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Trustees’ Report Coventry Street Pastors, April 2023- March 2024
This is the trustees’ report for Coventry Street Pastors, and the unaudited financial statement, as at 31st March 2024
The Trustees and Management Committee. –
This year was the ninth year of patrolling, and the teams were reverting to the official role of patrolling on Friday and Saturday evenings 10pm to 3am.
The trustees and management committee of Coventry Street Pastors has not changed with the Rev Dexter Bracey continuing as chair and Bishop’s representative. The remaining trustees are Steve Elton, Janet Powell, Pastor Asif Gil ,Jain Galliford and Susan Jessop . The liaison officers from the police were Insp Simon Finney and CPSO Will Ellis. Liam Nagle remained as Coventry Council liaison. Isabel McIntyre remains as coordinator and covers treasurer, overseen by the committee.
Street Pastors continue to be a welcome addition to the nighttime economy, approved by the council and the police. As the policing of the city centre is now covered by Response teams, the street pastors have become an integral part of ensuring that revellers are safe. Response may not be able to attend as quickly as neighbourhood policing due to them covering a larger area so patrols are being summoned more often to deal with situations.
The pastors have continued to visit schools to pass on the message of street pastors, and discuss safety with students.
The coordinator continues to attend the Pub watch meetings, as well as the council’s Nighttime Economy steering group meetings. This forum makes decisions on the future of the nighttime economy in the city, and looks at issues such as safety, cleanliness, collaborative working between agencies and other subjects. As an initiative which is “on the streets at night”, any feedback given is listened to.
The charity continues to promote the work of the Street Pastors in all enterprises it is involved in.
Street Pastor Numbers, Training and Commissioning.
November 2023 saw the commissioning of 7 new street pastors and 1 more was commissioned in Rugby in January 2024, which bought the number patrolling to 40, enough to ensure all patrols could be filled.
Registered Charity Number 1169218.
Patrols
As stated above, patrols have returned to normal. We continue to answer calls regarding mental health issues, and, as stated, we are covering a lot of minor issues for the police.
Examples of situations
K was causing problems at Heat as she wanted to get in and they had already ejected her. We were asked by door staff to see if we could shepherd her away. She was reacting badly to her husband. She was staring intently in an unnerving manner - even door staff agreed. Eventually we got her as far as Shelton Square, but she then returned and we had to start again. She went off again with her husband. We left and then heard on the radio she was trying to get into The Yard. There was a suggestion that her demeanour could possibly be from Spice - but have no idea.
J was sitting on concourse at Skydome. Initially we thought she would be ok as she was with a friend, however she was immediately sick. This continued for 10 minutes. Her friend said they'd been drinking for 12 hours solid. we kept her hydrated and cleaned up whilst her friend called other friends. M and his friend came by taxi to take her home. This took 45 minutes. We’ve never seen so much sick from anyone before.
Male found by police on Spon street sat by a bin. He was intoxicated we came and assisted the police, got him off the floor and let the police go. We helped him toward the taxis and he came across an old work colleague who was happy to give him a lift home. Helped him to the car and got his address for the guy to know where he was going.
Noticed an incident happening on the wall by the carpark on Spon Street the police were in attendance, so we assisted. Found a female L was on the grass complaining of pain to the jaw in tears. We called for Arley medical to attend as it was a query jaw dislocation. Helped her to the ambulance and talked to her family members to reassure them that we was not there to get anyone in trouble, only there to help those in need. They were presently surprised to hear that we are volunteers and not paid.
Called by the Yard to help a man who had collapsed whilst talking to them. He was in the bus stop by the Spire. There were a few people trying to help him, they had recently met him at a funeral. He was slumped on the seat and non verbal. One of the people there was trying to get him upright, and we eventually elicited that he was Type 2 diabetic, had not taken his tablets and had a lot of beer. One of the women was talking to her daughter in-law on the phone, his niece, asking her to collect him. There was no one to fetch him- me being told we were paramedics and were responsible for getting him home. Eventually, after 10 mins we called Arley. We got him into the ambulance and left. I know that Arley took him to hospital, as I saw them returning to the city on my way home.
Funding
We continue to be funded by the police and council under various names, this year there have been no issues covering costs but we will continue to look for new funding streams to ensure stabilisation of income in the future.
Conclusion
This year has been one of stabilisation and continuing to patrol as intended. The project continues to look at ways that it can move forward as the nighttime economy changes. We continue to support the venues as they recover from the pandemic and the changes in student profiles and numbers and are a listening ear for everyone who needs it. We still maintain a good relationship with revellers and hope to do so in the future.
Registered Charity Number 1169218.
We continue to believe our mission is to be part of the city, to look after and help those we meet and to be Jesus’ hands and feet on the street.
Fr. Dexter Bracy
Chair 2023/2024
Registered Charity Number 1169218.
Registered Charity Number 1169218.
Net Worth Report
Account: All Accounts
Net Worth at: 13/05/2024 (in GB Pounds)
| Bank | |
|---|---|
| AT CURRENT ACCOUNT | 0.00 |
| Cash donations banked | 0.00 |
| CSPI CURRENT ACCOUNT | 10,780.79 |
| PETTY CASH | 0.00 |
| Royal Bank Of Scotland | 6,523.17 |
| Bank Total | 17,303.96 |
| Investments | |
| Investment Total | 0.00 |
| Assets | |
| Asset Total | 0.00 |
| Credit Card | |
| Credit Card Total | 0.00 |
| Liabilities | |
| AT FEE | -695.00 |
| SALARY COORDINATOR | -750.00 |
| Liability Total | -1,445.00 |
| Overall Total: 15,858.96 |
Notes on income/expenditure.
As you will see our account figures are similar to last year’s end of year, £14,803, showing stability.
Income and Expense by Category
From 06/04/2023 to 05/04/2024 (in GB Pounds)
| Category(Income) | |
|---|---|
| Donations1 | 2,341.22 |
| Income:Interest Received | 372.50 |
| Stronger Communities Grant | 12,974.74 |
| Total Income | 15,688.46 |
| Category(Expense) | |
| Ascension Trust Fee | -250.00 |
| AT Licence Fee | -3,174.00 |
| Bus. Expenses:DBS | -71.00 |
| Bus. Expenses:Other Expenses | -824.00 |
| Bus. Expenses:Telephone | -435.40 |
| CategoryTotal: | -1,330.40 |
| CommissioningExpenses | -445.56 |
| Employment:Salary& Wages | -6,963.60 |
| Insurance:Trustees Insurance | -114.00 |
| patrol supplies | -417.87 |
| Taxes:Income Tax | -1,146.40 |
| Telephone | -134.00 |
| Training | -72.50 |
| Total Expenses | -14,048.33 |
| Total: 1,640.13 |