Kimblesworth and Nettlesworth Community Task Force (registered charity no. 1163966)
Annual Trustees’ Report, July 2023
Current Trustees: John Barclay, Heather Liddle, Emlyn Lofthouse, Robert Kirton-Darling
N.B.: Papi Taieb stepped down as a Trustee earlier this year.
The Task Force has been running now since 2013, so we can celebrate our 10[th] anniversary! There have been ups and downs, but a lot of effective things have happened, and we have enjoyed good partnerships both with other local organisations and with funders. But we are short-handed on all sides, not least in administration, and that is proving quite a challenge.
The major grants running this year have been:
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AAP Older People Social Isolation Fund (OPSIF), with a grant of £5100 running from March 2022 to September 2023. That has funded much of the Café costs and the bus trips (see below)
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Poverty Hurts: from CDCF (Nov 2022), a grant of £1500 for winter goods for older people in the village, in relation to the cost of living crisis, spent on buying dressing gowns, scarves, blankets, handwarmers and socks.
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Karbon Homes (in May 2023), to bring by taxi local elderly residents of Karbon Homes to the Monday Café.
The two main activities have continued to be:
The Monday Café : thanks to the tireless work of Lillian Walker, this has continued very successfully, with between 10-20 local residents every week (including a Ukrainian refugee resident in the village). It included a very successful Christmas lunch again in December 2022. With funding from the Council (paid to the Community Centre) to cover the heating costs, we also extended into Monday afternoons for local families to have a place to play and eat after school. This has been highly appreciated, with about 5-8 families each week making use of this facility. Lillian has very kindly stayed on site on a Monday to offer this service and to cook.
With funding from the AAP (see above) we staged two bus trips last summer (to Whitby and York) and are staging another on October 14[th] this year, to Blackpool.
Little Stars : This now runs with the support of the Sacriston Youth Project, and is led by Robyn Webb, to whom we are very grateful. The small numbers have been appreciated by those whose children do not like a crowded room, and we are considering buying some sensory equipment, if we can secure the funding.
The future will depend on continuing effort, although we have very limited volunteer support right now. It will also depend on new funding, as our
funds are severely depleted. These are among the important matters to be discussed at the AGM.
Our warm thanks to our Treasurer, Emlyn Lofthouse, who has again prepared our accounts.
John Barclay Chair of Trustees
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