The Community Hub for Layton
5 Grenfell Avenue, Blackpool FY3 7BP – Telephone 01253 391811 Email: 5laytoncommunityhouse@gmail.com Registered Charity Number: 1170042
Layton Community House - Annual Report for 2020
We entered 2020 in a spirit of optimism. We were most grateful to all of our funders for enabling us to continue our services and physically decorate and refurbish the House. We were particularly looking forward to the Afternoons to Remember project which was focussed on those of our clients with dementia. Indeed a sessional worker was appointed and we made an encouraging start.
Then came the first lockdown with all social contact outside the home discouraged and the House was closed in an organised way on the 20[th] of March 2020.
We have been most grateful for our two staff, Peter Mercer and Karen Pennington, for sticking with us during the different interruptions. Both were furloughed but made immense contributions, nevertheless.
From March 2020 Peter and Karen held weekly Zoom Quizzes which were advertised locally. Although they were mainly attended by regular visitors to the House the quizzes served as a useful tool for keeping in touch, everyone enjoying the social contact.
In the summer of 2020 restrictions became less onerous and we became cautiously optimistic. The House reopened three mornings a week from August 25. We were always conscious that our time open was likely to be limited; indeed some community centres didn’t reopen at all. We quickly had a steady return of customers although with the House being so small our risk assessment stipulated very low numbers. We immediately found clients were keen to reengage although the
situation was rather artificial in that we all thought the gloom had only temporarily lessened. There was little point in actively advertising the House when we could accommodate so few visitors and we knew the situation was obviously going to change.
On Friday 25 September 2020 it was announced that Blackpool was entering Tier 3 of the new system and all indoor socialising outside the support bubble was prohibited. We immediately closed and didn’t reopen in 2020.
Through our two loyal staff we kept in contact with our customers and funders through the period when we were closed. This helped us to retain our client base and successfully reopen part-time and then full time in 2021. But that is a story for another report.
Many thanks to Christina McKenzie-Townsend and Ian Treasure for coming on board as new Trustees. As ever we face challenges but we do so in a spirit of optimistic adventure. Thanks once again to all our funders, customers and anyone who might think of us favourably.
Martin Mitchell
Chairman of Trustees
Layton Community House
Layton Communlty Hou8• R•glst•r•d Charfty No 1170042 5 Gronfoll Avenuo. Blackpool, FY3 7BP Aeeounts for thè y•ar •ndlng D•c•mb•r 2020 Dementia Friends co COMMUNITY FUND Tudortrust
Layton Communlty Hous• Profft #nd Lo¥* A¢count to 31st D•c8mb8r 2020 2020 2019 Income Grants Room Hire Donations Fundraisin Colkntions frorn Other 23689.53 1Th)5.00 240.00 73.00 727.00 9928 85 33003.22 4185.1Y) 319.98 550.50 3318.90 rou TOTAL INCOME 36663.38 41377.60 Expendlre 2020 2019 Sala & on costs Insuran Tele hone Heat & Li ht Rates & Water Repairs. Renewals & Checks- Maintenance Checks Posta e & Statione Cleanin & Sundries. User Involvernent En Accountan Services Other Cmp Grant Lott8 Grant Cash in hand. 17818.28 405.01 768.26 1033.54 490.27 157.41 176.00 116.37 95.04 110.47 50.00 8252 292.14 3854.9) 4160.47 26.43 18574.70 262.00 676.60 173979 726.87 238.27 95.17 -37.39 -816.08 260.34 275.00 0.00 136.01 ment" 2850.24 1058.53 TOTAL EXPENDITURE 29637.11 26040.00 Surplu$ for th• y•ar 6026.27 16337.65 Dementia Friends co COMMUNITY FUND Tudortrust
Layton Communlty Hou•0 R•ght•r•d Charlty No 1170042 Balanc• Sh•èt Bt the 31st Doc•mb•r 2020 Curr•nt A8sgts Cash al Bank Cash In hand Debtors Preypayments Totsl Ass•ts 2020 39844.97 26.43 70.00 198.00 40139.40 2019 33816.70 21.47 180.(X) 34088.17 Acerua15 Cre(Sitors Total Lalblllt 400.25 21773 96 22174.21 725.79 14830.00 15555.79 Totsl A•#•ts Iw CUrrt Llabllltl•s: 17965.19 18530.38 Capttal & Profit & Loss as al 31st of Decernber 2020 Profit & L05s brought fowrd from 2019 TOTAL FUNDS -565 19 5948.39 5383.20 Ca & Rer¥•8 Reserves as Fer Reserves Pol. Unwtricted 13000.00 TOTAL FUNDS 18383.20 IAudbd by SGR Arcwntth¥5olutlon51 lthalrman of lai Trusthesl Date 11 pa Dementia Friends co COMMUNITY FUND Tudortrust
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