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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 December 2023
Principal activities of the company
Directors
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from
1 January 2023
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31 December 2023
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
And signed on behalf of the board by:
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Status: Director
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The notes form part of these financial statements
This report was approved by the board of directors on
and signed on behalf of the board by:
Name:
Status: Director
The notes form part of these financial statements
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Basis of measurement and preparation
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In this financial year, we applied for and were successful in securing grants from Arts Council England NLPG and ALCS to carry out a third year-long programme of mentoring and development for people of colour writing children’s and YA literature. Much of the directors’ time in the early part of the financial year was taken up with planning the programme of activity, securing and developing relationships with funders, and writing the grant applications. We began the programme of activity in October 2023, with a projected completion date of December 2024. This report covers activity from the launch of the programme in October 2023 to the end of the financial year on 31 December 2023. Where ‘3 of a planned 12’ activities are mentioned, the remaining activities will have taken place in the next financial year. During the financial year in question, our activities have benefited the community in the following ways: - awarding places (pay-as-you-feel) to 8 mentees, unpublished writers of colour and starting them on their 1:1 mentoring journey - appointing 6 paid mentors who are published writers of colour and providing them with initial training and induction - providing 3 of a planned 12 1 hour masterclasses in writing craft, with prize-winning authors Maisie Chan, Tola Okogwu, Danielle Jawando - providing 3 of a planned 12 1 hour book club meetings to discuss craft with an industry professional - providing 3 of a planned 12 1 hour Open Door career and industry focused Q&As with Becky Bagnell, Stephanie King and Safae El-Ouahabi
The company’s primary stakeholders are people of colour who write for children and teenagers. The directors of the company are both women of colour, one writer for children and the other, a publishing professional. We are in constant dialogue via our forum, with those who apply to the scheme. We also carry out regular consultation and survey for satisfaction using Google Forms, which enables our community to give anonymous feedback and thus be honest. Our programme of activity this year included a planned formal consultation period, enabling participants to co-create the activity. We asked participants to vote on the books we discuss in book club, suggest topics for masterclasses, and nominate visitors to Open Doors. At the end of the financial year, we had collected this survey data in order to inform our programming in the next financial year 2024.
No remuneration was received
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: Leila Rasheed
Status: Director