Gender Equality Perth Trustees’ Annual Report Period From April 2024 to March 2025
Charity contact information
Gender Equality Perth
Scottish Charity Number: SC050401 Balinshaw
Forgandenny
PH2 9HR
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Charity Trustees
Objectives and activities Gender Equality Perth was founded in 2020. The charity's purpose is to advance and promote gender equality in Perth and Kinross by" Furthering understanding of the reach and impact of gender inequality on all aspects of life. Providing a space for conversation and learning around gender issues. Gathering data to build a picture of what gender equalitylinequality looks like in Perth and Kinross. Promoting gender equality on the publiclpolitical agenda for Perth and Kinross. Empowering local women. GEP'S principal activity continued to be the running of Perth Women's Collective, a monthly event programme aimed at creating a safe space for conversation and learning around gender equality and related issues. This year's programme included a workshop with re-use charity ScrapAntics with a focus on the intersection of climate and gender equality, a book group discussion on 'Disobedient Bodies, by a fantastic storytelling and discussion event on the history of witches in Perthshire wit, a workshop with national gender equality organisation Engender, as well as other regular events. In March 2025 GEP organised the third annual Intemational Women's Day event which was well attended and very successful. The theme this year was 'aclerate action,. GEP also contracted artist to work with the charity on a reading resource project led the first project workshop with families in February 2025. The project will continue into the 2025-26 year. In an effort to promote intersectional approaches to gender equality, GEP launched a fund to support other local charities in their projects. GEP supported three projects from local partners including Perth Welfare Society, Perth Minorities Association and Birnam Arts.
Structure, governance and management
Type of governing document
Gender Equality Perth is a SCIO governed by it’s constitution.
Trustee recruitment and appointment
GEP is currently governed by a board of four trustees. No new trustees were recruited this year. The trustees fully recognise the importance of recruiting a diverse, skilled and experienced board in order for GEP to be successful in meeting it’s aims, and this is reflected in the charity’s EDI policy and forward plan.
No external organisations are allowed to appoint charity trustees.
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Achievements and performance
Following the success of GEP’s International Women’s Day event in March 2024, this year saw the third annual IWD event follow the same format. As in 2024, the team put a call out for speakers on this year’s IWD theme ‘accelerate action’. The event featured five local women speaking a very broad range of topics within the theme.
GEP launched a reading resource project this year, working with artist . The aim of the project is to produce a resource for parents/carers of young children to support them to challenge gender stereotypes
while reading and rhyming with the child(ren) in their care. The project will see at least two workshops held with parents/carers to help establish the content of the resource.
The first reading resource workshop took place in February.
The first of these workshops was held in February 2025 and was very successful. Conversations were held with parents to aid in developing the content of the resource, while ran activities with the children to explore their ideas around gender and stereotyping and start to develop artwork for use in the resource. This project will continue throughout 2025.
The charity concluded the financial year in a good position.
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Financial review
Statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Gender Equality Perth’s policy is to hold £1000 in reserve in case of unforeseen and unavoidable project costs, or unforeseen shortfall for core running costs. We currently hold in excess of £1000 in reserve as we have not had to use these funds this year.
Our Reserves Policy will be reviewed annually and as needed in response to any changes in the charity’s circumstances.
Details of any deficit
The charity has no deficit.
Donated facilities and services
The independent examination has been carried out as a donation to the charity, however this is not recognised in the accounts as it is not a cash movement.
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Future plans
GEP will continue the early years reading resource project, hoping to produce the resource in the next financial year.
The charity will continue to run a diverse programme of monthly events that continue to support our aims.
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Declaration
Signed on behalf of the charity trustees:
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APPENDIX 3 Disclosure section Only Cnle rf the examiner needs to highlKJht malerlal [oblemS. Give here brief details of any hèms that th• examlTrer wishes to disclose 17