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nity Registered Charity No: 1163226 Annual Re ort Februar 2023

Notice of

Annual General Meeting

to be held at

The Armstrong Centre Grovehill Rd, Beverley

on

Tuesday 7[th] February at 7pm

All Members Welcome

The Agenda

• Welcome and Apologies

• Approval of minutes from 2022 AGM

• Guest Speaker

• Chairperson’s Report

• Centre Manager’s Report

• Treasurer’s Report

• Annual Statement of Accounts and Approval of Accounts (Auditor)

• Any other business

• Close

Chairpersons Report

Against the background of a grim period of national economic difficulty I'm proud to say our centre has shown great ability to support all those who need assistance in our community.

Firstly Covid created the need for a social supermarket as earnings were affected by lockdowns. Then the war in Ukraine inflated fuel and food costs across Europe. Last Autumn disastrous budget proposals from No. 10 weakened Sterling and led to raised interest rates even as Britain's withdrawal from the EU further slowed the economy. Finally a new chancellor's proposals to reduce public spending will permit higher council tax levels.

These events, remote from Beverley, nonetheless will affect us all and I have to thank our manager, all our staff, our willing volunteers and my fellow trustees for their ongoing energy and effort to help individuals, families and young people cope, in what may well be hard times in the year ahead.

Yours sincerely

Jim Whitfield

Cherry Tree Community Centre Managers Report

Review over the last year:

Since Covid 19, lockdowns, furlough and the cost of living crisis the Cherry Tree Centre has adapted to the needs of the local community. I am extremely proud of the staff and volunteers and the way the board of trustees have enabled us to pull together in these exceptional circumstances

The current cost of living crisis is having a significant impact on the community and our staff and volunteers. With the increases in food, fuel and low take home pay people are struggling.

Advice:

Our advice service has four part time paid staff and six volunteers. Over a period of a month we have over 1000 calls from people needing advice. We have helped people with debts, housing, Universal Credit claims, disputes and all disability benefits.

In April 2022 we were awarded the AQS accreditation for our advice service. This is the first year we have helped clients with gas and electricity vouchers. In the month of December we provided over £1000 of support to clients who had run out of credit on their pre-payment meters.

With the support of Act 435, ERVAS and Beverley Against Poverty we helped clients with white goods, furniture, clothes and shoes and children’s school uniforms to name but a few. Feedback from the clients has and still continues to be positive.

Cherry Tree Pantry:

The pantry was set up in 2020 and was only meant to be a temporary project, however the demand for this has been overwhelming. Currently we have 173 members with 13 families on a waiting list. We also have 40 volunteers that support the pantry.

Over Christmas thanks to ABI Caravans, Beverley Building Society, local businesses and donations from the general public over 700 people received food hampers and families also received toy hampers. Thanks to Reckitts every member of the pantry received hygiene bags to support them over three months. We have also supported many Ukrainian families that have come to us in desperate need of food and household items. One Ukrainian lady still volunteers for us in the pantry every week.

Youth Club:

We have joined up with the Youth Partnership Team, which involves monthly meetings to offer the best outcomes for young people in Beverley. We currently have 1 youth leader and 5 youth workers.

We are currently homeless but are looking forward to an exciting year ahead thanks to Jacky Bowes, The High Sherriff of East Riding. She has put us in touch with Mark Burley from Keep Moat Homes and they have donated 3 cabins to make into our new youth club. Big thanks also to Beverley Rugby club for allowing us to house these cabins on their site.

Our young people also had the opportunity to go to the Houses of Parliament as they came runners up at The House of Commons Young Person’s Award. Our young people loved the journey to London!

Housing:

At last after a four year process and many meetings, we have finally purchased two flats. This was all due to Key Fund and The Charity Bank. Our first tenant now accesses all the CTC services and also volunteers for us. The second tenant will be moving in on the 10[th] February 2023 and we are looking forward to supporting him. These flats are a lifeline to tenants whom could not afford a bond or are in employment or have poor credit. We are also looking forward to our next purchase!

Bingo Group:

The Cherry Tree Bingo Club was set up in March 2022 at The Armstrong Centre and is open to all ages. We started with 14 members and now have 33 members who attend regularly every week. We also take our members on outings and they have been to Hornsea Garden Centre, celebrated with afternoon tea at the Jubilee and also enjoyed a Christmas meal at Toby Carvery.

Little Gruffalo’s Preschool/Out of School Club:

We have had Ofsted in March 2022 and received a GOOD, with quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development and leadership and management all rated good.

We currently have 42 preschool children on roll and 45 out of school children on the register. The staff and Manager of Little Gruffalo’s go above and beyond to support the families they work with. Little Gruffalo’s received a grant from Hey Smile Foundation to give the Preschool children a hot meal at lunch time and parents have said this has helped them knowing their children have had hot food over the winter months.

A parent has received support with a bed and another has had help with a table and chair for their child to eat their food from. Reckitts supported the preschool with an embroidered bath towel and hygiene products to take home. Once again parents loved the hygiene products as the cost of living and the price of hygiene products is a struggle. Beverley Building Society also have supported the preschool by donating books, toys and clothes along with money that allowed us to buy every child a new winter coat.

The children also enjoyed a trip to Williams den and also to the Secret Village in Anlaby. This was paid for by Risby homes. Many of the children have never been on a bus or had the opportunity to go out to venues like the Secret village.

Summary:

Overall, even though we are still in difficult times, the Centre continues to thrive due to the hard work of the staff and volunteers. A big thank you to funders and the general public who offer cash donations, food, toys and also household items that help support our clients.

The Cherry Tree Centre has and will continue to meet the needs of the Community and deal with whatever the future holds.

Jo Ramsay

Treasurer Report for AGM Feb 2023

Hi all, I’d like to start by thanking you all for coming tonight, the CTC is a fantastic charity that helps so many, and this help would not be possible without your support.

We have fantastic staff and volunteers and I’m grateful to each and every one of you for your continued commitment, hard work and for going that extra mile. I believe the most important asset and investment a business can make is in its staff, and we have an amazing group who work really hard.

Next year, will be my 10[th] year as a Trustee and 6[th] year as Treasurer, I’m not quite sure where those years have gone, but over these years the ctc has undergone a period of change and modernisation.

6 years ago, we had £3000 in the bank and had to take out an overdraft to pay that month’s wages. The trustees sat down, and together, we mapped a route out of that situation and have continued to grow ever since. We are now a modern, fluid and adaptable business that delivers charitable activities, it is this change in mindset which has led to many successes and raised our profile in the area. I believe our key strengths our ability to adapt to the needs of our community, and how we have embedded ourselves & services in the heartbeat of the community. This we demonstrated throughout Covid, Brexit and are current situation, the cost-of-living crisis.

The Food4families social pantry began with me collecting ‘woopsy’ food from supermarkets at 9 o’clock at night with no budget in place and now is a fully stocked social pantry supporting 170 families a week. The pantry has helped many, many families throughout a very difficult 3 years.

Our existing advice service has never been busier, and funding is a constant concern to a much needed and in demand service.

Little Gruffalos, our Ofsted rated Pre-school, is a fantastic place for young people to begin their schooling life. We recently received an Ofsted rating of Good which I know all the Trustees are proud of the staff for all their efforts. Any profits made from the pre-school support the advice service.

The Youth Club, which has been running for 5 years is on the brink of having a home, with planning permission currently with ERYC.

We explored the housing market with the Community Led Housing Scheme. Sadly this didn’t work out, but that didn’t stop us and last year we purchased 2 flats.

We have now given homes to 2 people who accessed our advice service and are now living independently whilst receiving wrap around support from us. We plan to purchase more properties in the future. I hope that long term, the Cherry Trees Renaissance Housing Project moves the charity to a closer place of selfsustainability.

In my other, working for the NHS, the CTC has supported the development of a new project. I work in an early intervention CAMH’s service which supports young people experiencing negative mental health & emotional well-being. The young people may have experienced trauma, challenging family dynamics or emotional dysregulation. I have written and developed a programme which focuses on young people’s emotional well-being and its relationship with nature. This has been run as a pilot over the last 2 and a half years and has been funded by successful bids made by the CTC.

The Humber Teaching NHS Trust have featured the programme in this years Social Value Report and stated the economic value of the programme is £1.5 million and I am looking to develop this programme and hopefully access more funding in the coming months.

All of this is delivered by this little amazing charity and the amazing people who give their time and go that extra mile to ensure people in this community don’t have to go without, with your help we will continue to fight poverty with a passion.

I’d like to say a massive thankyou to all the staff, the volunteers, and trustees and a special thanks to Claire, who is our accounts clerk and my right arm. And lastly to my partner Jo, for all the headaches she gives me and joys we celebrate, when we deliver the success stories and help people facing hardship

Thank you all very much

Tony Henderson

Treasurer.

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  Dog & Duck Inn Latimer Church St Nicholas Church

 Humberside Police First Hand Training …plus many others

A BIG thank you to all of our volunteers

Without each one of you the centre would not be able to offer the range of services it does

The present Management Committee Trustees

Jim Whitfield – Chair

I moved to Beverley in 1978 to teach Design and Technology at Beverley Grammar School. I was elected to Beverley Town Council in 1999 and was elected to be Mayor of the town in 2003/2004 and 2007/2008.

I am also a trustee of the local charity Beverley Community Lift and the Chair of Go Kids Go, a wheelchair skills training charity. My hobbies include athletics, cycling and DIY. I joined the committee by invitation, and strive to ensure its ongoing success in assisting the local community.

Pat Crouch – Vice Chair

I have been associated with Beverley Cherry Tree Community Centre since 2006 and was Chair of the Trustees for nine years. I have always been very active within charities and community groups in Beverley. I volunteered at British Red Cross for several years.

My hobbies include spending time with my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, taking holidays both within the UK and further afield. I am also a regular attendee of Beverley Baptist Church. It has been a privilege to watch the Centre blossom and flourish over the years, to become the place it is today.

Jim Sharp

I am a founder member and have been involved with the centre since 1986. I live in Beverley, and before retirement worked as a structural engineer with the local authority.

I am actively involved with a number of other charities including Beverley Against Poverty and Churches Together. I have recently been made a Freeman of Beverley.

My hobbies include golf and spending time with my family. In my spare time I am involved with Hull and East Yorkshire Credit Union and play the piano in local care homes.

Tony Henderson – Treasurer

I grew up in the area around Beverley Cherry Tree Community Centre. I have held various roles within the NHS, including my current role with the SMASH team within schools in East Yorkshire.

My role as treasurer at Beverley Cherry Tree Community Centre includes ensuring robust and effective financial controls are in place, reviewing the charity’s financial performance and writing and reviewing policies for finance and investment. I enjoy spending time with my family and travelling. My hobbies include playing and watching football, cooking and gardening.

Marie Ramsden

I have been a trustee at CTCC for approximately 14 years. My original role was as a mentor/practice assessor for social work students on placement with the Advice Centre. This setting was an excellent training ground for students, exposing them to the many complexities of the Welfare Benefits system and the problems and anxieties experienced by claimants. I am passionate about fighting poverty.

Amy Anderson - Secretary

I live in Beverley and began volunteering at the centre in the Community Pantry during the Covid-19 pandemic, whilst working at East Riding of Yorkshire Council. I now work for the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

I enjoy spending time with my family, socialising with friends and going to the gym.

Barbie Middleton-Parsons

I live in Beverley, close to Beverley Cherry Tree Community Centre and joined as a trustee three years ago after volunteering at the centre for a number of years.

I have always been passionate about volunteering and have run a successful arts and crafts group locally for a number of years. I was an active member of the Friends of St Mary’s School, organising events to raise funds for the school. I currently run a busy social community group at the centre. My hobbies include crocheting, arts and crafts and spending time with her family.

John Edmond

I live locally, in Beverley, and have recently joined Beverley Cherry Tree Community Centre as a trustee. I qualified as a solicitor in 1983.

I always had a keen interest in town planning and this was the direction my law career moved in. This saw me at Planning Inquires as a cross-examiner and negotiating agreements associated with

major developments.

I now have a Development Consultancy, specialising in advising on development land opportunities.

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