**Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 14th July 2022 **To** 31st July 2023
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1199647 **Charity's principal address** Athol House 65a Duke Street, Chelmsford, Essex **Postcode CM1 1HL**
Reach Out for Mental Health
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||Joanne Remo|||Thandekile Kawenga|
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||Frederick Hillinger|||KirstyEaton|
||Hollie White|||Frederick Hillinger|
||Charlie Patterson|||Caron Sanders-Crook|
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Kirsty Eaton – Chief Executive Officer **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) CIO How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) We advertise widely through advertisement platforms such as Indeed and Trustee selection methods Charity job boards. Our CEO will speak to any candidates initially and then (eg. appointed by, elected by) ask for a Trustee to interview the potential Trustee alongside her. It will then go to a vote to the rest of the Board.
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
- We have a Trustee handbook which is available at request, along with
- You **may choose** to include other applicable trustees policies and guidance documents.
- additional information, where relevant, about: Reach Out For Mental Health exercises a typical centralised, hierarchical
- • organisational structure. Our organisational structure is small but efficient. policies and procedures adopted for the induction and We have a board of Trustees which manage and work alongside the CEO. The CEO then line manages the Operations Manager, who line manages
- training of trustees; the Service Coordinator. The Service Coordinator then manages the
- • the charity’s organisational student counsellors and volunteer befrienders and coffee group structure and any wider facilitators. network with which the charity works;
- • relationship with any related We don’t have any relationships with any related parties. No conflicts of interests have been declared to either the CEO or Board.
- parties;
- • trustees’ consideration of Our risks are identified, monitored and managed through our risk register, major risks and the system which can be discussed with potential donors, funders and partnering and procedures to manage organisations. them.
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## **Section C Objectives and activities**
|**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities undertaken for the**
**public benefit in relation to**
**these objects (include within**
**this section the statutory**
**declaration that trustees have**
**had regard to the guidance**
**issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public**
**benefit)**|The founding aims and objectives are to reduce the number of attempted
and completed suicides in Essex through the delivery of free counselling
and other welfare-related services to adults living in Essex.|
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||In November 2022 the Board of Trustees together with the CEO decided
to change the model of service from befriending to counselling. This was
due to the Nationwide crisis with the shortage of volunteers down to
COVID and the cost of living crisis. Demand for the service was
increasing but the number of volunteers available to help was reducing
rapidly. By becoming a placement provider and offering free counselling
we could still be there to provide potentially life saving support to those
living with suicidal thoughts but we would have access to a continually
growing pool of students; level 4 student counsellors need 100 clinical
hours on placement to qualify. When making the decision the Trustees
maintained regard to the public benefit, ensuring that the change in our
model would not conflict with this declaration in any way.
In September 2022 we launched our Man Down campaign, asking for
friends and family- ANYONE to take the free 20 minute suicide
awareness training provided through Zero Suicide Alliance. This was to
ensure that everyone has the skills to identify if someone they care about
is struggling with suicidal thoughts and to give them the confidence to
start a conversation.
We have continued with our podcast, speaking to a range of people from
different backgrounds about their experiences of suicidal thoughts,
attempts and bereavement of suicide.|
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
We do not have policies relating to grant making or investment. Our volunteers have volunteered around 400 hours of support to adults struggling in Essex. Please see below some testimonials from clients regarding the life saving support they have received. _“I appreciate all the help from people like you and your wider team. All of you collectively can relish in the thought that if it weren't for you gals & guys, that I would not be here texting you right now, and in addition, two little munchkins still have their father, even if I can't see them. You and your wider teams, the NHS and it's mental health extensions were the only people I had or have, and you all will always be in my prayers, forever. Please pass this message on to Neil as well, thank you, and God Bless you and you're loved ones.”_ Feedback from coffee group participant _“Since I’ve been coming to the group I have been very happy and the people I have been seeing and the staff have helped me a lot. I have gone through depression, but when I come here, it makes me feel happier, and I want to continue coming here for as long as I can. I am pleased with what happened to me.”_
## Section D Achievements and performance
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## Section D Achievements and erformance p
**Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year**
During this financial period we have supported around 300 adults with a combination of counselling, befriending and coffee groups services across Essex. This is a total of nearly 3000 hours of **FREE** support, from a combination of our student counsellors, volunteer befriender and coffee group facilitators and our service coordinator providing welfare calls.
We launched our counselling service and officially became a placement provider for student counsellors in February 2023. We began working with one learning provider in Thurrock and took on another in the summer. At the time of writing we are working with 7 learning providers, supporting around 15 student counsellors who offer a combination of face to face, virtual and phone based counselling to adults across Essex, **FREE** of charge.
Reach Out For Mental Health has had a long-term, sustained impact on vulnerable adults Essex wide. The achievement of the charity has cut across a variety of realms, including increasing social access for vulnerable people, providing support networks, supporting and coordinating external agencies with clients' community support, and directing reducing suicide attempts. Another accomplishment which the charity has achieved is the organisational sustainability of employing two staff members and developing plans for two more, demonstrating the financial stability and organisational maturity of the charity.
Lastly, the charity has overcome regulatory ambiguity due to the unregulated industry of student counselling. The charity as undertake its ethical and legal responsibility to uphold all safeguarding measures for all parties involved both in a corporate and clinical context.
The charity has expanded its competency by consulting industry experts in therapy, policy, risk and clinical matters. The extension of organisational capability reflects the charity's commitment to positive societal impact and providing ethically and clinically informed services for vulnerable clients.
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**
The Charity currently has a minimum of three months running costs (including salaries) in reserves. The Board and the CEO will maintain this wherever possible.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
N/A
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
The charity receives funding from various sources, including the NHS, the National Lottery, and other local funders as well as individual fundraising and donations.
We also engage in fundraising activities such as football games, cake sales and other events. Regardless of the source, we ensure that all of our funding comes from organisations and individuals that uphold the highest ethical standards.
The funds we receive are used to support the charity's key objectives, such as providing essential services, raising awareness, and advocating for our cause.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** J.Kawenga **Full name(s)** Juliana Thandekile Kawenga **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Trustee **etc) Date** 03/05/2024
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**Charity Name No (if any) Reach Out For Mental Health CIO 1199647**
## **Receipts and payments accounts**
**For the period** Period start date **from** 14-Jul-22
Period end date 31-Jul-23
**To**
## **CC16a**
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds**
**Total funds Last year**
|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**|**Last year**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**
Thurrock Lifestyle Solutuons CIC
**950**
Donations
**4,135**
Essex CommunityFoundation
**-**
National Lottery (3)
**-**
VoluntarySector Development Fund(2)
**-**
Awards for All
**-**
Colchester Borough Council
**-**
PWC LLP
**-**
180 Consulting
**-**
Andrew Blakey
**-**
ASDA
**-**
C360 Bursary- Thurrock
**-**
Health Education
**-**
Colchester Catalyst
**-**
NHS - Mid & South Essex
**-**
**-**
**5,085**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 5,085**
**A3 Payments**
Room Hire and Rates
**-**
Travelling Expenses
**-**
Printing and Stationery
**74**
Telephone and Computer charges
**566**
Equipment and Rental
**-**
Maintenance
**-**
General Expenses and Marketing
**933**
Bank Charges and Interest
**-**
Gross Wages
**403**
Professional Fees
**579**
**_Sub total_ 2,555**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 2,555**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 2,530**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 2,530**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**11,918**
**64,580**
**10,413**
**969**
**18,900**
**2,241**
**1,200**
**4,023**
**1,010**
**1,500**
**3,485**
**15,000**
**15,000**
**-**
**150,239**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**150,239**
**2,417**
**3,094**
**227**
**4,628**
**-**
**9**
**4,911**
**3**
**55,407**
**7,036**
**77,732**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**77,732**
**72,507**
**-**
**-**
**72,507**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**
**950**
**4,135**
**11,918**
**64,580**
**10,413**
**969**
**18,900**
**2,241**
**1,200**
**4,023**
**1,010**
**1,500**
**3,485**
**15,000**
**15,000**
**-**
**155,324**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**155,324**
**2,417**
**3,094**
**301**
**5,194**
**-**
**9**
**5,844**
**3**
**55,809**
**7,615**
**80,287**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**80,287**
**75,038**
**-**
**-**
**75,038**|**to the nearest £**|
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**950**|**-**|
||||**4,135**|**-**|
||||**11,918**|**-**|
||||**64,580**|**-**|
||||**10,413**|**-**|
||||**969**|**-**|
||||**18,900**|**-**|
||||**2,241**|**-**|
||||**1,200**|**-**|
||||**4,023**|**-**|
||||**1,010**|**-**|
||||**1,500**|**-**|
||||**3,485**|**-**|
||||**15,000**|**-**|
||||**15,000**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**155,324**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**|**155,324**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**2,417**|**-**|
||||**3,094**|**-**|
||||**301**|**-**|
||||**5,194**|**-**|
||||**-**|**-**|
||||**9**|**-**|
||||**5,844**|**-**|
||||**3**|**-**|
||||**55,809**|**-**|
||||**7,615**|**-**|
||||**80,287**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**|**-**|
||||||
|||**-**|**80,287**|**-**|
||||||
||**72,507**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**75,038**|**-**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**72,507**||**75,038**|**-**|
## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
|**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Details**
Bank & Cash
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Creditors
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**2,555**
**-**
**-**
**2,555**
Agreement Error
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Unrestricted
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**to nearest £**
**77,106**
**-**
**-**
**77,106**
Agreement Error
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||OK|
|||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**-**|
|||||**When due**
**(optional)**|
||Creditors|Unrestricted|**25**||
||||**-**||
||||**-**||
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Signature
Date of Print Name approval
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