## **SWINTON LIONS COMMUNITY SPORTS FOUNDATION** **“Giving Hope, Aspiration, Chance and Choice to all”** **Annual Report 2022-23** **Welcome to the Swinton Lions Community Sports Foundation Annual Report for 2022-23.** ## **Introduction** **Covid restrictions were finally removed part way through the year and we were able to expand our delivery significantly in 2022/23/. We have grown by delivering to over 5,500 (11% increase) in individual participants with over 21,000 visits(33% increase to projects). These numbers are a record high for Swinton Lions Community Sports Foundation since its formation in 2016. We are not complacent though there are a lot of challenges moving forward as the country begins to cope with post pandemic issues and the cost of living crisis, which is challenging to all sectors.** **Board of Trustees.** ## **1. Administrative information -** - **Trustees** Stephen Wild, Alan Marshall, Mark Harrison. - **Director of Development (Foundation CEO)** - Damian Ridpath - **Registered office** - 9, Worsley Road, Swinton, Manchester, M27 5WN - **Independent Examiner and Accountants** David Jones - **Bank** Royal Bank of Scotland - **Solicitors** Harrison Drury ## **2. Charitable objectives** To benefit those working or studying in Swinton and Greater Manchester, in advancing education, health, amateur sport and local heritage. (1) Education via appropriate projects. (2) Health via sporting activity and encouraging healthy lifestyles. (3) Amateur sport participation, especially rugby league. (4) Advance and protect the Heritage of Swinton Lions RLFC and the town of Swinton. ## **3. Activities in year** - Program Delivery The Swinton Lions Community Sports Partnership delivered 22 community programs in the year 22-23. These ranged from 1- day events to weekly ongoing delivery programs. In total 5532 participants attended Swinton Lions Community Sports Foundation sessions. The total visits to our projects were 21,372. ## **Case Study -Jose Kenga Diversity and Inclusion. (Target group 8-19 year olds)** The Jose Kenga Diversity and Inclusion Project is named after our Swinton Lions player Jose Kenga who is from the Democratic Republic of Congo and unfortunately was racially abused by a chairman of a fellow club. Swinton Lions Community Sports Foundation supported by the RFL and other funders designed a bespoke program to tackle all types of hate in Jose’s name. The project was delivered in over 20 sites both school and community with a total of 734 participants taking part in the 6 week program, 50% of the participants were girls and over 60% were representative of a BAME community. Testimonial- Individual Case Study(Name protected) Participant B is a 11-year-old black male. Participant B initially joined the Jose Kenga Dand I project as part of a school lesson within in his primary school in Salford. B was referred to a further afterschool group as he was known to frequent the local park with older youths and siblings and reports had been made about the group being involved in significant anti-social behaviour including youth violence, low level illegal substance selling and using. B was on the fringe of this group but was gravitating towards being involved on a significant level. B had never played RL before but began to enjoy the running and defensive aspects of the sport. In one of the workshops, he revealed that he really wanted to play outside of school but his peer group he was involved in were preventing him. We took steps through a coach to encourage B to travel out of the immediate area to a club not near him and to enforce replacing good gang (rugby club) for bad gang (park gang). The reason we encouraged the “not” nearest club was simply to travel there was in a direction not to pass the park. Has thrived since making the step to the Rugby club and within 4 weeks was representing his community team and within 3 months referred by the community club to the Lions Talent Pathway Program. His school attendance and grades both rose significantly, and he is no longer involved in any ASB or crime. ## • **Funding received and purposes/impact** The following have funded projects in 2022/23, The funding has covered a number of schemes that have focused on the following, Diversity, Inclusion, Disability, Women and Girls, prevention of youth violence, Covid-19 recovery, Health and Wellbeing of older participants, mental health support in young people and adults. ## 4. **Financial review** - Our funders for the 2021/22 were the following; Rugby League World Cup2021 Legacy Fund,Rugby Football League Development Plan, Arnold Clark, Sport England,Salford Foundation, Salford CVS, Children in Need, Holiday Hunger Activity Fund, GMCVO, Stronger Together Fund - Swinton Lions Community Sports Foundation also received small revenue from the following, small lottery revenue from the Swinton Lions Rugby League club and small supporter donations. We also had commissioned work from within the educational sector. ## **5. Learning in year** A fantastic year, we are looking forward to 2023/24 to further develop our offers to the community. We are consistently learning more about the communities we are serving particularly all the diverse communities within Greater Manchester with their differing needs and various cultures and complexities around becoming resident in a new country of area. The feedback from consultation we have received has been significantly helpful in shaping our future offers and developing a stronger more consistent approach ## **6. Future plans** We are looking to expand provision in 2023/24 and target some key demographic areas whom are in desperate need of some form of supported activity. ## **Damian Ridpath Director of Development** CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner'5 report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Repoil Rep¢)rt to the trusteesl mbers of Sts)iNroH LIO Ths com￿￿1)41 On accounts for the year èndad 2191 MALc14 2DIS Charity no lif any) IIL74UI Set out on pagos I report ta thè trustees on my 8xamination of the accounls of the abovè hwity I'the Trust.) for the year ended R¢sponslbllltl•g and As the chadty Iruslees of the Trust, you are respondble for the preparation ba$ls of report Df the accounts In accordance wllh the requirements of the Charllies Act 2011 1"Ihe Act'l. I rgport In respèct of my examination of the Trust's accounts c8thed ¢￿rt undor section 145 ef the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I hav8 followed the applicable Direcb'ons given by tts Charity Commission undw section 14515llbl of the Act. I have completed my examinatlcn. I confirm that no materlal matters have ome to my attentIL￿ lolher than that disclosed below ') connection wllh the examinauon which 9ives me cause to believe Ihal in, any material resp8cI'. accounting records were nol kept In accordance wkh s8Cticn 13Q of the Acl or the accounts do not accord wllh the accounling records Independent exarninerfs statement I h8va no concerns and have come across no other matters in connectic with the 8Xam1r￿li0n to which altsntion shwld be drawn in order lo enable a Proper understanding of the accounts lo b8 r8ached. Please delete the words In the brackets ifthey do nol appty. Slgned: Datè.. 12.03.I02+ Narne: TOLIN 4 ioyii Relevant prof￿10ft81 qualificationlsl or body Ill any): Address: Ir4G S MA NCII Er Section B Disclosure Only cornplele rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32. Inciependenl exarninallon of charity accounts., directlons and guidance for examiner8}. IER Octobor 2018 A(counts l•)lrflbA LIONS &14>1 215 FawJAT r4BUtJtJ rJThrJEYEJ L7,g4S 2Zg7 77. Z%+ 72.Jq7 TT,2B* tTh A. fl9 (>4 44. 878 34,111 .L&711 ISI38 EAT ohoHfbKelty Ke CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner'5 report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Repoil Rep¢)rt to the trusteesl mbers of Sts)iNroH LIO Ths com￿￿1)41 On accounts for the year èndad 2191 MALc14 2DIS Charity no lif any) IIL74UI Set out on pagos I report ta thè trustees on my 8xamination of the accounls of the abovè hwity I'the Trust.) for the year ended R¢sponslbllltl•g and As the chadty Iruslees of the Trust, you are respondble for the preparation ba$ls of report Df the accounts In accordance wllh the requirements of the Charllies Act 2011 1"Ihe Act'l. I rgport In respèct of my examination of the Trust's accounts c8thed ¢￿rt undor section 145 ef the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I hav8 followed the applicable Direcb'ons given by tts Charity Commission undw section 14515llbl of the Act. I have completed my examinatlcn. I confirm that no materlal matters have ome to my attentIL￿ lolher than that disclosed below ') connection wllh the examinauon which 9ives me cause to believe Ihal in, any material resp8cI'. accounting records were nol kept In accordance wkh s8Cticn 13Q of the Acl or the accounts do not accord wllh the accounling records Independent exarninerfs statement I h8va no concerns and have come across no other matters in connectic with the 8Xam1r￿li0n to which altsntion shwld be drawn in order lo enable a Proper understanding of the accounts lo b8 r8ached. Please delete the words In the brackets ifthey do nol appty. Slgned: Datè.. 12.03.I02+ Narne: TOLIN 4 ioyii Relevant prof￿10ft81 qualificationlsl or body Ill any): Address: Ir4G S MA NCII Er Section B Disclosure Only cornplele rf the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32. Inciependenl exarninallon of charity accounts., directlons and guidance for examiner8}. IER Octobor 2018 A(counts l•)lrflbA LIONS &14>1 215 FawJAT r4BUtJtJ rJThrJEYEJ L7,g4S 2Zg7 77. Z%+ 72.Jq7 TT,2B* tTh A. fl9 (>4 44. 878 34,111 .L&711 ISI38 EAT ohoHfbKelty Ke