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**o**|Period end date||| |||06|04|2022||05|04|2023| ## Section A Reference and administration details **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** **Trustee name Office (if any)** - 1 David Furminger - 2 Tracey Harper - 3 Gordon Hart Ruth Rickman- - 4 Williams - 5 Claire King Christopher - 6 Bygrave **Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled year to appoint trustee (if any)** SHARE YPCS SHARE YPCS SHARE YPCS SHARE YPCS SHARE YPCS SHARE YPCS - 7 - 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** **TAR** March 2024 |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
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**Address**| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**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 CIO (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods By appointment (eg. appointed by, elected by) **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include We have put the following “Policies and Procedures” in place: additional information, where Induction Process, Handbook, Safeguarding Policy, Equal Opportunities relevant, about: Policy ● policies and procedures Organisational Structure adopted for the induction and We hold Quarterly meetings of Trustees and stakeholders. training of trustees; Relationships ● the charity’s organisational Health and Safety Policy under the umbrella of Oakley Community structure and any wider Resource Centre network with which the charity works; Trustees’ Consideration Risk assessments under the umbrella of Oakley Community Resource ● relationship with any related Centre parties; ● trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **TAR** March 2024 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 25 years old living in Gloucestershire and the surrounding area, in **Summary of the objects of the** particular but not exclusively by provision of a counselling service. **charity set out in its governing document** The provision of a self-referring, free counselling service for young people up to the age of 25 facilitated by volunteer counsellors, on-line and faceto-face depending on circumstances, at varying times, dictated by Covid19.. 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. 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. **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)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** **TAR** March 2024 Our entirely voluntary group consists of 6 trained counsellors, 2 trainee counsellors, 3 supervisors, 1 coordinator, 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: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance **TAR** March 2024 ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** We have provided regular free counselling, on line and face-to-face for young people in Cheltenham and surrounding areas on 48 weeks of the year. 285 counselling and 84- 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 2021/22 we continued support for the trainees taken on between 2020/21 and 2021/22 ## **Section E Financial review** **TAR** March 2024 Any reserves (which to date amount to £1800) are held with the Co-op **Brief statement of the** Bank. **charity’s policy on reserves** **Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit** ## **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); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - 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** 21/03/2024 **TAR** March 2024 **Co-op Bank Account No. 0892996576681300** Date: 5th April 2023 ## **STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT 2022/2023** SHARE YPCS Registered Charity Number 116245 shareypcs@yahoo.com |||||**ACCOUNT**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**DATE**|**DESCRIPTION**|**DEBITS**|**CREDITS**|**BALANCE**| ||_Balance brought forward 06/04/2022_|||£2,772.46| |09/05/2022|Donation - Amazon Smile||£5.00|£2,777.46| |07/06/2022|Tesco Mobile|£20.00||£2,757.46| |16/06/2022|Donation -Waitrose||£600.00|£3,357.46| |01/08/2022|Tesco Mobile|£30.00||£3,327.46| |07/11/2022|Tesco Mobile|£20.00||£3,307.46| |08/11/2022|J.Nieuhaus-Training|£45.00||£3,262.46| |15/11/2022|Donation - Amazon Smile||£5.18|£3,267.64| |28/12/2022|Wix web site subscription|£43.20||£3,224.44| **Co-op Bank Account No. 0892996576681300** £2,772.46 ACCOUNT BALANCE DATE DESCRIPTION DEBITS CREDITS