## Trustee Annual Report ## Charity Name Dungiven Men’s Shed Charity no. 108715 This report relates to financial year: 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 The principal address of the charity is 107A Main Street, Dungiven, Co. Derry BT47 4LQ. The following individuals were the charity trustees on the date the report was approved. Trustee 1 Raymond Brady Trustee 2 Mark McKeown Trustee 3 Diarmuid McNicholl The Charity was formed in October 2022. The Charity is governed by a constitution. The Charity is constituted as an unincorporated association. The Charitable purposes of charity are ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAVING LIVES ADVANCEMENT OF CITIZENSHIP OR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT . To further these purposes for the public benefit, we carried out the following activities: Making bird boxes and garden furniture to benefit two of the local primary schools. Making outdoor tables for a local charity to enhance their vegetable garden and making good the ventilation of their poly tunnel. A six-week beginner guitar lesson course was undertaken at the beginning of the year which was very well attended. A six-week cookery course followed with well attended classes and a lot of the participants learned new skills and cited a huge boost in their ability to plan and cook meals for themselves. We worked in conjunction with the local charity Hope Dungiven, which offers children under the age of 18 different opportunities during the summer months to learn different skills and outdoor activities. We helped three different groups of young people make a park bench out of wood and these benches were then donated to three churches in the local area. We ran a six-week intermediate guitar lesson programme as the members wished to follow up on the beginner course earlier in the year. Again, this was very well attended drawing men from Limavady and Tobermore to join the shed. This course was very successful and resulted in the group being asked to perform a concert for a group of vulnerable adults in a local church hall. The evening was a tremendous success resulting in the group being asked to perform at the end of year party for the vulnerable adults. The main achievements of the [charity] in the year were: The health benefits of being part of a group with similar interests and socialising with likeminded people resulting in improved social skills and mental health benefits. Teaching the members new skills in woodworking, cooking and managing meal planning, guitar playing, working as a team and helping out other groups and charities within the local community. 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 2023 to 2024. The Charity had an income of £16,787.14 and an expenditure of £8,817.60. There are no funds held by the charity that are materially in deficit. Signature Print Name Raymond Brady Date 31 / 03 / 24