| Our main service is our 1:1case work with clients where we provide face | Our main service is our 1:1case work with clients where we provide face | ||||
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| to face housing advice and support for people who are either homeless |
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| or at risk ofhomelessness. | |||||
| We continue to offer clients: ongoing tenancy support, access to grants |
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| for rent in advance/deposits, emergency provisions including |
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| supermarket vouchers, housing starter packs, support with benefits, and |
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| access to a mental health nurse for those clients needing extra help in |
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| We work in partnership with Wycombe Homeless Connection to run a |
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| Buckinghamshire-wide homelessness prevention service. We help clients |
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| Summary ofthe main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public |
who are dealing with rogue landlords, in some cases they are receiving harassment from landlords or unacceptable or even dangerous conditions in their homes, We also help those people who have either lost income or only have the same level of income but are facing rent increases meaning that they are getting into rent arrears. We help them to budget, maximise their income, negotiate with their landlords as well as other options to help them find a way to stay in their home. We also work with some clients to help them find somewhere else to live before becoming homeless. |
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| benefit) | We continue to support clients who are part of Buckinghamshire |
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| Council's Rough Sleeper Initiative. We do not have a time limit on our |
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| support nor a fixed moment when a client's case is closed. |
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| Demand for our services has increased by 64% on the previous year. |
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| ensure that we can support everyone who needs our help we have had |
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| increase our staff numbers and coupled with the cost-of-living crisis our |
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| expenditure has risen by 32%. |
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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. |
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| Summary | ofthe | main | This year 351 (214)people sought help from the charity. |
Ofthese 245 | |||
| achievements | ofthe charity | (121)were accessing services for the first time —double | the number | from | |||
| during the year | the previous year. With rents continuing to increase and |
the number | of | ||||
| landlords reducing it is becoming increasingly challenging |
to source | ||||||
| affordable accommodation for our clients. Nevertheless, |
48% (50%) | of | |||||
| homeless clients have been assisted to secure housing |
in the past year. | ||||||
| Within the twelve-month period we worked with 75(58)clients to prevent |
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| them from becoming homeiess and 80(42) clients received ongoing |
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| tenancy support. | |||||||
| The joint Homelessness Prevention Project prevented 65 households |
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| from becoming homeless and prevented 35%ofevictions which would |
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| have occurred across the county, Additionally 35 households saw |
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| unfavourable decisions by the local authority, regarding |
the help they | ||||||
| were due, overturned. | |||||||
| Fi ures in brackets denote the data from 2021. | |||||||
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| Briefstatement | ofthe | AHAG aims to maintain reserves consisting of: |
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| charity's | policy | on reserves | ~ Reserves to meet redundancy liabilities ~ General contingency reserves equal toa minimum ofsix months |
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| total expenditure. | |||||||
| Unrestricted funds at31"March 2023 are f181,600. There are currently |
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| sufficient reserves to meet these re uirements. | |||||||
| Details | ofany | funds materially | |||||
| in deficit |