Annual Report and Accounts 2020 – 2021

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Introduction

Introduction

What we achieved

How we achieved it

What we achieved

Strategic Report

National Star was one of the first specialist colleges in the country to see its learners vaccinated, demonstrating the charity’s very proactive approach in the pandemic.

Strategic Report

Thanks to staff and learner support, National Star received the Green Impact Gold Award for its efforts in sustainability and protecting the environment.

Independent auditors’ report

National Star received the 2021 Gloucestershire Business Award for Team of the Year. The judges paid tribute to the exceptional teamwork, commitment and flexibility, which has enabled the charity to maintain high levels of care and service throughout the pandemic.

Financial statements

National Star’s EmployAble project won a prestigious European Innovative Teaching Award from the European Commission and Erasmus+. The project was so successful that Manpower Services College in Greece has created its own social enterprise print company, modelled on StarPrint.

Plans for the future

In January 2021, National Star opened the Eveson Centre, its permanent education and therapies centre in Hereford.

Working in partnership with the British Esports Association and Microsoft, National Star helped organise the first ever esports competition for young people with disabilities.

National Star Foundation Annual Report and Accounts 2020 – 2021

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