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The directors have chosen not to file a copy of the company's profit and loss account.
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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2023-24 proved to be another challenging and difficult year for RAAY, due largely to ongoing health concerns arising from director Nic Sharpe's diagnosis of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder. In spite of the time and energy drain that managing Nic's health presented, certain core activities continued throughout the year. The regular Monday breath awareness class continued, as did 1-to-1 yoga sessions. Four established yoga philosophy sessions continued, each one occuring on a quarterly basis. Two of the sessions - Plymouth Yoga Teachers Support & Sharing and Plymouth Yoga Practitioners Support & Sharing, are designed to facilitate networking and connection in the yoga community, and provide an environment for professional and personal development for yoga teachers and practitioners. The other two sessions, Patanjali Yoga Sutras, and Hatha Yoga Pradipika, are study groups dedicated to analysis of ancient yoga texts and discussion of how the texts have shaped the practice & teaching of yoga today. In addition to the four established sessions, Nic initiated Plymouth Hypermobility Support & Sharing, a monthly support session for people with Hypermobility and/or Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. The session is also open to yoga teachers, as hypermobility presents challenges to traditional methods of teaching. Nic also began to develop a specialised yoga class designed for people with hypermobility and EDS, but as of July '24 hadn't scheduled a start date for the session. Director Matt Thomas continued papermaking, with weekly 'Matt's Paper Hog' shop days at RAAY. The paper shop has begun to develop a small, but gradually growing cohort of regular customers for handmade and recycled paper. He also presented papermaking demonstrations at Union Street Party, and took part in Manor Street Galleries Market days. Discussions began with The Learning Exchange to develop and deliver making sessions, but didn't materialise. RAAY hosted the official festival bookshop during the first Plymouth Poetry Festival in April of 2024. In addition, a live poetry event was held at RAAY during the festival. After the festival finished, we continued to stock collections and pamphlets by Plymouth and Devon poets, making them available during Paper Shop days. We also agreed to host the bookshop during the 2025 festival. Other activities included: providing a film to Screening the Future, a symposium of Plymouth's urban culture; taking part in the Wonderzoo Winter Warmer in December of '23; continuing involvement with Alan Qualtrough at Kiss & Bite Letterpress Studio in Ocean Studios, and initial meetings with Jarsquad, Food Plymouth and Hedgerow Hound about the development of a pickle/ferment centred event to be held in 2025. In 2024 RAAY also signed up to Climate Connections plymouth, and took part in initial meetings for the Let's Change Culture scheme held at UOP Earth Institute, and centred around creatives working toward sustainability and climate action. This ties in well with RAAY's commitment to low carbon and sustainable business practices. Invovlement with community group Adelaide Street Angels continued in the form of monthly litter picks which happen under the umbrella of Clean Our Patch, and monthly meetings. The meetings moved to Cafe Momus on Manor Street, on a temporary basis, but as of July '24, were still being held there. The Medieval Day that was postponed in 2023, was held in June, in Adelaide Park, and provided a day of medieval-themed activities for the community. Two Adelaide Street Angels members are part of the Plymouth Medieval Society, who hosted the day. Other groups involved included Plymouth Play Scrapstore and the Stonehouse Community Builders team. A planned community garden day was cancelled due to bad weather. The Adelaide Angels gardening activities were given a Wilder Communities Award by Devon Wildlife Trust.
RAAY’s stakeholders fall into three groups: People in the Stonehouse area around RAAY who come to exhibitions, activities and classes; artists and teachers who work with us; and other organisations in the area with whom we partner for various community activities (or-ganisations include Nudge Community Builders, Wonderzoo, Plymouth Play Association Scrapstore, Omnium Radio CIC, Jar Squad, The Village Hub, The Flax Project). As with last year, consultation with stakeholders was limited as were all regular activities, due to Nic's ongoing health concerns. The yoga philosophy sessions have continued to be well attended and popular, and are currently the only established professional development sessions for yoga teachers in Plymouth. Teachers find the information and support useful, and much that is discussed in the sessions has been taken into the wider yoga teaching environment in Plymouth. The establishment of a Hypermobility support group has proved to be essential and important for hypermobility, EDS and chronic pain sufferers. Though attendance can be sporadic due to the pacing needs of participants, a stable, regular session is an important step toward fostering an environment of care and compassion for people suffering from not-well-understood conditions. Among members of that group, there is enthusiasm for a special-ised class, which has led to Nic's development of such a class, though the class itself hasn't begun. With respect to art & papermaking, informal discussion with visitors to the paper shop days and demos that have happened elsewhwere (Union Street Party, etc.), have shown that there is a clear interest in some sort of workshop or making session centred on papermaking. While some developmental ideas have been discussed, as yet no program of sessions has begun, but it remains an area of interest for us. With respect to RAAY's involvement with the Adelaide Street Angels, monthly meetings and litter picks have continued to be a way to interact with other members of the community in a direct way about neighbourhood issues that impact all of us. The group had a strong rela-tionship with Plymouth City Cllr Ian Tuffin, who was a regular attendee of both the meetings and litter picks. Cllr Tuffin used the Angels activities as a way to monitor concerns in the community that he could assist in addressing in his role as a council member. On his retire-ment, Cllr Alison Raynsford stepped into his role and has proved an ongoing and valuable source of support for the community group.
Director’s salary of £2,000 (Nic Sharpe - £1000, Matt Thomas £1000) was accrued. 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
14 April 2025
And signed on behalf of the board by:
Name: Matthew Thomas
Status: Director