## **Stepping Stone Theatre for Mental Health Annual Report April 1 2021 to March 31 2022** **The year 21 – 22 proved to be a very busy one for Stepping Stone Theatre. We attracted many new members; most of whom came to us via online portals but as Covid lockdowns lifted we began to see members come to us face to face.** ## **These are our offerings for the year:** **Don’t Get it Right, Get it Written** continues to be our flagship on line offering. This comprised of 3 online writing courses lead by Kate Hull Rodgers. 90-minute sessions of creative writing. Some of the exercises are about testimonial writing – this can be so cathartic and healing. Some of the exercises are about fictional writing, this is creativity at its core and can lift the mood. Classes are drop in, each session is a stand-alone lesson. These attract 5 -8 people each. (Tuesday at Noon, Friday at 6 and 7:45) To join, one must become a member of the Stepping Stone Scribblers Writers Group on Facebook and start by befriending Kate Hull Rodgers. **LIVETALK** is a stunning success with an extremely loyal following. 3 times a week Bill Rodgers and Kate Hull Rodgers host an hour-long broadcast. This is video as well as audio. If listening live the participants can contribute their written comments through a live feed. They can also phone in. All they have to do is follow Stepping Stone Theatre on Facebook. (Tuesday, Thursday, Sunday at 3 pm)The shows are also available to be listened to later on YouTube. Around 200 shows to date by the end of March 2021. **Both Sides of the Medication Cart** is a podcast by Bill and Kate tracing the history of Kate’s illness. Bill interviews Kate as she tells the testimonial story of her challenges and triumphs. Available on Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Anchor, Spotify, and other Podcast platforms. **The Lock Down Legacy podcast** is a podcast hosted by Bill. This is interviews with everyday people telling every day stories. Outlines what people have gone through during Lock Down. Especially the stories of how the Pandemic has affected their mental health. **The Lock Down Legacy Booklet** is a quarterly booklet comprised of writing and photographs by our members. Currently three books have been published and they have been met by unquestionably wonderful feedback. The contributors have improved their mental health and are very proud to see themselves in print. Readers have spontaneously sent excellent feedback to Stepping Stone. Bill, who oversees this project, is very pleased that we now have health professionals, as well as service users, contributing to the booklets. **Stepping Stone Strollers** is a walking group that meets each Sunday at 10 at Roses Sports Ground. We do a leisurely walk around the playing fields. There is a ## **Stepping Stone Theatre for Mental Health Annual Report April 1 2021 to March 31 2022** Stepping Stone Buddy Bench on route. The walk is followed by free cake and coffee or tea.. **Singing for Sanity is** a face to face singing group, singing for fun, meeting at Roses Friday at 1:00 – 2:30. This has been a huge success with an average of 30 people attending. Many of our singers are learning disabled. It is a joy to hear them sing. There are no egos just sheer fun. **Author at Work: Stepping Stone Scribblers** , face to face writing workshops - Mondays 10:00 – 12:00 Gainsborough Library, Mondays 1:00- 3:00 Blyton Memorial Hall **WOW** – Women One o’clock Wednesday – is an online support group for women. This is more than a virtual coffee group, this is an ensemble of friendship. Kate ran this group for about 2 months and discovered that most of the women attending could only come once. Therefore there was never a core group of supporters. It was too transient to provide the kind of help Kate wanted to provide. **Winter Pressures Podcast** combination of Podcasts and live broadcasts out lining the initiatives in the Gainsborough community during the winter. This ran from January 1, 2022 to March 31, 2022 **Author at Work** : Stepping Stone Scribblers, face to face writing workshops. In late 2021 we ran 6 workshops at both Blyton and Corringham Village Halls. The group was so well received that we continue to offer face to face workshops We now meet Mondays 10:00 – 12:00 Gainsborough Library, Mondays 1:00 - 3:00 Blyton Memorial Hall **Writing With a Twist,** face to face fun and games, some writing, at the x- church Wednesday 2 :00 – 3:30. Led by Kate this ran for 8 weeks. **Shout Out,** a festival and celebration of mental health. Networking and fun fact sharing day. Attended by over 100 people. Took place at Roses Sports Ground. We also worked very hard to get a project at Bishop Grosseteste University off the ground. Bill and Kate started a drop in group, but unfortunately this was not well attended. At present, Kate and Bill plan to go into the class room and teach the students. This begins in October. Stepping Stone continues to have a high profile. We are active members in the Mental Health Partnership. Because of all the networking Kate and Bill do, Stepping Stone often gets referrals and is signposted to by several organizations including Voluntary Centre Services which house the social prescribers. We have also received referrals from x-church, Shine, Acis and the Trinity Foundation. ## **Stepping Stone Theatre for Mental Health** ## **Annual Report April 1 2021 to March 31 2022** Kate is honoured to be writing a column called UPFRONT for the quarterly Shine Newsletter. Stepping Stone continues to win awards. Kate won a national one at the UK Mental Health and Well Being Awards. She won for Most Inspirational Story, Lived Experience. We won another High Sherriff award, one of the few organizations to receive this award more than once. We received funds from West Lindsey Lottery, Shine (Lincolnshire County Council), Arnold Clark, LPFT (Managed Care Network), the Inner Wheel, ESC Lottery Fund, Leeds Building Society, Local Giving, Local Councillors Initiative Fund, Gainsborough Town Council, Evan Cornish Fund, Co Op, Private Donations (D Casbolt and A Lowe Hall), Thonock Trust, Hexadex , Anglian water and We raised money by having all our hair shaved off and doing a birthday fundraiser on Facebook. We gave most of that to other organisations; disability network, fibromyalgia group, A new crafting group, Be the difference, and we bought a £50 teddy bear for a three-year-old girl with cancer going through Kemo. 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Sub ¢otal Total ￿elP1S A3Pa ments 263 263 1,699 303 1.632 65 156 182 719 Printin & advertisin Insuran¢&8 Travd & enlertainin Trustee & meelin ex Vonuè hire Equipment repairs & acc£ssories web￿le 8 domain n Bank char es Sundries Subscri I￿nS Voluntebr ax ens&s Workshop, mentoring and sessional wsts Adminislralion rfjsls 303 1.632 65 156 435 65 120 enses 807 220 17 535 192 360 220 17 535 192 360 386 398 35,200 8,800 50.250 35.200 8,800 ,250 21,500 8,010 31,81 Sub total A4 Asstt and rnvèstment urchasès stre table 694 Karaokt Mèehine Com uter & broadcast Budd Bèneh 1,263 4,011 737 Sub tot81 57 Totalyyments Alel of re¢elpts/(paymentsJ A5 Transfèrs bètwèen funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash fvnd$ thls y￿r end CCXX R1 accountslSSI 11n512Q Section B Statement ol assets and liabilities at the elld of the period Unre5tricled fvnds lo nearest£ 42.854 R85trlcted funds to nearest E Last year to nearest £ B1 Cashfunds Cash al bank 7A03 Tolalcash fijnds 42,854 7A03 accThJntls)} Urmtricted Restricted funds funds to newest £ to n•ar•st £ Endowmont funds to noarest £ B2 Other monetsry assets Shed Computer & b[[￿ka51 equipnwt Buddy Bench Lap top Karwjke machin8 836 4.011 737 011 737 1.263 Fund t wh6ch asset belon Current V8lu• tional Cost loptlonall B3 Investm•nt assets Fund to whkh ass•t belon Current VBlue tlonal Cost loptlonall 84 A$¥el$ r•talnod for the eharlly's own use Fund to Arnount due whkh Ilabi4ty loptlonall rvlates Whgn duè loptSonall B5 LlabllitS0S S￿￿ed by one or M8) trust685 on behaff ol all the Iwslees Dai8 of rov Si9nalu Prinl Name l￿BU Kate Hull Rodgers 11.5.22 11.5.22 CCXX F11 accoL￿￿ ISSI 1110512022