## **STREAMZ Trustees Annual March 2023 Report** _**Streamz International | Trustees Annual Report 2023 | www.streamz.org.uk | @streamzflows**_ ## **CONTENTS** |Principle Address||2| |---|---|---| |Trustees & Responsibilities of Trustees||2| |Bankers|3|| |Objectivities|3|| |Activities & Achievements||4| |Public Beneft|6|| |Risk Management|6|| |Plans for Future Periods|7|| |Finance|8|| 2 _**Streamz International | Trustees Annual Report 2023 | www.streamz.org.uk | @streamzflows**_ ## **PRINCIPLE ADDRESS** Streamz The BRYCC 143-145 Brixton Road London SW9 6LZ ## **TRUSTEES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES** Voke Salmon (Chair) Philip Mondo (Treasurer) Victor Orhurhu The trustees continue to provide governance and are the ultimate policy-making organ of Streamz. They meet once every quarter in the year with additional meetings/discussions held between the trustees and the Chief Executive Officer using electronic platforms, as a means to communicate and make decisions more frequently. The trustees are not in receipt of remuneration for their role within the charity but provide much needed oversight and direction. ## **BANKERS** National Westminster Bank 91 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7HW 3 _**Streamz International | Trustees Annual Report 2023 | www.streamz.org.uk | @streamzflows**_ ## **OBJECTIVES** The objects of Streamz are: - The relief of poverty and unemployment for the benefit of the public in such ways as may be thought fit by the trustees, including assistance to find employment and related skills training. - The advancement of education for the benefit of the public by the provision of training in employment skills. - To provide or assist in the provision of facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation or other leisure time occupation of individuals who have need of such facilities by reason of their youth, age infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances with the object of improving their conditions of life. - Such other purposes that are deemed charitable according to the laws of England and wales as the trustees may from time to time decide. ## **ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS** After a year of operating projects off-site and online. It was our intention to resume delivering activities that were in-door once again, despite not quite having a resolution to issues relating to a premises for operations. We worked in partnership with two local organisations in order to do this: The Brixton Road Youth and Community Centre and the Myatts Field North Community. 4 _**Streamz International | Trustees Annual Report 2023 | www.streamz.org.uk | @streamzflows**_ **STREAMZ FM** continues to be a platform for young people (and the youth organisation they are a part of) to provide a service, and voice for the community, primarily through discussion and music. Our online radio station presently has a range of shows that consist of talks tips for mothers, challenges for young people and careers. As well as the talk shows, there are also specialist music shows such as hip-hop, dancehall, afropop and amapiano, to name a few. **HOMEWORK CLUB** has been set up for children aged 7 to 16 to receive support with their homework and revision. We are working with the Myatts Field North Community Centre to provide this service twice a-week during term times. Presently the vast majority of participants are aged between 7-11 years and are residents of the Myatts Field North area and Cowley Estate. **STREAMZ FC** was birthed in 2014 and has been an effective tool for keeping young men physically active and 5 _**Streamz International | Trustees Annual Report 2023 | www.streamz.org.uk | @streamzflows**_ in doing so, assisted in reducing the risk of disease and helped to manage weight loss. Additionally, our football sessions have also improved the wholistic wellbeing of participants, including their mental health and social skills. In any case the young people the project commenced with, in 2014 (and those that joined after) were now adults above the age of 25 and we therefore had to take a new approach to focus on our target group. We made a conscious decision to phase out the men’s and allowed them to function independently. We have relaunched the football sessions targeting children from the 7 to 14 years of age by organising a football tournament that took place in the Spring where we had over 20 young people in attendance. The idea behind this is to start regular football sessions for them in the summer which will continue during term time as well. **ACTIVE** is a new addition to our services where we provide outdoor and creative activities for young people during the school holidays. In the summer of 2022, we were able to deliver our first project where 16 young people attended and participated in a range of activities over a six-week period. The activities the young people were able to engage in included GoKarting, bowling, drama and film making, as well as career talks. We were successful enough to secure funding to run the second round of the project during the Spring 6 _**Streamz International | Trustees Annual Report 2023 | www.streamz.org.uk | @streamzflows**_ holidays in 2023. During the Spring we had over 20 young people in attendance and it was clear that the sporting elements of the provision were the key factors, in increasing our enrolment numbers. It is our hope to build on our strengths and learn from shortcomings in order to continue to run the project in the Summer of 2023 that provides a greater experience for young people in our community. 7 _**Streamz International | Trustees Annual Report 2023 | www.streamz.org.uk | @streamzflows**_ ## **PUBLIC BENEFIT** As a Charitable Incorporation Organisation, the trustees of Streamz have allotted time in order to familiarise themselves with the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and have effectively overseen the delivery of activities for children from deprived areas in North Brixton and the surrounding communities, in order to improve their employment prospects and wellbeing to prevent them from becoming future NEETs or even being drawn into greater anti-social practices. We have also provided a safe platform for young people to interact with their peers and express themselves through music and sport as well as delivered training and experience for work for young people, to help them make more informed choices about their future as well as move closer to employment. ## **RISK MANAGEMENT** In our work with children, young people and in some cases vulnerable adults, it is imperative that we take the appropriate measures to adopt the best practices as an organisation. This is in order to safeguard our beneficiaries, staff and possessions. All trustees and staff working with vulnerable adults, young people and children, have an enhanced DBS check carried out to identify their suitability to work with our beneficiaries. We continue to ensure that all staff working with young people will have adequate safeguarding training to ensure they are able to fulfil their roles as expected. Risk assessments are reviewed and revised where required, usually on an annual basis although this can be more frequently where, there are changes to provisions, venues 8 _**Streamz International | Trustees Annual Report 2023 | www.streamz.org.uk | @streamzflows**_ and/or where new hazards arise or existing risks become more severe. Risk assessments are reviewed by the Chief Executive and then approved by the trustees. ## **PLANS FOR FUTURE PERIODS** We are taking effective measures to grow our organisation to ensure that is financially sustainable following the setback of the global pandemic. The strategy is to continue with our online provision but more importantly seek opportunities to deliver activities in person, which are now ongoing. Efforts are being made to secure a premises or have greater access to the premises Streamz has been using at Brixton Road. Access to the premises has been limited as the tenant no longer wishes to honour the agreement that was made. 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