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|||To promote the relief ofneed for the homeless or vulnerably
housed
by|
|||providing
advice, advocacy and support.|
|Summary
ofthe objects ofthe
charity set out in its
governing
document||Vulnerably
housed
is taken to include those who struggle to afford their
accommodation
and so are at risk offalling
into rent arrears, those who
struggle to manage
their tenancy
without support, those who live in
properties
where the physical
condition
significantly
effects the wellbeing|
|||ofthe occupants, those who experience, or are at risk ofexperiencing|
|||abuse or harassment
in their home and those where the landlord
has not|
|||followed due
rocedures
whilst rentin
out the
ro ert .These factors in|
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|Summary of
achievements|the main
ofthe charity|In our last financial year JustUs had a total income ofF93,241.33and
total expenditure
off64,198.65||a|
|during the year||Our total casework costs were f29,528.33.This includes caseworkers'|||
|||holiday pay and caseworkers'
professional
supervisions.|||
|||During|this year JustUs supported
99 individuals
from 52 households.||
|||These|households
comprised of69adults and 30children.||
|||From|these 52 households:||
|||~|15have moved
into new homes||
|||~|6 remain
in local authority
temporary
accommodation
(TA) with||
||||the guarantee
ofa new home||
|||~|11 remain
in their current accommodation
with the guarantee|ofa|
||||new home||
||||4 moved into supported
accommodation
as a personal
preference||
|||~|1 chose to remain
in supported
accommodation
despite the offer||
||||ofTA||
||||3were supported
to have their eviction prevented||
|||~|1 went to prison once TA had been secured and a full housing||
||||duty was likely||
|||~|1 went to prison
immediately
following the referral so no support||
||||was actually given||
|||~|2 chose to remain
with friends||
|||~|1 decided to remain
in their own home despite offers ofsuitable||
||||accommodation
in Bedford and out ofarea||
|||~|1 decided to not approach
Bedford Borough Council and remain||
||||out ofarea despite being legally homeless||
|||~|2 disengaged
as there was no legal duty owed to them, so they||
||||were housed
in the Covid-19 emergency
accommodation||
|||~|2 simply disengaged||
|||~|1 moved away from Bedford despite securing a full housing
duty,||
||||and||
|||~|1 had already secured a full housing
duty but was supported
with||
||||child protection issues||
|||This means that for reporting
purposes we were able to support each-|||
|||individual
to a positive conclusion (89people) for an average cost of
f332 per person.|||
|||JustUs also spent f660.73advising
other professionals
so that they too|||
|||could|support people with their housing
issues. Advice was given to:||
||||The Kings Arms Project||
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||||||||The Trustees|consider
on|a|regular
basis the levels|regular
basis the levels|regular
basis the levels|of|of|funding|funding|that|that|it|
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|Briefstatement
charity's
pohcy||||ofthe
on reserves|||holds
in
reserve
and
how
beneficiaries.
Therefore, at a|||this
funding
will
be used
to
benefit
meeting
held on 6~ November 2019 lt||||||||its
was||
||||||||decided
that,|based on increased|||levels of expenditure|||(1 month's||||core||
||||||||costs
of f315
and
6-month's||||operational|costs|of||E5,985)|||that||
||||||||subsequently|the reserves be||increased
by E4,000to R6,300.||||||||||
||||||||The Trustees|acknowledge|the seemingly
large difference||||||between|||core||
||||||||costs and operational
costs|||held|in reserve.|The reason|||for|this|is|that||
||||||||JustUs
is best able to fulfil|||its|Charitable|Objectives|||by|placing|||an|
||||||||emphasis
on|its operational||costs|rather than|its core|costs|||i.e. JustUs||||
||||||||would
still be|able to maintain||its level of support to its|||beneficiaries|||||with||
||||||||a limited
amount
of core cost capital
but would
struggle||||||||to|do so||with||
||||||||depleted
operational
capital.|||||||||||||
||||||||At a meeting|held on 9~ February|||2022, and with further|||expert advice|||||it|
||||||||was decided|that 6month's|reserves were considered too||||||high and||that 3|||
||||||||month*s
reserves
would||suffice.||However,|following||calculations|||||of|
||||||||current
operational
costs (a|||3-month
mean||average|of||E6,462)||it|was||
||||||||decided that|the reserves amount ofE6,300remain the|||||same.|||||||
||||||||This policy will be reviewed,||and reserve capital adjusted|||||annually||||||
|Details ofany
in deficit|||funds|||materially|None|||||||||||||
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