{.W•ff A r￿... *4. -*• MINE Annual Report: 2020-21 ## **MINE (Mission Initiative Newcastle East)** 105 Middle Street Walker Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 4DB **www.minebyker.co.uk Reg Charity no: 1163731** **Independent Examiner:** Mrs Elizabeth Rickaby Walker Tyne and Wear NE6 2PU Mission Initiative Newcastle East (MINE) is a Bishop’s Mission Order and registered charity working across the East end of Newcastle. It was established (as the Urban ministry and Theology project) as a creative way for the parishes and clergy of Byker and Walker to work and learn together with an initial emphasis on contributing to the economic regeneration of the area through the strategic use of the Church’s resources, and also as a vehicle for theological training in an urban context. Our Objectives: - For the existing Anglican congregations to grow in spiritual depth, numerically and in theological awareness - For new expressions of church presence and mission to emerge that honour the local context - For local Christians to develop models of ministry that arise directly out of the context of social and economic regeneration - For existing buildings to be used in a strategic and economical way - For ecumenical cooperation and partnership to take place wherever appropriate and possible - For the establishment of appropriate partnerships with both statutory and voluntary agencies through stimulating interaction with communities of Newcastle East - For those engaged in theological training to share in learning gained by local people in a way that means we gain from their experience - For theological reflection on the urban context to take place in the midst of the activities generated by the interaction of the above aims We run a variety of projects that demonstrate our commitment and engagement with the Newcastle East area: ## **MINE Youth:** Led by our Children’s and Youth Coordinator this currently entails: - Working in the local academy trust, supporting students in one-to-one and small group settings, and bridging the gap between schools based and community based support. - Other schools work including RE workshops, sports clubs, and DJ workshops. - Detached youth work on the streets of Byker and Walker. - Closed clubs for children and young people aged 8-13, using sports, music, craft, games and other activities to promote holistic wellbeing. - Parent and toddler groups. - A gap year programme for young people aged 16-23 to serve, learn and grow. MINE Youth Activity in figures.. Activity Type Sessions Run (total hours) Average sessional attendees (total distinct} Bubbles 24 {24) 61231 Detached 72 (1161 21 (unknown) Street Clubs 16 (32) 51241 Schools Music Sessions 12 {24) 10 {201 ons 414} 30 {1201 Online Events 81141 51211 Delivered 1362 activity packs to families in Byker and Walker Delivered 75 pumpkins for a carving competition Ran light gardens in the Autumn and Winter school holidays for 46 families Created a Christmas video with local residents, seen by 2000 people on facebook. Ran a sports holiday club for 12 young people over two days in the Christmas holidays. Ran a follow up holiday club in the Easter holidays for 15 young people, and a fun day for 12 families ## **Supporting the Community through the Pandemic:** **It’s been a long year, and as well as regular activity we’ve been involved in a lot! Here is a summary of the sorts of things we’ve got up to as we support children,young people and families in the East End through the Coronavirus Pandemic.** **Over lockdown we’ve delivered packs of activities (crafts, games, reflections,sweets) and food to more than 150 families in Byker and Walker, many of them on many occasions. We’ve done these for Easter, Christmas, half term, summer,and various other times, and all have been a great opportunity to get to know new families, and support those we know more closely.** **Over Summer 2020 we took part in Street Games’ “Best Summer Ever”. With funding from the department of education, organisations across the city put on street clubs, pop up workshops and detached youth work to give children and young people a chance to have some fun over what could have been a pretty miserable summer. We spent 5 of the 7 weeks out and about, delivering activity packs and food parcels, connecting with the community, and doing all sorts of exciting youth work with the East End’s wonderful young people.** **At Autumn and Christmas we decked St Michael’s church grounds with lights and invited families to come, enjoy the sights and atmosphere, and reflect on themes of comfort, joy, hope and light. See the separate report for more information on them!** **In the Christmas holidays, when it was still against the rules to gather inside, we decided we wouldn’t let some cold weather stop us celebrating Christmas and the joy of Jesus’ birth! So we did an outdoor sports club in Walker park with people we’d met over the year on detached. We had a great time chatting about the Christmas story and playing sports together, so when it came to Easter we decided to do it again.** **Of course, it being Easter, we expected it to be warmer. We were wrong. Still,even though it snowed, young people came to the park and we played more sports, ate more food, and chatted about the Easter Story. Off the success of Christmas and Easter, we did another sports holiday club at half term.** **We were successful in a bid to buy and decorate a large shipping container outside St Michael’s Church. With help from the long-term friend of MINE youth, Graham, we invited children and young people from Byker to come and learn some graffiti skills, and paint the whole container. It really does look fantastic,and more than that, the young people involved can now walk past the church grounds, point to it, and say “I did that”. It’s great to see young people exploring creativity, and making a positive difference in their community.** _An ambitious project to redevelop St Michael’s Church and its site into a Youth and Community Hub, which MINE has been leading on, led by a part time coordinator and Steering Group._ The Lighthouse Project arose out of the need to preserve and modernise the St Michael’s Church building on Byker Hill, a valuable piece of Byker’s heritage, while also addressing the needs of the Community. In development with Mission Initiative Newcastle East (MINE), the Lighthouse Project aims to provide a sustainable youth and community hub as well as a flexible worship space and private hire offer. ## Key Partners Over the course of our consultation process we have developed close relationships with a number of organisations in the area and beyond. We have firm expressions of partnership interest from Foundation Futures, Nourish Food School, Byker Young People’s Partnership, Kids Kabin, Byker Sands, MINE Youth, Children North East West End Food Bank, Byker Scouts and Seven Stories. Whilst also maintaining close relationships with others, including but not limited to Onside, Children and Families Newcastle, Northern Stage and Newcastle City Council, who may not be a direct partner but are a vital part of our learning, development and future. In July 2021, we employed Bradley McClure Architects to take us up to RIBA stage 2, which brings together technical surveys alongside extensive community consultation and conservation reports to produce designs for the building. The design involves multi breakout spaces, for use in multiple activities and groups. We hope, alongside our partners, that the space can be used collaboratively, with multiple organisations working in the space at the same time. The vision for this is to allow users to engage with multiple organisations at once in order to make the most of their visit and encourage fulfilling opportunities for the community. ## **Money Advice Newcastle East:** Money Advice Newcastle East is a debt advice charity set up in the east end of Newcastle 4 years ago. We are a project of the MINE together with the Methodist church. We offer free, impartial and individualised face to face debt advice, working under the umbrella of the Christian organisation Community Money Advice. ## https://www.communitymoneyadvice.com/ Our client's tell us of the relief of having someone to listen to them, to help them without judging. The struggle with debt impacts on all areas of their life. They feel guilty and hopeless. Working with them to find the right solution for them we show the love of God in a practical way, offering them the fresh start that they need. **You can subscribe to our Monthly Newsletter at: www.minebyker.co.uk/newsletter** ## **MINE Trustees:** Revd Phil Medley (Chair) Mr Matthew King (vice-Chair) Revd Helen Gill Mr Peter Carter (Secretary) Mrs Pippa Higgs (Treasurer) CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A: Independent examiner's iepoit Report to Ihe Inistees/ ' dlrectOfs/MeMbe￿ ol On accounls for the year ended: 3iJ, k14 t 2c.I Charlly fK+: IIG17 SI Company no . , Set out on pages Reswlive The tiuslees (who a￿ also the diiectors ol the c￿aThy for the purposes ol responslblllties of (ompany law) are resp￿S1b1e tof the weparaiion cl the accounts The chaiily's trustees and examiner trustees Consid￿ Ihal an audit is not requifed for this year under 5ectic4) 144 01 the Chaiilies ACI 2011 (Ihe Charilies Act) and that an indep￿en1 eyaminaiian is needed tThe charity's gross in(otne ex￿eded £250,ow and l am qualified lo underlake the examirotion by being a ￿￿1[11ed membei ol Inamed I￿)dY}] Delete [ ) if nol applicable. 11 is my re9)on￿bilitY to.. examine the acco￿15 under seclion 145 ol the [￿lI11e5 A(1, . 10 Idlow Ihe W￿d￿e$ Ly'd dThn in the general Direclions gibfn ty the Chafily (ommissth {under ￿tIl￿ 145{5)(b) ol Charit￿S kl, and to slate whelhef parli(ulaf mallefS h3tyE come lo my allention. Basts ol Independent My eyam1nat1(￿ Wa5 carried oul In a(coidatKe with general Th'ie(lions examlnerfs ￿alernent given by Ihp Charity Commission. An exam￿nation indudes a review of ltr ccounling ￿(OrdS kepi by the charily and a (omparison of the ac(ounis esenied with those records. It 3lso irKludes c0n51deiat1(￿ ol any unusual It￿ 01 disdosuies In Ihe accounts, and seeking explanaiions from Ihe IfU51ees concerniThJ any such matle15. The proceduies undeitaken do nol provide all Ihe evidence that would be rpouired in an audti and consequenlty no opinion is given as to whether the accounis prese￿1 a 'lrue and tail, view nd Ihe iepo(l is limiied io ih05e maiiefs sel out in ihe 5talemenl bdow. {￿rItaLIe ctynmrfv Kcwiis eAthi*rfs iewi De£•Tts 1016 Section A: Iiidependent examinei's iepoit (cont) Indepe￿1 examinerfs statemenl In conne(lion with my examinalM]n. no rTh*ter has ccfre to my altention (other than that dt5(losed bdrMT I to indi(ate Ihat: a((￿jn￿ng ￿(OTd5 have not teen kepi In accordance with section 386 ol the Compan￿5 Act 2006, the accounis do not accord with suth records.. where acccmjnts afe ￿epared on an ￿(rualS basis, whelhef they lail lo comply with relevant accounting requiferrEn15 undef ￿tiOn 396 ol the (ompanies Act 2006. or ￿e noi con%sient with the charit￿$ SORP (FR5102) any matter %thlth the exanmnei bdieves sIMJ￿￿ be drawn ID Ihe attent￿n of Ihe leader lo gain a pioply underslanding of the accounts. ' l¥eose delete the in the IKo(kels il Ihey do nol opply. si9r￿. Date: 241111 Namt. SLI?I',ii2frf Relevant professlonal | qUalifi￿110Th or body I (rf any): Addresk" fvtkiP5ZLt L* f*(•rt• 2016 )013 Section B: Disclosure Onty complete il the examiner needs to highlight material problems ff g. AccoLiiting recDrds have not been ke?1 in accordan￿ wilh section 386 01 Ihe Companies Act 2006, the accounts do noi accord vath the accouniing ￿(ordS. any materfa expendiiure ￿ aCt￿n appears not to be In a(cordarKe with tt* iru5ts of Ihe charity,. any falU￿ lo be provthd wilh informat￿n ￿ explar*dN by any pasi cy present Irusie¢ officer or emjoyee.. In the case of accrLh45 aCCOLmls any rrotenal In(onsislen(y lelween the ￿Counts and the Irusiee5' annual rem and in the case of a d)aniable comr43ny wilh the th'rectofs ￿po(L.) Glve hefe brSef details of any Iteffls that the examinei wlshes to dlsclose. J¥tJ L Ckccdtj fKii*JJ&(A(4J Ch•vilat4e conyJJy temp￿*5- eAarnh*s fewt 2Q16 , (HARITY COhlMISSION , FOR FI￿lAND AND WAiES IllJ7¥1 Recei ts and monts accounts CC16a Fc* tl• pwloo Seclion A Receipts and payments UDr•itr R•*irl¢t•4 t￿48 End•?￿￿1 fundj Tot•1 lurb 41 GdAwJ ln lot•l(GmM mLX¥M trAR) Tl ID71 130 411 62.17¥ Co• 32 1,7Q 7•F Tr Sub Jx 27JO• 1,647 N•1 olrn¢•lptrfp•JTrwrf•) 521 48,191 24.175 C••h fuDd¥ l••t y••r •nd Calh fvnd• th1• y••r•n¢ s3• 43.9 .ITT 19,141 2J• Section B Slat￿[7)e1)I of assets aiid liabilitie5 at the ond of the period Unmtrict•d fvnd• R•stTl¢t•d ED¢owm•nt lund• •ry•t¢ D•tal 1 C4•h lund• ,ITT Tot•1 ¢•sh fijnds I,C42 .In fund• 82 Oth•r mon•t•ry r•rn¥¢i A< ltyZI 413 PH(Li? li/¥/. CCXX Rt IS8) I￿1rd[0• Sectioii C Notes to tho Accoiiiil Tru•t••• 8¢•ff C4•ts A%•rng• hmd Count kn th• y••r Nwb•r Awu•t 20 Awu•t 21 LlIP41w• Prw. MINE oifrt• Q4.381 S•,11t klNE Y 31.707 31.X3 1x418 ITT CCXXA2•Jvwth18•1 MINE 2020121 Income & Expense Year End Period 3110812021 Au8-21 Year End 2021 Sumof£ LP. MINE LP- St Grand Total Olfice Mkhael's 26,856 37,5CL) 25 64J81 Income I (Expense) Cateiory Income Donations Grant Other income 26.856 39.136 25 66.017 1,636 Income Tthl Expense 1.636 Fundraisin8 Costs Insurance Office Equiwlent Office Furniture Printing & Stationery Professional fees Refreshments Repairs & Maintenance ResouTtes Telephone & IT Trainee Allowance Training Travel & Entertainment Wa8es & Salaries 11831 11831 15481 11,7211 11321 15271 1491 13.6541 15911 12141 15481 11.7211 Iiiii 15031 1491 18021 11911 11641 1221 1251 12.8521 119.0151 122.5471 41034 119.0151 126.6341 39.383 ftse Totsl Grnnd Tatsl 14,0881 12.4521 B￿anCe Bll 6￿95 6595 4￿M•bI• 4.143 41J34 45.9n CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A: Independent examiner's iepoit Report to Ihe Inistees/ ' dlrectOfs/MeMbe￿ ol On accounls for the year ended: 3iJ, k14 t 2c.I Charlly fK+: IIG17 SI Company no . , Set out on pages Reswlive The tiuslees (who a￿ also the diiectors ol the c￿aThy for the purposes ol responslblllties of (ompany law) are resp￿S1b1e tof the weparaiion cl the accounts The chaiily's trustees and examiner trustees Consid￿ Ihal an audit is not requifed for this year under 5ectic4) 144 01 the Chaiilies ACI 2011 (Ihe Charilies Act) and that an indep￿en1 eyaminaiian is needed tThe charity's gross in(otne ex￿eded £250,ow and l am qualified lo underlake the examirotion by being a ￿￿1[11ed membei ol Inamed I￿)dY}] Delete [ ) if nol applicable. 11 is my re9)on￿bilitY to.. examine the acco￿15 under seclion 145 ol the [￿lI11e5 A(1, . 10 Idlow Ihe W￿d￿e$ Ly'd dThn in the general Direclions gibfn ty the Chafily (ommissth {under ￿tIl￿ 145{5)(b) ol Charit￿S kl, and to slate whelhef parli(ulaf mallefS h3tyE come lo my allention. Basts ol Independent My eyam1nat1(￿ Wa5 carried oul In a(coidatKe with general Th'ie(lions examlnerfs ￿alernent given by Ihp Charity Commission. An exam￿nation indudes a review of ltr ccounling ￿(OrdS kepi by the charily and a (omparison of the ac(ounis esenied with those records. It 3lso irKludes c0n51deiat1(￿ ol any unusual It￿ 01 disdosuies In Ihe accounts, and seeking explanaiions from Ihe IfU51ees concerniThJ any such matle15. The proceduies undeitaken do nol provide all Ihe evidence that would be rpouired in an audti and consequenlty no opinion is given as to whether the accounis prese￿1 a 'lrue and tail, view nd Ihe iepo(l is limiied io ih05e maiiefs sel out in ihe 5talemenl bdow. {￿rItaLIe ctynmrfv Kcwiis eAthi*rfs iewi De£•Tts 1016 Section A: Iiidependent examinei's iepoit (cont) Indepe￿1 examinerfs statemenl In conne(lion with my examinalM]n. no rTh*ter has ccfre to my altention (other than that dt5(losed bdrMT I to indi(ate Ihat: a((￿jn￿ng ￿(OTd5 have not teen kepi In accordance with section 386 ol the Compan￿5 Act 2006, the accounis do not accord with suth records.. where acccmjnts afe ￿epared on an ￿(rualS basis, whelhef they lail lo comply with relevant accounting requiferrEn15 undef ￿tiOn 396 ol the (ompanies Act 2006. or ￿e noi con%sient with the charit￿$ SORP (FR5102) any matter %thlth the exanmnei bdieves sIMJ￿￿ be drawn ID Ihe attent￿n of Ihe leader lo gain a pioply underslanding of the accounts. ' l¥eose delete the in the IKo(kels il Ihey do nol opply. si9r￿. Date: 241111 Namt. SLI?I',ii2frf Relevant professlonal | qUalifi￿110Th or body I (rf any): Addresk" fvtkiP5ZLt L* f*(•rt• 2016 )013 Section B: Disclosure Onty complete il the examiner needs to highlight material problems ff g. AccoLiiting recDrds have not been ke?1 in accordan￿ wilh section 386 01 Ihe Companies Act 2006, the accounts do noi accord vath the accouniing ￿(ordS. any materfa expendiiure ￿ aCt￿n appears not to be In a(cordarKe with tt* iru5ts of Ihe charity,. any falU￿ lo be provthd wilh informat￿n ￿ explar*dN by any pasi cy present Irusie¢ officer or emjoyee.. In the case of accrLh45 aCCOLmls any rrotenal In(onsislen(y lelween the ￿Counts and the Irusiee5' annual rem and in the case of a d)aniable comr43ny wilh the th'rectofs ￿po(L.) Glve hefe brSef details of any Iteffls that the examinei wlshes to dlsclose. J¥tJ L Ckccdtj fKii*JJ&(A(4J Ch•vilat4e conyJJy temp￿*5- eAarnh*s fewt 2Q16 , (HARITY COhlMISSION , FOR FI￿lAND AND WAiES IllJ7¥1 Recei ts and monts accounts CC16a Fc* tl• pwloo Seclion A Receipts and payments UDr•itr R•*irl¢t•4 t￿48 End•?￿￿1 fundj Tot•1 lurb 41 GdAwJ ln lot•l(GmM mLX¥M trAR) Tl ID71 130 411 62.17¥ Co• 32 1,7Q 7•F Tr Sub Jx 27JO• 1,647 N•1 olrn¢•lptrfp•JTrwrf•) 521 48,191 24.175 C••h fuDd¥ l••t y••r •nd Calh fvnd• th1• y••r•n¢ s3• 43.9 .ITT 19,141 2J• Section B Slat￿[7)e1)I of assets aiid liabilitie5 at the ond of the period Unmtrict•d fvnd• R•stTl¢t•d ED¢owm•nt lund• •ry•t¢ D•tal 1 C4•h lund• ,ITT Tot•1 ¢•sh fijnds I,C42 .In fund• 82 Oth•r mon•t•ry r•rn¥¢i A< ltyZI 413 PH(Li? li/¥/. CCXX Rt IS8) I￿1rd[0• Sectioii C Notes to tho Accoiiiil Tru•t••• 8¢•ff C4•ts A%•rng• hmd Count kn th• y••r Nwb•r Awu•t 20 Awu•t 21 LlIP41w• Prw. MINE oifrt• Q4.381 S•,11t klNE Y 31.707 31.X3 1x418 ITT CCXXA2•Jvwth18•1 MINE 2020121 Income & Expense Year End Period 3110812021 Au8-21 Year End 2021 Sumof£ LP. MINE LP- St Grand Total Olfice Mkhael's 26,856 37,5CL) 25 64J81 Income I (Expense) Cateiory Income Donations Grant Other income 26.856 39.136 25 66.017 1,636 Income Tthl Expense 1.636 Fundraisin8 Costs Insurance Office Equiwlent Office Furniture Printing & Stationery Professional fees Refreshments Repairs & Maintenance ResouTtes Telephone & IT Trainee Allowance Training Travel & Entertainment Wa8es & Salaries 11831 11831 15481 11,7211 11321 15271 1491 13.6541 15911 12141 15481 11.7211 Iiiii 15031 1491 18021 11911 11641 1221 1251 12.8521 119.0151 122.5471 41034 119.0151 126.6341 39.383 ftse Totsl Grnnd Tatsl 14,0881 12.4521 B￿anCe Bll 6￿95 6595 4￿M•bI• 4.143 41J34 45.9n