extraordinarily grateful to Judith for this. At the time of writing the procedure still has not been completed.

Another challenge is that there seems to be less money around for grants. Over the pandemic period we were lucky to have financial support but, as we thought it might be, the post-pandemic period has become more difficult. We are also due to renew our relationship with the local medical authority, the Integrated Care Board, who will be considering their community services. We are not yet aware of the process for that renewal or what view the ICB might take.

We are delighted to welcome new trustees Paula and Samantha, but we still need trustees for the MASH board, particularly trustees who are able to take a role in operating our charity. I hope to provide an update to this at the meeting. However, I do have to report the sad news that Maggie Cane will be stepping down at the AGM as a trustee and as treasurer. Maggie has been a real strength to the board over the past few years and we will be sorry to see her go.

I hope that MASH continues to have a future as a resource for the people of Medway in the years to come.

Clive Johnson Chair of Trustees

Could you be a MASH Trustee?

We are always looking to expand and strengthen our trustees board, to help us continue to support people and families affected by Asthma in Medway.

We are looking to expand the board with a range of skills and expertise (including but not limited to)

People with asthma

People who care for or work with people with asthma People with Human Resources experience People with Accountancy experience People with Media experience People with IT experience

If you could give a few hours each month to support your local asthma charity, please get in touch to discuss : admin@medwayasthmaselfhelp.co.uk or call 01634 855844

Volunteering With MASH

MASH volunteers are an essential part of our charity. They help support our clinics, outreach, fundraising events and also help in the office. We are always looking to increase our number of volunteers, meaning we can increase our reach and services within the local community. Any amount of time that you are ale to spare to help us, we will be vey grateful.

We would also love to hear from you if you have any fundraising ideas.

We are pleased to be part of the Medway Time Tempo Credits scheme, allowing volunteers to earn Time Credits for their time contributed to MASH. These can be spent on accessing activities across a nationwide network, as well as within Medway.

You can email us at admin@medwayasthmaselfhelp.co.uk or call us on 01634 855844 to find out more

- ’ Co ordinator s Report

2023 has proven to be a yet another very busy year here at MASH. Our face to face clinics are proving to be as busy as ever, with many people waiting at least 4 weeks to see Julie our Nurse. We continue to see many new clients during our sessions but also many returning clients for either follow up appointments or for their annual review. We have seen a decline in telephone appointments now that Covid restrictions have eased. However, we are still flexible in the way we run our sessions.

We have recently welcomed several new trustees onto our board who bring with them lots of expertise in many different areas including paediatric asthma, local air pollution and management and leadership. We have also welcomed a selection of new volunteers to our group that allow us to run our fundraising events, and to help our outreach and clinic afternoons to run smoothly and effectively. However, we would love to see our trustee board and volunteer pool continue to increase, so please get in contact if you are interested in helping us.

We continue to offer virtual support online with newsletters and presentation slides available to our supporters. We also participated in the #askaboutasthma campaign where we shared lots of information on our social media platforms. During the year we have also been able to attend a lot more outreach events that are based within the local community including many of our favourite events such as the Medway Mile where Deano made yet another great effort in the Mascot Race, Hempstead Village Fair, Mid Kent College Freshers Week and Tracey Crouch MPs over 55s Fair. We have also continued to work with St Augustines Church at their Place of Welcome Mornings and Autumn Fair and have enjoyed several mornings promoting our Community Fund Campaign with several Co-op Branches in Rochester.

This year has also seen the return of our popular Pamper Evenings. We were so pleased to welcome some old faces back to hold their wonderful stalls, and love the new relationships we have built with our new stall holders. It was a great success raising over £400 for MASH! We are really looking forward to organising our next Pamper Evening in early 2024, so if you are interested in holding a stall, either selling items or as a therapist, or would love to come and join us, please do not hesitate to get in contact.

In May we held our first World Asthma Day event. This event had many attendees from many different companies and charities that support us and the work that we do, including Medway Community Healthcare, Bedfont Scientific Ltd, Healthwatch Medway, The Rotary Club Gillingham and The Gary Bush Foundation, along with some of our Trustees and volunteers. It was a great success with many conversations around asthma and how was can collectively have a further positive impact on the asthma community in Medway. We were also very honoured to accept a £1,000 cheque from our friends at The Rotary Club, Gillingham as well as having the Mayor of Medway in attendance to reopen our clinic space officially during this event.

Our second Asthma Educational Event took place in July this year and was once again a huge success. Along with our partners and experts from Medway Maritime Hospital, University of Kent, University of Greenwich, Medway Community Healthcare and Medway Council we arranged a slightly different set up to how last years event ran, with talks from Dr Shanthi Paramothayan, Dr Surendra Sigham both from Medway Maritime Hospital, and Alan Stockey from Rainham Clever Breathers. The presentation slides from both Dr Paramothayan and Dr Singham can be found on our website https://www.medwayasthmaselfhelp.co.uk/asthma-educational-event/. It was great to see so many people come to learn more about asthma!

We have also continued to hold our popular quiz nights, in partnership with Roko Health Club. We have welcomed faces new and old and had so much fun along the way. Events like this continue to help us raise ever important funds for MASH, along with meeting new people and maybe learning something new!

Being part of the local Co-op Community Fund for the last year has also allowed us to start reaching areas that have been a little difficult for us to reach before. We have attended Peters Village and Rochester Riverside Co-ops to promote our charity cause which we have found very beneficial. We have recently been told that we have been awarded £4,344.72 from the Co-op, which will go to help our outreach to in the ME1 area. We have loved our developing relationships with everyone involved with the Co-op.

We have also been fortunate enough to have several supporters participate in a 10km Sponsored Run around Chatham Maritime and raise over £150 for MASH. We hope to make this an annual event, with more of our supporters participating each time. So, if you like running, or want a challenge, please get in contact to register for TEAM MASH 2024. We are also open to any other sponsored event that you may want to challenge yourself with, so please send your ideas to us so we can help you with your event.

Lastly, we were also very lucky to be chosen by our local Tesco stores this year, to be part of the Community Scheme, where shoppers were able to vote for their favourite charity to receive first, second or third prize. We were in two rounds of voting and in total received £1,500 from them for a new project that will launch in 2024. Keep your eyes peeled on our social media pages for further details!

Thank you so much to everyone who had helped MASH with either donations, time or support this year. Without your kindness we would not be able to continue providing the great services that we do!

Kirsty Ferguson Coordinator

Could you help keep MASH afloat?

Are you sound for a pound?

Are you able to make a small monthly donation to MASH?

Every pounds makes such a difference to us and helps us to continue to provide our services throughout Medway.

£1 pays for a stamp to send a letter to vulnerable clients to confirm their appointment

£5 allows 1 person a free asthma allergy test to help recognise their triggers

£10 provides our weekly clients with leaflets and factsheets after each advice sessions

£25 provides weekly clinics with the consumables needed for diagnosis and reviews

If you feel you are able to help , no matter how modestly, please let us know.

NOTES

Do You Shop Online?

You can help MASH raise free funds when you shop online via the EasyFundraising website / app.

EasyFundraising has over 7000 brand partners who will donate part of what you spend to a cause of your choice, at no extra cost to you.

Just sign up on the EasyFundraising website at https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/ or download the app from smartphone or tablets app store to register.

Fancy doing a sponsored event?

We would love to hear from anyone who might be interested in taking part in some challenge / sponsored event, including walks, runs, swims, cycles, abseils, team based assault courses or dragon boat racing.

We have recently had a small team run the Chatham Maritime 10km and raise some much needed funds for us. We are looking to expand our team for 2024, so if you fancy getting your running shoes on and giving yourself a challenge, please speak to Kirsty our Coordinator.

Clinic Report

It has been great to have been able to get back to normal in clinics over these past 12 months, following the restrictions due to COVID19.

Clinics resumed back at the MASH building and we have been able recommence Spirometry and FeNO testing as well as doing a couple of Allergy clinics. The need for appointments has not diminished and our Friday clinics have been booked solidly throughout the year. During this past year, medical articles and press releases from asthma charities have highlighted the severe shortage of basic diagnostic tests in Primary Care. For many GP practices, lack of funding for tests and the shortage of skilled practitioners mean that such tests are often unavailable, leading to delays in diagnosis and ongoing asthma management. Such reports reinforce the continued need for services like the asthma clinic provided by MASH.

Many thanks for the volunteers who tirelessly do the administration in the clinic each week, with particular thanks to Bridget Nightingale who has done the bulk of the Friday afternoons. Her attention to detail and her knowledge from her previous long experience in the field of asthma care is such a great help to me and to our clients. Thank you, Bridget.

In March of this year we were able to recruit Sharon Asare as a trainee Asthma Nurse. Sharon who is a Registered General Nurse has been learning in the clinics whilst undertaking an Asthma Diploma. We look forward to Sharon undertaking more clinical work in the future.

Julie Millest MASH Asthma Nurse

Clinic Feedback

Good, clear information said with a smile

Informative, friendly service Made me feel at ease

Made me feel at ease

All was excellent

Very understanding to my condition and offered insight into living with asthma

Explained about asthma and use of medication and inhalers. Gave me 12 Asthma Action Plan and explained what to do if I have an attack

’ - Treasurer s Report 2022 2023

At the end of September 2023, MASH has £43,024 in available funds. Of the funds available, £7086 is held in reserve and £6000 in restricted funds to complete specific projects as agreed with funders.

The total income for 2022-2023 was just over £19,000. The sources of income are shown in the table below. MASH is grateful for the continuing support from the CCG who contributed the largest proportion of this years income. Medway Councillors have been generous in remembering us in their Ward Fund allocations and grants were achieved by means of competitive bidders to funders. Fundraising has continued , supplemented by personal donations from our supporters either by small monthly standing orders or as a one-off sum. Included in the fundraising is also money raised by supporters remembering us when they shop online, at Co-op stores and supporting the Medway Lottery. Interest on the savings account was negligible this year.

This year MASH had a total expenditure of £28,981. The way in which the money was spent is detailed in the table below and in the accounts. The main expenses are salaries and items related to the MASH premises, they reflect and preparing the premises to be fully open.

I would like to thank all the individuals who have continued to support MASH and especially to the independent examiner Mr C Harvey for all the help he has given towards the preparation of the accounts and the advice he has given.

Maggie Cane Treasurer

We are grateful to the following organisations who have supported our work with grants and donations.

Medway Asthma Centre

Medway Asthma Self Help

Registered Charity Number 1196597

131 Watling Street, Gillingham, Kent ME7 2YY 01634 855844

admin@medwayasthmaselfhelp.co.uk

Facebook: @Medway.SelfHelp X : @MedwayAsthma Instagram: @medwayasthma

Opening Times

Monday 9.00am - 12noon Office Only Thursday 5.00pm - 8.00pm (telephone line only) Friday 2.00pm - 5.00pm

Clinic Details

A 30-minute consultation with a specialist asthma nurse on Fridays, by appointment only.

	Medway Asthma Self Help Charity Name	Medway Asthma Self Help Charity Name	Medway Asthma Self Help Charity Name	1196597 No (if any)	CC16a
	For the period from	10/01/2022 Period start date	To	30/9/2023 Period end date

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Donations Fund raising Grants Interest refunds	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 2780 2754 12546 177 - - - 18,257 - - - 18,257 4,993 893 560 448 - 485 118 303 13,243 21,043 -	Restricted funds to the nearest £ 1000 0 0 44 - - - 1,044 - - - 1,044 2,459 440 276 625 875 239 874 150 2,000 7,938 -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ 0 0 0 0 0	Total funds to the nearest £ 3780 2754 12546 221 0 - - - 19,301 - - - 19,301 7,452 1,333 836 1,073 875 724 992 453 15,243 28,981 - - - 28,981 - 9,680	Last year to the nearest £ 1555 1938 26369 4 439
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	18,257			19,301	30,305

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Sub total*	-			-	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments Rent + insurance Telephone + internet Water/electricity/cleaning Fundraising + publicity Training Stationary + postage Clinic Miscellaneous Salaries + pension conts **Sub total **
			-	19,301	30,305

			- - - - - - - - - -	7,452	8,708
				1,333	1,146
				836	896
				1,073	585
				875	-
				724	64
				992	254
				453	317
				15,243	13,980
				28,981	25,950

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
Air ventilator	-	-	-	-	899
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**Sub total **	-	-	-	-	899
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
			-	28,981	26,849

	- 2,786		-	- 9,680	3,456
	-		- -	-
	33,698			52,704	49,250
	30,912		-	43,024	52,706

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

18/01/2024

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Dr Clive Johnson Signature Wei Wei Details Details current accounts reserves pettycash Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 30,854 5,026 - 7,086 58 30,912 12,112 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name WEI WEI Dr Clive Johnson	Endowment funds to nearest £
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		Date of approval
Wei Wei	WEI WEI	15/12/2023
Dr Clive Johnson	Dr Clive Johnson	15/12/2023

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

18/01/2024