Supporting the social and general wellbeing of the community of Glyncorrwg ## NODDFA COMMUNITY CENTRE ## TRUSTEE’S ANNUAL REPORT ## 1[ST] September 2022 to ## 31[ST] August 2023 Charity Name: Noddfa Community Centre Registered Charity Number: 1158302 Charity's Principal Address: Dunraven Street, Glyncorrwg, SA13 3AD ## Name of the charity trustees who manage the charity |
Trustee Name|
Office (if any)|Dates acted if not whole year| |---|---|---| |Sylvia Tittley|Chair|| |Raymond Tittley|Treasurer|| |Rita Clatworthy|Vice Chair|| |Lesley English|Secretary|| |Glenys Roberts||| |Graham Stent||| |Tracy Maggs||| |||| Trustee Resignations and Vacancies arising: None Stepping down but open for re-election: Not required as only 7 Trustees and 1 Committee Member currently in place, out of a potential 13 In line with our Constitution, the maximum number of Trustees in place at any one time is 13. There are currently 6 vacancies on the Committee, all of which could be filled with Trustee appointments. Name of Committee Members: Mrs Jane Proctor Committee Member Committee Member Resignations and Vacancies to be filled: One – Russ Proctor, August 2023. 5 vacancies now on the Committee. ## Affiliated Members |Affiliated Members|Affiliated Members||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |AlissaBevan||CorrwgHub (Youth Provision)||Youth Leader|| |Georgia Cook||- “ -|-“-|YouthWorker|| |Names|and addresses of advisers||||| ||Type of adviser||Name||Address| |Bank||Lloyds Bank||Station Road, Port Talbot|| |Independent Examiner||PML Accountants||56a Station Rd, Port Talbot|| |Legal Advisors||Kerry Morgan||King Davies Solicitors|| |Insurance||Andrew McGee||126 Commercial Street Maesteg|| |NPTCVS||Carys Miles/Liz Randell||17 Alfred St, Neath SA11 1EF|| |Name of Employees/Contractors:|||||| |Leanne Williams||Caretaker||Noddfa Centre|| |Lynwen Davies||Tutor (unpaid)||Welsh Conversation|| |Ruth Howell||Tutor||Yoga|| |Alissa Bevan||Youth Leader||Corrwg Hub|| |Georgia Cook||P/T Youth Leader/Youth Volunteer||Corrwg Hub|| ## Description of the charity's trusts |
Type of governing document|Constitution - adopted| |---|---| |How the charity is constituted|Charitable Incorporated Organisation| |Trustees selection methods|Trustees are elected from the membership at the Annual General Meeting for a three-year
term, with a third of trustees retiring at each AGM. New trustees can be appointed (by
existing trustees) between annual general meetings, but their appointment will be ratified at
the next AGM.| ## Additional governance issues Trustees are supported by Neath Port Talbot Council for Voluntary Services and have considered major risks to the business as part of the Charity’s Strategic Planning Process. Trustees and Committee Members will continue to monitor and update the risk register on a quarterly basis. |Summary of
the objects of
the charity set
out in its
governing
document|For the benefit of the local community, the electoral ward of Glyncorrwg and the surrounding areas, provide
facilities for education, recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such
facilities, for example, because of their youth/age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and
economic circumstances. Such facilities and services to be also offered to the public at large in the interests
of social welfare and with the objective of improving the wellbeing and life chances of the local community
and surrounding areas as described.| |---|---| |Summary of
the main
activities
undertaken for
the public
benefit in
relation to
these object|Our Centre’s attendance and the events available continue to be affected by the Corona Virus (Covid 19),
albeit 3 years on now. People are gradually returning to normal everyday living and pre-covid practices,
however we have lost many of our older members who have supported the centre the most. Our Strategic
Plan is looking at our approach to attracting more men and those between the ages 18 and 50 years old.
Our regular activities include:
•
Bingo Club:
Held every Tuesday for enthusiasts of Bingo. Mainly attended by retired residents or
those over 50 years of age.
•
New Age Club:
Using centre for Committee Meetings andweeklyFriday evening clubs and events
for the over 50's
•
Corrwg Hub Youth Club
- Our youth club has seen a drop in numbers but they have provided| ||weekly interaction for up to 20 members a week (aged 11-16), with two support workers.
•
After School Club
–for those children age 7 - 11 – with support workers, a weekly drop in service
for them
•
The Chapel
- The Chapel provide weekly Chapel Services for the local community, these services
are held in the Centre's lounge
•
The WI
– The WI have met once a month since the Covid restrictions were lifted, offering speakers
and social events and trips for local women
•
Yoga Group
– for adults meets once a week and has a healthy following
•
Welsh Conversation
– Enabling those wishing to learn the basics of Welsh language the
opportunity to learn and gain an understanding
•
Mother and Baby Groups (under various titles)
– Offers a stimulating playgroup and baby massage
(or similar) services
•
Coffee Morning
– open to the whole community but often seeing the older population of the local
community pop in, but occasionally mothers and toddlers call in as well.
•
Lost Peatland Sessions
–open to local people to learn about our environment and
historical/heritage crafts
•
Craft Class
– Meets every fortnight enabling women to learn (or enhance) their crochet, knitting
and sewing skills.
Our doors are also open to occasional users, which often include Politicians' Surgeries (M.Ps & M.Ss),
Wakes/Funeral receptions, Fetes & Fairs, CVS Funding Drop-in and the local Polling Station.
Our services continue to include providing access to one public computer and the internet, with a high-
speed fibre connection, printing and photocopying machine for the community’s use.
Our membership scheme has in excess of 100 members, many of whom contribute financially, and we
continue to maintain our Facebook Account and Website to interact with them and to help greater dialogue
with individuals and groups.| |---|---| |Summary of
the social
activities
undertaken by
other groups
using the
centre,
enabled by
Noddfa
through
keeping the
Centre open|As mentioned, we are still seeing the effect of the covid lock downs, where people have chosen not to return
or where their health has deteriorated over the (almost) 3 years since the virus hit.
However, organised by our own Trustees and Committee Members, this year we have held;

Saturday 10thSeptember 2022, Afternoon Tea

Friday 30thSeptember 2022, MacMillan Coffee Morning

Wednesday 30thNovember 2022, Meet Santa night for the local children

Saturday 17thJune 2023, Afternoon Tea
Our sincere thanks to all our volunteers who helped prepare food, set up the tables and manage these
events on the day.| |Summary of the
main
achievements of
the charity
during the year|Our actions during the last 12 months include:

Focused our efforts for each year to increase visitor footfall by holding special events and
activities. Visits to the Centre are gradually increasing and the detail is in the table below
•
Upgraded the kitchen with additional new units, new cooker, sinks and a freezer.
•
Received positive feedback regarding the activities held.
Grant Funding:

The Lottery Community Fund provided £10,000 funding to us for our Youth Services. This
provided support for their operation costs and commitments. It also enabled us to increase
our service to provide Thursday sessions for children aged 7 to 11 years old, in addition to
Corrwg Hub’s group for 11 to 16 year olds. This has proved extremely popular and we are
intending to obtain funding to increase these weekly meetings for our young people from 39
weeks a year to 50 weeks a year.

We have also secured funding of £1,400, from Ffynnon Oer, to support our much-liked
Tuesday night Bingo Group. This has enabled them to continue by funding their supply of
books, refreshments, and room hire costs.

Coalfields Regeneration saw merit in our grant application for £6,642 to fund the much
needed improvements to the kitchen, which included new kitchen cabinets, a new cooker
and freezer and new sinks. This has made life a lot easier for our groups and for events
preparation.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all our funders for supporting our cause.
Staff and Volunteers:| |---|---| - We have enjoyed the wonderful support from our staff and volunteers, without them we would not be able to achieve what we have done, or what we hope to going forward. - We are particularly happy to announce that we have been successful in recruiting a new Centre Manager, Terri Camplin, who joins us on 5[th] September 2023. She is very excited about the role and we are looking forward to working with her. Every year Trustees develop and manage the Strategic Plan, this informs our future funding applications and outlines our plans for future development over the next five years. ## ANNUAL FOOTFALL (September 2022 to August 2023) ** |Name of group|Sessions|Sessions|Men|Women|Children
Over 5|Children Under
5|Totals| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Held|Details|||||| |CoffeeMorning|52|17 recorded|17|196|||213| |||35 estimated|35|404|||439| |Yoga|43||45|264|||309| |Bingo|49|24 recorded|59|409|||468| |||25 estimated|61|426|||488| |Welsh|40|19recorded|48|64|||112| |||30 estimated|76|101|||177| |Craft|26|6recorded||47|||47| |||20 estimated|0|157|||157| |Chapel|49|30recorded|101|476||2|579| |||19 estimated|64|301|||365| |New Age|49|30recorded|101|476|||577| |||19 estimated|64|301|||365| |Youth|37|37 estimated||111||925|1036| |BabyGroup|31|31 estimated||124||248|372| |W.I.|13|Estimated|10|299|||309| |BabyMassage|3|||12||32|44| |Committee Mtgs|10||24|78|||102| |Macmillan|1||7|39|||46| |Vintage Tea|1||13|62|||75| |Meet Santa|1||6|32|56||94| |PollingDay|1|Estimated|183|347|20||550| |Political Surgery|1|Estimated|1|9|||10| |TOTALS|406||732|4388|56|1207|6933| Footfall Note: ** Many of our groups, events and activities continue to experience a fall in footfall following the outbreak of Covid 19 Corona Virus in March 2020; resulting in an overall lower footfall than anticipated. Brief statement Trustees have considered a reserves policy and have determined to aim to keep 6 months worth of running of the charity's costs as reserves. This equates to £6,300. policy on reserves ||Further
financial review
details|Our main sources of income during the past year have been:
**INCOME**
**SOURCE**
**TOTAL**
Revenue
Donatons
£493.00
Fund Raising
£1,290.00
FacilityHire
£9,855.00
**ME**
**SOURCE**
**TOTAL**
Ffynnon Oer
£1,400
LoteryCommunityFund
£10,000
23
Coalfelds Regeneraton
£6391.00|Our main sources of income during the past year have been:
**INCOME**
**SOURCE**
**TOTAL**
Revenue
Donatons
£493.00
Fund Raising
£1,290.00
FacilityHire
£9,855.00
**ME**
**SOURCE**
**TOTAL**
Ffynnon Oer
£1,400
LoteryCommunityFund
£10,000
23
Coalfelds Regeneraton
£6391.00|Our main sources of income during the past year have been:
**INCOME**
**SOURCE**
**TOTAL**
Revenue
Donatons
£493.00
Fund Raising
£1,290.00
FacilityHire
£9,855.00
**ME**
**SOURCE**
**TOTAL**
Ffynnon Oer
£1,400
LoteryCommunityFund
£10,000
23
Coalfelds Regeneraton
£6391.00|Our main sources of income during the past year have been:
**INCOME**
**SOURCE**
**TOTAL**
Revenue
Donatons
£493.00
Fund Raising
£1,290.00
FacilityHire
£9,855.00
**ME**
**SOURCE**
**TOTAL**
Ffynnon Oer
£1,400
LoteryCommunityFund
£10,000
23
Coalfelds Regeneraton
£6391.00| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**GRANT INCO**|**ME**||**SOURCE**|**TOTAL**| |Bingo|- June 23|||Ffynnon Oer|£1,400| |Youth|- June 23|||LoteryCommunityFund|£10,000| |Kitche|n upgrade – July|23||Coalfelds Regeneraton|£6391.00| ||||||| During the year we have developed four strategic objectives for the five years from 2023 – 2028: Users – We are confident we will increase annual usage of Noddfa Community Centre by 5% per year (by August 31[st] 2027) to 8,000 visits a year. We aim to have a User Forum in place by Summer 2024 to work with us on development of activities, groups and services provided within the centre by: - Introducing five new (weekly) groups per year, 15 by 2027 - Introducing regular annual/monthly events/activities, such as trade days, table top sales etc. - Introduce events/activities/services for 18-50 year olds and men - Introduce more children based activities and groups Building – Further decrease our environmental footprint by 2027 and explore the possibility of grant to assist us to refurbish our restrooms, creating comfortable, private, functional, hygienic and aesthetically pleasing facilities. The aim is to significantly upgrade the facilities for those who are vulnerable in respect of either health or mobility, whilst making the units soundproof and improving their carbon footprint. The Centre is well established within the local community already and is a vital hub for the area of Upper Afan Valley. A key focus going forwards would be to keep the centre accessible and available to the local community. Increased publicity and word-of-mouth have proven very effective in ensuring the centre remains well used. People – We will further review the role of the Centre Manager, Caretaker and Tutors to ensure that as we grow, they are still able to function and have the support, equipment and training in place to meet their needs. We will work more closely with local authorities, local organisations, providers and businesses to use the Centre to promote their work and any opportunities that may arise with them. Finances – During 2023/2024 financial year we will aim to seek grant funding that will secure our operational costs for the next 3 years and help us work towards Self Funded Status by 2027. We will consider the need to identify Financial milestones, by 30 May 2024. Work to ensure any Grant Funding awarded is in place by 31[st] August 2024 The trustees declare that they have approved this Annual Report. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees |Signatures||| |---|---|---| |Full Name|Sylvia Tittley|Lesley English| |Position|Chair|Secretary| 01.5y21 Ol-￿￿21 ol-s￿.12 Ql-5•p2I 014•pll 01.Sry-12 01.5yI2 toJ1-Aui- to Jl-AW- 1¢ Jl-Au8- to31-A lo J1-A¥-12 Chanty num￿TIl51]D2 to 314¥.2J J1-Aw-13 Totil lthi Fund f*rtrthlF￿d £0. ElJ.4)lJl e9,SJO.)5 tI.39J.05 (10,49Jm Ei7.OJ4.17 £0. EO.C -tk3.5W.01 (ZB.175.7T R￿￿￿￿5(ar￿￿dfQn¥￿r￿ (o.ou (o.ou Y¢ar.Ér Y*tr￿E £0. iO.LV Prrtwen JNnk ￿L￿rKe UO.021. £4P¥.51 EO.LV £0. £O.LV tTwd Inc .£432.Ctl £28,115.71 £26mS.55 1014 (￿1r 5ttr•iity IEEOTd5of'￿￿￿L IiEln &E[OT￿nEe¥￿1h 110of I&E Allocation.pdf11 pagel NODDFA COIAMUNITY CENTRE 2023 Fundrai51ng Building Imcorne Youth General Donatlons Facility Hire Fund Raislng General Grants Bullding Grants Mea15 on whee15 Sundries Youth New Ale 375. 14 9155.21 1290.05 10580.99 120.iXI 10490 6333.18 Cash 9530.35 1290.05 0.00 10490.00 17034.17 Re50ur Accountants Assets Expendlture Caretaker C05t of Fund Ralslni Electrlclty Ga5 Insurance Legal + Llcence Mea15 on WheeL% Prlniinq & Statlonary ProkErty Expenditure Repalrs * Cleanln8 Rent Sundrie5 Telephone & Internet Water Rates Website Youth Covld & Furlough 432 9066 3220 427 950 730 712 725 110 1129 960 211 6054 30389 3220 712 6054