SUPPORT STAFFORDSHIRE Trustees Annual Report and Accounts For the Year Ended 31 March 2024 'xJIVIL/" LIQA Local Infrostwcture Quality Accreditotlon Support staffordshlre Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 lof69 CONTENTS Trustees Annual Report l. Company Details 2. Structure, Governance & Management 3. Relationships Wlth Other Organisations 14 4. Objectives & Activities 16 5. Achievements & Performance 24 6. Financial Review 40 7. Plans for Future Periods 44 8. Custodian Funds 45 9. Declaration 45 Responsibilities of the Board of Trustees 46 Independent Auditors Report to Members 47 Statement of Financial Activities 51 Balance Sheet 52 statement of Cash Flows 53 Notes to the Accounts 54-69 Support staffordshire Trustees Annual Report and Account5 for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 2of69 Trustees Annual Report The Trustees of Support staffordshire present the following annual report together with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 Ma rch 2024. In preparing these reports, the Trustees have adopted the provisions of the Charities SORP (Statement of Recommended Practice): Accounting and Reporting by Charities as issued by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. This report has been prepared in accordance with the special provisions for small companies under Pa rt 15 of the Companies Act 2006. an D tails Company Limited by Guarantee: No. 8967045 Registered Charity: No. 1161077 Company Secretary and Chief Executive: Garry lones Registered Office and Principal Address. stafford Civic Centre Riverside stafford Starrordshire ST16 3AQ Telephone.. 0300 777 1207 Email.. info su ortstaffordshire.or Website.. www.su ortstaffordshire.or Other Operating Premises: North Staffordshire The Guildhall Newcastle-under-Lyme stafford5hire ST5 IPW Leek Health Centre Fountain Street Leek staffordshire ST13 6JB Southeast Staffordshire Volu ntary Services Centre Union Street Burton-upon-Trent Staffordshire DE14 IAA Lichfield Business Hub Frog Lane Lichfield Staffordshire W513 6HS Bankers: CAF Bank 25 Kings Hill Avenue Klngs Hill, West Malling Kent ME19 4JQ Support 5taffordshire - Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 3of69 ructure Gov rnance and M ement Constitution and Articles of Association Support Staffordshire is constituted as a company limited by guarantee and is also a registered charity. The articles outline the objects and powers of the charity, how the cha rity is governed by its Board of Trustee5, how membership operates, how general meetings are to be conducted, and general administrative provisions. The Articles were last updated by Special Resolution at the AGM on 21 March 2024. Board of Trustees Chair lan Wilson.. re-elected 21 March 2024,. reappointed as Chair 21 March 2024 Trustees Christine Thomas.. resigned 8 February 2024 Elaine Day.. re-elected 21 March 2024 Ian North: re-elected 21 March 2024 Jon Everett: re-elected 21 March 2024 rwlartin Peake.. re-elected 21 March 2024 Nicola Taylor.. elected l March 2022 Rowan Crozier.. re-elected l March 2022 Sanjida Rahim.. elected l March 2022 Weceam Akhtar.. elected l March 2022 Wei Le Hou.. elected 21 March 2024 The Board wishes to recorded special thanks and appreciation to Mrs Christine Thomas who stood down as a trustee this year after 8 years, service. Recruitment and appointment of Trustees The charity is governed between general meetings by its Board of Trustees. The Trustees are also the Directors of the Company. Trustees are elected at the AGM by and from the Members (see below), for a fixed 3-year term. The existing Board of Trustees may also appoint Trustees during the year to fill a ny vacancy in their number from amongst the Members. Appointed trustees must stand down at the next AGM but are then eligible to stand for election. All Trustees have the same status once in post. For full details please see the Articles of Association. Induction and training of Trustees A complete trustee induction is in place for new Trustees. We undertake an annual skills and knowledge audit and arrange a seminar series as a result. Further training can be organised as required. 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Village Hall Assoclaiion ICHC CaveTswall Community Society Colwlch and Haywoods Voluntary Transport Cerebral Pa15y Mid Italls Scheme Ch311enge Academy CIC Colwich and l￿ttle Haywood5 Village Hall Changes Health and Wellbeing Comberford Millennium Green Tru51 Changes ITafflworlhl Communitie5 a9ain&l Crime5 01 Hate ICACHI Chase Aqua Rural Enterprise CIC Community Children Count Ch3se Arts For Public Spaces ICHAPSI Community Help Offering Inclividuals Chase Community Solar Limited Counsellin9 & Equine Services ICHOICESI Chase Crafters Learning Circle ComTnunity Leaming Cenire Ch?se Grandparents and Grandchildren Communily Life Church- Cannock Group Community Link Stafford & Districr Ch35e Pride Communily Ptospecls CIC Ch3se Swlmmin9 Club CommunilyTogether CIC Chasewaier Frlends Compa5sion8te Communiiies UK Chasewaier Llghl Railway and Museum Compton C8re Company Computers for Seniors Ch8tierley WhStfleld Frlends Combined Handicappe¢t and Disabled Cheadle and Disirlct Amaieur Swimrning Society ICHADSI Club Coors Angling Club Cheadle and Oistrict Disabled Club cope￿￿4 Cott3ge M8nagerr*ni Committee Cheadle and Districi Foodbank Coroners Court Support Swvlces Cheadle Arts Cotes He?th & Stsndon Wllage Hall Cheadle Carnival Coton Green Evangellcal Free Church Cheadle Community Band Coven Forgei-Me-Noi Club Cheadle Community Information and Coven Memorial Hall Resource Group CPRE Staffordshire Cheadle Dlscovery GTOUP Cr3fty Sew b Sews Cheadle Llons Club Creaiing Cholce Chebsey Par15h Hall knmited Creative Cheadle Stèfts Etching Hill Womens Instiiuie Checkley Parish Comrnunity H3111 Creative Choices CIC Elon & Horninglow Comrnunlty Scheme Coinrnunity Centre Cre3tive Pathwa￿ Therèpeuiic Servlces for Iconfidence in Sport CICI Chell Area Family Action Group Artschment andTrauma CIC EverytK)ty Heallh & l￿SUre Cheri&hers 811 CIC Cieaiive support Lld Cherry Orchèrd Gardening Serwces Crohn's and Colitis UK Che51yn Hay and Cannock Chase Comrnuniiy Cross Rhyihms TÈnni5 Club Crossroè¢5s Care siaffordshire Cheslyn Hay Corrwnunity Jwotrnents Cruse Bereavement Cère (Burionl East gtaffordshlre and Surrounds DSabetÈs UK P3tienl Network E3st Staffordshire Oisirlci Patlent Engagemeni Group East Staffordshire Falrtr8de Group East Slaffordshire Famlly Suppoit East St?ffordshire Voluntary Car Scheme Eccleshall Alloimenis A￿oCIation Ecciesh811 Cères Eccle5hall Eagles Junlor Football Club Eccleshall Voluntary Car Scheme Eco Collecisons 8nd Redislribuli0Tr5 CIC Ecton MSne Educ3tionalTTUSt Edingale Village Hall Management CommStiee EEE4Disadvantsged CIO Effect CIC Elford 14all Gèrden Project Elford Village Hall Elim Pentecostal Church 8urton Elim Church Che51erlon Elim Church Cornerstone Elirn Church Elim Hope Church Emmanuel Church New ￿fe Centre Emmau5 St31fordshiie Endon and District Friendship Club Endon and Stanley Action Group Endon Community Choir Endon Village H311 Engaging Cornmunities Solutlons CIC Environmental Quably M3rk CIC EqualBa5e Cheadle Community Hub CIC Equal Support Opportunities Equinimity Wellbeing CIC Erasmus Darwin Foundation Etchiw Hill Garden Guild Etching Hill fennis Club Lichfield & Fairlrade Utloxeter Steerln9 Group Farewell and ChorleyVil￿ge Hall Farm Fresh Revolution Support staffordshire - Trus￿e5 Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 6of69 F3rpiace Animal Rescue Fashion Revolution Foundatqon CIO FatheT Hudsons Soclety Feasted C1C Fe31herslone Senior Citizens CIC F￿g H3ye5 Future5 Firework5 Flrsl Steps ED Fil 2 Dance Flash and Longnorcommunity Flrst Responder5 Foley Meir FC Fooiprlnts Future Foundation Forces Employment Charity Foosi Harvest Foresiof Meicla CIC Fountains Counselling Semce Foxlowe Arts Cenire Grear Wyrley & Cheslyn Haycommunity Group Great Wyriey Senior citizens Welfare Cornmiitee Gieen Door Project- Stoke on Trent Green Tree House Greenwood Growth CIC Grlndon Old School New Management Commltiee Groundwork West Mi41and5 Grow It- Eai It Group Grow Moorlands Grow NoTth 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Hantia Gh05ia Mosque & Princess Street Resource Centre John O'Gaunl Irregulais John Poinion Sports 3nd Recreation Facility John Wed9wood MonutnentTrusr Just Famlly CIC Justice Upheld H?gley 8ovAs Club H3lmer Ena CIC HALOW Birmingham Hammerwich Crickel Club Hammerwich Women's Insiiiuie Hall Hammerwich Youth Sp Communlly Centre Hare9ate Community Centre Harleston Willage Hall Harrisons Recreation Ground & Welfare Instituiion Hart1rng￿n Villa9e Hall Haughton Vlllage H811 Hawks Green Heaih & Wirnblebury Environrnenlal Group Hayes Green Cornmunlly Cenire Hasryvood Rheumatism Reseèrch Oevelopment Foundatlon azel Sla¢e & Rawn51ey CommunSty Associatlon Headway North Staffordshire Hèadway south Siaffordshire Friends of Hedne51ord Heart ofTamworlh Hearts & Hands Hearts Beyond Borders Heath Hayes and Area Senior Residen Support Group Heath H3yes FC He3th H3yes Welcome Club- Senior Citixens Heath Hèyes, Wlmblebury and Hawk5 Gieen ComrnunityTable Health Legacy CommunSiy Group Hedneslord in Partnership Hednesford Town FC Supporters Associètion Hedneslord United Glrls Football Club Help A Squaddie Find A Home elp for Heroes Helping Each Other uitoxeter Helpln9 Hands Cornmunity Cupboard Helping Hearts Outreach High Flyers15outh Staffsl High Peak Baby Bank High Peak Dlsirict Scout Council HildeTStone Wili8ge Hall Hixon Communlly Helpers Hixon Memorial Hall Holmcroftyouih & Community Centre HolyTrinity Pre-Sch(v)I Hotne-stèrt Newc3Slle Borough Home-start St8llordshire Moorlands HomÈ-startTamworlh Honeycomb Charitable servic￿ Lid I'GIow' and'concretel HOPE Project- HèlOng PupiLq and Parents Elnotional Wellbeing CIC Hopton Cotnmunlty Hub CIO Horton Village HallTrust Hospital Radio Stallord IHRS) House of Bread Hug Wait Hum8nkind Charily IStalfortlshireTreatrnent nd Recovery SeTvicel Hyde Lea and Coppenhall Wlla9e Hall Fradley Heritage Qoup Frad5well ComFnuniiy Hub Freedom Leisure Freeb3y vil￿ge Hall FreelT Siaffordl Frlends 2 Frierids Frlends ol Bllbrook ffhel Friends tsf Bra(5well Dingle Frlends of Bramshall Road PaTk Friends ol Cannock Stadiurn Park Friends of Catherlne Care Friends of E5sington Friends ol Forsbrook Mzh4rne¥s Social and Friendship Club Friends of Heath Hayes Park Frlends of Hedne5ford- Communlty Volunteers Frlend5 of Hedneslord Ubrary Frlends ol Hedne51ord Park Frlends ol Horse Fair Care ￿Orne Friends of Ingestre Orangery Frlends ol Kinver Open Spaces Friends of Ladderedge Country Park Friends of Letoceium Friends of Lyme Brook Friends of Mottey Meadows Friend5 of Newpool Me3dows Friend& of Norton Cane5 ￿br3ry Friends ol Peritsn Llbraiy FrSends Of Tamworlh Castle & Museutn Friends ol the Gulldhall. NUL Filends of the Museum of Cannock Chase Frienijs of Royal 03k Friends of Scalpcliffe Woods Frlend5 of Shenstone Tower IFo¥n Friends of Springfields Firsi School Froniiine Dance Fvlford Vi113ge Hall Fun Club Hub Fusion CreLlit Union Xaleid05cope Cholr Katharine House Hosplce Keele P05tgr8duate Association Keele Village Hall Kend?11 & Wall Charitable Trust Ker8la Association Staflord Keralite Community Key Fund Invesiments LlmSted Keystone Foundation Kibblesione Oistrict Scout Councll Kid5gro¥e Care Solution5 CIC Kidsgrove Sporls Centre Communlly Group dsgiove Town Centre CIC Kingfisher Project (fhel King Street Studlos Kings Bromley Visiage Hall Kingsley Holt Centre Kingsley Holt News Letier King51eyVil￿gÈ Hall Cornrniitee Kingstone Communliy Socieiy Kingstone with Gratwich Village Aall Kingsway Church Centre-Klngsway Foodbank Kingswood Trust Klnver Community Library Knlghts 4 Uttoxeier Knulton Ex-Servicemen5 Club L&L Admce SeTrice CIC Ladies Group Ladies Unite Rugeley Land Restoraiion Trust Landau L3ndywood tp Distrlctvolun￿ry Help Cwtre Lea Hall Mineis Wellare ano Social Club League of Arlisans CIC League of Friends olTamworlh H05Pitais Learning Disability Cannock Leek Allotment Hdders and Gardener5 sociation Leek and Dlstrict Foodbank Leek and Moorlands Hlstorlc Buildings Trust Leek Arts Festival Leek Blues & Ameritanè Festival Leek Comrnunity Cupboard Leek FIor31 Arl Soclety Leek Gateway Club Leek MusicalTheatre Company Leek Pensioners A550Ciation Leek Radio CIC Leek RamLilers Group Leek siroke Club Gamcare G3me Therapy G?ming Potlon Gartrno￿ Rldlng for the Disabled Assoclatlon Group Gateway Shed Gay￿￿ Village Hall Genius Within CIC Glrlguiaing Slaffordshlre Glrls Friendly Society Gnosall Sp Dist Voluntsry Car Scherne Gnosall Library. 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Philip A511ey Project5 CIC Speech and Orama Phoenix Counselling Service Newc8siie under Lyme Llon5 Club Pink Sister5 Sts11s Breast Cancer Support Newcastle Weekly Blind Social Club Gioup Newlile The Charity For Disabled Children Place2Be Norbury Village Hall Populus Housing CIC North Mldlands LGBT Older Peoples Group Positive Steps C3nnock Chase North Sheiion Community Parthership Potteries North Scout Dlstrlct North Stslls & South Cheshire Kidney Patients Pre Sch(Kbl Learning Alliance sociation INSSCKPA) North Stallordshlre African Caribbean soclation INOR5ACA) Mum Art Makers MS Society (Nalionall Tarnworth fp ￿Ch[bel￿ Branch LSving Springs Communliy Church Loggerheads Craft and Chai Group Loggerheads & District Belrlenders Longnor Aciion Group Look Good Feel Better Lucy Fallhlull Foundadon LymeTrusi ffliel Maer Village Hall Make-A-Wish UK Make Some Noise Maklng Space IWork4Youl Malachi Speci3lisi Family Support Servlces cic Manor Paik Sailing Club Mènn3 House Tamworih ICol- Tamworlh FoofJbank Manuptocancer Marchlngton Communlly Shop Marchington Vluage Hall Marmalade Marsh Recreaiion Ground and Community Ceniye Trusi Mavesyn Ridwaie Willage Hall Medla Cliwie CIC Princess StreetTraining Education Ep EnleTprise Centre Support staffordshire Trustees Annua5 Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 8of69 Prison Advice and CareTru5l IPACTI Project Indi CIO Project VAE CIC Prospect Village Hall Prostate Canter UK PSS UK Imidiands Shared Jvesl Putse for Music Staffofdshire CIC Pye Green Christian Centre Icanmck District Foodbankl Pye Green Youth and Community SeTvices Rugeley SENO Community Group Ru5hton Home SchoolAssocialion Rushton 08k Community Pub Ltd rthel Soroptimlst Inremational Lichfield & District Soroptirnist Iniernationalof St8flord Soundplay CIC South Derbyshire Forum trhÈl South Staffs Work Club5 South Staflordshlre Goodbfe Wellbeing 50ciation South Staflordshire Local VillageTransport South StalloTdshSre Narrowboat Co. Southern Staffordshlre Cornrnunity Energy Lld ISSCEI Spark18urniwoodl CIO Speclal Connections CIC Speclal Needs AdvÈnture Playground Special Need5 Nursery Tamworth Spectrum Tenant and Resident5 Associa￿On SPIN (Special People in Needl Spina Bllida-Hydrocephalus-Inlormabon- Networking-Equality ISHINEI Spokz People CIC Sported Foundation Sportiw Communities CIC Sporting Wellness Spring Housing ￿sOCIall0￿ Ltd 5SAFA- Forces Help INationaS1 SSAFA Burton and Utioxeter Sl Edward5 Park Residents ￿50¢lation St Francis Church tramworthl St George'& Chuich CAascote St Glles Comrnunity St Glles Hospice Care St James Ihe Great Church, Clayton PCC Sl John Ambulance Wesl Region Sl John's Cornmunily Church 51 Lawfence Church Friendship Club St Luke'5 Church Cannock St Martin in the Delph Church and Comrnunity Centre St Marf5 Friendship Club st Michael's Church IBreretonl 51 Michael'5 Communlly Hall St Paul's Church Stoke Sl Peter's Church & Community Centre 51 Peter's Pre-school & Nursery St Stephen's Methodisi Church St. John the Bapbst Church. ￿tIleworth St Vlncent De Paul Society Stalford & Cannock League of Hospltal Friends Slafford & Dlsirict Access Group sièfford 6 District Bereavement & Loss Supptrrt Servlce Stafford & DSstricl Riding for the Dlsabied Stafford & Distrlci Stroke Club Stallord & Rugeley Sea Cadets Stallord Ep StoneTalking Newspaper for the SAGÉ Istallordshirel Sallbox Salus Fatigue Foundatlon Salvation Army Burton on Trent Foodb3nk Chesterton Hednesford idsgrove Newcastle under Lyme Quamford Village Hall Queen Street Neighbourhood Resource Centre Leek Corps Salvation Army Church and Communlty Centre trhel SHmaritans (Nationall Leèk & Dlstrict samuel Johnson Birihpi3ce Museum San¢on with Bursion PCC Sandy Lane Centre LILI Savan3 Scotch Orchard PTA SCOPE RAF Associa￿0￿ RAF k50C13tlon CanDock Ch3se Br8nch RAF ksocl81ion Lichfield Branch RAF Museurn Cosford R3inbow Project trhel Ranion Village Hall Reaching CIC REACT DIs85ter Response Ltd Read Easy North Staffs Read Easy UK (Eiirmingham North. Tarnworth and Lichfièldl Redgate Ckyton FC Red ￿tsrn House Ch3rity Red Street Community Centre Reengage Refugee Action Re131e Birrningham Rel?ie Derby and Southern Derbyshire Rewp Burton Charity Shop Scouts- tst Arrnilage Scouts- tst 8lackfords Sea Scouts- Isi Burniwood Scout Qoup Scouts- Isi Essington Scouts Scout5- Isi Hednesford Group Scout5 - 161h Stallord Wheaton Aston ka Scoul Group Scouts 17th Burton Ilst 8r3nstonl Group Scouts- 2 BrÈwood Scout Group Scouts- 2nd Great Wyriey Scout Group Scout5- 2nd Penn Scoui Group Scout5- 2nd Rugeley (Hlllspringsl Scout Group Scouis- 4th Leek kout Group Scouis- 5th Leek (St Marys) Scout Group Scouis - 7th Lichtield Scout Qoup Scouts - Hammerwich Scouts- Ilth Burton on Treni Scouts- Bulton Upon T￿nt Dlsirkt Scout Councll Seasons Theatre Company Sedgley & Wombourne Rotary Club Self Sufficlent Children SENS& The Natlonal Dea*blind ar￿ Rubella A550ci3tion Sense Shop INewc35Ue under Lyme) Sexual Abuse and Rape Adiryce Centre Sh3reshill Wl Sharpe's Pottery Museum Sheen V11Lige Hall ManagerrEntCommittee Shenstone Cares- Elderly Support Group Shenstone Cornmunity Llbrary A55ociation Shenstone Playing Fields Shen5tone Village Wall Sherratts Wood C1C Shobr)all Comrnunity Centre Shoebox Theatre CIC Shropshlre & Stalfordshire Blood Bike5 Sickle Cell 3nd Thalassaemia Support Piqect Signposts Stalford Lld Silkmore Community Support Group Silverdale Llbrary Sitnpli.Llle CIC Sinal Park House Tru5l Singing Comrnunity of Chixrs SkaiÉ Burton Skills for Qre Ltd Slitting Mlll Vlciory HaLi SNUG (Speci31 Needs United Grandparenlsl Social Conneciive CIC Soroplimist International Cannock & Olstyict Derby Ep Burton Disirict Panel Stalfordshlre Re-solv Resioke CIC Rethink Mentsl Illne55 John Hall Wellness Garden Revival RFEA Forces Employmenl Charity RicNic Rideoul Icreatlve Arts for RehètrAlliatlonl Right2Spe3k CIC R15ing Brook Bèpiist Church Cre8ie Community Church Rising Brook Llbr3ry Rlsing Br(￿k GroundForce Rfverside Church Buiton (Burton Renewal Fello￿h1pI Rockspur CIC Root'n. Fruit Communliy AllolrnÈnt Roots Larder Clc Ronald McDonald House Charities UK Rotary Club of Cannock Rotary Club of Kidsgrove ftotary Club ol Rugeley Rotary Club ol Stone and Oistrlci Rotary Club of Taynworth Rotary Club ol Tarnworth Anker Rotten Park Road Royal Engineers ASS￿lation'01d Comrades" Royal Osteoporosis Society Burton onTrent SupKK)ri Group Royal Voluntary Service RSP Stalford Art Grtsup Slafford Cornmunlty Food Distribution Hub cic siafford Carnegie Old LlbiaryTrust siaflord District Arts Council siaflord Lion5 Club CIO Stallor(f Muslim Community Centre Stallord North End Community Association Stallord Pride CIC Stalford Radio Broadcasting LSrniled Stafford Rangers FC sièfford Riverway ￿nk CIC siafford SamarilaTT5 siafford 1st M3ry51 Socieiy of Change Ringers Staflord sireei Past￿5 siaflord USA Stafloid Welcornes Refugees Stalfordshlre & Che5hiTe Equine kslste Psychotherapy CIC Staffordshlre ALlult5 Aut151ic Staffordshlre Alhlelic Network glaffordshlre ￿0Y Bank Siaffordshlre Care Farming Development CIC Middleton Lake5 RSPCA Burion upon Trenl & District Branch StalloTd, Wolverhampton Ep Dlstyicl Rudyard Lake League ol Friends Rugeley & District Phoenix Activities Club Ru9eley & District Stroke Club Ru9eley and Armitage Camera Club Ru9eley Comrnunity Church Ltd Rugeley Open Spaces Associati Support Staffordshire TrusteÈs Annual Report and Accounts for th& Year Ended 31 March 2024 9of69 Staflord5hlre Corps ol Drums Stallordshire Councll of Voluntary Youth Services1SCWISI Staflord5h1re Couniy RAYNEr Staflord5hire Couniy Stout Council Staflord5hire Cricket Slaflordshire Famlly Mediation Service Staffordshire Fosier Carers Association Staffordshire Network for Mental Health ISNMHI St3ffordshire Moorlands Athletic Club Staffordshire Mooriènds Talking Newsp3per Stalfordshire Narrow &uge R3ilway Company Llmited Stalfordshlre North and Stoke on Treni TAME Community First Reswnders Tamworlh & District Hedgehog and Blrd Rescue Tamworlh & Lichlield Sea Cadets Tamworth Anker Rotary Club Tamworth African CariLibean ￿SocIal￿on Tamworth and District Civic $￿IetY ffftel Tamwtsrth Athletics Club Tamworth Boxing Tamworth Castle Bowls Club Tamworth CommunityTranspori Servfces Tamworth Cornerstone Housing Assocl8tSon trcH T3mworth District Scoui Councll Tamworth In the Communlly Tamworth Have a Heari Ad￿lce Tamworth Heritage Trust 5ts11ordshio Pathway Project Tamworth History Group Stalfordshire PuppetTree Tamworlh Hygiene 8ank Staflordshire Regiment Museum Tamworlh Lions Slaflordshire Search ana RescueTeam Tamworlh Literary Festival siaflord5hiie Sexual Heallh Charlly Tamworth Monday Club For The Bbn(I siafford5hire Sight Loss Association Tamworth Over 60's aub Staffordshire Ther3peuiic Neurologlcal Group Tamworth Paniry Tarnworth Prlde Tamwotth Rèdio Broadcasting CIC fCR FM) Tamworth R(>tèry Club Tamworlh Rugby Ljnion Club Tamworth Samaritan5 Tarmvorth Son5 01 Rest'Bowis Club. Tèmworth SlreetAnge Tèmworlh Stroke P8lienis and Ihelr Cèrers Group T8mworlh TaU(ing Mewspaper Tamworlh Wellbeing & Cancer Support Centre TanglewLw)(f Days CIC Tara KMC IKadamp3 MeOltatSon Centrel T3tenhill Memorial & ThanksgivlrKJ Wall Tèa and Tois Burton Team Cheadle Tean Youth Club Teenage Cancer Trust The Housing Plus Group Lld The Hubb Foundation The Krizevac Project The Land Trust The Learning Through Landscap￿ Trust The Lichfield Trishaw Project The Lichfieid Twinning Assoclati The Link The Loveln5pire Foundaiion The Madeley Centre The Macula¥ Dls*se Soclety The Meaningful Éxchange The Mi(Iland Masters Throwers Group The Midlands Vaulling Acadèmy The Monihly Alzheimer's Support Evening LiTnited IMA5EI The National Brewery Heritage Trust The Natlonal Forèst Company Tre Noel Swèeney Foundation Tre O'connor GatewayTrust The Parlsh Churche5 01 Sl Aidan and St Chad - Chadsmcjor The Peel Society The Peter Pan Cèntre The Phoenix Singers. Leek The Pulmonary Fibrosis Trust The Rob Robinson Fovndatlon The Rotaryclub of Newcastle under Lyme Trust Fund The Rowan orgini￿l10n The Royal A550ciatlon for Deaf Peoplè The Royal N3tional Instlltjte for Deaf People The Shaion Rose Author Projects The Silver Line The Trent Rivers Trust The Upsiagers The Vegan Soclety The Voice of the Forgotten of S31 Cape Verae The WO'S The Young Ones Thirimere Way Day Centre Three 5plres Communlly Choir Three Splres G3mlng Thrive ai Flwe ThrSvè 10 Excel Thursday Frlends Tillys Voice Mentsl Health and Welkness CIC Local Cannock Group South siaffs Local Group Wlld About Tarnworth Project Stèffor(1shire Wing RAF Alr Cadets Stalfordshire Womens Stsged CIO Stamp CIC stan BowleyTrust IThel Stsnding Tall 2gether CIC Sianton Village Hall Cornmiltee siar Foundatio Starfish Services Statfold Narrow Gauge Museum Trusi Ltd slep Forward Stroke Support Group Step Up Stoke CIC Steps lo Work Stockton Br￿￿k Time & Space CIC Stoke knateur Theatre SocSety Stoke City CommunityTrusi Stoke on C13y CIC Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire Hebrew Congregallon Stoke on Trent Districi Wdsh s￿ietY Stoke on Treni Moihers Support Network Stoke on Treni Prlde Stoke Your Gratiiude CIC Stoke Youth Musical ThÈaire Company sione Community Hub sione Community First Responder s￿ne Crown Bowllng Club sionnall & Lynn Playing Fields A55ociation sionnall COMM￿nitY Centre CIO TGLHUB CIC The Apedale Heritage CÈntre The Association ol Ukrainians Liiryng in GB The Barlasion Community Group The Bain Ouidoor Pursuits A550ciabon The Barrècks Trusi The Beat (Dizzy Disco) The 8ig Hèpplnèss &¥periFnent CIC The 8r3in Tumour Charity The Brewcod Slngers The Care and Fun Club The Cais Whlskers Rescue The Chil¢5ren's Society The Children's Village (Kids Vill?gel The Community Church Burton £1 D15trlct The Community Foundation lor Stsflordshlre The Comrnunity HearlbeatTrusl The Cth)per Recreation Room Thè Coroners Courts Support Ser4Aces Thè Crown Whart Theatre The Diocesan Digestsound M3gazlne of Tixall Ep IngÈstre Village Hall Together Active Together lor MÈnt81 Wellbeing Torus Wèllbeing CIC Trznsforming Cornmunities Togeiher Place5 01 Welcome Trans-Staflord5hire Treni and Dove Housing Tri Service5 and Veterans Support Centre Trikes and Bike5 CIC Tilnity Methodist Church Icodsalll Trinity Methodist United Reform Church ITrinity Church Leekl TURN Education CIC Turn Care Farrn CIC Tulbury Community Forest Project Tulbury Cricket Club Tulbury Pracuce Patient Forum ffl)el Tulbury Vi113ge Hall Tweniyman Playing Field As50clatlon siourton Village Hall Charitable Trust sitswe-by-Ch3rtley Village Hall Stramshall Village Hall Strings Ep gunshine Community Ukulele Band Stroke Survivor and Carers Friendship Gorup Strokes R Us Support Dog5 Survivor5 of Bereavetnenl by Suiclde1SOBSI Sustainability Matters in Stafford Borough Swindon Crown Green Bowling Club Swinscoe Vi113ge Hall Svrynnerton Village Hall Swylhamley & Healon Communliy Centre Symmetric31 North gtaffs Cathedral The DJ School Association The Dove Service The Farming Community Network The Farming Life Centre The Foundaiion to Work CIC The Fox Rescuers The Gatehouse The8tre The Giascots Meeting 41oom Community AssOC131ion The Globe Group CIC The Grange Fishing Club The Great Smiles Project CIC The Grocotl Centre TWOCO- Women ol Jusuce Arise UK National Asbe5t05 Reglster IUKNARI C1C Universily ol the Third Age (Burton on Trenll Unlocking Community Potential CIC Upper Moreton Rural AciiviliÉs CIC Upswing Aerial Urban Wilderness CIC Utloxeter Cares Utloxeter Gateway Club T L.C. Club Tabtys Treasures CIC Talk. Change. Grow CIC Talke ￿brary Talke Pit5 Patient participa￿0￿ Gioup Talke Pit5 Vi113ge Hall Support staffordshire Trustees Annual Reporl and Accounts for thÈ Year Ended 31 March 2024 IOof69 uttoxeler Heath Comrnunity Centre urioxerer Aeritage Trust utloxeler InsideOuter5 Youth Group Uiioxeler T<)wn Foolb3Li Club- Senitrrs LFFX Academy Wat MahaihatTernple Water lor Afrlca Waterhouses Youth Project (Hub? Wavemaker Stoke CIC We'll Meet Again Wer￿n9t0Th Community Volunteer5 Group Werrington Llbrary Werrln9ton Parish Plan Steering Group Wèrrlngton Young Persons Support Group IW¢PSGI West Chad5moor Famlly Cenire West Mldlands 2020 Mega Evenr Weston Park Enterprises Ltd Weston VillagÉ Hall Wetmore Cornrnunity Cent Wheaton A5lon Beer Festival Whe3lon Aston & Lapley Luncheon Club Wheaton Aston & Lapley Village Hall Commiiiee Whispers of Hope Whision Vill3ge Hall Yarnflèld Village Hall Whlte Peak Farmer5 Yellow Rlbbon Cotnrnunity Chaplaincy Whllfleld Cornmunliy Centre Corrmitlee YESS- Your Emotlonal Support Seroice Whiimore and District Active Living Group YMCA- Burion upon Tlent & District Whlltington & Flsherwlck Environrnent Group YMCA Dèrbyshire (Kèy Collegel IWFEGI YMCA North Staflordshlre Whittingtofi and Fisherwlck Good Nelghbour YMCA Wolverharnpton Scheme Young at Heart Group Cross Heaih Whittington Community Computer Group Young Enterprise Whittington Craft Club Youth Nel rrhel Whittington Village Hall Management Youth Saillry@CF￿SeWHle[ CoMmit￿e Whlzz-KiLIz Wlgan LelsureTru5t tp Culture Wild About Perion Wild Rumpus CIC Wilnecoie 6 Hockley Re5ident5 Association Windmllls.. Acuie Bereavement Supporl lor Children and Young People in Staflord5hire Win5hill Nei9hbourhood Resource Centre Wise Ability Wolverhampion Scouis Wombourne Indoor Bowllng Club Wornbourne Village Hall Wo(yfjcroft Wl Leek w0￿hoUse Farm and Garden CIC Woodlands Village Hall Woolly Wednesdays Workers Euucition JEsociaiion (West Mia13nds1 Wrekin Housing Trust- Limewoc*1 DenEntla Care Home Valley School PTFA (Thel Versus Arthiitls (Burton) -versus Arihrllls (Cannock Branchl Veterans Connect cic Vibe2ThTlve CIC ViciSTILL CIC Victiin Support Isièffordshlrel Victoria Drive. AlbeTt Road and Mlll Lane Residents A5SOCialion Victory Hall. Lower PÉnn Village Hall Voice ol Hope Charity Voluntary Car Scheme (Lichfield and Cannockl Voluntsry Fr?nsporl lor the Th5abled Volunteer Reading Help Wadè Slreei Church (Llchfieidl Walk Talk ActK)n CIC Walkwi5e siafford Wall Vi1139È Hèll Managemeni Committee Wa15all Operatic Soclety Walton and 8a5wich CommunityAssoclatlon W?Iton vil￿ge Hall Walton CommunityA550ciation Ltd War51ow Vilt3ge Hall Zero Carbon Llchfidd Individual Members: Support staffordshire also has 9 individual voting members, who are all Trustees. Jan Wilson Christine Thomas Elaine Day Martin Peake Nicola Taylor Rowan Crozier Saniida Rahim Weceam Akhtar Wei Le Hou Start-ups: Although a non-constitutional form of membership, Support Staffordshire has created an honorary form of membership to welcome into our movement those organisations with which we are working, that we anticipate will become members in due course. We had 42 start-up members on l June 2024.. AFC Fradley Community Charity Aqua Rehab Because of Louis Bicarnp Bravepath Foundation Bro Con Cannock Dynam05 FC Castlechurch Cornmunity Hub Chase Recovery Not for Profit Ltd Cheer Sport Alpha Creative Peaks Socialisationl Draycott Church Hall Evergreen Collective Forget Me Not Group Friends ol Stalford Rugby Union Football Club Humanity Unites nclusion Initiatives Leek Community Children's and Baby LibTary Lichlield Discovered Magnolia Friends L2M CIC My Happy Place Our Smiley Space Perton Fishing Club Preservation and Conservation of Caldon Low -Tramlines Rainbow Horizon Random Acts ol Kindness Revive Meaningful Day Activities Roots Et Rainbow5 Sell Help for Hope Staflordshire Football Therapy Swainsley Fishing Club Tai Chi for Arthritis Burton The Friends of Hedneslord Nursery School The Kelly Butler Foundation The Mother Wilkin Centre For Senior Support CIC The ReRiJn The Staflordshire Puppet Tree UK Polyamory Association Wildwood Childrens Services Stafford Wisdom Saves CIC WOW Hub ILeekl Your Uttoxeter Support Staffordshire - Trustees Annual Report and Atcount5 for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 Ilof69 Parish Council Associates: Su pport staffordshire operates a non-constitutional associate's scheme for parish and town councils, in order to support their role as the most local form of local government, close to communities. We had 23 Parish Council Associates on l June 2024.. Bilbrook Parish Council Brindley Heath Parish Council Brizlincote Parish Council Burntwood Town Council Cheddleton Parish Council Drayton Bassett Parish Council Enclon with Stanley Parish Council Fazeley Town Council Featherstone & Brinslord Parish Council Hednesford Town Council Hoplon Et Coton Parish Council Kidsgrove Town Council Kinver Parish Council Lapley. Stretton & Wheaton Aston Parish Council Leek Town Council Lichlield City Council Loggerheads Parish Council Penkridge Parish Council Perton Parish Council Rugeley Town Council Sandon and BLJrston Parish Council Waterhouses Parish Council Yarnfield and Cold Meece Parish Council Volunteering for All Partners: Support Staffordshire operates a partner scheme for any volunteer-involving organisations, including members, public bodies, and national charities, in order to support best practice for inclusive volunteering. In addition to members, we had 49 Volunteering for All Partner Organisations on l June 2024.. Alzheimers Society British Heart Foundation Change. Grow. Live Governors lor Schools HMP Dovegate Independent Monitoring Board Kidney Research UK Midlands Air Ambulance Charity MPFT - Glascote Library Muscular Dystrophy UK NSPCC Omega. the National Association Oxfam- Tamworth Shop Peak District National Park save the Children -Stalford Shop Scouts Association Midlands St Moclwens Catholic Primary Stalfordshire Children Centres Stalfordshire County Council Libraries and Arts Service Biddulph Library Burntwood Library Burton Library Cannock Library Cheadle Library Clayton Library Eccleshall Library Kidsgrove Library Leek Library Lichlield Library Newcastle Library Rugeley Library Staflord Library Stone Library Tamworth Library Staflordshire Police Staflordshire Road Safety Education Team Sustrans The Royal British Legion WaterAid Management structure and decision makÉng The Board of Trustees usual ly meets five to six times per year, comprisi ng four quarterly meetings pl us extra meetings. At the quarterly meetings the Board receives information and makes decisions concerning applications for membership, organisational policy, strategic planning, a quarterly business report and quarter5y health & safety repart from the Chief Executive, a quarterly financial report from the Head of Finance, and other occasional business. Additional meetings typically cover the setting of the annual budget in around February,. and meeting with the auditor, plus reviewing and approving the trustees, annual report & accounts in the autumn. The Board has three Committees as follows.. Healthwatch Committee to oversee independent decision-making of Healthwatch Policy Committee to advise on policy development and review Remuneration Committee to support staff terms & conditions reviews and updates Day to day decision making is fully delegated to the Chief Executive and su bsequently to the staff and volunteer team through an agreed management and organisational structure. The current organisational structure has operated since April 2022. Support staffordshire Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 12of69 There are five major teams, each led by an Executive Leader, as follows.. Deputy Chief Executive - Health & Wellbeing Team Head of Finance & Business Development - Central Team Head of Operations - North Staffordshire Team Head of Operations - Southeast 5taffordshire Team Head of Operations - Southwest staffordshire Team They in turn manage and are supported by a Senior Management Team who are also budget holders for the purposes of financial management, as follows.. Communications & Impact Manager VCSE Health Integration Manager Healthwatch Staffardshi re Manager Development Consultancy Manager Engagement & Research Manager OUTSIDE Creative Director We also have a wider team of line managers recognised by the title'senior, who undertake significant frontline delivery alongside line management of up to three colleagues who generally work in the same part of the organisation, either geographically or thematically. Together they lead and manage Socal, project and countywide teams of officers, assistants, and volunteers. The Board reviewed and updated the pay structure for the organisation in 2023-2024 and agreed some minor changes. staff and volunteer teams work to locality/team Delivery Plans based upon the Strategic and Business Plans of the organisation. They meet regularly as teams and for individual supervision and support. The Trustees of Support Staffordshire wish to extend their ongoing thanks and appreciation to the whole staff team for their energy, commitment, and expertise. Involving volunteers Support Staffordshire is proud to have a team of around 60 volunteers. We are committed to demonstrating good practice in volunteer recruitment and management and being a role model for the organisations we support. The Trustees of Support staffordshire wish to extend their thanks and appreciation to every volunteer for their commitment, skills, know-how and most of all, their time. Support Stèffordshire - Trustees Annual RÈport Ènd Accounts for the Year End￿ 31 March 2024 13of69 Risk management The Trustees last reviewed and updated our established risk management plan in May 2024. This risk management plan and agreed mitigation is reported on regularly as part of quarterly Boa rd reports. During the year the moderate and substantial risks and mitigations were as follows. Risk Profile & Influence risks Miti ation Relationship management with specific focus on planning for further political change in the coming years Governance risks Trustee skills audit, semina rs, recruitment and compliance Personnel risks Recruitment , remuneration review, appraisals, work related wellbeing Legal & regulatory risks Policy review schedule, associated induction & training, regulatory compliance Financial risks Financial management, planning, and review/audit Service feedback and quality, monitoring and reporting to funders. Marketing and communications. Support staffordshlre Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 14of69 3. R lationshi swi h Other Or anis ions The nature of Support Staffordshire means we have a large number of relationships with other organisations. We worked particularly closely with the following of our members in 2023-2024.. Age UK Staffordshire Asist Advocacy B Arts Beth Johnson Foundation Business Enterprise Support18ESI Community Together CIC Globe Group CIC Staflordshire Parent Carers Forum Staflordshire Wildlife Trust The Community Foundation for Slaflordshire Together Active VAST Support staffordshire is a member of the following local networks.. New Start for You Stalford & Cannock Chase Staffordshire & Shropshire Research Engagement Network IRENI Staflordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Adult Safeguarding Partnership Staflordshire and Stoke-oN-Trent Chambers of Commerce Staflordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Climate Commission Stalfordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Community Mental Health Transformation Partnership Stalfordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Partnership IICPI Stalfordshire Business Environment Network15BENI Staflordshire Dermentia Action Alliance Staflordshire Disability Neurodiversity Partnership Board Staflordshire Health and Wellbeing Partnership Board Stallordshire Prevent Board Staffordshire Resilience Forum Stalfordshire Safer & Stronger Communities Strategy Group Team Staflordshire The Staffordshire INHSI Training Hub Transforming the Trent Valley Partnership rFrrvi Support staffordshire works closely with a range of local statutory (and primarily statutory funded) organisations including: Cannock Chase District Council Staflord Central Primary Care Network Cannock North Primary Care Network Staflord South Primary Care Network Cannock Villages Primary Care Network Staflord Town Primary Care Network GP First Limited Staflordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Keele Univergity Board Leek and Biddulph Primary Care Network Staffordshire County Council Leek Town Council Stalfordshire Civil Contingency Unit ICCUI Lichlield and Burntwood Primary Care Networks 5taffordshire Fire and Rescue Service Lichfield District Council Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Staflordshire Parish Councils Association Trust Staflordshire Police Moorlands Rural Primary Care Network Stoke-on-Trent City Council Newcastle Central Primary Care Network Tamworth Borough Council Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council The Environment Agency North Staflordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust University Hospitals North Midlands Rugeley and Great Haywood Primary Care Network University Hospitals ol Derby and Burton NHS South Stalfordshire CoLJncil Foundation Trust Stalford Borough Council Support staffardshire works closely with a range of regional and national partners including: Buxton Et Leek College Community Resource Ishropshire RCCI Support Staffordshire Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 1Sof69 Healthwatch England NHS England The Peak District National Park Authority Support Staffordshire is a member of the following national networks: Action with Communities in Rural EngLand IACREI Charity Finance Group ICFGI Local Healthwatch Network Manchester Pride'5 All Equals Charter National Academy for Social Prescribing National Associztiom for Voluntary and Community Action INAVCAI National Council lor Voluntary Organisations INCVOI The Voluntary & Community Sector Emergencies Partnership IVCSEPI The Trustees of Support Staffordshire wish to extend their thanks and appreciation to all of our partners for their support and collaboration. Support staffordshire Trustees are commonly also trustees, staff or volu nteers of other organisations and hence are required to declare all potential conflicts of interests as part of their indLJCtion, and on an ongoing basis. A register of Trustee and Board Off icers, declared interests is maintained for this purpose and is published on the About Us section of our website. staff may sometimes also be trustees, employees or volunteers of other organisations a nd are requ ired to declare any potential conflicts of interests as and when they arise. Support staffordshire TrustÈÈs Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 16of69 4. Ob-ective Activities Charitable Objects The charitable objects of Support Staffordshire are.. To promote any charitable purposes for the benefit of the communities of West and East Midlands and neighbouring counties and the wider public, principally but not exclusively in the local government areas of Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent and their environs (the 'area of benefit"), to include building the capacity of Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Organisations and provid i ng them with the necessary support, information and services to enable them to pursue or contribute to any charitable purpose. The voluntary sector. means charities and vol untary organisations. Charities are organisations, which are established for exclusively cha ritable purposes in accordance with the law of England and Wales. Voluntary organisations are independent organisations, which are established for purposes that add value to the community as a whole, or a significant section of the communityi and which are not permitted by their constitution to make a profit for private distribution. Vol untary organisations do not include loca I government or ather statutory authorities. To promote, organise a nd facilitate co-operation and partnership working between third sector, statutory and other relevant bodies in the achievement of the above purposes within the a rea of benefit. Strategic and Business Plans Our current Strategic Plan for 2016-2025: Empowering Communities, was last reviewed and updated in May 2024. Our current Business Plan for 2022-2025 was reviewed and updated in May 2024. Together these plans set out what we are trying to achieve, our values, our aims and our activities as follows.. What is Support staffordshire trying to achieve and how? Support staffordshire empowers communities to be the best they can be. It supports communities, individuals, and organisations to work in collaboration to bring about positive change in their community by actively encouraging Social Action. Our services aim to.. increase people's skills and knowledge harness people's drive, enthusiasm, and energy enhance individual and family livelihoods build capacity in neighbourhoods & communities improve the relationships and resilience of organisations and individuals We deliver in three main ways.. Advancing Individual Social Action and Volunteering For All Supporting Community and Organisational Development, especially through effective, influential, and local, voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. Support staffordshire Trustees Annu61 Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 Narch 2024 17of69 Convening across Orga nisations and Collaborating with a Strong Collective Voice,. in recognition that VCSE organisations are interdependent on a myriad of other local orga nisations, public bodies, and local businesses Wlth the same aims. Our Values What we believe How we behave We recognise everyone's skills, experiences, knowledge, connections, passion & potential People Powered We are positive about people & their talents We support everyone to achieve their goals, but focus on equity for marginalised people Inclusive We are fair & believe in the potential of everyone Community Driven We bel ieve that people create their own futures together We champion mutual understanding, collective learning & local decision making We value empathy, integrity, transparencys respect We spend time & energy building relationships, listening, and collaborating Trusting Ambitious We are brave, inquisitive, imaginative, & adaptable We continuously learn with communities, leading & dreaming big together We are all responsible for a healthy & prosperous future Sustainable We ensure future generations can thrive as we do Aims Aim I: Empowering Communities We will make the most of our assets, consistently i mprovi ng on these foundations and learning across the organisation. We will share best practice to build and sustain a set of high quality, core support services, delivered across the cauntyi that will sustain and strengthen Staffordshire's VCSE sector. Aim 2: Evidence Informed Opportunities Using national and local data, we will become more proactive in analysing trends and needs within the sector and local communities, in order to respond accordingly. This will inform long-term business planning and enable us to take advantage of new and emerging opportunities that fit within our values and purpose. Aim 3: Local Infrastructure Collaborations Working collaboratively with near neighbour Local Infrastructure Organisation5 to strengthen the LIO sector and for m utual benefit. Support staffordshire Trustees Annual Report Account5 for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 18of69 Aim 4: Fit to Function All of this is underpinned by the need for a fit for purpose, viable, functioning organisation. Activities of the Charity during 2023-2024 The key charitable activities of the organisation are outlined in our Busi ness Plan as follows.. Aim I: Empowering Communities. We will make the most of our assets, consistently improving on these foundations and learning across the organisation. We will share best practice to build and sustain a set of high quality, core support services, delivered across the county, that will sustain and strengthen Staffordshire's VCSE sector. Objective 1.1 Volunteering We will support and grow an all-inclusive culture of civic participation through volunteeringi both formal and informal l.l.I Successfully Promoting Volunteering Targeted promotion of volunteering through online and face to face events and activities; plus, the provision of a nationally accredited (VCQA) volunteer brokerage service, offering digital, remote and face to face matching of volunteers to opportunities. We also commenced a new corporate volunteering programme this year, working with the Integrated Offender Health teams at MPFt. 1.1.2 Delivering Effective Supported Volunteering The universal brokerage service is supplemented by supported vol unteering services, offering enhanced support to individuals with barriers to volunteering & to volunteer involving organisations to improve their accessibility for such people, depending upon incoming resources. During this year supported services continued in Burton-upon-Trent and Tamworth, and a new service began in Stafford & Cannock Chase, all resourced by The National Lottery Community Fund. New services began in Newcastle-under-Lyme resourced through Newcastle-under-Lyme District Council's UK Shared Prosperity Funds; and in Staffordshi re Moorlands resourced by Staffordshire Moorlands District Council. Objective 1.2 - Capacity Building We will support and grow effective and influential, local, voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. Our support will be aimed at strengthening existing, established groups, and developing those with ideas to start-up or grow 1.2.1 A Growing and Engaged VCSE Membership Growing and diversifying our membership of local voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations (VCSES). Support stafFordshlre TwstÈes Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 march 2024 19of69 1.2.2 Delsvering Free, High Qualityr Effective Information, Advice & Guidance The provision of a local information, advice, and guidance service on many aspects of running a voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE) organisation including.. Starting up a VCSE organisation Funding and income Governance Volunteer management Business planning and other policies and activities These services were delivered through a variety of means through.. Email, telephone, Teamslzoom, and face to face support Training courses and workshops Fact sheets and template documents Online information and social media All members are offered up to three hours of free IAG per annum. Startup organisations can benefit from up to five hours support in getting started. Members can apply for a 'Member Bursary, offering up to ten hours of additional support to address a particular challenge or transformation. In addition to our universal offer, we operate a specific Rural Service, as part of the ACRE Network, primarily focussed upon IAG for Village Halls, and other key rural facilities. As part of our support to the NHS Community Mental Health Transformation programme, VCSES working with adults with severe mental illness received additional specific EAG. As part of our Capacity Building Framework agreement with Staffordshire County Council, this year we began a new programme of support for social enterprises working broadly in the field of social care. The h ighly successful Transforming the Trent Valley Partnership scheme in the southeast of Staffordsh ire came to a close this yea r, but has been quickly followed by new programmes supporting community groups in the Trent Headwaters and Trent RENEW areas. 1.2.3 Delivering Asset-based Community Development Support During the year our community development work covered all of East staffordshire, Tamworth Borough, and Lichfield District with a focus u pon Hea Ithy Communities. We also worked primarily in Cannock Chase district under the NHS CORE20+5 programme and in Stafford and South Staffordshire more widely, also focussed on health inequalities. During the year we concluded the current neighbourhood working in Biddulph and Cheadle. and also, in Yarnfield and Cold Meece. At the very end of 2023-2024 we began the development phase of a community- focussed rural housing enablement programme, focussed in East Staffordshire and Staffordshire Moorlands, as part of our role in the ACRE Network. 1.2.4 Delivering Effective and Self-sustaining Paid for Training and Consultancy The development and delivery of a responsive train ing and consultancy offer which includes.. Support stafford5hire Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 20of69 Payroll Independent examination of charity accounts Financial administration and management Charity reg istration a nd legal structure review Bid writing and in-depth funding advice Meeting facilitation and Board development strategic planning support Independent Evaluations and consultations During the year we significantly expanded our community engagement and research consultancy capabilities and delivery; with a particular focus u pon health-related research. Objective 1.3 Partnerships & Collaboration We will create a unique capability for connecting, convening, and collaborating within the VCSE sector across Staffordshire, ensuring we are recognised by all sectors as being the organisation to approach to engage with the VCSE on a wide range of major issues 1.3.1 Member Relations and Intelligence Maintaining networks of members and up to date knowledge of the state of our members nd membership. Including our member census and periodic state of the sector analysis. 1.3.2 Convene Open-Access Locality Forums Locality forums are offered across all eight Staffordshire districts, facilitating effective communication, networking and collaboration amongst local voluntary, communityi and social enterprise organisations. These forums also functioned a5 a source for consultation and formal representation to a range of statutory organisations and Partnership Boards, with regard to public policy and its implementation. 1.3.3 Convene Thematic Forums and Networks We convene the VCSE H ealthy Communities Alliance, fulfilling the NHS requirement for all NHS Systems. Support staffordshire delivers two geographic forums in the southwest and southeast, and we work collaboratively with VAST on the equivalent in Stoke-on- Trent and North Staffordshire. We also operate three thematic forums.. Mental Health Forum Social Prescribing Advisory Group {SPAG) Children, Young People and Families Forum We chair the VCSE Alliance Coordination Group which brings together the chairs of the six forums, our leadership partners VAST and other key stakeholders, We have also continued to operate our popular Village Halls Network in our ACRE Network Member capacity. During the year we began to co-facilitate a Staffordshire Voluntary Emergency Network (SVEN) as part of our Work with the Staffordshi re Resilience Forum and Civil Contingencies Unit. We also convened and chair the new Staffordshire Green Network, focussed on engaging wider VCSE organisations in Climate Action. Support Staffordshire - Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 Narch 2024 21of69 1.3.4 Collaborate in service development & inward investment through Team Staffordshire and more widely Team Staffordshire is made up of umbrella bodies and up to five elected VCSE representatives. It has a cross-thematic role to offer representation at the highest level with statutory sectors bodies and to facilitate inward investment to the local VCSE sector. Trent Renew and Trent Headwaters projects were developed towards the end of the year and officially began on l April 2024. This year saw ongoing delivery of the OUTSIDE Creative People & Places programme, with Support staffordshire as lead partner, receiving funding from Arts Council Eng land. The program seeks to increase participation in arts and culture in Staffordshire Moorlands. For more detailed information see htt sidearts.or 1.3.5 Collaborate with VCSES, Social Care and the NHS through Social Prescribing Using our extensive networks and knowledge we have engaged in the delivery of Social Prescri bing schemes, most notably in support of the Primary Care additional reimbursable roles scheme (ARRS). This year we also delivered a Volunteer Buddies scheme in support of link worker roles across the whole system. DLJring the year we developed a new project with the NHS Transfer of Care Teams at MPFf, UHNM and the ICB, to enhance VCSE link working as part of hospital discharge teams. This will be implemented from May 2024. The existing Staying Well service run by MpFf in partnership with Primary Care was also conti nued a nd towards year end developed to i nclude additional resource focussed on link working in weight management services (SWITCH). 1.3.6 Collaborate with VCSES, Social Care and the NHS through Healthwatch staffordshire This yea r saw ongoing delivery of Healthwatch Staffordshire. The service ensures resident and patient views are gathered and ana lysed, with feedback to N HS and social care bodies. It also undertakes more in depth analysis of specific areas of health and sacial care provision and has a statutory power to 'Enter & View, any health or social care setting. Separate plans and detailed activity and annual reports can be found at htt healthwatchstaffordshire. co. uk Objective 1.4 - Leadership and Advocacy We will be trusted and recognised by the sector and partners as an independent, reliable, and high-quality representative of the VCSE sector based upon our membership-derived mandate and our networks, for intelligence gathering, information sharing, feeding back on a range of strategic issues and strateg ic lobbying & advocacy 1.4.1 Represent at Local Strategic Partnerships We hold seats on all eight, district, local strategic partnerships where we are able to advocate for the VCSE sector, stay informed and consider joint objectives with other local partners. Support Stoffordshlre Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 22of69 1.4.2 Represent at Countywide Strategic Partnerships We hold seats by virtue of our membership mandate, by invitation or election at a number of countywide partnerships including, but not limited to.. staffordshire County Council Communities Leadership Group Staffordshire Health and Wellbeing Board Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board Staffordshire Safer & Stronger Communities Board Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System Partnership Board staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System Portfolio Boards (where elected to do so through the VCSE Alliance) staffordshire Resilience Forum 1.4.3 National Policies & Programmes (formerly 3.3) We are actively engaged in a range of national policy forums through our national bodies, in particular the National Association for Voluntary and Community Action (NAVCA) through which much of our Health & Care work is progressed and Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) through which our rural work is acted upon. 1.4.4 strategic Lobbying of MPS Following a Board level review of MP engagement, it wa5 decided to mothball our MP engagement, pending a general election, due to low engagement from current MPS. Aim 2: Evidence Informed Opportunities Using national and local data, we will become more proactive in analysing trends and needs within the sector and local communities, in order to respond accordingly. This will inform long-term business planning and enable us to take advantage of new and emerging opportunities that fit within our values and purpose. 4.3 Evidence Based Planning 4.4 Programme & Project Development Current development, evidence based programme areas include a focus upon food networks and link to the system priorities of Better Health Staffordshire. 4.5 Addressing Racism & Inequality Our Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Action Plan has a current fDCUS upon awareness raising and engagement internally, developing an inclusive culture, supported through policies, training/learning, personnel practices. and increasingly towards developing our member and wider services inclusivity through monitoring and innovation. A cros5-organisation EDI working group supports this aim. 4.6 Climate Emergency Our Climate Action Plan includes a focLJS upon monitoring and reducing our organisational footprint, improving staff awareness and individual action, corporate travel and facilities,. and member and sector networking and support. The programme is supported by our Climate Action Manager and a cross-organisation working group. Aim 3: Local Infrastructure Collaborations Working collaboratively with near neighbour Local Infrastructure Organisations to strengthen the LIO sector and for mutual benefit. Support staffordshlre Tru5tee5 Annu31 Report and Accounts for the YÉfjr Ended 31 March 2024 23of69 This aim is focussed on our collaborative work with neighbouring organ isations in Stoke- on-Trent (VAST), Shropshire (Community Resource), Cheshire (CECVS). and Derbyshire and the wider West Midlands. Aim 4: Fit to Function All of this is underpinned by the need for a fit for purpose, viable, functioning organisation. This includes.. Governance, policy, and planning Income streams and financial management Facilities Marketing, communications and digital Developing people Public Benefit The Trustees have paid due regard to the requirements to act for the public benefit and are fully satisfied that the aims, objectives, and activities of the Charity meet all of the guidance. The public benefit of our work is self-evident in the report of our achievements that follows. Support Stafford5hlro Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 3L March 2024 24of69 5. Achi ments and Perform nce During the 2023-2024 financial year, Support staffordshire's key achievements and performance indicators were as follows: Aim I: Empowering Communities Objective 1.1 - Volunteering Deliverables Annual Report 2023-2024 Promotion Annual Report 2022-2023 Promotion i.i.I Successfully Promoting Volunteering Events held to promote volunteering: 165 Events held to promote volunteering.. People engaged at events: 1,058 (3000/0 increase) People engaged at events: 349 Brokerage Brokerage Organisations registered at year end.. 512 No. of live volunteering vacancies at year end.. 224 Organisations reg istered at year end-. 469 No. of live volunteering opportunities at year end.. 531 No. enquiries- 396 No. interviews iio No. orgs referred into ND. follow-ups- 458 No. confirmed placed - 194 No. enquiries- 366 No. interviews 120 No. orgs referred into No. follow-ups 413 No. confirmed placed - 119 171 108 As part of our feedback, we ask all volunteers if they are still volunteering six months later say that they are. As part of our feedback, we ask all volunteers if they are still volunteering six months later say that they are. 920/0 560/0 We also ask if volunteering has contributed to im proved wellbeing 580/0 agree with this statement. We also ask if volunteering has contributed to i m proved wellbei ng 780/0 agree with this statement. Volunteering for All Partners Volunteering for All Partners At year end we have 49 V4A Partners, covering a large number of local volunteering venues. At year end we have 38 V4A Partners, covering a large number of local volunteering venues. Support staffordshlre TrusteÈ5 Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 25of69 1.1.2 Delivering Effective Supported Volunteering During the year, supported volu nteering activity was expanded significantly to cover the following areas.. BBO Stafford & South Staffs The 880 programme finished on 31 March 2023. All targets were met or exceeded outcomes over the life of the 5-year project. stafford & Cannock Chase through the New Start for You Partnership with BES, from January 2024 Response & Recovery Tamworth Weekly appointments/meetings offered at Tamworth Job Centre and elsewhere in the community subject to demand. Newcastle~under-Lyme through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund Staffordshire Moorlands through the district council Burton started January 2023. Time spent building relationships with local organisations. The following delivery was ongoing.. Tamworth through the Response & Recovery partnership with Community Together CIC Burton through the Healthy Communities programme All of these were led by Volunteering for All Officers, who build relationships locally with volunteer involving organisations and broker i ndividuals, often with additional support needs, into roles benefitting their own wellbeing and the host organisations. Brokerage statistics are included in l.l.l. Integrated Offender Health (new) The Integrated Offender Health project has completed its first year with very positive volunteering experiences. 430/0 of the Black Country team completed their volunteering placements, and 7.50/0 of the Staffordshire team completed a placement too. Support Staffordshlre Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 26of69 Objective 1.2 - Capacity Building Deliverables Annual Report 2023-2024 During the year we welcomed 131 new members, taking our membership to a record level of 1,317 general members when closures and mergers are considered (70/0 net increase overall). Annual Report 2022-2023 During the year we welcomed 128 new members, taking our membership to a record level of 1,228 general members when closures and mergers are considered (IOO/o net increase overall). 1.2.1 A Growing and Engaged VCSE Membership We have continued to support a number of new organisations through start-up membership during the year. Some startups lapse, others convert to full membership, whilst some are ongoing. Our current conversion rate to fu51 members stands at 220/0 for 2023. Startup members numbered 42 at year end. We have continued to support a number of new organisations through start-up membership during the year. Some startups lapse, others convert to full membership, whilst some are ongoing. Our current conversion rate to full members stands at 280/0 for 2022. Startup members numbered 28 at year end. The total number of Parish Council Associates remained steady at 23, largely connected to our Village Halls work. The total number of Parish Council Associates grew slightly to 23, largely connected to our Village Halls work. 1.2.2 Delivering Free, High Qualitvff Effective Information, Advice & Guidance We supported 380 members through 878 direct support sessions- reaching 290/0 of members during the year. We supported 409 members through 903 direct support sessions. reaching 330/0 of members during the year. Support also included 603 attendances at training courses (Right Start, Supportive Communities & Others) Support also included 334 attendances at training courses (Right Start, Supportive Communities & Others) Funding advice remained the dominant SLJPPOrt category, representing up to 410/0 of enquiries during the year. This and other advice enabled members to secure more than £1,274,756 of new investment in their services; exceeding our £IM target. Funding advice remained the dominant support category, representing up to 460/0 of enquiries during the year. This and other advice enabled members to secure more than £1,621,473 of new investment in thei r services,. exceeding our £IM target. Feedback from members: Feedback from members: Around 38010 of members hear about our services by word of mouth and a similar amount via our website and e-new5' the latter having increased in the last year. Up to 500/0 of members hear about our services by word of mouth and approximately 200/0 via our website and e-news. We undertake to survey by phone, all members who use our services within 12 month5, to gain broad We undertake to survey by email or phone, all members who use our Support stafford5hlre - Tru5teeg Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 Narch 2024 27of69 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 critically constructive: feedback on our services. We are pleased to say we received excellent feedback this year, though we are always keen to act on anything critically constructive.. I would use Support Staffordshire again 950/0 I would recommend you to others 910/0 I wou Id use Support Staffordshire again IOOO/o I would recommend you to others 980/0 Bursaries: Bursaries: Our Member Bursary scheme offers extended advice and guidance to members undergoing major change. 4 bursaries were awarded this year. Our Member Bursary scheme offers extended advice and guidance to members undergoing major change. 5 bursaries were awarded this year. Grant Making: During the year we administered a second round of small grants for Tamworth Borough Council, funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, making 15 grant awards totalling £41,783. Grant Making: During the year we administered a small grant scheme for Tamworth Borough Council, funded by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, making 10 grant awards totalling £28,000. Other grant awards were made, 35 detailed in the accounts, in close association with partnership project delivery. other grant awards were made, as detailed in the accounts, in close association with partnership projects. ACRE Network: ACRE Network: We supported 76 village halls, 9 Parish Councils, and 10 other rural community groups. We supported 71 village halls, 8 Parish Councils, and 16 other rural community groups. Transforming the Trent Valley. Transforming the Trent Valley: Landscape partnership scheme, led by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and chaired by the Support staffordshire Chief Executive. The full programme concluded in December 2023. Our contribution to the scheme i ncl uded 54 community grants totalling over £IOOk, 203 training activities and 48 events, and engaging 153 community groups. Landscape partnership scheme, led by Staffordshire Wildlife Trust and chaired by the Support Staffordshire Chief Executive. This year we concluded the grant programme, awarding over £IOO,000 of small grants for the scheme in total. A further series of engagement. events were delivered and have culminated in TFfv receiving a number of loca1, regional, and national awards. The Big Washland Watch is resulting in a significant change in volunteer involvement in local biological records. The Tales of the Riverbank project has also been successfully delivered. The Big Washland Watch saw almost 18,000 new biological records gathered by new teams of volunteer recorders. Support Staffordshire Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 28of69 Community Mental Health Transformation: Community Mental Health Transformation: CMHT came to an end on 31 March 2024 with services being mainstreamed. A final report was written and sent to mp￿ and North Staffs Combined Healthcare. Support continues for VCSE organisations within the mental health sector, and we will promote grants when they are available. This partnership continued in year working primarily with Midlands Partnership U niversity NH S Foundation Trust (MPFf) and Combined Healthcare. Year two has ainly focused upon supporting VCSES commissioned to deliver Support services, VCSE grant programmes, networking, and collaborative working. The work is now streamlined to the wider ICB Mental Health Learning Disabilities and Autism Portfolio and additional has been sourced for a Project Assista nt, with a focus on Learning Disabilities and Autism. 1.2.3 Delivering Asset-based Community Developmen t Support Healthy Communities - Burton, Lichfield, and Tamworth Healthy Communities Burton, Lichfield, and Tamworth Our lottery partnerships funded work developed in year, including continuation of these projects.. Living My Life Now (BACT) Families Social Prescribing {ESFS) Befriending (MHA Communities) Social Isolation (T&D Housing) Work continued during the year, with grant-funded partnersh i p projects being supported to work on VCSE/NH S collaborations covering.. stroke recovery IBACT) Diabetes (ESSDUKPN) Families Social Prescribing IESFSI Befriending IMHA Communities) Social Isolation (T&D Housing) Further grant-funded partnership projects were also supported to work on VCSE/NHS collaborations: Cardiac Rehabilitation { BACT) Wheel Connections (CTCIC) Parkinson's Support Tamworth Dementia Exchange (DC) Your Health (Burton Library Friends) Tamworth Ties (Creative Choices) Young People Bereavement Support (ST Giles) Spark RISE From January 2023 we were awarded a 3-year National Lottery Partnerships Fund of over £450,000 to undertake further collaborative work. resulting in an expanded team of Community & Volunteering Off icers. A number of micro funded projects were also supported. The Community Officer team also supported the ongoing sustainability of the East Staffordshire & Surrounds Diabetes Patient Network, developed the Burton based Women's Collective, supported comm unity groups working on Neurodiverslty, and supported communities with Health Literac and Patient Voice Support Staffordshire Trustees Annual Report and Account5 for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 29of69 Healthy Communities - Southwest staffordshire We developed the Compassionate Communities local action plans to cover all of the southwest. Healthy Communitie5 - Southwest staffordshire This year we extended our geographic coverage to all of Cannock Chase District and also supporting Stafford Borough and South Staffordshire 6s a ppropriate. We have secured Compassionate Communities status for the Cannock Chase district, and are looking at wider issues such as befriending, and transport. We also delivered a CORE20+FIVE Community Connectors Programme in Cannock, focussed upon engaging under- represented communities for early cancer and hypertension diagnosis. Our CORE20+FIVE Community Connectors Programme in Cannock, continued to develop connections and build networks focussed upon engaging under-represented communities for early cancer and hypertension diagnosis. Biddulph & Cheadle We completed a small number of legacy activities in Biddulph and Cheadle during the year and paused community develop activity from March 2024 due to a lack of resources. Biddulph We concluded our partnership with Biddulph Town Council at the end of March 2023, having significantly increased our membership of Biddulph based organisations, developed a hyperlocal directory held by the Town Council, and increased awareness and participation in our volunteer brokerage service. Cheadle (new) We started a new strand of work in Cheadle, compiling a hyperlocal directory for the town, and starting a community reference panel to help guide future community development activity. Yarnfield and Cold Meece We concluded our partnership with Yarnfield and Cold Meece Parish Council in January 2024 due to d ifferent strategic priorities. Yarnfield and Cold Meece (new) We started a new partnership with Yarnfield and Cold Meece Parish Council, recruiting a new Community Officer from March 2023. Rural Housing Enablement (new) We began to plan and recruit to a new role in March 2024, for Rural Housing Enablement through the ACRE Network,. to support rural communities to assess and plan for their own housing needs and move towards development of local rural exception sites accordingly. Support staffordshire Trustee5 Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 30of69 1.2.4 Delivering Effective and Self- Sustaining Paid for Training and Consultancy Our Development Consultancy and Engagement & Research teams, secured £119,000 of business, delivering paid for sUPPOrt through 44 projects, to member5 and Non- members, including.. Bespoke training Bid writing Strategic planning sessions Board development Financial services payroll, independent examinations, and book-keeping Charity registration Community engagement and consultation Research Our Development Consultancv service, secured £140,000 of business, delivering paid for support through 44 projects, to members and non-members, including.. Bespoke training Bid writing strategic planning sessions Board development Financial services payroll, independent examinations, and book-keeping Charity reg istration Community engagement and consultation Research This was a 750/0 increase on the previous year. This was a small decrease on the previous year, relating to one main contract not being renewed. Objective 1.3 - Partnerships and Collaboration Deliverables Annual Report 2023-2024 Engagement with members 610 through 3,120 engagements. This means we engaged 46010 of members during the year. Annual Report 2022-2023 Engagement with members 575 through 2,469 engagements. This means we engaged 47010 of members during the year. 1.3.1 Member Relations and Intelligence At the end of the year, we had gained a net 862 completed census and directory forms,. 660/0 of our membership, which informs our directory of VCSE organisations as well as anonymised data on the state of the sector. At the end of the year, we had gained a net 792 completed census and directory forms,. 640/0 of our membership, which informs our directory of VCSE organisations as well as anonymised data on the state of the sector. We continued to share entries, with consent of members, with Staffordshire County Council to support the populating of staffordshire Connects. Of the entries published on the Support staffordshire Directory at year end 850/0 are also shared on staffordshire Connects We continued to share entries, with consent of members, with staffordshire County Council to su ppori ihe POPLJlating of Staffordshire Connects. Of the entries published on the Support Staffordshire Directory at year end 840/0 are also shared on staffordshire Connects The State of the Sector Report was published in June 2023. Survey and analysis work was undertaken during the final quarter of the year, with an intended publication date of June 2023 for our State of the Staffordshire Sector Report 2023. Support staffordshire Trustèes Annuèl Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 31of69 1.3.2 Convene Open-Access Locality Forums We contin ued to deliver Locality Forums, both online and face to face. These totalled 32 loca I networking opportunities across the county. We continued to deliver Locality Forums, both online and face to face. These totalled 32 local networking opportunities across the countv. Attendances across the county have totalled 1,477. from 288 unique member organisations (220/0 of membership at year end). Attendees have engaged in a wide range of networking activities, heari ng from one another and statutory partners, learning about new opportunities and feeding back to ourselves. Attendances across the county have totalled 621; fron) 212 unique member organisations (170/0 of membership at year end). Attendees have engaged in a wide range of networking activities, hearing from one another and statutory partners, learning about new opportunities and feeding back to ourselves. 1.3.3 Convene, Collaborate, Represent through Countywide Forums We continued to deliver the VCSE Healthy Communities Alliance, in partnership with VAST. with three geographic forums in the southwest, southeast, and north. Across the two south forums, which each met four times, we recorded 243 attendances. We continued to develop and from May 2022, formally launch, the VCSE Healthy Communities Alliance, with three place-based forum5 in the southwest, southeast, and north, in collaboratlon with VAST. Across the two south forum5, which each met four times, we recorded 181 attendances. We operated three thematic forums also quarterly during the year with total attendances as fol lows.. Mental Health - 130 Children, Young People and Families: 80 Social Prescribing Advisory Group (SPAG).. 83 We also met monthly with VAST as part of the coordination group. This structure was formally endorsed as part of the VCSE/NHS Memorandum of Understanding signed in lanuary 2023. Our Mental Health Forums, established under the Community Mental Health Transformation programme, became thematic groups of the Alliance during the year, They met four times with 60 attendances. We also met monthly with VAST and quarterly with all forum chairs as the coordination group. A new Children, Young People and Families Forum was established this year, meeting twice with 31 attendances. The Social Prescribing Advisory Group ISPAGI also joined the Alliance this year, supporting the ongoing development of Social prescribing link worker programmes across the county and city, in collaboration with VAST. Village Halls Network We also ran 2 village hall network sessions during the year, and 3 We also ran 2 village hall network gession5 and 3 webinars for Village halls week in January. Supwrt Stsffordshlre - Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 32of69 webinars for Village halls week in March 2024. staffordshire Green Network (new) During the year we developed and implemented a new network for VCSE organisations to encourage climate action in the broadest sense. We delivered a series of green conversation events and hosted a network steering group. 1.3.4 Collaborate in service development & inward investment through Team Staffordshire and more widely Team Staffordshire met three times during the year to share knowledge and offer peer support. Team Staffordshire met three times during the year looking at shared Stafford5hire and Stoke-on-Trent priorities where we underperform including.. Children in care Ageing well Mental health & wellbeing OUTSIDE Creative People & Places continued with a full year of delivery during the year. We had over 24k participations from live audiences, across 69 venues, with over 150 volunteers contributing over 1000 volunteer hours and worked with 49 partners and employed over 60 artists. OUTSIDE Creative People & Places started in Staffordshire Moorland5 on l April 2022, with an interim Director developing the programme until a new Creative Director was appointed in the autumn followed by the rest of the team. Delivery began in earnest at the end of the year with the new brand, website and business plan sign off. 1.3.5 Collaborate with VCSES, Social Care and the NHS through Social Prescribing At year end we hold agreements through 11 Primary Care Networks for provision of 26 Link Worker roles as follows.. Cannock North x3 Cannock Villages x3 Leek and Biddulph x5 Lichfield & Burntwood x4 Moorlands Rural x3 Newcastle Central xl Rugeley Horsefair xl stafford Central x3 stafford Rising Brook xl Stafford Town x2 At year end we hold agreements through 9 Primary Care Networks for provision of 19 Link Worker roles as follows.. Cannock North x4 Cannock Village5 x2 (l in partnership with Age UK Slaffordshire) Leek and Biddulph x4 (l in pa rtnership with Beth Johnson Foundation) Lichfield & Burntwood x4 (l in partnership with Age UK Staffordshire) Rugeley Horsefair Practices Group xl Stafford Central x2 stafford South Rising 8rook Surgery xl Stafford Town xl We also hosted the Staying Well Connector, working with mp￿ in Cannock Chase. We also host the Staying Well Connector, working with mp￿ in Cannock Chase. Support Staffordshire TrusteÉs Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 Morch 2024 33of69 We hold regular peer support and networking sessions for our own workers. Through the Staffordshire Training Hub (run by GP First) we also operate the system-wide peer support networks for social prescribers and for care co- ordinators. We hold regular peer support and networking sessions for our own workers. Throug h the Staffordshire Training Hub (run by GP First) we also operate the system-wide peer support networks for social prescribers and for care co- ordinators. Volunteer Buddies (new) During the year we secured, developed and implemented a volunteer buddy recruitment, training and support programme, placing volu nteers within social prescribing and wider'link worker, settings to offer more intensive support to vulnerable people. 1.3.6 Collaborate with VCSES, Social Care &NHS through Healthwatch Staffordshire Healthwatch Staffordshire continued delivery during the year.. Operated the independent Established a new Healthwatch Committee to steer the programme Published a monthly Bulletin with a dashboard of current intelligence and feedback Maintained a joint working relationship with the Health and Wellbeing Board and Health Overview & Scrutiny Committee Undertook an extensive programme of outreach and engagement, gathering feedback from communities Developed the Healthwatch Intelligence Network of VCSE partners Completed 3 Deep Dive projects Undertook a range of quality visits using our power to'Enter & View, Actively contributed to the Local Healthwatch Network and Healthwatch England Healthwatch Staffordshire transferred to us from l April 2022. During the year we have.. TU PE transferred and restructured the team with further recruitment following Transferred, updated and in some cases recommissioned assets such as the website and data systems to ensure they are fit for purpose Established a new Health Committee to independently steer the programme Created and published a monthly Bulletin with a dashboard of current intelligence and feedback Established a joint working relationship with the Health and Wellbeing Board and health Overview & Scrutiny Committee Begun a new programme of outreach and engagemenl, gathering feedback from communitie5 Esta blished the Healthwatch Intelligence Network of VCSE partners Iniliated 3 Deep Dive projects Established and undertaken joint quality Vlsits using our power to 'Enter & View, Been an active member of the Local Healthwatch Network and Healthwatch England activity A detailed Healthwatch ann ual report will be published in early July 2024. Support Staffordshlre Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for th& Year Ended 31 March 2024 34of69 Objective 1.4 - Leadership and Advocacy Deliverables Annual Report 2023-2024 In Cannock Chase and East Staffordshire, the statutory Community Safety role was the primary focus in year. Annual Report 2022-2023 In Can nock Chase, East staffordshire and South Staffordshire, the Statutory Community Safety role was the primary focus in year. 1.4.1 Represent at Local strategic Partnerships Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford District and Tamworth have an explicit i nterest in wider heaSth and wellbeing with subgroups. Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford District and Tamworth have an explicit interest in wider health and wellbeing with subgroups. There were limited formal LSP meetings in Lichfield District, South staffordshire or Staffordshire Moorlands during the year, though we continued to have regular informal contact with officers. There were limited formal LSP meetings in Lichfield District or Staffordshire Moorlands during the year, though we continued to have regular informal contact with officers. 1.4.2 Represent at Countywide Strategic Partnerships Support staffordshire continues to seek to represent and influence on behalf of our members at a range of formal and informal partnership5 including.. Support staffordshire contin ues to see1< to represent and influence on behalf of Dur members at a range of formal and inform81 partnerships including.. Staffordshire Hea Ith & Wellbeing Board Staffordshire County CoLJncil Communities Leadership Board Staffordshire Health & Wellbeing Board staffordshire County Council Communities Leadership Board We were particularly i nvolved in the SCC Community Strategy Development and associated Engagement. We were particularly involved in the SCC Volunteering Development Task Group which has now established a formal Volunteering Policy and associated procedures for staffordshire County Council volunteers. staffordshire County Counci I Supportive Communities Programme Board Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board Staffordshire Stronger & Safer Communities Board and Prevent Board Staffordshire Resilience Forum Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System Partnership Board ICB Committees and Portfolio Boards.. > ICS People, Culture and Inclusion Committee > ICS Improving Population Health Portfolio Board staffordshire CourFty Council Supportive Communities Programme Board staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board staffordshire Stronger & Safer Communities Board and Prevent Board staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care System Partnersh i p Board ICS Workstreams most notably- ICS People & Culture Board ICS Workforce Board ICS People & Communities Assembl Support Stafford5hire Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 35of69 > Mental Health, Learning Disability and Autism Portfolio Board > ICS People & Communities Assembly > ICS Comms & Engagement Group > ICS Community Mental Health Transformation Steering Group ICS Comms & Engagement Group ICS Community Mental Health Transformation Steering Group There was limited progress in our relationships with the Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire and Crime during the year. There was limited progress in our relationships with the Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire and Crime during the year. 1.4.3 National Policies and Programmes We have been an active member of the Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) Network. Previously reported under aim 3.3 We have been an active member of the NAVCA network, engaging with health & care, tackling racism and CVS research programmes in particular. We continued to co-chair the county CVS network during the year, working with Community Action Suffolk. 1.4.4 Strategic Lobbying of MPS Continued to be mothballed. Following an uninspiring review of potential MP engagement, we decided to mothball this objective pending a general election. Aim 2: Evidence Informed Opportunities Social Enterprise Development We developed a project during the year to engage and support groups with an interest i n social care development in the field of social ca re. We progressed this with staffordshire County Council and at year end are looking to implement a micro- providers scheme. This work will be mainstreamed into aim 1.2 from April 2024. VCSE Local Resilience We began a project in partnership with the Civil Contingencies Unit from May 2023, initially focussed on VCE i nvolvement in emergency response and recovery. This will be mainstreamed in aim 1.2 from April 2024 and increasingly focus upon wider societal resil ience. Better Health & Food Networks We continued to be part of the Better Health Staffordshire steering group and associated workshops, looking at a system change approach to tackling obesity. Food networks remain a prospective area of development but there was limited progress in year. Support Staffordshire Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 36of69 Addressing Racism & Inequalitv At the start of the year, we were pleased to be awarded accreditation by the All Equals Charter at Foundation level. We have made further progress on our EDI action plan during the year including.. O Insourced and updated anti-racism training delivery / LGBTQl+ inclusion training implemented / Lunch and learn programme embedded O An updated EDI Policy and Wellbeing at Work Policy / Recruitment to our first lived experience role O EDI in recruitment analysis and further actions agreed O Introduction of reporting and monitoring of minor lapses in inclusive practice (BLIPS} O Accessible workspaces checklists implemented O Hate crime awareness materials displayed and promoted / Updated guidance on religious holidays Climate Action The internal working group has continued to share green tips during the year and to organise and encourage participation in carbon literacy training. It was agreed to invest up to £40k through a designated fund into climate action, in the main to support the new post of Climate Action Manager, to commence from l April 2024. We were an active partner in the Staffordshire COP event held by Globe Group in March 2024, including chairing the steering group. We also joined the Staffordshire and stoke-on-Trent Climate Expo event at Keele University in September 2023. Aim 3: Local Infrastructure Collaborations VAST We hold a joint Memorandum of Understanding with VAST and have continued to further our positive and productive colla boration working on a number of prajects: O VCSE Healthy Communities Alliance jointly O VCSE Local Resilience Support Staffordshire led Menta l Health, Learning Disabil ities & Autism Project - Support staffordshire led O Totally Stoked led by VAST O Staffordshire & Shropshire Research Engagement Networks MPFf led Together Active We have continued to collaborate with Together Active informally, meeting on a quarterly basis to discuss shared aims, Wlth particular regard to Healthy Ageing and Better Health Staffordshire Staffordshire Council for Voluntary Youth Services (SCVYS) We hold a joint Memorandum of Understanding with SCVYS and met informally on a month ly basis, as co-deliverers of the county counci I capacity building contract. Neighbouring LIOS We continued to provide the training on behalf of the Shropshire VCSE Infrastructure Programme, led by Community Resource Shrop5hire. Aim 4: Fit to Function Governance, Policy and Planning We delivered the annual Board Seminar series, upskilling and improving the knowledge of our trustees O We openly advertised trustee vacancies against our skills audit and successfully recruited one new trustee We updated our Articles of Association to address membership and honorary Support stafFordShI￿ Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 37of69 officer issues / We reviewed a range of policies in accordance with our policy schedule O We supported staff through regular'progress and planning, meetings, new staff through our probation review process, and existing staff through their individual performance and development reviews (PDRS) Income and Financial Management / We secured a number of new income sources during the year as set out further below O We further developed our approach to corporate giving, embedding our Business Partnersh ips and associated Business Club O We delivered a Fundraising Ball, a second Golf Day and the inaugural Benevolent Belles event with key members of the business club, focussed on International Women's Day O Finance inductions were implemented for all staff / Budget holders were supported with continuous learning, and both monthly and quarterly monitoring and review were undertaken effectively O The budget for the year ahead was developed from November to March / Following a sustained growth in turnover we have reviewed and strengthened spending controls and authorisations Facilities O Our managed premises at the Voluntary Services Centre in Burton-upon-Trent saw significant reductions in hirers and we took the decision in year to enact the break clause with East Staffordshire Borough Council, which will see us exit the premises by October 2024. O Our management of the Guildhall in Newcastle-under-Lyme continued to see further growth in bookings during the year and we entered a new lease with the council. O Offices in Lichfield and Leek were maintained, and Stafford was expanded and rearganised in-year to take account of the need for more hybrid working and meeting space Marketing & Communications & Digital / Our new website was developed in year and went live in November / Our monthly e-bulletin was reviewed and redesigned to focus on Support Staffordshire activities O Communications via all channels saw continued increases in followers and engagement throughout the year O New promotional materials were developed and produced for our Volunteering services / We maintained high quality i nternal systems, processes and data integrity through comprehensive customer relationship management and membership processes. This is underpinned by our Simply Connects CRM / We ensured that work was monitored, and our impact evaluated, with a view to celebrating success and continuous improvement. During the year we were awarded the Volunteer Centre Quality Accreditation (VCQA) to complement our existing NAVCA Local Infrastructure Quality Award (LIQA) People / The staff team grew in year to end the year at 83 posts and 84 post holders, making up 66 full time equivalent roles The new HR Officer hit the ground running and has quickly become an integral member of the team since July 2023 The Staff Wellbeing Group met regularly focussing on a range of support including the'listening ears, roles, monthly wellbeing messages, supporting menopause at work, supporting bereavement at work, and developing support for neurodiversity Support Staffordshlr& - Trustee5 Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 38of69 Fundraising activities Support staffordshire has sought to maintain its relationships with existing funders, as well as developing new income streams during the year. New income includes.. Moorlands Rural Primary Care Network for social prescribing Newcastle Central Primary Care Network for social prescribi ng South Staffordshire Council for capacity building National Association for Voluntary & Community Action via VAST for resettled communities The TudorTrust for staff wellbeing Staffordshire County Council Capacity Building Framework call-offs for provision of Volunteer Buddies, Community Engagement, Local Resilience, and additional Training delivery. and through the Healthwatch contract for su pporting development of an Older Peoples Strategy Staffordshire Moorlands District Council for delivery of the Climate Action Fund and for Vol unteering The UK Shared Prosperity Fund through both Newcastle-under-Lyme District Council for volunteering and Staffordshire Moorlands District Council for capacity building the social economy OUTSIDE was supported through Flatpack Projects, Historic England, Honeycomb Group- Glow, The National Forest Company, Severn Trent Water and Your Housingi and in particular the National Lottery Heritage Fund in support of Cheadle Moon The National Lottery Community Fund via BES for volunteering as part of the New start for You project We are pleased that at the time of writi ngi we held grant agreements with six district and borough councils as follows.. Lichfield District Newcastle-under-Lyme District South Staffordshire stafford Borough staffordshire Moorlands District Tamworth Borough Stafford Borough Council and Tamworth Borough Council also provided us with pro-bono office accommodation during the year for which we are extremely grateful. East staffordshire Borough and Newcastle-under-Lyme District offer peppercorn lease arrangements for multi~occupancy VCSE premise5, which we manage. Unfortunately, Cannock Chase Council discontinued funding us for a second time in recent history, due to their difficult fina ncia I position. East staffordshire Borough Cou ncil have not provided any grant funding to us for several years. This is a regrettable situation given the potential added value investing in the VCSE sector can bring to an area with high levels of need. Support Staffordshire Trustees Annual Report and AccDunts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 39of69 During the year we further developed our corporate fundraising programme trialling new events and initiatives. We are also building our fundraising brand with a number of local organisations. We are conscious to focus our efforts upon events that do not compete directly with our own members, and where possible and appropriate we collaborate with members. We would like to thank all the individuals and corporate partners who have raised funds, supported our events or donated to us during the year including.. Arc Thermal Produtts bobobo Brandauer Bridge Interlors Circle 17 Commurlity Together CIC Coffee # I Stafford Carthy Accountants Disbury Creative Hope Creative The Integrated Care Board JMT Accountancy Limited Karolyn Gamble Legacy Life Cover Lemonbooking Lapley Roofing LSC Nursing & Care Services M&Mgroup Measure Well Ltd Rosie Milsom Revolution Stafford SCG Staffordshire (formerly Pink Connect) Square Peg staffordshire Chamber of Commerce staffordshire County Councll Staffordshire FA steve Woods Socially Grown/Residential Energy Servlces Surestore Sorted DM The Chase Golf Club The Coffee Bar and Kitchen The Hive Networking Group The Stafford Building Society (formerly stafford Railway Bullding Society) The Kelly Butler Foundation The Cornmunity Foundation The George Hotel, Llchfield Thlnk Insurance Trentham Estates Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Wolverhampton Racecourse Zeph other significant activities including employees, beneficiaries, funders, and the local community In November 2023, the Board of Trustees reviewed and then took the decision to enact the 5-year break clause on The Voluntary Services Centre, at Burton-upon-Trent. We will leave these premises on or before October 2024. There were no other significant changes in the activities of the charity during the year or since, affecting beneficiaries, funders, or the loca I community. Support Staffordshlre Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 40of69 6. Financial Review Reserves Policy - last updated September 2023 Support staffordshire recognises four types of reserves as outlined below, three of which are detailed in the accounting statements.. Restricted Reserves Restricted Reserves held in accordance with any restrictions required by the original funder. Our current levels of restricted reserves are detailed in the accounting statements, with a breakdown of the restrictions which apply. Desi nated Reserves Designated Reserves which are set aside for a specified future use. This could include maki ng provision for fluctuations in predicted f uture income, for significant costs associated with maintaining our premises or other assets, for planned future development of services or any other reasonable specified use. Our current level of designated reserves are detailed in the accounting statements, with a breakdown of the designations which have been agreed. General Reserves General reserves include all other funds that a re neither restricted nor designated. However, this does not mean that such reserves are completely free and instantly available. For example, genera I reserves may include fixed assets held for charity use, which could in theory be sold for cash- and reserves that are held as investments with specified cla uses affecting when they can be accessed. Our current level of general reserves is deta iled in the accounting statements. Free Reserves Free reserves are a subset of the general reserve. They only include reserves which are readily accessible as cash. They exclude assets and investment5 which are not readily available as cash. Support Staffordshi re aims to hold a free reserve that will enable the charity to meet its obligations in an orderly manner, should it decide to or have no option but to wind up its activities. This is made up of two ma in components. Firstly, the funds to meet all contractual obligations of the company including long term leases, service contracts and the redundancy costs of employees. Redundancy liabilities f luctuate on an ongoing basis when staff leave and as they accrue service. As such, this figure is only ever a broad estimate and would always need to be recalculated in the event of a potential redundancy scenario. Secondly, the costs of continuing to operate core services for between 3 and 6 months, assuming no further core income is secured in this period. This is in order to allow for an orderly wind down of those services, with up to 12 weeks, notice periods for employees, and so as not to have a sudden, unplanned, and adverse impact upon service users. The free reserves target is therefore expressed as a range. Free reserves are not detailed in our accounting statement5 a5 they are a matter of judgement for the Board of Trustees. Support Stsffordshire - Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year EndÈd 31 March 2024 41of69 Current Reserves Position At 3 1 Ma rch 2024 contractual obl igations were estimated at £ 152,868 (£8,555 leasing commitments, £144,313 redundancy liabilities). Excluding programmes of work which are project funded, where there is very low or no liability for us financially, if the funding ceased, we would stop delivering the service. we have estimated our current running costs as between £213,748 per quarter. As such, the current target for free reserves is between £366,616 (3 months) and £580,364 (6 months). This figure remains higher than that which would be strictly necessary as in reality much Bctivity would begin to cease, from less than 3 months if funding were to be lost and some staff would be expected to leave for new employment prior to redundancy payments being made. At 31 March 2024 we considered that we held £512,208 of Free Reserves, which is made up from our general reserves (£707,70 1), less current investments/assets wh ich were not readily accessible (£195,493). This is at the higher end of our target range. Trustees review the reserves and investments position twice a year. Fund Out-turn During the year 2023-2024 Support staffordshire had an overall loss of £15,194 as per the Income and Expenditure account, against a budgeted loss of £14,143. This included spending £8, 745 of designated reserves and £1,954 of restricted reserves in accordance with their designations and restrictions. As such we performed approximately on budget. Funding Sources Support Staffordshire received £2,439,440 total income during the year, from a wide range of national and local investors and funders, both government and non- government. Total income grew from the previous year by 160/0, predominantly through grants and contracts. These include Staffordshire County Council, some district and borough councils, the NHS, primary care networks, other public bod ies, the National Lottery, the Community Foundation, and other trusts & foundations, which usually operate th rough grant or service level agreements. These sou rces of income are outlined in detail in the notes to the accounts. We secured approximately 3.90/0 of our income from trading activities, largely sale of space at premises and paid for training and consultancy. This held steady in gross terms, but grant income grew considerably. In its second full year of operation, fundraising activities represented approximately 2.10/0 of income. This also held steady in gross terms, but grant income grew considerably. Expenditure During the year Support staffordshire spent £2,391, 108 on charitable activities, in support of VCSE organisations. This includes approximately 0.5010 of total expenditure on governance costs and 4.3 % on management and support services Support 5taffordshire Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 march 2024 42of69 Additionally, we spent £78,228 on raising funds, which represents 3. 30/0 of total expenditure and pertains to our fundraising development work and fees charged for our endowment fund management. Approximately 80/0 of expenditure was grant funding to delivery partners or grant f und recipients. Restricted grant giving and details of grant recipients are outlined in detail in the notes to the accounts. This has reduced as a proportion of spend considerably compared to last year. Across all expenditure, approximately 73010 of spend is on staffing as our services are predom ina ntly those delivered by people. Senior Staff Pay Approximately 10.90/0 of all spend is on key management personnel which we consider to be the executive management team. This has remained steady compared to last year. At l April 2024, the Chief Executive wa5 the highest paid employee and received an annual salary of £60,000. At l April 2023, we committed to a minimum wage of £22,500 per annum pro-rata or £11.69 per hour. This represents a salary multiple of x2.7 between the lowest and highest paid employee, which has been maintained compared to the previous year. Gender Pay Equality Although we are not statutorily required to report upon it, we have determined that Support staffordshire had a 5.80/0 median gender pay gap at l April 2024 in favour of female employees (the middle ranking female employee earned 78p per hour more than the middle ranking male employee). We have a 3.20/0 mean (average pay) gender pay gap in favour of male employees, but this reverses to a 5.40/0 gender pay gap in favour of female employees if the Chief Executive, who is male, is not included. 83.70/0 of employees identified as female. Investments Policy - last reviewed 25 May 2023 This policy outli nes the parameters that the Trustees have agreed, to guide their powers to make investments as per the Articles of Association. Investments are primarily made to secure the best financial return, in order that additional funds may be raised for the furtherance of the cha rity's objects. However, this primary objective must be balanced with the following factors. Funds held by Support Staffordshire on behalf of other organisations should be held with minimal risk and maximum access. Funds that are known to be required within the Support staffordshire budgets outlined for the upcoming 12 months should be held with minimal risk and appropriate access. Funds that are known not to be required within the Support staffordshire budgets outlined for the upcoming 12 months but are within the minimum level of reserves set out by the Board, may be invested with a manageable and agreed level of risk Support Stsffordshir& Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for thÈ Year Ended 31 March 2024 43of69 and with manageable and agreed levels of limited access. This will normally be a cash or near cash fund, with instant access or a notice period of le5S than 6 months. This will be agreed by the Trustees. Funds that a re known not to be required within the Support Staffordshire budgets outlined for the upcoming 12 months and are beyond the minimum level of reserves set out by the Board, may be invested with a manageable but enhanced level of risk and with manageable but lesser levels of access. This could incl ude cash bonds for 12 months or more, or non-permanent endowments. This will be agreed by the Trustees. Wherever possible, investments will be made with institutions that demonstrate a track record in managing risk, high return f unds and that have an ethical investment stance. The investment position will be reported to the Trustees at least twice per year. Support Stafford5hire Trustees Annual Report and Actounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 44of69 7. Plans for Future Periods Aims and Objectives The aims and objectives outlined in this report have been updated during the year and are reported against quarterly to the Board of Trustees. Planned Activities The following main activities are planned for 2024-2025.. Aim I: Empowering Communities Objective 1.1 - Volunteering TD engage over 500 people in promotional volunteering events per annum To deliver brokerage of 300 enquiries, 200 referrals and 100 placements per annum To sustain supported volunteering in Burton-upon-Trent, Cannock Chase, Newcastle- under-Lyme and Tamworth Objective 1.2 - Capacity Building To continue to reach around 100 new members annually To support over 500 unique member organisations each year To continue to support members to secure over £1 million annually To secure a 950/D member satisfaction rating annually To mainstream support focussed on learning disability & autism and social care enterprise To sustain and expand Asset-based Community Development to new neighbourhoads, in particular in the north of the county To pilot the Rural Housing Enablement project To further strengthen our training and consultancy offer and grow our income from these sources to £200,000 by March 2025 Objective 1.3 - Partnerships and Collaboration To engage 750/0 of members annually by 2025 To continue to increase response from our member census towards a target of 750/0 To publish a 2025 State of the Sector report To grow attendance at Forums towards a target of 400/0 Deliver thematic forums and networks, meeting local needs To embed the Staffordshire Voluntary Emergency Network, and Staffordshire Green Network To deliver a successful Creative People and Places 'Outside' project To further develop our role in the Transforming the Trent Valley Partnership To deliver the best quality services in Staffordshire for Social Prescribi ng, that is highly interconnected with the VCSE sector; including sustaining the Volunteer Buddies project To continue to deliver an effective Healthwatch service Objective 1.4 - Leadership and Advocacy To remain a well informed and recognised advocate for the sector at local and countywide partnerships; and to build the resource allocation to the local sector as a result To ensure a strong voice and equal role for the VCSE sector in the Integrated Care Support staffordshlre Tru5tee5 Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 Narch 2024 45of69 System (ICS) through the VCSE Healthy Communities Alliance, working closely with VAST To engage with new and developing National Policies & Programmes, with a particular view towards a new national government Aim 2: Evidence Informed Opportunities To be proactive in project development based upon VCSE and local community needs and aspi rations including with regard to the local Joint strategic Needs Assessment, with a specific focus upon: Food Network development Better Hea Ith Staffordshire To deliver our EDI action plan, with particular emphasis upon LGBTQI+ inclusion To deliver our Climate Emergency action plan Aim 3: Local Infrastructure Collaborations To further build our positive relationships with VAST, Together Active and other near neighbour CVSS Aim 4: Fit to Function To continue to work collaboratively and effectively as a Board, with clear continuity and sustainability plans and actions To maintain at least a balanced financial position, sustaining and securing existing and new income to deliver our charitable objects To further develop our corporate pèrtnerships and events To exit the Voluntary Services Centre in a smooth manner To manage our facilities and hybrid working effectively To further grow our public awareness through branding, messaging and effective platform use To continuously develop and improve our commitment to staff wellbeing To seek continuous improvement through our performance management framework To maintain external quality accreditation 8. Custodian Funds At 31 March 2024 Support staffordshire held a total of £29,529 of custodian funds on behalf of unincorporated members as follow5.. Staffordshire Parent Carer Forum.. £28,251.39 Rugeley SEND Community Group.. £1,202.01 Bradwell Maybank Porthill and Wolstanton Neighbourhood Forum.. £75.60 For a detailed brea kdown of these f unds, please contact the relevant organisation. Such funds, held from time to time, are held in Support staffordshire current accounts and sufficient control and detail is available within the accounting system records to ascertain the balances held at any time. 9. Decl The Trustees Annual Report and Accounts were approved by the Board of Trustees on 19 September 2024 and signed on behalf of the Trustees by Jan Wilson Chair Support staffordshire - Trustees Annual Report ènd Account5 for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 46of69 Responsibilities of the Board of Trustees The trustees (who are also di rectors of Support Staffordshire for the PLJrposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). Company law requires the trustees to prepa re financial statements for each f inancial year. Under company law the trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs or the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, ncluding the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to.. select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistentlyi observe the methods and principles of the Charities SORP (FRS102),' make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; state whether applicable UK accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financia I statements. prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charitable company will continue to operate. The trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. In so far as the trustees are aware there is no relevant audit information of which the charitable company's auditors are unaware. and the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves aware of a ny relevant a udit information and to establish that the auditors are aware of that information. The trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation a nd dissemination of financia I statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions. By order of the Board, 19 September 2024 Jan Wilson Chair Support staffordshlre Trustees Annual Report and Affounts for the Year Ended 31 Mèrth 2024 47of69 Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Support Staffordshire Opinion We have audited the fina ncial statements of Support Staffordshire (the 'charitable company,) for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the Statement Df Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet, a nd notes to the financial statements, includi ng a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). In our opinion the financial statements.. Give a true and fair view of the state of the charitable company's affairs as at 31 March 2024, and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the year then ended,. Have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice. and Have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. Basis for opinion We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (U K) (15As (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibi lities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our a udit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC'S Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. Conclusions relating to going concern In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees, use of the going concern basis of accounting i n the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or condition5 that, individLJally or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the fina ncial statements are authorised for issue. Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of th is report. other information The other information comprises the information included in the trustees annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial Support staffordshire Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 48of69 Statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent materia I misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard. Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit.. the information given in the trustees, report (incorporating the directors, report) for the financial yea r for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements. and the directors, report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Matters on which we are required to report by exception In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the charitable company and its environment obtained in the cou rse of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the directors, report. We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us- or the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or certain disclosures of di rectors, remuneration specif led by law are not made,. or we have not received all the infarmation a nd explanations we require for our audit,. or the trustees were not entitled to prepare the financia I statements in accordance with the small companies, regime and take advantage of the small companies, exemption in preparing the directors, report and from the requirement to prepare a strategic report. Responsibilities of trustees As explained more fully in the trustees, responsibilities statement set out on page 44, the trustees (who are also the directors of the cha ritable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the trustees determine is necessary to ena ble the preparation of fina ncial statements that re free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the trustees a re responsi ble for assessing the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accoLJnting unless the trustees either i ntend to liquidate the cha ritable company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do 50. Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial Support staffordshlre Trustee5 Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 49of69 statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAS (UK} will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements. A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at.. www.frc.org. uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report. Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilitie5, Outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below. Our audit approach included the following elements.. Assessment of the susceptibility of the charity's financial statements to material misstatement, including how fraud might OCCLJr. Assessment of the laws and reg ulations identified as being of significance in the context of the charity. We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the charity and how the charity is complying with that framework. We obtained an understanding of the charity's policies and procedures on compliance with laws and regulations, including documentation Df any instances of non-compliance. We obtai ned an understanding of the charity's policies a nd procedures on fraud risks, including knowledge of any actual, suspected, or alleged fraud. We ensured that our audit personnel have the experience and knowledge ta identify or recognise non-com pliance with laws and regulations. We use appropriate audit resources and tools to guide us in selecting the right audit approach. In considering the extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecti ng irregu larities, we considered how our a pproach to the audit has affected the likelihood of detection. This was affected by: the inherent diffficulty in detecting irregula rities; the effectiveness of the entity's controls. and the nature, timing and extent of the audit procedures performed. In determi ning those matters that are of significance, both quantitative and qualitative factors are relevant to such consideration. Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial Statements or non-compl lance with regulation. This risk i ncreases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation. Support staffordshire Tru5tee5 Annual Report arid Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 50of69 Use of our report This report is made solely to the charitable company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charitable company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charitable company and the charitable company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. Im& Mark McLean FCA Senior Statutory Auditor For and on behalf of Thomas & Young Limited statutory Auditor Carleton House 266-268 Stratford Road Shirley Solihull B90 3AD Date: 19 September 2024 Thomas & Young Limited is eligible to act as an auditor in terms of section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006. Support Staffordshire - Trustees Annuèl Report and Attount5 for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 51of69 statement of Financial Activities (SOFA) 2024 Unrestricted Funds Restricted General Designated Funds Total 2023 Noti INCOME Donations 50,280 50,280 49,214 A1 Charitable Activities 1,016,162 1,345,986 2,362,148 2,015,664 A2 Other Trading Activites 8,238 8,238 30,084 A3 Investment Income 18,774 18,774 7,670 A4 TOTAL 1,093,454 1,345,986 2,439,440 2.102,633 EXPENDITURE B1é Charitable Activitiès 1,043,169 1,347,940 2.391,108 2.081,716 Expenditure on Raising Funds 78,228 78,228 63,467 B2 TOTAL 1,121,396 1347 940 2,469,336 2,145 182 Nel gainsllosses on investments 14,702 14,702 5,8301 Nel income I lexpenditurel for the year 13,2401 1,9541 1 15,194) 1 48,3791 Transfer between funds 31.2541 31,254 Net movement in funds 1 44,4941 31,254 1 1,9541 1 15,1941 1 48,3791 Total Funds brought forward 752,197 28.502 3,889 784.588 832,966 Total Funds carried forward 707,701 59,756 1.935 769,392 784,588 Supporl Stafford5hlre Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 52of69 BALANCE SHEET 2024 2023 Notes Fixed Assets Tangible Assets Investments 4,707 198,493 203,200 7,025 258,791 265,816 la 1b Current Assets Debtors Cash al bank and in hand 224,572 1,128,310 fj 89,053 835,338 1,352,882 1,024,391 Crèditors". amounts falling due within ono year 786,691 505,619 Net Current Assets 566,192 518,772 Net Assets 769,392 784,588 The Funds ofthe Charity Reslricled Funds 1,935 3.889 Unreslrioled In¢ome fvnds - General Designated 707,701 59,756 767,457 752,197 28,502 780,699 Total Charity funds 769,392 784,588 For the financial year in question the company was enlilled lo exemption under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating lo small companies. No members have required the company to obtain an audit of ils accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Companies A¢1 2006. The directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requiiemenls of the Aclwilh respect lo accounting records and for the preparation of accounts. These accounts have been prepared in a¢cordan¢e with the provisions applicable lo companies subject to the small companies, regime. Approved by the Board of Director$ and Trustees and signed oll their behalf on 19th September 24 Jan Wilson Director 8967045 Company number Support staffordshire - Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for th& Year Ended 31 March 2024 53of69 CASH FLOW STATEMENT 2024 2023 Note Cash flow from operating activities Cash (absorbed byllgeneraled from operations 213,902 83,716 16 Net cash flow from operating activities 213,902 83,716 Cash flow from investing activities Payments lo acquire tangible fixed assets Payments lo acquire investments Interest received 8.9101 5,830 7,670 60,295 18,774 Net cash flow from investing activities 79,069 4,590 Net cash flow from financing activities Net InGrease I (decrease} in cash and cash equivalents 292,971 88,306 Cash and cash Èquivalents at 1 Aprll 2023 835,338 747,031 Cash and ¢ash equlvalents at 31 March 2024 1,128.310 835,338 Support Staffordshire Truslees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 54of69 NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS Accounting Policies The principal accounting policies 8re summarised below. The accounting policies have been app5ied ¢onsislently throughout the year and in the preceding year P1. Basis of preparation of accounts The charity conslilules a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. The financial statements have been prepared In accordance with A¢counling and Reporting by Charities". Slalemenl of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable In the UK and Republi¢ of Ireland issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021, the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006 and UK Generally Accepted Ac¢ounling Practice. The financial statements are prepared in Sterling, which is the functional currency of the Company. Monetary amounts in the financial slalemenls are rounded lo the nearest £. P2. Tangible fixed assets for use by the charity and depreciation Tangible fixed assets for use by the charity are staled al cost l&ss depreciation. Depreciation rates.. 330/0 reducing balance P3. Investments Investments are recognised initially at fair value which is normally the transaction price exGluding transaction costs. Subsequently, they are measured al fair value with changes recognised in 'nel gains I Ilossesl on inveslmenls, in the SOFA if the shares are publicly traded or their fair value can othewise be measured reliably. Other investments are measured al cost less impairment. P4. Incoming resources All incDming resources are included in the Slalement of Financial Activities when the charity is enlilled lo the income and the arllounl ¢8n be quanlified with reasonable accuracy. Spe¢ifi¢ policies ielaling lo particular cale9ories of income are as follows.. Income from charitable activities and other trading activities is re￿gnIsed when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled lo the income, after any performance conditions have been mel. Investment income is included when re¢eivable. P5. Resources expendèd All expenditure is accounted for on an a¢¢ruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all ¢osls related lo the category. Expenditure is recognised where there is a legal or conslruclive obligation lo make payments lo third parties, il is probable that the selllemenl will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.11 is categorised under the following headings.. Charitable activities expenditure comprises those costs incurred by the charity in the performance of its activities and services. It includes costs which are incurred directly by those activities and indirect costs necessary 10 Support those aclivilies. Expenditure on raising funds includes the Gosls of all fundraising aclivilies. Support Staffordshire Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 55of69 Governance costs Comprise those costs associated with meeting the conslilulional and slalulory requirements of the charity and include the audit fees and costs associated with the operation of the Board of Trustees of the charity. P6. Value added tax The charity is not VAT registered P7. Pension costs The Charity conlribules to a defined contribution scheme employer Contribution is 30 P8. Donated seNi¢es The charity is greatly dependent in carrying out rts a¢tivilies upon the lime given by many volunteers and the dedication of staff members. The financial benefit of their lime is not quantified in these accounts P9. Fund accounting This differeriliates between reslricled and unreslricled funds. Unrestricted funds are available for use al the discretion ol the IrLJslees in furtherance of the general obje¢lives of the ¢harily. Designated funds are those which have been earmarked by the Trustees for specific purposes, bul remain unrestricted funds. Restricted funds are those which are lo be used in accordance with the specific restrictions imposed by the donors or funders. Expenditure that meets these criteria is chaiged lo the relevant fund. P10. Going concern The finan¢ial slalemenls have been prepared on a going concern basis as the trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The Iruslees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from aulhorising these financial slatemenls. The budgeted income and expenditure is suffi¢ienl with the level of resetves for the charity lo be able lo Continue as a going con¢ern. A1 Income- Donations and Gift Aid 2024 Unrestricted Restricted 265 9,153 14,000 26,862 2023 Total 265 9,153 14,000 26,862 Donations business ¢lub Donations - ¢tsrporale Donations - in kind Donations - individual Donations small trusts 218 12,775 20,864 14,537 820 49,214 50,280 50.280 Support staffordshire Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 56of69 A2 lllcome.. Charitable A¢tlvities 2024 2023 UNRESTRICTED Central and Local Government Grants and Service Level Agreements ACRE- Action with Communities in Rural England Biddulph Town Council Cannock Chase CCG Cannock Chase District Council Cannock North Primary Care Network Cannock Villages Primary C8re Network Department for Education East Slaffordshire CCG East Slaffordshire Primary Care Network via St. Giles Hospice GP First Limited Health Hayes & Wimblebury Parish Council Leek Town Council Leek and Biddulph Primary Care Network Lichlield and Burnlwood Primary Care NebNotks Lichfield District Council VCSE Devttlc>pmenl & Volunteering Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Moorlands Rural Primary Care Network NHS England via MPFT NHS Staffordshire & Sloke-on-Tienl ICB NHS Slaffordshire & Stoke-on-Trenl ICB via NHS Midlands and Lancashire CSU NHS Slaffordshire and Stoke-on-Trenl ICB via VAST NHSE via SESSP CCG - End of Life Action Alliance NHSE via Slafford and Surrounds CCG National Academy foi Social Prescribing via Community Action Derby Newcaslle-Under~Lyme Borough Council Newcastle Central Primary Care Network Norton Canes Parish Council Rugeley Horse Fair Pra¢lice Rugeley Town Council South Slaffordshire CoLsncil Slafford Borough Coun¢il Stafford Central Primary Care Network Stafford South Primary Care Network Slaffordshire County Council via Slaffordshire Council for Voluntary Youth Service Stafford5hire Moorlands Dislri¢l Council - Arts Forum Support Slaffordshire Moorlands District Council Community Group Support Stone & Eccleshall Primary Caie Network Yarnlield & Cold Meece Parish Council 53,423 42,705 3,500 1.000 9,454 58,188 51,542 8,425 8,177 45,872 24,114 7,288 125 18,733 19,107 40,605 180 2,200 135.771 107,126 34,875 71,886 165,573 110,283 30,000 46,580 30,359 21,900 1 19,556 1,800 5,475 134,200 12,000 4,950 10,000 17,000 4.000 9,038 6,368 7,470 530 15,732 500 15,732 395 13,235 8,250 93,568 6,249 8,250 65,128 6,192 68,664 21,241 11,480 11,480 150 200 911.965 913,855 Memberships and Associate Fees 700 650 650 700 Support Staffordshire Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the YÉ8r Ended 31 March 2024 57of69 Non-Government Grants NAVCA via VAST Tudor Trust Voluntary Sector Emergencies Partnership 8,800 1,775 6,000 6,000 6,000 Primary Purpose Trading Income Office Rental East Slaffordshire - Voluntary Service Centre Lichfield Newcaslle-under-Lyme Guildhall 26,906 180 12,130 39,21S 34,106 12,130 6,236 Meeting Room Hire East Slaffordshire - Voluntary Service Centre New¢aslle-under-Lyme Guildhall 5,280 14,474 19,754 4,747 7,328 12,075 Consullan¢y Services Accounting and Independent Examinations Adminislralive Services Consultancy Payroll ServiGe Registered Office Training and Workshops 3,507 1,808 4,632 7,094 3,040 8,210 7,124 55 9,039 27,468 1 D,262 27,302 Total Primary Purpose Trading 86,272 85,779 Othèr Income Other incorne 650 650 434 434 TOTAL UNRESTRICTED 1,016,162 1.006,718 Support Siaffordshire Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 MaTEh 2024 58of69 RESTRICTED Central and Local Government Grants and Service Level Agreements Health Education England Heallhwalch Erigland South Slaffordshire Council Slaffordshire County Council - Capacity Building Framework Slaffordshire County Council - Capacity Building Framework.. Buddies Call-off Slaffordshire County Council - Capacity Building Framework.. Community Engagement Call-off Slaffordshire Courily Council - Capacity Building Frarllework.. Local Resillience Forum Ca114)ff Slaffordshire County Council - Capacity Building Framework.. Training Call-off Slaffordshire County Council - Climate Action Fund Slaffordshire CoL)nty Council - Community Champions Call~Dff Slaffordshire County Council - Heallhwal¢h Slaffordshire Slaffordshire County Council - Nature Connections Slaffordshire County Counci1- Older People Strategy Slaffordshire Moorlands Dislri¢l Council - Creative People and Places IOUTSIDEI Slaffordshire Moorlands District Council - Climate Action Fund Slaffordshire Moorlands District CoLJncil - Moorlands Volunteering Tamworth Borough Council UK Shared Prosperity Fund via Newcastle Borough Council UK Shared Prosperity Fund via Slaffordshire Moorlands District Council UK Shared Prosperity Fund via Tamworth Borough Council 2,000 18,000 1,500 8,301 162,984 253,875 34,885 11.000 33,680 5,179 1,200 55,000 170,012 181,989 2,800 6,970 23,850 14,342 17,545 20,850 1,110 28,625 28,275 62,962 707,778 32,412 471,369 Non£overnment Grant$ Arts Council England Big Local - Brerelon Million Community Foundation for Slaffordshire Flatpack Projects Historic England Honeycomb group - Glow Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales National Forest Company National Lollery Community Fund - Awards For All National Lollery Community Fund via BES National Lollery Community Fund Building Beller Opportunities via BES National Lollery Community Fund Partnership Fund National Lottery Community Fund Reaching Communities via VAST National Lottery Community Fund via Comrllunily Together CIC National Lollery Community Fund - Awards For All via Yarnfield and Cold Mee¢e Parish Council National Lollery Heritage Fund Cheadle Moon National Lollery Heritage Fund via StaffOrdshi￿ Wildlife Trust Severn Trent Water Your Housing - Trees Project 319,205 81,253 37,486 1,873 250 5,000 2,000 417 500 15,135 1.717 6,359 98,000 137,169 51,008 14,606 109,923 48,612 15,000 10,900 22,224 91,103 6,715 2,000 638,208 99,331 537,578 TOTAL RESTRICTED 1,345,986 1,008,947 TOTAL CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES 2.362,148 2.01 5,664 Support staffordshlre Trustees Annua1 Report and Account5 for the YÈar Ended 31 March 2024 59of69 A3 Income.. Other Tradlng A¢tivitie$ 2024 2023 Non Primary Purpose Trading Sponsorshlp 2,950 18,920 Consultancy Services Consultancy Parish Council Internal Audit Payroll service 450 932 268 1,650 8,625 8,625 Ti¢ket Events - Outside 2,518 Meeting Room Hire East Staffordshire - Voluntary Service Centre New¢aslle-under-Lyme - Guildhall 1,059 60 1.119 2,539 2,539 TOTAL 8.238 30,084 A4 Income.. Investment Income 2024 2023 Bank and Investment Interest 18,774 7,670 TOTAL 18,774 7,670 B1 Expenditure.. Charitabl& Activities 2024 2023 UNRESTRICTED Governance Trustee expenses Unreslricled charitable 8clivilies expended Management and Support Services Depreciation 12,161 10,998 210 163 924,805 957,128 103,675 77,274 2,318 2,533 1,043,169 1,048 096 RESTRICTED Arts Coun¢il England Big Loca1- Brerelon Million Community Foundation for Slaffordshire Flalpack Projects Historic England Health Education England Healthwalch Englalld Honeycomb group - Glow 319,205 81,253 37,486 1,873 250 5,000 2,000 18,000 1,500 2.000 Support Staffordshire Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 60of69 Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales National Forest Company National Lollery Community Fund - Awards For All National Lollery Community Fund BES National Lollery Community Fund Building Beller Opportunities via BES National Lollery Corllmunily Fund - Partnership Fund National Lollery Community Fund - Reaching Communities via VAST National Lollery Community Fund via Yarnfield & Cold Me&¢e Parish Council National Lottery Community Fund - via Community Together CIC National Lottery Heritage Fund National Lottery Heritage Fund via Slaffordshire Wildlife Trust Reslri¢led Reserive - Biddulph Community Fund Reslricled Rtrserve - Slaffordshire County Council Opening up grants Restricted Reserve - Slaffordshire Moorlands - Ernployability Reslrided Reserve-Tamworth Community Fund Severn Trent Water South Slaffordshire Council Slaffordshire County Council - Capacity Building Framework Slaffordshire County Council Capacity Building Framework.. Buddies Call-off Slaffordshire County Council - Capacity Building Framework.. Community Engagement Call-off staffordshire County Council Capacity Building Framework.. Local Resilience Forum Call- off Staffordshire County Council - Capacity Building Fr8mework.' Training Call-off Slaffordshiie County Council - Climate Action Furid Slaffordshire County Council - Corllrnunily Champions Call-off Slaffordshire County Council - Heallhwalch Slaffordshire Slaffordshire County Council - Nature Connections Slaffordshire County Council Older Peoples Strategy Slaffordshire Moorlands District Council - Climate A¢lion Fund Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Creative People and Pla¢&s IOUTSIDEI Slaffordsttire Moorlands District Coun¢il Moorlands Volunteering Tamworth Borough Council UK Shared Prosperity Fund via Mewcaslle Borough Council UK Shared Prosperity Fund via Slaffordshire Moorlands District Council UK Shared Prosperity Fund via Tamworth Borough Council Your Housing Trees Project 417 500 15,135 1,717 6,359 98,000 137,169 51.008 109,923 46,612 10,900 15,000 22,224 9fj,103 14.606 99,849 8,724 14,362 1,954 1,068 6.715 8,301 162,984 253,675 34,885 11,000 33,680 5,179 1,200 55.000 170,012 181,989 2,800 6,970 14,342 23,850 17,545 20,850 1.110 28,625 28,275 62,962 2,000 1,347,940 32,412 1,033,619 TOTAL CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES 2,391,108 2.081,715 B2 Expenditure-. Ralsing Funds 2024 2023 Endowment Fee charge Fundraising Development 1,942 76,286 78,228 2,558 63,467 Support 5taffordshire Trustees Annual RÈport and Atcounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 61of69 Payments by grant Rècipient Tota5 grants by Funder C. Grant payments 2023-2024 RESTRICTED Healthwatch Staffordshire Engagement Fund Tamworth Wellbeing & Cancer Support Centr¢ ITWCSCCI 200.00 200 00 National Lottery Community Fund - Partnerships Fund.. Health Equity Grants Burton and District Mind Compassionate Communities UK Dilema Everyone Active Inter Theatre CIC People Express Street Whyze Project CIC 5,160.00 1,999.00 2,000.00 1,211.00 1,950.00 2,000.00 2,000 00 2,000.00 National Lottery Community Fund via VAST.. Totally Stoked Grants Approach Dementia Support Biddulph Melhodisl Church Biddulph Youth and Community Zone Chell Area Family Action Group dDeaflinks Slaffordshire Kidsgrove Care Solutions Moorlands Brunch Bunch Rea¢hing CIC Talke Clinic PPG Ten Count Boxing Gym CIO The Dove Service Isl Vibe 2 Thrive CIC Return of unspent grant money from East Slaffordshir$ Surrounds Diabetes UK Patient Network 6,498.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 498.00 500.00 498 00 500.00 500.00 500.00 500.00 1,000.00 500.00 18,000.001 National Lottery Heritage Fund via Staffordshire Wildlife Trust .. Community Grants 1 sl Stramshall S¢oul Group Alrewas Parish Council Brizlincole Parish Council Icl Burton Leander Rowing Club Derby and Burton Hospitals Charity Fish 2013 Friends of Howard School Inspiring Healthy Lifestyles Lichfield District Scout Council Manor Park Sailing Club Rugeley Power Slalion Angling Club Sinai Park House Trust Slaffordshire Care Farming Development CIC The Globe Group CEC Trent & Dove Housing Icl Tynsel Parkes CE Primary School Walking for Health Wellbeing Winshill Parish Cc>un¢il 45,744.17 1,849.75 2,456.19 4,113.08 2,500 00 4,999.48 536.25 536 25 3,000.00 585.00 5,536.25 4,648 67 536.25 5,000.00 3,254.65 1.742.43 536.25 477.92 3.435.75 staffordshire Moorlands District CoLEncil - Arts Grants Bolton Gate Arts CIC Christ Church Biddulph Moor Greenwood Growth CIC Leek Allotment Holders & Gardeners Association 7,222.00 500.00 500 00 500.00 500.00 Support staffordshire Trustees Annual RepDrt ènd Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 62of69 Moorlands Climate Action Oakamoor Village Group Quarnlord Memorial H811 Walerhouses Allotment Association Werrington Community Library & Wellbeing Centre 1,000.00 1,039.00 500.00 360.00 417.00 staffordshire Moorlands District Council - Climate Grants Biddulph Youth and Community Zone Moorlands Climate Action Social Connective CIC Stockton Brook Time & Space CIC Support staffordshi￿ retained £1,500 following ag￿eMenft from the council that a grant could be awarded to the OUTSIDE arts project which sits under Support Staffordshire 500.00 426.00 480.00 500.00 UK Shared Prosperity Fund IUKSPFI via Staffordshire Moorlands District Council Business Enterprise Support Ltd IBESI 9,678.00 9,678.00 UK Shared Prosperlty Fund IUKSPFI via Tamworth Borough Council: VCSE Grants 1 sl Fazeley Scout Group 1 sl Glascote ISI George) S¢out Group Changes Tamworth CIO Cheer Sport Alpha Choices Doslhill Boys Club Fun Club Hub CIO Righ12Speak CIC Sl Georges Church Sl Martin in the Delph Church Sl Peter's Community Church and Centre Tame Community First Responder Group Tamworth & Lichfield Sea Cadets Tamworth Samaritans The Manna House Charity 41,783.00 1,000.00 1,000.00 5,000.00 2,175.00 3,000.00 4,000.00 1,540.97 1,280.00 3,500 00 2,500 00 2,490.00 1,243.00 3,554.03 5,000.00 4,500.00 UNRESTRICTED NHS Strategic Partnerships VAST 2.000.00 2,000.00 Primary Care Social Prescribing Age UK Slaffordshire The Beth Johnson Foundation 47,040.00 34.017.96 47.040.00 34,017.96 199,341.13 199,341.13 Support Staffordshire Tru5tee5 Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 63of69 Total grants by Funder Payments by grant Recipient C. Grant payments 2022-2023 Restricted Brereton Million Community Fund Grant paid lo Brerelon Big Local CIO upon Iransler of responsibility for previous Brerelon Big Local unincorporated partnership with Support Staffordshire as 'Locally Trusted Organisalion, holding funds 27,466 27,466 National Academy for Social Prescribing via Community Action Derby- Delivery Partner Communty Coun¢il of Shropshire - Community Resource 2,000 2,000 National Lottery Heritage Fund vla Staffordshire Wildlife Trust . Communlty Grants Bianslon Parish Council Burton Leander Rowing Club Doveridge Primary School Fish 2013 Friends of Howard School Friends of SGalp¢liffe Woods Kings Bromley Bowling Club MarGhingloD Parish Council Rugeley In Bloom Rugeley Power Slalion Angling Club Sinai Park House Trust Slaffordshire Care Farming Development CIC Tean Valley Meadow Trust The Globe Group CIC Tynsel Parkes CE Primary School Upper Moreton Rural Activities CIC Wesl Midlarids Mega 2022 35,912 690 2,500 526 975 5,000 1,500 700 703 525 3,826 1,580 5,000 1,222 4,142 1,750 585 4,888 National Lottery Community Fund via VAST.. Totally Stoked Grants Approach Dementia Support Biddulph Moor Community Asso¢ialion Birches Head Gel Growing Chesterton Community Forum Circle of Friends Grace Church (Stoke on Trent) CIC Just Family CIC Loggerheads Craft and Chal Group Quarnford Mernori31 Hall The Stoke on Trent & DislTrcl Welsh So¢iely Uni11 Park Works CIC VAST Services (Supplier) Writers for Disability 6,808 1,000 440 497 504 470 500 500 405 500 500 500 500 492 National Lottery Community Fund - Partnership Fund Burton Albion Community Trust East Slaffordshire and Surrounds Diabetes UK Patient NebNork Harvey Gills MHA Corllmunilies South Slaffordshire Trent & Dove Housing 100,072 23,637 8,730 25,031 24,734 17,940 NHS England via Staffordshire & Stoke.on-Trent ICB.. VCSE AllianGe Grant VAST Services 5,000 5,000 Support Stèffordshlre Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 64of69 Staffordshire County Coun¢ll: Community Champions Grants Belgrave Community Allolmenl & Garden Burtori Cri¢kel Club Burton Youth for Christ Is} Chesterton Salvation Army Chesterton Street Champions Citizens Advice Mid Mercia Community Together CIC ISI Creative Choices Cross Heath Young al Heart Group Evergreen Everyone Active Helping Angels Helping Angels Knullon St Mary's CofE Academy Lrfeworks Slaffordshire New Vic Theatre Princess Street Training Education & Enterprise Centre Prinny Football Club Ulloxeler Community Garden 47,259 3,000 1,000 4.060 1,200 1,550 5,000 4,648 3,289 962 2,450 1,416 1,357 3,643 600 900 5,000 4,568 1,500 1,116 Stafford5hire County Council- Stsrt-up & Step-up Grants - previously opening up fund Aclon TrLJssell Bednall & Teddesley Hay Community Centre Against The Odd5 Education & Awareness CIC Asso¢i81ion of Ukrainians in Great Britain Newcastle Staffs Branch Bridge al Ashley Burton Hope Circle of Friends Friends 2 Friends ISI Friends of Guidhall Friends of Hednesford Library Friends of Perton Library Game Theiapy Girlguiding Slaffordshire CHQ IN2 Health & Wellbeing CIC Kidsgrove Care Solutions Kingsley Holl Centre Lileworks Slaffordshire Newcastle Weekly Blind Social Club North Staffs Linkline Oasis Community Church One Li¢hfield Penkridge Sports and Recreation Centre Quarriford Memorial Hall S.A.G.E Sl Vincent de Paul So¢iely Slaffordshire Football Therapy Slep Up Stoke CIC Tamworth Street Angels The Dove Service The Grange Fishing Club The Staffordshire Puppet Tree Vici Coaching Whillinglon Communrty Computer Group Payment from South Slaffordshire Work Club for a grant paid 21-22- Charity has closed down Return of unused grant money Start Uplslep Uplcovid 19 Reslart,given lo Chit Chal 4 U and being held by VAST 14,362 420 500 500 500 500 500 397 469 380 500 467 500 500 507 740 540 499 499 200 490 500 500 600 311 500 75 500 500 449 500 500 500 200 480 Support Staffordshire Trustees Annual Keport and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 65of69 Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent ICB . Community Mental health Transformation.. Delivery Partner VAST Services 1,000 1,000 UK Shared Prosperity Fund- Tamworth Borough Council.. Communlty Grants Changes Tamworth Doslhill Boys Club Li¢hfield & Tamworth Sea Cadets Number 8 Tamworth St Martin in the Delph Church Sl Peter's Church Tamworth District Scout Council Tamworth Hygiene Bank Tamworth Samaritans Tamworth Wellbeing & Cancer Support Centre ITWCSCCI 28,000 1,000 3.850 3,850 4,300 1,800 3,850 3,850 1,000 1,500 3,000 UnrestrÈcted Cannock Villages Primary Care Network- Delivery Partner Age UK Slaffordshire 19,330 19,330 Leek and Biddulph Primary Care Network= Delivery Partner The Beth Johnson Foundation 33,810 33,810 Lichfield and Burntwood Primary Care Network: Delivery Partner Age UK Slaffordshire 27,564 27,564 NHS Staffordshire & Stoke.on-Trent ICB: Healthy Communities Grant Age UK Slaffordshire Burton Albion Community Trust Community Together CIC East Staffordshire Dislricl Patient Engagement Group Harvey Girls St Giles Hospice Trent & Dove Housing 5,000 500 1,000 1,000 1,000 500 500 500 NHS Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent ICB: Healthy Communities Grant round 2 Creative Choices Burton Library Frierids Group Burton Albion Community Trust Community Together CIC Dementia Caring Tamworth Parkinson's Support Group 74,025 11,132 3,300 18,675 17,512 15,046 8,360 Staffordshire Moorlands District Coun¢il - Arts Forum Support.. Arts Grant5 Alton Handbell Ringers BaGk Dane Trust Biddulph Festival Biddulph Male Voice Choir Biddulph U3A Biddulph Ukulele Group Biddulph Up in Arms (Biddulph Folk Clubl Biddulph Youth and CommLJnily Zone Brown Edgtt Allolmenl Association Cheadle Amateur Theatrical Society Youth Cheadle Arts Elldon Community Choir Isl Endon Dramatic Society Endon with Stanley Action Group 16,171 300 500 1,436 300 300 500 300 500 500 300 2,500 300 300 800 Support staffordshire Trustee5 Annual Report and Atcounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 66of69 Foxlowe Arts Centre Isl Graharn Dawson Kingsfield Singers Kingsley Parish Council Leek Arts Festival Association Moorlands Climale Action On The Horizon Counselling Service CIC Quarnford Memorial Hall Slaffordshire Moorlands Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers Stockton Brook Time & Space CIC Young Phoenix Leek Refunded ie Woolley Wednesdays 1,271 300 300 500 1,436 1,442 500 500 300 500 300 443,779 443,779 D. Net Movement In Funds for the Year The nel movement in funds foi the year is slated after charging.. 2024 2023 Audit fees 6,000 6,000 E. Staff Costs 2024 2023 Salaries and Wages Employers National Insurance contributions Employers Pension contributions Redundancy 1,585,328 1,253,308 126,703 96,915 39,724 29,667 767 4,518 1,752,522 1,384,408 Nurllber of employees earning £60,000 or more." Total Benefits of Key Management Personnel 259,988 234,910 The average number of employees dLJring the year was as follows". 73 59 The average number of full-lime equivalent employees during the year was as follows.. 57 46 F. Trustee Remuneration and Related Party Transactions Trustee expenses 107.60 163.31 Trustee, Christine Thomas received payment via Christine Thomas Limited for provision of E Learning modules. These were provided at a discounted rate and followed a pro bono donation of modules in 2020-2021 worth in excess of £14k. Allernalive quotes were obtained lo ensure best value 3,915 6,643 No other Iruslee or other person ielaled lo the Charity had any personal interest in any contract or transaction enl&red into by the charity during the year No trustee received any remuneration in relation to their role as a TrusleelDireclor Support staffordshire Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 67of69 la. Fixed Assets- Tangible Assets Furniture and Equipment Cost or valuation Brought Forward Additions Disposals Depreciation Brought Forward Charge for the year Disposals 2.318 2.318 Net Book Value 31 sl March 2024 4.707 Net Book Value 31st March 2023 7,025 1 b. Fixed Assets - Investments Cirican Consulting LLP Community Foundation for Slaffordshire - Endowment 3,000 195,493 198,493 2. Debtors 2024 2023 Prepayments Accrued Revenue Accounts Re¢eivablo 17.634 42,829 164,109 224,572 28,315 41,536 119,202 189,053 3. Creditors.. amounts falling due within one year 2024 2023 Accrua5s Accounts Payable Payroll Liabilities Pension Liabilities Unearned Income Other Creditors Funds held for third parties 44,928 50,252 28,115 22,744 33,718 25,559 378 392.441 20,776 10,004 505,619 611,217 22,649 29,529 786,691 Support staffordshire - Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 68of69 4. Analysis of Net Assets between Funds 2024 Unrestricted Designated Restricted Funds Funds Funds Total Funds Assets 203,200 203,200 Nel Current Assets 504,501 59,756 1,935 566,192 Nel Assets al 31 March 2024 707,701 59,756 1,935 769,392 S. Restricted Funds 2024 2023 Staffs Moorlands- Ernployability Tamworth Community Fund 1,954 1,935 3.889 1,935 6. Designatèd funds 2024 9,335 40,000 6,586 3,835 2023 15,000 Burton Voluntary Services Centre Climate Action Newcaslle-under-Lyme Guildhall Slafford Railway Building Society Slafford Social Prescribing 6,586 5.723 1.192 28.502 59,756 7. Restricted Fund Movements 202312024 SOFA Surplusl Deficit for the year Transfer to Unrestricted Funds Opèning Balance Balance at 3110312024 SM Employability Worklessness Tamworth Community Fund 1,954 1,935 3,889 1 1,9541 1,935 1,935 1 1,9541 8. Related Party Transactions See note F Support Stofford5hire Trustees Annual Report and Accounts for the Year Ended 31 March 2024 69of69 9. Leasing Commitments Al 31st March 2024 the company had annual commitments urider non-cancellable operating leases as follows.. Within One Year Between one and five years Over five years 2,281 6,274 10. Cash generated from operations 2024 2023 (Deficilllsurplus lor the year 115,1941 148,3791 Adjustments for.. Non cash donations in kind - land and buildings Investment income recognised in the statement of finan¢ial activities Depre¢ialion and impairment of tangible fixed assets 118,7741 2,318 1 7,6701 2,533 Movement in worf(ing capital.. Ilncieaselldecreasel in debtors Increaselldecreasel in creditors 135,5191 281,072 140.973 1 3,7411 Cash labsorbed byllgeneratèd by operations 213,902 83,716