The Creative Communication Trust is constituted by Deed of Trust and is a registered Charity no. 1012007. Its address is at 10 Acton Court, Stanley, DH9 7EG.
The charity trustees during the year to 30th June 2024 were Mr Tom Baker (treasurer), Revd. Ian Kent, Mr Doug Green, Mrs Ruth Grant, Mrs Keira Batchelor, Mr Andrew Batchelor. The non-trustee officers of the charity were: Revd. Rob Bianchi (chief officer) and Revd. Margaret Bianchi (secretary), Revd. Ian Kent.
Names of Banks Investment Account - Current - Caf Cash Deposit- Lloyds TSB, 81 Front Street, Chester le Street, DH3 3AJ. Auditor Mr S Lamb (FCCA)
Objects of the charity are: (i) to advance the Christian religion in any part of the world (ii) to advance religious education in accordance with the doctrines and principles of the Christian faith by working amongst young people in order to further the communication of the Christian faith and in particular: (a) by encouraging and initiating sports activities amongst children and young people in inner city areas and (b) through the medium of the performing arts.
The trustees' policy is to fulfil the aims of the charity through the appointment of Revds. Rob and Margaret Bianchi, and subsequently Revd. Ian Kent, for whom the trustees provide regular financial support to enable them to undertake non-income generating work to achieve the objects of the Trust. The current policy of the trustees is to concentrate on advancing the Christian religion through the medium of outdoor activities.
To achieve this a programme has been set up entitled "Outdoor Adventure Development Ministries" under which most of the work is taking place.
Below is a summary of the work undertaken during 2023-2024:
During this year Revds. Rob and Margaret Bianchi retired as officers of the charity and Revd. Ian Kent has taken on the role. ODM will buy services from Ian to fulfill the charity’s objectives. Ian’s wages are covered by a donation to ODM for youth work in local schools and churches. This has resulted in a change of direction focusing more on local projects. Ian has undertaken training courses to expand local work and is looking to do further courses, such as first aid training. He has organised his own insurance and is writing a safeguarding policy to cover the activities not under an existing organisation, such as a local school.
Money has also been provided for training leaders at the Blaithwaite youth camp and bursaries for children to attend the camp. The location of the camp has changed to Castlehead and Ian has become leader of the camp.
ODM continues to handle the funds from St George’s Mission Bursary to ensure this money is used to achieve the most benefit. It continues to provide services for young people rather than assets. A storage unit is being rented to store all the equipment, mostly for canoeing, which were previously stored by Revds. Rob and Margaret Bianchi.
During this year ODM sent the last donation to projects in Burundi, as support will end at the end of 2024 and they have been advised to find another source of income.
The original ODM website is offline and a new domain name has been purchased.
The name of the charity has been changed from ‘Creative Communications Trust’ to ‘Outdoor Development Ministries’ to better reflect the work undertaken by ODM. The name has also been changed on the ODM bank account. The Lloyds account was closed.
The trustees acknowledge that Rob Bianchi (and subsequently Ian Kent) is personally insured for the activities he undertakes and when he works for other bodies (e.g. Ventures) comes under their insurance provision. Furthermore, the trustees acknowledge that Creative Communication Trust has no assets or debts. In completing a risk assessment, the trustees agreed that any risk is related to activities for which Rob Bianchi (or Ian Kent) is insured, and that this therefore presents little financial risk to the trustees.
The trustees meet 3 times per year, in person.
Finance Total income received amounted to £37,584.82 and expenditure was £50,605.56. A CafCash current a/c operates for current a/c transactions, the excess from the Lloyds/TSB deposit a/c being transferred into this a/c.
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