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Derby Child Contact Centre 128a Green Lane Derby DE1 1RY CIO Registration Number: 1158467
Annual Report for 2022
Who are we?
Derby Child Contact Centre is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation run by Volunteers. We provide a safe and neutral location where the children of separated families can spend time with the parent they no longer live with, or other family members they would not otherwise see.
Our Main Activities
Derby Child Contact Centre provides Supported Contact for children from separated families. It also provides a safe, secure and neutral site where children may be collected and returned by a non-resident adult where it is permissible for such contact to take place in the community.
Supported contact services are not provided by the state. Our work fills a void. Although we are independent of the Courts and Social Services, referrals to Derby Child Contact Centre are made by them. Our services are valued and trusted by both official bodies. We also accept Self-Referrals from individuals.
Our Families
Derby Child Contact Centre is in its 32nd year. The people who use Derby Child Contact Centre come from all walks of life, races and creeds. There is no such thing as a typical family. Some families only use the Derby Child Contact Centre for a few weeks others may come for a longer period.
Without doubt, Covid Lockdown affected many fragile relationships and we are seeing the sadness this has caused. Over the past year we have provided Supported Contact to 240 children from 173 families. The immediate difference Derby Child Contact Centre makes is in enabling a strong bond to be formed between children and their non-resident parent/ family. This bond is formed in a safe and happy environment. Relationships grow over many weeks and months, this helps the children feel secure, loved and confident. Children are at the heart of all that we do, they can form non-aggressive, stable relationships in a controlled environment. This creates a foundation for the future enabling them to develop into mature, confident adults who feel able to play a positive part in society.
During the course of the year we have offered some of our children free group counselling sessions. The sessions were run by a qualified counsellor. The sessions were funded by a friend of the Centre who raised the money by shaving off his ‘covid’ beard.
Funding
We make a minimal charge to our families for the use of our services. We rely on donations from individuals, fund raising activities and grants from other organisations such as churches and the judiciary to fund our Centre.
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We do not make grants to any other organisations or charities. Nor do we keep a reserve. Our funds are effectively used up every month to pay the phone bill, administrative costs, rent, council tax and energy bills. Where there is money in excess, this is used to buy additional items to give the children more choice of games and toys.
This year we have concentrated on improving our facilities. The side entrance was in a very bad state: a trip hazard and impossible to push a pushchair or wheel chair on it. The passage was slabbed and , a second security gate erected and a trellis was installed to improve privacy for non-resident users. This has greatly improved access and safety. We used a grant from Magic Little Grants to fund sensory play. We also provided a football net for the play area.
Volunteers
At the heart of all we do are our Volunteers, Derby Child Contact Centre could not exist without them. We open every weekend for contact sessions and their role is to record arrivals and departures, and ensure that the contacts are going well. They also make refreshments and sometimes mop up tears that fall because this is an emotional place to be. Our Volunteers come from many different backgrounds. For those who are older, perhaps retired, Derby Child Contact Centre gives an opportunity to use their life skills. Younger Volunteers may come from University to gain experience and others are involved in the Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme. They are a friendly bunch and always love to welcome new members to the team.
Two students of Movement Therapy offered help to some of our children.
Volunteers invest their precious time to maintain the work of Derby Child Contact Centre. Because their time is given freely we can keep charges made to our families to an affordable minimum.
Property & Assets
Derby Child Contact Centre occupies a leasehold property on Green Lane.
Apart from the equipment we use e.g computers, furniture and toys we do not possess any assets.
Future Plans
Derby Child Contact Centre is hoping to have sufficient Volunteers to open every Sunday instead of alternate Sundays. Currently we open every Saturday for contact.
Our new Coordination Team is taking a fresh look at the way the Centre runs. They have some innovative ideas for developing the services that we offer.
We are always ways open to suggestions for developing our work.
Management:
Everyone involved in the running of Derby Child Contact Centre has the welfare of children and young people at heart. We welcome people from all backgrounds and are always on the look out for people with the skills to help the Centre develop and grow.
Trustees:
Amanda Page (Chair & Coordinator) Family Lawyer Mark Gardner
Susan Brice
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Management Committee
Responsible for overseeing the work of the Centre. Meets quarterly. Chris Sedgwick Amanda Page Mark Gardner Jane Curtis The Coordination Team Responsible for the day to day running of the Centre. Meets monthly. Leigh-Ann Howard - Parent Liaison Zowie Prime - Admin, Finance, Site Patricia Parkes - Referrals Rebecca Huston - Admin Gemma Winandy - Volunteers
The Trustees Declare that they have approved the above report. Signed on behalf of the Charities Trustees
Amanda Page (Chair & Chief Coordinator)
Churi No.. IIS841 he In ome and ex ndlture o nt d 31 Decem r 2022 Note Inc Fees and assoclated income Grants City Council ()%)nation5 Other 10.382.03 1,SW.LY) 6.327.01 ioi.io 30,310 14 ndi Premlses Renr etc Weekly clÈanln8. repairs Property upkeep and repèirs Boiler loan repayments Proles5ional advisor5. 5ubscriptlons General èdmln •nd sundriÈS 21,173.73 4,899 57 5,888.IX) 1,719.50 6,681.08 hat8 nk- 98. re l. Donatlons.. 8elper PCC - two received in the year Brice Williscroft Just givin8 Local Givin8 Ltd Other 2.925. 240.CKI 562.61 500 00 499.4 2 Othef.. Room hire Other Coffee bar net of expenses 11.040.00 595.72 465. ID 3 General odmln and sundrie5 8T Phone MSG Tours Lld MSG Tours Lid Internet Stationery etc eank charges 663.62 I,QW CM) 99CQ 829.48 li
INDEPENDENT FINANaAL EXAMINER'S REP(XIT To thr Tru5t•q5 ol'O•rby Chlld C¢)nta¢t C•ntr•'_ Charlty No. 1158467 I report on the 'Receipt5 and Payments kcounts, set out on the attèched summary financlal POrt for Ihe Defty Child Contact Centre for thÈ year ended 31 Decernbpr 2021. 8¢75ts ollndependent Exominer's 5torement My examination wis C4rr*d out undef sect6on 145 of the Charlties Act 2011, in Kcordance with the 8eneral Dlrectk)ns 8lvÈn by the Charity Comrni$5ion. An examination iludeS a revlew of thÈ accountin8 records kepi by the charlty and a compari50n of the accounts presented wlth those records. It also Includes consideration of any unusual liems or disclosures In the actounl5 Ind seekirvd exPnItionS from you as irustees concernln£ such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evldence that would be required in •n audit, and consequently I do nol express an audii opinlon on ihe accounts. Independent Exomlnerfs Stotement In conne¢iion wlth my e¥amination no matter has come to my attentbn, which gtves me reasonable tause to believe that, In any material respKt, the requirements.. . to keep accountlng records in accordance wlth SertK)n 130 of the Charlties Act 2011 and b. to prepare accounts which accord with the xcountlng records and comply wilh the ¥ccountin8 requirements of the Charitles Act have not tsn mel,. or 2. to whlch In my oplnion, attention Should be drawn In order to enable • proper under5tandlni of the Jccounts to be reached, KEITH GREGORY 26 Barley Close Llll Elton Derby DE215DJ