READING FAMILIES' FORUM CIO

Registered charity 1166585 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RFF

To enable young people aged 0 to 25 years with disabilities or special educational needs and their families to meet and discuss issues with service providers in Reading Borough Council, and local NHS and voluntary sector. To represent parents' and carers' views to these providers and work to coproduce policy. To promote best practice in these services.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 0-15 YEARS WITH DISABILTIES AND / OR SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS AND TO ASSIST IN ADVANCING THEM IN LIFE SO THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE READING BOROUGH COUNCIL AREA BY: • SETTING UP STRUCTURES AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES (SURVEYS, MEETINGS, EVENTS, INFORMATION DAYS) TO FACILITATE TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FAMILIES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS; • PROMOTING AND IMPLEMENTING CO-PRODUCTION IN DECISION MAKING AND PLANNING FOR FUTURE SERVICE PROVISION, SO THAT PARENTS AND CARERS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVEMENTS IN SERVICES;• PROMOTING THE SHARING OF BEST PRACTICE, INFORMED BY STATUTORY AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES WITHIN HEALTH, EDUCATION, SOCIAL CARE AND DISABILITY.

Area of benefit: IN THE READING BOROUGH COUNCIL AREA

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £3,487 in unrestricted funds at the end of the financial year, which trustees described as essential for keeping the forum running. The charity noted that it does not expect to receive its current level of income as a matter of routine, indicating potential financial vulnerability regarding future funding streams.

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 4 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
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr ALICE ELEANOR CARTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Emma Griffiths
• Emma Sowden
• Kira Molly Remi Lloyd
• Lynsey McDonald · trustee of 1 other charity
• PAULINE HAMILTON

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

Operates in: Reading

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