WEST RHYL YOUNG PEOPLES PROJECT Registered Charity Number 1040386
Report and Financial Statements For the year to 31st March 2021
WEST RHYL YOUNG PEOPLES PROJECT
Year Ended 31st March 2021
CONTENTS
Page 1 Charity Information 2-6 Report of the Trustees 7 Independent Examiner's Report 8 Statement of Financial Activities 9 Balance Sheet 10-15 Notes to the Financial Statements
WEST RHYL YOUNG PEOPLES PROJECT For the year to 31st March 2021
Registered Charity Number 1040386
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of West Rhyl Young Peoples Project
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31st March 2021 which are set out on pages 8 to 15.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act).The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the 2011 Act and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
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to follow the procedures laid down in the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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B S S Roberts FCA ICAEW Independent Examiner
Bruce Roberts and Co Limited Unit 10 Edison Court Ellice Way Wrexham Technology Park Wrexham LL13 7YT
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WEST RHYL YOUNG PEOPLES PROJECT Statement of Financial Activities For the Year Ended 31st March 2021
| notes Income and endowments from: Donations and legacies 2 Charitable Activities 2 Other trading activities 2 Investments 2 Total Expenditure on: Raising funds 3 Charitable Activities 3 Other 3 Total resources expended Net incoming resources before transfers Gross transfers between funds Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the charity’s own use 13 Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward |
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total General Funds Funds Funds Fund 2021 2020 £ £ £ £ - - - 55 - 267,697 267,697 218,252 2,000 - 2,000 11,254 - - - - |
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| 2,000 267,697 269,697 229,561 |
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| - - - - 1,965 242,303 244,268 217,504 - - - - |
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| 1,965 242,303 244,268 217,504 |
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| 35 25,394 25,429 12,057 - - - - - - - - 312,263 - 312,263 300,204 |
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| 312,298 25,394 337,692 312,261 |
The notes on page 10 to 15 form part of these accounts
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WEST RHYL YOUNG PEOPLES PROJECT Balance sheet at 31st March 2021
| 31st March | 31st March | ||||
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| Note | 2021 | 2020 | |||
| £ | £ | ||||
| TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS | 7 | 305,000 | 305,000 | ||
| CURRENT ASSETS | |||||
| Debtors and prepayments | 8 | 40,715 | 24,548 | ||
| Bank Current Account | 52,895 | 21,782 | |||
| Bank Reserve Account | 10 | 9 | |||
| Petty Cash | 258 | 469 | |||
| 93,878 | 46,808 | ||||
| CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within | |||||
| one year | 9 | 61,186 | 39,546 | ||
| NET CURRENT ASSETS | 32,692 | 7,262 | |||
| NET ASSETS | £ | 337,692 | £ | 312,262 | |
| FUNDS | |||||
| Unrestricted funds | |||||
| Accumulated fund | 12 | 312,298 | 312,262 | ||
| Restricted funds | 12 | 25,394 | - | ||
| £ | 337,692 | £ | 312,262 |
Approved by the Board of Trustees and signed on its behalf by:
K Kordiak
Date
The notes on page 10 to 15 form part of these accounts
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WEST RHYL YOUNG PEOPLES PROJECT Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2021
1 Accounting policies
1.1 Basis of Accounting
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.
These acccounts have been prepared in accordance with:
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the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2017
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the Charities Act 2011
The trustees are of the opinion that , at the time of approving the financial statements the Charity can be expected to have adequate resources to support its operation for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing. Consequently the Charity's financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The trust constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.
1.2 Income and endowments
All incoming resources are included in the Statement of Financial Activities when the charity is entitled to the income, it is more likely than not it will be received and the amount can be estimated with sufficient reliability.
1.3 Funds policy
Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity.
Restricted funds are subject to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor.
1.4 Expenditure
Expenditure is recognised on an accruals basis as a liability in incurred. Expenditure includes VAT which cannot be recovered.
All costs are allocated between the categories of the SoFA on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Costs relating to a particular activity are allocated directly, other are apportioned on an appropriate basis.
1.5 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation
Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation.
Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost less residual value of each asset over its expected useful life, as follows:
Furniture and Equipment 25% on cost
Freehold Buildings and Renovation Costs are shown at historical cost with no depreciation less a permanant diminuation in the value of the freehold property following revaluation.
Small items of equipment and resources are not capitalised but shown as amounts expended in the year.
1.6 Stock
Stock is valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value.
1.7 Financial Instruments
The following assets and liabilities within the accounts are classified as financial instruments - trade debtors, trade creditors and loans.
Loans (being repayable upon demand), trade debtors and trade creditors, are measured at the undiscounted amount of cash or other consideration expected to be paid or received.
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WEST RHYL YOUNG PEOPLES PROJECT Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2021
| 2 Analysis of Income Donations and legacies Donations Charitable Activities Programmes for Schools (Pixel) Families First DCP (North Hoyle Wind Farm) Children in Need The Tudor Trust Burbo Bank NWPCC - SAVI grant Welsh Government Innovation grant Streetgames Miscellaneous other Giff Gaff Youth Endowment Fund grant Co-Operative Community Fund Other trading activities Room Hire and Training Fundraising Investments Bank Interest Total Income |
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total General Funds 2021 2020 Fund £ £ £ £ - - - 55 |
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| - - - 55 |
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| - - - 10,369 - 79,075 79,075 69,799 - 4,444 4,444 7,772 - 42,713 42,713 40,463 - - - 30,000 - 10,590 10,590 9,570 - - - 21,620 67,486 67,486 21,936 300 300 1,200 - - - 5,524 - 1,700 1,700 - 61,086 61,086 - 303 303 - |
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| - 267,697 267,697 218,253 |
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| 2,000 - 2,000 11,254 - - - - |
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| 2,000 - 2,000 11,254 |
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| 2,000 267,697 269,697 229,562 |
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WEST RHYL YOUNG PEOPLES PROJECT Notes to the financial statements
for the year ended 31st March 2021
3 Analysis of Expenditure
| Raising funds Charitable Activities Staff Costs Wages, Salaries, Employers Pension costs Recruitment costs Staff & Volunteer Expenses & self employed staff Staff Training and Supervision Activities and Residentials Activities and Residentials Partner activities Provisions Equipment and Resources Equipment and Resources Internet Subscriptions and Licences Building Maintenance Building Maintenance inc cleaning Intruder and Fire Alarms Administrative support Costs Telephones Utilities Rent and Rates Insurance HR Services Independent Examiners Fee Postage , Stationery and Advertising Sundries Bank Charges and interest Total Breakdown of Restricted Funds Families First DCP (North Hoyle Wind Farm) Children in Need Burbo Bank Welsh Government Innovation grant Streetgames Giff Gaff Youth Endowment Fund grant Co-Operative Community Fund Total 2021 Total 2020 |
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total General Fund Funds 2021 2020 £ £ £ £ - - - - Unrestricted Restricted Total Total General Fund Funds 2021 2020 £ £ £ £ 18 205,783 205,801 160,680 - - - - - 847 847 3,978 - 2,176 2,176 711 18 208,806 208,824 165,369 147 3,832 3,979 3,641 - - 12,078 - 871 871 779 147 4,703 4,850 16,498 - 6,360 6,360 5,323 - 407 407 900 - 791 791 2,601 - 7,558 7,558 8,824 - 5,143 5,143 3,976 - 1,325 1,325 2,073 - 6,468 6,468 6,049 - 3,661 3,661 4,156 - 5,414 5,414 5,830 - 765 765 3,061 - 3,720 3,720 1,831 - 949 949 834 1,800 1,800 1,800 - 4 4 684 - - 452 - 255 255 2,116 1,800 14,768 16,568 20,764 1,965 242,303 244,268 217,504 Staff Costs Activities and Residentials Equipment and Resources Building Maintenance Administrative Support Costs Totals 57,001 1,024 1,578 1,495 11,027 72,125 - - - - - - 37,598 428 - - - 38,026 9,709 591 - 290 - 10,590 52,163 242 1,990 4,683 2,160 61,238 - 300 - - - 300 274 - 713 - - 987 52,061 2,118 3,277 - 1,278 58,734 - - - - 303 303 |
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| 208,806 4,703 7,558 6,468 14,768 242,303 |
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| 163,610 16,437 6,376 4,375 13,824 204,622 |
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WEST RHYL YOUNG PEOPLES PROJECT Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2021
4 Trustee Expenses
No payments were made to trustees
| 5 Fees for Independent Examination of the Accounts Independent examiners fees for reporting on the accounts Other services |
2021 2020 £ £ 1,800 1,800 0 0 |
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| 1,800 1,800 |
| 6 ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYEE COSTS 2021 2020 £ £ Salaries 188,641 145,319 Social Security Costs 13,007 12,188 Employers Pension Costs 4,153 3,173 Other associated costs inc self employed STAFF 3,023 4,689 Total 208,824 165,369 No employee received emoluments of over £60,000 during the year. The average number of full-time equivalent employees in the year were as follows: Youth and Community Workers 6.5 6 Project Leader 1 1 7.5 7 7 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Property Furniture and Property Total 30 Bedford St Equipment 17 Bedford St COST £ £ £ £ At 1 April 2020 55,000 35,155 250,000 340,155 Additions - - - - Revaluations - - - - Disposals - - - - At 31st March 2021 55,000 35,155 250,000 340,155 DEPRECIATION At 1 April 2020 - 35,155 - 35,155 Charge for the period - - - - Eliminated on Disposal - - - - At 31st March 2021 - 35,155 - 35,155 NET BOOK VALUE At 31st March 2021 55,000 - 250,000 305,000 At 31st March 2020 55,000 - 250,000 305,000 8 DEBTORS 31st March 31st March 2021 2020 £ £ Grants and Other Amounts Receivable 40,001 24,548 Prepayments 714 - 40,715 24,548 |
6 ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYEE COSTS 2021 2020 £ £ Salaries 188,641 145,319 Social Security Costs 13,007 12,188 Employers Pension Costs 4,153 3,173 Other associated costs inc self employed STAFF 3,023 4,689 Total 208,824 165,369 No employee received emoluments of over £60,000 during the year. The average number of full-time equivalent employees in the year were as follows: Youth and Community Workers 6.5 6 Project Leader 1 1 7.5 7 7 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS Property Furniture and Property Total 30 Bedford St Equipment 17 Bedford St COST £ £ £ £ At 1 April 2020 55,000 35,155 250,000 340,155 Additions - - - - Revaluations - - - - Disposals - - - - At 31st March 2021 55,000 35,155 250,000 340,155 DEPRECIATION At 1 April 2020 - 35,155 - 35,155 Charge for the period - - - - Eliminated on Disposal - - - - At 31st March 2021 - 35,155 - 35,155 NET BOOK VALUE At 31st March 2021 55,000 - 250,000 305,000 At 31st March 2020 55,000 - 250,000 305,000 8 DEBTORS 31st March 31st March 2021 2020 £ £ Grants and Other Amounts Receivable 40,001 24,548 Prepayments 714 - 40,715 24,548 |
2021 2020 £ £ 188,641 145,319 13,007 12,188 4,153 3,173 3,023 4,689 |
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| 208,824 165,369 |
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| re as follows: 6.5 6 1 1 |
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| 7.5 7 |
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| 55,000 35,155 |
250,000 340,155 |
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| - 35,155 - - - - |
- 35,155 - - - - |
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| - 35,155 55,000 - |
- 35,155 250,000 305,000 |
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| 55,000 - |
250,000 305,000 |
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| 31st March 31st March 2021 2020 £ £ 40,001 24,548 714 - |
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| 40,715 24,548 |
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WEST RHYL YOUNG PEOPLES PROJECT Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31st March 2021
| 9 CREDITORS Amounts falling due within one year: Other Creditors PAYE Accruals Loan |
31st March 31st March 2021 2020 £ £ 7,968 4,473 49,465 29,510 3,753 1,800 - 3,763 |
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| 61,186 39,546 |
10 ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS
| Restricted Funds Unrestricted Funds |
Tangible Current Current Total Total Fixed Assets Assets Liabilities 2021 2020 £ £ £ £ £ - 25,394 - 25,394 - 305,000 68,484 61,186 312,298 312,262 |
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| 305,000 93,878 61,186 337,692 312,262 |
11 FUNDS
Restricted and other Funds Include the following:
Familes First
This involves delivering support and interventions for young people and families to promote personal and family resilience and stability, assisting with the prevention of crisis and enhancing wellbeing, educational and employment potential.
DCP North Hoyle Wind Farm
This grant was to support the work undertaken by the Rhyl-based provision through a contribution towards core running costs.
Children in Need
This grant is for the delivery of a Viva LGBT + youth groups and support across Denbighshire, Wrexham, Conwy and Flintshire.
Familes First
This involves delivering support and interventions for young people and families to promote personal and family resilience and stability, assisting with the prevention of crisis and enhancing wellbeing, educational and employment potential.
Burbo Bank
This grant was awarded for a Youth Engagement, Activity and Wellbeing Project, which continued on into the following year. The funds supported, in part, the salaries of two youth workers – tasked with engaging young people in a varied programme of outdoor and sports-based activities, intended to benefit their emotional and physical wellbeing.
Welsh Government innovation Grant
During this period West Rhyl Young People’s Project became partners to DCC and the homelessness charity Llamau, in the co-delivery of a pilot scheme to prevent and alleviate the effects of homelessness for LGBTQ+ young people. WRYPP’s contribution was in the delivery of youth work activities and support, including clinical supervision for the for the accommodation support staff an (administered by Denbighshire County Council - DCC)
StreetGames
StreetGames Cymru awarded WRYPP a small grant to support the delivery of Empire Fighting Chance boxing and personal development sessions. The grant mainly covered the cost of hiring the local boxing gym along with a small contribution towards the activity costs.
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GiffGaff
The donation from GiffGaff has supported Viva to work with young people in developing a self-help/peer support resource that will ultimately manifest in a printed self-care booklet to be distributed amongst LGBTQ+ young people from North Wales who are unable, for whatever reason, to join in with the online LGBTQ+ youth groups and 1 to 1 support provision.
Youth Endowment Fund
This grant award was made part way through the year and, although it was for a 12-month project, it spans two financial years (beginning in July 2020 and ending in June 2021). The purpose of the grant was to fund a team of detached youth workers (2.3 FTE) to deliver street-based preventative youth work, intended to reach young people at risk of criminal and/or sexual exploitation, where their vulnerability to exploitation was heightened by the conditions brought about by the Covid ‘lock-downs’.
Co-Operative Community Fund
Purpose of the grant is to support the general running costs associated with delivering support to young people in the locality of the the local Co-operative store branch.
12 Movement in Funds
| Restricted Funds Families First DCP (North Hoyle Wind Farm) Children in Need Burbo Bank Welsh Government Innovation grant Streetgames Giff Gaff Youth Endowment Fund grant Co-Operative Community Fund Unrestricted Funds Accumulated Fund Total Funds |
1st April Income Expenditure Transfers 31st March 2020 2021 £ £ £ £ £ - 79,075 72,125 - 6,950 - 4,444 - - 4,444 - 42,713 38,026 - 4,687 - 10,590 10,590 - - - 67,486 61,238 - 6,248 - 300 300 - - - 1,700 987 - 713 - 61,086 58,734 - 2,352 - 303 303 - - |
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| - 267,697 242,303 - 25,394 |
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| 312,263 2,000 1,965 - 312,298 |
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| 312,263 269,697 244,268 - 337,692 |
13 Related party transactions
In the previous period the charity received interim cash flow funding loans from an employee of the charity. At the end of the period the charity owed the employee £0 (2020: £3,763). The loan was interest free and repayable upon demand.
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WEST RHYL YOUNG PEOPLES PROJECT
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31ST MARCH 2021
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2021.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Registered charity number 1040386 Charity's principal address 17 Bedford Street Rhyl Denbighshire LL18 1SY
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Kristina Kordiak Chair Caroline Brady Craig Semple (appointed 17 December 2021)
Non-trustees:
Charity Administrator
Hannah Rowan
Independent Examiner
Bruce Roberts FCA Bruce Roberts and Co Limited Unit 10 Edison Court Ellice Way Wrexham Technology Park Wrexham LL13 7YT
Bankers
National Westminster Bank 5 Queen Street, Rhyl Denbighshire LL18 1RS
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STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing Document
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a constitution and is an unincorporated association. It is a registered charity with the Charity Commission.
The Trustees are elected by the Management Committee.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
The objects of the charity set out in its governing document are:
To educate and assist young persons through their leisure time activities so to develop their physical and spiritual capacities that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society in particular, but not exclusively, by the provision of a counselling and advice service.
West Rhyl Young People’s Project (WRYPP) helps young people to learn and grow – become better informed, more skilled and self confident; feeling valued and supported. Our work promotes aspirations and creates opportunities and conditions for young people to enjoy improved emotional, physical and social wellbeing. Our ultimate aim is for young people to experience positive transition to adulthood; able to confidently navigate through life, overcome challenges and thrive.
Based in Rhyl, and working across North Wales, WRYPP works with young people marginalised by social exclusion, inequality and poverty. We broaden horizons, challenge, educate and nurture confidence through drop-in, detached & centre-based youth work; alternative learning programmes (for those at risk of school exclusion); intensive, short-term & tailored support to avert crisis; and specialist provision for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBTQ+) young people, their families & friends.
Public benefit
The Trustees have given due consideration to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit when reviewing the objectives and in deciding what activities the charity undertakes. The Trustees are satisfied that the achievements and planned activities contribute to the objectives that they have set. In the planning and delivery of our activities for the year, WRYPP’s management committee adhered to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
In furtherance of the charity's objectives activities fell, roughly, within four main strands:
- Pixel Youth Engagement - drop-in and centre-based sessions for information support and socialising, and street-based detached youth work.
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Sports and wellbeing activities – including street-based sports, Empire Fighting Chance boxing programme, outward bound activities deriving benefits from the diverse local natural environments.
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Viva LGBTQ+ – support and groups for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and questioning young people, their families & friends, including training for forward facing professionals.
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Youth Support Coordination (as part of the regional Families First provision) – intensive, short-term and tailored support for young people and their families, intended to help families address their concerns, by identifying and building upon strengths to help prevent the occurrence of crisis.
Context
The backdrop for the year ending March 2021, was dominated by the Covid pandemic and necessary adjustments to the charity’s delivery, required to safeguard the health and wellbeing of the beneficiaries and staff, and to work within the confines of the social restrictions (lock downs) without abandoning our commitment to continuing to provide face to face support for young people and their families.
During this period we grasped the opportunity to reconfigure the way in which we delivered our youth work, diversifying our delivery methods and initiating new provision to respond to the changing demands faced by the local community. We continued to work face to face (adhering to safety measures) throughout the year and were able to avoid the need to furlough any of the staff.
We created opportunities to develop a hybrid model of delivery – embracing technology that would allow us to stay in touch with young people across north Wales and deliver several regular youth groups online, whilst also continuing to deliver in-person support via our streetbased detached youth work team and family support in the form of grocery deliveries directly to the home of families by our Youth Support Coordinators. We were motivated to ensure that young people and their families didn’t find themselves isolated, out of touch and struggling to cope during lockdown.
Charitable activities during this period.
Viva LGBTQ+ continued to provide specialist one to one and group support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans young people and those with expansive gender and/or sexual identities; many experiencing bullying, exclusion and isolation. This work was funded by Children in Need.
The Viva team moved the youth groups online, meeting twice a week. The sessions included two youth groups per week, plus a weekly movie/streaming review session, where young people would watch a film or a show ‘together’ online and communicate using messenger chat facilities to mimic the shared experience and sense of community to be found in the type of movie nights they might have ordinarily experienced in-person. The online groups expanded the project’s catchment, reaching young people from right across north and South Wales
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The online provision was complemented with face to face doorstep support, when restrictions allowed. From the Autumn, Viva (with the support of a grant from GiffGaff, via Neighbourly) began working with young people to develop a wellbeing resource that could benefit their peers and be used by those young people who were unable to access the online groups. Ultimately, the group created an A4 wellbeing booklet full of exercises and activities devised by the group members to encourage positive emotional health and strategies for self-care. At year end the booklet was almost ready to go into print.
Ty Pride – This partnership continued throughout the year. Face to face support opportunities were hampered somewhat, at times, by the lockdown restrictions. However, from late Spring, the Viva team were able to work creatively with the Llamau team to find safe ways to deliver face to face activities and support to the young people, whilst ensuring safety was not compromised. The young people collaborated with Viva and the Llamau teams (including those in south Wales) to hold an online Pride celebration, which enabled meet peers from across the country and celebrate their lives in spite of the social restrictions.
Street-based, detached youth work
Building upon the success of the detached youth work we conducted as part of the previous year’s SAVI project, we secured funding from the Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) to enable us to deliver a full-time detached (street-based) youth work project, called Pixel Street Project, (PSP) aimed at reaching young people who were vulnerable to child criminal exploitation, especially during the periods of lockdown. The intention PSP was of reducing young people's exposure to exploitation by engaging them in a range of sports, creative activities and issue-based discussion sessions. The project engaged over 70 young people, having reached them wherever they chose to congregate around the town. For most of the year the PSP team were operating during periods of of lockdown, so this presented challenges around how to continue to deliver the work in-person, but safely and within the law. This project was, vital at a time when young people were often congregating in hidden places to avoid falling foul of the police, and consequently were at a heightened risk of criminal exploitation – this risk was evident to the youth workers as they moved through the town. The presence of the youth workers gave young people safe access to trusted adults who had their wellbeing in sharp focus and who provided guidance and support when it was particularly hard to come by elsewhere.
The remainder of the Burbo Bank grant from the previous year allowed us to strengthen the team and enhance the provision of the of the PSP offer and provide a range of outings and meaningful activities to counter the damaging impacts of the Covid lockdowns.
What’s Up Wednesday Group - Specialist youth group providing informal education and a range of fun activities to support the communication and language development of young people with additional communication needs. This group also moved online during the lockdown periods. For some, this proved successful in keeping in touch at a time where young people were feeling particularly isolated and bored. So it provided a valuable means of keeping in touch with their friends and having fun. However, for other young people this period was particularly challenging and some found the shift to online ‘socialising’ difficult to adapt to. Whilst some also struggled due to lack of IT facilities or private spaces at home.
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The staff also stayed in touch with young people and their families by conducting regular doorstep visits and welfare checks. When restrictions eased the staff moved quickly to resume face to face sessions.
Youth Support Coordination, Families First
At the start of the first lockdown the WRYPP Youth Support Coordinators immediately mobilised to provide crisis prevention support directly to families and continue to do so through out the year. We purchased vital toiletries and household items and collected surplus food from supermarkets to redistribute amongst families across Rhyl and Prestatyn. Crucial to this team’s delivery was the motivation to keep in touch with the families they were already supporting to ensure that they weren’t disadvantaged by a requirement of other support agencies to move all provision online. Whist redistributing groceries and toiletries, the team carried out weekly face to face doorstop welfare checks for each family and spent many hours providing vital in-person support which combatted the effects of isolation, loneliness and enabled the staff to provide immediate support to help prevent emerging situations from escalating into crisis.
Denbighshire County Council provided additional funding during this period to help us undertake study into the impacts of lockdown on the school-aged young people that we support.
Looking to the Future
The Trustees still intend to register the charity as a CIO, providing a more secure legal footing for the charity and limited liability for its Trustees. Delays in selling the old premises have temporarily halted progress on converting to CIO. At 2021 year end the sale of the property is well underway and will be concluded in to the new financial year.
The Trustees and the Project Manager continue to seek succession funding for the charity, as the terms of current funding sources approach their conclusion. This, in particular, includes to identification of funds to support the core running costs of the charity and to continue to employ the Project Manager.
Covid-19
At year end we emerge from another period of lockdown, with the lifting of some restrictions, a number of the projects continue as before (Viva LGBTQ+, Families First, Pixel Street Project). We have made adaptations to the centre to ensure that sessions were able to safely resume on site.
FINANCIAL REVIEW AND RESERVES POLICY
The Trustees have agreed that the reserves - of unrestricted funds not invested in fixed assets - held by the charity should be equivalent to between four and six months of operating costs including salaries. The current reserves fall short of this target. The Trustees have agreed to continue to carefully monitor the budget and endeavour to rebuild reserves through a process of identifying savings which can be made to operational costs
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combined with generation of revenue through the sale of the charity’s unused premises which is in progress at year end (30 Bedford Street).
The charity has had a slightly more stable financial year and there are no funds in deficit. There are no uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern other than the general charity sector wide uncertainty of funding which the charity is seeking to address with the moves outlined under looking to the future.
The Trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees
Signature: Full Name: Kristina Kordiak Position: Chair of the Management Committee
Date
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