## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From January 2023 Period start date To December 2023 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Freedom Support Network** ## **Charity registration number: 1200109** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**1. To promote the rehabilitation of women**
**18 and above, who may have just been**
**released from prison or within the**
**criminal justice system by:-**
**providing advice and assistance and**
**organising programmes of physical,**
**educational and other activities as a**
**means of advancing in life and helping**
**them develop their skills, build their**
**capacities and capabilities to enable**
**them to rebuild their lives and participate**
**more actively in their communities; and**
**providing support and encouragement**
**through the provision of counselling,**
**coaching, training, advisory and sign-**
**posting support.**
**2. To promote social inclusion for the**
**public benefit by preventing people from**
**becoming socially excluded, relieving the**
**needs of those people who are socially**
**excluded and assisting them to integrate**
**into society.**| |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|**Main activities are: Counselling,**
**coaching, training, workshops, advisory**
**and signposting services.**
**Our services are aimed at building skills**
**for individuals to improve their chances**
**of gaining meaningful employment.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Our services and activities since**
**inception have been in line with the**
**purposes for which the charity was**
**established and in line with the**
**guidelines of the charity Commission.**
**The activities and programmes we have**| **curated and been carrying out provide guidance, coaching and counselling support with the aim to help people rebuild their lives after custody and have a space for advocacy, while they transform their experiences with life changing actions and emerge as who they have always wanted to be. The programmes provide support services for female ex-offenders who have just been out of custody within a three-month period of release.** |**Additional information (optional)**
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You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**We don’t currently engage in grant**
**making.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**As a fledgling charity, we are still**
**gathering advise on how to embark on**
**social investment.**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**We have had some volunteers supporting**
**our work by giving their time and**
**knowledge to allow us reach more of the**
**individuals who need our services.**| |Other||| ## **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|**Our charity has been able to work**
**successfully with 25 people, impacting**
**about 150 family members, through our**
**various programmes which include:**
**Envision anew - a programme that allows**
**new ex-offender women start life on a**
**fresh look, through active coaching or**
**counselling services, CV writing, referral**
**or sign posting to business incubators**
**and advisory services, depending on the**
**paths they choose after custody.**
**Also, with our shop your dream job**
**project – bespoke career coaching is**
**given to service users who choose to**
**tread a new career path after custody,**
**giving them the confidence and clarity**
**they need to integrate in the world of**
**work, to boost their finances and rebuild**
**their lives.**| |---|---|---|---| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Our Charity is so far, largely self- funded.**
**And during the period in account,**
**donations were made to the group only**
**by the trustees.**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Reserves may be held in accounts after**
**all Charity expenses have been paid and**
**reserves may be carried over for the next**
**financial year.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£330.87**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |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|**Detailed below**| ## **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|**Self-Funding**
**Actively engaged in Fundraising Efforts**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**In progress**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The Charity risks stopping its operations**
**if fundraising support is not received in**
**good time, but we are working to getting**
**funding agencies and companies to**
**understand the value of our work and**
**cause. We are also looking at other ways**
**that we improve our social investment**
**potential.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Foundation Model**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Charitable Incorporated Organisation**| |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 appointed by the Chair.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Freedom Support Network| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1200109| |Charity’s principal address|Unit C6, Seedbed Business Centre, Vanguard Way,
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mutiat Adebowale|||| ||Anne-Marie
Greenslade|||| ||Charmaine Lily|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – 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** ## **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 ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** mtadebowale **Full name(s)** Mutiat Adebowale **Position (eg Secretary,** Trustee Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 10/05/2024