Trustees' Annual Report for the period Period start date
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Section A
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10
Period end date 2009
To
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2010
Reference and administration details Charity name
Global Brigades
Other names charity is known by
Global Brigades UK, Global Medical Brigades
Registered charity number (if any) 1132015 Charity's principal address 18 Guy Street London, UK Postcode
SE1 3RF
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Trustee name
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Sandra Sadoo
2
Rebecca Uva
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Angelo M. Passalacqua
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Eric Heymann
Office (if any)
Dates acted if not for whole year
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
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Dates acted if not for whole year
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April 2009
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser
Name
Address
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B
Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted
Constitution Company limited by guarantee
(eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Appointed
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about: • policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
The charity is managed under the leadership of Sandra Sadoo. Policies: Brigades must be scheduled one full school year in advance if students plan on fundraising to cover costs of their brigade. This constraint can be waivered if fundraising is completed early, there is enough time to reschedule and there is availability on site.
• the charity’s organisational Local NGO and corporate partners: structure and any wider Pfizer, International Health Partners , and Asociacion Global Brigadas de network with which the charity Honduras works; • relationship with any related parties; • trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
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Major risks: Students not paying full price Misuse of brand by students
Objectives and activities To coordinate volunteer efforts and contribute resources to under-served communities to relieve problems caused by poverty, hunger, access to health care, poor public health infrastructure, lack of education, inequality of legal empowerment, and environmental degradation while preserving such communities’ culture, to educate the public about challenges and solutions in under-served communities and to carry on other charitable and educational activities associated with these goals allowed by law.
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April 2009
Coordinate “Brigades” which are group volunteer efforts that specialise in delivering a particular service to under-served communities. The following are the types of Brigades we currently organise: • Global Medical Brigades
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
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Global Dental Brigades
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Global Water Brigades
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Public Health Brigades
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Microfinance Brigades
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about: •
policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D
Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Summary of main achievements: Donations: 36 boxes of medicine in total from International Health Partners 5 UK doctors Fundraising: Imperial: 3 tube collects 4 cake sales 1 raffle 2 skydives KCL: 1 tube collect 1 Pub fundraiser 1 raffle LSE: 1 cake sale UCL: 2 cake sales Brigades: Joint: UCL/Imperial GMB 15 students, 2 doctors, August 2009 Imperial: GMB: 11 students, 1 doctor, June 2010 GMB: 29 students, 2 doctors, September 2010 UCL: GMB 9 students, 1 doctor, August 2010 LSE: MFB: 9 students, December 2009 (cancelled) MFB: 8 students, March 2009 (rescheduled from December 2009) KCL: GDB/GMB: 25 students, June 2010 (cancelled) GDB/GMB: 25 students, June 2010 (cancelled) GDB/GMB: 25 students, June 2010 (cancelled) GDB/GMB: 25 students, June 2010 (cancelled) GMB: 14 students, August 2010 Global Brigades R&D: Current or completed projects by type: Strategy: Studied feasibility of having a GBuk fundraising website Competitive Intelligence: Who are we up against? Competitive Intelligence: How do we compare to our competitors in terms of sound operations? Competitive Intelligence: How do we compare to our competitors in terms of finances? Sustainable Development: Assessing organisations in Sustainable Development. An Acid Test. A Critical Appraisal of Global Brigades. Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours on taking vitamins. Impact of eco-stoves on peak flow performance. Applying economic instruments to stimulate economic development.
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Section D
Achievements and performance How to quantify safety of foreigners in a country. Risk management: Mapping natural hazards and disease trends. Finance: All potential UK corporate donors. A systematic search of the internet. Development of a GBuk Core Value Dossier. Service Development: Expectations and Reality. How can we improve? Portfolio optimisation: Picking Universities to maximise Return on investment. Recruited additional volunteer staff (2): Alex Green, Rachel Kelly Publicity: 1 article in the Lancet Student (http://www.facebook.com/notes/thelancet-student/global-brigades-a-first-hand-acount/393335791545) Imperial Global Brigades website: http://dougal.union.ic.ac.uk/cag/globalbrigades/ Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#!/globalbrigadeseurope?ref=search Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=69870438758&ref=search Training: Rachel Kelly has volunteered to develop a training course for Brigaders to prepare them for their expedition which includes an introduction to Honduran culture and basic medical Spanish phrases.
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April 2009
Section E
Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Reserves are used for the purpose of expansion and support for students. There is no upper limit. However, the lower limit is £1000 to cover governance fees.
Details of any funds materially in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about: • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); •
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F
Other optional information
Section G
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
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April 2009