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| 1 | Sue Giles | Chair | |||||||
| 2 | Paul Walter | Treasurer | |||||||
| 3 | Linda Puttick | ||||||||
| 4 | Gill Lawrence | ||||||||
| 5 | Robert Brown | Elected 9n November | 2020 | Board ofTrustees | |||||
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| Names ofthe | trustees for the charity, | ifany, (for example, | any custodian | trustees) | |||||
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| To relieve | hardship, | need and distress amongst | those who are homeless, | ||
| Summary | ofthe objects ofthe | in particular | people | ofthe ages 18years or over. | |
| charity set out in its | To educate | the public concerning the homeless |
and inadequately | ||
| governing | document | housed. |
| The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on the way |
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| we have delivered our services. We could no longer safely run our |
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| in sessions or provide face to face support. However, we adapted |
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| quickly and case workers continued to work with clients via telephone, |
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| smail &video calls. We have worked to ensure that clients are easily able | |||||||
| to access help. In addition to the above ways to make contact we have |
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| set up an online chat function on our website as another means for |
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| clients to get in touch. | |||||||
| We have set up a legal clinic in partnership with Wycombe Homeless |
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| Connection and Hillingdon Law Centre. This allows us to offer free |
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| housing advice to any person facing eviction. It has successfully |
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| prevented a number ofpeople from becoming homeless and we |
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| anticipate that the project will have greater demand with the potential |
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| in cases following the liffing ofthe eviction ban. | |||||||
| Summary ofthe main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory |
We have also extended the contract for our mental health workers. With the impact ofthe pandemic on clients' mental health this services has offered additional support throughout ths past year. Staff have also received supervision and support as they have had to deal with a number of difficult and complex clients. |
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| declaration | that trustees | have | We have worked as part ofa wider team providing housing support |
to | |||
| had regard | to the guidance | those who were offered temporary accommodation by the council. |
This | ||||
| issued by | the Charity | has been very challenging at times as many clients have additional |
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| Commission | on public | complex support needs. However there have been stories of real |
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| benefit) | success as dients have been assisted into sustainable permanent |
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| housing. | |||||||
| One of our experienced volunteers has supported clients with access |
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| benefits, in particular when making Personal Independence Payment |
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| claims. This was particularly beneficial whilst the Job Centres were |
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| closed. | |||||||
| The charity has not been able to use its other volunteer supporters |
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| much due to the suspension ofthe drop in sessions, however, we have |
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| been able to use their skills to provide a befriending service to some of |
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| our clients. This offered a friendly ear to some ofour more isolated |
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| dients who were experiencing loneliness due to lockdown. |
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| All our services are offered free ofcharge to the general public. |
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| We confirm that the Trustees have had regard to the Charity | |||||||
| Commission's guidance on public benefit. |
| You may | You may | choose | choose | to indude | to indude | ||||||
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| further statements, | where | ||||||||||
| relevant, | about: | ||||||||||
| ~ | policy | on grantmaking; | |||||||||
| ~ | policy | programme | related | ||||||||
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| ~ | contribution | made | by | ||||||||
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| Summary | ofthe | main | This year 185(279) people have sought help | from ths | charity. | Ofthese | |||||
| achievements | ofthe charity | 101 (176)were accessing services for the first time. 59%(53%) of | |||||||||
| during the year | homeless clients have secured housing in the past year. Within |
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| twelve month period we worked with 51 (60) |
disnts to | prevent | them | from | |||||||
| becoming homeless and 75 (60)clients received ongoing tenancy |
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| support. | |||||||||||
| In the first 3months ofthe advocacy clinic we were able to support | 7 | ||||||||||
| clients with housing legal advice. |
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| Mental health support was offered to 19clients during | the year. | ||||||||||
| Fi ures in brackets denote the data from 2019/20. | |||||||||||
| Brief statement charity's policy |
ofthe on reserves |
AHAG aims to maintain reserves consisting of: ~ Reserves to meet redundancy liabilities ~ General contingency reserves equal to between |
six &twelve | ||||||||
| months total expenditure. |
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| Unrestricted funds at31"March 2020 are F183,959. After meeting |
the | ||||||||||
| requirements above there is currently a surplus off26,038. This will be a |
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| short term issue as several ofour three-year | grants have now | ended so | |||||||||
| lower income is antici ated this and the next |
financial | ear. | |||||||||
| Details ofany | funds | materially | |||||||||
| in | deficit |
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| funds | funds | funds | ||||||||||||||||
| to nearest 8 | to | nearest | 8 | to nearest 8 | ||||||||||||||
| B1Cash funds | Current accounts net of uncleared | cheques | 98,780 | 92,615 | ||||||||||||||
| Savings accouple | 85,822 | |||||||||||||||||
| Fatly cash | 157 | |||||||||||||||||
| Total cash | funds | 183,959 | 92,615 | |||||||||||||||
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| )guts)is | to nearest 8 | lo | nearest | 8 | to nearest 8 | |||||||||||||
| B2Other monetary | assets | Some rani deposits at a future data (cot |
may be received back qusntilisd) |
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to which be)on s |
0 | 1( | U | „ | I) | Current value o tlonal |
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| Det iis | Fund asset |
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| B4Assets retained | for | the charity's | own | |||||||||||||||
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