DEVELOPING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES (DHC) LIMfTED (A c4mipany Ilmlted by eUArant¢e) ffor the year ended 31 March 2024 direckn for the Pllry￿ of coJDp4Dy law and during the year and up to th¢ d•tc of this rewt arc Kt iu the UK and Ryb]k of Jr¢lowl (FRS 102) (effe¢dYe l January 2019). IntrodvL*lon Th¢ TN61eeg of Developing He8lthy Communitle8 (DHC) ar¢ delA8bted to pr¢8ent our AnnuAI Rwt and FlnAndal StAlcm¢nl for th¢ ycar endcd 31 M8rch 2024. ThiB report captwcs the ttchi¢vemonts and positive conlribulionB which DHC ha8 n]ado durAng thc pcriod let Awil 2023.30th Marcb 21Y2A and li tsBwllont kn ths 0rganimti￿,O &dI￿tIon to improving the health of our populatioD, in Pthii¢rBhip with our funder8 and the Yrider cornnwrrity and volunlJry fj￿. DHC A8 & strate8ic org8ni8otion within the D8Try and Strabanc di8tiict IB conll￿ to fo8t¢rin8 interoectsnl Th¢ organioation IB a Ch￿1t￿b￿ ¢o]nwany Ilmited by &uaranl¢e Dot baving a 8hare capital (coMp￿Y rngislAlion number COMM￿S1on freO8tradon number NIC105780), Tr ¢harfty'8 governing do¢uwt 18 Its Menu)ranth and ATd¢l¢g of Or8anlsailoAa1Sin￿Iurrf repreaented on the Board. The truste¢8 who seryed the compaoy throushoutthe year 8hown on pw l. to8¢tsr The boArd of dI[ee￿ (tsiJ8tee$) ¢any 0￿ tknir governance rolc througly)ut yeDr by way of meetingo on a quort¢riy th¢ gov¢rnlng docurn￿ ofthc Ch￿lty, namoly the Mcrno￿ and ofA8￿Clat1On and the Appolnlmenl l￿d irainthg of lrnJteeJ Boord 18 ￿MMItt¢d to providing 8UPPOrt and trlintng for BoDTd I￿p them kn fu]fil thclrroK I￿luding for Prlnclple rfskn and wicertaintles Management h•v¢ Cond￿kn1 a rni¢w of the major ri#k8 to wlthh the ¢hJritsbk expoBed And •y*mo have of the dwitable wnpany. th¢ tru8te48 havo not dele8ated th• r¢6ponoibiHty of D￿nI￿ring finan￿￿ risk to a 8ub DEVELOPING HEALTHY COMMUNTh (DHQ L￿TED (A cfjmpany Ilmfiled by guarantee) Tn￿tee5? Annual Report (Indudlng Dlre¢tor8' Re￿rt & StrpteBlc Report) for the year ejmled 31 March 2024 Risb Adeniified, 8uch ￿ th¢ fUW￿l£l vlabi]ity and iu8tsJnability of th¢ ¢hvithblo ¢ompAny, bave b¢en rnvlewed to that a lovel of fi)ndin8 18 n￿l￿￿}fted thttt 18 n¢¢U8￿ for the ¢hadt&ble compony to continuo lo nject its obiectiV¢B. Thc trU8tees ¢onllnually 8triv¢ ¢0 601ll¢t addittor￿1 or o¢w fuThding 8ourc¢s. Bu8lne86, cyber and financi41 rigk are llWD4Bed by ensuring tho ¢ompaDy kne &ppityri4tely qU￿lfied rtaff equlpped with the neeessary 8kiUs aftd eX￿1¢n¢¢ and tha¢¢ffe¢tiv¢ 8e¢ure ICT 8y8ten* ore in pkn. Organisatlondl Management andstaffing Developlng Healthy Communltitt8 (DHC) Llmit4d18 mAn8%ed by the Chl¢f Executsv¢ Edel O'Doheity. Sho ly r¢aponBRbk for 0vors￿l￿g lh¢ tscilvliio8 Caffled out by the ch8Tithble company. Her rnNpon81biliil¢H includa the m8na8émont of oll tllff And thoir duties, the provisioll of A fijll rèngo of adJDlnlRtratlvo wnd clori¢al dutieB And for the preparution of fin￿1￿1 rcportB to the Board of Direc¢of8 gmd Fulldin8 Bodie8. DoYolopln8 HoAlthy Communid¢8 (DHC) Llmltrd Is an Lqu&I opportuulttcs employor comrnltted to po&itlve poll¢ios on r¢¢rultsnellt, tsolning and career devclopnwnl for ytsff memb￿8 re8ardleH8 of rcll8lous bellef, po]iti¢￿ opinion, raclal P, 480• nwltsl gtalu8 or 8¢XU41 orAentatlon. Kq Manageme￿ ffmunerailonpollcy The key manHKoiiieiii por$onne] of the chthritsiblv comP￿Y the diThrlorN {iru81eoy) And scnlor Mthagarn￿t. The IniBt¢eA not r¢rnun•rated for thelr BerYAces al￿ did not receive Th*r¢ noi rnlmb4llsod for oxp¥ns¢B during the year. Th¢ remuner8tlon of seDior mwwg¢ment 18 8et by the trn6t¢e8 and revkwed anDuaUy and ts nornkolly Imbed In Jlno Thc dir¢ctyTr (8lJo tho ItU8t¢es) who jer￿1 the ¢hAdty duthg the 48 follo￿. Gerard Deane {r¢BlgBed Dxemebor 2023) FJ)Jma K¢vitt D4vld Kelly S]wo (r¢818ned Juty 2023) Mith¢le Murphy (ap￿In1¢d AprAI 2023) C]•ire Mulrom (witited Aprij 2023) Wjll BDnett (appoknt¢d April 21n3) DEVELOPING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES IDHC) LIMITED (A eompany Ilmlted by guarantee) Th￿teel, Annual Report (Ineludlng Dlrector8' Report & Stratsgk Report) for the yogr ended 31 March 2024 Objetllves and actlv1th8 The prlnclpa] objective8 and acdvld¢8 of thè cb#dty during th¢ year continued to be the promotion of health improvej￿￿t alld redurtion of heAIth inequality thTW8hout Northan Irelond by th¢ pwi¥ioll of traiDin8, SUPPOrt and Publk Be￿fit. 8¢tting thcK obJwtiv¢s the tNstee5' h&vG Cl￿1￿ the ChllTity Cornllussion for Nortbern IrdgJKI'8 guidance on public be￿fil io ¢n8u￿ thats it'l &ctivitie8 have kn1p￿ to athi¢ve Its wincip81 obJe¢tive of public benefit fi)r its Dcvclopkng Hethhy COMM￿tieS (DHQ Iimited IB a cjwrltsble Tr818tored with Northern Ireland Charlil Tho comp8ny Comm￿ed activities on l 2018 on wlth¢h dAte All as8￿& liAblllti¢s of Tr Dw Heahhy Citb8 Pmiect, wue transferred to the eompany. The compw 18 a ch•rAtable cornpany limitcd by 8uuontee. Il li 8ovell￿ by a n%mO￿ and ard¢lM of as8(Kiatlo DwiD8 the yegr. the chgAty C4Trl¢d out a Dumber of acdvltle8 •Dd projects In the furth￿ of Itg obJectlv¢8: I. DHC wntinued to lead Dorry City alld Strab•n¢'8 th8iption to th¢ World He41th Or8alllsatlon'i BUn)P¢￿ Healthy Citie4 N¢hYorL 2. DHC8 CIIAR Project admlni8t¢red 8mall ￿ on beh￿Of ¢h¢ PHA to build health And wellbeiD8 wn¢Ary wlthln 8mqll ¢ony￿nity orsanlsadons, In 8UPPOrt of the Nl Mentsl Health Stralegy gnd the NI Suiclde Prev¢Ddon Strat¢gy Trotere about governanc¢ ID provl8100 of 4hhQW0￿ Nf, 18 a Pllb]ic Health A8¢nrfJ r¢8lonal itiltsativ¢ to IAY8ét wOJkp]AC￿ whorc lulth •re ]￿ety to bc most pr¢valenC incluthtiE th08e with a hlgb PThVOTdon of low paid, manuaL mal4 iedentary and wothr8. DHC dcliver8 the 'Work Well. Uve Well. (WWLW) on behalf of the PHA within the WHscf affa, In 2023124, f￿.five new workpla¢e8 Ilgoed up to tho W(xkplac¢ Hc8lth Support Servico. ac￿801ft8 InfOrn￿lIOD, Ind to develop a h￿1th18T workpl8¢th This Includcd thity JThi workpl￿ Health C1wnpi￿ tralned on]inc thr the Well LI￿ Well ProgrAmrn& The DHC WWLW pro8rumm¢ proyidcd Conm￿t￿￿ Bnd ￿torIng to fifte£n wo￿11￿￿ kn wmpl¢te health and we]Jb¢kn8 ne¢do au¢8snivnts and a¢dDn plAD6. DEVELOPING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES (DHC) LXMrrED (A eompany Ilmlted by guarantee) Trustees, Annual Report (Includln8 Dlrextor8' Report & Strate* Report) ror the year ended 31 March 2024 DHCJ, Work Woll. Ljvo Well, progrwnn* worked In PArtnershlp wAth wiiscr, AWARB, HSENI Nnd umny oth¢r8 to d¢llv¢r training health promotion ChmPAigns to WQTkpl8ccs at fyll levelB of th¢ programm¢. tn 2023-￿. thity empJoycxB completed M¢ntal Hcdth Firil Ald Tr&inin8 online, XPPToxlmately 21KI participants attMded ae88ionB on Mttha8in8 Mcntsl H¢11￿ &i¢f in the workpltteo. Cancer AwAreno88, Physi¢AI Acilvity aDd Sire88 AwgrnDa58 tr8inln8. Sinco F¢brnary 202J, a lotsl of fiv¢ hundred work￿& hthv¢ participated in Health c￿k1 a¢r0s8 ¢ight￿n workpl8¢¢8 in the Western TtU81 rcgiojj. Thege InluYcDtIon8 ur¢ in lino with th¢ World HO￿th OrBani5&11on's focu8 on workpl4 'sollin88' to Amwovo h¢￿th by provAding worken wlth per￿n￿liSed Infornwdon on their he￿th &atsJ8 and chw¢s lo life8ty1¢. DHC Fllmlly Voices Forum proJeLt12M￿bed their c&rnp•i￿'If only I could tell you" IAttors of Hope wd Compa88iOD in Fcbnury 21Y24. The highly 8uc¢essful event was h¢ld in th¢ auildhall, De￿/ LTkny with a presenlauon by the NJ MeJtLI I1￿1th Champion, Prof Siobhatt O'N¢ill. I number of 8p¢ukeTB with Ilved experien￿ of belng bereaved by 8ul¢ldc and & vldeo of 8llPPOrt from thc Chl¢f MedIC￿ Offleer. Dr MICh￿l McBrlde, the pury>ae of the cllmpalgn IB to enabk mcmber8 bcrcaved by wicidc to offer word8 of Iwe and compa8ÈAon to th08c MI￿ recenlly bereaved. Ten Dew rnenthtt8 havc joined the FVF wlth th¢ lotsi nuDJb¢r of now ttachln8 81 wlth an Addltlonal 9 *ld¢d to the maillng Ii8L Family rnern￿ held 12 durknl 2023.24 and 15 on¢4o*OK #88iOn8 were held in 8UlWt of Familiu Voi¢¢8 Fonlln were involved in the public consultailon on the Prot¢¢S Life 2 8trat¢gy Ind an tonsultstion wothhop with PHA and the external fa¢l]itAtorB at the end of th¢ proce88 Thc Famlly Voices Forum portkipate4 iti e#¢h of the Pmtrct Llfe kniplementatlon Groups In TTh8t are￿ and the regional 8t#rin8 w for tho Prot¢¢t ]If¢ 2 ltr&logy. F&mlJies Voicu17(rn hAs been involved in An advi80ry rol¢ in re8earch with ftevual partnorB su¢h as Unlv¢rsity of Sinre 2021 DHC h&v¢ bwi worHng with the NW ConU￿ty Network Oead p4thr) And ill¥t¢r Univer8ity as part of the Idcas Fund. The Idea8 Fund l HollK, which is run by the British SC1¢n￿ A880ciatlon by We]lcon￿. This ty and 8trabane District Couftcll are4 And has 8UPPOtlcd 8 Bfoup8 undtt Round i to the tune of £343,1KX>, and 7 group8 Dndcr R(￿nd 2 to the valuc of U29.(X)O. Th¢ commuDitio8 dc8A8ned and continue to de]iver an array of proi¢¢ts. whKh target under.repr￿nled 8toup4 wch as those di8abAlities. young p¢ople, and rurnl communiti&8. During 2023 4 furtber £91.286 ha8 been 8eci)red from th¢ Idoas Fund to esthblish aJolnt Conunutslry Research and tnnovatlon Collecllvo whlch aimB to build upon thu exteDBi l¢•rnin8 from the individual community ptojects. £150k ¢*lL The aim of tkn8e grAnl8 is to rAPtwe cvid¢Drt And 6har¢ the inlpart of community.led collab(￿on WA¢b P•g¢ 8 DEVELOPING HEALTHY COMMUNITIFS (DHQ LIMrrED (A company Ilmlted by 8uarADtee) Trustee4' ADDual Report (Includlng Dlrectors, Report & Strate* Report) for the year ended 31 Marth 2024 DHC ¢ondnue to be ¢loB¢ly Involvcd wlth the DCSDCIComthty Foundadon Acorn Farn] proJe4L a9 de]ivcry partsw on the Y Can Coov strand of thls llag8hlp projeJr¢ for the year wa6 £$0,611 <31 MArch 2023 . nct In¢on* £59J23). The net expnditslle for the y¢ar WAll be *Jdcd to the fulld8 brnU￿t forward. T(rtal fimd$ •nd T¢serve8 el￿ of the fiDDwlal year £351317. Th¢ dwity aimg to eniure that Ilquld bpld at any poknt in tlm¢ ar¢ ¥ufficient to ¢over ex￿ndItuTe egufvthnt to 6 nmth8 runni￿ ¢08ts attd all wti￿]ng up lliblllde8. At th¢ yur<4kl da￿ th¢ held at b•Dk (on current (* shf)rt.tsrni depo8lt aecounts) of £757.476. Totsl exp￿dIt￿re for the year £2,456,646 (excludlhg de￿￿1#11$)n). Bxpendlture i￿]uded zing feno¢d fund8 of £1,574,370 i¢h were di8tr1buted In imgll wts. Tr chsrlty, thefftfo￿ ha8 adequat¢ fuDd8 ATr Jln¢ vrith its rc•¢rv¢s policy. Th dlredffj aTr 8ad8r￿1 with thi& outcomc and VAII continue to pnwJ¢niiy r¢vi¢w the ievtl of r¢6eryea held by th¢ ¢harlty In Jine with tuttetst leve]8 of fimdlng md opornting ¢08 PlaD8 for future perlod8 oklng ahead to th¢ fortbcoming financial year tIY4 director8 WAll C¢MMiw to 8overn the con¥afty in Ilne wlth ¢owdtsttlon to acbieve DHC'8 0bje¢tiV¢8. The dlrectors wlll conthiue to focui on dlveThlfyln8 iDcfjme ¢0 6iipport the IonB4ern) 8U8talnabllity and wwolid4tk)n of th• •X8ards•don. Wè wlll a160 itrén8tkn our parther8hlp8 vAth I(K41 48en¢ie8 and expand our reach to rnor¢ n￿81 and uthserved area8. St*temeDt of Tn￿tee8, rnopon8lblUde8 The tru8te¢$, who ore al80 the director8 of the company for the puy8 of CoMp￿Y law, are T￿POnSible for pr6pftrln8 the Annual Report and the financlal 8tst¢ment8 In ￿cOrdIn￿ wftth app]leAble IAW ond Unlted Klngdom Ae. Company law r¢qulres tho tru&t•e$ to PreP￿t finan¢lg1 itatements for ¢ach llnanclal year whlch 8lv¢ a Ind fth vl¢w of th¢ 8¢ate of &ff&ir5 of th¢ ¢haritablB conwany and of the I￿OmIng resoutt¢• and application of resou￿, Inc]udin8 the income arxl expenditUTe, of the charitabl¢ coDy8ny that wlod. In prepwing finall￿￿ itatenwnti, th¢ Inul#8 8¢l¢¢t Bultsble a¢couthg po]i¢le8 Ind t]￿ appty then ¢ODol8t¢Dtty; ob8erv¢ the nxthod6 and pJinciple8 Ill the awlde4 SORP 2019 (FRS 102), . Jud8ernents Blld acmdn8 081im*8 tha¢ aodputhnt; Pag• io DEVELOPING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES (DHQ LWTED (A company lIll￿ted by guarantee) Tru8tsu' Annual Report (IDeludlDg DlrectorB' Reprt & Strat* Report) for the year endod 31 March 2024 . 8tate whether appll¢able UK A¢￿votIng Standord8 have follorf Bubjeet to any m)teri￿ d¢part (boclosed and cxplAlr*d In the finanoial 6¢at¢ments, - wep•r¢ the finan¢l418tat¢mBnts on the goln8 concern bash unle41 It ts Inuppropri*¢ to pre&wkX thttt tbts comp wlll ¢onilnue in bu81D¢80. Th¢ tru$w8 aro reipon81bb fw ke¢pln8 ad¢quAté Wiunting ￿¢ordB Ihnl dlsclo80 rwonable Mccuroey at ony t1￿ th¢ financlal position of th¢ company and enable them to en8ure th8t Ihe financial 8tal¢monts comply with the Comp&nie8 Ad 2CMXS, They are a160 respo￿Able for oafeguarding the •8oets of the company 8NI for 14knn8 reawn#ble at¢p8 for the #nd detectlon of frnud and otherhr¢8uJarhtl¢k Statement of dl8doJure of Inform8tlon to audltoro We. the truBtees of th¢ chjdtsble company, VA￿ h¢ld offi¢e ￿ th¢ date of approval of thme fmRncld 8tAt¢mout& ¢a¢h c• 80 far u we are awar¢, th￿. there li no relevant iudlt Inforniutlon of whlch the cl)firttubla ¢omp8nys auditon •re unawaT8: and - w¢ have taken all 8tCPB that we ou8ht to have thknTh a8 In ord¢r to makn OUTs6lve8 aware of any r¢levaDt audli Infornitition and ts e8tsbll8h tlwt the charltable ¢omp4ty1 pudlior8 arn awar¢ of that lthrmalio AudltOY8 Att801ution propo* that McDaid McCullou8h Moore be r¢Appoint#d al auditorB of tho ch￿lty wlll be put to the ATmuai Gen¢ral Meellng. s￿￿ eomp•ny provlulo Jn approvin8 the Th8t¢es' Annud Report We AI80 th¢ Strntsgl¢ Roport inelud¢d thereln, iti ow C4paclty b¢liaifof evl (c 20 $4plwnb¢r 2•24