## **APPENDIX 1** |**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**|**Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Period start date||||Period end date||| ||Day|Month|Year||Day|Month|Year| |From|1|3|2025|To|28|2|2026| ||||||||| ## OSC **r** Office of the Scottish **Charity Regulator** ## **Reference and administration details** |**Charity name**|Stobswell Forum SCIO|Stobswell Forum SCIO| |---|---|---| |**Other names charity is known**
**by**|Stobswell Forum|| |**Registered charity number**|SC051135|| |**Charity’s principal address**|Arthurstone Community Library (First Floor Communities Office)|| ||Arthurstone Terrace|| ||Dundee|| ||Postcode DD4 6RT|| ## **Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report** ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if**
**not for whole year**
**Name of person**
**(or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**|**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if**
**not for whole year**
**Name of person**
**(or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**|**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if**
**not for whole year**
**Name of person**
**(or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**1**|Colin Clement|Chair||Stobswell Forum SCIO| |**2**|David Macdougall|Vice-Chair||Stobswell Forum SCIO| |**3**|Mike Setton|Tresurer||Stobswell Forum SCIO| |**4**|Lorraine Clement|Secretary||Stobswell Forum SCIO| |**5**|Robbie Fotheringham|||Stobswell Forum SCIO| |**6**|Ali Floyd|||Stobswell Forum SCIO| |**7**|Joy Melville|||Stobswell Forum SCIO| |**8**|Helen King|||Stobswell Forum SCIO| |**9**|Nicola Fraser|||Stobswell Forum SCIO| |**10**|Lisa Coull|||Stobswell Forum SCIO| |**11**|Thomas Coutts|||Stobswell Forum SCIO| |**12**|Kenny Christie|||Stobswell Forum SCIO| |**13**|Roy O’Kane||May 2025 (at AGM)|Stobswell Forum SCIO| |**14**|Sandy Green||September 2025|Stobswell Forum SCIO| |**15**|Ivaylo Vasilev||February 2026|Stobswell Forum SCIO| **APPENDIX 1** ## **Reference and administration details** **Names of all other charity trustees during the period, if any, (for example, those who resigned part way through the financial period)** |**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**| |---|---| |Fionn Stevenson|
January 2026| ||| ||| ||| ## **Structure, governance and management** |**Type of governing document**|SCIO Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |---|---| |**Trustee recruitment and appointment**|All potential trustees are interviewed by the chair or other senior trustee,
if that delivers a positive result the potential trustee are added to the
trustee mailing list and included in all internal discussions for a period of
three months or longer.
If at the end of this period there is a willingness to move forward on both
parts a vote is taken by the existing trustees with a straightforward
majority deciding the decision.
Note-We have reviewed and updated the process during the past year.| ## **Objectives and activities** |**Charitable purposes**|The advancement of citizenship and community development to
promote for the benefit of everyone living, working and visiting
Stobswell without distinction of political, religious, gender or
disability and other opinions by working with the Local Authority,
voluntary organisations and local people.
The Forum works in common effort to advance social welfare and
wellbeing with the object of improving the conditions for all of those
livingand visitingStobswell.| |---|---| |**Summary of the main activities**
**in relation to these objects**|Supporting individuals and community groups to identify and
articulate their needs, then take practical action to address those
needs.Encourage and support public involvement in the planning
and development process. Help to develop a community plan that
identifies local needs and sets out a programme for addressing
them
Build and maintain partnerships between community groups,
voluntary organisations and public sector bodies to improve local
decision making.

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~~f~~| **2** ## **APPENDIX 1** ## **Achievements and performance** |**Summary of the main achievements of**
**the charity during the financial period**|Dolly Parton Imagination Library. The Forum working with partners
in other areas of the city have delivered the DPIL to central
Stobswell with funding to kick start the project being delivered by the
Maryfield Regeneration Forum. The project is delivering free books
delivered direct to their homes to children aged 0-5 in key areas
suffering from deprivation within the community.
Stobswell Connect. The Forum continue to operate the community
hub supporting local third sector organisations to deliver improved
advice, signposting and support in the local area.
The Stobswell Forum supported by the local community in
partnership with St Andrews University delivered a resilience and
cohesion workshop to examine the medium and long term effects on
the community of the anti-migrant protests which took place during
the year.
Stobswell Festive Celebration & Appeal. The annual Festive
Celebration and Appeal is organised annually working with the
council, local schools, doctor surgeries and local people. The main
activities are opening a Christmas Shop in the month prior to 25th
December, two Light Night Shows and a Christmas Concert at the
local high school plus the organisation of the Festive Appeal which
generates funds for local people in need of assistance, additional
festive lighting has also been delivered during the year.
Community Arts Projects, We continue to work with local housing
associations to deliver new art in Weavers Yard.| |---|---| ||| |**Financial review**|| ||| |**Brief statement of the charity’s policy**
**on reserves**|The charity aims to hold a minimum of £7,500 in un-restricted
reserves at any one time.| |**Details of any deficit**|The charity does not run a deficit.
The Stobswell Forum activities are project based with all projects
expected to be at least in a break even position.| |**Donated facilities and services (if any)**|N/A| **3** ## **APPENDIX 1** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s)** _Colin Clement_ **Full name(s)** Colin D Clement **Position (e.g. Chair)** Chair **Date** 7th April 2026