2022-12-31-accounts

ÉpennymooR) YOUFH ond CornrrLr￿y Rssociation Annual Report 2022 January to December 2022

We are pleased to be able to report back on another busy year of ac�vi�es and development for Spennymoor Youth and Community Associa�on and our partnership with Tudhoe Community Centre through our Communi�es Together project.

We were delighted during the year to have secured a three year Na�onal Lo#ery Community Fund grant and cost of living crisis upli% of £196,755 for the next phase of our project; Communi�es Together Stepping UP, which began in October 2022.

Over the last 12 months we have successfully appointed to the newly funded project roles which include Project Co-ordinator, Admin and Finance Assistant, two part �me Community Development Workers, Ea�ng Together Project Cook and two part �me weekend workers alongside the team of youth workers, our community vehicle driver and two cleaner caretakers.

Ac�vi�es and services have focused on:

• Struggling families and adults,

• Isolated older residents,

• People with lived experience of mental and physical health problems,

• Residents looking for new skills, to become volunteers, learning, training and work.

2,004 project users to date have benefited from a wide range of events, ac�vi�es and services as a result of this project and our two community venues.

Ac�vi�es for struggling families and adults have included access to free and affordable food. We are part of the Feeding Families service which provides basic food parcels to residents in emergency need, The Bread and Bu#er Thing Project providing bags of food surplus to 80 customers every week packed by our Centre Friends, Fareshare food surplus allowing people to fill a bag of food for a small dona�on and our Ea�ng Together project which provides weekly breakfast, brunch, Cuppa Club and café sessions.

Ac�vi�es for isolated older residents have included a programme of Look Out trips for older centre user groups through Spring and Summer, as well as targeted ac�vi�es including warm hub coffee mornings, social space for men and women, lunch club, discounted food and volunteer opportuni�es as part of a co-ordinated programme to reconnect older people with their communi�es a%er the Covid restric�ons.

Ac�vi�es for people with lived experience of mental and physical health problems have included Happiness Hub funded wellbeing group sessions, gentle circuits, young people Chillax CREE and partnership working with County Durham Wellbeing For Life and the Social Prescribers Network to offer advice and support services through ac�vi�es within the Centre.

Residents looking for new skills, to become volunteers, learning, training and work ac�vi�es have been delivered in partnership with DurhamLearn teaching ESOL English, Mul�ply Maths. Eden Academy has delivered Driving Theory training sessions and other partners have delivered construc�on site cer�ficates, first aid and door security courses for residents looking to gain sector specific employment.

Our new development workers have supported the growing team of Centre Friends to iden�fy training and development needs as well as increase their confidence and involvement within the

Centre. Adult Learners have become ac�vely involved in our community garden and Stay and Play sessions. Bread and Bu#er Thing project bag packers now meet socially. Other volunteers from our wellbeing groups enjoy suppor�ng our Ea�ng Together ac�vi�es in the kitchen, DIY, decora�ng, gardening and general maintenance in and around the centre.

Funding and Sustainability has been a priority for the Associa�on. We have steadily increased venue hire and secured AAP grant funding to be able to open up the Centre 7 days a week, puAng in place a party hire package for children’s birthdays and employing two weekend workers, making the project self-sustaining beyond the life of the grant. We have generated new income from food sales as part of our Ea�ng Together project, dona�ons and ac�vity charges.

With support from Durham Community Ac�on, we are working towards Hallmark and Kitemark as we put in place the policies and procedures for the safe and professional organisa�on we want to be. And working with Wellbeing for Life, we will become a recognised wellbeing hub in year two.

Alongside our Community Fund grant and in addi�on to ongoing commi#ed grant spend, we have been able to secure new grant funding for the majority of our ac�vi�es, developing partnerships with grant funders which include:

Spennymoor Area Ac�on Partnership	Ea�ng Together Spennymoor Youth Fest	£6,728 £1,826
Fun and Food CountyDurham	Holidayhungeryouth ac�vi�es	£1,565
Livin	Holidayfamilyac�vi�es	£2,000
Towns and Villages, improving communityresilience	Solar panels and ba#ery storage	£19,280
PCP Happiness Hub/NHS North East and Cumbria	Wellbeing group and gentle circuits	£4,000
Dona�ons	Individual fundraising	£1,550
	Total	£36,949

Priori�es for the year ahead will be to support our trustees, management commi#ee members and volunteers (Centre Friends) as we strengthen our governance, training/development and their involvement in the project and in managing the partnership.

Team building the new staff team and using increased capacity to deliver our year two plan, ensuring we are reaching the people we want to help and the outcomes agreed with our funders.

Secure new grant funding and increase revenue to invest in our community programme and con�nue with building improvements and maintenance for the benefit of Centre users and the longer-term sustainability of the project.

As we look forward to year two of our Communi�es Together Stepping UP partnership project, we thank all of our funders, partners, volunteers, trustees and staff who are making a difference.

Trustees

Chair – Barbara Graham

Secretary – Neil Foster

Treasurer – Wayne Gibson

Commi#ee Members:

Jim Graham

Dianna Charlton

Development Worker – Michael Fishwick Administra�on – Helen Riley

Caretaker – Val Richardson

Chris Milner

Claire Peat

David Stow

Caroline Stow

Sandra McDonnell

Claire Bisse#

Danielle Todd

Victoria Robinson

Kerry Nicholson

Special thanks to all the Centre volunteers and Centre Friends for helping to support all of the projects and making them a huge success over the last year. Without you we would not be able to offer the range of services to the community.

Thank you to our funders also.

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