Charitable Funds Committee Assurance Report

Meeting:

 Corporate Trustee

Date:

8.11.23

Report Title:

 Charitable Funds Committee Assurance Report

Agenda Item:

 7.1

Committee Date

 18.10.23

Meeting Chair:

Alison Wigg, Non-Executive Director 

Meeting quorate

YES

Purpose:

Assurance

Recommendation:

The Board is asked to receive assurance from the business discussed at the meeting and to review the matters for escalation and referral.

Link to Strategic Objective

Be an exceptional place to work, volunteer and learn

X

Provide outstanding quality of care and performance

X 

Be excellent collaborators and innovators as system partners

X 

Be an environmentally and financially sustainable organisation

X 

Summary of Items Considered at the Meeting

Issue

Consideration

Resolution/Outcome

Assurance

Charity Activity Update

Lots of activity for the charity has happened in the last 2 months and much more is planned.
Resourcing is an issue and a finance resource is being recruited to help manage the workload

Committee recognised the quantity and quality of work being done by the Charity.
Information about the role of trustees in the charity will be highlighted during ‘Trustees week’.

 High

NHSCT Grant Application – Progress update

The progress made against the awarded NHS Charities Together( NHS CT) grants.

NHS CT and Ambulance Charities Community Resilience Programme. Support for the NHSCT/ Omaze fundraising campaign.

CFR Highlight report.

Unmet need highlight report.

Wellbeing Garden feedback report

ACTION: The HoC to update the committee on other ambulance charities feedback on the Omaze opportunity.

ACTION: The HoC to link with the DDoF and HoFGC for discussion around red lines/Trustee policies etc.

ACTION: The HoC to link with Anna Price to ensure the KPIs data are included in future reports for Unmet Needs.

ACTION: The HoCR to provide Falls equipment data from a needs analysis point of view for the next committee meeting.

The committee commented on how moving the feedback was on the
High for NHS CT Grants
Moderate for other areas.
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wellbeing gardens and the impact they are making.

High for NHS CT Grants
Moderate for other areas.

Next Phase of Welfare Wagons

Next phase of the welfare wagons have started with more emphasis on wellbeing. Six wagons have been mobilised to date and have been very well received by staff.

ACTION: HWM/DoPS to provide measurable stats to identify the success/ impact of the work and also to questions raised by the committee re: Implementation of the next phase of welfare wagons.
Supported the continuation of snacks/ drinks.

Moderate

Communications and Engagement

The communications and engagement progress being made by the team and future plans. 

Discussed the increase in visibility of the charity since the rebrand and appointment of new charity communications officer.
Agreed that a story about CFR work on falls patients would be good to highlight our work in that area.

High

Charity Finance Update

The finances are looking healthy, with significant income and cash reserves. There are also lots of projects underway to use the NHS CT grants.

Annual Report and Accounts.

Looking to change some of the unrestricted funds which are not being used, so they can be used for other projects.

ACTION: SC to liaise with Governance to reschedule the Charitable Funds Committee to an earlier date in January.

High

BB Legacy

Work has started on the house that was left to significantly improve it’s value ( by around £100K). The overall value of the legacy is likely to be over £550k.
Need to identify suitable local projects to make the most patient/ staff/ community impact for the legacy.

ACTION: The HoC to link up with the Kate Vaughton, Dawn Whelan and Kate Williams to discuss generating ideas on utilising the legacy.

High

Matters for escalation or referral

Issue

 To

Reason

 Annual Report and Accounts

Board

Need to schedule an extraordinary board in January to sign off the annual report and accounts.