2021-10-31-accounts

IvybridgeLink Activities Report for 2021

Presented at the IvybridgeLink Annual General Meeting on 10[th] March 2022

Activity reports for the calendar year 2021 at the BridgeLink Community Centre, 373 Summerwood Road, Isleworth, TW7 7QR

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BOARD & STAFF REPORTS

- Ivybridgelink Chair Rob Kemp

Whilst the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic have severely impacted upon the BridgeLink Centre and the wider Ivybridge Community as a whole, it feels like we are now on the road to recovery. We’re entering Spring 2022 seeking new partners and projects to join those services currently operating from the centre.

Although we no longer have Our Barn as a full-time user, nor the CAB or AllSouls Foodbank (at time of writing) at the centre, many other services have returned, and in some cases have increased their usage of BridgeLink.

Our youth programme especially continues to provide the centre with a vibrancy and buzz as a vital offer to Ivybridge families. The IvybridgeLink youth clubs, coupled with Dolphins Nursery, continue to provide essential activities and opportunities for young people of all ages. The youth clubs in particular, offering children and young people from the estate and safe space in which to mix and engage in a wide range of activities, have returned to four sessions a week. The SP21 summer programme, devised and run by our Community Projects Manager Kuldip Sandhu, was especially successful and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Kuldip, Prince Radhakrishan and Deshire Molla for their work, enthusiasm, expertise and commitment. Also, I’d like to thank our two young leaders Maja Jarche and Terrance Dosu, finalists in the One Hounslow Community Awards, and congratulate them once again.

Although the Children In Need funding ended during our financial year, we were successful in securing a grant via the LBH Thriving Communities - again through the excellent efforts of Kuldip, supported by Debbie Squires. They also secured Awards For All funding for the return of Stay & Play to the centre. Thank you for that.

While we investigate opportunities for groups to operate from the centre and look forward to new garden and café-based projects in the near future, I’d like to thank the teams from Community Solutions, Slimming World, CA, Greater Heights Church, Hestia, Capture, BFCCST and Our Barn for their ongoing support for the centre.

I’d like to thank my fellow trustees for their help in administering the running of the centre and support in sourcing funding for it. Thanks especially to Debbie Squires for her guidance

and her support of Kuldip in managing our youth provision. Thanks to Pat Torlay for running the coffee mornings and the MacMillan Cancer event from the centre over the past year. A special thanks to Linda Green for her help in building centre contacts with charities and to Mukesh Malhotra - well done again on the richly deserved British Empire Medal! Thanks to Katherine Morgan, Nick Watson and Sue Bates for their continued support and input.

I’d also like to say a special thank you to Albert Hadaway who has been the charity’s Treasurer since IvybridgeLink’s inception. I’m glad to say that Albert will remain on the board and part of the Finance Committee as he hands over the Treasurer role to Sue.

Finally, I want to say thank you to our Centre Administrator Lynne Judge and our Caretaker Kevin Moore. Over the past year especially, during very uncertain times, they’ve worked especially hard to ensure the centre has been a safe, Covid-secure, accessible and operational venue. Your efforts are very much appreciated.

– Ivybridgelink Secretary Katherine Morgan

During the period, the Company Secretary reviewed and updated the Ivybridgelink policies to take into account legal updates (including Modern Day Slavery) and good practice for charities. Following a review of our Safeguarding policy, our Centre Administrator underwent training on [information security/GDPR] and reviewed the DBS clearance status of the Trustees along with the policies of Centre partners. The Risk Register was reviewed by the Trustees and a Funding Strategy is in the process of being developed.

Centre Administrator - Lynne Judge

2021 was a year of many bookings and plans having to be cancelled or at best postponed due to Covid restrictions, but most youth activities were allowed. I was delighted when Kuldip joined Ivybridgelink in April, meaning that these youth projects were fully developed, and many other partnerships forged – see her report below. In September more of our regular groups restarted and I was able to recommence taking booking from local residents for family parties in our hall.

Different to our normal activities at the Centre but important to the local residents, in April and December local NHS staff ran a covid-vaccination and information day at the Centre.

In November a Metropolitan Police project on youth centre safety assessed the Centre for a grant for security measures including improved CCTV – their contractor is liaising with LBH to install these measures during 2022. This project also involved the London Ambulance Service donating a defibrillator (newest technology) to the Centre under the Good Sam programme, which is kept by the lift on the ground floor. Nine staff/trustees/group leaders attended a training session on defibrillators and CPR – though anyone can use a ‘defib’ as it tells you what to do and will not let you shock anyone unless they need it.

The Centre itself continues to be maintained by LBH contractors but we replace fittings and strive to improve the Centre, with a new awning outside the café, a ceiling projector in the hall and Wi-Fi improvements (all kindly funded by grants from the Isleworth and Hounslow charity and The Fore), and a replacement fridge-freezer in the kitchen.

Ivybridgelink is a charitable company that could not exist without a determined and talented board of trustees. They are our main volunteers and donate many hours of their time willingly, none more so than our chair Rob Kemp. I thank the whole board for their

grant application work, input at board meetings, employer decisions, networking and practical help running the BridgeLink Centre.

– Community Projects Manager Kuldip Sandhu

Since my appointment, amongst other areas, I have focused on the following:

Developing a wider Children & Youth Offer with variety of activities for young people aged 8-19 on Ivybridge estate – A 3 week summer programme, additional funding for 2 Junior and 2 Senior Clubs and holiday clubs, continued funding for Homework Club, new funding to restart Stay & Play parent & toddler group, accessing funding for gang prevention workshops, developing a Young Leaders volunteering programme, securing funds for music studio equipment, and creating a group for professionals delivering services for children and young people on the estate to ensure a joint up approach.

Café and Garden development – Membership to Hounslow Food Network, working with partners to apply for funding and develop a community fridge and pantry complimenting food bank services, applying for funding for a weekly café morning and café supervisor, securing partnership with Cultivate London and Salopian Garden to start Hive gardening project, securing support from The Lions Club to upgrade the garden, and developing volunteering opportunities.

Building networks and partnerships – A centre partnership forum was set up for existing delivery partners and additional relationships and/or projects built with: Alluminae Dance Hubbub Art Jar Ivybridge Primary School BFCCST LBH Community Learning Brent Youth Sports & Culture LBH Community Safety Team Capture Sports LBH Community Engagement Team Chiswick House LBH Community Solutions Team Creative People and Places LBH Community Partnership Unit Cultivate London LBH Adolescent Operations Team Food Connect No Shame in Running Food with Love Park & Play continued Peace Project Freshwater Salopian Garden Gunnersbury Museum Spectra Hestia St Giles Trust Hounslow Homes The Mulberry Centre Hounslow Mental Health Wellbeing Team

PARTNER ACTIVITIES AT THE BRIDGELINK CENTRE

Brentford FC Community Sports Trust - Manisha Fourie - Health Programmes

Assistant

When we resumed face to face sessions at The BridgeLink Centre in October 2021, we received great feedback from the participants that signed up. Since then, we have run 2 total toning classes which had a 100% retention rate. We are currently offering a women-only session which we have received positive feedback on. We are aiming to increase our engagement and offer classes that the community would like to attend.

C.A. – from one of the fellows

I am writing to say a massive thank you to you and the whole team at the BridgeLink Centre. We celebrate our group meetings 2 year birthday last week and it was amazing to see old and new faces all arrive at the centre and enjoy a wonderful evening of inspirational speakers, delicious food, unity, serenity, hope and not forgetting cake!!!

Cocaine Anonymous plays a massive part in helping people recover from life threatening addictions (to drugs, drink or gambling). Not only do individuals get well, but the ripple effect means their whole family recovers. Face-to-face meetings are key in the fight against addiction recovery, and for recovery programs to work. The Borough of Hounslow had never had a CA meeting successfully work – well, our Friday night meeting is flourishing. We have a solid committee of 5 people who attend each week. We have regular newcomers attend the meeting and most importantly we have lots of sobriety years under our belts.

Kevin has been amazing support for our meeting, he arrives early to let us set up and never complains if we leave a few minutes late. The whole team at the BridgeLink have been wonderful and so supportive. I just want to show my appreciation for you all and look forward to celebrating many more years of giving back to our community and trying to help the still suffering addict to focus on their recovery.

Capture Sports Group – Osman Adam

The BridgeLink Centre has proven to be an important landmark for attendees of Capture Group’s 2021 range of programmes, offering hope and trust for local residents. We envisage a long and collaborative partnership with BridgeLink Centre to support the effort of building resilient and thriving members of society.

– Community Solutions Liz Gers, LBHounslow

Community Solutions is a London Borough of Hounslow service of staff available to connect with residents to provide, support, help and advice in an accessible way available locally to them. We are focused on early intervention to prevent crisis, and work by linking residents up with a wide range of services in the community, including advice services, skills classes, health and well-being services and social events.

The Community Solutions Team began to offer a face-to-face presence at the Bridgelink Centre at the beginning of September 2021, originally we were present every other Thursday morning. The Foodbank also ran at the same time, which proved to be so valuable for the foodbank clients to be able to have the additional support on the same day from Community Solutions. It was clear there was a need for the Community Solutions, so we were able to up our presence to weekly on a Thursday from November 2021. Due to restrictions that were brought in by Central Government our face-to-face location work was paused in early December but were able to recommence in February 2022 and the whole team look forward to continuing to work with and alongside the Bridgelink team. Email : [e-mail] Telephone : [phone]

Website : Community Solutions | London Borough of Hounslow

- Dolphins Childcare Lloyd Welsh

2021 nursery year was a great success. Although we only had looked after children, vulnerable and disadvantaged 2 year olds in during the first part of spring term, we were at full capacity both morning and afternoons (26children) come March. The children settled back in really well and we were lucky enough to have a little snow in February. We had lots of activities to catch up on and get the children were they needed to be for moving on to reception as they missed so much nursery. (see Instagram @dolphins_childcare for all our amazing activities.) We continued to work closely with parents ensuring school places were applied for and we can confidently say all 15 children who moved on to school nurseries and reception classes were at the correct developmental stage or above. September 2021 saw us welcome a new staff member to the team, who has settled in really well. The number of children has been quite low due to a lot of children moving on to school reception and we feel this is also down to new parents being a little hesitant in sending younger ones to nurseries with the new variant etc. Hopefully things pick up and we are back to full capacity by the Spring half term.

– Foodbank, All Souls Ivybridge (ASI) Katherine Morgan, Foodbank volunteer

All Soul’s Church continued to provide foodbank services despite Covid restrictions. There was also a Toy Giveaway at Christmas benefiting users of the Foodbank Services. Until November, Liz Rhodes led a team of volunteers including from All Souls church, Ambitious College and wider community. The timing of the foodbank offering at the BridgeLink Centre was successfully integrated with the provision of services by LBH Community Solutions advice team, which allowed users to find more permanent solutions to their financial hardship. In November, Liz stepped down as Community Projects Manager and the service was suspended. All Souls Church is in the process of considering how it can best support the users of the Ivybridge Estate, before looking at resourcing solutions. www.allsoulschurch.org.uk

– Our Barn Community Film Club David Roughan

The young people and leaders are thrilled to be back in the Bridgelink Community Centre in person. This warm and welcoming space is the perfect cosy and relaxing space for our twice monthly Film Club. Luke T from the Our Futures programme has been a driving force with a passion for film and bringing people together. We have enjoyed many films and shared a boogie to the credits at the end. Some fantastic titles have taken us to a gamer’s futuristic vision with Ready Player One & The Kid Who Would Be King.

We aim to seek further funding to continue this Film Club throughout 2022.

A film review by Luke T. The Kid Who Would Be King – 9/10 This movie pays homage to the ancient legends of

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. If you haven’t heard of the legend don’t worry. The movie starts with telling us the legend of King Arthur and then jumps forward to the present day, where we meet a kid called Alexander Elliot. A kid who believes he’s just a normal, powerless, defenceless kid. But when he pulls a sword out of a stone, he realises it’s up to him to defend his country against the forces of evil. Alexander recruits a team of students from his school to be his knights and to stop England from being taken over by an evil sorceress. This movie has great action and fantasy scenes throughout the movie and a does great job of combing a famous legend with the real world, proving that anyone can be a true hero. Please see more of Luke’s reviews online www.communitycomet.co.uk (February 2021 edition).

– Eating Out Lunch Club Hounslow Seniors Trust and Our Barn Community

This is an intergenerational project which brings together Hounslow Seniors Trust and Our Barn Community. We are running a group once a month in The Bridgelink Centre on a Friday. In the morning, the group prepares some refreshments and lunch as well as participating in activities and games with each other. The group aims to reduce isolation and loneliness, improve confidence and social skills as well as building links and friendships within the local community. So far, we have enjoyed making new friendships and been excited to eat delicious new cuisines from around the world. It is really nice to be back in the community meeting people and creating new memories together.

We would like to create a cookbook to share all our recipes and stories. Contact: [e-mail]

Hestia - Eleni, dance and movement therapist

Hestia offers recovery support to residents of Hounslow with mental health needs. Our service users were eager to resume face-to-face meetings in September 2021, after covid restrictions lifted which made it possible to meet in larger groups. Two popular therapy groups were reintroduced at the BridgeLink Centre - dance & movement, and an art group. We enjoy being based at the Centre on Tuesday afternoons, as we have a large safe space, strong wooden tables, and storage for all our art materials.

‘Just Company’ Cofee mornings – Pat Torlay, trustee

I started a coffee morning back in June 2021. Coffee morning runs every Wednesday mornings from 9.30am to 11.30am. We alternate Wednesday by doing different activities bingo, arts and crafts, quizzes, board games. Everyone welcome for a coffee and a chat.

Slimming World – Laurie Bull

I run a Slimming World group on a Wednesday morning; two sessions 9.30 and 11.30am. We have around 50-60 people visit our group throughout the morning. As per government guidelines during the pandemic all is socially distanced. The group meets to support each other on enjoying a healthy balanced diet with the added bonus of weight loss. Members come and weigh and also stay to talk and get support/ ideas for the week ahead. We anticipate that as the isolation rules have changed our group will hopefully get stronger as the year progresses. As with the nature of this group there are historical peaks and troughs with attendance but with good promotion we can provide a strong presence.

Other organisations that were able to meet (at least once!) during 2021 at the BridgeLink Centre include:

Cole Park Allotments, GHHC, Isleworth Safer Neighbourhood Ward Panel, Isleworth Ward Police Panel, NCT, RUILS and Spectra. Thanks also go to these organisations for their support: Children in Need, EVCS, London Borough of Hounslow, RFU and That’s a Wrap – apologies for anyone we have missed out in this report.

Outdoors at Dolphins nursery, learning through play Our noticeboard near the Asda store

2 Young Leaders nominated for the One Hounslow Community Awards and delivering a workshop with senior youth club members

Mixed Martial Arts sessions

Team building sessions during the summer holidays

Summer holidays offsite enrichment activity

A local artist delivers a clay model workshop Remembrance Sunday

Young people represent The BridgeLink Centre on

St Giles Trust deliver a gangs prevention workshop

Lantern making workshop with residents

Ruth Cadbury MP visits The Bridgelink Centre to talk to youth club members

**** Thank you for your interest in our activities.

IvybridgeLink IvybridgeLink Report from the Directors and Financial Statements for the year ending 31st October 2021 Registered company number 4089938 Registered Charity number 1091212 Contents Pase Report of the Trustees 24 Report of the Independent Examiner Statement of Flnanclal Activities Balance Sheet Notes to the Account 8-10

StatementofFinancialActivitiesfortheperiodending31October2021
干unds 202宣王 戸unds 2021王 置uhdi 2021王 戸unds 〈Restated) 2020王
RESOURCES Notes UnI.eStricted Restric書さd Total 丁otal
iNCOMiNGRESOURCES 8 3,050 0 3,0与0 7与与
Events/Donations
G「ants 21,5与3 30,320 51,873 与ユタ8○○
Misce=aneous 0 0 0 0
Other(incCJRSFurlough,VAT「efunds〉 6,271 4,与09 10,780 18,788
OtheractivitiestogenerateFunds
3ユタ844 0 31,844 34,793 HaliHire
TotalIncomingresources 62,718 34,829 97,与47 106,136
Fundraising&Eventcosts 0 0 0 610
Costofgeneratingfunds 0 0 0 0
NetIncomeforCharitabIeActivities 62,718 34,829 97,547 10与,与26
Charitableexpenditure
Premises/Kitchen/FacilityOverheads 12&13 11 3,356 2,与00 5,8与6 7,677
Salaries&AssociatedCosts 30,318 31,63与 61,953 43,08与
O冊ceMisc.Expenses 0 0 0 1,602
TeIecom,Post,Stationeryetc 2,849 0 2,849 2,777
General,Othe「Expenses 0 0 0 100
CIN:-diverseexp 0 744 744 8,119
TheForeRAF丁:一diverseexp 0 3,171 3,宣71 809
Hounsiow&islew∴-diverseexp 0 3,0与8 3,0与8 1,046
LBHComm.P「oj.:diverseexp 0 731 731 0
SP21LBH:diverseexp 0 2,609 2,609 0
Insurance 2,78宣 0 2,781 2,024
Payro=Bureau/Accountancy 1,466 0 宣,466 2,与与2
Legal&Professionai 0 0 0 1,与43
Gas,Electricity,Water 4,2与6 0 4,2与6 4,141
OtherCosts 273 0 273 217
TotalCharitableExpenditure 45,299 44,447 89,746 7与,692
TotaIresourcesexpended 4与,之99 44,447 89,746 76,302
N打iN(0UTGOING) 17,4宣9 -9.618 7,801 29,224
FundsBroughtForward ま6,7与3 20,919 47,672 18,448
TOTAしFUNDSYearEnd 44,172 宣宣,301 与与,473 47,672

ReDOrt有om /he DirecJoI嶋and Financial S/atement§
StatementofFinanciaiPositionasat31October2021
RESOURCES Notes 2021 豊 2021 豊 2020 (Restated) 登
FixedAssets 7 3 0 0
TangibIeassets
Currentassets
0 0 Stock
Debtors 41与 4与6
Prepayments 0 0
Cashatbankandinhand 与与,160 47,34与
TotaIcurrentassets 与与,与7与 47,801
CurrentIiabiIities 4 102 129
Creditors:amOuntSfa=ingduewithinoneyear
Totainetassets 与与,473 47,672
Unrestrictedfunds 10 宣5,000 1与,000
Designatedfunds
Generalreserve 之9,宣7之 11,7与3
TotaIunrestrictedfunds 44,宣72 29,321
Restrictedfunds 9 1ユタ301 20,919
TOTALFUNDS 与与,473 47,672

IvybridgeLink IvybridgeLink Report from the Directors and Financial Statements for the year ending 31st October 2021 Registered company number 4089938 Registered Charity number 1091212 Contents Pase Report of the Trustees 24 Report of the Independent Examiner Statement of Flnanclal Activities Balance Sheet Notes to the Account 8-10

StatementofFinancialActivitiesfortheperiodending31October2021
干unds 202宣王 戸unds 2021王 置uhdi 2021王 戸unds 〈Restated) 2020王
RESOURCES Notes UnI.eStricted Restric書さd Total 丁otal
iNCOMiNGRESOURCES 8 3,050 0 3,0与0 7与与
Events/Donations
G「ants 21,5与3 30,320 51,873 与ユタ8○○
Misce=aneous 0 0 0 0
Other(incCJRSFurlough,VAT「efunds〉 6,271 4,与09 10,780 18,788
OtheractivitiestogenerateFunds
3ユタ844 0 31,844 34,793 HaliHire
TotalIncomingresources 62,718 34,829 97,与47 106,136
Fundraising&Eventcosts 0 0 0 610
Costofgeneratingfunds 0 0 0 0
NetIncomeforCharitabIeActivities 62,718 34,829 97,547 10与,与26
Charitableexpenditure
Premises/Kitchen/FacilityOverheads 12&13 11 3,356 2,与00 5,8与6 7,677
Salaries&AssociatedCosts 30,318 31,63与 61,953 43,08与
O冊ceMisc.Expenses 0 0 0 1,602
TeIecom,Post,Stationeryetc 2,849 0 2,849 2,777
General,Othe「Expenses 0 0 0 100
CIN:-diverseexp 0 744 744 8,119
TheForeRAF丁:一diverseexp 0 3,171 3,宣71 809
Hounsiow&islew∴-diverseexp 0 3,0与8 3,0与8 1,046
LBHComm.P「oj.:diverseexp 0 731 731 0
SP21LBH:diverseexp 0 2,609 2,609 0
Insurance 2,78宣 0 2,781 2,024
Payro=Bureau/Accountancy 1,466 0 宣,466 2,与与2
Legal&Professionai 0 0 0 1,与43
Gas,Electricity,Water 4,2与6 0 4,2与6 4,141
OtherCosts 273 0 273 217
TotalCharitableExpenditure 45,299 44,447 89,746 7与,692
TotaIresourcesexpended 4与,之99 44,447 89,746 76,302
N打iN(0UTGOING) 17,4宣9 -9.618 7,801 29,224
FundsBroughtForward ま6,7与3 20,919 47,672 18,448
TOTAしFUNDSYearEnd 44,172 宣宣,301 与与,473 47,672

ReDOrt有om /he DirecJoI嶋and Financial S/atement§
StatementofFinanciaiPositionasat31October2021
RESOURCES Notes 2021 豊 2021 豊 2020 (Restated) 登
FixedAssets 7 3 0 0
TangibIeassets
Currentassets
0 0 Stock
Debtors 41与 4与6
Prepayments 0 0
Cashatbankandinhand 与与,160 47,34与
TotaIcurrentassets 与与,与7与 47,801
CurrentIiabiIities 4 102 129
Creditors:amOuntSfa=ingduewithinoneyear
Totainetassets 与与,473 47,672
Unrestrictedfunds 10 宣5,000 1与,000
Designatedfunds
Generalreserve 之9,宣7之 11,7与3
TotaIunrestrictedfunds 44,宣72 29,321
Restrictedfunds 9 1ユタ301 20,919
TOTALFUNDS 与与,473 47,672