## **The Meadows Children and Family Wing** **Annual General Meeting Report April 2021 – March 2022** ## **Registered Charity No 1075129** **The Meadows Children and Family Wing 1 St Catharine’s Road, Cambridge CB4 3XJ** 2 **Agenda** **1.** Welcome and introductions **2.** Attendance and Apologies _**3.**_ Minutes of last AGM – _**to be approved by those present at the last AGM**_ **4.** Report to read by the Chairperson Sharon Doherty **5.** Presentation of the Annual Report - _**and any questions**_ **6.** Financial Report to be read by Julie Wentworth - _**and any questions**_ **7.** Election of Trustees and Officers **8.** A.O.B. **9.** Date of next Management Committee Meeting – _**Thursday 19[th] January 2023 time TBC**_ The Meadows Children and Family Wing has been operating since 1997. Following a consultation with local families and service providers, a programme of services was born to meet the identified needs of the local community and to fill the gaps in current provision. Our work focuses on working alongside local families and women providing family support and ‘Life After abuse’ support and activities The Meadows Community Centre has a separate Youth Wing and the main building offers a whole host of services to the local community. Altogether we provide a Centre with a wealth of services and activities for the whole community. Our work has continued, developed, and grown to meet the needs of our local community, in line and in partnership with them. ## **Our Vision Statement** ‘To provide a fun, safe and stimulating environment where families can come and enjoy themselves together’ ## **The Meadows Children and Family Wing is a registered Charity governed by its Constitution dated 19[th] January 2004.** 3 ## **The Meadows Children and Family Wing Minutes of the Annual General Meeting Thursday 4[th] November 2021** **1. Welcome:** Sharon, the Chairperson, welcomed all and brief introductions took place. **2. Attendance** : Suzie Buttress, Simon Kerrs, Sharon Doherty, Junko Grant-Hotsuki, Jo Hunt, Zhara Jawad, Stacey May, Claire Thompson, Sharon Livermore, Julie Cornwell, Ro, Petra Jackman, Suzie Rodgers, Kathy Murphy, Maria David and Sally Page. **Apologies:** Simon Humphries, Louise Walker, The Cog Wheel Trust, Lindsey Dorrington, Nicki Phillipson, Angelina Muller and Jackie Hanson **Staff in attendance:** Michele Wright, Julie Wentworth, Donna Raynor and Lynn Tumber **3. Minutes of the last AGM dated 19[th] November 2020:** these were read and approved as an accurate account proposed by Sharon Doherty and seconded by Simon Kerrs **4. Chairpersons report:** Sharon read through her report **5. Presentation of the Annual General Report:** Sharon ensured all attendees had a copy of the report to hand. Sharon highlighted the parent / adult feedback running through the report saying how great it is to read these comments showing the impact of our work. Sharon drew everyone’s attention to the levels of support being sought noting mental health concerns being the highest level and the staggering number of phone contacts that had been made throughout the year. Sharon read through all the names of the Charity’s funders, giving sincere thanks to them all, saying that without their grants we could not provide our work **6. Annual Accounts:** The annual Accounts were presented by Julie Wentworth who gave a summary of the income and expenditure, explaining the increase in funding received through additional Covid-19 grants. In total we had 17 funders with Cambridge City Council being the largest funder for the universal family support drop-ins with The Police and Crime Commissioner Cambridgeshire and Peterborough along with other grant funders providing vital additional funding for our domestic abuse work. Julie highlighted the use of the Government Furlough scheme and the significant reduction in rent payments, due to lockdowns / home working, which grant funders kindly permitted us to repurpose to further support families throughout the challenging year or to carry forward into the next financial year. Julie explained the accounts have been independently reviewed and signed by an accountant, and that the trustees have reviewed and signed off the accounts in preparation to be submitted to the Charity Commission. Julie notified everyone that a full set of accounts are readily available for anyone to see. Julie asked for any questions on the accounts – none were asked. **7. Election of Officers and Trustees:** At this point in the meeting Sharon stood down as Chairperson with Michele taking over for the new election for the position of Chairperson ## **Chairperson: Sharon Doherty** Nominated by Petra Jackman Seconded by Claire Thompson Sharon was congratulated on her appointment and resumed chairing the rest of the elections and meeting. **Secretary** : **Junko Grant-Hotsuki** Nominated by Stacey May Seconded by Sharon Doherty ## **Treasure: Petra Jackman** Nominated by Sharon Doherty Seconded by Sharon Livermore ## **Vice Chairperson: Claire Thompson** Nominated by Sharon Doherty Seconded by Petra Jackman **Trustees:** The following Trustees were nominated by Sharon Doherty and seconded by Petra Jackman on mass **Trustees – Sharon Livermore** ## **Angelina Muller** ## **Stacey May Zhara Jawad** ## **Michelle Ramsey** **8. A.O.B.:** Michele gave thanks to Simon Kerrs and the students from Anglia Ruskin University for their support and the production of an evaluation report on our Domestic abuse work. Simon said we were very welcome, gave thanks for enabling the students to undertake this work and said they are still talking about it. Claire Thompson, Jo Hunt and Sally Page requested a copy of the report to be sent to them. There was no other business. **9. Date of next Management Committee meeting:** This was set for 6pm on Thursday 25[th] November 2021 via Zoom **10.** Sharon thanked everybody for attending and formally closed the annual general meeting. 4 ## **Report from Chair of The Management Committee** ## **Sharon Doherty** The Meadows Children and Family Wing Charity have carried out amazing support this year, to an excellent level. The staff have shown understanding and flexibility in the adjustments post Covid-19. We are offered a small glimpse into the commitment the staff offer the project in the way they have managed these adjustments. It is this commitment that makes the difference in each and every families life, the support is delivered in a professional manner with empathy and unconditional positive regard. Due to the flexibility and generosity of our funders, staff were able to continue working remotely to support families during the tail end of the Covid-19 restrictions. Staff continued the walk and talk sessions and regular phone calls alongside WhatsApp groups, Zoom sessions and YouTube videos shared on our Facebook page and sent directly to families who don’t access social media until around June 2021. This is when restrictions began to lift and, with a few numbers to begin with, staff were able to meet face to face with each other and families again. Staff continued to work in a hybrid fashion switching between face to face sessions while continuing remote work to ensure they reached as many families as possible. Families reported the support they found most useful was the phone calls, because these calls for some broke the isolation of the restrictions. During this year staff contacted families via calls or WhatsApp messages 5236 times. The project was able to provide 120 Christmas hampers, along with smaller Christmas parties celebrations. One message the project has portrayed throughout the pandemic is the importance of mental health and wellbeing, and as we come out of the pandemic this message is more critical than ever, in the small amount of time we have been face to face this year, we have had 167 new families coming for support and other local City residents who have been signposted to us for support during this difficult time. Thank you to all of our families, our staff and all of the generous funders that have helped to make this happen – you are all truly amazing. ## **The Charities Objectives are:** - 1) To educate families and the public in better standards of childcare, and in the importance of sound relations between parents and children for the maintenance and enrichment of family life. - 2) The relief of poverty and the provision of recreational facilities or other leisure time occupation in the interests of social welfare with the object of improving the conditions of life of persons having need of these facilities by reason of their youth, poverty or social and economic circumstances. In planning our programme of activities each year, we have kept in mind the Charity Commission’s general guidance on public benefit and prevention and the relief of poverty for the public benefit. The trustees always ensure that the programme of activities we undertake are in line with our charitable objectives and aims. 5 ## **Our Management Committee** Trustees are elected yearly at our Annual General Meeting ## **The following trustees were elected on 4[th] November 2021** **Chairperson:** Sharon Doherty **Secretary** : Junko Grant-Hotsuki **Treasure:** Petra Jackman **Vice Chairperson:** Claire Thompson **Trustees –** Sharon Livermore Angelina Muller Stacey May Zhara Jawad Michelle Ramsey I would like to take this opportunity to thank The Committee Members for the time and commitment they give. The trustees share their skills, experiences and expertise helping shape the future of the Meadows Children Wing Charity. Through Trustees and Volunteers, who give many hours of ongoing commitment, we can ensure that these vital services are available to women and local families. ## **The Team** **Project Manager and Course Facilitator** - Michele Wright **Fundraiser / Development Worker and Course Facilitator** – Lynn Tumber **Bookkeeper** - Julie Wentworth **Administrator** – Justina Gaikwad **Family Support Workers** – Donna Rayner and Lina Davey **Playworkers** – Duncan Gaffney and Victoria Simpson **Crèche workers** – Rosa Apuzzo-Jeanes, Victoria Simpson, Justina Gaikwad and Lauren Barnes 6 **Our Service provisions** **Family Support Drop-ins for families with pre-school aged children** ## **Operating 50 weeks of the year** ## **Tuesdays 9.30 a.m. – 12.30 p.m. and Fridays 9.30 a.m. – 12.00** Our family support workers always offer a warm welcome to local families offering them advice, guidance, and support within a safe friendly environment. We work in close partnership with many organisations to provide additional services so families can gain and develop new skills. We provide a community lunch on a Tuesday and a community breakfast on a Friday. Our play worker facilitates positive play and learning activities for families to enjoy together, providing a good range of activities used to encourage children and their parents to have fun together. _**Open access**_ ## **All About Me course** This is a 6-week course with a free crèche; the course is facilitated by a trained counsellor. The course is a self-esteem, confidence building course which looks at individuals next steps for the future, sharing difficulties and learning new ways to move forward. _**Referral only**_ ## **12-week Freedom Program / 10-week Freedom Forever Program** _**‘An enlightening opportunity to develop different ways of thinking to protect yourself and your children from harm’**_ ## **These programme’s are open to any women who wishes to learn more about the reality of domestic** ## **abuse and how to move forward.** The main aims of the Freedom and Freedom and Forever Programme are as follows: To help women understand the effects of domestic abuse and to recognise which of these beliefs they have shared. To illustrate the effects of domestic violence on children. To help women gain self-esteem and the confidence to improve the quality of their lives To help women gain in practical life skills, information, knowledge and support enabling them to move forward with their lives. _**Referral only**_ ## **Together** 2 hours per week for 50 weeks of the year – this project was devised and bought to life completely from the women’s, who attend our Freedom programme, expressed wishes and vision. A peer-to-peer group with women collectively designing, sharing their own skills / leading on / volunteering with activities / learning that they want e.g. Yoga, art therapy, knitting, singing, cooking. During the school holidays the women undertake activities they have designed together with all their children. _**Invitation only**_ ## **Specialist drop-in** 2 hours per week for 50 weeks of the year – for women and children together, covering the whole range of family support, reparative work with children, parenting, safeguarding, debt, housing, and mental health concerns. With play, arts and crafts for women and children to learn and enjoy together, building upon enrichment and bonding between mother and child, role modelling, supporting and empowering women in their crucial parenting role _**. Invitation only**_ 7 **Service provision during Covid lockdown and returning to face-to-face services** We started the financial year with some Covid restrictions still in place, we continued with a mixture of remote working, face to face sessions, walk and talks and zoom activities. As of June, we were able to reopen activities with restrictions in place, so we operated a booking in service, then slowly we were able to increase the numbers to sessions as restrictions were lifted. With the limited spaces permitted within sessions staff continued providing remote support, YouTube story links, zoom quizzes during the day and evenings and walk and talks. We would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all our funders for their understanding, flexibility and support throughout the health pandemic and permitting us to be flexible during this time enabling us to continue supporting women, families and children Again due to restrictions in place our service provision was adapted to enable us to meet the needs of the families we were supporting and other local City residents who were signposted to us for support during this difficult time. ## **Christmas** With support from Cambridge City Foodbank, Cambridge City Council and Cambridge Sustainable Food _**120**_ Christmas hampers and fruit and vegetable bags were given out to families. These went to households consisting of a total of _**333**_ adults and children. We were able to have smaller Christmas parties this year and Santa came along for a visit and all children received a gift. Cambridge Central Aid applications enabled us to provide an amazing _**£2,975**_ in supermarket vouchers to families to help them purchase food and presents. ## **Additional Support** We have provided _**39 food boxes**_ which were delivered to family’s homes and _**£500 of supermarket vouchers to those in need**_ . We have promoted the Cambridgeshire County Council Household support fund to all our families and applied for this support for _**16 families.**_ ## **Attendance numbers** As we returned to face-to-face sessions within the Meadows on 8[th] June 2021 under Covid safety practices we offered a booking system for families and women to attend face to face sessions and staff continued offering a mixture of remote homeworking / walk and chat / face to face / zoom sessions. Across all our activity provision we have supported _**357 adults**_ who have in total between them ## _**440 children.**_ _**167**_ new families accessed support from us during the year In total we have been in contact with families _**5,236**_ times either by the phone text or WhatsApp messages. 8 ## **Annual survey Comments** ## **We asked beneficiaries what difference has support from the Meadows made to you?** “A big, big difference, a staff member came to meetings with me and explained what forms I need to fill in but also helped to fill them in” ## **“Having someone to share with and then feeling lighter afterwards”** “A massive difference I don’t feel so isolated, being able to discuss things I need a different perspective on” ## **“You feel supported that they are there when you need them, I’m less loneliness, before I felt like I didn't know what to do or where to go but now I do”** “I’ve only been coming for a couple of weeks but so far its flawless” ## **“It’s been nice to have someone to talk to about different things”** “Me and extended family all had covid and I had no support network in place, but the meadows supported me through it all” ## **“I’ve had financial support with food, interaction with people and gets me out of the house to get support”** “I've never felt so welcome anywhere, I always feel great when I’ve been there and my children also like it there, the other ladies on the course are also really nice” ## **“My life has completely changed as staff wrote a support letter, so we were able to move”** “Life is easier, I have someone to turn to if I can’t speak to anyone else” ## **“The fact that I can call up any time and will not be dropped from the service is really helpful as the support from other organisations stops after a certain time”** “During the lock down, you were like a lifeline to us, helping me to know where to get food and giving advice and support” ## **“I didn’t have a bed and they got me money so I could buy one, I am also less lonely”** “They have been amazing, we have had an awful year, we both lost our jobs due to Covid, had 3 deaths in the family all whilst trying to look after our family. They helped us in every way, from a random text to see how we are to foodbank vouchers, help with Christmas food and presents. We are proud and hate to ask for help, but they made us feel ok, unjudged and in our darkest times just so helpful and caring! They are amazing! I can't think or put into words how lovely and helpful they are. I really don't think they know how much they have helped! So grateful” ## **“A bit more at ease and relaxed, it was all very tense especially when my daughter was self harming”** - “It is huge support, it is a safe place where I can go and be myself, it gives me structure for the week and helps me to get up in the morning. I have depression and anxiety, so it is nice to be able to go and do craft activities and feel safe” 9 ## **“It’s made me feel validated and that I wasn’t alone and there were people there for me”** “Knowing that support is available is reassuring, I felt that I was heard and any concerns I had they were there to try and help. The best support that I have had. They have more understanding of what I have been through than any of the other organisations” ## **“Just knowing what’s on offer in the area and how they always keep in touch** ” “It is my life; it is like a family” ## **“It has made me feel supported and not alone in my situation,** **it makes me feel safer and the team are very understanding. Your friends don't always understand, but they always understand where you are coming from. No matter how many thousands of people they are supporting, they always make time for you”** “I've met so many women in the groups so that I now have friends and I am able to see the red flags in everyday life. This year has been really good, and I think that the Meadows has been partly responsible for that” ## **“By doing the courses I feel like I’m not alone”** “It made realise that what I had experienced was not normal” **“It helped me to close the door on the emotional stuff, a lot of which I didn't even know was still there. It changed things completely and empowered me. I have only positive things to say about the course”** “My anxiety has gone down a lot. I can sleep now, before I would wake about 3 in the morning and it has helped me to be assertive with different agencies. It has helped me to pick carefully about who I share with. I feel that I am able to point others to where to get support” ## **“The Freedom program helped to give me strength”** “I don't know where I would be without the support of everyone. It has been incredible to finally understanding and be able to move on and be the best parent I can” ## **“A big difference, if I need anything there is always someone there to give support”** “It’s made me think about my choices differently. I now look at things differently when thinking about going into a relationship I am more careful” “ **It has had a huge impact, I have more confidence, it has made me realise that there were many people who have been through the same situation which really helped.** “Massive amount of help, I wouldn't have got through the last through years if it wasn't for the support” **“It has made me more aware of my situation and much stronger, great practical support, such a great help”** 10 ## **Types of Support sought within all our activities** The chart below shows the rates and the types of support from all our service provision (Family Support drop-in (FS DI) / Domestic Abuse drop-in (DA DI) / Freedom and Freedom Forever courses (FP/FF) / Together (TG) **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Money Worries
Work related issues
400 Legal/Police issues
Child Development
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Mental Health & Wellbeing
Medical health worries
200 Child Protection
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## **Partnership working** To be able to provide joined up support for the families and women who attend our services we have worked in partnership with the following organisations Bobby scheme Health partners including, Health Visitors, GP’s, CAMH, Union House, Midwives Women’s Aid Cambridgeshire County Council Early Help Hub, Adult and Children’s Social Care Social Local Education Providers Citizens Advice Bureau Cambridgeshire Constabulary Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Partnership and Independent Domestic Violence Advisors Besom in Cambridge Cambridge Aid Local housing authorities and housing associations The Red Hen Project Cambridge Community Safety Partnership ARU Cambridge Law Clinic Cambridge City Food Bank and Cambridge Sustainable food Fitzwilliam museum Kobe University Japan Other local Community Charities Cambridge City Council 11 ## **Referrals undertaken** ➢ 71 x Foodbank vouchers ➢ 4 x FairBite referrals - ➢ Provided 26 x Supermarket vouchers - ➢ 13 families have received financial support from our own Emergency family fund - ➢ 64 families have had applications for funding to Cambridge Aid for white goods/clothing - ➢ 33 x Christmas funding from Cambridge Central Aid - ➢ 5 x referrals to Cambridge Rape Crisis - ➢ 2 x referrals to Besom in Cambridge ➢ 16 x Housing Support Fund applications ## **This year we have been part of 38 family’s professional meetings including: Child In Need/Protection, Early Help Hub Team around the family** ## **What beneficiaries told us they found helpful** - All of it - Structure and routine - Coming to the courses - It being a safe place - They go away and found out information that is useful - Emotional support - Reassurance - Food vouchers and food boxes - Craft packs and activities - Lunch - Kindness - Non judgmental - Support with debt and budgeting - Looking for course further education / CV / applying for jobs - Advice - Consistency - Check calls - Funding to get items we needed - Attendance at meetings - Support letters - Phone support - The walk and chat - To be able to call - Just to be listened to _**“It's been so great to have someone on the end of the phone just to bring some perspective to things or just to listen. I know I've not used the service as much as others, but I know it is there is a great comfort. Sometimes there is just no one else that gets it and can listen without judging or passing comment. It’s amazing and I thank you all for being there!”**_ _“That they know when you aren't ok, and they are really easily to talk to”_ ## _**“The emotional support was crucial and fantastic”**_ _“All the support is helpful, and someone is there if I need advice”_ ## _**“Doing the freedom course and knowing that they were there if I needed them”**_ ## _“I found it really helpful that I can just contact them”_ ## _**“All of it, the phone conversations to talk things out, knowing that the drop in is there if I need it”**_ _“If they are unable to help with something they always point you in the right direction to get the help”_ 12 **Money Matters for the year** ending **31[st] March 2022** ***Full set of End of year Accounts available on request** 13 _**A HUGE THANK YOU**_ **To all our funders as without their support we wouldn’t be able to continue to grow from strength to strength and support local families and women within the community.** _**Cambridge City Council - Community Grants and Area Committee**_ _**Police and Crime Commissioner Cambridgeshire and Peterborough**_ _**Cambridgeshire County Council**_ _**Peoples Postcode Lottery**_ _**Charles Hayward Foundation**_ _**Comic Relief Community Fund (England)**_ _**We acknowledge the grants we have received from Anglian Water Positive Difference, Outlook fund and Hopkins Homes, charitable funds managed by Cambridge Community Foundation**_ ## **Future plans** To continue sourcing funding for the continuation and furtherance of the Charity’s work to provide this valuable and crucial resource for the local community. To continue working alongside the increased number of beneficiaries we have seen throughout this last year, to meet increased needs and to support women and families as we navigate through the aftermath of the health pandemic and the cost of living crisis, in a person centered and timely manner To continue using new, streamlined, and innovative ways of working that were developed throughout the health pandemic to enhance our service provision. ## **We are moving** During February we will be relocating to the newly built Meadows Community Centre, we will have a new address as off February 2023 _**The Meadows Children and Family Wing – 299 Arbury Road, Cambridge, CB4 2JL**_ _**Registered Charity No 1075129 The Meadows Children and Family Wing 1 St Catharine’s Road Cambridge CB4 3XJ Office 01223 508144**_ _**Support staff - 07561 611326 / 07871 780921 fsw@mcfw.co.uk or familysupport@mcfw.co.uk Life After Abuse 07561611325 / 07871 780932 info@mcfw.co.uk Admin 07857 970388 admin@mcfw.co.uk Fundraising fundraiser@mcfw.co.uk**_ 14 THE MEADOWS CHILDREN AND FAMILY WING FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 REGISTERED CHARfTY NO." 1075129 THE MEADOWS CHILDREN AND FAMILY IMNG FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 Contsnts Page Trustee's Report Independent Exam1￿$ Report sL￿ement of Financial Activitses Balance Sheet Notes to the finan¢ial ststements Charity Numb•r 1075129 Prlnclpal Address CIO 1 St Cathadne's Road Cambrfdge Cambridgeshlre C84 3XJ Indwnd•nt Examlners Teresa Re￿4dS FMA4T A TJR Accounting Ltd 16 Mill Road Watethach Cambridge CB25 9RQ BANKERS National Westminster Bank plc THE MEADOWS CHILDREN AND FAMILY WING TRUSTEE'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 TRUSTEES S Doherty (Chairl P B¢ranova ITreasurer} J Grant-Hotsuki (Secretary) C Thompson Ivice Chairl M Ramsey Smay S Livermore A Muller Z Jawad The Trusteès are rtrelerted annuaNy at the AGM w88 hdd on 4 November 2021 G Goc>afellow and E Carruthers stspped down at the AGM wfvch was hdd on 4 November 2021 ADDRESS 1 St C8therine'$ Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB4 3XJ Legal Status The ¢harity is registered wtth the Charity Commissicm. registraticfft number 1075129. 11 was formed as an unincorporat&l as5watKin under a conststutiw adopted on 19th March 1997 and amended on 30th March 1999. Obj•ct8 Th& objects ofthe chanty. for the benefft of chddren and fam￿￿ in Cambridgeshire. are: 1. To 8ducate families and the put￿lC in better standards of childcare, and in the importance of sound relations bewn parents and childrgn for the maintsnance and enrichment of family lrfe. 2. The relief of povety arwj the provisK)n of recreational faclitbes or other leisure lime occupation in the interests of sooal wetfare with the o14ect of improving the cond￿OnS of life of persons having need of these fac￿ltieS by reason of their youth, poverty. or S￿la1 and 9conomic circumstancgs. Flnanclal Revlow The financial accounts for the year eNJed 31 March 2022 are set cMJt on pages 4 to 8. The Charity has ￿ntinUed to receive financial supwrt from Charitable Trusts and grant gMThJ organisatiofts. A fijll list of all grants recetved. and details of expenditure aro set out in notes 2 and 5 of the accounts. The Trustees are very gratefvl lo all of these benefactors wthout whose help the project not ¢￿tinUe. THE MEADOWS CHILDREN AND FAMILY WING TRUSTEE'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 hl•v•ments and Pertofman DLte to the rKJnlirbuing health pandemic this Jear it has been another challenging year for n￿1 we are delighted lo report that the Charity has been able to continue moeting increased demands for ath"vities and S8fwces, supporting ￿￿men. and their children. who arg survivors of domestic abuse and bxal families throughout. Many of our activttses were provide(J reny)tdy initially but gradually. thwhout the year. we h8ve been able to increase th8 face to fac8 work, 8nding the year being op8n to a pr&covid level ￿11$1 still offering ramotg support lo those requiring it. Our Programm• of charltable actlvltl•5: Twice weekly family support dropins Weekly specialist domestic abuse dropin The Fre￿oM ProgramTh The Freedom FO￿Ver Prcgramrr 'AJl About Me, Course Peer to Peer support group Outreth, ph)ne supm. adV￿Y and 1-1 SUPF*Jt Our support staff have Continu￿ lo provKle extensive ￿￿tical arKI emotional suprrt guKlance. advice. 8dvo(£cy and skill develOpn￿nt on area$ I￿uding domesttc abuse, relationships. child development, debl management, posilive parentiThJ. mental heahh arKI ￿￿￿11VJ. A full ￿￿K)rt of 811 our actsmlies and achiev8m&nts w¢ll be presented at the AGM. Ro$orvèB Pollcy The Tntslees aim lo hold reserves suffioent to pay at least ong rrK)nlh's ¢)perating costs so that an orderty dosure of thè proi8cl ccwld be achleved should th18 be necessary. As al 31 March 2022 we hdd a b81ance of £16.707 in unrestricted reseryes. equIva￿nI to around 6 week8 nomal 0￿rating exFenw. Looklng to the Futuro Funding for the year lo 31 Ma￿h 2023 has b8en substantially secur&l, *ith CaMbr￿e City Council. Police and Crime Commissioner Cambridgeshire and Pelert(Jrough and many others helping to ensurg the c£•ntinuance of the charivs work w)men, children and families in our community. On behaw of the Board of Trustees: Trustee name Trustee svJnatur8 THE MEADOWS CHILDREN AND FAMILY WING INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 I rerx)rt on the accounts of the Meadows Chihjren and Famity Wing for the year ended 31 March 2022 which are set out on page5 4 to 8. RESPECTIVE RESPONS181LITIES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER The charrty's trustees are ￿sponSIb￿ for the pieparalion of the a¢￿unIs. The chanty's tnjstees eonsider that an audit is not required for this year under SeCt￿n 144 tsf the Charities Act 2011 Ilhe Charities Acll and that an independent examination is needed. 11 is my responsibility lo-. - examine the accounts under section 145 of the chal1t￿ Aet. - lo follow the proeedures Lgid down in the general Direct￿n5 gNen ty the Charity Commission (under section 1451511b) of the Charitres Ad. and lo slate whether particuLgr matters have come to my attention. BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINeR'S REPORT My examination was carried out in accofdanee ¥￿h the General D1￿ctionS given by the Charity Commission. An examinat￿n includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the account$ presented with those r￿rds. 11 also includes consijeration of any unusual rtems or disclosures in the accounts. and seeking explanations from you as the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken th) not promde all the evklence that would be required in an audit. and consequently no OPTnion is given as lo whether the accounts present a "Irue and fair weW' and the report is lirnrtgl to those matter5 sel out in the stslement below.. INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMEKr In connection with my examination. no material matters have come to my attention which gives me cause to beI￿ve that in, any material respect". - xcount'ng records were not kept in accordan￿ seclKsn 130 of the Charibes Act or the aceounls do not accord with the accounting records I have ￿me across no olher matters in eonnection wth the examination to vthich attention should be drawn in order lo enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to te re&hed. Teresa Reyntslds FMAAT Arr TJR Accounting Ltd 16 Mill Road W*erbeach Cambridge CB25 9RQ Dale.. IS19121. THE MEADOWS CHILDREN AND FAMILY WNG STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTMTIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 Unrostricted Rostrlcted Totsl lunds funds Total Not• 2022 2022 2022 2021 INCOME FROM: Donatlons 1.572 1.572 552 Charitsble actsvitres 150.590 150.590 200.797 Total Incomè 1.572 150,590 152,162 201,349 EXPENDrruRE ON: Raising fijnds 10.788 10.788 10,231 CharitatAe actsvi￿es 175.893 175,893 152.604 Total Exp•ndltur• 186,681 186,681 162,835 Net incomellexpendtbjre) 1.572 {36.091) (34,519) 38,514 Transfer belJveen funds Net movement in fvTrJs 1.572 {36,0911 134,519) 38,514 R￿ontI11atlon of funds Total funds brought forward 15.135 54.715 69,850 31,336 Totsl fund5 carried f0Th￿rd 16,707 18,624 35,331 69,850 THE MEADOWS CHILDREN AND FAMILY WING BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MARCH 2022 Unrestrlcted Restricted Totsl funds fvnds Total 2022 2022 2022 2021 Currnnt 89s8ts Cash at bank and in hat Accrued Income 16,707 35.624 52,331 65,gX)1 4.399 Current LlalAltles Creditors Deferred Ineome {450) (17,0001 117.0001 N•t Assets 16.707 18,624 35.331 69,850 The funds of tho charlty Restricted income fvnds 18.624 18.624 54,715 Unrestricted income funds 16,707 16.707 15.135 16.707 18,624 35,331 69.850 These financial ststsments were approved by ts trustees on ... . on their behalf by: and signed Trustee name Trustse svJnature THE AIEADOWS CHILDREN AND FAIAILY WING NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 klARCM 2022 1. Prlnclpal A￿￿￿n0 Pollclo5 Th¥ financial staternents c(￿Fty ¥￿th aFf4Kable accountiryJ stsndarts atxl the Stalement of Row¥nended Practieo 'Accounting arKI Rep￿.￿g by Charities" published in March 2￿. A summary ofthe materiat a¢￿Ints"￿ Fdiaes and 85Urnatlon aaoptad ft4kxE. Basss of proparotk Fund accountFnq The chairty maintains ger￿rat ￿￿tiiCted ftJrAI representing unrestrithd that is eX￿[￿tle. at Ihe discretion of the trustees. in th8 ft￿th￿￿ ol lh& ¢*"ects ofthe f**6ty. Grant irK(¥M forS￿ofi￿a prciects is ac£ounted lor wthin restrTCted lund5. Incomlr* re•our I IrKome is re¢4gnised in th8 Statw1￿ offinwK481 thb8¥ ret*pt have bew met aThJ there is r￿S(mat￿& assuranc4 0[￿•F Expondl¢ur• ExpeThlfturo ts charged to the sratement ofTh)a￿l￿ acimtses on a c•h ba518 arn1 ￿ 8lb¢8W 08 t4low8: manage￿nt 8dmini5trabon c￿ts relate to irK)Jrr•J in ￿￿n￿larKe with th￿$tItL￿K)￿ arxl statutory r8quir8m8nt$. I In¢om•from Charlt•ble *ztl¥tt Total fvnds 2022 fvnds 2022 2022 2021 Cambridg8 1)ty CrAJntsl Pdic8 & Crime C￿MiSsIon￿ Carnbrwire & PeterbJu Cambridgeshir¢ C47vnunrty F¢￿￿datb)n WateT Carnbridg8 Aid Cambridg85hir8 Ccrnrnunty FrxJThJatiM Ouyook FuThY Cambridg8shire County CC￿(11 Groundworks Cornic Rdsef HMRC Job Rekntien Sche Thg PeorAes Heth fF The Big Lottery P8opl8s Postcode Tntsi Cambrhlgeshir8 Cornm￿￿ Fou￿81￿*) Corcffjawns Enwgw Fu*J ARM Farnily Fund Cambridgeshire Communty Fk4)kn"ns Cambriégeshire commu￿ F4)wda1X￿ D(mati Carnbrid￿ Cty FoLth8nk Grounolvf*k To￿0 Bags ol Hdp NawJh￿rfy FL￿d 64.(K#) 64.CKN) 61,749 61,749 62.5(Xl 27.726 6,088 3,339 3.339 12,¢XYJ 1.414 1.414 4,706 47,994 18.959 3,000 2,500 1.800 1,000 500 400 200.797 150.59J 150.5W) THE MEADOWS CHILDREN AND FAMILY ￿NG NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 3. Fundral$lng •ctlvltl•s Unr•strlel•d Restrlctod funds funds Totsl Total 2022 2022 2022 2021 Salaries and NIC Pension Contributions Prinung and Postage 10.510 228 10.510 228 9.967 214 10,788 10,788 10,231 4. charltablo actlvltle8 Unrostrl¢ted Restrlctsd fund8 Total Total 2022 2022 2022 2021 Salaries and NIC Rent Payments lo families. foc¥J t#)xes and vwche Office and IT expendituro Pension contributions Materials Tel8phone Groceries Ststsonery, pklnting an¢J pjstage Insuran Accountsncy Travelling and volunteer eypenses Equipment Stsff training Memberships Special projects 141.220 11.133 9,183 3.276 2,614 2.271 1.389 1.345 1,234 1.226 3r 262 230 150 141,220 11,133 9,183 3.276 2,614 2.271 1.389 1,345 1,234 1,226 300 262 230 150 60 122,798 1,013 22,730 4.160 2,067 2.420 2.326 41 550 1.110 300 133 152 2.103 60 822 162,785 175,893 175.893 5. Informallon regarding emplws and trust••• Total 2021 2022 Gross wages Employerfs National Insurance Pension Contributions 143.256 8.474 2.842 154.572 117,330 5,468 2,067 124,865 The average number of em￿oYeeS *dS 9 (2021.9) THE MEADOWS CHILDREN AND FAAIILY MNG NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 6. R•strlctgd Fund$ Balan¢• In¢om• Expendttur• Balanc• asat 31 March 2022 I 2021 pl￿te & Crim8 Ccfflrnk￿10n￿rCambrty5hTr & Pet8thwh Cambridge Cty ￿ncl Peoples Postcode TnJ* Cambridgeshire Comrnuntty F￿ndation Anglrdn Watèr Cambridgeshlrg Community Ftyjndation Oudook FuThJ Chades Hayward FoundatM)n Cambndge Aid Groundworks COMK Rel*f Cambridg6shir8 Community Fwndation Hc HMRC Job Rtrtention Scheme ARM Farnily Fund ARM Icambridge Cornmunity F￿ndati￿) Cambridgeshiro County Counca Innovate & CuNNatè Cambridge3hire Comrnuntty Fwndation OonatK Cambridge Childrens, Chanty Week Fund Charthes Trust N8￿￿bOUr1Y Fund Famity Action Bathra Ward Cmdrèns F￿nd￿J 61.749 4,932 64,C 18.959 61,749 6S,462 18.959 3,470 9,073 9,073 3,339 6(Kl 6,088 2,OCQ 2,[ 6,338 350 2,500 1,414 1.186 1.414 1.991 805 3.000 3,000 1,800 1.000 1,000 400 2SO 210 18,624 4C 210 54,715 1￿,5￿) 186,681 Gr4nts to support hmlly drop In* and •ctiwtio8 C8mbridge Cty CourK4 Cornmunty Grants and Area Cc¥nmrtte6. Barbara War¢J and Chiklrons Charity W88k, AJIM Farnty FuTrJ. Grants to Support th• domestic abJs• $upporL' Cambridgashire Polict and Cnme Cornrnlssioner, Thg Pwles TrLksI, cambrid￿ Cty ￿n￿l. Em¢rg•ncy Co¥ld Fundlnq HMRC Job Retention SL4wn8. Cambridge and Famly Action giants receNed ind¢viduals o) need and pa¥J wt in th• fonn of emergency grants to ser¥7ce bèn￿￿allès In additKn lo th• above ￿ atso r￿￿ed fund￿ n adva￿ for 2022-23 of £10,(￿ from Cambridog Cty Counal and £7,000 frL¥n Charfes Haywatd Foundaty)n. This has been ￿￿rded 8$ iJ•fèrr8d ineomg in Ihese accojnts aTrJ t* recowBed as 11K￿m& 2022.23 fffi8rwl ststements. 7. Unr•stl¢t￿ Funds BaLgnce at 1 April 2￿21 Surplus for th8 year Balanc8 at 31 March 2022 15,135 1.572 16,707 THE MEADOWS CHILDREN AND FAMILY WING INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022 I report on the accounts of the Meadows Chiklfen and Famity Wing for the yeaf ended 31 Ma￿h 2022 which are set out on pages 4 to 8. RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER The charity's Iruslees are responsibk fof the preparation of the accounts. The charity's twstees considef that an audit Is not required foi this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 {the Charities Act) and that an indeFendent examinab.on is needed. 11 is my responsibility to-. - examine the accounls under seclion 145 of the Chafitres Act, - lo follow the procedures kid down in the general Dire¢tK*ns gNen ty the Charty Commission (under section 1451511bl ol the Charit￿$ Act. and - lo slate whether particular matters have come to my attent￿n. BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT My examination was earried out in accordance V￿th the General Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounb.ng records kept by the charty and comparison of the accounts presented with those r￿OrdS. It also includes conshleralion of any unusual Items or disclosures in the accounts. and sed(ing eXplanati¢￿S from you as the trustees conceming any such matters The prctedures undertaken (S) not provKle all the evKlence that would be reqUI￿d in an audft, and consequendy no opinion is gNen as lo whether the accounts present a "true and fair viev/' and the report 5$ limit61 to those matters set out in the statement ￿low.. INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S STATEMENT In connection wlh my examination. no material mttters have c4)me to my attenb.on whKh giv8$ me ￿use lo beI￿ve that in. any material respect.. - accounting records were not kept in aceofdants wlh section 130 of the Charities Act or - the accounts do not accord wlh the accounting rec£Jrds I have come across no other rnatter5 in connection with the examination to vthtch attentKJn should be drawn in order lo enable a propgr understanding of the accounts to be reached. Tere$0 Reynokls FM44T A TJR Accounting Ltd 16 Mill Road Walerbeach Cambridge C82S 9RQ Date. l919121