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1202$
12D24
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£53,079.05 £50,￿.53
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£0.
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£53,979￿5 £50,99153
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23R4
24125
£om
£927.45
£232A2
E915.57
£8.425.
É4.637.71
£&657A2 £6W.73
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Swansea COU￿11 Hou5ehoWSupwrtFund
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23R4
£iwno
£W1.00
-£300 0fJreft￿d
£814.00
£tw.00 £¥925.00
TOTALINCOME
£IQA542 £6A15.73
£2,￿5.98
£14.91
£o.ao
£0.
É1,686.20 £1,836.46
£40¢2.97
£6,665.65
£W.74
£339.85
£123.53
£145.32
£254.52
£279.72
£0.
£0.59
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Unknown
24125
£0,￿ È2.789.
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Swansea COU￿11 PeriDd PovertyFund
Tthal rE5tsKted expendhure
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£814.
£Om £4203.00
TOTAL L¥PE￿￿TuRE
Netinfiowlloutnowloffvnds
-E2.08&52 -£5,079.F7
É390.W
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£0.
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£YJ.9￿5a £46,900.76
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2024-Marth 31rt2025

Swansea East Side Food Bank
Acbarity ngisteTrd in England and Wales, 1163300
Report 2024-2025
SectioDA
Reference and adjninistration details
The name ofthe thariry is SWANSEAEAST SIDE F(K)D BANK
Registered number 1163300
The charity is based at
Mouni Zion Bapii5r Chapel
94 MaN8el Road
Bonymaen
Swansea
SAI 7JR
SectlonA
Trustee5Aprll 2024-Morth 2025
Michaela Ba￿ait (from NovetnbeT 2024}
Emma DaNTres (ftom NovembÈr 2024)
David Edwards (Treasurer)
Mandy Evan5
Chr￿toPher Lewis (Chairl
Paul Lloyd
Ashky M&tLSell
Kath Parry
Rachana Pty￿1
Geoffw RO￿rts
PptÈr Rogers
Seciion B
As the charity is small and local, no forn]al ty3illittghas beeD ￿qUired for Inistèès as those who
tome forwatd have so far, bÈÈn familiar with the role and ￿ often exppriÈnced as mmees or
similar roles. Should a nÈw tN5tee Tequest trnining we can provide this by Iraining offÈrodby the
Swansea Volwitary Service CoutJ¢il with which our chariry is in tnÈmbership.
Th15Le@ meetings 3TP hdd at roughly quarterly intervals, any Matt￿￿ aTisin8 between ￿ usually
dealt with by electronic cottLtnunÉtauons.
AcEourtts are main131rted with rnonthly ￿tanc1]I￿n0￿ of income aHd expenditsjre again5rbank
statetnents. We maintain one bank account Muthirt which a level of resekves is ideDufied by
agreeTnent fi￿m time 10 ritne and which is usedto hold restricted an utirestricEed fut￿ The
Treasurerand three otheT trustees are SI￿]&10r1es.
Like m3ny food banks we wodE oll TrfeETals fmtn suppon ageThciès. This is noi always possible and
discretion has 10 be exercised in BILowing self referra15. WÈ ¢onriDue io wvrk cooperauvely a Tange
of agencies to ensusp needs are sDei, we can guide SEEVite users to sourtes of sllppott in the lotaiity.

The charity cotLtinue5 10 be 5llPPQrtÈdby donauons ef cash and go(xJs f￿[n the lotal tommunity,
businesses, 5choo]s and thurches though with the coniinuing ¢0st of living crxsts support has fallen
off. Other sources of stock have cotne thtough the Neighbourly and Cwtch Mawr organisitions.
Risks Identified:
Heath and Safety: _ PTocedure5 IWUiIt'.
Thai anybDdy etttering the btiilding alone informs an appropTiaie Pe￿0￿ of their
whetEabouts.'
Thai a minirnutn of th￿e m￿Lee5 1 voluntÈÈts must be on hand before applicants are served.
when a Support WOtkèT eollects pareels, this can be relaxed. There is a pooniial risk ofbod
behaviourby service llSe￿ underthe influence of dTug5 lalcohol but wÈhave had no
ittcidents ill the la51 year.
General health a[￿ 5afery rnattèts atÈ monfit0￿0.
Insurallte - the tharity has own public liability ￿nSuranCe for opÈrations and prcduct.
FitstAid trailling for sotne volunteer5 ha5 been pmided
Trnure
This retnains a risk, discussionshave been proceeding with the Baptist Unitsn CO￿ratien
as holding tn]stees, two secuon 119 valuations have beÈn obtained boih olwhich are beyond
the means of the chariry io Tneet without a major fundraising effon. li L5 hoped thai a5 the
chariry wa5 e*abli5hed undÈr the aegis of a Bapusr congregauon thai an accommodation tan
be Feacheo. At the time of writing 8 new communiry interest company 'Be¢ter Borlymaen.
was in course of esiablistJmenr with aims to support tJmmurtiry resilience and exisiing
community gTOUP5 including our food bank. It should give u5 acce55 IhTough collaborator5
such a5 Cwmpas and Down To Earth to expertise ii) bid wriiing and pro￿Try tnanageTneTrt.
If the premises are losi, then the chaTiry will have to shut dowtt as is aliernative
place Irosn which to Opera￿ in thè lotalÉty.
Dats Protection
No tomputertzed records containing clieni or w)luDtepT details are kept and such mirtimal
paper reconts as are mainrained for the currency of an applicant's need are handled wilh care
in use and kew undeT lock ènd key, so thÈ risk of adata b￿ach is low.
Any pubLishÈd statistlcs are anonymized.
FoodAMergles
SeNice u5ets are rouiinely asked if thpy bave 5￿cial dietary requiTemeD15.TheTr bp
some risk airacbed to ambient goods ￿e1Ved from the F8re5haFe Neighbourly tharities.
Alle[￿ Tisks normally indicated on packagin& We advise tliertts to check for
themselves and an allergy I f(x)d intolerance advtte sheeiks included in each package.
Food Handling
Our prirtopal food1￿￿￿1@￿ have food safery qualifi￿10￿& Traiuing is Hllowed for iti
budgets and we will maintain thi&
Safeguarding
Three ￿￿ee$ are traitjedto level 3 by vlrtlle ot their offices {councillor5 1 accredited Baptist
EniTrister).
Thefts of food froll] fo(Kl ba]]ks have beenreported b￿$0 far we have notbeen targetted. thè
out of towrt lotatiort oveAooked by private homes and improYettLent of the chapel
boundaries 35 part of the betterBonymaeTh is helpfi]l in Ihi5 [nal￿.
Reputhtion
We depeJ)d on the gwd will of our donots and foF this 5È3soll we exerclse care fin glvlng
a55iStante ttr distouragÈ the abuse of our setvice or over dependence. Applicanis referred
frequendy by single or multiple ￿feree5 have their ca5e5 reviewed and the tpferees ate
conocted.

Sustalnability
Volunteer recruimjeni was difficult after the pandemic bui the￿ has some tw interest in rhe
last yeaT. The trusiee boaTd is a8eiThg and sotne key trustees are lor reasons of he&lth. fittding
ir harder to keep up the Èssential administration of the cha]iry and the colleaion of supplies
by car.
y￿bility
The itttseased exppndttL]re on stock and legitimaie overhead5 {eneryy, in5urante.
consumables) is also a whith couldth[￿atQtt ¢Otttinuivg operaiions.
S￿i￿1 I Political l Economic
This is difficult to a55ess. There may be hardening of alliNdes iowards people who aTe noi
financially self suffi¢RenL our iMp￿sSion is that the'5triver5 and 5kivers' and anti-
immigrallt memes betomirtg more ptÈvalent with thè ￿ of tx)puii5tn. Though ihis is
anecdoiai, people say that food price inflauon means thai they are less able to suppott the
fo(Kl baDk and Slow growrh in ihe econoTny and general stringency makes us wond*r of
govement I local authority gI￿ts which wpp)rt 5gD)e ol ourworti will LE reduced or
disctrntirtued.
Section C
Obitttives andActivitie5
The objett of the Charity ￿￿811￿ to operate a food bank sn the eastenj part of Swansea.
The objertive is èthiÈYÈd by gathÈritig dotLiti¢lnS of foodstllffs and dollations of cash. Foodswffs at
sorted, rotated aDd distributed te applicants refettEd by aBentiP5 (as aknvÈl. Appropriaie actson is
taken to dispose of unfK or out of da* foodstuffs to Preveni theirmnsumption.
Food stock is supplemented through tkne NeighbouTIy otganisation redistribuuDg LJDL supermarket
surglu5e5 and some cusiornerdonation4 non Iwd iterns, toiletries eit. haYÈ come though Cwrch
Mawr, ￿dIStributi￿8 5u]pIu5es and Tewrns frottl on-line tnarkai
We rewewwhat we offer to applicants from time to time. mainly in ￿lation to supplies. We aR sull
having to buy in qu3J]iiiie5 of food as doEJarions have fallen off.
We consider that these activities are conducted with regard to the gvidartce of the Chatity
cornmi55ion on public benefit.
The strength of the Easi Side Food Bank is lis volunieer body. It ts a tommthiity attivity harnessipg
the so¢ial Capitsl of the by 2ts O￿n pE>JicyJ 5kiU4 taJeiJ15 and expertise. experience of warking itt
public office. cOm￿n sense a#d B￿d wi]L
The th8Tity hold5 a leyel 5 food hygiene r￿]ng which we will do ourbest to maiiiikin. Itj the last
yearwe have reinforced our system of stetk mtation for this rea50n.
Stotk managernent and di5tribuiion is highly organised io minimise waste. Agieat deal of atEeniion
js given 10 maintaining s[￿k itt good condition and its rotation with (he disposal of any ullfii siodL
To Teduce ettviroDmental impac¢ we son recyclable waste.
Food banks are oftert rÈfetsed ro as a'sticking plasor, Tneasure. We have always tri￿ to signpost
people io help with the Caus￿ of their erisis. Wè tontinue to do this and are seeking to play a part
on a wider effon towards thereLief of poverty and cOn￿u￿1ty ￿SlIl@￿te.

lrt SeptembeT 2024 the Natural Law Projeci funded by theWelshArts Council undèr the Conne
and Flowish in1tiati￿ tame to an ertd. Thp objecuvp of this had been discover and develtrp
iDiiiaiives for community resiliellte in lin? with the 2015 Future Generation5 Act (Wale51. As
mÈrttioThEd above, at the time of WTiring ihe continuarion body. the betierBonymaen CIC is corning
into being. Furth&r fllndittg is bÈirtg sought in tortjuncrion with Swansea University for vanous
programmes ol social researth. Ourassoci3tiDn with the University Law Clinic continues and we
have also 5wengEhelled contacrs with local schools.
The restoraiion of the tha￿1 gatdèn as part of the Natt￿al Lawl betrerBoDymaen projett tofttirtuÈ
is providing some fresh vegeiables for distrÈbution and has gÈnÈtated sotne inteTest in gardening for
edible5. Food Security and es)er￿ security are among aill￿ to the prujeci.
WÈ would like to distribute tThore fresh Produ￿ bui Tpgular supplies ar￿ srorage have proved
difficult.
We are moni(oring PTogre55 Qn the development of around 150 social housing spaces on browrtfield
si*S, the impact this may have US EemaitJ5 to be *en.
Section D
Compar150rt of statistits over thè yw shows detnartd has Eemained broadly level.
As mentioned betore. donations ttDm our Itryal don0￿ have dimillished and we are still
using cash 10 iop-up by purchase, this Is evideni in the finantial sÈction of the Tepon.
By cooper8tion and inier-working wilh statutory bodies and other third s@¢toT owpnisations
havo setuTEd gra]]ts, supplies and ttainillg. We also do our besi within timited iesources to
signpost service users to 50Uttes of support and help.
The dedicaiion of our volunteer team is admÉrable. britiging knowledge, skills and Jife
expeTience ro whai they do with a geiiuine concem for & functional and sllpponive
community. We are inclusive, we have becotne io an exteni. a mulu-racial, faiths and no
faith group. This was always thÈ aspiration. It IS QUE ITnpre5510n that the localiry is becomittg
Tnore whnically diverse. Language ba￿￿@)5 With seThplce users can bÈ ovprcome trdDslation
app5 OJI 5tnart phones.
Befng'emb*lded' in the community in this way seetns 10 eDgendera Se[￿e of ownership by
the community aftd it may ]nakÈ our operatiots mote aPprOad￿b1e far those who need our
help. We continue ro receive appreciative feedback on the emp&thy of ollr team, the efficieKLt
o￿anIsation of our SeT￿￿ atKI flExibility by which we can respotxi to some if not all
emergencies.
We welcome year 5 16 pupils of YsgoL Gynrad I Pentrechwyrth I Prin)ary School with joini
5llpervi5ion by ieachers as pan ol of a work experience programme.
We eontinue to seÈk effedive way5 of getting help to where it 15 needed. Consequertily gur
local community secojjdary school Ceth HEngoed holds ￿OCk for itnmediate distriblltitrn to
fa￿LlIeS in need as do Pentreehwych School atjd our C0[n￿ll￿ity Centre ai times of neod.
WÈ a15a supported two illiiiaiives ai our commullity centEe Bony]]]aen Kids Play Itjitiauve
and anothÈr for soti&l contact for older people with basic fo(M]stufft as both ptolude for
people experiencing shortage of food.
We Ta]] 3 succe55ful progTa]nme pan funded through SwaDsÈa Council 4nd in conjunction
with local schoDls to 5uppon fatnilies through the sun)mer holldays when frEe 5choots ￿eal5
noi available, thp level of need pui a sirain on our resources. This however underline5 (he
continuing need fora food btnk in thè locality.
We referred some service users for additional help throllgh Faith ]]] Fatni)ies (Church in
Wales) periodic offers of food vouchers.

We received a visiis fro￿ The Lord Mayor of Swansea and Je￿rny MilesAS IAM Cabillet
Secretary for Heath and Sccial Care with Mike HedgesASIAM along with local councillors
in the We15h GOvern￿ent in the course of the year, ttley expressed thetnselves i￿PreSSed at
thelevel OEganisauon ol our operatiotl wlu.ch canbE ditectly attributedto ourttvstees and
volunteers.
5otrye of our trustees have taken on the task of bId￿Titing with gratifying success.
There is SOMÈ totnmunication with seNice users inwelsh.
Section E
Financial Review
See Treasurer, s Repon.
Section F
Optiollal Infornthtto
Wp constantly mollitor Communication5 for potential sources of y.fts I funding io add value to what
we offÈr.
Section G- Dtdarado
The trustees declare rhai they have app￿Ved thE trustees report above
Signed ou behalf of the d]arity's truste*s
Signature
Full name
ftWJeJ Tmtsnsdl
Positio
Volunteer
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