Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 8
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +5
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

ENGAGE

Engage, a rural charity in Wealden, provides socialisation opportunities for older vulnerable people at the TN22 club and dementia activities and carers' respite at the TN22 Plus club. Engage promotes social inclusion, health and wellbeing through the provision of lunch clubs, therapeutic activities and outings. Staff and volunteers are committed to combating loneliness and social isolation.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
29/02/24£52£42£10n/a
28/02/23£31£40£-9n/a
28/02/22£47£37£10n/a
28/02/21£24£21£3n/a
29/02/20£52£42£11n/a
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.tn22clubs.org

info@tn22clubs.org

07462 790210

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
GiG Classification
  • Philanthropic intermediaries and volunteering
How it operates
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • East Sussex,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
National Lottery Community Fund£32,500
Sussex Community Foundation£23,314
The Foyle Foundation£4,000
Charles Hayward Foundation£3,000
Allen Lane Foundation£2,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to ENGAge
£4,764 14/07/2023
Funding was provided for staff, volunteer, venue hire and activities costs.
National Lottery Community Fund - The TN22 Clubs
£10,000 16/06/2023
The funding will be used to provide socialisation for older people who are isolated/vulnerable within the community. The project aims to enable people to maintain their quality of life and remain in their homes for as long as possible.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Engage
£3,000 21/12/2022
TN22 and TN22 Plus social clubs for older people, including those with dementia
Allen Lane Foundation - Grant to Engage Wealden
£2,000 04/11/2022
£2,000 single grant towards the general running costs of this organisation providing weekly clubs for older people in Hadley Down, East Sussex.
The Foyle Foundation - Small Grants
£4,000 08/02/2022
towards core costs over the next 12 months
Sussex Community Foundation - Caring through Covid
£10,000 26/01/2022
Funding was provided to support and encourage local residents to return to their clubs following the pandemic, and to recruit new volunteers to manage the daily operation of the clubs.
National Lottery Community Fund - Back to Business
£2,500 20/07/2021
The funding will be used to provide activities to elderly people and people living with dementia in rural areas who have been socially isolated and wish to engage in face to face activities with their carers and others. This aims to reduce isolation ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Caring through Covid
£10,000 12/03/2021
10
The funding will be used to continue the group to carry on providing support to vulnerable older people and people with dementia within a rural community in Sussex.The project aims to provide companionship support and encourage interaction with ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to ENGAge
£1,550 21/04/2020
Engage provides two rural community clubs in rural East Sussex: TN22 for people over 60; and TN22 Plus for those with dementia, and their carers. Clubs offer activities, signposting,companionship, support, respite for carers, lunches, outings, film ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to ENGAge
£7,000 24/03/2020
10
Funding was provided for staff costs of a cook.
National Lottery Community Fund - Making a difference
£10,000 19/12/2019
10
The funding will be used to recruit and train volunteers and run a meet-and-greet programme for older people and people living with dementia. The project aims to reduce the feeling of isolation in the community by developing and expanding activities.
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to ENGage
£7,000 31/08/2019
12
towards one year's running costs of a Dementia support service for people living in rural parts of East Sussex
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to ENGAge
£3,990 15/03/2019
12
Funding was provided for staff costs for a cook.
National Lottery Community Fund - ENGAge pastoral/befriending outreach service
£9,800 21/02/2018
12
The project will provide an outreach befriending and rural support service to isolated older people and their carers so they can stay in their own homes within their communities. Coffee mornings and tea afternoons will be arranged at participant’s ....more
Sussex Community Foundation - Grant to ENGAge
£4,500 06/02/2018
6
Engage is a new Charity in East Sussex providing two rural community clubs: TN22 for people over 60; and TN22 Plus for those living in rural areas with dementia. Funding was provided to support a sessional freelance volunteer recruitment and support ....more
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • AMANDA MARY CHAPMAN Appointed: 2020
  • DENISE AGNES LEARY Appointed: 2021
  • GILLIAN ROBERTA SMYTH MRS (Chair) Appointed: 2021
  • JANET TOURELL Appointed: 2021
  • PETER DAMIAN SMYTH Appointed: 2018
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 16/11/2017, number: 1175761
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

6 Chelgates
BEXHILL-ON-SEA
East Sussex
TN39 3BU

Objectives

WORDING IN CLAUSE 3 AND REPLACE IT WITH:1. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH OF PEOPLE OVER 60 IN THE TN22 AREA OF WEALDEN AND ROTHER WHO HAVE DEMENTIA OR MEMORY LOSS AND THEIR CARERS, BY THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ACTIVITIES AND SUPPORT;2. THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG ELDERLY PERSONS IN THE TN22 AREA OF WEALDEN AND ROTHER WHO ARE EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN A RURAL ISOLATED AREA AND LIVE ALONE, ARE HOUSE-BOUND, OR WHO ARE UNABLE TO DRIVE OR EASILY ACCESS PUBLIC TRANSPORT, BY THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, OUTINGS AND SOCIAL TRIPS INCLUDING TRANSPORT TO AND FROM HOME.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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