Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 4

No PartB

All female board: -3

Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 1

ENDING LIFE'S TABOO

Ending Life's Taboo offers rapid access to counselling provision for young adults within the age range of 18 and 45 years old when they receive a terminal or end of life diagnosis. Ending Life's Taboo operates in North East Essex and Suffolk. Young adults with cancer or non cancer illnesses are able to access the provision.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely 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
31/12/22		£21,671	£19,938	£1,733	0
31/12/21		£32,511	£5,404	£27,107	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 3 years

www.endinglifestaboo.com

endinglifestaboo@outlook.com

07710628913

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability

GiG Classification

Other specialist outpatient services

How it operates

Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services

Where it operates

Essex, Suffolk,

Who it helps

Other Defined Groups

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Ending Life's Taboo
£2,100	25/05/2023	to support the work of Ending Life's Taboo
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Ending Life's Taboo
£500	14/02/2023	to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Ending Life's Taboo
£1,216	14/02/2023	to provide an uplift in funding for the core costs of the organisation through the cost-of-living crisis
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Ending Life's Taboo
£12,162	07/04/2022	for the salary of a counsellor working with young adults who have a terminal diagnosis at Colchester Hospital
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Ending Life's Taboo
£3,350	27/01/2022	to improve digital access for a charity providing counselling and support to young adults with life limiting illness in North East Essex
National Lottery Community Fund - Ending Life's Taboo - Let's Talk Some More
£9,223	08/10/2021	This service will fund a counsellor for one day per week to support young adults (under 40) who have been diagnosed as life limited/end of life to access psychological support. Family and friends are ....more This service will fund a counsellor for one day per week to support young adults (under 40) who have been diagnosed as life limited/end of life to access psychological support. Family and friends are also supported enabling them to prepare for the loss of their young loved one. The service improves mental health and coping skills as well as help to reduce complicated grief for families.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR DARIA BONANNO Appointed: 2021

DR HARRIET LOUISE ROEBUCK MBBS MTCP (Chair) Appointed: 2020

LUCY VIVIENNE GOODWYN Appointed: 2023

TONI-LEANNE KERRY JOLIN Appointed: 2020

TRACY LOUISE DAVIES Appointed: 2020

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/05/2021, number: 1194537

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

2 returns made; all on time

Main office

68 WEST STREET
COGGESHALL
COLCHESTER
CO6 1NS

Objectives

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUFFERING OF ADULTS AGED 18 TO 40 YEARS OLD IN NORTH EAST ESSEX WHO ARE DIAGNOSED AS HAVING AN INCURABLE, LIFE LIMITING CONDITION WITH SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE CARE NEEDS; AND THEIR CARERS BY PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NORTH EAST ESSEX

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