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~|| ||||||||Charity name|||Tonbridge
Counselling|Service| ||Other names charity is known|||||||by|||| ||Registered charity number (ifany)||||||||1155690||| ||||Charity's|||principal address|||Gilbert House||| ||||||||||River|Walk|| ||||||||||Tonbridge||| ||||||||||Postcode
TN9||1DT| |es|ofthe||charity trustees who manage the|||||||charity|| |Trustee||name|||||Office (if|any)||Dates acted ifnot forwhole
year|Name ofperson (or body)
entitled to appoint trustee (if
an| |Andy Simmonds|||||||Chairman|||Reappointed
to 3"term
22"'June 2020. Term|| |||||||||||ends June 2023.|| |Jill Gibbs|||||||Treasurer|||Reappointed
to 3"term
22~ June 2020. Term|| |||||||||||ends June 2023.|| |Rev Canon||||Mark||||||Reappointed
to 3"term|| |Barker||||||||||25n May 2021. Term|| |||||||||||ends June 2024.|| |Venerable
Andy
Wooding-Jones||||||||||Retired on completion
of
2~ term 25a May 2021|| |Sarah||Mar(lect||||||||Appointed
to 1"term 13'|| |||||||||||November 2019. Term|| |||||||||||ends June 2023.|| |Rev Wendy||||Carr||||||Appointed
to 1"term 11a|| |||||||||||March 2020. Term ends|| |||||||||||June 2023.|| |Sally Nash||||||||||Appointed
to 1"term 11a|| |||||||||||March 2020. Term ends|| |||||||||||June 2023.|| |Katie Clayton||||||||||Appointed
to 1"term 25'|| |||||||||||May 2021. Term ends|| |||||||||||June 2024.|| |Connie||Burgess||||||||Appointed
to 1"term 6a|| |||||||||||December 2021. Term|| |||||||||||ends June 2025.|| ## ## ||||||and financial.
Using the register, Trustees assess the significance
and|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||probabiTity of each risk, mitigation,
and specific trustee action to monitor|| ||||||each net risk.|| ||||||~ ~
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~|| ||||||The charity has two objects:|| ||||||1. Therapeutic
counselling:
to promote and protect the physical,|| |Summary ofthe objects
charity set out in its
governing
document||||ofthe|spiritual
and mental
health ofthose in need in Tonbridge
and the
surrounding
area by way ofa professional
counselling
service
based on a Christian
ethos.
2. Training:
to advance the education
ofcounsellors
for the public|| ||||||benefit by the provision
oftraining
in counselling.|| ||||||Counselling
service|| ||||||The charity's
counselling
service is open to any member ofthe public,|| ||||||and is provided
under a flexible and affordable
charging
structure.|| ||||||The charity is committed,
for the public benefit, to provide
its services|in| ||||||safe and trusting
relationships
guided
by professional
principles.|| ||||||Accordingly,
all counsellors
are required
to be members
ofthe British|| ||||||Association
ofCounsellors
and Psychotherapists
(BACP) or the|| ||||||Association
ofChristian
Counsellors
(ACC), are qualified to at least|| ||||||Diploma level, and abide by the ethical framework
set out by these|| ||||||bodies.
This includes
regular supervision
and ongoing
post-qualiTication|| ||||||training.|| ||||||In addition to direct access to the public through
its website|| ||||||www. tonbrid
ecounsellin
service.co.uk and dedicated
telephone
line,|the| ||||||charity encourages
local agencies
including
GPs and churches to refer|| ||||||clients for counselling.
The charity is committed
to providing
a non-|| |Summary ofthe main|||||judgemental
service which aims totreat all people respectfully,|| |activities undertaken|||for|the|regardless
ofgender, sexual orientation,
ethnic origin or religion.
The|| |public benefit in relation||||to|charity does not describe its activity as 'Christian
counselling'
nor does it|| |these objects (include|||within||have a religious
affiliation.
Rather, as professional
therapeutic|| |this section||the statutory|||counsellors
itoperates
within the same ethical guidelines
and practices|| |declaration||that trustees||have|as any other organisation
affiliated to the BACP. However,
the objects|| |had regard||tothe guidance|||refer to a 'Christian
ethos' being part ofthe values and motivation
that|| |issued by|the Charity||||draw the charity into providing
counselling.
We believe that it is a|| |Commission||on public|||Christian
principle that hurting
people are reached, and broken lives|| |benefit)|||||restored, and that therapeutic
counselling
can help in this process.|| ||||||While all clients are encouraged
to make some contribution
for the|| ||||||service received
in order to place value on that service, at initial|| ||||||assessment
and through
the website dients are made aware ofthe|| ||||||bursary
fund which is available to subsidise fees according to need. The|| ||||||bursary
fund is a restricted
fund maintained
by gifts and grants and|| ||||||transfers
from general funds.|| ||||||Training|| ||||||Within this public benefit context of maintaining
high professional|| ||||||standards,
the charity provides
training
to existing counsellors
through|a| ||||||programme
ofcontinuing
professional
development
(CPD) that maintains|| ||||||and enhances
their skills in accordance
with the BACP and ACC ethical|| ||||||frameworks,
and to new counsellors
to safeguard
the charity's access|to| ||||||future qualified
counsellors
and thereby
maintain
and build capacity.|| ||||||In addition to the counselling
bursary
fund, the Trustees maintain
a|| ||||||trainin
bursa
fund which is funded
b
the su
lus arisin
on corn
leted|| |||||||training courses.
Applications
for up to 50%oftraining fees are| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||considered
by the Trustees.| |||||||The trustees
have considered,
and concluded,
that any private benefit
received through
its training
activities are a necessary and cost-effective
by-product ofcarrying out its public interest purpose of providing
a
professional
counselling
service and are not excessive in the| |||||||circumstances.| |Additional
details ofobjectives||||||and activities {Optional information)| |||||||Grants given| |||||||The charity's
policy is that no person should be refused access to its| |You may choose
further statements,
relevant,
about:||||to include
where||counselling
services on grounds ofaifordability.
Accordingly the charity
maintains a bursary
fund which is available to subsidise fees for clients
according to need, and a training
bursary
fund to provide
up to 50%
subsidy to training fees for students
according to need.
Volunteers| |~
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~|policy on grant making;
policy programme
related
investment;
contribution
made by
volunteers.|||||In the interests of maintaining
a high professional
standard
and ensuring
accountability,
all counsellors
sign a freelance agreement
covering their
obligations
to the charity, and the charity's
obligation to provide
supervision,
safeguarding
checks, insurance
and afee based on hours
incurred
in client work. Where a counsellor wishes to return
the fee to
the charity, this is included
within
'gifts and donations'.
Bookkeeping
and
administration
services were provided
by a Trustee, part ofwhich is on a
paid basis ata rate lower than market.
Various support services such as
other administration,
deaning
and fundraising
are provided
by volunteers.| ||~|I||||a
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~| |Summary||ofthe main||||Counselling| |achievements|||ofthe||charity|In this eighth year ofoperation,
our founder and chief executive Amanda| |during the year||||||Hedger left the charity to pursue wider interests.
The trustees are| |||||||grateful to Amanda
for her vision and leadership
through these early
years.
The trustees appointed
Nicola Canham
to lead the counselling
operation.
Nicola prepared
the service fora return
to face-to-face| |||||||counselling
at Gilbert House alongside
the continuation
ofonline and| |||||||telephone
counselling
which was developed
during the period ofCOVID
restrictions.
The post-COVID period has seen a return to pre-COVID
level ofdient activity.| |||||||During 2021:| |||||||the team ofqualified
counsellors
has been reduced to 9;
in total, we dealt with 76clients (2020—87),ofwhich 43were
discharged
(2020 —35);| |||||||32 clients received help from the bursary
fund (2020 —39).| |||||||Most referrals continue to be direct self-referrals.
Most clients are dealt| |||||||with as single adults,
but we are also able to work with couples.
The
website www. tonbrid
ecounsellin
service.co.uk includes an introduction| |||||||to counselling,
a clear statement
ofour ethos, profiles ofour counsellors,
and an explanation
ofthe introductory
process we follow.| |||||||Training| |||||||No training
courses commenced
during the COVID period, and there are
currently
no plans to resume accredited
training
courses leading to
qualification.| |||||||We continued
our programme
ofCPD training
events for our existing
counsellors,
to which we invite
uests to assist in sharin
the cost of| ||~
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0| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||holding these events, which are subsidised
for TCScounsellors.
These| |||||||courses are open to the wider counselling
world as well as students.| |Briefstatement ofthe
charity's
policy on reserves||||||Unrestricted
funds:
In summary,
the charity received 295,918(2020—
887,153)in unrestricted
income, and spent f88,764(2020-f76,981).
The balance of unrestricted
funds at 31"December 2021 wasf32,249| |||||||(2020 - f25,095). While the charity's
financial
model ofpaying| |||||||counsellors
an hourly rate for client appointments,
and clients contribute| |||||||on the basis of affordability,
has served well there is a continuing
need to| |||||||transfer unrestricted
funds to the bursary
fund
in addition to grants| |||||||received
in support ofthe bursary fund.| |||||||Bursary fund:
During 2021,the charity awarded
grants towards fees
from the bursary
fund off18,500(2020 —f13,163)to 32clients (2020-| |||||||39clients).
Due to the significant
grants received
in 2019,notably from| |||||||High Hilden
Fund (through
Kent Community
Foundation —Vulnerable| |||||||Adults Themed Programme)
and National
Lottery Community
Fund, no| |||||||further grants were sought
in 2021. We have been informed
that a| |||||||second grant is forthcoming
from High Hilden
Fund (through
Kent
Community
Foundation).
At 31"December 2021,the restricted
bursary| |||||||fund stood at L'7,091 (2020 -L'18,258). In 2022, the charity
will seek| |||||||further grant funding.| |||||||Training bursary:
As no training courses ran in 2021, no grants were
sought and the balance off1,952is cerned forward.| |Details ofany|||funds|materially||| |in|deficit|||||| |Further financial
review details||||||(Optional
information)| |You may choose to include
additional
information,
where
relevant about:||||||Gilbert House:
The charity's
premises at Gilbert House
in the centre of
Tonbridge were transferred
to the Charity from Tonbridge
Baptist Church
(TBC)for nil consideration
in February 2020. The premises
had
previously
been gifted to TBCfor use as a counselling
centre and cafe.| |~|the charity's||principal|||During 2019,TBCceased to operate a cafe in Gilbert House, and| ||sources of|funds||(including||concluded
that the charitable
purpose for which Gilbert House was given| ||any fundraising);|||||to the Church
would be better served by transferring
the building
to| |~|how expenditure
has
supported
the key objectives
ofthe charity;|||||Tonbiidge
Counselling
Service for nil consideration.
After careful
deliberation
and seeking advice, the trustees accepted the transfer.
The
building
has been classified as an Endowment
Asset. The ground
floor
has been sub-let to 65mm Coffee Ltd as a cafe for 5years terminating
in| |~|investment||policy|and||2024 and the rental applied
in part to maintain
the building
and in part to| ||objectives|including|||any|support the work ofthe charity.
The counselling
service operates from| ||ethical investment||||policy|the first floor ofthe building.| ||adopted.|||||| |||||||Ma
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