## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date **From** 6th April 2023 **To** 5th April April 2023 April 2024 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Great Yarmouth Unemployed Workers Centre **Other names charity is known by** GYUWC **Registered charity number (if any)** 1166609 **Charity's principal address** Acorn Centre, 8-9 Regent Street Great Yarmouth, Norfolk **Postcode NR30 1RN** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Paula Waters-Bunn|Chair & Centre
Manager||| ||Claire Wardley|IT Manager||| ||Ruth Thacker|Secretary||| ||Julie Bailey|Treasurer||| ||Sarah Bilyard|Trustee||| ||Daniel Sadullah|Trustee||| ||Chris Connellan|Trustee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **TAR** March **2012** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
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**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Appointment, three by Board Members and four by the Great Yarmouth Trustee selection methods Trades Union Council - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** (1) The relief of unemployment for the benefit of the public in such ways as may be thought fit, including assistance to find employment. **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** (2) To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by working with people in East Norfolk who are socially excluded on the grounds of unemployment and unwaged to relieve the needs of such people and assist them to integrate into society, in particular by: (a) providing a local network group that encourages and enables members of the unemployed and unwaged community to participate **TAR** March **2012** 2 more effectively with the wider community; (b) increasing, or co-ordinating, opportunities for members of the unemployed and unwaged community to engage with service providers, to enable those providers to adapt services to better meet the needs of that community. (c) providing advice and assistance to unemployed and unwaged persons who, through lack of means, would otherwise be unable to obtain such advice. (3) To educate the public concerning the nature, causes and effects of unemployment and conduct or sponsor research concerning the impact the local economy has on unemployment and make available the useful results thereafter to the public. The main activities in the year were benefits advice, assisting and signposting as well as helping the unemployed find employment. The Board has paid due regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant. The objects and aims of Great Yarmouth Unemployed Workers Centre fall within the subsection 3(1) of the Charities Act 2011. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** **TAR** March **2012** 3 You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance **TAR** March **2012** 4 Section D Achievements and erformance p The centre, which continues to be staffed entirely by volunteers, serves **Summary of the main** the East Norfolk and Great Yarmouth areas, which have a population of a **achievements of the charity** little over 100,000. The centre enjoys no fixed funding, relying entirely **during the year** on donations. The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities local data profile of Great Yarmouth (March 2024), recognises very significant levels of deprivation in relation to Education, Skills and Training. Indeed when examining geographic areas referred to as LSOA’S (see Office for National Statistics Census 2021) in Great Yarmouth town, 80% of those areas are identified as amongst the 20% most deprived in England. Further to this, 60% actually appear in the top 10% of deprived areas in England. The local data profile also references a recorded crime rate around 2.75 times higher than the national average. Against this backdrop, GYUWC has continued to experience significant demand for it’s services whilst facing the ongoing challenges of volunteer recruitment and retention. In spite of this GYUWC offers its clients an advocacy service where appropriate, particularly at hearings on DWP matters held under the auspices of the HM Courts and Tribunals Service. The advocacy provided by GUUWC at DWP appeal hearings for Attendance Allowance and Personal Independence Payments has resulted in success for our clients on every occasion this year. This relates to both the granting of benefit and the level at which it is granted. Whilst these successes are to be welcomed, preparation and presentation of such cases are a significant drain on our resources and must call into question the quality of the DWP’s decision making. On occasion during the reporting period, GYUWC has intervened with energy suppliers to reinvigorate dialogue with our clients on payment plans for arrears and also gain access to more favourable tariffs. GYUWC has also dealt with landlord disputes without need to initiate formal procedures. GYUWC has assisted a number of clients with Blue Badge applications. Anecdotally it would seem that each County Council operates it’s system for allocation of badges in a unique way. It does seem that Norfolk County Council has a default position of rejecting applications unless coming from being already in receipt of disability benefits. This policy means that our clients and GYUWC itself, often extend considerable effort gathering evidence (often from an overworked NHS) to progress applications. In the last 12 months there have been fewer employment related enquiries than in previous years. Of these enquiries only one resulted in active preparation of a complaint to an Employment Tribunal. The employer in the case took professional advice which resulted in conversations with GYUWC leading to a settlement, legally binding on all parties, being actioned by ACAS. **TAR** March **2012** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** Reserve set at £1000.00 of unrestricted funds. The amount required to operate for three months. The policy is under regular review. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** _P Waters-Bunn_ **Full name(s)** Mrs Paula Waters-Bunn **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 09/01/2025 **TAR** March **2012** 6 ## **SECTION A RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS** ||Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|Total| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 RECEIPTS**|Funds|Funds|Funds|Funds| |Donations|2255.25|||2370| |Grants||||| |Gift Aid|18.41|||5| |Misc||||| |Sub total|2273.66|||2375| |Total Receipts|2273.66|||2375| |**A2 Asset sales 0**||||| |**A3 PAYMENTS**||||| |Room Hire|2430|||2906.5| |Tel / Net|438.44|||361.69| |Insurance|382.72|||382.72| |Subscript||||| |Adv / Print|650.88|||| |Stat / Cons|527.6|||45.9| |Volun Exp||||| |Training||||| |Fundrais exp||||| |Bank Chgs||||| |Sundries||||| |Hards Grants||||| |Misc|42.2|||| |**Sub Total**|**4471.84**|||3696.81| |**A4 ASSET/ INVESTMENT PURCHASES 0**||||| |**TOTAL PAYMENTS**||4471.84||| |**NET OF RECEIPTS (PAYMENTS)**||2273.66||| |**PROFIT**||-2198.18||| |**A6 CASH FUNDS LAST YEAR END**||9504.54||| |**CASH FUNDS THIS YEAR END**||7306.36||| #NAME?