2022-04-05-accounts - The Purple Penguin Club

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The Purple Penguin Club

Be included; family support; social skills and lots of fun!

Registered Charity number 1167387

fun@purplepenguinclub.org.uk

www.purplepenguinclub.org.uk

The Purple Penguin Club Annual Charity report April 2021 - April 2022

F.A.O Purple Penguin Club, The Vibe, 195-211 Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, RM8 2UT

Phone: 07713983995

Overview:

Over the past year we have faced significant challenges as a charity, we have continued to manage to operate a regular respite service despite facing ever changing updates to our guidelines from the government public health authority and Ofsted. Throughout this past year we would like to pay extra commendation to our fantastic team of playworkers, who took part in regular Covid testing, mask wearing and stepping in to cover one another when we had multiple staff off sick and isolating. We have also been fortunate enough to not be affected by the recent staffing retention crisis which has hit many charities and companies across the UK with 67% of our staff having been employed by us for over 2 years.

In August 2021 we unexpectedly and sadly lost our charity treasurer George. George was pivotal to the conception and setting up of The Purple Penguin Club and he had a huge role to play in the running and organisation of the charity. George organised the charities accounts, took responsibility for all of the charity’s payroll and invoicing all as a volunteer. After George passed away it later transpired that he had written help guides on his computer whilst in hospital to help Ellen and Wendy to get to grips with the accountancy tasks!

In Georges memory we saw it fitting to have a way of remembering his contribution to Purple Penguin Club by having a trophy made. The George Bose trophy will be awarded annually to a staff member who goes above and beyond for the benefit of the charity. The winner of this year’s award was John Huddleston, John has been a staff member since 2017 and he goes above and beyond to help out the charity. John organises and hosts quiz nights for us to help raise much needed funds, helps to induct and train new staff and keeps us all fit with his exercise work outs!

During September 2021 we also sadly lost a close friend of our charity, Neal Crowley. Neal passed away following a battle with cancer. He had devoted more than 18 years to working with young people and supporting community activities – particularly in Barking and Dagenham – whereby he focused on access and support for people with disabilities as well as wider community development. Neal was always a massive supporter to our club and he will be sadly missed.

F.A.O Purple Penguin Club, The Vibe, 195-211 Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, RM8 2UT

Phone: 07713983995

Objectives and Activities

Over the past year we have run regular respite services on Saturdays from the Vibe youth Centre for children aged 8-18 years. We are currently supporting a total of 47 families with children attending in 2 groups, we are currently running at full capacity and have a waiting list of a further 54 families waiting for support with more referrals and enquiries daily.

Achievements and Performance

We continue to receive funding from the Jack Petchey foundation which allows us to purchase extra equipment and activities which would not otherwise be possible. Over the past year they have funded sensory equipment, arts and crafts activities as well as sports activities.

This also included giving some of our older members the chance to try out a driving lesson with a qualified driving instructor at the Cardrome in Rainham. The young people absolutely loved this opportunity (Staff were a little bit traumatised after though hahaha!)

In 2020 we were fortunate enough that one of our Playworkers, Teresa Pitchfork was nominated for a Jack Petchey Leader award and grant. Due to the delays the Covid lockdowns caused we were still delivering this project into 2021 and Teresa’s award presentation has been delayed until this evening. This grant funded specialist cooking activities and equipment which was very much enjoyed by all! Teresa is always doing extra for the club, by organising and supervising our cooking activities, picking up shopping for us and helping us out at fund raising events.

F.A.O Purple Penguin Club, The Vibe, 195-211 Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, RM8 2UT

Phone: 07713983995

This year we are fortunate enough to again have had another Leader award and grant nomination accepted, this time for Ria Pace who has been part of our team since 2018. This grant will pay for extra special arts and crafts sessions in the near future such as T shirt painting, water bottle decorating and some nature sessions at Stubbers. Ria is a huge asset to our team, over Christmas she baked over 100 cookies in her own time and at her own expense so that the children could all decorate them at club. She also helps take responsibility for our equipment, ensuring it is packed away safely at the end of each session and helping new staff to settle into their roles. Well done, Ria

Financial Review

Like many charities this year has presented us with many financial challenges, up until September 2021 we were operating under strict government restrictions on the number of children that could attend each session whilst still only operating at one venue. This put significant pressure on our financial position with a massively reduced income. To counter this the London borough of Barking and Dagenham offered us interim help with a rent reduction temporarily, Wendy and Ellen also temporarily reduce their office hours to help keep the charity financially stable.

As we go into the next year we will have new financial challenges to face including the rising cost of living, staff recruitment and retention and increased costs of training for staff.

In order to combat this our cost per session will be increased by 18% from May 2022. Our staff wages will also be increased to well above the National minimum wage to the real London Living wage (£11.05 per hour for the majority of staff).

At the time of writing we are still awaiting the outcome of the local authority commissioning tender which we are optimistic will be confirmed soon.

F.A.O Purple Penguin Club, The Vibe, 195-211 Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, RM8 2UT

Phone: 07713983995

Structure, Governance and Management

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LBBD Commissioning team
Trustees x7
• OFSTED
• ICO
• CHARITY COMMISSION
Charity Managers (Job • PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM
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LBBD Children with disabilities team
Wendy Darling (20hrs per week)
Ellen Pitchfork (20 hrs per week)
Playworkers (x 55)
volunteers (x 2)
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Looking forward:

We have an exciting year ahead of us with the imminent opening of the new Becontree specialist hub in Dagenham (Formally The Heathway Centre) where we will be running another club on Sundays specifically for younger children and those with Profound and Multiple disabilities and complex care needs. This building is fitted out with track hoisting and a sensory room which will allow us to cater for these children which we cannot currently do at The Vibe.

We also have a 5 day residential trip organised to Stubbers in August 2022 which we are really looking forward to. Now covid restrictions have mostly lifted we are once again starting out and about trips and we are currently risk assessing lots of venues to see which are suitable for our groups to visit. As we continue to grow and develop, we are really excited for what this next year will hold.

F.A.O Purple Penguin Club, The Vibe, 195-211 Becontree Avenue, Dagenham, RM8 2UT

Phone: 07713983995

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