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Directors' report period ended
The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 31 March 2024
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 April 2023
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31 March 2024
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
This report was approved by the board of directors on
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Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Curious Motion has grown significantly this year, particularly due to securing multi-year funding, which has enabled us to secure essential job roles for the first time and focus on our longer-term impact; strengthening relationships with our community and enabling us to offer more services. Our main project this year was The Welland Activator. A background programme of work began in 2022, and this year we completed the first full year of the project. The Welland Activator is a three-year project that aims to reduce loneliness in Elland and the lower valley of Calderdale by embedding high quality, accessible dance and arts for health experiences in our communities. The project includes a year-round programme of classes and workshops, a podcast, performance opportunities, and festival events. https://curiousmotion.org.uk/projects/welland-activator/ 463 people participated in a workshop or class this year and a further 1500+ people have engaged with our wider projects. We have a core community of 61 people who engage with us regularly every month. Our partnerships with other local VCSE organisations have also grown and strengthened, particularly with St Augustine’s Centre and Calderdale Valley of Sanctuary – we have had a strong focus on supporting refugees and asylum seekers this year, and thanks to their support we now support over 30 people seeking sanctuary on a monthly basis. We have also developed partnerships with SWYPFT NHS Trust, contributing to their new Create and Bloom app, which goes live next year to support the local community to access creative health activities from home. We also produced the ‘Movement Re-imagined guide’ thanks to funding from Creative Minds/SWYPFT, which supports organisations and individuals working with older people in care/wellbeing contexts to integrate informal and accessible dance and movement practices into their services. Movement Re-imagined has been shared with over 35 organisations and groups, including care homes, assisted living centres, Overgate Hospice, Active Calderdale, small charities and voluntary groups, and wider health services across West Yorkshire. Feedback from our community has been an essential part of our learning and development. We have been delighted to be able to build strong and meaningful relationships that are directly supporting holistic wellbeing and boosting belonging and connection. Feedback from both our community and team included: - Thank you for creating a safe space where we can fully express ourselves. - The opportunity to play and explore freedom of expression is really valuable and helps me to feel like I can be myself whilst enjoying getting to know others. - I feel more confident in trying new things and expressing myself due to the sense of solidarity and togetherness that the group has created. - Being a part of Curious Motion has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my career so far. It's been a pleasure getting to know the Elland community and working with the team. - Working with Curious Motion has enabled me to grow as a practitioner and transfer the skills I've learnt to other areas of my practice. Working with communities was something I was curious about when I first started, and I now hold it as the cornerstone of my practice. The joy that it brings me enriches my life. This year has been a year of fruitful discovery, play, and experimentation. We’d like to express our gratitude to the people of Elland, the lower valley, and the wider Calderdale community for their support, trust, and guidance. For full information, please read our 2023 impact report: https://curiousmotion.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Impact-Report-2023-FINAL.pdf
Our stakeholders are our project participants, the artists and practitioners we work with, our board, our partners, and the wider community of Calderdale, particularly residents in the lower valley and Elland areas. We regularly consult with our stakeholders to obtain feedback, learn from their experiences, and shape our ideas. This takes place via informal conversations during and after our projects, surveys, meetings, and one-to-one chats. We also collate this information to report back to our funders and provide an overall evaluation of our impact. Our Sounding Board steering group was also fully established this year, with 9 members who meet regularly. This has been an essential part of our development, ensuring our community can lead our development. We have begun connecting our Sounding Board with our Board of Directors to make all levels of decision making available to our community too, and we are continuing to explore this way of working. This year we also published our first Impact Report, which has been a helpful and meaningful way to reflect on our learning, explore our impact, and share this more widely with our community.
Please see our accounts for details of directors’ remuneration. Samantha McCormick was employed in the role of Artistic Director/CEO this year, with a salary of £35,000 pro rata at 3.5 days per week (£24,500 actual). There were no other transactions or arrangements in connection with the remuneration of directors, or compensation for director’s loss of office, which require to be disclosed.
No transfer of assets other than for full consideration
This report was approved by the board of directors on
16 September 2024
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Samantha McCormick
Status: Director