Raynham Way Community Centre
Annual Report 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022
The issues related to Covid 19 lingered on into the early part of this year with several of the regular user groups not returning until after the summer of 2021. The monies from both HMRC for furloughed employee time and the local council for grants to support SME businesses and organisations in the entertainment and social fields sustained us well into the autumn. Whilst we were sustained financially during this period it was difficult to attract people and groups to come back and socialise with their friends and neighbours. This has resulted in some of the older groups such as those coming to Short-mat bowls falling in number and what was five sessions a week for them has dropped to three sessions per week.
There have been a few new groups such as Slimming World, Crochet Club and the Islamic prayer group who appear to have established regular bookings in the centre but others such as Yoga and a small spiritualistic group lasted only a limited time. Finding voluntary support can be difficult in a world more influenced by social media but the centre remains interested in giving space and facilities to community action groups who meet from time to time and look to campaign on local issues, create events and days that benefit the community. The social bookings at the weekends have increased as the year went on and we have also added to the number of paid casual staff who cover the variety of one-off bookings that were every weekend at the end of this period.
We also bid for a grant to buy big play games aimed at young people and children’s parties. After a delay in the grant bidding process, we were successful, and the money arrived in the last month of the year. Also, in March Travellers invaded our car park and for just over a week only the pre-school was willing to use the centre – this has increased our security awareness and our efforts to avoid a repetition.
Overall, it was a year of getting over the effects and losses due to Covid and trying to encourage new groups to have regular bookings at the centre. Recently one of our Trustee’s, Jan Teakle, stood down and we would thank her for the valuable voluntary duties she undertook for the centre. We are always in need of new Trustees who have time, relevant skills and are local to the area.
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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner s Report Report to the trusteesl memb•rs of Raynham Way Community Centre On accounts for tho year ended 3110312022 Charity no {rf any) 1169566 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of thé accounts of the above charty (Ihe Trusn for the year ended 31103r2022 Responsibilitios and As the dHrity trustees of the Trust, you are resF4)nsible for the preparation basls of rnport of the accounts tn accordance WTlh the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 fthew. I report in resFeCt of my examination of the Trusfs accourts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have follo% the applicable D1CtionS given by the Chaiity Commission under sedion 145(5){b) of the Ad. I have completed my examinalion. I confimi thal no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed bel¢)w") in connection with the examination which gprfes me rAuse to believe that in, any material respectr. accountirrfJ records not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Ad or the accourts do not accord the aox)unting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no cOnmS and have come auoss no other matters in connection wilh the examination to vthich attention should be dravm in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be rea¢hed. . Please delete the ¥dS in the brnckets rfthey do not appty. Sign. ol_ Q,i_Jé)J3 Name: Alan Mason Relevant profusional qualifi&*ion(s) or body (if any): Treasurer l TTUStee Bushmead Communty Hub Address: Hancock Drive Luton LU2 7SF IER October 2018
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