2024-04-01-accounts

Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period

From: 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024

Charity name: PEOPLES-PRAXIS

Charity registration number: 1197471

Objectives and activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governance document	Para 1.17	The aim of Peoples-Praxis mentorship is to  Identify public health competency areas where a mentorship approach to teaching is benefcial.  Engage professionals with experience and expertise in these competency areas to reduce unequal distribution of practical skills in public health to improve global health.  Match mentors and mentees based on skills, interests, and personal goals.  Support personal and professional development of graduates of public health in Low- and Middle- Income Countries (LMICs) by empowering them in areas of public health such as academia, peer review, and open publishing.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public beneft, in particular, the	Para 1.17 and 1.19	Objectives 1. To identify public health competency areas where a mentorship approach to education is benefcial.

	activities, projects or services identifed in the accounts.		2. Recruit and match those with experience (mentors) to guide those wanting to put their public health skills into practice (mentees) to reduce unequal distribution of practical skills in public health and improve global health. 3. Support personal & professional development of graduates in public health by empowering them and putting practical skills at the centre. 4. Ofer online training resources and activities, ensuring these are open access (freely available to all) 5. Enable mentors to gain experience with interactions with a wide range of mentees 6. Explore the potential for mentor and mentee practitioners to create knowledge 7. Provide assistance throughout the research pathway, including grant applications, peer review, publications, and a platform for open publishing thereby seeking to increase the peer-review publication output of mentees from LMICs, enhancing their visibility, credibility, and impact in the feld of public health In the future, we plan to also incorporate the following activities:  Peer support for mentors  Develop a broad partnership of organisations providing public health services in LMICs (particularly in Africa) who can support and steer this initiative  Explore providing resources with accreditation  Create an award system that will reward those who demonstrate their ability to put their skills into practice, as well as for mentors  Advocacy work with partners or policy makers (eg WHO) to achieve broader objectives or make further strides in advancing the face of public health. This may involve country-based coordinators recruited to lead on networks within their country to market Peoples-Praxis mentoring programme,manage applicants and ensure that

		enrolled participants use the services productively.  Graduates from the scheme to be encouraged to continue supporting colleagues and establish a network of students and mentors involved in collaborative projects.
Statement confrming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public beneft	Para 1.18	The trustees are aware of the guidance and confrm that the purpose of the charity is to beneft the public in general (an efective mentoring programme benefts both mentors, mentees and the public that they serve). The purpose does not give rise to more than incidental personal beneft to the Peoples-Praxis Charity trustees and steering group.

Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the diference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its benefciaries and any wider benefts to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	Over the last year the Charity has;  provided mentorship and free e- courses to public health staf in the Yemen  developed and pilot tested in- house administrative software for the mentorship work  established a Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations University  contributed to thedevelopment of an open research platform to increase public health research capacity in Africa  achieved the frst mentee led publication from the programme  established a special project training opportunity for public health trainees in the UK in collaboration with the National Institute for Health and Care

Excellence

 secured funding for 2.5 years; now preparing bids for ongoing funding

Financial review

Review of the charity’s fnancial position at the end of the period	see summary below
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	the charity has limited reserves to cover annual costs
Amount of reserves held	12997 March 2024
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	reserves cover current year, funding is being sourced

Structure, governance and management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document: for example, trust deed, memorandum and articles of association etc	Para 1.25	Governance document available and updated in 2024

How is the charity constituted? for example limited company, unincorporated association, CIO	Para 1.25	 12 January 2022: CIO registration
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	Trustees are recruited through professional organisations on a volunteer basis.

Declarations

The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors

Dr Hannah Patrick

Consultant Clinical Advisor and Educational Supervisor

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence NICE UK

Mobile; 07572547370

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