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2021-04-30-accounts

Wycombe Homeless Connection

Annual Review 2020-21

Incorporating Wycombe Winter Night Shelter Registered charity no. 1156211

Our vision

We help people who are homeless or facing homelessness by:

w Preventing homelessness before it starts w Reducing harm for people who are homeless w Helping house people who are homeless w Defending the rights of people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness

We believe that every person who is homeless in our community has worth and should have a fresh start, no matter what their situation.

Contents

Please display our poster (ON PAGES 8-9) so people in a housing crisis know we are here for them.

Contents
Our vision 2 Governance 10
Welcome 3 Our impact 11
Reducing the harm of homelessness 4 Volunteering news 12
Homeless health 5 Fundraising 13
Homelessness prevention 6 Financial report 14-15
Defending the rights
Pull-out poster		 7
8-9		 Our priorities for 2021-22 16

Wycombe Homeless Connection is a charitable incorporated organisation with a governing document dated February 2014 based on the Charity Commission’s ‘Foundation’ model constitution.

This review reports our activities between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, unless otherwise stated, and was approved in August 2021.

Due to the nature of our work, we often change the names of people whose stories we have included. Pictures are for illustrative purposes unless otherwise stated and may be a stock image to ensure the privacy of our clients and volunteers. All content is the copyright of Wycombe Homeless Connection and our partners and may only be reproduced with permission.

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Welcome

From our chair

I am privileged to introduce our annual report for 2020-21, which tells stories of how you have helped us give people a future and a hope.

It was a year like no other. Despite that, we were blessed with the resources to grow our services in difficult times through the ongoing generous support of our whole community.

We adapted our services to deliver our work online and by phone, offering legal advice and support across the county. We increased our support for people in temporary and emergency accommodation and worked with the NHS to expand our homeless health service.

Our volunteers inspired us by finding creative ways to support us, whether through virtual marathons or joining our virtual Big Sleepout. As restrictions eased, we were encouraged by the volunteers who joined us in walking through town keeping an eye out for anyone who had fallen through the net and might still be sleeping rough.

Underpinning all our work is Wycombe Homeless Connection’s Christian ethos: our belief that every individual has worth motivates us to empower people to seek a better future.

We are enormously grateful to our staff who went above and beyond to respond to the rising demand for our services, and to our trustees who brought their wisdom and expertise to ensure good governance and a strong financial base to underpin the charity’s services.

We are deeply grateful for all your generosity, support and prayers. I hope that you will be inspired by reading how together we were able to make a difference in people’s lives – giving them a future and hope.

Sheena Dykes BEM, DL Chair of Trustees

From our CEO

In this tough year, our team and volunteers found it hard to work from home, missing our friends and colleagues, and dealing with anxiety.

But no matter how tough it was for us, it was even tougher for the people Wycombe Homeless Connection supports. While most of

the country was told to stay at home, many people we serve didn’t have a place of safety and others were at risk of losing their homes.

As a result, much of the work we did over the year resembled an emergency humanitarian operation. If anyone was found to be sleeping rough, we got them into emergency accommodation, followed up with food, clothing, welfare phone calls, and connected people to the healthcare they needed, including, importantly, co-running COVID-19 vaccination clinics.

Although we’ve had to concentrate on people’s immediate safety more than ever before, I’ve been pleased that we’ve been able to create and run new projects, responding to new challenges facing the people we serve.

We ran a special project to help people who were trapped in homelessness because of their immigration status. We’ve been helping people register with a GP and we provided training for local NHS workers so that together we could tackle the health inequalities that people who are homeless face.

I’m grateful that even when we weren’t able to see you very much over the year, your amazing support continued; volunteering may have changed but a huge number of people were still keen to find things they could do to help!

Thank you for that and I hope to see more of you soon!

James Boultbee Chief Executive Officer

Wycombe Homeless Connection | Annual Review 2020-21

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Reducing harm for people who are homeless

Working harder than ever to end homelessness

The coronavirus continued to take its toll on the people we serve and we worked quickly to ensure everyone who needed help could get it.

We were again unable to run our mobile, dormitory style winter night shelter but thankfully, emergency COVID-19 accommodation remained open all year. The government picked up the majority of the cost, but we paid for 273 bed-nights to make sure people who fell through the cracks, for many complex reasons, didn’t have to sleep on the street.

Despite the restrictions and risk to themselves, our team and volunteers did an inspirational and life-saving job. They delivered food parcels made by our friends at One Can Trust and fresh meals from Meals from Marlow and created and distributed emergency care packs . Volunteers worked from their homes during the lockdowns, making hundreds of welfare calls.

In February, we hit an ominous milestone: we were looking after more than 50 people in emergency accommodation, the most we have ever looked after at one time.

Our team were on the front line , working with our partners at Buckinghamshire Council, Connection Support and others, making sure anyone who needed a room in the emergency accommodation was identified and moved in as soon as possible.

Outreach walks continued, making sure everyone who might have been sleeping rough was found and helped to access the emergency accommodation.

Because of your support:

Susan and Tony Frontline volunteers

Susan and Tony are used to doing whatever needs doing and were invaluable throughout the pandemic. Tony coordinated fresh food deliveries and Susan made calls to people in emergency accommodation.

Tony said: “Every time I volunteer with WHC I feel like I am going on an adventure; you never know what you will be doing to help people.”

Susan: “I call people who had sought help at our housing legal clinics. I update them on their cases and let them know we are here for them. Keeping in touch like this gives them confidence to tackle their problems.”

D’s story

We met D a few years ago when she was not long out of care. She was struggling with many of the challenges young care-leavers face, including repeated periods of homelessness. Not long after we met, she managed to connect with her wider family; they welcomed her and we hoped for the best for her future.

So we were sad when D contacted us again to say there had been a breakdown in the familial relationship and she was back to sofa-surfing, sometimes sleeping rough. Her mental and physical health had deteriorated and she was suffering alcoholism.

There was no doubting D’s extreme vulnerability but she didn’t qualify as being in ‘priority need’ and the local council couldn’t act straight away. So we did. We paid for a place to stay, connected her to local addiction support services and registered her with mental healthcare services. D inspired us with her dedication to putting her life back together, had the offer of a job and in no time at all was named employee of the month!

Her next goal was finding a more permanent home and we helped her find a private tenancy she could afford on a monthly basis. But collecting enough for a deposit and rent-in-advance is tough so we paid these costs. She didn’t have anyone who could act as a guarantor so we paid for guarantor insurance.

D moved in and settled quickly. She still faces huge challenges especially in relation to her mental health and addictions, but she is trying her best and we will be with her along the way.

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A focus on homeless health

Never more needed…

People who sleep rough are often clinically vulnerable and face significant health inequalities.

Alongside the danger of the coronavirus, two shocking facts are that the average age of death for people sleeping rough in the UK is around their mid-40s, and that the deaths of people sleeping rough in the UK rose 37% just in the year to 2019-20*.

Bee, our homeless health worker and NHS care navigator spent the year helping people get the healthcare they needed and building relationships with local healthcare providers. She worked closely with Tower House Surgery, registering our clients with them.

She helped people get doctor and dental appointments , order and pick up prescriptions , and made sure anyone who had been hospitalised was discharged to a safe and suitable home. Together with the Cygnet Primary Care Network she helped develop a project to improve health outcomes for local people who were homeless.

From the start of the pandemic, we worked more closely than ever with Buckinghamshire Council and a number of local agencies. Together we were able to make sure no one had to sleep rough in Wycombe . This kept people safe both from COVID and the numerous other dangers of life on the streets.

And when the vaccination programme started, we worked hard to make sure our clients were able to get their jabs.

Because of your support:

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Celia
Hotline volunteer
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Celia had been concerned about homelessness for a very long time and jumped at the chance to help in our Support Centre. After a long break because of the pandemic, she was back in the office answering the hotline, triaging calls and helping clients.

She said: “When I think of Wycombe Homeless Connection, and all the people involved, I’m very conscious of their caring approach. It’s like a warm hug.”

Vital vaccines: No one missed out

Because of the inequalities in healthcare homeless people face, there was a real risk that our clients would be missed when their turn came to be offered the COVID-19 vaccine. Making sure no one was left out was a life-saving priority.

Together with our partners at the Cygnet Primary Care Network, we arranged drop-in COVID vaccination clinics at a local church and a supported-living facility, bringing clinics to people rather than expecting them to book and travel to centres.

People who had been rough sleeping and staying in emergency accommodation were given the chance to ask questions about the vaccine and over 20 people took the opportunity to be vaccinated.

This vital work was only possible because of our unique and effective partnership that brings hope and health to so many. Our extra special thanks go to local GP, Dr Amanda Bartlett, of Priory Surgery who led the effort and worked closely with us.

James, our CEO, said: “I’m hugely proud of the hard work of our team, Cygnet PCN, and the way everyone pulled together to make this happen. I’d also like to thank the team at King’s Church, High Wycombe, who offered their building to host a special clinic for clients who wanted to take up the offer of the vaccine.”

Wycombe Homeless Connection | Annual Review 2020-21

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*ONS survey 2019-2020.

Preventing homelessness before it starts

Hundreds, thousands at risk of homelessness

Despite an eviction ban being in place for most of the year, our homelessness prevention services were as vital as ever.

The economic impact of the pandemic was on an upward curve. Nationally, there was an 81% increase in claims for Universal Credit (UC) between March and August 2020 while the furlough scheme was in place.

Locally, the situation was significantly worse with a disproportionately high increase in UC claims of 129%. That was well above the national rate and made us the fourth hardest hit area in the country. Hundreds of households in Buckinghamshire were at risk of homelessness.

Our homelessness prevention hotline continued to be busy as people from across the county got in touch for help.

We offered a wide range of free, independent, legal help and support including housing-related advice, connecting people to statutory support, and helping people access grants to pay off rent arrears.

We doubled our housing legal advice clinics which were staffed by members of our advocacy team, a housing solicitor from the Hillingdon Law Centre and a team member from Wycombe Rent Deposit Guarantee Scheme. We helped people fight illegal and unfair evictions , started a ‘keep your home’ project and launched a special partnership with Aylesbury Homeless Action Group who promoted our clinics to their clients in the north of the county.

We added an extra advocacy worker , Tabatha Eckford to the team and were grateful to Ewa who provided translation and interpretation support across all our services.

Because of your support:

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Jo
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‘Keep your home’ volunteer

Jo keeps in touch with clients in emergency and temporary accommodation. She listens, offers support and connects them to our support workers. She can often be the only person they talk to on any given day.

Jo says: “I hear people’s stories and realise how important it is not to stereotype anyone who is in a housing crisis. We respond as one human to another. It is a joy and a privilege to be part of the WHC team.”

Lena’s story: fighting illegal eviction

Lena was working full time, albeit for a minimum wage and on a zero hour contract. When the pandemic took hold, Lena was sent home but she didn’t qualify for furlough payments and quickly fell behind on her rent.

Instead of trying to find a way to help, her landlord acted illegally, entered her room, forcefully removed Lena from the property and changed the locks.

Illegal evictions happen far too often. Harassment and violence like that Lena experienced is thankfully rare, but it does happen. Lena began sofa surfing, relying on friends, paying what she could towards their bills but staying with them was made even more difficult by lockdown. A friend told her to contact us and we quickly established that Lena couldn’t return to her home and didn’t qualify for statutory support so she faced continuing homelessness.

We encouraged her to apply for a place at a local supported-living facility, but places are like gold-dust and usually go to people who need additional help. This turned out to be the case; she didn’t get a room.

Next we helped her to look for an affordable private tenancy, a very tricky job in our part of Bucks. Lena did find a place, but couldn’t quite stretch to cover the rent-in-advance and the deposit. So we helped with both payments and Lena quickly moved into her more affordable, and most importantly, safe new home.

And, we helped her apply for compensation from her landlord for what she’d been through, and together we were successful. The money doesn’t remove the trauma, but it helped her start to rebuild her life.

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helping house/defend the rights

housing is a human right

Did you know many people face homelessness in part because of their immigration status? People without a ‘settled’ immigration status can be ineligible for help to end their homelessness, despite the fact they are as likely to find themselves in housing crises as people from the UK.

We campaigned to revoke proposed government rules that would make sleeping rough grounds for deportation in certain circumstances . We launched our first manifesto calling on all candidates in the first Buckinghamshire Council elections to commit to tackling homelessness in our community.

We launched a new project to help people trapped in, or facing homelessness, because of their immigration status. We ran an immigration clinic focused on helping people gather evidence and apply to the Home Office for the right to stay in the UK. Once that was sorted, we helped them navigate the complex social support system and claim the benefits they had become entitled to.

And we worked with our partner organisations to make sure as many people as possible could leave emergency accommodation and find a more permanent home , helping find affordable properties, helping people talk to landlords and housing associations, assisting with deposit payments and even helping paint walls and build beds.

Because of your support:

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Mike
All round volunteer!
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Mike has been a volunteer since our first night shelter in 2008. Over the year, he focused on helping people get settled in a new home, recently helping one of our clients build his bed.

Mike says: “I was delighted and so pleased he didn’t have to sleep on the floor that night. I volunteer to serve; I do it for God and I feel I am helping people.”

Krzys’ story:

Krzys was a regular guest at our night shelter. Despite having lived and worked in the UK for many years, Krzys’ right to remain in the UK was under threat.

Because of his lack of settled status, Krzys couldn’t make a homelessness application with the council. At one point, we were extremely concerned it meant that he might have lost his right even to stay in the COVID-19 emergency accommodation.

But following months of hard work by our senior support worker Kevin, our advocacy team and our partners, Krzys was granted leave to stay!

Kevin said: “To say Krzys was delighted was an understatement. He was thrilled and could not believe it when we told him he had been granted leave to stay, meaning he no longer had to fear being deported. He can now apply for full benefits, have full access to the NHS, and other life-changing support.

“We are extremely hopeful Krzys will be able to secure the suitable and stable accommodation he needs to move on and rebuild his life, including returning to work when restrictions allow.”

Krzys was determined to make this decision happen and worked with the team doing everything he could to achieve settled status. We think his smile says it all!

Wycombe Homeless Connection | Annual Review 2020-21

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Governance

Staff team

James Boultbee Chief Executive Officer

Helen Sheppard Office Manager

Steph Clay

Volunteering Manager Until December 2020

Heather Stanley Fundraising and Marketing Manager

Helen Biggerstaff Services Manager

Kevin Boughen Senior Support Worker

Bee Lötter

Support Worker (NHS Care Navigator)

Rosemary Chilton Advocacy Lead

Leticia González-Muñoz Advocacy Worker

Tabatha Eckford Advocacy Worker From September 2020

Liz Lewis

Fundraising and Marketing Coordinator From February 2021

Trustees

Sheena Dykes Chair of Trustees

David Sparks Treasurer

Mark Dykes Muriel Reynolds David Winder Dawn Segrue Kate Yates Peter Joy Richard Alexander

Patron

Countess Elizabeth Howe

Our charitable objects

Wycombe Homeless Connection’s charitable objects are ‘the relief of poverty by the provision of emergency and other accommodation advice and assistance for persons in need who are deemed homeless and require such accommodation advice or assistance.’

Having regard to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance, the trustees led the charity to pursue these objects principally by continuing to provide housing advice and support and emergency accommodation, but also by evolving services, developing new services and increasing effectiveness to provide further public benefit. Further details can be found throughout this review.

Special thanks to

Extra special thanks TO

Business Connexions for their ongoing financial support and advice. King Cullimore Trust for their dedication to our homeless health project. The Wycombe-based winter night shelter churches who continued to support us despite not hosting the shelter: All Saints, King’s Church, Oakridge Baptist, Trinity URC, Union Baptist, Wesley Methodist and Wycombe Community SDA.

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Our impact

Because of your support, we were able to keep offering support and advice to people who were homeless or facing losing their homes. Thank you!

Here are some of the ways together we made an impact.

Who we helped…

We served a broad range of people:

w 75% of our clients came to us for the first time

People contacted us because…

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Instances of 1:1 support given
5612
4305
2944
2861
2580
16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21
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Homelessness prevention…

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Number of households we Number of people resettled into
helped avoid eviction more permanent homes
40 60 64 65
35
48
24
19 19
26
16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21 16/17 17/18 18/19 19/20 20/21
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*A pandemic-related eviction ban was in place for the year but people were still facing losing their homes due to a mix of causes, including being faced with unfair and illegal evictions.

*Resettlements were lower as COVID-related accommodation was available all year round.

Help when you have no home

w 246 people who were homeless came to us for help

w On 3180 occasions we gave material assistance including food parcels and clothing

w 14 people were helped to register with a GP

Unless otherwise indicated, all service information in this report is related to April 2020 - March 2021. Service statistics refer to people who we consider to have actively engaged with us during the year.

Wycombe Homeless Connection | Annual Review 2020-21

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Volunteering review

Welcoming back vital volunteers

Our volunteers are passionate people who are vital to the people we serve and the work we do.

After sending almost everyone home in March 2020, opportunities to volunteer finally began to increase as the year went on. As we adapted to new ways of working, fresh opportunities to serve arose and more volunteers were able to return to their roles, or take up new ones. We can’t say thank you enough!

What our volunteers did:

Thank you!

Volunteering helps you see the good around you

And when we’d manage to move someone on from emergency or temporary homes, Francis helped them settle in. By his own admission, his DIY skills are not the best, but he gave it a go!

Francis moves a lot with his job in the RAF but has been settled locally for a while. He noticed people sleeping on the street and was moved to find out how he could do something that would make a difference.

He said “It’s so rewarding when you help someone out. They can be so down on their luck, just the simplest things can mean the world to them. I helped a young woman recently move into a new place, and managed to rope in some fellow airmen. She was delighted that we were there to help.”

Francis came to us offering help and we were thrilled to accept. He started with shifts in our Support Centre helping clients with important tasks like setting up email accounts and helping with paperwork so they could join waiting lists for housing.

“It’s not just that people lack a computer, it’s also some people haven’t had the opportunities to learn how to use computers, a skill many of us take for granted.” Francis said.

“It doesn’t seem like so much, but for people who have lost everything, the help is a big deal. It takes a weight off their mind when you do something when they couldn’t see a way of getting it done.”

“I love giving practical help, buying a train ticket for instance, and offering emotional support, giving people a listening ear, some company and a cup of tea.”

“Volunteering restores my faith in humanity. It’s easy to think the world has gone to pot. But when you volunteer, work alongside others and see people’s generosity, you see the good around you.”

Throughout the pandemic, Francis helped deliver food parcels to clients in emergency accommodation. It was hard work, lifting heavy bags and transporting them to a range of places across the town.

Francis says volunteering restores his faith in humanity

Volunteers like Francis help people make a house a home

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Fundraising update

The wonderful ways you give

Our incredible supporters found inspiring and creative ways to raise money despite the challenges of spending most of the year in various levels of lockdown. Individuals and families, faith groups, companies, sports clubs, schools and community groups all found ways to support people in housing crisis.

We are so grateful for your enthusiasm, dedication and generosity. Thank you!

We were especially moved by the compassion of school students and staff who did so much for the people we serve while facing huge challenges themselves. Among too many to mention are the students at Bourne End Academy who donated Christmas boxes, Wycombe Abbey School who held a virtual Met Gala, the children at Godstowe School who took part in the Big Sleepout and Highcrest Academy who chose us as their charity of the year.

Big Sleepout 2020: At Home

Over 350 people ‘slept out’ taking to gardens, sheds, greenhouses, churchyards and even bathtubs raising an incredible £53,000!

Our first live-streamed Big Quiz raised over £5,000; Caroline and Michael Bird hosted the quiz and celebrities recorded questions including Mary Berry, Tom Kerridge and Wycombe Wanderers stars. Local bluegrass band Papa Truck provided musical entertainment and the whole event was sponsored by Dreams.

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The wonderful ways you gAVE
Kate ran her
second virtual
London Marathon
Helen cycled Ivy and Rupert Isabella ran 5km
‘up Everest’ and sold their toys and raising £1400+
raised £37
raised £3000+
Nicola knitted and
sold a beautiful
blanket
Tesco Loudwater
Clinimed donated
masks for clients Softcat donated donated bags for
and staff food and toiletries our emergency
for our emergency care packs
care packs
Our first ever Support Centre volunteer
training conference took place in 2019
Our night shelter cooks make
nourishing meals that show their love!
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Wycombe Homeless Connection | Annual Review 2020-21

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financial summary

How you support us

In 2020-21 our income was £638,361. We have been overwhelmed by generous support from our community who continued to provide most of our income, especially in such a difficult year.

There was a significant contribution from grant-givers as they focused on supporting frontline charities during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, much of this grant income won’t be repeated and so we will need to focus on encouraging regular gifts that help us plan for the future.

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£74,714
£149,798
£40,204
£54,207 In 2020-21
our income was
£638,361 £46,918
£46,283
£29,047
£197,190
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Individuals Churches & faith groups Corporate support Grants Other donations Our fundraising events Other income inc. Gift Aid Restricted targeted funds

How we use your gifts

Our expenditure increased to £518,812 as we responded to changing needs during the pandemic. We supported our clients more often in direct financial ways including paying for bed-nights to ensure people who fell through the cracks of statutory support were not forced to sleep on the street.

We invested in staff to meet a rising need for specialist support and we offered our services to a wide geographical area as the economic impact of the pandemic caused huge challenges. We improved our IT and office infrastructure as we began to work in new ways.

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£6,430
£49,254
£62,240
In 2020-21
our expenditure was
£518,812
£261,291
£70,191
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Providing services: staff Providing services: office Providing services: other Fundraising: staff Fundraising: Expenses

please keep giving

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Our priorities for 2021-22:

We will build on the progress made to ending rough sleeping for good in our community

The government wants to end rough sleeping in the UK by 2024 and some of the steps taken, like providing emergency accommodation during the COVID-19 pandemic, has brought us closer to that goal. However, the causes of homelessness remain complex and the economic impact of the pandemic and other factors loom large. The next 12 months will be critical in terms of ensuring that we do not return to mass rough sleeping.

We will reach local communities that need more support

As the new unitary council for Buckinghamshire settles we will be looking to collaborate with councillors and officials at all levels.

We are particularly interested in doing more in Chesham following a number of pilot projects we have undertaken in the town. Our research indicates it is an area of particular need for our homelessness prevention and harm reduction services.

Buckinghamshire was named as the third best local authority area in the country in terms of the proportion by which rough sleeping was reduced in 2019-21. We want to continue on this track and for Buckinghamshire to be recognised as a place where great partnership working and innovative solutions bring real change.

We will recruit a new support worker who will focus on helping people in emergency and temporary accommodation to find more permanent homes. This will be a huge challenge given the significant lack of suitable and affordable homes in the area.

We will work alongside charities and organisations that have a presence in Chesham, and continue piloting community outreach walks that promote opportunities to support our work, while also making contact with people who may need our help directly.

We are excited about bringing help to people across the whole of south Bucks, in terms of access to health care, advocacy and housing rights for people threatened with homelessness. We will ensure that anyone facing sleeping rough there is offered as good a service as people in Wycombe would receive.

We will expand our homeless health work

We intend to grow the number of GP surgeries we partner with so that we can ensure that primary health care is available and accessible to our clients. We plan to share our knowledge and expertise with primary care networks so together we can ensure our clients get the healthcare they are entitled to. We will increase the amount of funding we use to pay for healthcare e.g. dental treatment.

Volunteers have started a pilot outreach walk in Chesham

We hope to build on the great success we had partnering with local NHS services to deliver COVID-19 vaccination clinics for homeless people to find other ways to work to reduce health inequalities in our area.

We will make sure clients get the healthcare they are entitled to

Wycombe Homeless Connection | Annual Review 2020-21

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We are committed to there being zero tolerance to leaving people to live on the street...

We believe that there should be enough homes for everyone…

aims a reality.

Wycombe Homeless Connection

Incorporating Wycombe Winter Night Shelter

Oakley Hall 01494 447699 8 Castle Street contact@wyhoc.org.uk High Wycombe www.wyhoc.org.uk HP13 6RF

Wycombe Homeless Connection

Statement of Financial Activities

for the Year ended 30th April 2021

Notes
INCOMING RESOURCES
Grants
Corporate Donations
Church Collections & Donations
Individual Donations
Other Donations legacies etc
Fund Raising Events
Other income
Bank Interest
Personalisation Fund
Homeless Health Fund
Rent In Advance Fund
Housing Benefit receipts
Total incoming resources
RESOURCES EXPENDED
Staff costs
Employers Pension & NI & Payroll
Travel
Training
Office Expenses
Telephones
Communications & Marketing
Legal Fees
Insurance
IT systems
Service Support incl Night Shelter
Fund Raising Events & Costs
Recruitment
Sundries
Bank Charges
Personalisation Fund
Homeless Health Fund
Rent In Advance
Housing benefit payments
Total resources expended
NET INCOMING RESOURCES		 Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
Funds
Total
Funds
2020-2021
2020-2021
2020-2021
2019-2020
£
£
£
£
197,190
197,190
69,420
29,047
29,047
31,655
46,918
46,918
39,962
149,798
149,798
112,060
46,283
46,283
74,920
54,207
54,207
53,948
39,319
39,319
21,273
885
885
594
2,187
2,187
9,650
1,033
1,033
0
5,000
5,000
11,592
66,495
66,495
563,646
74,714
638,361
425,074
277,733
277,733
235,369
28,693
28,693
20,891
405
405
1,265
3,713
3,713
11,788
44,949
44,949
33,053
5,659
5,659
6,631
6,270
6,270
948
0
0
0
1,675
1,675
1,500
17,473
17,473
14,609
55,889
55,889
44,111
160
160
224
350
350
12,179
0
0
1,416
84
84
60
3,317
3,317
10,581
801
801
0
2,232
2,232
13,357
69,502
69,502
443,055
75,853
518,907
407,981
120,592
-1,138
119,453
17,093
Notes
Current Assets:
Bank
Cash
Debtors
Prepayments
Less Current Liabilities:
Creditors
Accruals
6
FINANCED BY:
General Fund
2
Designated Reserve Fund
5
Homeless Health Fund
Rent In Advance Fund
4
Personalisation Fund
3		 Balance Sheet at 30th April 2021
2021
2020
£
£
585,451
387,322
158
216
0
0
0
0
585,609
387,538
9,984
12,992
151,625
70,000
161,610
82,992
423,999
304,546
269,653
149,061
150,000
150,000
232
0
2,643
2,883
1,471
2,602
423,999
304,546		 Balance Sheet at 30th April 2021
2021
2020
£
£
585,451
387,322
158
216
0
0
0
0
585,609
387,538
9,984
12,992
151,625
70,000
161,610
82,992
423,999
304,546
269,653
149,061
150,000
150,000
232
0
2,643
2,883
1,471
2,602
423,999
304,546
304,546