Kimblesworth and Nettlesworth Community Task Force (registered charity no. 1163966)
Annual Trustees’ Report, July 2021
At the time of our last AGM at the end of January 2020, we were blissfully unaware of what was about to strike us all. The Café and Little Stars continued until the end of March 2020, when everything shut down.
And they sadly remained closed for far longer than we had imagined. The Café has not been able to open yet, but Little Stars began again in late April 2021, thanks to the initiative of Kelly Lofthouse. Just before lockdown we got a £1100 grant from CDCF (County Durham Community Foundation) for Little Stars, so that is available to pay the rent for a while.
But the Task Force has not been moribund during this time. Working in collaboration with Heather Liddle and the Sacriston Youth Project (SYP), and other partners in Sacriston, we have been part of the team responding to the Covid-crisis. In particular, we have been heavily involved in providing for the twice-a-week supply of hot lunches, serving the communities of Kimblesworth, Nettlesworth, Sacriston, Edmonsdley, and Witton Gilbert. This has involved:
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Weekly purchase of food (Diana Barclay)
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Weekly preparing and cooking of lunches (Lillian Walker, with some assistants)
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Delivery of hot meals (Peter Beard and, initially, a team of others)
At first we were supplying up to 110 meals each Tuesday and Thursday. As the worst of the lockdown and isolation eased, and as we diagnosed more fully who was most in need, we have reduced the delivery now to 20-30 homes. The Changing Lives kitchen staff now cook every Tuesday, while we do every Thursday.
We were able to get funding for this activity from a number of sources: Karbon Homes, The James Knott Family Trust, The Parish Council, the SYP, the AAP and an individual donation.
All this took an enormous amount of organisation, and many, many hours of volunteer time. We are very grateful to all those who put so much time and effort into this work, with such speed and good will. This was an occasion when the Task Force came into its own, building on a history of good relations and a strong volunteer spirit; it proved very helpful to be in a position to apply for funding separately from the SYP.
For obvious reasons, we have not been able to hold our normal meetings during the year, but we are very grateful for the very effective work of our new treasurer, Emlyn Lofthouse, throughout the year.
John Barclay, Chair of Trustees
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