Trustees. Annual Report for the period Period start date 0110412018 Period end date 3110312019 Charlty name: D'sign Charity registration numbor: 105202 Objectives and Activities Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its gov8ming document D'sign Arts was fwrned in 2016 and is a charity aimed for Deaf people, the hard of hearing, CODAS (Children of Deaf Adulis) and hearing peopFe with an interest in the arts to come together to create devised theatre and attend Workshops on a rang8 of topics from Art and Drama to Yoga and Wellbeing. We aim to achieve equality of access of all arts and culture to Sign Language users and promot8 equality for Deaf performers as well as Deaf aUdienS. We also aim to accornplish the mixing of Deaf and Hearing artists improving integration betsv8en the bwo communities and promoting Deaf Awareness. Al of this in tum aims to empower Deaf people. the hard of hearing, CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) and hearing people with an interest in the arts & Deaf communty for the purpose of personal growth and helping them realise their abilities and potential. Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit. in PartIlar. the activities, projects or services identifi8d in the accounts. Amanda's Acting Techniques 24th June 2018 We hosted an accessible to all drama workshop taken by the amazing Amanda Doherty in All Souls Church on Elmwood Avenue in the heart of belfast The ticket admissions for this event raised £138.00 FM)unds to go toward5 our next project. We had 9 Partipants who all left in a v8ry Postlivè mindset having leamt a lot and made several new CA)nnections. Loulse's acting workshop for beglnners 7th July 2018 This was our frillow up vffjrkshop to Amanda's in the same location. this workshop focused on the basics of Acting we had 5 participants in this workshop and rais8d £46.00 for our fuiure projects. The true b8n8fft of these two events was to train our own pty)l of actors so that we do not have to look outsidé of our own MMunity for acting talent we can perform our projects ourselves. This is very important to us and the basis for hokling these workshops. AGM 30th November 2018 The AGM was beneficial to us not onty b8cause we voted in our new committee but that we started a registration for members as we had not been doing this effecltvely before and it was unclear who were and wère not members of D'sign so now we have our official enrollment we can expand our member base and rea¢h more
Tosco Crumlln Bag Pack 2nd Docember 2018 Our new board members hdd a bag pack in Tesco Crumlin with our feslive gear on we managed to raise £392.81 and awareness of our chaiity. Pub Qulz Fundralser 8th DKember 2018 The Pub Quiz vtss something we really wanted to repeal after the success of our first one in 2017. We hired a free space in The Sunllower Bar in Belfast and made a totsl profft of £516 as the room, raffle prizes and Mc's time where all donated for free. Using our new online enrollment for members v managed to make thity new D'sign members by bringing the ipad and asking the quiz participants if they wanted to become members. This was a pronged strat8gy to raise mn8y and attract new members to our charity. statement confimiing whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit We have complied with our duty to have due regard to the Commission's public benefft guidance when axercising any powers or duties to whrch the guidan is relevant Achievements and Pefftinnance Summary ofth8 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. Theatre Workshops wfth Amanda Doherty Amanda Dohety teamed up Imth D'sign on the 24th June 2018 to facFlitate for us two contrasting but complementary methodologies in on8 acting wothshop the aim to train and develop the skills of our members to enhance future performanc8S. Amanda's chosen approaches were: The Laban technique and Lucid B(. Amanda has b&en trained in New York (The Lucid body House) and London {Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts). she also works with non-actors. with groups comprising of refijgee women, ethnic minority community groups, inner city youth and those with various forms of disability or special needs. For her. this diversty and indusK>n in opportunity Is paramunL This dass was provided in both spoken English and Brttish Sign Language and was open to professionals hoping to CA)nsider new id8as, and complete beginners seeking a safe, non-judgementsl space to take new risks. We had nin8 parti¢tpants with a great mix of abiltties from level one sign languag8 students. CODA'S. Hearing Actors and Deaf Actors. This untque blend of people made the workshop explosive with creativity and ideas. Admittan¢8 was £16 per person and we made £138 from ticket sales which we have saved for our next
production. We got our partictpants from a well planned out and exeiting series of soal m8dia posts. we also used Eventbrite to safety and responsibly handle peoples money and booking information. We viewed this vrkShOp as a successfvl event as we made a profit and the people who attended came back for our nexi workshop vlhich we think proves how much they enjoyed the experience. Loulse Conaghan Deaf Friondly Acting Workshop Louise Conaghan lead an Acting Masterdass for B8ginn8rs for us on the 7th July 2018. Louise Conaghan is a freelan actor. street theatre perf0mr and writer from Donegal, uJrr8nlly based in Belfast She received her BA in Drama from The Universty of Ulster and National Diploma from thè North West Regional College. Her notable training indudes Clown Training in The Actors Space. Barcelona: In Your Spa¢e Circus. Dery. under Mooky Comtsh - lead down in Cirqu8 de Soleil. and Amadan Theatre Company. Belfast. She is a very well estsblished Street perform9r wth ¢om8dy character acts all over Northern Ireland, int8racting with audiences on th8 street and from the stsge. She has been facilitating and directing Sin 2009. and has worked bwth large groups of people of varying agos and abilities and this is why we were delighted to have her on board working with us. We took a pole of our members to se8 what type of Workshops where the most desireabl8 and Drama dasses wer8 by far the most popular. This dass focused on how to best portray a Character on stsge and stripped back to the basics of acting, looking at wants and obj'ectives. This session was for people looknng to u)ntinue with D'Sn as actors and people lust looking to have some fun on a Saturday. The dass ¥$ provided in both spoken English and British Sign Language and was very fun and welcoming w8 had 5 partiapants at this event. we felt that the numbers where lower as the event was on a Sunday and have leamed from that to make events a Friday or Saturday, the more events we create th8 more are leaming. Admission was £16 for new participants and £10 for those who yre at our last vrkShOp as an InntiVe to bcx)k tKsth workshops. We made £46.00 again we used Eventbrite arKI PayPal to make sure we were being safe with people's mon8y and personal Data. The 2018 D'slgn Annual General Meeting Our AGM this year tcK)k ace on the 30th November 2018. we took this opportunty to invite as many p8opl8 as possible to the meeting and take peoples names and email addresses to
officaally add them to our Members list. This inryeased our official members list which we think was very beneficial. Tesco Crumlln Road Bag Pack Day. On the second of December we organised a backpack in the Cmmlin branch of Tesco. Our aim was to rais8 money for our next production. We had both hearing and Deaf members out all day so that we could communicate with all m8mbefS of the public, we were in our D'sign T shirts and had our p8nguin stand up for people to ¢¢)me over and have a chat about what V stand for and hope to athieve. We found this to be an extremely successful event as we raised £392.81. We will definitely be taking this fundraising technique further as it is dearfy very benefirial. Sunfiower Bar Pub Qulz On the 8th december 2018 we ran a pub quiz fundraiser to raise money for our next proie¢L We were overwhelmed by our support from our members who donated great prizes for our raffle and by the tum out for the quiz. We sold 18 tickets online raising £180 tickets where how much and we sold how much at the door. so induding ticket prices and the raffle we managed to raise £516. We had a pub qutz last year that raised £400 so we managed to increase our totsl from last year and we ¢an see that this is an extremety usefvl furbdraising te¢hnique and plan to cary on the Christmas Quiz as a D'sign tradition. Financial Review R8view of the charity's financial position at the end of the period ststement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held The Charity is in profft of £137.06 at the end of th8 financial period 01.04.2018- 31.03.2019 As we do not have any m)nthlY expenses due to the fact that we do not have a premises etc. and we only incur expenses when vK)rkshops or perfonnances are organised we currently do not hold any reseNes and therefore only raise mone as and when needed. This is somelhin we
plan to charvJe in the coming year however at the moment we hav8 been unable to as we are such a small chari Amount of reserves held Reasons for hdding zero reserves We do not have any monthly expenses due to the fact that we do not have a premises ètc. and we only incur 8xp8nses when workshops or perfOnanS are organised we currently do not hold any reserves and therefore only raise mone as and when n88ded. Detsils of fijnd materially In deficit Explanation of any unrtainlIeS about the charity continuing as a going concem NIA We have rectified our prob18m from the previous years by allocating some key roles on our trf)ard to hearing members, they hav8 b88n ablé to tum our posrlion around and set in place vital policies and procedures as well as organise our d0mentatiOn and set UP training opportuntties for our committee members to allow for these issues not to arise again in the future. Due to this, this year has not seen the most profft. however we feel as now all of th5s is in trfa we can Icok forward to a more profitable r in 2020. Structure, Governance and Management Description of charity's trusts: Type of gov8ming document Constitution How is the charity conStrted? '"pf?rat4xd Unincorporated charitable associatM)n Trustee selection methods induding detsils of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body 8ntilled to appoint one or more trustees Trustees are elected at the AGM by a vote which is seconded. Reference and Admlnistrative details Charity Name: D'sign Other names the Charity uses: D'sign Arts Charity Number: 105202 Charity's principal Address: 33 Manor Drive. Lisbum, County Antrim. BT28 1JH
Namo of Charlty Trustses who manago the charity Now Trustee name Office (rf any) Dates acted Enter chair Chairperson dalè of agm - present Entèr Secr8tary Secretary date of agm to present Malachy McBum8y Tr8asur8r 0110912017 - Present Robert Sk611y Vic8 Chairperson 30111118 - Present Paula Clarke Trustee 30111118- Prosent Paul Keenan Trustee 30111118 - Pr8S8nt Enter new member Name of Charlty Trustees who managed the ¢harlty in the year In question Trustee name Office (rf any) Datos acted Paula Clarke Secretary 0110412017-3011112018 Robert Skelly Chairperson 0110912017- 3011112018 Malachy McBumey Treasurer 0110912017-Present Kèvin Blair Trustee 0110412016- 3011112018 Changes after tho 2018 AGM Megan Keenan Chairperson 30111118- 2310112020 Hazel Wilson Se¢tary 30111118- 2310112020 Rob8rt Skelly wi Chairperson 30111118- Present Malachy M¢bum8y Treasurer8 0110912017-Present Paula Clarke Trustee 30111118- Present Paul Keenan Trustee 30111118- Present Bernie Cooney Truste8 30111118- 2310112020
Declaratlons Tha board declares that they have approved the trustees. report above. Slgned on behalf of the charlty's Board Trustee name Offic8 (If any) Slgnaturn Chalrporson Socrntary MA(•L Treasurer Vlce Chalrporson