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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
to
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:
Name:
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
for the Period Ended 31 December 2023
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The Therapeutic Forest CIC is a Social Enterprise founded by a team of therapists with a passion for the outdoors. We deliver projects in UK forests - using the outdoors as a tool to support mental health and wellbeing of adults and children experiencing additional challenges. We also provide courses empowering Forest School Professionals with therapeutic knowledge to enhance their practice. This year we have been working towards maintaining our excellent impact, whilst reducing our reliance on grant funding- working towards our aim to be funded entirely by traded income by 2024. This year we achieved the following: Delivered our Woodcraft for Wellbeing programme for adults with mild to moderate mental health needs, funded by profits from our courses. Our free 6 week Nature Wellbeing Course was delivered to 156 adults, empowering individuals with 6 evidence based tools to support their wellbeing, developed by Clinical Psychologists. Our 6 week Nature Wellbeing Course was accessed by 66 frontline workers, empowering individuals with evidence based tools to support their wellbeing, developed by Clinical Psychologists. Delivered one cohort of our Adult Mental Health programme, to 54 Forest School Leaders empowering forest school leaders to deliver a programme of outdoor mental health support for adults. Delivered 10 fully funded Therapeutic Outdoor Play sessions to children with SEND aged 0-18 years and their parents/carers, through grant funding and funded by the profits from our courses, attended by 18 children and their families. Delivered 6 Winter Wonderland Sessions for children with SEND and their families, funded through our profits, providing a hot meal, attended by 48 children and their families. Delivered 11 Outdoor Therapeutic Play Sessions for children aged 0-5 with additional needs, through grant funding, accessed by 16 children and their grown ups. Delivered 72 sessions for children with SEND and accessing free school meals, as part of the Holidays and Food Programme, reaching approximately 48 individuals. Our online Accessible Yoga sessions were accessed by to 56 children and young people with SEND. Our free 6 week Accessible Nature Photography Course was accessed by 103 teenagers with SEND and school settings. Delivered training for 147 of our Approved Practitioners who are Forest School Leaders on ‘Supporting young people who self-harm’ from a Clinical Psychologist and ‘Supporting young people with verbal dyspraxia in the outdoors’ from a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist. Developed ‘The Certificate in Accessing Grant Funding for Forest School Leaders’ accessed by 147 Forest School Leaders. Delivered a Lived Experience Webinar: ‘Supporting young people who disclose sexual abuse’ available. Delivered Clinical Supervision Groups to our Approved Practitioners Network, including 3 Clinical Psychologists led sessions, to the 147 in our Approved Practitioner Network. Provided Peer Supervision Opportunities to Forest School Leaders. . Partnered with another CIC to deliver 1 cohort of a course to support children with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities, which was delivered to 39 Special Schools throughout the UK. Delivered an in-person cohort of our ‘Certificate in Therapeutic Skills for Outdoor Leaders’, training 15 Forest School Leaders in Therapeutic Skills to enhance their practice. Delivered 3 online cohorts of our ‘Certificate in Therapeutic Skills for Outdoor Leaders’, training 268 Forest School Leaders in Therapeutic Skills to enhance their practice.
The company’s stakeholders are primarily adults with mental health needs and children/young people and their parents/carers throughout Greater Manchester with SEND. For each programme we deliver, stakeholders are consulted, before, during and after programmes. We collect Social Impact Report from parents/carers every 12 weeks, throughout the year. These reports provide families with a chance to make suggestions and let us know what they want more of and less of. Consultations help us to develop the project and ensure that the right level of staffing is provided. We also consult with individuals and families throughout the projects, building time into sessions for discussion and feedback. Those who attend our sessions have opportunities to share what they enjoy and our team build in more opportunities that fit with their interests as a result. We also work closely with local parent/carer support organisations, mental health groups and local charities.
2 Directors were paid for roles, Hannah Broughton and Caspian Jamie. Full details are identified in our accounts. They both have employment contracts, approved by the board, and set following a bench marking exercise. 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
27 September 2024
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Hannah Christina Broughton
Status: Director