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Annual General Meeting

and Study DaySaturday 13 October 2012

20/11/2012 www.carefreekids.org1


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Agenda



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Agenda

Time Session Speaker

10.00-12.00 Study day: Session 1

12.00-13.00 Annual General Meeting

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-16.00 Study day: Session 2



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Comfort and safety

If the alarm rings:

Dont panic

Leave immediately

Use the doors markedFire exit

Assemble by .

Do not use lifts

Do not go to thetoilets



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Review of 2012



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President and patron

Start of the year

Honorary President

Lord David Rambotham

Patrons

Sir Richard Bowlby

John Cryer MP

Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP

Jean Lambert MEP

Sue Palmer

Now

Honorary President

Lord David Rambotham

Patrons

Sir Richard Bowlby

John Cryer MP

Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP

Jean Lambert MEP Sue Palmer

Dr Sami Timimi



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Trustees and directors


Renetta Fake Chair Resigned 22 June 2011

Director Resigned 26 July 2011

Steve Harold Acting Chair Appointed 26 July 2011

Acting Chair Resigned 1 October 2011Anne Dufton Chair Appointed 1 November 2011

Christel Hawkins Vice Chair Appointed 1 November 2011

Colin Bilton Trustee/Director Appointed 1 November 2011

Rosalind Zalicks Treasurer Re-appointed 1 November 2011

Bill Parkinson Trustee/Director Re-appointed 1 November 2011


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Committee members

Vi Gosling

Christine Chittock

Josephine Petersson

Jasmine Shekleton Ella Parkinson

Lucille Grant

Melinda Briggs

Rachel Carder

Sheila Gold

Leigh Horton Steve Harold (after

resigning as a

trustee/vice-chair)



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Staff


Staff

Ros Kane

Coordinator

CatherinePamplin

Coordinator

(maternity leave)

Netty Fake

Coordinator

Sophia DalleyFinance and

Administrator

VictoriaEmms

Finance andAdministrator


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Volunteers therapy

31community

volunteers

trained by us in

therapeutic play

began work with

children



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Volunteers other support

Volunteers

support us with:

Admin and

finance

Fundraising

Promotion

Website



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Work with schools


2010-11

29

schools

2011-12

30

schools

25Waltham

Forest

25Waltham

Forest

2Newham

2Newham

3Redbridge

3Redbridge

23 Primary 7 Secondary


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Study days


December

25

attendees

July

51

attendees

March

25

attendees

3 DVD days in August

12attendees

12attendees

12attendees


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Library


Our library

has grown

and the range

of relevantbooks has

increased

Books come from:

Donations (second hand)

Paid for with grants

Paid from 10 depositsthe volunteers donate


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New projects

Develop Parenting under

Construction course

Fundraise for the replacement of

our Playbus Strengthen the governance further

reviewing and developing policies

and procedures for the effective

running of Carefree Kids.

Develop the support we are

providing to parents



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Talks and dissemination

Talk to Barn Croft School staff (R)

Talk to St Josephs School staff (N,R)

Met Jayne Taylor from Waltham

Forest Education Department (R)

Stall at the Chingford Festival (N, E,

Ra)

Met play therapists in Isle of Wight

(R)

Stall at The Soul Project (N)

Stall at Lammas School (N)

Talk at a special school in Newham

(R)

Talk at The College of North East

London (R)

Key:

R (Ros), N (Netty), E (Ella), Ra (Rachel).

Volunteers also helped at some events.



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Fundraising



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Friends of Carefree Kids

Launched 16

April 2011 with

a talk by Sir

Richard Bowlby

66 members by

end of March

2012


Aim is to create a network of people

interested in our work

And encourage regular donations

Opened a donation page on theMyDonate Website

Money will:

fund core costs if they cannot be raised

by other means contribute to major projects


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Beth EiteBeth Eite

Our first ever

London Marathon entrant

Our first ever

London Marathon entrant


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Alexander

Baillie concertwith John Thwaites

on piano

9 June 2012


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Attended by The Mayor of Waltham Forest,Cllr Richard Sweden


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Played to a packed house


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Played to a packed house

Thank you to our sponsors

Chabad Centre

Children Salon

Forest School

Geoff Wilkinson

Jean Lambert MEP

Petals in Bloom

Ros Zalicks

Waitrose South Woodford


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1,650 raised


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And helped to raise

awareness in the

press, arts and

community websites

and social media


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Especial thanks toAlexander Baillie

and John Thwaites

for a wonderfulevenings

entertainment


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Financial review



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Income and expenditure

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

Income Expenditure

2010-11

2011-12


201

0-11

201

0-11

201

1-12

201

1-12


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Income and expenditure

-

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

2010-11 2011-12

Income

Expenditure


Income

Expe

nditure

Income

Expe

nditure

In 2011-12: Expenditure went up

But income went up

even more


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Income 2011-12

Restricted and unrestricted

84%

16%

Restricted

Unrestricted


Unrestricted income

means we have

more freedom to

spend it as we want

16% of income was

unrestricted


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Expenditure 2011-12

Restricted and unrestricted

90%

10%

Restricted

Unrestricted


90% of expenditure is

restricted that means

we cant just move

money around on

anything, we have to

spend it on what is wasgiven for


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2011-12 moved into surplus

-7,765

24,652

-10,000

-5,000

0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

Deficit/Surplus

2010-11

2011-12


2010-11

2011-12


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Where our money comes from

Grants &

Donations

130,602

Charitableactivities

(school fees)

11,361

Other

income

4,458



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Where the money goes


Staff costs

44%

Travel and

subsistence

1%

Volunteer

Expenses

1%

Training/Supervis

ion, Study Day

costs

27%Mobile Play

Therapy Bus

16%

Office and

establishment

costs

7%

Play and art

materials

1%

Friends of

Carefree

Kids

1%

Other expenses

2%

Spending


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Main funders and donors

Tudor Trust

The Henry Smith Charity

BBC Children in Need

Help a Capital Child

Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust Co-operative Community Fund

Goldsmiths Company Charity

B & P Glasser Charitable Trust

Hedley Foundation

SNR Denton Charitable Trust

Toy Trust

Actuaries Charitable Trust

Girdlers Company

Music Sales Charitable Foundation


Middlesex University

Friends of Carefree Kids

Westfield Shopping City

Cygnus Trust

Kel Trust Waitrose Customer

Donations

Charles S French

Charitable Trust

Mrs Smith & Mount Trust

Forest School


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Key achievements



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Key achievements (1)

Provided weekly psychotherapeutic support

for 121 troubled children and young

Worked in 23 primary and 7 secondary

schools 31 community volunteers trained by us in

therapeutic play began work with children

Welcomed 20 therapy and counselling

students on placement



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Increased our work supporting parents

and carers

Received financial support from over 20

funders Dealt with 396 telephone calls 1

November 201131 March 2012

Launched Friends of Carefree Kids

Planned a Benefit Concert to raise funds

towards a new mobile therapy bus



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Increased weekly training/supervision

groups from 9 to 10

Ran 3 study days, 3 extra training days, 12

induction groups for new volunteers Stall at The Chingford Festival 25 June 2011

Improved our IT and set up databases

Gained Sarah Chase as an extra officeworker, on 4 months part-time placement

paid by Vodafone: World of Difference.



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Looking forward



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Mobile therapy playbus


The bus is old

and constantly

needs repair

The bus is old

and constantly

needs repair

Weve started to

fundraise

But we need

30-35k

Theres a

long, long

way to go


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Moving office


?


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Looking forward (1)

Increasing the financial strength and

stability of the organisation

Maintaining our body of trained

capable volunteers

Solidifying school links in times of

financial stringency and limitations to

space in schools



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Looking forward (2)

Developing our staff team

Improving operational efficiency

Developing our work with parents and our

project for early intervention work with

teenagers and

Further strengthening our Board of Trustees



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Registered Office

15 Matcham Road

London E11 3LE

Charity number: 1111949

Company limited by guarantee

number: 5385823

[email protected]

020 8558 7799


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