Annual Report
ACCOUNTS & REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES GO (Great Opportunities) Together FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 2021
GO! (GREAT OPPORTUNITIES) TOGETHER IS A CHARITY REGISTERED IN ENGLAND & WALES CHARITY NO: 1159406
GO (GREAT OPPORTUNITIES) TOGETHER
Annual Report
ACCOUNTS & REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES YEAR ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 2021
This charity was formally closed by the Trustees in September 2020
Introducti on
The trustees present their report along with the short financial statements of the charity GO! (Great Opportunities) for the year ended 30th September 2021.
Mission Statement
GO! (Great Opportunities) Together is a charity registered with the Charity Commission registration number 1159406.
To create great opportunities through participation in education, social activities, and the arts for all, regardless of background and ability, to develop life skills, increase confidence, independence and wellbeing.
We believe that all young people, regardless of their physical or mental wellbeing, poverty, or domestic circumstances, should have the opportunity to improve the quality of their lives and their life chances to enable them to grow, develop and be confident members of society.
We see it as our responsibility to develop projects and programmes
GO (GREAT OPPORTUNITIES) TOGETHER of activities that will create great opportunities for young people to engage in and enable them to grow in confidence, skill sets and aid them in their future life choices.
Executive Director's report
GO! became a registered charity in November 2014 and was formed by a group of likeminded people who wanted to create opportunities for others, regardless of their background, to increase confidence and wellbeing.
The charity was formally closed by the Trustees in 2020.
The impact of Covid meant that the work with Local Authorities to provide clubs and events came completely to an end as did the Storehouse project. The impact of Covid made it necessary for the Trustees to reevaluate the work and services that the charity provide..
Our achievement record was fantastic. In our first six-years we recorded 4780 hours of clubs and events for young people, 20,490 hours of volunteer time, we individually assisted 2,100 young people and their families through our clubs and provided 780 hours of 1-2-1 mentoring through job skills. We were pleased to award 34 music scholarships, won the BBC Epic Award for England in 2016and were twice nominated as Best New Charity in the Charity Times Awards in 2016 and 2017. We want to thank all of you who have supported us.
Heather Hunter Executive Director 20/06/2022
ACCOUNTS & REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES YEAR ENDED 30TH SEPTEMBER 2021
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Creating Great Opportunities for young people
PRINCIPAL OFFICE
Operational office for the period: Storehouse Community Church, 92 Swindon Road, Swindon
Telephone: 0118 937 6397 Website: www.greatopportunities.org.uk