DISABILITY PARTNERSHIP CALDERDALE

Registered charity 1155007 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

All our members have a physical and/or sensory impairment and live and/or work in Calderdale. We engage with service providers and commissioners, mainly in local authority, health and transport sectors. By involving significant numbers of disabled people, we can have a big impact on decision makers. By using this model, disabled people are empowered and can influence policy and service delivery.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS")ARE TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF DISABLED PEOPLE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IN CALDERDALE TO ENABLE THEM TO LIVE AS INDEPENDENTLY AS POSSIBLE BY:-A)WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMISSIONERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS TO RAISE AWARENESS OF ISSUES OF CONCERN TO DISABLED PEOPLE, SO THAT COMMISSIONERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO MAXIMISE ACCESS TO MAINSTREAM AND SPECIALIST SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL AND SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS; B)RAISING THE PROFILE OF DISABLED PEOPLE IN CALDERDALE;C)DEVELOPING THE CIO AS AN INDEPENDENT USER LED ORGANISATION(ULO)OF ADULTS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING TOGETHER TO SUPPORT CHANGE FOR DISABLED PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND / OR WORK IN CALDERDALE AND HAVE PHYSICAL AND / OR SENSORY IMPAIRMENTS. D)DELIVERING SERVICES AND ORGANISING AND FACILITATING EVENTS INVOLVING DISABLED PEOPLE; TO MAKE ITS LONG TERM FUTURE MORE SECURE;E)HOLDING REGULAR MEETINGS WHICH LOOK AT ISSUES IN DETAIL, WHERE THE MEMBERSHIP WORKS TOGETHER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NUMEROUS COMMISSIONERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS TO IDENTIFY BARRIERS FACED BY DISABLED PEOPLE AND IMPROVE SERVICE DESIGN AND DELIVERY SO THAT DISABLED PEOPLE HAVE BETTER ACCESS, EXPERIENCES, IMPROVED WELLBEING AND QUALITY OF LIFE;F)ENSURING THAT DISABLED PEOPLE ARE FULLY INFORMED ABOUT POLICY CHANGES THAT MAY AFFECT THEIR LIVES;G)EMPOWERING DISABLED PEOPLE TO TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES AND HAVE GREATER CONFIDENCE, CHOICE, CONTROL AND A LOUDER VOICE OVER THE WAY THEIR NEEDS ARE MET SO THEY CAN INFLUENCE SERVICE IMPROVEMENT; H)ENSURING THAT DISABLED PEOPLE HAVE GREATER ACCESS TO HOUSING, HEALTH, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, LEISURE, AND TRANSPORT OPPORTUNITIES AND CAN PARTICIPATE IN FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIFE.

Area of benefit: IN CALDERDALE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported net receipts of £48,181 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total receipts of £124,454 against total payments of £76,273. Free reserves stood at £10,395, which exceeds the stated policy target of covering two months of average operating costs (£5,000). The accounts were subject to an independent examination with no material matters identified.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• MARION SPRUCEchair
• Alison Schofield
• David Ashton
• Donna Lorraine Turner
• George Brian Sutcliffe
• Georgina King
• Malcolm Kielty MBE · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Calderdale · Kirklees

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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