## |||||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| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||to face housing
advice and support for people who are either homeless|| |||||or at risk ofhomelessness.|| |||||We continue
to offer clients: ongoing tenancy support, access to grants|| |||||for rent in advance/deposits,
emergency
provisions
including|| |||||supermarket
vouchers,
housing
starter packs, support
with benefits, and|| |||||access to a mental
health nurse for those clients needing
extra help in|| |||||this area,|| |||||We work in partnership
with Wycombe Homeless
Connection
to run a|| |||||Buckinghamshire-wide
homelessness
prevention
service. We help clients|| |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.|| |benefit)||||We continue to support
clients who are part of Buckinghamshire|| |||||Council's
Rough Sleeper Initiative.
We do not have a time limit on our|| |||||support
nor a fixed moment
when a client's case is closed.|| |||||Demand
for our services has increased
by 64% on the previous year.|To| |||||ensure that we can support everyone
who needs our help we have had|to| |||||increase our staff numbers
and coupled
with the cost-of-living
crisis our|| |||||expenditure
has risen by 32%.|| |||||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.|| ## ## |~|~|I|||~
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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||| ||||||them from becoming
homeiess
and 80(42) clients received ongoing||| ||||||tenancy support.||| ||||||The joint Homelessness
Prevention
Project prevented
65 households||| ||||||from becoming
homeless
and prevented
35%ofevictions which would||| ||||||have occurred across the county,
Additionally
35 households
saw||| ||||||unfavourable
decisions
by the local authority,
regarding|the help they|| ||||||were due, overturned.||| ||||||Fi ures in brackets denote the data from 2021.||| |A|||||||| ||~||||||| |Briefstatement||||ofthe|AHAG aims to maintain
reserves consisting
of:||| |charity's||policy||on reserves|~
Reserves to meet redundancy
liabilities
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General contingency
reserves equal toa minimum
ofsix months||| ||||||total expenditure.||| ||||||Unrestricted
funds at31"March 2023 are f181,600. There are currently||| ||||||sufficient reserves to meet these re uirements.||| |Details|ofany||funds materially||||| |in deficit|||||||| ## ## ## ## ##