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The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the period ended 30 April 2024
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Directors
The director shown below has held office during the whole of the period from
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30 April 2024
The above report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions in part 15 of the Companies Act 2006
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The company was formed to build community momentum focused on improving the health of the Sussex River Ouse, and in turn the health and wellbeing of those involved in the project, and society more broadly. During the financial year 2023/2024 we: Organised a Rights of River Summit to bring practitioners locally and from across the UK to share experiences and to make progress on developing a river rights Charter for the Ouse. The Summit reported on global and national implementations of Rights of Rivers to date from a variety of notable speakers, followed by a guided walk of the Winterbourne chalk Stream and held workshops on emerging key themes in the afternoon. Invitees included, amongst others, local authorities, river groups, statutory organisations, academics, environmentalists, water utility companies, legal experts, farmers, and local communities. Workshops were facilitated by Sussex University law students and King College students. The event enabled local and national stakeholders to learn about River Rights, how it might benefit the health of the Ouse as well as other UK rivers and explore practical means to uphold a river’s rights. It enabled connections to be formed, harness potential partnerships and provided network opportunities. Love our Ouse led the creation and ongoing facilitation of a Rights of Rivers Steering Group has been set and comprises representatives from the local authority and key stakeholders such as the local Rivers Trust, Wildlife Trust and other local conservation organisations to create a draft Charter for the Ouse. This has included engaging legal expertise and advice from key experts in the field on a local, national and international basis. We delivered a River People Tour consisting of four community engagement events between October 2023 to May 2024 starting in the headwaters in Balcombe and moving downstream to the sea at Newhaven. Thirty organisations took part and the events attracted approximately 2000 visitors in total. We held a River Revelry funding event with river-based music, poems celebrating the River Ouse with more than 180 people attending. The event enabled local people to celebrate the river through creative means and in a social context. We delivered the first of a series of free community River Ecology 101 training days. The course enabled local people to complete a baseline river survey, access resources and monitor a stretch by nominating a site they would like to investigate and help us build a community of knowledge & evidence. This empowered people to learn, understand and act for their local waterway. We maintained a presence at local events to showcase the River Ouse, and runs walks and talks to inform people about the river, covering heritage, cultural and ecological subjects.
As previously indicated we have engaged with many river stakeholders through numerous community events and the River Summit. Our stakeholder engagement has a broad depth of variety from local residents, campaign groups, community groups, environmental organisations, those with statutory duties, landowners and educational settings. Our community events have included participatory elements to allow local people to be consulted and their views factored in. Comments and contributions have been logged and written up as publicly available reports. We actively use this data to help inform our direction of travel as an organisation, identify further projects, link local people to action they can take to help protect the river. We conducted a petition as part of our events to gauge support for a River Rights Charter and conducted workshops inviting local people’s ideas for the river’s rights. These have been included as part of the case we are building to create a Charter for the Ouse and what local people and relevant stakeholders think it should contain. Our training courses included feedback form to help monitor the quality of our services and inform improvements as well as tailor future learning and activities to build on. We have also consulted with local statutory bodies on issues where our activities have aligned with their initiatives in regard to river issues.
The total amount paid or receivable by directors in respect of qualifying services was £5,460. 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 January 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Duncan Rawson
Status: Director