2021-03-31-accounts

Trustees Annua I Report		2 —47
Responsibilities ofthe	Board ofTrustees	48
Auditors Report		49 — 52
Statement of Financial	Activities	53
Balance Sheet		54
Statement of Cash Flows		55
Notes to the Accounts		56 — 70

Objective 1~1	- Volunteering for All
Deliverables	Annual Report 2020-2021			2019-2020 comparables
1.F 1	Promotion			Promotion
Successfully
Promoting Volunteering	Events held to promote volunteering: 6 (5Trustee week, 1 College; online)			Events held to promote 10		volunteering:
	People engaged at events: 766			People engaged at events:			677
	Registering an interest in			N/A
	volunteering through our website:
	2031 (new feature)
	Volunteer Newsletter distribution	list:		N/A
	1,461 (new feature)
	Star Awards			Star Awards
	Our Volunteer Star Awards were			Volunteer	Star Awards	events were
	postponed in 2020 due to the Covid-			successfully held in six		districts		in
	19pandemic.			june 2019	for the first time
	Brokerage			Brokerage
	Brokerage shifted to remote working			Brokerage	was offered	countywide
	for the whole year. We experienced		a	from our own premises		and	on an
	massive upsurge in enquiries			outreach basis; supported			by a team
	received by phone Bt webform.			of volunteer 'volunteer		advisors'
	Organisations registered at year end: 701			Organisations registered 712		at	year	end:
	No. of live volunteering opportunities			No. of live	volunteering	opportunities
	at year end: 356; this figure			at year end: 680
	declined steadily during the year as
	Covid-19 lockdowns took their toll
	Volunteer enquiries face to face: 0			Volunteer	enquiries face to		face:	362
	Volunteer enquiries phone Ht website:			Volunteer	enquiries phone		S.website:
	1302			not reported separately
	Volunteer enquiries (Do-it online):			Volunteer	enquiries (Do-it online):
	1570			1280
	Volunteer brokerage 'interviews': 254			Volunteer 414	brokerage 'interviews':
	Volunteers confirmed in a volunteer			Volunteers	confirmed in a volunteer
	placement after 6 months: 409			placement	after 6 months:		195
	As part of our feedback we ask all			As part of	our feedback	we	ask all
	volunteers brokered offline not			volunteers	brokered throu		h a face

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	including the Covid-19 volunteer	to face meeting, if they	are still
	surges), if they are still volunteering	volunteering six months	later—
	six months later —790/0 say that	around 76o/o say that they are.
	they are.
	We also ask if volunteering has contributed to improved wellbeing— 990/0 agree with this statement.	We also ask if volunteering has contributed to improved wellbeing- around 86o/o agree with this statement.
	Our partnership with Places of Welcome in Lichfield District was paused during the year due to the Covid-19 lockdown.	During the year we partnered with Places of Welcome in Lichfield District to support them with the recruitment and deployment of volunteer 'Buddies'.
F1.2	BBOStafford 8 South Staffs	BBOStafford &.South	Staffs
Delivering
Effective	From january 2020 stage two began	Stage one of the programme
Supported	with new funding sustained at the	concluded at December	2019 with
Volunteering	same level for the partnership. In	662 participants across	the
	addition to supported volunteering	partnership, of which 229 moved			into
	and work clubs, we now also operate	employment, education	or training.
	the training programme.
	All support continued to be offered
	remotely during the Covid-19
	pandemic.
	No. of new referrals generated and signed up: 16 (target 25)
	No. of people supported into a
	volunteer placement: 14 (target 12)
	No. of participants signing up for
	training courses: 29 (target 16)
	ESFCommunity Grants	ESFCommunity Grants
	Both programmes were reprofiled	In September 2019 we	started	a new
	and extended to the end ofMarch	ESFfunded programme	in Tamworth
	2021, due to Covid-19.	and by the end ofthe year had
		already supported 26 participants.
	ESFTamworth
		In December 2019 we started a		new
	Participants: 26 (target 25) Supported into Volunteering: 15	ESF funded programme Newcastle-under-Lyme	in and by the
	Supported into training or	end of the year we already supported
	employment: 2	9 participants.
	ESF Newcastle-under-Lyme:
	Participants: 18(target 25) Supported into Volunteering: 11
	Supported into training or
	employment: 3

		Volunteering for All Partners		N/A
		During the year we closed our
		broader Volunteer Centre Associates
		scheme, aimed at public sector
		volunteering in light of the launch	of
		Do-it Staffordshire, a digital offer
		operated by Staffordshire County
		Council which fulfilled the same
		purpose.
		In its place we have established a
		Volunteering for All Partners scheme
		which focusses attention on good
		practice in inclusive volunteering,
		whatever the setting. At year end	we
		have 9 V4A Partners, including
		Staffordshire Libraries which covers a
		large number of local volunteering
		venues.
Objective	1~2 —Supporting Community and Organisational					Development
Deliverables		Annual Report 2020-2021		2019-2020 corn				parables
1.2.1 A		During the year we welcomed 104		During	the year		we		welcomed				100
Growing	and	new members, taking our		new members,			taking			our
Engaged VCSE		membership to a record level of 1,072 general members (10%net		membership to a general members				record (9%			level of972 net increase
Membership		increase overall).		overall).
		In the autumn we celebrated our
		1,000th member —Terrible Titties 5.
		Other Bitties, a Stafford based
		cancer support group
		We have continued to support a number of new organisations through start-up membership during the year, with this figure standing at 53 at year end, once again the highest annual figure on record. Many		We have continued to support a number of new organisations through start-up membership during the year, with this figure standing at 49 at year end, the highest annual figure on record.
		organisation's development will have
		been stifled during the year due to
		Covid-19, so we have applied a more
		flexible approach to Start-ups
		moving on during the year.
		This does mean we fell slightly short
		of our membership target of 1,200,
		achieving 1,125, but given the
		significant disruption of Covid-19 this
		seems a good performance.

	In its fourth year, we also saw the
	total number of Parish Council		In its third		year,	we also	saw		the
	Associates rise to 25, largely		total number of Parish Council
	connected to our Village Halls work.		Associates		rise to 20, largely
			connected		to our	Village	Halls		work.
1.2.2	We supported 611members through		We supported 523 members						through
Delivering	1097direct support sessions;		664 direct		support sessions;
Free, High	reaching 57% of members during	the	reaching	54% of		members		during		the
Quality,	year. -		year.
Effective	This is a 65% increase in sessions	on
Information,	the previous year, largely
Advice &	attributable to Q1 Covid-19 demand.
Guidance
	This significantly exceeded our
	annual target of 200 groups per quarter and 500 unique groups
	supported.
	Support included 333 attendances 31organisational development	at	Support included 21 organisational			135attendances development				at
	training courses (Right Start Ht more)		training	courses		(Right Start S.more)
	Funding advice surged in Q1 and		Funding	and Governance				advice
	again in Q4, making up 40% of		remain	the	most	frequent		support
	enquiries during the year.		areas, accounting			for up	to one
			quarter	each of all enquiries.
	Volunteer management advice		Volunteer		management advice
	overtook governance advice, to take		decreased		this year to around				10%
	second place at 17%of enquiries,		of support,		but planning		for the
	with governance third at 15%.		future increased			to around		the same
			level which		is encouraging.
	We also saw a surge in enquiries
	around buildings and assets this year
	at 14%,linked to Covid-19
	lockdo wns.
	Funding and other advice		This includes support that					has
	enabled members to secure more		enabled	members		to secure more
	than E4,632,342 of new		than E1,376,199of new					investment
	investment in their services;		in their	services.
	exceeding our 61M target four-
	fold. This was dominated by Covid-
	19specific funding streams and
	projects.
	At the start ofthe year we agreed	a	N/A
	considerable amount offlexibility
	with our core funders at Staffordshire
	County Council, Lichfield District
	Council, Stafford Borough Council,
	and Staffordshire Moorlands District

to enable us to respond to the Covid-	to enable us to respond to the Covid-
19pandemic.
During the year we secured renewed
small grant investment from Cannock
Chase District Council, South
Staffordshire Council and Tamworth
Borough Council to enhance support
to VCSEsimpacted by Covid-19.
From September 2020 to March 2021
we delivered a National Lottery
Community Funded, enhanced free
support offer to Mutual Aid Groups
that arose during the pandemic, who
wished to transition into longer term
Good Neighbour Schemes. During
this period, we supported 34 Good
Neighbour Schemes.
Member Bursaries		N/A
In january 2021 we introduced a
Member Bursary scheme for
established member organisations
seeking extended advice and
guidance. The scheme has 16 places
and offers up to 10 hours support
over 12 months. Two bursaries were
awarded by the end of the year.
ACRE Network		ACRE Network
We supported 135village halls, 8 Parish Councils, and 18other rural		We supported 75 village halls and other rural community entities. We									8
community groups. We also ran 5 village hall network sessions with 99		also ran 3 village sessions.			hall network
attendances.
Feedback from members:		Feedback	from members:
More than one third of members hear about our services by word of mouth and 30% via our website and e-		More than about our and 30%	half of members hear services by word of mouth via our website and e-
		news.
news.
We undertake to survey by phone, all members who use our services within 12 months, to gain broad feedback on our services. We are pleased to say we received excellent feedback this year, though we are		We undertake to survey by phone, all members who use our services within 12 months, to gain broad feedback on our services. We are pleased to say we received excellent feedback this year, though we are

always keen to act on anything	always keen to act on anything
critically constructive:	critically constructive:
~ The advice was clear —98%	~ The advice was clear —100%
~ The advice was useful —95%	~ The advice was useful —95%
~ I would use Support Staffordshire again —100%	~ I would use Support Staffordshire again —100%
~ I would recommend you to others —98%	I would recommend you to others —100%
We also survey all training	We also survey all training
participants, with these results:	participants, with these results:
~ I recommend the course —93%	~ I recommend the course —98%
~ I am confident putting my	~ I am confident putting my
learning into practice —100%	learning into practice —99%
~ My skills 8t knowledge have	My skills 5.knowledge have
increased —93%	increased —99%
Landscape Partnerships	Landscape Partnerships
Community Engagement in the	The community programme in the
South West Peak was particularly	South West Peak has continued	to
hard hit by the Covid-19 pandemic,	surpass targets for engagement,
so considerable effort has gone into	start-ups and grants awarded with	a
maintaining relationships during this	total of6140,000 grant funding
period. We have focussed upon	having been awarded in the
enabling and supporting grant	programme lifetime. This year we
recipients to review and revise their	extended the reach of the
projects accordingly. We have also	programme engaging refugees,
set out a plan for the project legacy.	young carers, youth and disability
	groups from the surrounding urban
In its second year the Transforming	areas. As we enter the final year or
the Trent Valley Landscape	so of the programme plans turn to
partnership scheme, led by	legacy activity.
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and
chaired by the Support Staffordshire	In its first year the Transforming
Chief Executive had to manage the	the Trent Valley Landscape
impacts of Covid-19, especially in	partnership scheme, led by
relation to volunteer and community	Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and
engagement. The project team	chaired by the Support Staffordshire
diversified their engagement to new	Chief Executive has gotten off to a
remote online opportunities, gaining	great start. The Community
excellent results.	Engagement Officer based with
	Support Staffordshire has already
The Community Engagement Officer	engaged with 23 community groups
based with Support Staffordshire has	and awarded 12 community grants
engaged with 34 community groups	since starting in june 2019.
and 20 Parish Councils; and awarded
a further 12 community grants
during the year.
Our lead role for two community
engagement and interpretation
projects (Big Washlands Watch S.
Tales of the Riverbank) also
commenced this ear des ite the

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	challenges faced. There were 428
	attendees at 9 Trent Talks online;
	and l4 new volunteers recruited.
l.2.3	Two Socia I Action pro g rammes			Three Social Action programmes
Delivering	continued to be delivered during		the	continued to be delivered during		the
Targeted	year. In both cases, the focus			year:
Effective	understandably shifted to Covid-19
Social Action	related responses and maintaining
Progra mmes	relationships during lockdown:
	Chadsmoor and Pye Green			Chadsmoor and	Pye Green
	(Cannock Chase District)			(Cannock Chase	District)
	This year saw a focus on remote			We extended the	geographical limit
	networking via Zoom; supporting			towards Pye Green this year. We
	small venues and groups to connect			continued to facilitate the 'hyperlocal'
	digitally; supporting groups to plan			networking event	Chadsmoor Chat
	to reopen face to face activities	as		and support a number of local and
	permitted.			informal groups,	including a number
				of church-based	groups. At the	end
	We also, in the autumn, widened		our	of March, we transferred remaining
	work to the whole district, looking		at	resources to this	place as there	is
	and addressing barriers to small			still much to contribute.
	groups re-starting; and sharing	this
	learning across the organisation.
	By the Spring, many new
	relationships had been built across
	the district and one product of this
	was a new Cannock Chase Loneliness
	5.Befriending Support Directory.
	Tamworth (in the Castle ward)			Tamworth (in the Castle ward)
	For most ofthe year, there was	only		We continued to	facilitate the
	half a day a week allocated to			development of the Tamworth
	keeping this work in Tamworth			Activities Directory aimed at lifestyle
	ticking over. Focus was upon			activities for the	over 50's and
	engaging small and informal groups, in particular with Covid-19 small			supporting a number of loca I and informal groups. We also held a one
	grant funding from councils and	the		off 'Ability' forum	and developed	a
	National Lottery.			new Adults with Learning Disabilities
				and Difficulties (ALDD) Directory		in
				conjunction with	member group
				Creative Choices	CIC. A new 'Place		of
				Welcome' was established with		our
				support at Tamworth Castle Bowls
				Club, a significant	partnership
				achievement for	this group. Work		in
				Tamworth came	to a natural break		at
				the end of March,	and we will
				continue to keep	relationships ticking
				along as we seek	additional
				resources to upscale this work again.

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Hednesford (Cannock Chase		N/A
District)
In September 2020 we began a new
Partnership working with Hednesford
Town Council, to establish a
Community Officer role, funded by
and based with the council,
employed by and networked into
Support Staffordshire. The initial
focus has been to build networks	and
relationships, support Covid-19
related projects (such as the IT
donation project) and to support	the
return of Covid-safe events.
Brereton Million (Cannock Chase		Not previously	reported
District)
From this financial year we have,	on
advice, taken the financial
management of Brereton Million
Partnership, which is an
unincorporated association funded
through Big Local Trust, back into
our annual accounts. As such we	are
also giving a brief report on the work
here.
Ouring 2020-2021, the work ofthe
partnership has been focussed upon
community support due to Covid-19
with most other projects taking a
back seat. Supporting residents with
shopping and essentials, children	and
families to remain active and
engaged, and lone households to
maintain connections and good
mental wellbeing have been manifest
in a wide range of activity and
projects, predominantly led by the
Brereton Million Support Worker
(employed by Support Staffordshire).
At February 2021, the Partnership
decided to re-tender for the Locally
Trusted Organisation (LTO) role, for
the final period to the end of Big
Local funding. At the time of
publication, the outcome of this
process is unknown and Support
Staffordshire remain the LTO and
grant holder.

Objective 1.3	—Convening, Collaborating, R	eprese	nting
Deliverables	Annual Report 2020-2021		Reporting
1.3.1	We continued to deliver our well-		We have continued to deliver	our
Convene,	known Locality Forums, switching	to	well-known quarterly Locality	Forums
Collaborate,	online Zoom forums and offering		in every district, each quarter
Represent	them more frequently during the	first	(except for two cancellations	due to
Through	lockdown. These totalled 46 local		Covid-19 in late March 2020),
Regular	networking opportunities across	the	totalling 30 local networking
Open-Access	county.		opportunities across the county.
Locality
Forums	Attendances across the county have totalled 748; from 271 unique		Attendances across the county have totalled 650.
	member organisations (26% of
	membership at year end)		Attendees have engaged in a	wide
	Attendees have engaged in a wide		range of networking activities,
	range of networking activities,		hearing from one another and
	hearing from one another and		statutory partners, learning about
	statutory partners, learning about		new opportunities and feeding	back
	new opportunities and feeding back		to Support Staffordshire.
	to Support Staffordshire.
	We continued to convene and
	support the Cannock Chase
	Dementia Action Alliance during	this
	period, with the kind support of
	Parish and Town Councils in the
	district.
1.3.2	During the year, regular Local		During the year we attended	Local
Represent at	Strategic Partnerships were largely		Strategic Partnerships or equivalents
Local	replaced with district based Covid-19		in Cannock Chase District, Lichfield
Strategic	response meetings. At the peak of		District, South Staffordshire,	Stafford
Partnerships	the pandemic these meetings		District, Staffordshire Moorlands,
	operated weekly.		Tamworth, and Newcastle-under-
			Lyme District. In East Staffordshire
	By Q3 some districts were returning		the invited representative is SCVYS.
	to and refreshing their partnership
	arrangements. We have also now		In Stafford this led to a well-received
	secured an invitation to the East		networking event for a broad	range
	Staffordshire LSP in our own right.		of 'link workers' convened by	the
			partnership. In some of the other
	In most districts, the statutory		districts, the LSPs have become
	Community Safety role remains the		largely or solely Community Safety
	primary focus, alongside broad		focussed which is in our view	a
	information sharing. Lichfield,		regrettable direction of travel.
	Stafford and Tamworth also have	an
	explicit interest in wider health and
	wel lbe ing.
	We have continued to engage in	the	We have also been engaged in the
	three Integrated Care Partnerships		three Integrated Care Partnerships
	(ICPs), led by NHS providers and		(ICPs), previously known as
	CCGs in the North, Southeast and		Alliances, led by NHS providers and
	Southwest ofthe county.		CCGs in the North, Southeast	and
			Southwest ofthe county.

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	In the Southeast we now chair the			In the Southeast there is an
	'Healthy Communities' group and			emergent but strongly supported
	have worked to secure external			'Communities' task group aligned	to
	investment to support a partnership			collaborative working on social
	approach to addressing health			prescribing and other embryonic
	inequalities through asset based			initiatives.
	working. In the southwest we have
	secured the role of the VCSE in the			In the north of the county we work
	delivery plan, but implementation			closely with VAST who host an NHS
	has proven slow.			Strategic Liaison post on behalf of the VCSE sector across Stoke-on-
	In the north of the county we work			Trent and North Staffordshire.
	closely with VAST who host an NHS
	Strategic Liaison post on behalf	of
	the VCSE sector, and lead the ICP
	work accordin
1.3.3	Our system-wide (Staffordshire	5.		Our popular countywide (including
Convene,	Stoke-on-Trent) Health 8t Care			Stoke-on-Trent) Health Ht Care
Collaborate,	Forum has continued to be delivered			Forum has continued to be delivered
Represent through	quarterly in collaboration with VAST and has seen an attendance of49			quarterly in collaboration with VAST and has seen an attendance of49
Countywide	during the year.			during the year.
Forums
	This year the focus was on peer			It has been a useful source of
	support for group members			representation and feedback for	the
	concerning Covid-19 response and			STP Health and Care Workstreams		as
	recovery. We also kept the group		in	well as for wider networking,
	touch with the developments in	NHS		information sharing and consultation.
	structures and the formation of	the
	ICS.
	Team Staffordshire, focussed on	two		Team Staffordshire, our
	items this year —an ultimately			representative and elected forum		has
	unsuccessful Carers Wellbeing			continued to keep a watchful on	joint
	Partnership tender development;		and	bidding opportunities, including	the
	engaging better with MPs, which			emergent Carers Wellbeing
	remains a work in progress.			Partnership. It also invited guest
				speakers to update and consult	with
	We continued to convene and chaired			senior VCSE leaders during the year.
	the Social Prescribing Advisory Group			We also lobbied local MPs to support
	(SPAG) in collaboration with VAST			local statutory and VCSE providers
	during the year, to support the			through an end to central
	development of social prescribing		link	government austerity and have	had
	worker programmes across the			some success in engaging some	of
	county and city.			the county and city MPs in dialogue.
				We also convened and chaired the
				Social Prescribing Advisory Group
				(SPAG) in collaboration with VAST
				during the year, to support the
				development and implementation		of
				social prescribing link worker
				programmes across the county and
				city.

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l.3.4 Represent at	Support Staffordshire continues to seek to represent and influence on		Support Staffordshire continues to seek to represent and influence on
Countywide Strategic Partnerships	behalf of our members at a range of formal and informal partnerships including:		behalf of our members at a range of formal and informal partnerships including:
	~	Staffordshire Health 5.Wellbeing	~	Staffordshire Health 8t Wellbeing
		Board		Board
	~	Staffordshire County Council	~	Staffordshire County Council
		Communities Leadership Board		Communities Leadership Board
	~	Staffordshire County Council		(previously People Helping People
		Supportive Communities		Board)
		Programme Board	~	Staffordshire County Council—
	~	Staffordshire BtStoke-on-Trent		Supportive Communities various
		Safeguarding Adults Partnership		programme development groups
		Board	~	Staffordshire 5.Stoke-on-Trent
	~	Staffordshire Stronger 5 Safer		Safeguarding Adults Partnership
		Communities Board and Prevent		Board
		Board	~	Staffordshire Stronger 5.Safer
	~	Staffordshire Local Enterprise		Communities Board and Prevent
		Partnership Skills Advisory Board		Board
			~	Staffordshire Armed Forces
	~	Staffordshire 5.Stoke-on-Trent		Covenant Steering Group
		Integrated Care System
		Partnership Board	~	Staffordshire Local Enterprise
	~	ICS Workstreams most notably		Partnership Skills Advisory Board
		The ICS People Ht Culture, and	~	Staffordshire Local Enterprise
		Workforce Programme Boards		Partnership ESIFCommittee
	~	Staffordshire Ht Stoke-on-Trent
		Community Mental Health	~	The Health and Care
		Transformation Programme		Transformation Board /
		Steering Group		Integrated Care System
	~	NHS Patient Council Southwest		Partnership Board
		Staffordshire and Southeast	~	Various work streams of the STP
		Staffordshire Patient Board (again		including Prevention, Enhanced
		North Staffs is attended by VAST)		Primary and Community Care
				(EPCC) and Workforce
	Additionally during the year, we		~	Commissioning Patient Council
	became a key member of the Local			(Southern Staffordshire) and East
	Resilience Forum —Volunteering and			Staffordshire CCG Patients Board
	Vulnerability Cell which sought to		~	University Hospitals of Derby 5.
	coordinate support for vulnerable			Burton Council of Governors via
	residents with regard to food,			volunteer Mrs Elaine Day
	essential goods and tackling social
	isolation

Prescribing R	Prescribing R	Active Signposting
Deliverables		Annual Report 2020-2021	2019-2020 comparables
1.4.1 Gaining	and	At the end of the year we had gained a net 630 completed census and	At the end of the year we had gained a net 530 completed census and
Maintaining		directory forms; 61o/o of our	directory forms (34% increase),
High Quality		membership (19%gross increase),	which informs our directory of VCSE
and		which informs our directory of VCSE	organisations as well as anonymised
Appropriate		organisations as well as anonymised	data on the state of the sector.
Information		data on the state of the sector.
from Our			We continued to share directory
Membership		We continued to share entries, with	entries, with the consent of
for		consent of members, with	members, with Staffordshire County
Publication		Staffordshire County Council to	Council to support the populating	of
and Use	Via	support the populating of	Staffordshire Connects. This year	we
Directory/Ce		Staffordshire Connects. Of the	undertook to cross-check our entries
nsus		entries published on the Support	to those directly managed by VCSE
		Staffordshire Directory at year end	members meaning that we now
		69O/o are also shared on	understand that of the public entries
		Staffordshire Connects	held by Support Staffordshire 58o/o
			are featured on Staffordshire
		We published two Covid-19 State of	Connects, with 35% originating from
		the Sector reports during the year;	us.
		one covering the initial response in
		May 2020, and a second looking at
		widerimpact and recovery in October
		2020.
		In january 2021 we published a first
		full State of the Staffordshire Sector
		Report.
1.4.2 Raising		Covid-19 required us to adapt our	Our first and pilot programme in
awareness		provision for much of the year to	Stafford district ended in August
and		what remains a largely remote offer,	2019, but we started with our first
engagement		focussed first on response and then	Social Prescribing Link Worker as
with the		recovery, with an emphasis on	part ofthe Primary Care extended
sector		addressing social isolation.	roles provision at 1 September 2019
through			with Stafford Central Primary Care
Social		It also brought requests for	Network (PCN).
Prescribing		enhanced and extended provision
8 Active		such that we now hold agreements	Since then we have implemented
Sign posting		with 9 Primary Care Networks for provision of 14 Link Workers as	new provision in conjunction with PCNs and our partner organisations	the
		follows: Stafford Central x2, Leek	in Lichfield, Burntwood, Cannock
		and Biddulph x3 (1 in partnership	North, Cannock Villages, East
		with Beth Johnson Foundation),	Staffordshire and Leek Ht Biddulph.
		Burton, Lichfield Ht Burntwood x2 (1
		with Age UK Staffordshire), Cannock	During the year we have worked
		North x2, Cannock Villages (with Age	particularly closely with these PCNs,
		UK Staffordshire), Rugeley Horsefair	Age UK Staffordshire, St. Giles
		Practices Group, and Stafford South	Hospice and VAST upon the
		Rising Brook Surgery	implementation of social prescribing
			across the count with a view to as

We hold	regular peer support	regular peer support	and		much joined	up working	and
networking sessions for		our	own		consistency	in approach	as possible,
workers	and have recently taken			on	alongside local variations		as
the role	of NHS Training	Hub	lead	for	appropriate.	At year end	we held
link workers across the		ICS.			responsibility	for 8 PCN	Link Worker
					arrangements, of which		2 were
					outsourced	to Age UK Staffordshire.

						2021
					Unrestricted	Funds	Restricted
					General	Designated	Funds	Total	2020	Notes
INCOME
Donations	and Membership				11,660		18,050	29,710	423,139
Charitable	Activities				1,009,389		483,069	1,492,457	1,120,431	A2
Other Trading Activities					11,832			11,832	20,976	A3
Investment	Income	(Bank
Interest)					1,007			1,007	2,092	A4
TOTAL					1,033,888		501,119	1,535,007	1,566,638
EXPEND IT URE
Charitable	Activities				797,217		483,069	1,280,286	1,233,127	B15c
Expenditure	on Raising Funds				32,263			32,263	2,105	B2
TOTAL					829,480		483,069	1,312,549	1,235,232
Net income	/ (expenditure)		for
the year					204,408		18,050	222,458	331,406
Transfer between funds				(	36,194)	36,194
Net movement in funds					168,214	36,194	18,050	222,458	331,406
Total Funds	brought	forward			508,514	95,589	1,954	606,056	274,650
Total Funds	carried	forward			676,727	131,783	20,004	828,514	606,056

BALANCE S	HEE	T
					2021		2020	Notes
Fixed Assets
Tangible Assets					1,390		401,281	1a
Investments					253,000			1b
					254,390		401,281
Current Assets
Debtors				295,402		259,766
Cash at bank	and	in hand		694,749		319,218
				990,151		578,984
Creditors: amounts			falling due within one year	416,029		374,209
Net Current	Assets				574,123		204,775
Net Assets					828,514		606,056
The Funds ofthe		Charity
Restricted Funds					20,004		1,954
Unrestricted	Income		funds
-General					676,727		508,513
- Designated					131,783		95,589
Total Charity	funds				828,514		606,056

		2021		2020	Note
Cash flow from operating activities
Cash (absorbed by)/generated from operations		34,078	(	78,185)	16
Net cash flow from operating activities		34,078	(	78,185)
Cash flow from investing activities
Payments to acquire tangible fixed assets	(	1,554)
Receipts from sales of tangible fixed assets		595,000
Payments to acquire investments	(	253,000)
Receipts from sales of investments
Interest received		1,007		2,092
Net cash flow from investing activities		341,453		2,092
Net cash flow from financing activities
Net increase /(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		375,531	(	76,092)
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 April 2020		319,218		395,310
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March 2021		694,749		319,218

A1 Income:	Donations	and	Membership		2021		2020
				Unrestricted	Restricted	Total
Membership	and Associate		Fees	575		575	650
Donations	-cash			9,286	18,050	27,336	22,489
Donations	- in kind (Mansell		House)				400,000
Sponsorship				1,799		1,799
				11,660	18,050	29,710	423,139

A2 Income: Charitable Activities										2021	2020
UNRESTRICTED
Central and Local Government Grants	and	Service Level Agreements
ACRE - Action with Communities in Rural	England									44,505	43,605
Biddulph Town Council										500
Bridgetown Parish Council										150
Cannock North Primary Care Network										29,531	5,102
Cannock Villages Primary Care Network										22,810
Cheadle Town Council											1,000
East Staffordshire CCG										1,260	500
East Staffordshire Borough Council - Business		Rate	Relief			Grant				10,000
East Staffordshire Primary Care Network	via St. Giles			Hospice						31,362	2,744
Heath Hayes and Wimblebury Parish Council										500
Leek Town Council										2,200	2,200
Leek and Biddulph Primary Care Network										76,462	13,038
Lichfield and Burntwood Primary Care Networks										45,326	20,518
Lichfield District Council - VCSE Development		8 Volunteering								35,000	35,000
Lichfield District Council - Retail/Hospitality/Leisure			Business				Support		Grant	10,000
NHS England via SESSPCCG for End of Life		Action Alliance								545	48,696
National Lottery Heritage Fund via Peak District National					Park Authority					71,280	182,490
Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council Support Grant	- Retail/Hospitality/Leisure								Business	25,000
Rugeley Horse Fair Practice										6,312
Stafford Borough Council										10,250	17,750
Stafford Central Primary Care Network										53,356	16,734
Staffordshire County Council - Covid Emergency Fund										11,419	18,581
Staffordshire County Council - Lichfield Family		Intervention				Project					15,590
Staffordshire County Council via Staffs Council		ofVoluntary					Youth	Service		200,000	257,147
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council -	Creative People				and Places					3,141	4,659
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council -	Arts	Forum Support								5,040	17,736
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council -	Community			Group			Support			11,480	10,015
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council - Grant	Retail/Hospitality/Leisure							Business Support		25,000
Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffs CCG via	VAST									3,000	3,000
										735,428	716,106
Non-Government Grants
Transforming Communities Together - Places		ofWelcome									3,208
Voluntary Car Scheme - Lichfield											4,539
											7,747

Primary Purpose Tradin	g
Office Rental
East Staffordshire -Voluntary		Service	Centre	42,403	46,199
Lichfield District- Burntwood		Open House		1,000	1,730
Lichfield District - Mansell	House			6,190	18,163
Newcastle-under-Lyme —Guildhall				8,432	13,422
Staffordshire Moorlands	- Bank House			4,997	5,254
				63,022	84,768
Meeting Room Hire
East Staffordshire —Voluntary		Service	Centre	325	5,223
Lichfield District - Burntwood		Open House		1,850	5,580
Lichfield District - Mansell	House				14,956
Newcastle-under-Lyme —Guildhall					6,148
Staffordshire Moorlands	—Bank House				684
				2,175	32,591
Consultancy Services
Accounting and Independent		Examinations		3,695	7,013
Administrative Services				175	761
Consultancy				2,158	24,710
Payroll Service				4,412	3,637
Registered Office				100
Training and Workshops				1,417	4,123
				11,957	40,244
Total Primary Purpose	Trading			77,155	157,603
Other Income
Disclosure and Barring service					27
Mansell House - gain on	sale	ofasset		196,600
Other chargeable services				6	54
Reimbursed expenses -	dilapidations		Bank House	200
Sponsorship - Star Awards					9,565
Sundry income					3,236
Voluntary transport fares					1,431
				196,806	14,313
TOTAL UNRESTRICTED				1,009389	895,768

Cannock Chase District Council - Covid 19Support	Cannock Chase District Council - Covid 19Support		Grant	Grant		2,773
Department of Culture Media and Sport via NAVCA			-	Voluntary	Sector Emergencies
Partnership						9,500
European Social Fund via Community Foundation		for		Staffordshire		23,645	16,355
Hednesford Town Council						8,439
HMRC - Job Retention Scheme Grant						17,342	486
South Staffordshire Council —Care Navigators							3,033
South Staffordshire Council —Connectors							4,565
South Staffordshire Council - Covid 19Support	Grant					8,627
Staffordshire County Council - Adult and Community				Learning		2,200
Staffordshire County Council —Clinically Extremely			Vulnerable		Support Grant	42,100
Tamworth Borough Council —Covid 19Support	Grant					2,604
						117,231	24,439
Non Government Grants
Architectural Heritage Fund						3,176
Big Local - Brereton Million						59,148	28,098
Community Foundation for Staffordshire - NET	Covid			19Grant		52,224
Groundwork UK for Friends ofThe Guildhall							8,750
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales						5,000
National Lottery Community Fund - Awards For	All					325	6,537
National Lottery Community Fund - Building Better		Opportunities			via BES	99,599	108,392
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19Support				Fund		98,515
National Lottery Community Fund (formerly Big	Lottery) - Lets Get Going						17,037
National Lottery Heritage Fund via Staffordshire	Wildlife Trust					46,290	31,410
Sport England Emergency Fund						1,560
						365,837	200,224
TOTAL RESTRICTED						483,069	224,663
TOTAL CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES						1,492457	1,120,431

Non Primary Purpose	Trading	Trading
Office Rental
Lichfield District —Mansell		House	2,899	1,638
Staffordshire Moorlands		- Bank House	8,673	15,843
			11,572	17,481
IIeeting Room Hire
East Staffordshire -Voluntary Service Centre				1,047
Lichfield District - Burntwood Open House			260	544
Lichfield District - Mansell		House		1,869
Newcastle-under-Lyme	-	Guildhall		20
Staffordshire Moorlands		- Bank House		15
			260	3,495
TOTAL			11,832	20,976

A4 Income: Investment Income
Bank and Savings Interest

2021	2020
1,007	2,092
1,007	2,092

B1 Expenditure: Charitable Activities									2021	2020
UNRESTRICTED
Governance									12,462	12,462
Trustee expenses
Unrestricted charitable activities expended									781,711	963,826
Depreciation									3,044	8,248
									797,217	984,536
RESTRICTED
Architectural Heritage Fund									3,176
Big Local - Brereton Million									59,148
Blake Project Fund (from restricted reserve)										8,668
Cannock Chase District Council —Covid	19	Support			Grant				2,773
Community Foundation for Staffordshire	—NET		Covid			19Grant			52,224
Dementia Friendly (from restricted reserve)										3,024
Department of Culture Media and Sport	via	NAVCA			—Voluntary		Sector Emergencies		9,500
Partnership
European Social Fund via Community Foundation				for		Staffordshire			23,645	16,355
FIP (from restricted reserve)										3,640
Groundwork UK for Friends ofThe Guildhall										8,750
Hednesford Town Council									8,439
HMRC - Job Retention Scheme Grant									17,342	486
Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales									5,000
National Lottery Community Fund (formerly		Big	Lottery) - Lets Get Going							34,074
National Lottery Community Fund —Awards		For	All						325	6,537
National Lottery Community Fund - Building		Better			Opportunities		via BES		99,599	108,392
National Lottery Community Fund - Covid 19Support						Fund			98,515
National Lottery Heritage Fund via Staffordshire			Wildlife Trust						46,290	31,410
Other Restricted Funds (from restricted	reserve)									8,764
South Staffordshire Council - Care Navigators										3,033
South Staffordshire Council - Connectors										4,565
South Staffordshire Council - Covid 19Support			Grant						8,627
Sport England Emergency Fund									1,560
Staffordshire County Council - Adult and	Community				Learning				2,200
Staffordshire County Council - Clinically	Extremely				Vulnerable		Support Grants		42,100
Staffordshire County Council re Voluntary Car Scheme						- Staffs	Moorlands	(from
restricted reserve)										10,893
Tamworth Borough Council - Covid 19Support			Grants						2,604
									483,069	248,591
TOTAL CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES									1,280,286	1,233,127
B2Expenditure: Raising Funds									2021	2020
Fundraising Consultant										2,105
Fundraising Development									32,263
									32,263	2,105

												Payments
										Total grants	by	by grant
C. Grant payments										Funder		Recipient
RESTRICTED
Big Local - Brereton Million: Community					Fund					12,000
Brereton Big Local CIC												12,000
Community Foundation	for Staffordshire				-	NET Covid 19Grants				17,248
Bereavement Network	partner	grants
St Giles Hospice												500
VAST Services												500
Community restart small grants
Penkridge 5Acton Trussell Voluntary			Transport					Scheme				48
Pharmacy partner grants
Heart of Tamworth Community		Project										1,000
Moorlands Voluntary and Community			Transport									1,000
Honeycomb Group Ltd												1,000
Realise Foundation												3,000
Royal Voluntary Service	Community		Services									1,000
Staffordshire Buddies												4,000
VAST Services												2,000
Received and paid out	for unincorporated					groups
PPE 4 Community												2,200
Affordable Foods												1,000
National Lottery Community Fund			- Covid			1	9	Support Fund: Tamworth
Community Grants										13,250
3rd Wilnecote Scout Group												500
Activology CIC												500
Belgrave Community Allotment		8 Garden										650
Creative Choices												500
Cruse Bereavement Care South		Staffordshire										600
Friends ofWarwickshire	Moor											500
Gartmore Riding for the	Disabled											700
Inter Theatre CIC												1,244
Kendall 8, Wall Charitable	Trust											400
Lotties Tots CIC												600
Mercian Singers												610
Pennymoor Association	Trust											706
Pennymoor Preschool Nursery												940
Rotary Club ofTamworth	Trust	Fund										800
Staffordshire Care Farming Development				CIC								1,080
Tamworth 8, District Civic Society												500
Tamworth Amateur Boxing Club												500
Tamworth District Scout	Council											810
Tamworth Samaritans												650
The Midlands Vaulting Academy												460
National Lottery Heritage Fund via			Staffordshire						Wildlife Trust:
Community Grants										5,386
Staffordshire Care Farming Development				CIC								4,000
Branston Friends												577
Manor Park Sailing Club												809

Staffordshire County Council - Clinically	Staffordshire County Council - Clinically	Staffordshire County Council - Clinically	Staffordshire County Council - Clinically	Extremely	Vulnerable	Vulnerable	Support
Grants									40,100
Biddulph Youth and Community Zone												11,900
Haregate Community Centre												14,700
Moorlands Home Link												13,500
TOTAL RESTRICTED GRANTS PAID			OUT						87,984			87,984
UNRESTRICTED
Cannock Villages Primary Care Network:				Delivery Partner					22,810
Age UK Staffordshire												22,810
Leek and Biddulph Primary Care		Network:		Delivery	Partner				22,385
The Beth Johnson Foundation												22,385
Lichfield and Burntwood Primary		Care Network: Delivery				Partner			22,095
Age UK Staffordshire												22,095
National Lottery Heritage Fund via Peak District National						Park	Authority:
Community Grants									40,134
Bollington Community Association												3,043
East Peak countryside Associates	CIC											1,689
Grindon Old School New Management			Committee									2,149
Hartington Village Hall												10,000
Kerridge Ridge 8 Ingersley Vale Volunteers												1,273
Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough												8,493
Manchester City of Sanctuary												180
Peak District 8 South Yorkshire Branch			CPRE									2,117
Peak in the Past												4O5
Quarnford Memorial Hall												934
Sheen Parochial Church Council												1,742
The Elkstonian Society												3,821
Waterfall PCC												1,749
YMCA North Staffordshire												2,540
NHS England via SESSPCCG for		End of		Life Action Alliance:			Delivery
Partner									165
Compton Care Group Limited												165
Staffordshire Iloorlands District	Council - Arts Forum Support:						Arts Grants		690
Borderland Voices												300
Amber Business Consulting Limited												390
TOTAL UNRESTRICTED GRANTS		PAID OUT							108,279			108,279
Reversal of previous year grant paid								(	3,000	)	(	3000)
TOTAL GRANTS PAID OUT									193,263		193,263

The net movement	in	funds for		the	year is	stated after	charging:	charging:	2021		2020
Audit fees									5,700		5,700
E.Staff Costs									2021		2020
Salaries and Wages									820,	126	705,020
Employers National	Insurance		contributions						57,764		45,837
Employers Pension	contributions								18,852		16,667
Redundancy									4,	178	13,071
									900,920		780,595
Number of employees		earning	260,000 or			more:
The average number		ofemployees			during	the year was as follows:				48	44
The average number		of full-time		equivalent		employees	during	the year was as follows:

Cost or valuation				Buildings	Buildings	and Land
Mansell House -	Building					320,000
Mansell House -	Land					80,000
Disposal						400,000
Depreciation Building onlyI2%						1,600
Disposal						1,600
Net Book Value 31st March 2021
Net Book Value 31st March 2020						398,400
Cost or valuation				Furniture	and	Equipment
Brought Forward						138,238
Additions						1,554
Disposals
						139,792
Depreciation
Brought Forward						135,358
Charge for the year						3,044
Disposals
						138,402
Net Book Value 31st March 2021						1,390
Net Book Value 31st March 2020						2,881
1b.Fixed Assets	- Investments
Cirican Consulting	LLP					3,000
Community Foundation		for Staffordshire	—Endowment			250,000
						253,000

2.Debtors		2021	2020
Prepayments		8,503	8,310
Accrued Revenue		47,460	75,488
Accounts Receivable		239,439	175,967
Other Debtors
		295,402	259,766
3.Creditors: amounts	falling due within one year	2021	2020
Accruals		34,039	71,973
Accounts Payable		14,629	16,878
Company Credit Cards		382	1,609
Payroll Liabilities		15,197	11,927
Pension Liabilities		163	227
Unearned Income		270,391	141,060
Other Creditors		24,478	11,995
Funds held for third parties		56,750	118,540
		416,029	374,210

4.Analysis of Net Assets between Funds
		2021
	Unrestricted	Designated	Restricted	Total
	Funds	Funds	Funds	Funds
Assets	254,390			254,390
Investments	1,007			1,007
Net Current Assets	421,330	131,783	20,004	573,117
Net Assets at 31 March 2021	676,727	131,783	20,004	828,514

5.Restricted Funds	2021	2020	Nature of	Restriction	/	Designation	Designation	Designation
Biddulph Community
Fund	18,050	0	Restricted	to Community			work in Biddulph
Staffs Moorlands			Restricted	to Employability				work in Staffordshire
- Employability	1,954	1,954	Moorlands
	20,004	1,954
6.Designated funds
Burton Voluntary
Services Centre	13,500	10,000	Designated	for long term			maintenance			costs
Newcastle-under-			Designated	for dilapidations				at end of lease or other
Lyme Guildhall	15,312		building improvements/works
			Designated	to be spent		in		alignment		with	S3
S3	38,036	51,415	programme	deliverables
Stafford Railway
Building Society	27,020	29,801	Designated	to be spent		in		Stafford District
Stafford Social			Designated	to be spent		in		Stafford District			in support
Prescribing	4,373	4,373	of social prescribing
Digial Marketing	3,542		Designated	to fund digital				marketing		April	- July	2022
			Designated	to resource		fundraising			development			in
Fundraising	30,000		2021-2022
	131,783	95,589

						SOFA
						Surplus/
						Deficit	Transfer	to
						for the	Unrestricted		Balance at
				Opening	Balance	year	Funds		31/03/2021
Biddulph	Community		Fund		0	18,050		0.00	18,050
SM Employability		-	Worklessness		1,954				1,954
					1,954	18,050			20,004

t 31st March 2021 the company had annual c	ommitments under non-ca
Within One Year	E3,084
Between one and five years	E2,056
Over five years	FO

10.Cash generated from op	erations
						2021		2020
(Deficit)/Surplus for the year					222,458			331,406
Adjustments for:
Non cash donations in kind - land and buildings							(400,000)
Investment income recognised	in the statement		of financial	activities	(	1,007)	(	2,092)
Profit on sale oftangible fixed	assets				(196,600)
Depreciation and impairment	oftangible	fixed assets				3,044		8,248
Movement in working capital:
(Increase)/decrease/ in debtors					(	35,638)	(142,782)
Increase/(decrease) in creditors						41,821		127,034
Cash absorbed by)/generated	by operations					34,078	(	78,185)