2022-03-31-accounts - Canvey Island Youth Project

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ANNUAL REPORT

Yellow Door Youth Hub, Poplar Road, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 7BN

Tel: 01268 683431/01268 514792 - - Email: drop In@cyp yellowdoor.org.uk - Website: www.cyp yellowdoor.org.uk

CANVEY ISLAND YOUTH PROJECT Charity Number: 1063643

Registered Charity 1063643 Number: Postal Address: Canvey Island Youth Project Yellow Door Youth Hub Poplar Road Canvey Island Essex SS8 7BN Phone and Fax: 01268 683431/01268 514792 Website: www.cyp-yellowdoor.org.uk Email address: drop-in@cyp-yellowdoor.org.uk Facebook @cypyellowdoor Twitter @cypyellowdoor Instagram @cypyellowdoor Management Sue Benson (Chair) Kevin Leigh Committee: Ray Ferne Anna Bakonyvari (Treasurer) Stephanie Prior Volunteers: Roxanna Evans Ben Dobinson Thomas Connell Sue Richardson Jelani Lyons Laura-Jayne Howe Stephen Caulfield Mishalee Carter John Faires Mark Lee Tim McGinley Rebecca Dowler Paul Hazelton Megan Beavis Terry Godwyn Elizabeth Cowan

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Staff: Alex Dobinson Manager
Tina Loughlin Senior Counsellor
Bernie Saxby Next Level Lead
Lindsey Smith Senior Youth worker
Linda Brooks Administrator (Retired Dec 2021)
Angela Black Counsellor (Left Dec 2021)
Lexi Kirby Richards Youth Worker
Ellie Bright Youth Worker/Mentor
Samuel Dobinson Media Design (Left Oct 2021)
Mitchell Palmer Sports Apprentice (Left Oct 2021)
Charis Boyd Counsellor
Jane Kelly Youth Worker/Mentor (Started June 2021)
Kerry Carter Youth Worker/Mentor (Started April 2021)
Jack Johnson Kickstart (Maintenance)
Ryan Jewell Kickstart (Youth worker)
Alfie Mileman Kickstart (Food Bank)
Paige Rawlings Kickstart (Admin worker)
Independent Examiner: Brooms Professional Services Limited
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Bankers:

Barclays Bank, Canvey Island

THE OBJECTS OF CANVEY ISLAND YOUTH PROJECT

To help educate persons, primarily aged between 11-25, to develop their physical, mental and spiritual capacities in order that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society
To relieve poverty and sickness amongst young people by establishing and developing a counselling, advice and information service.

THE AIMS OF CANVEY ISLAND YOUTH PROJECT

We aim to make a positive difference to the lives of Young People by helping them;

Increase their confidence and self-esteem
Improve their social and life skills
Increase their knowledge and understanding.
Improve their health and wellbeing

And in so doing help them achieve their full potential in education, employment, family life and society.

OUR MISSION

To help young people overcome the difficulties and problems they face and enable them to achieve their full potential in life, health/wellbeing, education, employment and relationships.

Working both independently and in partnership with other institutions for the mutual benefit of the wider community and young people.

SUMMARY OF CANVEY ISLAND YOUTH PROJECT (YELLOW DOOR)

Canvey Island Youth Project was established in July 1992. Our constitution was adopted on the 19th of September 1996 when we became an unincorporated organisation. We became a registered charity on 29th July 1997. Charity Number 1063643

We are a local charity based in South East Essex. We work with young people between the ages of 11 and 25, especially those who are disadvantaged because of often-interrelated issues such as learning difficulties, behavioural problems, family issues, poverty, and mental health problems.

We aim to help them by offering a range of services and activities, which focus on young people’s health and wellbeing. The services include one-to-one advice, information and support, Counselling and Mentoring. Small well-being groups for social skills and anxiety. Activities include a performing arts group, a youth club, a youth group for quieter young people and a sports club. We also work with young people through detached and outreach work and offer educational workshops on substance misuse issues.

Our aim is to enable the young people who use our service to develop the knowledge, life skills and confidence needed to make informed choices and to manage their sometimes very challenging life

circumstances. In so doing, helping them achieve their full potential in education, employment, family life and society.

This year we reorganised our services into our mental health and wellbeing services (our originals YIAC services, Counselling, and Advice and Information work plus small group work and mentoring.) Youth work services which included clubs and activities and outreach and food bank.

Health and Wellbeing (YIAC)

Our Health and Wellbeing Services worked with 411 young people. our services continued to be affected by the Covid Pandemic and government guidance. We offered zoom and telephone support and face to face work as soon as guidance allowed.

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All Counselli Mentorin Advice & Social
Services ng g Support Skills
Total Young People 411 260 59 67 16
Male 141 82 25 25 8
Female 259 177 32 37 6
Parent 19 3 16
LGBTQ 48 35 4 1 8
NEET 19 5 2 10 1
Special needs 63 36 9 16 2
Physical Disability 7 4 2 1
Learning Difficulty 24 11 13
Global delay 4 4
ASD 28 18 7 1 2
ADHD 14 12 1 1
Ethnic Minority 23 17 2 2 1
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We also supported over 400 parents and carers offering information, advice, support, and signposting. This included emotional support to parents who were often struggling to find help and support for their young people

Feedback from Young People

“You're an absolute miracle worker, it is the best thing I've ever done for myself and I'm so proud that I did it because I don't know where I would be without you. I am so grateful you were able to help me, thank you.”

“You were really nice, and the sessions were really helpful. Thank you.”

“You have done your job well. My teachers can't believe it's the same person!”

“You have a way of getting me and you know how to make 3 things okay.”

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Age of Young People
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70
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-11 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25+ N/R
Counselling Mentoring Advice & Support Social Skills Hope Box
Issues young people faced
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Counselling Mentoring Advice & Support Social Skills Hope Box
BullyingAbuseSelf esteemConfidenceBereavementRelationshipssucidal thoughtsAlcohol OwnAlcohol OtherDrugs ownDrugs otherHealth Social SkillsLonely & IsolatedEducation School RefusalSexuality and GenderEducation
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Case Study

TN had trouble containing anger and outbursts at school, this then caused him to get into trouble and get kicked out a number of times. Then because of school problems it was putting a strain on mum and his relationship. We developed ways of dealing with his outburst and things he can do instead going to trusted teacher and using certain skills to "check in" with himself for example 5 senses. Behaviour at school improved and his timeout card is being used properly. Relationship with mum is so much better now.

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Behaviour Issues
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40
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Counselling Mentoring Advice & Support Social Skills Hope Box
Violent Self-harm Impulsive,Disordered eating Agressive Addiction Crimminal Promiscous
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Mental Health Issues
250
200
150
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Counselling Mentoring Advice & Support Social Skills Hope Box
Anxiety Depression Phobia Easting Disorder PersonalityDisorder Trauma OCD
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Other issues young people services included; acts out feelings, seizures, paranoia, poor emotional vocabulary, schizophrenia, body dysmorphia, intrusive thoughts, non-verbal, Selective Mutism, Suicidal intent, homelife unstable, Tourette’s, and Young carer

Feedback from Young People

The sessions have helped so much. Thanks for everything they have been a godsend, I am in a completely different place than when I started thanks to you.

This has really helped me. I am happier, I’m less grumpy and I feel like a nicer person. I can express myself better and I am much less anxious. Thank you

This has made so much difference to the way I see my ability. My confidence has grown, and I am doing well at school now.

Counselling

Hi my name is Tina and I am the senior counsellor at Yellow Door.

It has been a challenging but exciting year for the counselling service. Not long after we had introduced our new counsellor Charis to the team COVID-19 struck and we were required to work from home. We had to find new ways to support our clients remotely and suddenly found ourselves doing sessions via telephone, Zoom and even WhatsApp and email! Needless to say, Charis rose to the occasion and has been an absolute asset to the team.

Our student counsellor Jelani has recently completed her 100 hours of counselling practice at Yellow Door. She is fully qualified. Congratulations Jelani! We were so impressed with her work that she is now working part time for us.

Unfortunately, we had to say goodbye to Angela Black who had been with us for many years. I’d like to thank Angela for all her hard work on the counselling team and for all the volunteering support that she gave to Yellow Door in other areas too.

The counselling service has had some great results over the last year. We continue to work with other agencies, schools, mental health teams, GP’s and Social Care and, as Covid has shown, we continue to adapt our services to meet the client’s need.

Finally, I’d like to thank the High Sheriff and Alex for recognising the 16 years that I have been a part of the Yellow Door team. It is so rewarding to see young people overcome adversity in their lives. Sharing their journey as they build resilience and grow in confidence is a real privilege that I hope I never take for granted.

Feedback from Young People

This has helped a lot!

This has worked. I feel a lot more confident and happy.

They've really helped me; I never would have been able to get through what was going on without them. Thank you so much.

They have helped me understand what coping mechanisms to use when I feel stressed or sick. They have helped me along the way. Thank you.

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Counselling Number of clients that Achievement ofoutcome as Clients who have started, have achieved and are consistently
Outcomes achieved percentage of achieving the outcome.
all clients.
Outcome
Outcomes Started Achieving Consistently
Achieving
Indicators of Outcomes
Increased Confidence and 187 71% 19 40 128
self esteem
Taking Part in new activities 184 70% 22 42 120
Making Healthier Choices 101 38% 7 40 54
Accessing Employment & 52 20% 3 20 29
Education
Improved Social and 194 75% 31 37 126
Communication Skills
Able to express needs to 194 75% 28 37 129
others
Has improved relationships 190 73% 21 40 129
Less lonely and isolated 124 48% 21 29 74
Increased Life Skills 216 100% 31 43 141
Reported increased 216 83% 31 43 141
knowledge
Applies new Knowledge 201 77% 31 36 134
Able to cope with Emotions 199 77% 32 43 124
Improved Health and 216 83% 43 34 139
Wellbeing
Reported improved health 216 83% 43 34 139
and wellbeing
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86% of young people who accessed counselling achieve at least one positive outcome. Of the 37 young people who did not have positive outcomes yet, 33 only had one of two sessions.

Feedback from Young People

The sessions have changed my life and thanks to you. Thank you so much for everything.

The difference is amazing, thank you for all of your amazing work, I cannot believe how far he has come. Thank you he is communicating his feelings and so much more open.

Thankyou for everything. I feel more like myself and more able to enjoy life thanks to you. So much was done to help me and I am grateful.

Understanding Counselling Outcomes

Increased confidence and Self Esteem

Many of the young people that we see in counselling and groups experience bullying, abuse or environments that make them feel ‘other’ or less than. This results in little or no confidence or selfesteem. Furthermore, in light of the SARS-Covid 19 pandemic many young people have experienced a decrease in confidence and self-esteem due to being in fear of the pandemic, restrictions on life and not being able to live as they previously were. Many young people we work with also fear being judged which they experience in everyday life, particularly at school. In Counselling, young people are helped to work through these fears using CBT methods such as identifying distorted thinking patterns which impact their confidence and self-esteem and begin to challenge and push these boundaries whilst learning ways to help cope with the changes they are making. This leaves young people with ways to manage experiences that are difficult for them and feel more able to do the things they want to do without fear of judgment from others.

Improved Social and Communication Skills

We have seen many young people who have found the last few years particularly difficult and have experienced anxieties that they previously did not have. In addition to this, the emotional struggle that the pandemic has caused has left many young people not being able to understand or process how they feel or felt. Due to this and challenges they face within the family many clients come to counselling not knowing how to communicate their emotions, anxieties and fears. Counselling on a one-to-one basis that we offer allows clients a safe, confined space to begin to work with the counsellor to unpick and piece together their emotions. They learn how to identify and communicate how they are feeling and methods in which to share this with those in their lives. For most clients this means being able to better communicate with friends and family in order to feel more included in social situations, helping relieve social anxiety in which many of our young people face. This also allows them to improve relationships and feel less lonely and isolated.

Increased Life Skills

Many of the young people that come to counselling have experienced difficult life events; divorce, bereavement, bullying, relationship issues or peer group pressures. They do not have the life skills or knowledge to cope with these challenges. As a result many of them struggle to cope and withdraw from others, this can cause difficulties in mental health such as anxiety, depression and even suicidal ideation and commonly self harm. Counselling provides a place to validate and explore young people’s emotions whilst normalising how they are coping with the changes around them. In the past year we have particularly worked to increase life skills of young people accessing services in terms of bereavement. Many have faced bereavements from Covid and have had to face multiple deaths in the family during this time. This has overwhelmed many young people because they attend counselling to help with one bereavement and once they begin to feel they are able to cope with this they experience another and fall back in terms of the process they feel they were making. Counselling has enabled those clients to have the support that they have needed outside of the grieving family to help them through the complex emotions of this. They then go on to leave counselling in the knowledge that they have the skills to manage future life challenges.

Improved Health and Wellbeing

Most young people who access counselling benefit from their sessions, they come with a goal in mind or presenting issue that they struggle with and work with the counsellor to explore and manage this. This benefits particularly from policy that ensures only clients who want to access counselling receive sessions, there are some clients who go on to access higher tiered services, particularly if we feel their needs cannot be met by us. An example of this would be clients who are

immediate risk to themselves or those with complex eating disorders who would benefit from services more specific to their needs. However, almost all clients who access counselling report increased well-being from counselling whether they are suffering from anxiety, depression, bereavement, bullying, self-esteem or confidence issues.

EMDR CASE STUDY

EMDR is a therapy used to treat trauma. Trauma is caused when old disturbing memories stored in the brain get locked in to the nervous system with all the original images, sounds, thoughts and feelings involved. The distressing material keeps getting triggered over and over again. EMDR uses eye movement to link the traumatic memories to helpful information that is stored in another part of the brain. (This may be what happens naturally in REM or dream sleep when eye movements help to process unconscious material)

My client was 17 years old and had learning difficulties. She had been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder following a series of sexual assaults within an abusive relationship. The client was missing college due to experiencing high anxiety and panic attacks, flashbacks and nightmares, hypervigilance and low mood.

We spent several sessions building up a trusting relationship, so that I could safely take the client’s trauma history. Then we did a ‘safe place’ exercise as I had to ensure that the client was able to ‘self-soothe’ so that she could take care of herself between sessions.

By using EMDR for each separate incident the client was able to process all of the negative beliefs that she had about herself such as; “I should have done something”, “I am to blame” “I am going to die”, “I am powerless”. Instead she began to believe: “I did all that I could”, “I am not to blame”, “I survived, I am safe now” and “I now have choices”.

As each memory was processed the client noticed that she could remember it without feeling any distress. She stopped having nightmares and flashbacks; she regained her confidence and no longer felt anxious. As a result, she began to socialise with friends again and was able to return to college.

Mentoring

This year we have developed a new mentoring service to run alongside our counselling service. The service supported 59 young people. It offered them one to one support once a week for 50 minutes for up to 12 weeks. Our mentors supported young people to develop their life and social skills to increase their resilience and feel more confident and support them to move on to our other clubs and activities. Mentoring supported young people using different approaches depending on the needs of the young person including craft, pool, sport and chat. The mentor worked with the young person based on needs of the young person or the goals they wanted to achieve.

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Mentoring Number of clients that Achievement ofoutcome as Clients who have started, have achieved and are consistently
Outcomes achieved percentage of achieving the outcome.
all clients.
Outcome
Outcomes Started Achieving Consistently
Achieving
Increased Confidence and 54 92% 18 22 14
self esteem
Improved Social and 48 81% 12 23 12
Communication Skills
Increased Life Skills 49 83% 11 23 15
Improved Health & 49 83% 15 14 20
Wellbeing
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Small Group Work

Social Skills Group

When people are referred for social skills, it is the first step for the young people progressing into groups. Social skills group has a maximum of 4 young people and the different type of work we have covered within the social skills groups has been: How to use eye contact correctly, how to use open ended questions rather than short one-word answers and our main one is body language. After learning that 70-93% of communication is nonverbal and mainly our body language this is something that has come in handy when developing the young people’s social skills. We also covered confidence and anxiety in social skills as most of the young people feel too nervous to start conversations and worry, they will say the wrong thing, we use worksheets and games like our confidence Jenga in sessions. Once skills had been developed, we had client led sessions meaning they could decide what activities they wished to do, this could include playing pool, the football table, board games and arts and crafts.

Once all clients were comfortable within sessions, we would then discuss them progressing onto our bigger groups like QT club. This has been the case for a number of my young people and now they are developing more skills in a bigger group.

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Social Skills Number of Achievement of Clients who have started, have
clients that outcome as achieved and are consistently
achieved percentage of achieving the outcome.
all clients.
Outcome
Outcomes Started Achieving Consistently
Achieving
Increased Confidence and 54 92% 18 22 14
self esteem
Improved Social and 48 81% 12 23 12
Communication Skills
Increased Life Skills 49 83% 11 23 15
Improved Health & 49 83% 15 14 20
Wellbeing
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Hope Box

Hope Box is a four to six week course where we can help young people identify problems and issues which make them feel anxious and worried. There are two courses for different ages 11 to 13 and 14 to 16. A questionnaire is completed on week one and the same questionnaire is completed at the end of the course to assess if the course has helped. Each course is based on the topics identified by the young people in the first week.

The course is informal and a range of activities are provided to help the young people find ways to reduce their stress. Group discussions, video clips, apps, websites, arts and crafts are also used. At the end of the course everyone is provided with a small box to take home which has their own ideas to help them in the future.

Advice and Support

Our advice and support service has always been at the heart of Yellow Door. Young People have been able to drop-in and get support with a whole range of advice and support from homelessness to benefits, CV writing to sexual health. Of all our services, it was our drop-in that was affected the most by the Pandemic with some of the work having to take place on the phone and others requiring the young person to make an appointment. This has meant only 67 young people have used the service this year. However, this doesn’t mean our skills and knowledge have gone unused. We have worked with over 600 parents and adults. This includes 200 families and adults who have accessed our food bank and needed extra advice and support such as homeless advice and signposting. We also support over 400 parents and carers who contacted us for support for their young people. This advice and support were wide ranging and including advice on drugs and alcohol, signposting, parenting advice and support; emotional support.

Food Bank

This year has been another busy year for the food bank. We supported over 952 people including 567 children, 385 adults, of whom 182 were single, 247 were families and 53 couples. We gave away over 2340 food parcels. Each parcel contained enough food for 3 days. We were supported by local supermarkets to ensure we could also supply fresh food and bread and work with a large range of partners including St Nicholas Church, Wintergardens Baptist, Salvation Army, Canvey Baptist, Paul from the YOT team, Peter May, Bill Dudbridge and our wonderful Volunteer drivers.

With support of funding from Essex County council we also supported families and individuals with heating and school uniforms. In Partnership with St Nicholas church supported by the Methodist Church and many other organisations on Canvey we ran a Toy Faire in December where parents could collect free toys, books, sweet, stocking fillers and wrapping paper to ensure their children had a good Christmas and received toys chosen by their parents and carers.

We have been supporting our young people and the wider community with food and other practical support for over 30 years. A service which with the support of our partners was massively enlarged during and after the Pandemic. However, at the same time the number of food banks on the Island and those giving food to those in the community also increase during the pandemic which has made co-ordination and consistency difficult. We therefore decided at the end of year to close the site at yellow door youth hub and allow Canvey Food Bank to run solely from St Nicholas Church to ensure work was

not being duplicated and also allow us to concentrate on our core work.

Working together

Throughout the year we have worked with, been supported by and support many community and statutory

organisations including, Active Essex, EVCYS, Essex Youth Service, Peabody, Social Services, Young Peoples mental health services, Castle Point Association of Voluntary organisations, Trust links, Churches and community groups, and Businesses, including Morrisons, Sainsburys, Wyvern Transport, Salvation Army and Thames 21. We have also offered advice and support to other groups and organisation about our work and the issues young people and the people of Canvey face. We have also sat on Partnership meetings such as the Youth Strategy meetings. We invited many of these partners to join us during the Visit of HRH Princess Anne to Yellow Door.

Youth Work and Activities

It has been an amazing year for our youth work and activities as they have struggled against covid restrictions but continued to be flexible and ensure we met the needs of our young people and then grew and changed and delivered some great work.

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|Clubs and Activities Session Attendance Average attendance
s
Easter 4 51 13
Older QT 9 17 2
Youth Club 14 155 11
October 2 25 13
Youth Café 14 128 9
QT Club 30 394 13
Art Workshops 8 80 10
Halloween 1 34 34
Summer 10 185 19
sports 30 238 8
Next Level 34 234 7
Winter 1 8 8
Easter 2 28 14
Total 159 1577 10
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Summer Arts Workshop

Our Groups give the young people opportunities to participate in new activities, build new skills and develop confidence in themselves. For example, we ran an art group through the summer holidays. The young people who attended suffered from anxiety, lack of confidence, and felt socially isolated. These sessions gave them the opportunity to learn new art techniques and express themselves using photography and painting. Through

direction, lots of beautiful artwork and photography were created. Their work was displayed in an art show that

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families and local dignitaries attended. Young people at the start of the group who barely had the confidence to step into our building or look at an adult were showing dignitaries around the art exhibition and explaining their work.

QT Club

QT club continue to go from strength to strength. QT Club is for young people aged 11 to 18 who need support with meeting new people and finding new friends and who may find the ‘normal’ youth clubs too noisy or hard to navigate. Some of the young people who attended had special needs such as ADHD or were on the Autistic spectrum. Each week there was a fun activity, craft and sport. As well as pool, PlayStation, football, basketball and arts and crafts. At the end of the year we took a group of our Quiet Club young people on a ‘graduation trip’ to a trampoline centre. They had made friends, learnt new social skills and become very confident. Some had become young volunteers and joined other groups. They had also all become too noisy for the quiet group and so they were graduating to Youth Club. We were very proud of them all.

Youth Café to Youth Club

Our Youth Café was closed for a large part of the Pandemic and we worked with the young people who used to attend Youth Café during detached and outreach work. During this time we reflected on the work we did in the youth café and how it could possibly be better for the young people and how we could achieve better outcomes. We did this through discussion with staff and young people and looking at the feedback we had from young people, parents and the wider community over the year. We decide to change the Youth Café into a Youth Club. The Youth Club is still a safe space to hang out with friends and play pool and PlayStation but is more bounded and provides activities, sports, games, information and advice. This change has worked well.

Holiday Activities

During the school holidays funding from Active Essex allowed us to deliver wellbeing Holiday clubs. In these clubs we provided sports activities, craft activities, and activities around young people’s health and wellbeing. We also provided hot meals and opportunities for young people to take part in cooking activities. Often the young people who attend these sessions, felt socially isolated, anxious, lacking in certain social skills, and want a place to have fun and partake in activities. These sessions

often lead to further opportunities to support, within our services, or provide a safe place to discuss a variety of topics such as relationships and bullying.

Sports Club

Our sport clubs offers young people who may otherwise not have the opportunity to take part in sport, multi-sport activities including football, basketball, hockey, tennis etc. This year we took a group of our young people to a Police Football Tournament. Our young people were up against regular football teams but despite this and the pouring rain they got into the semi finals and were praised for their determination and effort.

Jack Petchey

This year we have also joined the Jack Petchey awards. We gave our first award to Brodie for his kindness, empathy and ensuring that no one is left out of group activities and encouraging new members to get involved. Taking time to make that person to feel comfortable in the new setting.

Young Volunteers

Our young volunteers continued to be very busy this year, supporting our youth clubs and taking part in community action. Amy

and Coral took part on the clean up of the Dyke at the bottom of King George Field in partnership with Yellow Door and Thames 21.

Next Level

Next level is our performing arts club. Bernie, its leader says “It’s been a strange year for the students. Coming out of lockdown, we could meet again, but we had to wear masks and keep six feet apart. No singing or moving about! Eventually the restrictions were lifted, and we could start to move around, but then many of the students or members of their families caught covid, so we had a lot of absences, which made it difcult to produce a show. We did, however, manage to put on two shows at the Yellow Door hub for the parents and friends of the students. One was a comedy we had written called ‘Canvey Got Talent’! And the other was ‘Songs for Valentine’s Day’ for which we also served cakes and goodies for the parents as a special Valentine gift from their children. Both shows were a success. I am immensely proud of every one of our students. “

Parents comment

“Thank you, for helping G to be confident and happy, it was a wonderful show.”

Older Qt

Old QT was run for young people 16 plus. It was client led for young people who often had complex needs. The club offered support to build social skills, including good listening skills as well a practical support such as how to write CVs and use platforms such as indeed. It also offered fun activities such

as art and crafting i.e., embroidery, as well as games, activities, and opportunity to lead the session. The young people in the group established strong bonds, confidence and employability skills.

Outreach and Detached

Our workers carried out 192 outreach and detached sessions during the year, at Waterside Skate Park. 1[st] Avenue and in the streets and parks on Canvey Island and made 659 contacts with young people. During our outreach session we provide access to sports activities, drinks and advice and support on a wide range of issues such as substance misuse, sexual health, and relationships.

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Number outreach Sessions 192
Male 10-12 115
Male 13-18 307
Male other 69
Female 10-12 54
Female 13-18 57
Female other 57
Total Number contacts 659
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Canvey Big Local LTO

This year we have continued to support Canvey Big Local as their Local Trusted Organisation. The major work for the Big Local has been the Gunny project. This project aims to turn what is largely a derelict schedule 1 heritage site into a great community space for all ages by providing equipment, a community building, wetland area, wildlife areas, community garden amongst other things. This year Canvey Big Local has got planning permission for the project, a business plan and is work with a local charity Trust Links and Canvey Council to fulfil the project.

Managers’ Report

It only now writing the Annual Report and we have time to take a breath and look at the last year that it is possible to realise what a busy and amazing year that it was. Not only were we able to continue to run all our services but we also developed and ran new clubs, started new activities, and developed new partnerships, including our Bee Kind Project.

We were also honoured with a visit from Her Royal Highest Princes Anne, given a community award by Canvey Town Council and another by the High Sheriff of Essex. Days which none of us will forget.

We could not have achieved this work without our amazing staff. We acknowledge the hard and sometimes stressful work this year by having a team wellbeing day at Watt Tyler’s Park which all enjoyed and hopefully will repeat.

CANVEY ISLAND YOUTH PROJECT Charity Registration Number: 1063643 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 T MARCH 2022 BROOMS PR FE NA SERVICES LIMITED CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS REGISTERED AUDITORS

Canvey Island Youth Project Statement of the Trustees, Responsibilities The trustees are required to prepare accounts for earh finan¢ial y¢ar which give a true and fair view of the Charity's's finan¢ial activities duTing the year and of its financial position at the end of ihe year. In preparing those account5, the trustees are required to.. Select suitsble accounting policie5 and th¢n apply them consistently, Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prlldent, State whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended prnctice have been followed, subject to any material d¢partur¢s di5¢105ed and explained in the accounts, Prepare the accounts on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Chariry will continue its aetivili¢s. The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records wliich disc105¢ With reasonable accuracy the rinancial position of the Charity at any time. They also are responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for tsking reasonable steps for the prevention and deiection of fraud and other egularitieS.

Independent Examiners, ReporttotbE Yru5tee5 of Canvey Island Yoth Projert forth¢vearended 315t March 2022 I repori on ihe a¢counl$ of th¢ Charity for th¢ year ended 3151 March 2022 R¢5Ptttive responsibilities of tru51¢c5 and examiner The ¢harity'5 ITuslees are responsible for prep2Ting th¢ Trusi¢es' RerA)rt and Ihe financial siaiemenls in tt¢wrdance iviih applicablc laiv and United Kingdotn accounting sland8rds (Uniied Kingdom Generally Accepted Actounting Practice) sei out in Ihc Siaicment of Trustees, Respon5ibilili¢s. Thc charitys Irusiees consideT that an audit is not required for this year (under sedion 144121 of th¢ Charities A 2011 Iihe Charities Acill and Ihut an indepcndcnt cxamin81ion is needed. It is my responsibilily to., exornine the accounts lundcr se£iion 145 of (he Charilics Aei 20111.. 10 follow the procedure5 Ild down in thc Oencral Dircciions givcn by ihe Ch8rily Comission¢r5 lund¢r section 14515llbl of (he ChaTiiies A¢1 20111- and 10 state whether particular tllgtl¢r5 hav¢ ¢om¢ lo o>ur aiteniion. Basis of independent tx#mintr$' rtport My exatnillAtion was caTricd oui in accordance with Ih¢8en¢rol Dir¢clons given by the Charity Commissioncr$. An ¢xaminaliop includes a review of ihc accouniing records kepl by the charity fjnd a comparison ofthe accounis presenicd with Iho%e rewrds. It a150 incliidcs nsiderdiion ofany unusiial iiems or di5closure5 In ihe accounts. and Iho scking ofexplanaiions from you as irusiees conccrning any such mattcrs. Thc proc¢diires undertak¢n do iiol provid¢ all the ci'idcncc thai ivould bE required in an audit and, consequcnily, no opinion is given 10 whether Ihe count5 present a"mT¢ and fair view and the report is limit¢d to t1105e mailers sel out in Ihe aiemeni beloiv. Independenl exomingrs'slaiemeni In connection Mqth tny ¢xamination. no mailer has comc 10 my aiieniion.. which Eive$ me rwonobl¢ cau5¢ to believe ihal, in any m8ieri21 respect, the requiretnents.. lal lo kt¢p accounting records in accoranee wilh section 130 of th¢ Chorities Act 2011., and Ib) 10 prepaTe accounts whirh accord iviih Ihe accouniing records 2nd 10 tornply wilh th¢ awounting requiremenis of the Charities Act 2011 and Ihe regulaiions made Ihereund¢r have not b¢tn md; or to ivhich, in my opinion, aiiention should b¢ drawn in Order to cnable a proper un(krsianding of the to be reached. Signed 13ih De¢eTnb¢r 2022 Sonia Sh3h FCCA ACA CTA Brooms Professional Serviccs Limited Broom House 39143 London Road Hadleigh Benfleei Essex SS7 2QL

Canvey Island Youth Project Balantt Sheet R5 at 315t March 2022 2022 Nol¢s Flxed #55ets 12,448 7,396 Ctsrrent assets Debtors Balanccs iviih bank¢T5 Cash in hand 10 6.000 351.502 6,000 242,JOI folol ¢iirr841 asseis 357,612 250,401 Creditor5: amounts falling due wlthlD one ye#r Cr¢dito 118,350 57, 103 118.350 i7.105 Net curren¢ asse1$ 239.262 193.298 Totula$5els less ctirrerti liubililies 251,710 2QO,69 Unrestri¢ted ftsnds General fund 69.895 41. 181 Restricted funds Children in Ne Pund Loiiery Fund .217 1.237 43,243 Other R¢sirieied Funds 180.578 115.033 251,710 21)Q.694 These financial siatements were approved by thc Trusie&% on Isi December and signed on IhcET behaifb),: Chairman Ims Susan Ben50nl Trcasur¢r Ims Anna Bakonyvari I

Canvey Island Youth Project Notes to the Accounts for year ended 31st Marth 2022 l. Aecounting Polieies a. Accounting Convention The financial slalemcnls have bcen prepared undcr the historical cost conveniion. They hav¢ be¢n prepared Tll aceordance 'ith the Siatemenl of Recommended Pra¢ii¢e- A¢¢ounling and Reporiing by Charilics preparing iheir accounts in a¢¢oTdance wilh the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK IfRS 1021 issued on 161h July 2014, applitrdble accounting standards and the Charities Act 2011. They have been prepared on an accruals basis of accouniing. b. ReconciliAtion with previou5 GenerAlly Accepted AecountÉng Practice In preparing the accounts. Ihe trustees have considered whether in applytng the accounting policies required by FRS102 and Ihc Charitics SORP FRS102 a reslatement of ¢omparative ti¢m$ ivas rtded. No resiatcmcnts ivere required. ¢. Ipcome Recognition Income is recognized in thc pcriod iyhen the Charity is entiiled io recetPL and Ihe amouni can be m¢asured with reasonable accuracy. In accordancc wilh this policy.. Granis arc included when ihe conditions for receipt have been complied with. d. Fund Accountlng General funds are unresiricted funds which are available for ihe use at the discrelion of the Iru5tees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charily and which have not been designated for any other purtK>se. Designated fund5 are comprised of unrestricted tunds that havc been sel aside by th¢ Irusiees for parti¢ular purposes. The aim and use of each designated fund is sei oui in ihe notes to the financial siatemenls. Restricted funds are funds which are 10 be ttsed in a¢¢ordan¢e with spe¢ifi¢ resirictsons imposed by donors or ivhich have been raised by ihe ¢hariiy for particular purp05e5. The c05t of raising and adrninisiering such funds 2re charged against the specifi¢ funds. The aim And use of each restTiCt¢d fund is set out in the notes lo the financial statements. e. Bank Deposits Interest receivable is in¢luded in ihe income and expenditure account when it 15 received at an amount which includes any tax credit recov¢rable from HM Revcnue & Customs. Interest rcceived from deposits are a¢counied on rcceipi. f. Expenditure Reeognition Liabilities are recogni5ed as expenditure as soon as ihere is a legal or con5truclive obligation committing thc charity lo that expenditure, it is PTobable that settlement will be rcquired and the amount of the obligation can be m¢asured reliably. All expenditLtre 15 accounted for on an a¢¢ruals basis. All expenses in¢luding 5UPPOrt C05t5 and governance cost5 are allocated or apportioned to the applicable ¢xpendilure headings. 8. AllocAtion of Support and GoYerll#nce C05tS Support Costs have been allocuted betwcen governance costs and other support costs. Governance costs ¢omprise all costs involving ihe public accountabilTty ofthe charity and its compliance wilh regulation and good practice. The only apportionment to govem2nee costs relaie io adrninistrative salaries etc. Ivhich arc apportioned on the b&8i5 of l 0% to govcrnance costs, based on siaff time alloted to govcrnancc i5%ues.

Canvtylsland Youth Prolect 2. DoTrt&oS rtd leg*ric5 UnreStyiCd Fund RthriCd Funds Childrcn In need General Fund Latiery Fund Qlhcr 2022 2Q?I Fund Tol•l Toial DonaiiOn$.unnl$.giftsaj Icsacie5 6.397 51,086 175.982 268.589 241.254 6.397 il.086 175.982 268,589 241.254 3. Otbcr IrAding Attivitifs Uttr¢siriCt¢d FMDd Re51ricied fund5 Bi8 Lollery FuDd Othor Fund 2022 2fj21 roÈal Fund Fllnd TotAI 26.?9) 20.295 26.295 26,295 450 436 4. InvE5tMet income unr¢$th¢l Fund Rcstricied funds Childr¢n Ill General Fund Big Loitery Fund Oth¢r Fu 221 Toi#l ?021 Toial Fund Bank depo5il- inier¢5t on cash d¢posilS

Canvey Island Youth Prol8Ct Notesto the Accounts foryear ¢ndod 31st March 2022 5. Expenditure oTr'. RAising 2022 Toi41 2021 Toial UJTresiriciedGeneriTI Fuiid.. 6. Expcnditurc on: 2022 2a21 und¢rtakvm liifiirtheroii¢e ofihÉ Ch4Trlty's obJÉcilves. Support eos d¢rtakGn dir¢¢ily siipporl Fundedfvm Salari¢s. p¢nsion and naiioD81 insuran¢¢ Conira¢ior Paytnenls 20,713 202,426 3.175 2.453 2.320 1.038 4,445 3.168 937 105.007 41.324 P.J44 3.175 2.453 3.059 Telephone Printin& pDsia8e and $18gion¢ry Training and$up510n Insiiran¢r Subscriptions and membership Adv¢rttsing promoiions CaiLrin8 rood kS Trav¢llin8e¥pcns¢s EquipTh¢nl, malcrill15 and evenl cxpcnditUTC Accountancy Small Tools and R¢patrs Hralih and saftcy Sundries Bank Char8¢5 Cl¢an¢ng Dcprccialion Loss on disposal of 4uipment 2J20 1,038 4,445 1.29 749 2.291 3.168 3.028 937 542 l.Q93 3,507 345 6.596 3,507 345 A596 720 5,343 85 724 11.368 206 720 660 5J43 85 724 2.634 82 713 980 4.523 980 4.525 216.828 27.054 243.882 229,564 16.291

Canvey Islat)d Youth Prc*je¢t Notes to the Accounts foryear ended 31st March 2022 7. Allocilion of goveran¢t xnd 5UPPOrt cost5 20Z2 2021 Toi allocated ov¢rnaDC¢ r¢181ed OihLY Supsx>ft cos Governanc¢ rejaied Olhersupport ¢OSL% Fund¢dfrom allfjinds.. salari and naiional insurance Rent and uiili11¢5 Insuran¢¢ Aceounian¢y 20,713 20,713 9.544 3.059 3.028 3.168 720 24,601 3.168 720 21,433 000 10,204 3,168 6,087

Canv8y18land Youth Project Notes to the Accounts foryear ended 31st March 2022 N'et Incoming Resources Hner charging: 2022 2021 Nei Jitcotttlfr3gr¢sourc¢$are $ioi¢dofier¢knrging Brooms Prof$lOnal Scryices Lid.. accoulltsncy. Ipx41i¢m and ¢on5ulian¢y Depreciii lion cic 6,)96 4,523 660 3.080 Flxed Asgets Fixture5. Fitlings In¢J E4uipm¢nt Vrhirle5 TDtRI Cogi AI ISE April 2021 18.695 18.695 Additions 6.150 3.425 9.575 Disposals Al 31st M3rch 2022 24.845 3.425 28.270 Deprccilllion At Isi April 2021 11,299 11,299 Chargc for year 3.838 685 4.523 Disposal$ Al 31st March 1022 685 15.822 Net Book Vglue Ai31s1 March 2022 9.708 2.740 12,448 Ai 3151 Horcli 2n21 T.396 7,396

Canvey Island Youth Project Notes to the Accounts tor year ended 31st March 2022 10. Debtors 2022 2021 Rent dcposii 6,000 6.000 6,000 6.nnfj I l. Creditors 2022 2n21 Tax Dnd 50ci&I s¢writy Big Local 4,177 5.819 51.284 118,350 57. 103.nn 12. Stalf costs 2022 2021 Salaries Pension Employers, national Insurance 184.601 4.358 163,Q6T 2.634 202.426 172.611 Average numberof Siaff during th¢ y¢gr.' Employee's emoluments below £60.000 15 15 No tru%lce or tr$On rclated or¢onne¢ied by biiginc5s 10 IheTn has received any r¢mun¢ralion from the ChaTily nor havc they entered into any transaction, coniract or oih¢r arrangemcni iviih Ihe Charil>' during the year. io

Canvey18land Youth Project Intomt *nd Expenditur¢ Account for the year 31$t Ni Isrch 2022 2022 202 In¢omt Grants and donaiions re1V rundrtsing aciiviiics Inl¢r¢st received 268,589 26.295 241,254 436 294,899 241.695 Deduct: F.xptndltllre Salaries, pEnsTon and national insuran Coniracior PJyni¢n15 Reni and utililies Telephonc Printing, posiage and Slalionery Training and supervision In5uranc¢ Subscriptions and member$hip Advertising and prOtionS Food Banks Trdv¢lling expenses Equipment. materials and eveni expendilur¢ Accounian Small tools artd repttirs Health and saftcy Suftdries Bank Ch4Tges Cleanin8 Depreciaiion 202,426 3.175 2,453 2,320 1,038 4.445 i.168 937 981 3.507 345 6,596 720 5,343 85 724 172.Lfll 1.658 5.059 J.290 749 2.291 5.028 542 1,093 11,368 266 66 2,634 105 82 713 4.n40 980 4,523 243,882 2n6.189 Surplus for tlie Y¢or 51,015 35.506 Note.. This page does not form part of ihc lomial accounts. li