||||||||Name of person ior body)|Name of person ior body)|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Trustee name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot for|whole year|||entitled to appoint trustee||lif| ||||||||an|)|| |1|Sue Giles|Chair|||||||| |2|Paul Walter|Treasurer|||||||| |3|Linda Puttick||||||||| |4|Gill Lawrence||||||||| |5|Robert Brown||Elected 9n November||2020||Board ofTrustees||| |6|||||||||| |7|||||||||| |8|||||||||| |9|||||||||| |10|||||||||| |11|||||||||| |12|||||||||| |13|||||||||| |14|||||||||| |15|||||||||| |16|||||||||| |17|||||||||| |18|||||||||| |19|||||||||| |20|||||||||| ||Names ofthe|trustees for the charity,|ifany, (for example,|any custodian|||trustees)||| ||Name||Dates acted ifnot|for whole||ear|||| ## ## |||~ ~|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||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|that|that| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||we have delivered
our services.
We could no longer safely run our|drop|| ||||||in sessions or provide face to face support.
However,
we adapted||| ||||||quickly and case workers continued
to work with clients via telephone,||| ||||||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||| ||||||set up an online chat function
on our website as another means for|nsw|| ||||||clients to get in touch.||| ||||||We have set up a legal clinic in partnership
with Wycombe Homeless||| ||||||Connection
and Hillingdon
Law Centre.
This allows us to offer free|legal|| ||||||housing
advice to any person facing eviction.
It has successfully||| ||||||prevented
a number ofpeople from becoming
homeless
and we||| ||||||anticipate
that the project will have greater demand
with the potential||rise| ||||||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.||| |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||| |Commission||on public|||complex support needs.
However there have been stories of real||| |benefit)|||||success as dients have been assisted
into sustainable
permanent||| ||||||housing.||| ||||||One of our experienced
volunteers
has supported
clients with access||to| ||||||benefits,
in particular
when
making
Personal
Independence
Payment||| ||||||claims.
This was particularly
beneficial
whilst the Job Centres were||| ||||||closed.||| ||||||The charity has not been able to use its other volunteer
supporters|as|| ||||||much due to the suspension
ofthe drop
in sessions,
however,
we have||| ||||||been able to use their skills to provide a befriending
service to some of||| ||||||our clients.
This offered a friendly ear to some ofour more isolated||| ||||||dients who were experiencing
loneliness
due to lockdown.||| ||||||All our services are offered free ofcharge to the general
public.||| ||||||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||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |further statements,||||where|||||||| |relevant,||about:|||||||||| |~|policy|on grantmaking;|||||||||| |~|policy|programme|||related||||||| ||investment;||||||||||| |~|contribution||made||by||||||| ||volunteers.||||||||||| ||~|~||||~
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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||||the|| |||||||twelve month
period we worked
with 51 (60)|disnts to|prevent|them||from| |||||||becoming
homeless
and 75 (60)clients received ongoing tenancy|||||| |||||||support.|||||| |||||||In the first 3months ofthe advocacy clinic we were able to support|||||7| |||||||clients with housing
legal advice.|||||| |||||||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.|||||| |||||||Unrestricted
funds at31"March 2020 are F183,959. After meeting|||||the| |||||||requirements
above there is currently a surplus off26,038. This will be a|||||| |||||||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||||||||||| ## ## ## ## |||||||~|~||~|~||~
~ ~||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||||Unrestricted||Restdicted|||||Endowment| ||||||||||||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|||| |||||||(sgiss balances||u Ih iscsipis scd payments||||||||||| ||||||||||scccuci(s))|||||||||| ||||||||||||Unrestricted||Restricted|||||Endowment| ||||||||||||funds|||funds||||funds| |||||||)guts)is|||||to nearest 8||lo|nearest||8||to nearest 8| |B2Other monetary|||assets|||Some rani deposits
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