Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date To Period end date 06 04 2020 05 04 2021
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Charity name SHARE Young People’s Counselling Service
Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1162458
Charity's principal address Oakley Community Resource Centre Clyde Crescent Cheltenham Postcode GL52 5QJ
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled to Trustee name Office (if any) year appoint trustee (if any) 1 Ella Soakell_Haines SHARE YPCS 2 David Furminger SHARE YPCS 3 Kate Smith SHARE YPCS 4 Tracey Harper SHARE YPCS 5 Gordon Hart SHARE YPCS 6[Ruth] SHARE YPCS Rickman-Williams 7 Christopher Bygrave SHARE YPCS 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
TAR
March 2022
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Constitution How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) CIO Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) By appointment Additional governance issues (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where We have put the following “Policies and Procedures” in place: relevant, about: Induction Process, Handbook, Safeguarding Policy, Equal Opportunities Policy ●policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Organisational Structure training of trustees; We hold Quarterly meetings of Trustees and stakeholders. ●the charity’s organisational structure and any wider Relationships network with which the charity Health and Safety Policy under the umbrella of Oakley Community works; Resource Centre ●relationship with any related parties; Trustees’ Consideration ●trustees’ consideration of Risk assessments under the umbrella of Oakley Community Resource major risks and the system Centre and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
To relieve and prevent suffering caused by mental or physical ill health or by social or economic circumstances among young people up to the age of Summary of the objects of the 25 years old living in Gloucestershire and the surrounding area, in charity set out in its governing particular but not exclusively by provision of a counselling service. document
TAR
March 2022
The provision of a self-referring, free counselling service for young people up to the age of 25 facilitated by volunteer counsellors, on-line, at varying times, during the Covid-19 pandemic. We provide counselling to up to 12 clients per week. All clients are assessed prior to appointments with their counsellor to establish the level of need and ensure that counsellors are working within their limits.
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
In so doing, the Trustees have acted entirely ethically and appropriately for the public benefit and within the guidelines of our Constitution as approved and agreed by the Charity Commission.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
Our entirely voluntary group consist of 6 trained counsellors, 4 trainee counsellors, 2 supervisors, 1 coordinator and 1 general assistant, and 1 treasurer. As part of our provision of service we accept trainee counsellors at Diploma level who wish to continue their professional development and receive full training and clinical supervision.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
TAR
March 2022
Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
We have provided regular free counselling, on line for young people in Cheltenham and surrounding areas on 48 weeks of the year (Oakley Community Centre was completely closed during the pandemic). 280 counselling and 70- supervision hours were offered. Client sessions are varied between 6-12 weeks for clients depending on the level of need. Our clients mainly present with the following problems: Emotional/Personal, School/work, Relationship Feedback from our clients collected through questionnaires at the end of their sessions informs us that 83% found our service to be “very helpful”, the remaining 17% considered it “fairly helpful” on a five-point scale.
Written feedback when invited to provide extra comments about their experience included the following examples by our clients: “Helped me talk about things on my mind. I am happier.” “Reflection. A place where uncomfortable thoughts could come to the forefront safely.”
“Counselling has been a safe haven, a good place for help”
As in 2019/20 we continued support for the trainees taken on between 2017/18 and 2019/20
We are currently fundraising to secure training for an additional supervisor.
TAR
March 2022
Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Any reserves (which to date amount to £1800) are held with the Co-op Bank.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
None
Further financial review details (Optional information)
The charity relies solely on donations from clients, the general public and You may choose to include corporate organisations (Primarily Amazon Prime). Key expenditures are additional information, where the charity's mobile phone, which is used for all client contact as well as relevant about: the printing of required paperwork. ● the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) David Furminger
Full name(s) David Nicholas Furminger
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Trustee
Date
06/03/2022
TAR
March 2022
Co-op Bank Account No. 0892996576681300
Date: 5th April 2021
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT 2020/2021
SHARE YPCS
Registered Charity Number 116245 shareypcs@yahoo.com
| DATE DESCRIPTION DEBITS CREDITS ACCOUNT BALANCE |
DATE DESCRIPTION DEBITS CREDITS ACCOUNT BALANCE |
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| Balance brought forward 06/04/2020 £1,804.77 |
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| 21/05/2020 Amazon Smile Donation £6.35 £1,811.12 |
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| 15/06/2020 Co-opBank Statement Fees £2.50 £1,808.62 |
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| 07/10/2020 Tesco Mobile £10.00 £1,798.62 |
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| 11/11/2020 Donation £80.00 £1,878.62 |
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| 18/12/2020 Tesco Mobile £20.00 £1,858.62 |
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| 29/12/2020 Wix.Com £43.20 £1,815.42 |
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| 07/01/2021 Donation £20.00 £1,835.42 |
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| 25/01/2021 Donation £30.00 £1,865.42 |
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| Co-op Bank Account No. 0892996576681300 £1,865.42 |
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