STEM Team East

2013 - 2014

TRUSTEES’ REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2014

STEM Team East

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Year Ended 31 March 2014

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Charity Information 1 Trustees’ Report 2 Trustees’ Approval Certificate 17 Independent Examiner’s Report 18 Statement of Financial Activities 19 Balance Sheet 20 Notes to the Financial Statements 21

STEM Team East

CHARITY INFORMATION

DIRECTOR Elizabeth Crilly

TRUSTEES Mr Graham Kingsley (Chair) Prof. Harry Marsh Mrs Susan Chippington Dr Peter Long Dr Claire Cockcroft Mr Steve Kendall Ms Nicola Buckley

Mr Marc Rothera

Ms Jill Aberdour Mr Ian Harvey

CHARITY NUMBER 291332

ADDRESS 4 Ronald Rolph Court

Wadloes Road

Cambridge

CB5 8PX TELEPHONE 01223 244240 WEBSITE www.stemteameast.org.uk EMAIL Elizabeth@stemteameast.org.uk

ACCOUNTANTS Bracey’s Accountants (Cambs) Ltd

St John’s Innovation Centre

Cowley Road

Cambridge

CB4 0WS

Trustees of STEM Team East – Annual Report

The Trustees present this report of the Charity for the year ended 31st March 2014.

ADVISERS TO THE CHARITY

Type of Adviser Name Address

Accountants Bracey’s Accountants (Cambs) Limited

St John’s Innovation Centre Cowley Road Cambridge CB4 0WS

Bankers

Barclays Bank plc

Chesterton Road Cambridge

CB4 3AX

Staff of STEM Team East for the period of the report

Director Elizabeth Crilly M.Sc. B.Sc. PGCE Schools Administration Office Administration Melanie DeSouza B.Sc. CREST Administration STEM Ambassador Coordination Jane Bushen FIBMS PGCE STEM Resources Manager Diana Rule STEM Administration Assistant Janet Harrod

The Board of Trustees of STEM Team East. The Board of Trustees are drawn from across the STEM Education spectrum with strong experience, renowned excellence and reputation for advocacy and influence in the area of STEM enrichment, STEM outreach, Employer Engagement and links to the leading national STEM Stakeholders in the UK. The trustees of the charity are composed of: the Head of Outreach and Public engagement of Cambridge University, Outreach Manager of Anglia Ruskin University, Dean of Widening Participation of the University of Bedfordshire, Manager of Public Relations of Babraham Institute . Head of Learning at the Imperial War Museum Duxford, Head of Biology and the Assistant Head of Hills Road Sixth Form College, Emeritus Professor of Engineering, ex-Headmaster and the Chief Design Engineer of Cambridge University.

INTRODUCTION Approaching the end of another successful year at STEM Team East, we can be pleased and proud of the efforts of the staff, trustees and the very large body of volunteer STEM Ambassadors who make up the team. Through this effort we have reached over 90% of the secondary schools in Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire with advice on STEM Enrichment, enabled uptake of high quality STEM curriculum enhancement resources and managed the provision and input of over 800 volunteering Scientists, Technologists, Engineers and Mathematicians. The annual STEM Fair reached new heights with over 1000 pupils, age 7-18yrs, taking part in 45 different workshops. These workshops were led by the STEM Ambassadors and many were provided by research organisations and STEM-based companies. This ensures that the pupils benefit from learning beyond the curriculum and are made aware of career pathways open to them. During the year we ran our second Engineering Festival for over 500 students age 15-18 yrs. . Supported by major National and International Engineering companies, the Festival was a window on the diversity of Engineering and a comprehensive overview of career opportunities in the region and worldwide. We make a priority of encouraging girls in STEM and women in STEM Careers, with our panel of female scientists at the regional Girls in STEM Conference. We achieved almost 40% attendance at the Engineering Festival by girls and 68% uptake of the places at Master-Classes in Mathematics by girls. Fair access to university remains high on the national agenda. We advance the cause of improved social mobility through education for young people of high ability, irrespective of background, by our effective management of the STEMNET programme of Embedded Ambassadors, the academically prestigious Nuffield Research Placement scheme and our extension work on the British Science Association Gold CREST Awards, through all of which we not only inspire excellence but bring about its achievement. I would like to thank all our funding bodies, partners, supporters, staff and volunteers for their important and varied contributions during 2013-2014 as set out in this annual report. As ever, our biggest challenge remains the need to raise sufficient income to continue our vital services and we cannot do that without your on-going support. In particular, I thank our very hardworking office team and their leader, Elizabeth Crilly. We look forward to further successes in the year ahead. Graham Kingsley Chair of Trustees

Advising 94% of secondary schools in our STEMnet area

Over 800 STEM Ambassador volunteers

1102 pupils took part in 45 workshops at the annual STEM Fair

527 students came to Engineering Festival (including nearly 40% girls)

Uptake of Mathematics Master-Class places were 68% girls

STEM Team East MISSION STATEMENT

‘To inspire, encourage and help young people progress in STEM and help raise scientific literacy and appreciation of STEM among the school population. ‘

The charity works to enhance and enrich the delivery of the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) curriculum by creating opportunity for STEM professionals to engage with schools and young people. This programme raises awareness of the importance of STEM and helps pupils realise their potential to follow careers in STEM. Our core values are:

• Improving awareness of the core role STEM plays in the modern world. • Raising awareness of STEM careers and career opportunities • Inclusion for the full range of attainment and all socio-economic groups • Enabling improved social mobility by addressing disadvantage and challenging

underachievement. • Enrichment opportunity for all schools in the catchment areas • Relevance of activity for the better education of all young people • Respect for diversity

Our Remit STEM Team East serves principally the geographical counties of Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Suffolk, Essex and Norfolk- known as the East of England- and other areas if our services are required. The core work of the charity is with the schools in Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, the wider Cambridge region and Bedfordshire. We promote and provide STEM Enhancement and Enrichment resources, activities and training for the STEM curriculum, for all pupils 4-19, enabling uptake and progression. We work to achieve the fair distribution of resources and opportunity to all schools and put in place measures to support individual students and counter disadvantage of gender, race or socio-economic background. We work in partnership with STEM businesses, industry and educational organisations to provide enrichment learning events and deliver STEM activities with a Work Related Learning and career focus for schools. We provide Continuing Professional Development for teachers. We manage a number of national schemes for the counties of Cambridgeshire, Suffolk, Bedfordshire and Essex. We organise and run annual STEM fairs, festivals, talks, workshops and competitions as part of both national and local networks. We support and promote the STEM outreach of other organisations to schools.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Structure of the Charity

The charity is constituted as a trust with new trustees being invited and appointed by the existing trustees.

Governance of the Charity The charity has grievance and discipline procedures and holds employee and professional indemnity insurance. A copy of the Charity Constitution is available on the website www.stemteameast.org.uk

Management of the Charity The charity is managed by a Director responsible for the day to day running of the charity work and management of staff. The director reports to trustees every quarter, at trustee meetings held 3-4 times each year and on a needs basis, if required.

OBJECTIVES and ACTIVITIES

Summary of the objectives of the charity

To promote the education of all young people in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. To provide teacher professional development through developing links with STEM employers. To enhance and enrich the delivery of the National Curriculum and all secondary level qualifications, including GCSE, BTEC, A Level and Baccalaureate. To promote progression pathways into STEM careers.

Summary of the main activities in relation to the objectives We aim to help teachers realise the potential of their pupils in STEM subjects and inspire pupils about STEM and STEM careers. We support Schools and Colleges via a number of national and regional schemes promoting Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics in Work Related Learning Programmes. Our key method of engaging with schools is through the national STEM Ambassador scheme. STEM Ambassadors are STEM professionals who volunteer their time and expertise to support STEM enhancement and enrichment.

Our key outreach is as follows:

• We organise STEM talks in schools. • We advise on bespoke STEM activity days at primary and secondary level. • We organise and run annual STEM Fairs for primary, middle and secondary pupils. These

events have a practical hands-on element for pupils, each relates to STEM, STEM careers and is curriculum linked. The activities are led by STEM Ambassadors and so they have expert input. At secondary level, Work Related Learning is emphasised and Employer Engagement is inherent.

• We support career events by recruiting and training STEM Ambassadors. • We run workshops which include CPD opportunities for teachers. • We have the capacity and skills to contribute to all qualifications: BTEC, GCSE, A Level,

Baccalaureate and Apprenticeships. • We are linked to major schemes and bodies such as The Nuffield Research Placement Scheme,

The British Science Association CREST Awards, Go4SET - Engineering Development Trust , Institute of Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry, Institute of Engineering and Technology, Design and Technology Association, INPUT, Cambridge Science Centre, Babraham Institute, Babraham Research Campus, The University of Cambridge, Imperial War Museum Duxford, Bedfordshire University, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge Science Parks and many of the two regions major employers such as; Marshall Group , ARM, Mott MacDonald, Ramboll Whitbybird, Napp Pharmaceuticals, Perkins Engines, Unilever to name a few. We also have links to many SME’s through our 800+ registered STEM Ambassadors.

BEING PART OF THE NATIONAL PICTURE

We contribute to the National STEM Agenda and our role in this is aided and strengthened by being part of STEMNET, the national organisation for the promotion of STEM, funded by Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department of Education.

We are the STEMNET contract holder for Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire (excluding Luton). As such we act as STEM Advisors and Consultants to the schools in these two counties and manage the STEM Ambassador programme.

As advisors and consultants we offer visits to all Middle and Secondary schools to deliver bespoke advice and information on STEM enrichment across the school curriculum. We were successful in visiting over 90% of these schools in this year. See Appendix 1 for the list of schools that have taken up the option of the STEM Advisory service and acknowledge they have benefitted from it.

During the year we introduced a new on- line Customer Relations System which allows us to communicate our STEM Directory and information from other STEM Stakeholders to over 900 teachers in Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire and regional mailings to over 2,000 teachers. The use of the system means teachers have ease of access to a greater variety of STEM Enrichment.

STEM Ambassador Scheme

STEM Ambassadors are STEM professionals (Scientists, Technologists, Engineers and Mathematicians) who volunteer their time and expertise to support STEM enhancement and enrichment Our management of the STEM Ambassador scheme meant that the region’s schools benefited from in-kind support by STEM Ambassadors who: provide educational talks as experts in their field, workshops linked to the curriculum, enrichment activities beyond the curriculum, career talks, mock interviews, mentoring and assessment of work. In doing so these STEM Ambassadors make a valuable contribution of STEM Enrichment, Work Related Learning, Employer Engagement and Information, Advice and Guidance for careers to schools, so enabling schools to fulfil these statutory requirements. Throughout the year an average of 800 registered ambassadors were engaged with school pupils (termed active). The value of this support has an estimated monetary value of £315,000. For the 97 Secondary and Middle Schools, over 90% engaged with STEM Ambassadors. Thereby an estimated 9,000 students received the forms of enrichment described above. Meanwhile the 419 primary schools benefited from over 3,000 STEM Ambassador-Pupil Interactions. In addition to this in-school support, the STEM Ambassadors reached over 2,150 pupils and students through their input to our events as described in the following sections, STEM Fairs, Cambridge Science Festival, Engineering Festival, Nuffield Research Placements and STEM Conferences These active STEM Ambassadors also mark a significant contribution of ~3.8% to the National STEM Ambassador programme and this is almost double the charity’s contractual requirement.

Feedback from Teacher for the contribution to the school’s Career Fair of a group of STEM Ambassadors. I just wanted to drop you a note to say thank you for all your help recruiting these ambassadors – your help and support is very much appreciated and the wide variety of people we have joining us will offer the students a wonderful insight into science in the world of work. Patrick Winter – Hinchingbrooke School

To further enhance our work with schools and to maximise the input from STEM Ambassadors, we developed a number of new ways of engaging with schools. We moved towards delivering large scale multi-school events, increasing the content and scale of STEM Fairs, the Engineering Festival and awards events. In addition in 2013 we added a new event, the ‘STEM Conference’ for yr 11 and 6th form students. Initially this had the aim to increase uptake of STEM Ambassadors in Bedfordshire schools but since it had been such a success, in 2014 we also ran a ‘STEM Conference’ in Peterborough and plan others for the 2014-2015 academic year.

STEM ENRICHMENT AND ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME STEM Team East has a programme of STEM Enrichment which maximises the input of the STEM Ambassadors. The STEM Ambassadors are active STEM Professionals who can share their expertise, knowledge and skills with school pupils as described above. The programme of STEM Fairs and events contribute much to pupil learning and engagement by inspiring and raising aspiration of the whole school population. This is achieved by the quality of the workshops, coupled with the value of STEM Ambassadors delivering each workshop and talk.

STEM Team Duxford Each June STEM Team East, in partnership with Imperial War Museum Duxford (IWM), holds a two day STEM Fair at IWM for Primary, Middle and Secondary pupils. These days give young people the opportunity to take part in high quality hands-on STEM activities, mentored by STEM professionals and practitioners. Through this event they experience the world of work and some of the many career options open to them. During the two days over 1000 pupils took part in the STEM Fair, an increase of 400 from the previous year. This year we were very pleased to welcome more pupils from Bedfordshire Middle and Upper Schools. The Fair was further enhanced by an increase in the number of activities and workshops to a total of 45. This was an increase of 15 new workshops on the previous year. The increase of workshops increased the diversity of STEM enrichment and led us to produce our first activities in the Life Sciences. More STEM activities were provided by companies and organisations. These included workshops from companies such as ARM, Mott MacDonald, STRobotics, Napp Pharmaceuticals, Marshall Aerospace, Adept Scientific and The Chemistry Network (Ely). The University of Cambridge, Anglia Ruskin University and Papworth NHS Trust also provided workshops.

We were supported by 120 of our inspirational STEM Ambassadors.

Engineering Festival This event caters for students aged 15+ years and supports Work Related Learning, offering Information, Advice and Guidance on STEM Careers. Students studying Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, Design and Technology, Chemistry and Computer Science attended. The Engineering Festival is organised and run in collaboration with Imperial War Museum Duxford within the Air Space hangar among aircraft which tell the story of British and Commonwealth aviation and the status of aviation engineering through the years. Hosted in this impressive museum of Engineering, the event is a fantastic opportunity for students to learn through engagement with the Engineers of today in an engineering environment. Key features of the day are the latest in CAD, 3D printing and prototyping, computer science, mathematical modelling and the chance to meet and talk with leading Engineering Employers in the region. Student engineering workshops, short talks and discussion based activities are provided by STEM Team East, and by external providers including Bosch Rexroth , ARM, STRobotics, PA Consulting, IT IS 3D, Acoustical Control Engineers, Marshall Aerospace, TWI, Lockheed Martin and Aeronautical Research Association, Cambridge University, Costain, Adept Scientific , The Raspberry Pi Foundation, Computing at Schools, IPEM (Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine), NHS, E-Luminate, Polysolar, Panasonic, The Royal Navy. We were sponsored by Rexroth Bosch. Feabhas loaned computers and software while the Ogden Trust funded the purchase of microscopes and CCTV monitors for the Graphene workshops.

Pupil Feedback I enjoyed everything. I felt like a real Scientist. Today was really interesting, one of our pupils said – “This was just up my street - adult science, I loved it” Today it was fun, awesome, fantastic and brilliant. I liked it because I thought it was challenging. Super and really, really awesome.

Teacher Feedback Enjoyable activities and very well organised. Having experts and individuals currently involved was very interesting for students. Linking classroom studies to a real life context is something students find difficult so it’s lovely to see them making these links in a fun and interactive way. All together a lovely, enjoyable day out and the children have come away with some great ideas and had to do a lot of problem solving. The activity group sizes were nice and mixing up the schools is a wonderful idea! Really well organised

Cambridge Science Festival

Each year we work with the University of Cambridge during the Cambridge Science Festival. The Festival is believed to have enabled over 35,000 people to experience science and engineering activities over ten days. This year we provided four workshops on the Science of Kites and Flight. An informative talk for children and adults covered the physics of kite flight, the history of science developed from the use of kites and the focus of current research and development into kites as potential sources of renewable energy for electricity supply. Younger members of the audience made and tested kites. Feedback confirmed the event as very successful and much appreciated. It was noted that the event was well attended by teenage children and appealed to girls and boys alike.

New Resources We already have a large portfolio of STEM enrichment activities that have been designed and developed by STEM Team East. The new focus on Electronics and Computing necessitated the development of new resources for these subjects. These are explained in more details in a dedicated section below. In addition we developed some new resources where we perceived other need. For the Year of Crystallography we developed a new presentation on Crystal Growing and a Crystallography workshop that had a focus on ice crystals and the frozen foods industry. For Life Sciences we extended our workshop on the DNA model to include a version suitable for year 7 and 8.

Teacher Feedback Can I, on behalf of my pupils, thank you and your team for an excellent day at Duxford. The range of activities and careers available was a real eye opener for my pupils and the minibus was buzzing with future engineering plans. Bill Woodburn

Science Dept. Grays Convent High School, Essex Company Feedback

Sincere thanks to you and your team for giving us the opportunity to put on an activity yesterday. It was a privilege to be part of such a dynamic event and a real pleasure to work with the students. I’ve been involved in many similar event over the years and know how much work goes on before, during and after the day. Congratulations to everyone involved. Tim Brotherhood (PTC)

ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE The charity staff and the supporting volunteers are hardworking and committed individuals such that in spite of the reduced income and increased costs, the number and quality of events, number of schools and students reached, all increased during this financial year. For external contracts held, all targets were reached and most often exceeded with the quality of delivery noted as excellent and professional.

Girls in STEM The need for girls to see a fulfilling and successful role for themselves as STEM Professionals is an ongoing target for all involved in the promotion of STEM careers. Addressing this need, we worked with St Mary’s school to organise a panel of female STEM professionals at the bi-annual ‘Girls in STEM Conference’. Almost 200 girls attended and were STEM inspired. In the subject areas where uptake by girls is traditionally low; physics, mathematics, electronics and computing, we paid particular attention. We encouraged schools to put girls forward for the places at the Engineering Festival and as a result almost 40% of attendance was by girls. At the Festival the Raspberry Pi computer workshops and those for mathematical modelling by Adept Science were well attended by girls. The mathematical modelling software ‘Matlab’ was offered in Master-Classes run by the development company Mathworks. This had 68% attendance from girls. Where we provided STEM resources and STEM Ambassadors, we ensured that the workshops on robotics and animatronics were offered to 50% girls or all girl groups.

Computing and Electronics: Important voices from the large multinationals of Google and Microsoft coupled with lobbying by the Computing At Schools group CAS, brought about the recognition of a serious need to prepare young people for careers in Technology. The government has made the teaching of Computing compulsory from September 2014. Keeping abreast of these changes, STEM Team East has been well prepared with its moves to support and prepare schools for this shift. We have recruited STEM Ambassadors to run Code Clubs at primary level and supported the Raspberry Pi Foundation and CAS by promoting the Raspberry Pi computer to schools and forming discussions with STEM Ambassadors for support of programming in secondary schools. One of the highlights of the year was the establishment of a new animatronics workshop which would introduce pupils in years 8-10 to electronics and some basic computing skills. Along with the learning outcomes for pupils the workshop offered valuable CPD for teachers in the use of the Arduino microprocessor and an introduction to skills in Computer Aided Design, CAD, as well as awareness of the technology companies and research in the region.

With funding from Microsoft Research via the Cambridge Community Foundation this workshop is offered as a priority to schools in the Fenlands of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. We also emphasized Computer Science at the Engineering Festival where the participants were able to utilize the highly sought ‘Raspberry Pi’ computer to experience and develop an interest in Computing. This was supported by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and two companies renowned for their IT prowess, Redgate and PA Consulting. Extending our work on satellites, we developed an activity on satellites that introduced students to some electronics and coding. Throughout the year STEM Team East and STRobotics continued with mutual support in providing a robotics kit for schools which enables year 9/10 pupils to learn CAD, electronics and coding.

Celebrating Success and Progress in STEM To seek to improve scientific literacy and to improve science communication are very important aims for all who believe and work with the STEM agenda; educators, researchers and policy makers alike. This is a goal for all organisations sincere in their aim to help pupils who want to succeed and especially important for pupils who strive against a background of disadvantage.

British Science Association - CREST Award Scheme The CREST Award scheme by the British Science Association is a means to achieve and accredit high quality work. This year we exceeded our previous success with this scheme. We had an increase of take up for the awards with Bedfordshire schools as well as in Cambridgeshire. This improved uptake appears to result from the face to face meeting with schools and the additional advice we have provided on the CREST scheme. CREST figures for the year: Bronze 689 awards, Silver 261 awards, Gold 54 awards (total 1004). This is 24% increase on the previous year.

The Nuffield Research Placement Scheme STEM Team East manages the Nuffield Research Placement Scheme for Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Essex. Through this scheme AS level and year 12 students work alongside scientists, engineers and mathematicians on novel research work which brings students into a working research environment at host research organisations and companies. The scheme benefits students of high academic achievement and seeks out, encourages and actively includes those of high academic potential so that all are provided with a challenging and inspirational education and experience.

Students from summer 2013 placements showcased a fascinating science poster display, with presentations of their research work at the Nuffield Celebration event at Anglia Ruskin University. This event is a STEM conference and encapsulates the impact of the scheme on the lives of these fortunate young people. All students demonstrated educational progress, achievement and excellence. Parents and teachers spoke of the support and excellent learning experience given to the students who had all become confident, independent and successful fledging researchers. We were delighted to invite Dr Sheila Pankhurst, Head of the Dept of Biological Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University to give the opening address. The audience, of almost 200 people, also listened to Dr Vinay Kathotia, Head of Mathematics Education, Nuffield Foundation, who praised the high standard of student work on display at the event and also recognised the very professional management of the scheme, referring to STEM Team East as 'stellar' among their contract holders . The event was brought to a close by Mr Graham Kingsley, Chair of STEM Team East, who asked for the support of university researchers and company representatives present for the continuation and widening of their support for the scheme, which was of such obvious benefit to high achieving sixth form students. Cambridgeshire :Participating schools - Hills Road Sixth Form College, Long Road Sixth Form College, Comberton Village College, Impington Village College, Nene Park Academy, Thomas Clarkson Community College, Thomas Deacon Academy, St. Peter’s School, Stephen Perse Foundation School, The Perse School, Neale Wade Community College, The Netherhall School, Voyager Academy, Parkside Federation, St Ivo School. Suffolk : Participating schools– Bury St Edmunds County Upper School and Northgate High School Essex : Participating Schools – Chelmsford County High School for Girls, St Bernard’ s High School, Braintree Sixth Form, Saffron Walden High School, Colchester Royal Grammar School.

Teacher Feedback I am just writing to let you know that I thought the presentation evening was absolutely fantastic. It was really motivating both to myself as a teacher and the students. The students have benefited greatly from this whole experience. Dr Carole Spibey, Head of Science, Neale-Wade Academy

The Celebration Event was hosted by Anglia Ruskin University- Dr Pankhurst and Mr Marc Rothera with the three students who carried out research placements at the University

The organisations that host the Nuffield Research Students are listed in the Acknowledgements below.

Plans for the Future Each year the charity reviews its performance and role against the needs of the STEM Agenda and evolution of STEM education policies. It takes stock and realigns according to need. For the coming year there will be a focus on Computer Science, Computing and Coding, supporting the addition of these subjects to the school curriculum. The charity strongly supports fair access for all and enables improvement in STEM education. Our objectives are shared by our main funding organisations, STEMNET and Nuffield Foundation. Both have changed their contract aims to focus attention on students from disadvantaged areas and schools in which students with potential to succeed in STEM are underachieving. This sits well with the charity’s way of working. As an organisation, it has been recognised that our pathways to success do work and so with this, in the coming year, the charity has planned some changes to its programmes and events. Fund Raising for the Charity To maintain the portfolio of programmes and events and to work at the established high level quality of enrichment for STEM, the charity needs to attract further funding. Funding will be requested from the world of industry and business through a telephone campaign and a supporters club. Companies and Stake Holder organisations which offer financial support will be credited on all promotional materials and websites. Companies wishing to support the charity should contact Elizabeth Crilly: contact details on page 1

Student Feedback Following the Nuffield Celebration Ceremony on Friday, I would just like to thank you for the exceptional opportunity to experience and partake in STEM Research with Nuffield, STEM Team East, and the University of Essex. Not only did it teach me a lot about computer science and mathematics, I also learned about the process of research in university and was able to put my self-taught programming skills into practice. Spending time at the University of Essex and learning about the university, department, research and research methods was invaluable, and I greatly enjoyed the experience and working with Dr Adrian Clark. It was truly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate in research and learn so much, while still being in sixth-form. I wish to sincerely thank you for opening up a branch of STEM that would have otherwise been inaccessible, and providing an excellent learning opportunity, which I will not forget. In the end, I wish to express my gratitude for your effort, dedication and kindness in arranging the Nuffield placement and for the wonderful celebration ceremony Friday, where I got to find out about many more projects and listen to your and Dr Pankhurst's speeches. Many thanks for this unforgettable opportunity. With best regards, Grace P.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

In the Financial Year 2013/2014 the charity income was reduced by ~£4,000, reflecting cutbacks in funding for STEM schemes and the impact of the recession and the national economic climate. The running costs of the charity continued to increase with increased utility and maintenance costs and the expense of an office move. In order to keep spending within budget there were further reductions in staff hours for a second consecutive year. A change to a more cost effective accountancy firm as well as reduction on printing costs, the introduction of our own Customer Relation Management system and the introduction of on-line systems for the schemes we manage, have improved the efficiency on administration and helped in part to allow the reduction in staff hours The Income stood at £148,297 and outgoings were £145,034. The end of year balance was further reduced on the previous year from £97,115 to £78,028.72. In spite of the reduced income and increased costs, the number and quality of events, number of schools and students reached, all increased. For external contracts held, all targets were reached and most often exceeded.

Fund Raising: The Financial situation has driven the need for the charity to develop a new strategy for fund raising in addition to those funding sources currently held. We have invested in the services of ‘Charity Solutions’ to add to our fundraising activity and to pitch on our behalf to STEM based companies for financial support.

Resources Expended: The expenditure for the year was £145,034. Expenditure on charitable educational activities represented approximately 87% of the total expenditure

The charity’s policy on reserves The balance of £78,028.72 means the charity has maintained its objective to have 6 months’ worth of expenditure as reserve. The reserves are required to meet the fluctuations in receipts of payments and any contingencies and risks to the charity. A review of the reserve policy is undertaken by the board annually. This year it has been set at £70,000.

The charity’s principal source of funds

• STEMNET - Funding the programme of Advisory and Information Service to schools and the management of the STEM Ambassador Programme

• Nuffield Foundation – Funding for the Research Placements of academically able sixth form students

• Income from Schools and the annual STEM Fair and Engineering Festival- Income from schools to cover the cost of resourcing the workshops at these events

• IET ( Institution of Engineering and Technology)- Funding Computer Science projects • Cambridge Charities Foundation- Funding Electronics workshops for schools • British Science Association- Earned funding from certificate sales • Ogden Trust – Donation for the purchase of microscopes for Graphene workshops • Bosch Rexroth – Sponsors of the Engineering Festival • Mathworks - Sponsors of mathematics master-classes

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

Without the financial support of the above named organisations and the in-kind support of those listed below, the charity would not be able to fulfil its role in education. Grateful Thanks therefore goes to: The Imperial War Museum Duxford- Venue hosts for the STEM Fairs and Engineering Festival and meetings University of Cambridge- Venue hosts for STEM Ambassador training, grant application support, collaboration of events and student placements for Nuffield scheme Cambridge Science Festival- Including STEM Team East on the Festival programme Anglia Ruskin University- Venue hosts for the Nuffield Celebration University of Bedfordshire - Venue hosts for meetings The Babraham Institute – Venue hosts for Trustee meetings and student placements for Nuffield scheme Hills Road Sixth Form College-Venue hosts for meetings Cambridge Science Centre – Event collaboration and inviting Elizabeth Crilly to the Board of Trustees STRobotics – Hosting students – Providing resources for schools Marshall Group - Support on workshop development Mathworks- Arranging and hosting Master Classes Medical Research Council- The Crystal Growing Competition NAPP Holdings- Hosting STEM Ambassador training Feabhas – Loan of high specification computers and software Microsoft - Loan of high specification computers and software

Organisations which hosted students on Nuffield Research Placements: Anglia Ruskin University: _________________________ Cambridgeshire Global Sustainability Unit Department of Computing and Technology Vision and Eye Research Unit University of Essex: ______________________________ Essex Department of Computing and Electronic Engineering University Campus, Ipswich: ______________________ Suffolk School of Regenerative Medicine University of Nottingham: - ________________________ Nottingham Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering University of Cambridge: _______________________ Cambridgeshire

Computer Laboratory

Department of Biochemistry

Department of Chemistry

Department of Genetics

Faculty of Education

Institute of Astronomy

Animal Health Trust, Newmarket ___________________ Suffolk Genzyme Ltd ___________________________________ Suffolk Omega Ingredients ______________________________ Suffolk RC Treatt Ltd __________________________________ Suffolk Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group _____________ Cambridgeshire Mott MacDonald Limited _________________________ Cambridgeshire RPS Training and Development _____________________ Cambridgeshire ST Robotics ___________________________________ Cambridgeshire The Babraham Institute __________________________ Cambridgeshire The Welding Institute ___________________________ Cambridgeshire KWS UK Ltd ____________________________________ Hertfordshire Met Office, Taunton ______________________________ Somerset

QUALITY ASSURANCE

STEM Team East has formalised the charity’s internal processes and procedures in all aspects of its operations to meet pre-set quality standards. A robust accounting record system is established. All STEM activities were reviewed and revised to offer the highest quality of STEM

communication and robust scientific content. Costs are reviewed annually to ensure good value for money to schools.

Databases are maintained in accordance with the Data Protection legislation

DECLARATION

The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Graham Kingsley Chair to the Trustees

STEM Team East

TRUSTEES APPROVAL CERTIFICATE

We approve the financial statements on pages 18 to 24 for the year ended 31 March 2014 and confirm that we have made available all relevant records and information for their preparation.

For and on behalf of the Trustees:

Graham Kingsley Chair of Trustees Date: