## **Northern Ireland Mental Health Arts Festival**
**Annual Report and Unaudited Accounts for Year ending 4[th] April 2024**
Charity Registration Number: NIC 103013
## **Annual Report and Unaudited Accounts for Year Ending 4[th] April 2024**
## **Board Report for the Year Ended 4[th] April 2024**
We were delighted to celebrate our 10th Annual NI Mental Health Arts Festival in May 2023 and are thrilled with the response from our Stakeholders, Festival Partners, our Artists, Arts and Cultural Organisations, and our Funders, without whom Festival and our other creative projects would not be possible. Our gratitude to our principal Festival funders Belfast City Council and The Baring Foundation for their investment in Festival and funding for our international residencies in Cambodia and the Lebanon. We thank the Arts Council for funding the Moving Canvas project, Dormant Accounts Fund for supporting organisation development, the Mental Health Foundation for support for Festival, and Film Hub NI for funding to create a documentary on the Lebanon residency . One strand of funding that proved to be key to the development of NIMHAF was the financial support we received from Futurescreens NI. This has been a key component of our growth and underpinned our future strategic development.
With festival 2023 we have exceeded our own expectations this year, with a rich and diverse programme of events, created in collaboration with our Festival Partners and Funders. We embraced a diverse range of artforms, eclectic and engaging across Northern Ireland, with an extensive range of events and exhibitions leading into and beyond our Festival dates from the 11[th] to 21[st] May . It was a festival celebrating artists and arts organizations regional and internationally. Festival 2023 created a positive platform for Festival 2024.
Other activities that took place during 2024/24 were the international residency in Beirut where six Belfast based artists engaged with artists from Lebanon. This project will culminate in exhibitions and a project film screening during 2024/25 and at Festival 2024.
2023 saw the departure of Festival Director, Dawn Richardson. Dawn has made a major contribution to the success and progress of the Festival and to NIMHAF as an organisation. We thank Dawn for her leadership of the organisation and contributions she made to our success.
To fill the gap created by Dawn’s departure we appointed a temporary Festival Coordinator, Casey- Jade Campbell. Casey-Jade came from a background in performing arts and she brought with her knowledge and expertise in this and other creative fields. Casey- Jade worked in partnership with NIMHAF Chairperson, Noelle McAlinden to programme Festival 2024 which took place in May 2024.
## **Charity Trustees 2023-24**
The Trustees during this year were Noelle McAlinden (Chair), Damien Coyle (Vice Chair), Emma Berry, Frank Liddy, Brenda Brady, Hattie Godfrey, William Nicholson.
## **NIMHAF 2023 Programme**
Our NIMHAF Festival coincided with Mental Health Awareness Week and ran from 11[th] -21[st] May 2023, we are delighted to have brought together, a programme of diverse, dynamic and evolving arts activities with over 50 key events included. We presented a diverse & eclectic programme, embracing new & evolving visual & performance art, as well as theatre, spoken word and moving image arts, the festival celebrated the creativity, lived experience & selfexpression from both emerging & established as well as internationally renowned artists. All were united in challenging stigma & celebrating the pivotal role of creativity self-expression & the arts upon our Mental Health & Wellbeing.
Festival’s diverse programme incorporated visual and performing arts, theatre, film, choral and musical ensembles, poetry, spoken word, photography, sonic art, panel discussions, residencies and printmaking.
We continue through NIMHAF 2023 to empower artists to express themselves & instil confidence in creatives to come together and form, to connect & share beyond the Festival. NIMHAF encouraged their collective work to flourish and come to life, creating a safe space to engage & express emotion, lived experience & challenging stigma of talking about personal mental health. We have many examples of the diversity of our programme including the following:
:
## **Mindful Colouring Belfast Central Library - Belfast**
A morning of mindful colouring in Belfast Central Library.
## **Artcetera Warriors Against Stigma NIR Personality Disorder Network - Belfast**
Group exhibition raising awareness of EUPD/BPD and tackling the myths and stigma it attracts.
## **'Myth'**
## **Millennium Court - Portadown**
'Myth' exhibits a collection of drawings and ceramics produced by Action Mental Health service users based in Portadown and Newry.
## **Masks, Myths & Magic Crescent Arts Centre - Belfast** Exhibition from Armagh Rhymer, Dara Vallely.
## **Megalith Paul Doran**
Written piece by Paul Doran inspired by our 2023 Artist Residency.
## **Void Gallery – Derry/Londonderry Re_sett_ing_s Jaki Irvine and Locky Morris**
Void Gallery presented Re_sett_ing_s, a collaborative exhibition between Locky Morris and Jaki Irvine.
## **The Strand Arts Centre - Belfast**
## **Ní Fheicfeadh Iora an Talamh Billy Woods**
An Exhibition from Belfast-based Photographer Billy Woods.
## **The Black Box - Belfast My Creative Life Creative Lives**
A poetry and photography project run by Creative Lives working with 12 groups across NI.
## **The Art of Conversation with Bronagh Gallagher Noëlle McAlinden & Bronagh Gallagher**
Interview with this year's 'Festival Advocate'
## **Echo Echo Dance Theatre - Derry/Lomdonderry Ghosts**
## **Echo Echo Dance Studio**
An Evocative Theatre Dance Piece from Echo Echo Dance Studio.
## **Seamus Heaney Homeplace - Bellaghy**
## **Earth to Alice**
## **Alice McCullough**
Performance poet Alice McCullough brings her critically acclaimed one-woman show to Seamus Heaney Homeplace.
## **2 Royal Avenue - Belfast Migration, Art & Mind Anaka Women's Collective**
An exhibition of work from artists in the Anaka Women’s Collective.
## **2 Royal Avenue - Belfast Transmythology EG Dunne**
Audio-visual installation exploring the mythology of the artist.
## **Crescent Arts Centre - Belfast**
## **Introduction to Poetry Therapy Shelley Tracey**
Poetry Workshop Designed to Inspire by Shelley Tracey
## **Ormeau Library - Belfast Family Storytelling Time Ormeau Library**
Family storytelling time for children with Collin Urwin from Armstrong Storytelling Trust.
## **Sonic Arts Lab SARC - Belfast Myths, Landscape & Soundscape SARC**
A Collaborative Sound Bath Experience at Sonic Lab in SARC.
## **FE McWilliam Gallery - Banbridge Myths at FE McWilliam FE McWilliam**
A Special Tour of Works at the FE McWilliam for NIMHAF.
## **University of Atypical - Belfast Into Another World - Brain Injury Matters**
Stories from the Creative Workshop participants of Brain Injury Matters.
**The Duncairn - Belfast**
## **Suaimhneas**
Listen to some of Ireland's best new musicians in the chilled out folk and ambient scene in an intimate and meditative space.
This is a brief overview of our activities in 2023/24 and provides insight into the scope of activity delivered by our small and dedicated team of staff and proactive Board members. 2024 ended as a year of reflection and as an organisation we have major decision to make regarding our programmes, our brand identity, staff and board structure, strategic direction, and future ambitions. We hope you join us on this exciting journey going forward.
**Noelle McAlinden**
## **Chairperson**
**Date:** 16/12/2024
## **Northern Ireland Mental Health Arts Festival**
## **Statement of Financial Activities including Income and Expenditure at 4[th] April 2024**
||**Note**|||**Mar-24**|**Mar-23**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Income & Endowments**||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Total**|**Total**|
|Donation & Legacy|1|436.96|63939.21|64376.17||
|Charitable Activity|2|860.70||860.70||
|Investment Income||||||
|**Total Income**||1297.66|63939.21|65236.87|42428.90|
|**Expenditure**||||||
|Cost of activities|3|3975.26|43016.68|46991.94|31148.22|
|Net (exp) income||-2677.60|20922.53|18244.93|11280.68|
|Funds Brought forward||2711.71|12081.79|14793.50|3512.82|
|Total Funds Carried||||||
|Forward||34.11|33004.32|33038.43|14793.50|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and loses recognised in the year.
All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities
## **Northern Ireland Mental Health Arts Festival**
## **Statement of Financial Activities including Income and Expenditure at 31[st] March 2024**
## **Balance Sheet**
|**Fixed Assets**
**Current**
**Assets**
Debtor
reserve A/c
30000
Cash at Bank
3038.33
**Creditors**
**Net Current**
**Assets**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Unrestricted**|2024
2023
33038.33
14793.50
33038.33
14793.50
33004.32
12081.79
34.11
2711.71|
|---|---|
||**33038.43**
**14793.5**|
The financial statements were approved by the Board on 19 December 2024.
**Noelle McAlinden Damien Coyle Chairperson Acting Treasurer Date:** 19/12/2024 **Date:** 19/12/2024
**Notes - Fy23-24 Apr 2023 - Mar 2024**
|**Note**
**1**
**2**
3||**Quarter**
**4**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Current Period Jan- **|**Mar 2024**
**Variance**
-1,165.00
-1,925.30
16,643.22
-750.00
22,450.00
2,223.02
0.00
-125.00
-250.00
**£37,100.94**
-768.54
25.50
-136.88
-243.75
-445.63
-2,159.80
**-3,729.10**|**Year to Date at Dec 2023**
**Annual**
**Actual**
**Budget**
**Variance**
**Budget**|||
|||**Actual**
**Budget**||**Actual**
**Budget**|||
|||0.00
1,165.00
0.00
1,925.30
0.00
4,777.00
0.00
750.00
0.00
3,750.00
0.00
741.01
**0.00**
0.00
0.00
125.00
0.00
250.00
**£0.00**
**£13,483.31**
1088.00
1,148.18
0.00
25.50
0.00
45.63
700.00
456.25
0.00
226.88
0.00
1,886.60
**1,788.00**
**3,789.03**||4,194.00
4,660.00
6,160.96
7,701.20
21,420.22
19,108.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
26,200.00
15,000.00
2,964.03
2,964.03
0.00
0.00
436.96
500.00
860.70
1,000.00
**£65,236.87**
**£53,933.23**
3,004.72
4,592.72
101.99
101.99
182.50
182.50
1,650.00
1,825.00
672.51
907.51
4,046.40
7,546.40
**9,658.12**
**15,156.12**|Carried Forward reserves||
||**Income**||||||
||Arts Council
Local Authority Belfast
City Council CC3
DFC Future Screens (
Ulster Uni ) CC 1
Dormant Accounts
Baring Foundation CC 2
Film Hub NI Award/QUB
Investment Income /
NIMHAFF
Other Income
Earned Income - inc
**Total Income**||||-466.00
4,660.00
-1,540.24
7,701.20
2,312.22
19,108.00
0.00
3,000.00
11,200.00
15000
0.00
2,964.03
0.00
0.00
-63.04
500.00||
||||||-139.30
1,000.00||
||||||**£11,303.64**
**£53,933.23**
1,588.00
4,592.72
0.00
101.99
0.00
182.50
175.00
1,825.00
235.00
907.51
3,500.00
7,546.40
**5,498.00**
**15,156.12**||
||**Expenditure**||||||
||**Staff Costs**
Salaries CC 1
Pension Costs NEST
Vialble
Freelance Wendy
Blemigs
Governance Trustee
expenses (Noelle)
Dawn Richardson Artistic
Director
**Total Staffing**||||||
|||||||**0.00**|
|**Festival Expenditure **
**CC 2**
Dawn Richardson project
Artist Costs Oct5 23
Beirut Inv Folder
**Overheads**
Insurances
Copier /
Print/Post/Stationery
Festival Merchandise
Advertising & Promotion
Travel**D Richardson**
Consultants Fees &
Subscriptions
Legal & Professional Arts
& Business
Audit & Accountancy
Bank Charges
Glasgow expenses
catering subsistence etc
Office Equipment / hire /
S/w sub/ Website
**Total Overheads**
**Total Expenditure**
**Operating**
**Surplus/(Deficit)**
**Net Funds Carried**
**Forward**|0.00
4,072.50
-11,767.51
0.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
2870.00
1,605.00
-1,945.00
**2870.00**
**8,177.50**
**-11,212.51**
0.00
24.00
24.00
0.00
100.00
100.00
0.00
116.51
116.51
0.00
300.00
300.00
455.19
308.97
-146.22
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
45.00
45.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
260.83
-782.48|15,840.01
16,290.01
10,000.00
10,000.00
6,420.00
6,420.00
**32,260.01**
**32,710.01**
96.00
96.00
400.00
400.00
466.02
466.02
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,235.87
1,235.87
0.00
0.00
180.00
180.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1,043.30
1,043.30|15,840.01
16,290.01
10,000.00
10,000.00
6,420.00
6,420.00
**32,260.01**
**32,710.01**
96.00
96.00
400.00
400.00
466.02
466.02
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,235.87
1,235.87
0.00
0.00
180.00
180.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
1,043.30
1,043.30|
|---|---|---|---|
||386.00
113.16
-272.85
**841.19**
**1,268.45**
**-616.04**
**£5,499.19**
**£9,129.99**
**-**
**£16,112.65**
**-**
**£5,499.19**
**£4,353.32**
**£20,988.30**|452.62
452.62
**5,073.81**
**5,073.81**
**£46,991.94**
**£36,519.94**
**£18,244.93**
**£17,413.29**|0.00
452.62
**0.00**
**5,073.81**
**£5,948.00**
**£52,939.94**
**£17,251.64**
**£993.29**|
|||£33,038.43||
## **Cost Centre Summary - Fy23-24 Apr 2023 - Mar 2024**
||||||||**Bal 31**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Receipt**|**Cost**|**Bal**|||**CC**|**March**||
|**Income Stream**|**Date**|**Centre**|
**1/4/23**|**Income**|**Expenditure**|**Transfer**|**24**|**Notes / designated expenditure**|
|||||||yearend|||
||||£B/f|£|£|adj|£c/f||
|UU Future Screen Grant Jul|||||||||
|/Dec 23|Jul/ Dec 23|CC1|7081.79|21420.22|5,331.61|0.00|23,170.40|Staffing Costs/ Dawn inv Oct 36hrs|
|Mental Health Foundation||CC2|5000|0|2,791.50|0.00|2,208.50|Dawn R invoice April invs x2 Beirut|
||May , Jun||||||||
|QUB Film Hub|2023|CC3||2964.03|2964.03|0|0.00|Dawn R invoice 26/4|
|Belfast City Council|Jul-23|CC5||6160.96|6173.83|12.87|0.00|Fight Words May 23 invs Artist /**20% due D/down**|
|Dormant Accounts|Sep-23|CC6||3000|1510.87|0|1,489.13|Glasgow trip|
|ACNI (Nov 23)|Nov-23|CC7||4194|2870|0|1,324.00|**10% grant to drawn down**|
||May jun jul||||||||
|Baring Trust|23|CC8||26200|21374.84|0|4,825.16|DR 26/4 /Beirut Project|
|**Total Restricted**|||**12081.79**|**63939.21**|**43,016.68**|**12.87**|**33,004.32**||
|**Unrestricted**||Core|2711.71|436.96|3,530.83|-12.87|-382.16|Governance Noelle / Dawn travel Glasgow etc|
|Eventbrite/ paypal QUB|||||||||
|General|May-23|||860.7|444.43||416.27|D Richardson inv 26/4|
|**Total Unrestricted**|||**2711.71**|**1297.66**|**3975.26**|**-12.87**|**34.11**||
|**Total Funds**|||**14793.5**|**65236.87**|**46,991.94**|**0.00**|**33,038.43**||