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ANNUAL REVIEW OF OUR GLOBAL ACTIVITIES
2015
THE BODY SHOP FOUNDATION: ANNUAL REVIEW 2015
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OVERVIEW THE HIGHLIGHTS OF 2015 INCLUDED:
The Body Shop International’s fundraising product for The Body Shop
Foundation ‘Soft Hands Kind Heart’ hand cream was sold in 64
countries, boosting our organisation’s profile and the groups we
support to a truly global audience
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83 grants were awarded to some truly remarkable groups and
organisations in 31 countries across the world
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Our community challenge - ‘Build India’ - brought together 28
international volunteers to help build a rehabilitation centre in
Puducherry, India for disabled children and their families
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Over £380,000 was raised by The Body Shop Foundation from stock
fundraising, events and challenges
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CONTENT
CEO & Chair of Trustee Review 4&5
What is The Body Shop Foundation? 6
Funding focus 7
What we did with the money : Top 25 grants list 8-11
The impact of our funding 12-15
Our fundraising 16 - 21
Our schools programme 22 - 23
Our relationships 24 - 25
Looking ahead 26
Statement of Financial Activities for the period ended 31 Dec 2015 27
Balance Sheet as at 31 Dec 2015 28
Auditors statement 29
Our thanks 31
How to get and stay in touch 32
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CEO REVIEW “2015 saw another challenging but incredible year for The Body Shop Foundation. It’s strange I know
to throw those two words in the same sentence but despite all the challenges we faced as an
organisation, we achieved some pretty incredible results.
We really delivered on our ‘thinking globally, acting locally’ approach by finding some truly remarkable
community based groups which deliver a vital local service. It’s these little drops of activity, by
individuals determined to bring about positive social and environmental change, that soon add up to a
thunder clap of impact; changing habitats, laws and lives globally.
The fundraising product, in store in The Body Shop globally, also allowed the work of The Body Shop
Foundation to be highlighted and in turn, the groups we support gained more understanding and
LISA JACKSON recognition. We are so thankful to those markets who got behind this global activity and to every store
staff member who sold one and customer who purchased one - it’s such a brilliant momentum to be
part of and literally, it was in everyone’s hands to make that change.
Thanks to everyone who continues to show their support and enthusiasm for our work and the issues
and groups we support. Thanks to you, we can throw light in the darkest of places. Thanks to you, we
can raise and debate issues that we may not have heard about. Thanks to you, we continue to provide a
hand up, rather than a hand out to those groups on the ground whose services literally are a matter of
life or death.
Here’s to 2016; another year full of charitable activity, people power and world changing effects!”
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“2015 was a challenging year for the Foundation - or, to be accurate, a challenging 10 months as the Foundation
CHAIR OF changed its financial year to end in December to align with The Body Shop International. As I mentioned in my
TRUSTEES report last year, we had just begun to explore with the Company developing a funding agreement which would
both enable the Foundation to build a long term strategy and align with the Company’s new vision of ‘Enrich not
REVIEW Exploit’. These discussions are ongoing, and we are optimistic that a new arrangement will be in place by mid
2016.
Our income in 2015 was considerably lower than in previous years, but despite this, our Trustee Board and
Executive Team have continued to show utter commitment, creativity and dedication to the cause and much has
been achieved.
ANDREW RADFORD In brief - 83 grants were awarded to a total value of £247,000. Wonderful and worthwhile projects were supported
in 29 countries, reflecting the global reach of both the Foundation and the Company. Our grantees have been
working to save polar bears, to protect and replant forests, to fight the trade in wildlife, to combat child
prostitution, to improve women’s rights, to help the endangered honey bee, to support children with special needs
and many, many more desperately important causes. Working with the Foundation brings into sharp focus just
what havoc we humans are wreaking on the planet and, as a consequence, how much there is to be done. It is also,
however, a privilege to be able to play a small part in putting right some of the damage.
I would like to pay tribute to our Trustees for giving their time, knowledge and experience so selflessly to support
the Foundation’s work. To our team - Lisa, our Chief Executive and Adelle, Alison, Sue, Philippa, Oli and Jo - I say
thank you all and well done for another fine year in the history of the Foundation. You achieved great things under
testing conditions, raising almost £300,000 from stock sales and almost £80,000 from challenges, as well as
identifying some terrific organisations for us to support. We also owe a great deal to our brilliant ban of volunteers
without whom our stock sales events would be impossible to manage. And, of course, our thanks to the Company
for the funds we received in 2015.
We look forward to 2016 with great hopes for the success of the EINE hand cream, which is the product offered by
the Company this year from which the Foundation will be receiving funds. The hand cream is an integral part of
the new and exciting Body Shop commitment of ‘Enrich not Exploit - it's in our hands’. In adding to the funds to be
donated by the Company, our own fundraising will continue with renewed energy so that overall, we can expect
total income to be higher in 2016 to enable the Foundation to continue its important work”.
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WHAT IS THE BODY The Body Shop Foundation (charity registration number 802757) exists to fund charitable
SHOP FOUNDATION? organisations that are changing the world for the better.
We were originally founded by Dame Anita and Gordon Roddick to give the company’s charitable
giving both strategy and direction, maintaining the necessary monitoring and evaluation it requires
when giving donations.
Now, 26 years on and over £22 million awarded to groups across the world, we see ourselves as
champions of brave ideas for positive change, supporting animals, people and our wondrous
planet.
Our damage to the planet is affecting us all - human, environment and animal. Our diverse focus
ensures that no issue remains uncovered or unheard. By identifying the most effective community
groups, working on the ground breaking issues and by targeting our funding right at the heart of the
issue, we can deliver local change on a global level.
For us, everything is connected. It’s not just a question of looking at one issue when it has a ripple
effect in other areas. It’s about looking at our planet as a whole and acting accordingly.
Our grant making strategy and donations aim to deliver real and lasting change across the world,
working to support and raise awareness for community based charities and organisations that strive
to protect the planet, its people and the animals who share it with us.
Overall, The Body Shop Foundation has three main objectives.
OUR STRATEGY
The first is to continue to be an effective grant maker and create real and lasting change for
community groups working on vital issues across the world.
The second is to continue to develop fundraising opportunities to raise money, which also engage
and encourage participation with a diverse selection of stakeholders across the world.
The third is to raise awareness of these issues, promoting understanding of the changes needed to
help bring about positive social and environmental change.
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FUNDING FOCUS ANIMAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS
FOR 2015 PROTECTION
Prevent and campaign Address issues around Realise every child’s basic
against the commercial land and marine pollution right to a childhood
exploitation of animals
Animal rescue Climate change Child labour
ISSUES Animal welfare Conservation - forest Child protection
SUPPORTED Conservation - wildlife Indigenous people Child sexual abuse
Recycling Counsellling support
Regeneration Disability
Domestic violence
HIV/AIDS
Migrants/displaced people
Poverty
Trafficking
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TOP 25
GRANTS
LIST
POLAR BEARS INTERNATIONAL INC, CANADA : £34,154
Polar Bears International’s primary goal is to save polar bears from extinction through research,
education and action. The main threat to polar bears is a loss of sea ice habitat and their
education & action programmes aim to raise global awareness of the problem and effect a
reduction in greenhouse gases.
GET PAPER INDUSTRIES NEPAL (GPI), INDIA : £29,556
This grant is to be used by GPI staff and associated producers to provide support, for immediate
emergency needs and the longer term development needs in their communities, after the earthquake
that struck Nepal in April 2015.
OCEAN SOLE FOUNDATION, KENYA : £20,000
The Ocean Sole Foundation raises awareness and participation in marine conservation by
recycling, reducing and re-using marine and waterway debris. Through a variety of programmes, they
encourage everyone to take responsibility for their local environment, species and
biodiversity.
THE UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON, GLOBAL : £20,000
The University of Brighton is an international provider of high-impact research in the field of health-
related water microbiology. They work to discover solutions to the enduring problem of infectious
diseases associated with inadequate drinking water supplies and sanitation.
INTERNATIONAL TREE FOUNDATION, GHANA £15,000
The International Tree Foundation supports people and communities all over the world to cultivate,
plant and protect trees to ensure biodiversity, restore soil fertility, promote a healthy climate and
enhance livelihoods.
PRAGYA, INDIA £15,000
Pragya works for the sustainable development of marginalised communities living in challenging,
fragile environments - the Himalayan regions of India, Nepal and Kenya’s arid lands.
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TOP 25 GRANTS
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ASOCIACION PARA LA CONSERVACION DE LA CUENCA AMAZONICA (ACCA), £15,000
PERU:
ACCA protects the world’s most diverse landscapes, trains the next generation of Amazonian
conservationists and partners with communities to support livelihoods that sustain biodiversity.
SATYA SPECIAL SCHOOL, INDIA : £11,500
Satya Special School’s aim is to offer hope, education and improved quality care for children with
disabilities and their families. Our monies helped with the construction of Kodathur Village
Rehabilitation Centre which will provide support and care for up to 100 children with disabilities.
KOMUNITAS NOL SAMPAH SURABAYA, INDONESIA : £10,547
Komunitas Nol Sampah Surabaya (Zero Waste Community) promotes behaviour change to reduce
waste, particularly plastic bags/bottles and styrofoam. Through their campaigning and public
education projects they aim to promote an eco-friendly lifestyle, change legislations and protect the
mangrove forests on the east coast - an important stopover for migratory birds.
WILD FUTURES, UK : £7,583
Wild Futures provides sanctuary, education and campaigning for primate welfare. Their sanctuary in
Cornwall receives 33,000 visitors each year and their education focuses on primate welfare and
erasing the primate pet trade.
WESTOPHATE, USA £7,152
WeStopHate is a programme dedicated to raising self-esteem in teens through various social media
peer based platforms, to help each other gain confidence. They encourage teens to produce and
showcase their own confidence building videos and blogs online and through their YouTube channel.
PROFAUNA INDONESIA : £6,328
ProFauna Indonesia proactively works to save wildlife and forests through education, campaigning,
wildlife rescue and conservation.
BIG CAT RESCUE CORP, USA: £4,791
Big Cat Rescue works for a dual mission: rescuing and providing a permanent home for exotic cats
that have been abused, bred to be pets, retired from performing acts or saved from being slaughtered
for their fur. They also educate the public about these animals, rallying to influence change by
changing laws to protect these magnificent creatures.
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TOP 25 GRANTS
LIST CONT’D
ERB’S PALSY GROUP, UK : £4,549
Erb’s Palsy Group is the only support group dealing with this condition in the UK, which arises from a
difficult birth and results in lifelong paralysis of one or both arms. The group provides support to
families affected and offers advice on treatments, different fact sheets and a social networking site,
offering community support.
SBMI WONOSOBO, INDONESIA : £4,219
SBMI WONOSOBO is an organisation consisting of working & unemployed migrants and their
families. They offer human rights support, advocacy and reintegration for victims of trafficking.
NESTWARME E.V DEUTSCHLAND, GERMANY : £3,995
Nestwarme e.V’s aim is to provide advice and relief to families with terminally ill and disabled
children and to actively safeguard and strengthen the family support system. They have an outpatient
intensive care unit, a children’s hospice and they run the first nationwide advice hotline in Germany.
BOOK-CYCLE, UK : £3,033
Book-Cycle host a number of free book shops that aim to improve literacy and environmental
awareness. One of Book-Cycle’s aims is the reforestation of Britain through the provision of free trees
and plants and the advancement of education through free books and materials.
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR THE NEXT GENERATION (SPROUT UP), USA : £2,860
Sprout Up provides free, youth-led environmental education programmes to 1st and 2nd grade
classrooms in public schools throughout California. The student instructors teach children about
environmental science and sustainability through different activities.
NETZWERK BLUHENDE LANDSCHAFT (NBL), GERMANY : £2,397
NBL seek to develop and implement practicable concepts for agriculture, public green spaces and
gardens. They develop new concepts with land managers, farmers, scientists and conservationists, as
well as influencing and shaping new agricultural policies.
HOPE - YHDESSA & YHTEISESTI RY, FINLAND: £2,213
HOPE work to create a more equal start in children’s lives by working in close co-operation with social
welfare authorities on a daily basis. One of the main groups they help are children taken into care,
those living at reception centres or children’s homes, all over Finland.
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SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, SELANGOR, WEST £1,823
MALAYSIA :
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Selangor aim to protect defenceless animals and
alleviate their suffering through their shelters, clinics, animal inspectors and education programmes.
KIDSCAN CHARITABLE TRUST, NEW ZEALAND : £1,759
KidsCan Charitable Trust’s mission is to meet the physical and nutritional needs of New Zealand’s
children less fortunate than others, so that they are engaged in their education, which allows them to
reach their full potential.
GERMANWATCH E.V GERMANY : £1,598
Germanwatch e.V actively promotes North-South equity and the preservation of livelihoods. The
situation of marginalised people in the South of Germany is the starting point of their work. They are
an organisation which lobbies for sustainable global development.
TRAFFIC SOUTHEAST ASIA, VIETNAM : £1,466
TRAFFIC Southeast Asia is a research-driven and action orientated organisation. Its mission is to work
to ensure that the trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature. The
TRAFFIC Southeast Asia - Greater Mekong Programme is focused on improving the regulation and
management of the wildlife trade.
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THE IMPACT THE QUAGGA, BAIJI, MALABAR CIVET AND DODO.
OF OUR DO WE REALLY WANT TO ADD TIGERS, LIONS AND QUOLLS TO THIS LIST OF EXTINCT ANIMALS?
FUNDING IT’S ENTIRELY DOWN TO US TO PROTECT, PRESERVE AND STARE IN WONDROUS DELIGHT AT ALL THE
DIVERSE AND BEAUTIFUL SPECIES MOTHER NATURE HAS CREATED.
Lucky, FAME is a group that does EXACTLY that. They work tirelessly to save Australia’s endangered species from extinction.
Like the quoll, for example. Thanks to the funding they received from The Body Shop Foundation, FAME were able to
rescue and transfer 42 Western quoll from Western Australia and release them into Flinders Ranges National Park. Each
quoll was radio collared, tracked and monitored through the winter breeding season, with numbers showing successful
breeding and survival rates that season.
ANIMAL
In their own words: “The entire project has achieved an unexpected level of success. We’ve learned a lot and proven that,
PROTECTION: under the right circumstance and with the right support - thanks to The Body Shop Foundation - locally extinct wildlife can
FOUNDATION FOR be restored to its original territory.
AUSTRALIA’S MOST
ENDANGERED Being part of the return of an endangered species to its original home is one of the most moving things you can possibly
do. The support of The Body Shop Foundation, coming in early in the project, gave us the encouragement to go on in the
SPECIES LTD
face of quite a bit of scepticism. Now the entire country is watching our project and other projects will be based on what we
(FAME) have learned.
www.fame.org.au There have been many times when we’ve been moved to tears but none more so than when we saw the plane carrying the
first batch of quolls flying in from Western Australia in April.
We felt right from the start that this was going to be a ground breaking success and we were proven right in December
when the project was assessed and permission given to bring in another batch in 2015. Quite simply, it has been an amaz-
ing journey and a very satisfying experience.
Every time we call into a Body Shop, we make sure we thank the staff and tell them who we are. We let them know that
they have been part of an amazing wildlife success story and we will be forever grateful”.
Well FAME, we’re grateful too for your endless work to protect and preserve the world’s wondrous biodiversity on
behalf of us all - and quolls - everywhere - thank you. You rock!
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THE IMPACT IT’S OUR DUTY AS CUSTODIANS OF THE GLOBE TO LOOK AFTER THE PLANET THAT SUSTAINS SUCH WILDLY
DIVERSE, WONDERFUL CREATURES AND HABITATS.
OF OUR OUR GROUPS PUT THIS PRESERVATION FIRST – SAFEGUARDING OUR SKIES, OCEANS AND FORESTS -
FUNDING ENSURING A FUTURE FOR EVERYONE.
As 70% of the planet’s surface is covered by water, protecting our oceans is incredibly important and intregal to the
survival of us all. Figures prove that if we continue to abuse our planet at this rate, we will have more plastic than fish in
the sea by 2050 - a truly horrific thought.
Which is why we must support groups like Ocean Sole.
Ocean Sole is a one of a kind social enterprise, taking discarded flip-flops from waterways and coastlines in Kenya and
turning them into masterpieces, using the skills of local artisans. They have risen to the challenge by recycling,
reducing, reusing and rejecting waste through innovative solutions that are sustainable AND educate the local/global
audience on the fact that the ocean is quickly becoming the world’s dump yard.
Our funding was for their Kuruwitu Welfare and Conservation Association (KCWA) which runs a variety of educational,
volunteering and training programmes on protecting our oceans.
EVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION: Feedback from the locals have been incredibly positive - including the lovely Dickson Juma who said “Many have
OCEAN SOLE commented on the waste sorting and collection facility. It helps to remove waste from the beach, sure. Also, it makes
FOUNDATION people aware of waste and the issues of recycling. For too long Kenyans have ignored these issues and we are proud to be
at the front of something positive for change”.
www.ocean-sole.com
Katana Ngala also added, “The training centre is a great step forward for KCWA. It is a simple structure but gives us a home
for the KCWA to run training, show films and has the added benefit of a recycling centre. We believe this is the start of a
bigger project with bigger impacts”.
We believe you too Katana and Ocean Sole. We’re behind you all the way on this one.
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JFK HAD IT ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON. “THE RIGHTS OF EVERY MAN ARE DIMINISHED WHEN THE RIGHTS OF ONE
THE IMPACT MAN ARE THREATENED.” WE’D ALSO PUT ‘WOMAN OR CHILD’ IN THAT QUOTE AND THEN WE COULDN’T
OF OUR AGREE MORE.
FUNDING WE’LL ACTIVELY SUPPORT AND STAND SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH THOSE WHO RIGHT THESE WRONGS.
Take WeStopHate, for example.
According to current statistics, at least 52% of teens have been bullied online, with 10-20% of young teens confessing to
being bullied on a regular basis. One million children on Facebook alone were harassed, with 35% of children actually
being threatened online. Sadly, these figures are on the rise but in order to protect, mentor and guide the next
generation, we must fund and find those who collectively turn the negative into positive, through peer guidance and
HUMAN RIGHTS: counselling. In short, ’cyber angels’.
WESTOPHATE
WeStopHate is a programme dedicated to raising self-esteem in teens through various social media peer based platforms,
www.westophate.org
to help each other gain confidence. They encourage teens to produce and showcase their own confidence building
videos and blogs online and through their YouTube channel.
So what did our funding achieve and what difference has it made? Well, time to hear from the group in question….
“The funding we received from The Body Shop Foundation has been so helpful in getting us to our next level this past
year. Among the things that this has allowed for is the ability to spend time conceiving and beginning to implement our
next set of initiatives, most notably the WeStopHate self-esteem guide entitled ‘FLAWD: How to stop hating on yourself,
others and things that make you who you are’, released by Penguin Random House on August 18, 2015.
We’ve given talks and workshops across the East Coast in the fall 2015 to promote the book and its message. They led a
talk at Step Up Women’s Network’s ‘College Connections Conferences’ in Manhatten, NYC and a workshop for 600 low-
income high school girls at the prestigious Massachusetts Conference for Women in Boston, MA. The book is getting
glowing reviews with Oprah’s Book Club putting it in its ‘6 Self-Help Books that - really! - help.
Our association with The Body Shop Foundation has rippled out into a wonderful working relationship, most notably, we
have been so lucky to partner with The Body Shop on the creation of WSH’s ‘We Stop Haters of the World’ series, which
continues to grow in view count and subscribers for the WSH community across the world.
What’s especially great about our association with The Body Shop is that we feel proud to be associated with a corporation
whose values we are 100% aligned with. That is an enormous bonus that makes US feel warm and fuzzy!”
No, you’re the best WeStopHate. We insist on that. Let’s be BFF. No, you hang up…..
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The Body Shop Foundation is funded through the sale of charity products and through OUR FUNDRAISING
various fundraising activities.
FUNDRAISING PRODUCTS
We've been fortunate to be the beneficiary charity of fundraising products sold across The WITH THE BODY SHOP
Body Shop markets, which are as follows:
INTERNATIONAL
Dragon Fruit Lip Butter Bag for Life (5 different versions) Soft Hands Kind Heart Handcream
£132,831 £61,980 £124,793
TOTAL COMPANY DONATION £319,604
With help from the lovely people at The Body Shop International, this year (2016) sees the launch of two amazing
fundraising products – new Limited Edition ‘Change’ Hemp Hand Protector and Limited Edition ‘Change’ Almond
Hand & Nail Cream, with exciting packaging designed by one of the world’s most renowned street artists – EINE.
Every Limited Edition Hemp Hand Protector or Almond Hand & Nail Cream sold makes a difference. For every tube
purchased, £1.50 will be donated to us here at The Body Shop Foundation. This donation will support our global goal
of raising £300,000 to protect and enrich the planet, the oceans, animals & people.
Thanks to every tube bought, your soft, beautifully moisturised hands are reaching out to give a hand up, rather than a
hand out, to protect our wondrous planet and all the incredible species on it.
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The Body Shop Foundation started its own fundraising in 2001, adding to the annual OUR FUNDRAISING
donation given by The Body Shop International.
The Body Shop and its suppliers kindly donate end of line or discontinued stock and we WITH DONATED STOCK
then sort, clean and sell the stock through a number of well-run initiatives.
FROM THE BODY SHOP
These fundraising avenues offer the business an eco-friendly and charity-kind alternative to INTERNATIONAL
landfill and allows us to raise more much needed funds to help yet more charities.
These are:
Mobile sales Lucky Dip Bag Sales with
On-site charity shop, Warehouse sales, Misc. sales (including
(including NCC and The Body Shop at Home,
Sussex, UK Sussex, UK Wake Forest Sale, USA)
L’Oreal) UK
£97,437 £117,950 £20,980 £13,056 £40,326
TOTAL STOCK £289,749
DONATION
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OUR FUNDRAISING
We also fundraise through events and challenges, engaging individuals to actively take part CHALLENGES & EVENTS
in the work of The Body Shop Foundation.
‘Build India’ ‘A Night of Ice and Fire’
5 day Community Challenge helping build a rehabilitation
Sponsored evening ‘fire walk’ in West Sussex, in association with
centre in Puducherry, India for disabled children and their
Northbrook College
families
October saw us run our fifth challenge, but our first Community In December, we were looking for the bravest people in the land to literally
Challenge, offering challengers the opportunity to build a better walk over hot coals in support of charity at an event based at The Body Shop
future for India’s most vulnerable and deserving children. Head Office in West Sussex.
This ‘hands-on’ experience, in unforgiving conditions and heat, 33 heroes came forward, walking the 15 feet over soft, glowing,
brought together 29 challengers from all over the world for a week smouldering hot coals, walking for three amazing charities. These were:
of hard labour for a community in need in rural Puducherry.
Satya Special School - the inspiring charity that was part of the Build India
Working alongside locals and representatives from the Satya Special Challenge, for items for their classrooms
School, a local NGO, our brave, hard working challengers helped to
construct the Kodathur Village Rehabilitation Centre, which will The Orangutan Foundation - working to protect wild orangutans and their
provide support and care for up to 100 children with disabilities. rainforest habitat, as well as to rehabilitate ex-captive orphan orangutans
for life in the wild
Despite the intense heat, the entire group rose to the occasion,
seeing walls go up, new rooms and classrooms created and a warm, Surfers Against Sewage - an environmental charity protecting the UK’s oceans,
joyous mural painted. waves and beaches so we all can enjoy them safely and sustainably
The school is now open and welcoming 60 new families to their We worked with Northbrook College students for a ‘Game of Thrones’
facilities, offering new hope, friendship and learning. inspired evening, with areas of the evening’s production, performance and
dressing done by the students.
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Challengers at safety talk, prior to fire walk
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OUR SCHOOLS
We run challenges with local schools, allowing students to create their own bespoke pop-up PROGRAMME
charity shops, selling donated products to raise money for The Body Shop Foundation.
‘POP UP CHARITY SHOP’
The idea is a bit like ‘Junior Apprentice’ with each school given a set of retail and brand CHALLENGE
guidelines to follow, but allowing students to ignite their creativity in regards to marketing,
visual merchandising and customer service. They are also challenged to engage their
customers with a strong charitable message, raising awareness of the work and projects
supported by The Body Shop Foundation and informing the customers about what and who
the monies raised will benefit.
The Regis School, Bognor Regis The Littlehampton Academy, The Angmering School, West Sussex
West Sussex West Sussex
Now in their second year of running this challenge, The Littlehampton Academy trialled a small scale Meetings were held with The Angmering School in
The Regis School continues to go from strength to version of the challenge, due to prior 2015, culminating in the first discussion and
strength with this project, held the same day as the commitments, but were still keen to take part! interactive feedback sessions with the students and
schools ‘Excellence Evening’, with the winning house staff.
announced on the evening itself. We are in discussions with them to roll this out in
2016. This challenge is now in the diary for March 17th
We were delighted when their hard work, creativity 2016 and we can’t wait to see what they have got
and enthusiasm were recognised at the Arun Youth planned!
Awards in 2015, with The Regis School winning ‘Best
Group Achievement’ for this project with us.
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OUR RELATIONSHIPS
WITH NORTHBROOK 2015 saw us complete a second year collaboration with Northbrook College, based in
Worthing, West Sussex.
COLLEGE
Northbrook is one of the leading centres for theatre education in Southern England, with over
350 full time students. Courses range across the spectrum of theatre discipline including Stage
and Production Management, Lighting & Sound and a BA (Hons) Theatre Arts.
Our relationship is with the departments who are studying The BA Theatre Arts, which also
incorporates Drama, Dance, Technical, Design, Costume and Make Up.
In 2014, they helped create an extra-ordinary Halloween evening for our Volunteers;
designing and producing a theatrical experience which they will never forget!
In our second year Northbrook assisted with the fundraising event - ‘A Night of Ice & Fire’; our
fire walking event in Sussex.
The idea behind the collaboration is that students get the opportunity to work for a real life
‘client’ - submitting ideas, working to tight budgetary constraints, explaining mood boards,
bringing costume ideas to life and working on lighting concepts and stunning backdrops,
culminating in feedback from The Body Shop Foundation and an interview process - all great
experience for life outside the course.
From our initial brief - to design a ‘Game of Thrones inspired backdrop to the fundraising night’
- the students thoroughly exceeded all expectations, from the costumes, make up and theming
to penning and performing a play on the night, including an original vocal performance,
exquisite dressing to the event venue and a commitment to the theme which lasted all
evening.
We are immensely proud of our association with the talented students and teaching staff at
Northbrook College and look forward to future collaborations.
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OUR RELATIONSHIPS
WITH OUR OWN INTREPID Our volunteering programme is an activity of The Body Shop Foundation which gives us great
pride indeed.
BAND OF VOLUNTEERS
We’ve been running this programme for over 16 years now and are still continually bowled
over by their support, hard work, dedication and commitment to the fundraising avenues that
The Body Shop Foundation runs.
Several of our volunteers have been with us literally since Day One. Some have brought friends
and family to the mix, others are friends and family of the Foundation team and therefore
didn’t get the choice, but collectively they bring a wide variety of skills and endless enthusiasm
to get the job done.
Between them all, they have donated an incredible 3,980 volunteering hours in 2015. This
number continues to climb year on year and we are so very grateful for their continued help -
we seriously wouldn’t be able to do it without them.
As Ellie Goulding sings, “When I’m with you, I’m standing with an army” - this couldn’t be truer
with our lovely band of volunteers.
Whatever you’ve done for us in the last year - whether it’s cleaning, sorting or marking stock,
helping in our charity shop, making up lucky dip bags, assisting at sales - whatever you’ve
done, we thank you.
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25Here at The Body Shop Foundation we are totally committed to:
• identifying the most effective organisations to fund LOOKING AHEAD
• funding at the right level for the right period of time, for the greatest impact
• ensuring we have a fair geographical and issues based distribution of funds
• collaboratively sharing our research with our stakeholders and the impact of our collective
support
• raising awareness on specific issues, encouraging participation and signposting
stakeholders to relevant organisations
We look for organisations who are small and innovative but who create a HUGE positive impact
with a dash of brilliance.
To ensure we have clear vision with measurable impact, our Trustees meet to discuss and debate
our funding focus - where our funds can have the most effect, in the areas of greatest need.
We will be looking at :
2016 - 2017 : LAND 2018 - 2019 : OCEANS
Fund groups working on deforestation/reforestation and associated Fund groups working on plastic pollution and alternatives
issues
Fund groups working on eradicating microbeads
Fund groups working on the palm oil issue
Fund groups working on endangered species affected by plastic
Fund groups working on canned hunting pollution
Fund groups working on workers’ rights and to “protect the protectors” - Fund groups working to stop the illegal marine trade
people that help preserve the forests, people who work on
anti-poaching, for example
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26STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCORPORATING AN INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)
FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2015
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total funds Total funds
10 months ended Year ended
31 Dec 2015 28 Feb 2015
£ £ £ £
Incoming resources
Voluntary income 244,436 207,522 451,958 772,167
Activities for generating funds:
Merchandising income 320,287 - 320,287 345,223
Investment income 854 - 854 977
Total incoming resources 565,577 207,522 773,099 1,118,367
Resources expended
Costs of generating funds
Fundraising costs/awareness raising 73,660 51,899 125,559 125,021
Merchandising costs 112,388 - 112,388 97,265
186,048 51,899 237,947 222,286
Charitable expenditure
Human Rights 37,962 70,983 108,945 367,635
Animal and Environmental Protection 181,587 89,402 270,989 564,285
219,549 160,385 379,934 931,920
Total resources expended 405,597 212,284 617,881 1,154,206
Net expenditure 159,980 (4,762) 155,218 (35,839)
Transfer between funds — — — —
Net movement in funds 159,980 (4,762) 155,218 (35,839)
Fund balances brought forward at 1 March 2015 558,220 50,828 609,048 644,887
Fund balances carried forward at 31 December 2015 718,200 46,066 764,266 609,048
All of the above results are derived from continuing activities. All gains and losses recognised in the 10 months are included above. The surplus for the 10 months for Companies Act
purposes comprises the net outgoing resources of £155,218 (2014/2015 - net outgoing resources of £35,829).
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27BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2015
31 December 31 December 28 February 28 February
2015 2015 2015 2015
£ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangiable assets 1,663 803
Current assets
Debtors 95,695 114,002
Cash at bank and in hand 723,105 682,316
818,800 796,318
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (56,917) (173,073)
Net current assets 762,603 623,245
Total assets less current liabilities 764,266 624,048
Creditors : amounts falling due after more than one year — (15,000)
Total assets 764,266 609,048
Funds
Designated 10,265 265
Unrestricted 707,935 557,955
718,200 558,200
Restricted 46,066 50,828
Total funds 764,266 609,048
These financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Board and are signed on its behalf by:
Jason Matthews
Trustee
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28AUDITORS INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ STATEMENT TO THE MEMBERS OF THE BODY SHOP FOUNDATION
STATEMENT We have examined the summary financial statement for the period ended 31 December 2015 set out on pages 27 to 28.
Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Auditor
The trustees are responsible for preparing the annual review in accordance with applicable United Kingdom law.
Our responsibility is to report to you our opinion on the consistency of the summary financial statement within the annual review
with the full annual financial statements, Strategic Report and the Trustees’ Report, and its compliance with the relevant require-
ments of section 427 of the Companies Act 2006 and the regulations made there under.
We also read the other information contained in the annual review and consider the implications for our report if we become
aware of any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the summary financial statement. The other information
comprises only the CEO and Chair of Trustee’s statement and the Review of Activities.
Our report has been prepared pursuant to the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 and for no other purpose. No person is
entitled to rely on this report unless such a person is a person entitled to reply upon this report by virtue of and for the purpose of
the Companies Act 2006 or has been expressly authorised to do so by our prior written consent. Save as above, we do not accept
responsibility for this report to any other person or for any other purpose and we hereby expressly disclaim any and all such
liability.
Basis of opinion
We conducted our work in accordance with Bulletin 2008/3 ‘The auditors’ statement on summary financial statement in the
United Kingdom’ issued by the Financial Reporting Council. Our report on the charity’s full annual financial statements describes
the basis of our opinion on those financial statements and on the Trustees’ Report.
Opinion
In our opinion, the summary financial statement is consistent with the full annual financial statements and the Trustees’ Report of
The Body Shop Foundation for the period ended 31 December 2015 and complies with the applicable requirements of section
427 of the Companies Act 2006, and the regulations made there under.
BDO LLP, Statutory Auditor
Gatwick
United Kingdom
BDO LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales (with registered number OC305127)
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29THE BODY SHOP FOUNDATION: ANNUAL REVIEW 2015
30Listen, we’d love to list every single person who has gone out of their way to support and help
The Body Shop Foundation but there is not enough paper in this report to do that AND we do
OUR THANKS
have to think of the trees. But you all do have a very fond place in our hearts, just down the
hallway from our love of cute dog pictures and the way we feel at Christmas.
On behalf of the Trustees, our team and all the groups that your help and commitment supports -
HUGE thanks. Our collective efforts really make a world of positive change.
We’d also like to send a deliciously scented, animal friendly, Commitment-tastic ‘THANK YOU’ to
our long term donor and corporate sponsor - The Body Shop International. Grateful does not
describe how we feel for your on-going support - we love working with you and your teams across
the world and hope that this continues long into the future. We’re as pleased as punch to have a
product in your glorious stores - thank you so much indeed.
To ALL the groups and charities out there, desperately trying to shine a light in darkness, trying to
bring about social and environmental change : thank YOU. You are the reason that we fight so
hard with our fundraising, our reason for being, the wind beneath our wings, the Bert to our
Ernie. We want to be you when we grow up - keep up your brilliant work.
And to you reading this, thank you too. Please share this document, how you feel about us, our
stories and feedback from the groups because the only thing that will reverse the damage we are
doing on this wondrous planet is YOU. Let’s use people power to get behind the incredible
groups that are on the front line of the issues and show our gratitude and support.
Together we are mighty. Let’s show the world how much we love it.
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31THE BODY SHOP FOUNDATION TEL: + 44 (0) 1903 844039
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PSYCHIC POWERS: FIND A QUIET ROOM, SIT CROSS LEGGED AND SWAY,
SOFTLY MURMURING ‘IS THERE ANYBODY THERE?’.
WE’LL MOVE YOUR CUP OF TEA IF YOU’VE GOT THROUGH.
IF NOT, PLEASE LEAVE A MESSAGE WITH WHOOPI.
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