Trustee Annual Report 2022 Charity Name: Foyle Sailability Registered Charity Number.. NI l 01212 This report relates to financial year l January 2022 to 31 December 2022 The principal address of the Charity is: c/0 Cable and Accessories 6 Balliniska Business Park Springtown Londonderry B T48 OLY The following individuals were the Charity knsts¢s on the date the report W&8 approved. l. Garry Crothers 2.Kieran McAllister 3.Ken Curry 4.John Pollock The following individuals served as Charity trustees during the year: l. Garry Crothers 2.Kieran McAllister 3.Ken Curry 4.John Pollock The Charity was fonned in 2015. The Clwity is governed by a constitution.
The Charitable purposes of the Charity are: Foyle Sailability is a cross-bord¢r voluntary organisation which aims to deliver opportunities for sailing and other water-based activities to people with disabilities from across the North West region of Ireland. We make these sports accessible with the help of specialised equipment, such as a hoist at Foyle Port Marina. accessible boats" access to the water via p)ntoons at Foyle Port Marina and Greenc&stle Co Donegal; and support from trained and qualified volunteers. To further these pun)oses for the public benefil w¢ carried out the following activities: Forti]ightly on the water group boating experiences and individual sail training sessions and annual regattas together with classroom-based training. The n]n achievements of the Charity in the year were.. 2022 began with us all still under the Covid cloud. ThankMly things eased gradually, but the weather dccided that we were not going to get back to nornd as regards sailing. It seemed that every time we planned to get on the water, the wind and rain were against us. After many years, we eventually were given access to the Derry City and Strabane Council compound at Prehen for storing some of our boats and equipment and late in the year we eventually had access to the new pontoon which has proved to be an excellent facKIity. ThankflY the season wasn't totsl lost when we entered four sailors in the President's cup in Carrickfergus run by Belfast Lough Sailability. All did well in thc Hanses in what became quite lumpy conditions. Despite the lack of training throughout the season they all competed well with a big improvement in standards from previous years. We competed along with Belfast Lough Sailability and Lough Erne Sailability &s team Ulster. Aft¢r Winning the Presi(knt's cup in 2021 for the first time, we managed to retain it this year. A great achi¢vcment by everyone. We participated in two days at the Lough Foyle Maritime Festival providing mainly on the water experiences to the disabled which was well received even though the weather was pretty awful most of the time. We welcomed some new members joining us this year, and also managed to put another three members through the Powerboat Level 2 training and along with the other volunteers that already have the qualification they will be great assets to the club.
Looking forward to 2023 we are hoping for good sailing weather and to make fi]11 use of the new pontoon and facilities at Prehen. The trustees have read the Commission's Public Benefit requirement statutory guidance and have had regard to this when running the Charity. A review of the Charity's financial position at the end of the year: In the financial year l January 2022 to 31 Dember 2022 the Clwity had an income of £5,723.79 and an expenditure of £5273.82 There are no funds held by the Charity that are materially in deficit. nature Name Ken Curry Secre John Polloek Treasurer Date 2uI IIo"L3