Nightline Association Annual Report 2012-2013

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Nightline
Association
Annual Report
2012-2013
Nightline Association . . . Annual Report 2012-13
Contents.
Management and organisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Vision, mission, and values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Welcome from the Chair of Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Message from the Charity Development Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Nightlines and the Nightline Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Performance against objectives: a brief overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Future plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
What our partners and supporters say . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Our annual general meeting, conference, and awards weekend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Charity details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Report and financial statements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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Independent examiner’s report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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Director’s report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Statement of Directors’ responsibilities in respect of the annual reports . . . . . 24
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Statement of financial activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Balance sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
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Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
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Period to which this report relates.
The report outlines the main work and progress of the Nightline Association from 1 April
2012 to 7 April 2013.
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Management and organisation.
During this report period the Nightline Association had: 3 employees (a Charity
Coordinator until April 2012, a part-time Chief Executive Officer until September 2012, and
a Charity Development Manager from January 2013); a voluntary Trustee Board; and an
operational team of over 30 student volunteers. It also had honorary consultants and
related organisation partners.
Trustee Board.
The trustee board has ultimate legal responsibility for keeping the organisation focused on
its purpose - ensuring it is solvent, meeting legal requirements and those of good
governance and has clear strategic direction to deliver the charitable outcomes for the
benefit of the public for which it has been set up. The trustee board has the following
combined skills and experience: finance, human resources, fundraising, business, public
relations, project management, communications, working with universities, helplines and
mental health charities. One member is also a current student and Nightline volunteer/
coordinator; two are previous Nightline volunteers, and another is a previous service user.
Eleanor Stringer was Chair of Trustees until March 2013 when she handed over to
Brendan Mahon. We thank Eleanor for all her work during the reporting period.
1. Chair: Brendan Mahon: PhD student at Cambridge University and Nightline
volunteer.
2. Treasurer: Morgan Hart: Finance and Operations Manager at Cardiff University
Students Union
3. Lubaina Mirza: Graduate and previous service user
4. Eleanor Stringer: Grants Manager at Education Endowment Foundation and former
Nightline volunteer
5. John Stiggers: retired Chief Executive
6. Joel Rose, Director of OCD Action
7. Emma Caseley, Strategic Project role at Imperial College London and former
Nightline volunteer
8. Sam Cheatle, Service Quality Manager at Changing Faces
9. Amy Shillitoe, former volunteer Head of Nightline Development and former Nightline
volunteer.
Emma, Sam and Amy were recruited to the Trustee Board in March 2013. The coordinator
of London Nightline is co-opted onto the Trustee Board.
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Staff.
The Charity Coordinator, Sally Wood, was responsible for day to day management and
coordination of the charity and Anne Oxley, Chief Executive led on strategic direction and
fundraising. Our new Charity Development Manager, Mags Godderidge, coordinates all
aspects of the day to day operation of the charity; manages the growth and development
of Nightline services; and provides and implements strategic and fundraising plans to
achieve a sustainable future.
Four Heads of Departments (current / recent students and Nightline volunteers).
During the reporting period, a restructure led to the creation of four volunteer Heads of
Department responsible for supervising, coordinating and supporting the work of their
teams. They are responsible for implementing the operational strategy and day-to-day
operation of the charity and cover: training, publicity, fundraising, new media services
(email, online, and text listening), IT, communications, public relations, conferences,
events, and Nightline set-up. This year, they were:
Louisa Saldanha!
Amy Shillitoe!!
Sophie Williams!
Becki Wordsworth!
Head of Representation
Head of Nightline Development
Head of Charity Development and Events
Head of External Communications
Council.
A new council of student volunteers was created to ensure that those on the frontline have
greater input into the Nightline Association. Members include 7 regional representatives, 4
volunteers Heads of Departments and 3 trustees.
Seven Regional Representatives (current students and Nightline volunteers).
They are responsible for building support networks and sharing good practice in their
regional Nightline community and for gaining regular Nightline feedback for the Nightline
Association.
Other volunteers.
Supplementary volunteers are recruited as required to fulfil specific projects.
Honorary consultants.
Additionally, we have secured pro bono support from experts in a range of fields including
legal advice, IT and fundraising.
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Related organisation partners.
Nightline works closely with other charities and groups tackling similar issues, including:
Samaritans, Victim Support, Rape Crisis, National Self Harm Network, Alcoholics
Anonymous, Relate, B-eat, SANEmail, SRSH, James Wentworth-Stanley Memorial Trust
Fund, Charlie Waller Memorial Trust, Matthew Elvidge Trust and Mental Wealth UK.
Membership.
The Nightline Association benefits from membership of the Helplines Partnership and the
Alliance of Student Led Well-Being.
Management and decision making.
• The Nightline Association annual project plan is created annually against the
organisational plan and involves direct input from member Nightlines at the national
events.
• The trustee board met eight times during the year to evaluate strategic direction,
governance and finances, to hold the charity to account for strategy outcomes and to
risk assess the organisation.
• The Nightline Association held three Away Days with the charity officers to consult on
strategic direction, monitor and evaluate strategy progress and train new volunteers.
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Vision, mission, and values.
Nightlines provide a confidential listening, emotional support, information and supplies
service, run by students for students at their university. Nightline volunteers work to
improve student mental health and wellbeing.
The Nightline Association is a network and support organisation across the UK and Ireland
enabling individual Nightlines to deliver the most effective and quality services possible. As
at March 2013, there were 36 Nightlines affiliated to the Nightline Association with a
combined reach of 1.36m students. Our vision is for every student in higher and further
education to have access to the support offered by Nightline services so that:
• Every student is able to talk about their feelings in a safe, non-judgmental
environment;
• Fewer students have their education compromised by emotional difficulties;
• Fewer students die by suicide.
To achieve our vision, our mission is to raise the quality, profile and number of Nightline
services so that every student is aware of and has access to confidential emotional peer
support.
Our services are underpinned by five values:
• Confidential: Our volunteers don't divulge contents of a call to anyone outside of the
service. Only non-identifying, anonymised information is recorded for monitoring and
evaluation purposes.
• Anonymous: Our volunteers don't try to discover the identity of callers. In fact students
accessing the service don't even have to give their name.
• Non-judgemental: Nightlines have no political, religious, ethnic, cultural or moral bias.
Our volunteers accept and respect the views of any caller.
• Non-directive: Our volunteers won't steer students towards any particular course of
action or get them to think about their situation in any particular way.
• Non-advisory: Our volunteers give callers an objective caring space in which they can
work things out for themselves and make decisions and take actions that they’re ready to
take responsibility for. Some Nightlines also provide an information service which is
factual and impartial. Nightlines also give details of relevant professional advice sources.
Nightline volunteers actively listen to students by giving them undivided empathic attention
and the opportunity to explore their feelings in a safe, objective and caring environment.
This helps alleviate distress and feelings of despair, provides perspective and gives
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students accessing the service the space to make sense of what they’re feeling and
identify the options open to them – so they can come to their own solution or resolution.
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Welcome from the Chair of Trustees.
The past year has been an incredibly exciting time for the Nightline Association. We've
seen our charity develop more than most of us thought possible this time last year with the
fantastic success of our bid to Comic Relief which was due to the hard work of so many of
our members. This funding has enabled us to recruit a Charity Development Manager, the
wonderfully enthusiastic Mags Godderidge. Her energy has given us all a new lease of life
and we're now in a position to be able to move forward with several innovative
projects we've been hoping to begin for some time.
I'd like to pay special thanks to Eleanor Stringer, who served as Chair of Trustees and has
left the board just in time for the birth of a baby girl. I'm sure I speak for the whole charity
when I wish you every success for the future!
Looking forward, we're capitalising on our current enthusiasm to build an ever stronger
charity. I remain incredibly proud of the amazing work Nightline does and I feel as
privileged to be a part of the Association as I did when I first began volunteering.
!
!
Brendan Mahon
Chair of Trustees
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Message from the Charity Development
Manager.
I came into post on 7 January 2013 as the Charity Development Manager of the Nightline
Association. The post is for a two-year fixed term and is funded by a grant from Comic
Relief.
My remit is very much to build on the previous successes of the Nightline Association and
to work with our team of dedicated and committed volunteers to develop and implement
strategic and fundraising plans which will contribute to the longer-term stability and
sustainability of the Nightline Association.
In the short time that I have been with the Nightline Association I have been really
impressed by the professionalism of the affiliated Nightlines that I have visited and the
many Nightline volunteers that I have talked to and worked with.
We are incredibly fortunate to have such a large pool of skilled and talented individuals all
dedicated and committed to delivering the best possible through-the-night support services
to students.
I am confident that in the coming 12 months great things will be achieved at the Nightline
Association because of the combined skills, energy and enthusiasm for the work that we
do.
I very much look forward to reporting on our progress in 12 months.
Mags Godderidge
Charity Development Manager
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Nightlines and the Nightline Association.
The Nightline Association is a network and support organisation across the UK and
Ireland enabling individual Nightlines to deliver the most effective and quality services
possible. Given that the individual services are run by student volunteers, with a regular
turnover, the Nightline Association provides consistency and crucial support to help them
to achieve as much as possible.
As at March 2013, there were 36 Nightlines affiliated to the Nightline Association. Our
Nightlines are available to 1.36 million students and train over 2,000 student volunteers
each year to deliver the service. The Nightlines vary enormously in size, the average
number of volunteers per Nightline being 60. Note whilst included in the total number of
affiliated Nightlines, Northumbria Nightline was still in set-up and is not due to be
operational until September 2013.
What Nightlines do
Nightline services operate at night, when other university welfare services are usually
closed. Most Nightlines are open 8pm-8am during term time. They provide:
1. Listening and emotional support service
All 35 operational Nightlines offer a telephone helpline, 21 offer email listening (up from
13), 14 offer one-to-one online listening (up from 6), and 8 offer the option to visit (down
from 10). Nightline will listen for as long as students want to talk.
2. Information service
All Nightlines offer an information service, which provides local information to help
students settle safely into a new area and refers students to relevant local and
national physical, sexual and mental health, support, information and advisory
services and reassures students about using those services.
3. Supplies service
5 Nightlines offer supplies (down from 7), which includes giving out free condoms,
pregnancy test kits and attack alarms. We are working to prevent sexually transmitted
infections, unwanted pregnancies and to protect students from crime.
Please visit our website for further information on the Nightline network:
www.nightline.ac.uk.
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Performance against objectives: a brief
overview.
The Nightline Association’s Organisational Plan 2011-14 was written in April 2011 and had
four broad aims underpinned by specific strategic objectives.
Broad aims
Specific strategic objectives
1. Access – Developing Nightlines To raise the profile and number of Nightline
services across the UK and Ireland so that every
student is aware of, and has access to,
confidential emotional peer support
2. Ensuring Quality
To maintain and further enhance the quality of the
Nightline services so that every student who
accesses them has a consistent and high quality
experience to Association standards
3. Raising our Profile
To raise awareness of the Nightline Association
and Nightline services to all our key stakeholders
(particularly the UK student and parent population)
4. Sustainability
To ensure sustainability and the future of the
Nightline Association and individual Nightlines
The Charity Development Manager is currently reviewing these strategic objectives and
will generate and implement a new strategic business plan shortly with SMART targets
assigned to key volunteers. This will enable the Nightline Association to track, monitor and
evaluate progress against the aims and objectives originally set out in 2011.
Achievements against plan
Access – Developing Nightlines
• Whilst no new Nightlines opened during the reporting period, Northumbria Nightline
affiliated to the Nightline Association and is due to start operating in September 2013.
• During the reporting period, Nottingham Nightline expanded services to students at
Nottingham Trent University and Birmingham Nightline expanded services to students at
Aston University.
• 8 Nightlines launched email listening, and 8 launched one-to-one online listening.
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Ensuring Quality
• As at March 2013, 8 affiliated Nightlines had adopted and achieved Good Practice
Guidelines. Work will continue in 2013/14 to assist the remaining affiliated Nightlines
adopt and achieve Good Practice Guidelines.
• Email anonymisation software will be made available to all affiliated Nightlines shortly.
Raising our Profile
• We continued to build relationships and work closely with universities and other
organisations working within the arena of mental health. For example we joined the
Mental Well Being in Higher Education Forum (MWBHE); we continued to work with the
Alliance of Student Led Mental Well-Being; we joined the digital forum set-up by the
Samaritans.
Sustainability
• We secured two generous donations – one from ATASS and one from an anonymous
donor – which jointly contributed to the costs of our annual conference in April.
• We plan to commission research to evaluate the impact of local Nightlines in order to
strengthen the case for future funding from donors, alumni, corporate partners, higher
education institutions, and other grant providers.
Other activities:
• We held six immensely successful regional conferences, attended by 136 volunteers
• We held a national conference in Leicester attended by representatives from 29 affiliated
Nightlines – the most ever.
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Future plans.
The Nightline Association will continue to regularly review its organisational plan and
priorities with the input and support of Council and the four Heads of Department who will
oversee the operational team of volunteers from across the Nightline network.
In the interim, the priorities for the next 12 months are:
VISIBILITY
• To be more visible in universities and colleges in which we operate.
• The Nightline Association must help Nightlines maximise their exposure through the
provision of better advertising and PR materials.
• To capitalise on the benefits of using social media to support the charity.
COMMUNICATION
• To better communicate the role of the Nightline Association to individual Nightlines and
Nightline volunteers.
• To consider how we can better communicate with the 2000 volunteers who deliver
Nightline services.
INVESTMENT IN VOLUNTEERS
• To consider how we can better support, invest in and reward our volunteers without
whom there would be no Nightlines or Nightline Association.
• To improve how we manage the performance of Nightline Association volunteers, to
ensure that every individual makes a difference.
FINANCE
• To develop income streams and regular donations from sponsors and alumni.
• To identify additional sources of help to work on fundraising for the Nightline Association.
NEW NIGHTLINES
• To be proactive in the development of new Nightlines and increasing our reach to more
students.
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GOVERNANCE
• To help all affiliated Nightlines adopt and achieve Good Practice Guidelines accreditation
before the end of 2014.
• To ensure a consistent service is delivered across Nightlines regardless of location.
• To write and implement policies and procedures for the Nightline Association.
IT
• To invest in and where possible develop in-house the technology and infrastructure.
required to develop online services such as email listening, online chat, Instant
Messenger.
RESEARCH, MONITORING AND EVALUATION
• To better understand research and the work of other organisation’s in the area of young
people and mental health.
• To make robust statistical software available to all affiliated Nightlines to ensure that they
can monitor, evaluate and report on service uptake in their Nightline and in line with the
Nightline Association’s Statistics Policy.
PARTNERSHIPS
• To build more strategic alliances.
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What our partners and supporters say.
“Nightline offers important insight into the mental health and wellbeing needs of students. We look
forward to Nightline being part of MWBHE initiatives which will engender positive change in the
student experience.“
Ruth Caleb, Chair – Working Group for the Promotion of Mental Well-Being in Higher
Education
"We are delighted to support Nightline, which provides such invaluable support for students at a
time when they are experiencing so much change in their lives. So many issues can lead to anxiety
and depression, which affect an increasing number of students......and Nightline student volunteers
are there throughout the night to listen and help. We would love to see Nightline expand from 40
universities to every university and college in the UK!"
Hamish Elvidge, Chair - The Matthew Elvidge Trust
"Nightlines provide a vital support for young people at universities who are in crisis. Although
university life is a positive experience for many, there are thousands of students who need help
and support from peers who understand what they're going through. As well as the support offered,
I'm aware of many ‘Nightliners’ who have then pursued a career in mental health or social care.
The Nightline Association is an extremely small and cost effective network which helps the
nightlines, with their inevitable turnover of volunteers. I'd support their important work.”
Paul Farmer, Chief Executive of Mind
"Mental Wealth UK are pleased to support Nightline and signpost students to their student-run
listening services at universities across the UK. University is a time of huge transition so it is
crucial that students can access support like Nightline's listening service to help them through the
student journey"
Mental Wealth UK
“I have worked with the Nightlines Association in support of many local Nightlines providing
assistance around training and coping with callers who are suicidal and despairing, helping
Nightline Listeners think through appropriate ways to listen and respond. The individuals involved
are motivated, competent and thoughtful people who learn quickly and provide a great service to
their peers around them. By the nature of academic life, there is a relatively rapid turnover of
people and skills in these local Nightlines, and the Nightlines Associations provides some much
needed structure, learning and policy material and practical support in assisting new participants
gain capability and achieve performance and provide a respected, quality service to the
communities that they serve.”
Mike Tunstall, Samaritan volunteer and trainer
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Our annual general meeting, conference,
and awards weekend.
This was held on the 5TH-7TH April 2013 at Leicester University and was attended by over
100 people from the highest number of Nightlines (29) to date.
The event provided the following opportunities for the Nightline Community:
• To consult on the future of Nightline and vote on charity resolutions
• To vote on the introduction of the new constitution and charity structure
• To ratify our Board of Trustees
• To stand for election for charity officer posts
• To network, share good practice and receive support and training from the Nightline
Association and other Nightlines
Workshops, training sessions and updates were given by Nightline volunteers on
fundraising; publicity; Good Practice Guidelines accreditation and re-accreditation; dealing
with service misuse; Student Union relationships; email anonymisation software; the
website and new members’ area; and newly developed statistics software. The conference
also included guest speakers from the NUS, Three Rings, the Samaritans and SRSH.
The Nightline Awards dinner celebrated the outstanding achievements of our volunteers
and Nightlines over the year. The winners were as follows:
Nightline of the Year
Leeds
Most Improved Nightline
Newport
Best Fundraising Campaign
Bangor
Best Publicity Campaign
Nottingham
Best New Initiative
Birmingham
Best Nightline Leader
Clare - UEA
Best Nightline Volunteer
Fiona - St Andrews
Best Association Volunteer
Jon Robinson
Lifetime Achievement
Shôn Prebble
Most Supportive Union/University
Sheffield
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Charity details.
The Nightline Association is a company
registered in England & Wales and limited
by guarantee.
Company Registration Number
05436297
Charity Registration Number
1112793
Solicitors (Data Protection)
McDermott Will & Emery
7 Bishopsgate
London
EC2N 3AR
www.mwe.com
Solicitors (Trade Marking)
Taylor Wessing LLP
5 New Street Square
London
EC4A 3TW
www.taylorwessing.com
Governing document and constitution
Nightline was incorporated under and is
regulated by its Memorandum and Articles
of Association dated 6 April 2013 as a
company limited by guarantee. Further
regulations and procedures are set out in
the Charity Rules. A copy of the
constitution is available on the Nightline
Association website.
Registered Office and Correspondence
Address
c/o London Nightline
University of London Union
Malet Street
London
WC1E 7HY
Bankers
The Co-operative Bank plc
PO Box 101
1 Balloon Street
Manchester
M60 4EP
www.co-operativebank.co.uk
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Nightline Association
Report and financial statements
Year to 31 December 2012
(A company limited by guarantee)
Report and financial
statements
Charity registration number
01112793
Company registration number
05436297
Year to
31 December 2012
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Directors’ report
The directors present their directors’ report and financial statements for the Year to 31st December
2012.
Reference and administrative information
Charity name:
Charity registration number:
01112793
Company registration number:
05436297
Registered office:
University Of London
Malet Street
London
WC1E 7HY
Directors and charity trustees
The directors and charity trustees who held office during the period were as follows:
Eleanor Stringer
Chair
Joel Rose
Director
Morgan Hart
Director
Lubaina Mirza
Director
John Stiggers
Director
Brendan Mahon
Director
Matt Hotson
Director
(Resigned)
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Directors’ report (continued)
Structure, governance and management
Governing document
The organisation is a charitable company limited by guarantee, incorporated on 26 April 2005 and
registered as a charity on 23 January 2006. The company was established under a Memorandum of
Association which established the objects and powers of the charitable company and is governed under
its Articles of Association. In the event of the company being wound up member Nightlines are required
to contribute an amount not exceeding £10.
Recruitment and appointment of new trustees
The directors of the company are also charity trustees for the purposes of charity law. Under the
requirements of the Memorandum and Articles of Association the directors are appointed to serve for a
period of one year after which they must be ratified by members at the Annual General Meeting. New
trustees are expected to have relevant experience, which may or may not be within a Nightline setting.
Objectives and principal activities
The company’s objects and principal activities are:
•
The preservation and protection of good health among students suffering from, or at risk of,
depression, despair or distress at any institution of higher or further education in the UK and
equivalent institutions outside the UK by facilitating, supporting and improving the provision of
listening services to support those in need.
The main objectives and activities for the period were:
•
To expand the number of local Nightlines that are members of the Nightline Association
•
To allow local Nightlines to adopt the charity’s logo for their publicity
•
To improve the governance of the Nightline Association
•
To organise a conference for member Nightlines to facilitate learning between volunteers of
member Nightlines
•
To encourage communication between volunteers of member Nightlines via an on-line discussion
forum
•
To streamline decision making processes and develop a strategic plan for the charity
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Achievements and performance
Expanding the number of Nightlines affiliated to the Nightline Association
• Whilst no new Nightlines opened during the reporting period, Northumbria Nightline affiliated to the
Nightline Association and is due to start operating in September 2013.
• During the reporting period, Nottingham Nightline expanded services to students at Nottingham
Trent University and Birmingham Nightline expanded services to students at Aston University.
• 8 Nightlines launched email listening, and 8 launched one-to-one online listening.
Improving governance of the Nightline Association
• As at March 2013, 8 affiliated Nightlines had adopted and achieved Good Practice Guidelines. Work
will continue in 2013/14 to assist the remaining affiliated Nightlines adopt and achieve Good Practice
Guidelines.
• Email anonymisation software will be made available to all affiliated Nightlines shortly.
Conferences
• We held six immensely successful regional conferences, attended by 136 volunteers
• We held a national conference in Leicester attended by representatives from 29 affiliated Nightlines
– the most ever.
Development of strategic plan
The Charity Development Manager is currently reviewing these strategic objectives and will generate
and implement a new strategic business plan shortly with SMART targets assigned to key volunteers.
This will enable the Nightline Association to track, monitor and evaluate progress against the aims and
objectives originally set out in 2011.
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Financial review
The charity had a year of consolidation in 2012. We had previously been generously funded by the
Department of Health. The withdrawal of this funding had a significant impact on the previous periods
accounts, however during 2012 several alternative (if one off) funding sources were identified. These
had the effect of restoring the Charities reserves.
In order to sustain the reserves, both salaried staff members saw their contracts ended in 2012.
Organisational support is now provided in 2013, by a staff member provided by the Comic Relief trust
under a 2-year grant.
Organisational expenditure is now concentrated on delivering training and support to volunteers via
regional and national training events, and AGM which takes place at Easter each year.
The Charity is confident that it has reserves and funding in place to operate on the current basis for the
at least next 3 years.
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Statement of directors’ responsibilities in respect of the Directors’
Annual Report and the financial statements
The directors are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Annual Report and the financial statements in
accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year in
accordance with UK Accounting Standards and applicable law (UK Generally Accepted Accounting
Practice).
The financial statements are required by law to give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the
charitable company and of the excess of income over expenditure for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
• select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
• make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
• prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to
presume that the group and the charity will continue in its activities.
The directors are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable
accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that its
financial statements comply with the Companies Act 1985. They have general responsibility for taking
such steps as are reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the charitable company and to
prevent and detect fraud and other irregularities.
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Statement of Financial Activities
(including Income and Expenditure Account)
for the Year ended 31 December 2012
Note General
Funds
Incoming resources
Resources expended
Net income for the period
2
Restricted Total
Funds
2012
£
Total
2011
£
£
£
42,408
7,500
49,908
1,194
(28,497)
(2,803)
(31,300)
(32,018)
13,911
4,697
18,608
(30,824)
Reconciliation of funds
Total funds brought forward
10,928
0
10,928
41,752
Total funds carried forward
24,839
4,697
29,536
10,928
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses in the period. All incoming resources
and resources expended derive from continuing activities.
25
Balance Sheet
at 31 December 2012
Note
2012
2011
£
£
Current assets
Debtors
5
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors:
amounts falling due within one year
Net current assets
Net assets
6
5,970
2
24,476
11,636
30,446
11,638
(910)
(710)
29,536
10,928
29,536
10,928
Represented by
Restricted Funds
4,697
General funds
24,839
10,928
Total funds
29,536
10,928
For the Period ended 31 December 2012 the company was entitled to exemption from Audit under
section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Directors’ responsibilities:
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of the accounts for the year in question
in accordance with section 476,
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying of the Act with respect to accounting
records and the preparation of accounts
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject
to the small companies’ regime.
Morgan Hart
Director
26
Notes
(forming part of the financial statements)
1 Accounting policies
The following accounting policies have been applied consistently in dealing with items which are
considered material in relation to the financial statements, except as noted below.
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for
Smaller Entities, under the historical cost accounting rules and in accordance with the Companies Act
1985 and the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities issued in
March 2005.
Fund accounting
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general
objectives of the charity. Restricted funds could not be used fund raising.
Incoming resources
Incoming resources includes subscription income, sundry income and transfers in on incorporation of
the company.
All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to
the income, there is sufficient certainty over the receipt of the income and the amount can be
quantified with reasonable accuracy.
Income is deferred in respect of subscription income received in advance of the period to which it
relates.
Resources expended
Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. Expenditure includes any VAT
which cannot be recovered and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates.
27
Notes (continued)
2 Incoming resources
12 Months to 9 Months to
31/12/2012 31/12/2012
£
Radio 4 Fundraising Appeal
£
9,989
0
21,347
0
Personal Donations
9,341
154
Subscriptions
1,709
1,002
Other Income
22
38
42,408
1,194
7,500
0
Corporate Donations
Restricted Resources
_______
_______
49,908
1,194
3 Remuneration of directors
No director received any remuneration during the period.
No director or other person related to the charity had any personal interest in any contract or
transaction entered into by the charity during the period.
28
Notes (continued)
4 Staff numbers and costs
Year to
9 Months to
31/12/2012 31/12/2011
Number
Salaries
Social Security Cost
2
2
£
£
15,813
22,500
1,140
1,798
______
_______
16,953
24,298
5 Debtors & Accrued Income
31/12/2012 31/12/2011
£
Monies Advanced for European Event
Monies Advanced
Accrued Income
Restricted Resourses
£
3,260
206
4
2
3,470
2
2,500
0
_______
_______
5,970
2
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6 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
31/12/2012 31/12/2011
£
Payroll Creditor
Accruals and deferred income
£
0
646
910
64
910
710
30
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Association
University of London Union
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London
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