Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 12
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
    • Overall weighted support: +12
    Overall GiG Score: 17 ?

    PEOPLE FIRST FORUM

    Our vision is a world where people with learning disabilities are treated as equals, living safe and happy lives.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

    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
    31/03/23*£242£211£31n/a
    31/03/22£201£196£5n/a
    31/03/21£210£200£9n/a
    31/03/20£206£198£9n/a
    31/03/19£119£181£-62n/a
    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 7 years

    www.peoplefirstforum.co.uk

    office.admin1@peoplefirstforum.co.uk

    01202746040

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    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Disability
    • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
    GiG Classification
    • Services for people with disabilities
    How it operates
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Throughout England,
    Who it helps
    • 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£391,754
    Lloyds Bank Foundation£75,000
    Postcode Local Trust£25,000
    Disability Action£6,992
    DCMS£5,000
    CAF£5,000
    Dorset Community Foundation£4,964
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to People First Forum
    £75,000 06/12/2023
    36
    Unrestricted grant over 3 years towards the core costs of People First Forum
    Postcode Local Trust - Unrestricted Funding
    £25,000 30/06/2023
    Making the community an accessible and welcoming place for people with learning disabilities.
    National Lottery Community Fund - On The Move
    £391,754 28/07/2022
    This funding will support People First Forum (PFF) to help change the way they deliver services to their Learning Disability (LD) community. PFF is a self-advocacy organisation promoting rights choices and equality of opportunity as well as ....more
    Dorset Community Foundation - On the move
    £4,964 10/02/2022
    Supporting 20 people with learning disabilities to participate in a project that will increase their digital literacy and research suitable opportunities for people with learning disabilities in the local area
    Disability Action - NET Coronavirus Appeal Emergency Fund for Disabled People Organisations UK-wide
    £6,992 01/11/2020
    The project will enable the group to research why more of its members are not online. The findings will influence what support and equipment they provide to ensure their community's needs are met.
    DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
    £5,000 25/09/2020
    NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an ....more
    CAF - Grant to People First Forum
    £5,000 12/06/2020
    3
    Grant to People First Forum to support the organisation through COVID19
    National Lottery Community Fund - Speaking Up Skills
    £9,911 11/07/2019
    12
    The funding will be used to deliver training workshops in advocacy and peer support for people living with learning disabilities. This will increase participants' confidence and transferrable skills.
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to People First Forum
    £43,300 13/03/2019
    For The Record
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (10)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    • ALISON BALE Appointed: 2018
    • ANDREW MARK WILLIAMS Appointed: 2022
    • BILL SHAW Appointed: 2018
    • DAN MURRAY Appointed: 2018
    • LES HEBDITCH Appointed: 2018
    • MARK DYDE Appointed: 2018
    • RUTH CROOK Appointed: 2018
    • SIMON SHAVE Appointed: 2018
    • SARAH PETERS Appointed: 2018
    • SHAUN HAYWARD Appointed: 2018
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/05/2018, number: 1178213
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Investment
    • Paying staff
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    5 returns made; AR23: 89 days late,
    Recent reorganisation events:
    • Asset transfer in from POOLE FORUM on 04/03/2020
    Main office

    PEOPLE FIRST FORUM
    Rossmore Leisure Centre
    Herbert Avenue
    POOLE
    Dorset
    BH12 4HR

    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO HAVE A LEARNING DISABILITY.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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