## **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**
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reference||
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|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||
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|||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.|
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|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||
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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|
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|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**
**Chair Peoples-Praxis Mentorship - Peoples-Praxis 28/8/24**