## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/06/2022 Period start date To 31/05/2023 Period end date Charity name: Blandford Forum Youth Centre Management Board Charity registration number: 1171690** ## **Objectives and Activities** |||| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document||1. to advance in life and help young
people through: (a) the provision of
recreational and leisure time activities
provided in the interest of social
welfare, designed to improve their
conditions of life; (b) providing support
and activities which develop their skills,
capacities and capabilities to enable
them to participate in society as
mature and responsible individuals. 2.
to further or benefit the residents of
blandford forum and the surrounding
area, without distinction of sex, sexual
orientation, race or of political,
religious or other opinions by
associating together the said residents
and the local authorities, voluntary and
other organisations in a common effort
to advance education and to provide
facilities in the interests of social
welfare for recreation and leisure time
occupation with the objective of
improving the conditions of life for the
residents. in furtherance of these
objects but not otherwise, the trustees
shall have power: to establish or secure
the establishment of a community
centre and to maintain or manage or
co-operate with any statutory authority
in the maintenance and management
of such a centre for activities promoted
by the charity in furtherance of the
above objects.’| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the||We are a one stop shop of advice information,
resources and support for young people and
the wider community. We provide a safe place
for young people to socialise with their friends,
use our facilities and takepart in arts,crafts,| |activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.||sports, gaming, activities, and open discussions
in worldwide issues and age-related issues
whilst providing support in relationships,
education, families, mental health,
bereavement, addiction, bullying, sexual
health, puberty and exam pressures to help
support them to make informed decisions.
We also provide hot food drinks and snacks
each time we are open. Which in winter is a
warm dry space for them, that they wouldn’t
find any where else in our area.
In our sessions we also run group work sessions
covering
*internet safety
*drug and alcohol use
*CV and interview preparation
* being street safe
* we support with friendship and relationship
issues and break downs
*offering one to one work to support with
bereavement
We encourage physical activity and healthy
living, offering outdoor sports activities each
session and discussing with our young people
the decisions they make that impact there
mental and physical health
As well as one to one sessions, we also provide
out reach to our town, weekly, we walk around
town and reach out to those that do not come
to our youth club. We make sure we go to
areas that we know have been raising concern
in the community with young people and
ensure that young people have some one to
talk to and know we are there at the youth club
as well, we encourage engagement with them
by asking them what they would like at youth
club which helps inspire our projects.
We run three nights a week
Tuesday, years 7s and 8s,
Wednesday year 10 up to 17 year olds,
and Thursday year 9 and drops ins from other
year groups.
on average we have 130 young people through
our door each month
We run a young volunteers programme
meaning all out nights are suported by young
volunteers aged 14 to 16. We support these
young volunteers in becoming employable
young people
In May/June we also ran a year 6 programme,
we took on 40 year 6s from the local villages
and supported them with the transition from
primary school to secondary school.
Each week we covered topics such as internet| |---|---|---| safety and managing stress and anxiety…we support them in making new friends team building and answering any of their questions. Our young volunteers support these night and help answer the young peoples questions, and help the young people feel positive. In May we also provided out reach at our local festival. We ran circus skills and arts and crafts in the day and by evening we were there to support young people through the evening, whether it be supporting young people who were over whelmed, over tired, lost, or had maybe drank too much, or were experiencing friendship and relationship break downs we offered basic first aid and provided young people with water, as well as a safe space at our base where they could come and seek advice, or a quiet space. **Achievements and Performance** |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a whole.||We have successfully provided the young
people in our town and local surrounding area
their own space, that is safe and warm, a space
that they know they can come to that is theirs
where they can be them selves and openly talk
to adults or young volunteers. By doing this we
empowered young people to reach their full
potential. To live productive, useful ,happy
lives.
We ensure our centre was welcoming and an
accessible place for all, where equality and
education is paramount.
We achieved this through a holistic package of
support aimed at the individual needs of the
young person.
We built on the skills and interests of the
young people providing activities led by their
choices and needs.
We upskilled them and gave them the ability
and confidence to have a happy and fulfilled
life, while having the resilience needed to cope
with what ever life can threw at them to
enable them to rise from setbacks and achieve
their dreams.
In this year we have supported young people
through many positive and negative life
experiences some of these being exams and
pressures, leaving school and starting
secondary school, through their first job
interviews, we have handed out condoms and
sexual health advice, we have supported young
people who have struggled with their| |---|---|---| behavious in school, that have been suspended, that are making decisions with negative effects on their lives, that are experiencing family break downs, that are having problems with mental health or struggling to balance their social and school life. I believe the service that we are providing young people is not being offered any where else in our local area and has supported so many people aged 10 to 18. We really are accessible to all, supporting those with learning difficulties to socialise with their peers, to supporting struggling students to become successful volunteers in our setting. We allow young people to find their strengths and support them to grow, they are all valued and respected. We have young people that attend weekly and those that only come to us when they have troubles, we have young people that have no one and see us as their only support net work and those that aren’t yet allowed to socialise outside of school and are only allowed to attend our setting, Our setting is a vital part of our local young people lives and our wider community, as we provide a space when there is no where else for our young people to go in their free time. ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end of
the period|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end of
the period||We continue to be supported by our core
funders Blandford Town council and Williams
and Williams.
We continue to hire our premises and use our
space for community groups and events
We continue to charge membership and
provide a tuc shop for our youth at every
session
We will continue to run projects to enable us to
apply for project funding to support wages and
equipment|We continue to be supported by our core
funders Blandford Town council and Williams
and Williams.
We continue to hire our premises and use our
space for community groups and events
We continue to charge membership and
provide a tuc shop for our youth at every
session
We will continue to run projects to enable us to
apply for project funding to support wages and
equipment| |---|---|---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhytheyare held|||N/A – we do not hold any reserves due to the
nature of our funding|| |Amount of reserves held|||N/A|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|||We are not in a financial position to hold a
reserve|| |||||| |explanation of any
uncertainties about the charity
continuingas agoingconcern|||Due to being fully dependant on donations,
moving forward we will need to look more on
project fundingMeaningour work becomes|| focused based and we will run project nights a long side our continuing youth club ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document||**Constitution**| |How is the charityconstituted?||**CIO Foundation**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of any
person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees||**By invitation and agreed by Trustee board.**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Blandford Youth Management Board| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|Blandford Youth Centre| |Registered charitynumber|1171690| |Charity’s principal address|Blandford Youth Centre
Milldown Road
Blandford Forum
Dorset
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**appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Julie Newall|Chair Person||| ||Barrie Cooper|Treasurer||| ||Helen Matson|||| ||Dawn Whitaker|||| ||Vernica Jenkins|||| ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** B.G.Cooper **Full name(s)** Barrie George Cooper **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc)** Date 25.9.24 ## **Profit and Loss** ## **Blandford Youth Centre management board For the period 1 June 2022 to 31 May 2023** |**Profit and Loss**
**Blandford Youth Centre management board**
**For the period 1 June 2022 to 31 May 2023**|| |---|---| ||**JUN 2022-MAY 2023**| |**Turnover**|| |Other Revenue|200.00| |Tuck Shop|4,115.00| |**Total Turnover**|**4,315.00**| |**Cost of Sales**|| |Cost of Goods Sold|1,822.42| |**Total Cost of Sales**|**1,822.42**| |**Gross Profit**|**2,492.58**| |**Administrative Costs**|| |Audit & Accountancy fees|3,540.00| |Cleaning|2,931.60| |General Expenses|45.77| |Insurance|1,654.58| |Light, Power, Heating|5,282.56| |Pensions Costs|70.70| |Printing & Stationery|16.66| |Rates|311.38| |Rent|5,421.28| |Repairs & Maintenance|347.39| |Salaries|17,831.59| |Staff Training|203.00| |Telephone & Internet|123.88| |**Total Administrative Costs**|**37,780.39**| |**Operating Profit**|**(35,287.81)**| |**Other Income**|| |Funding Core|23,050.00| |Funding Projects|3,300.00| |**Total Other Income**|**26,350.00**| |**Profit on Ordinary Activities Before Taxation**|**(8,937.81)**| |**Profit after Taxation**|**(8,937.81)**| Profit and Loss Blandford Youth Centre management board 21 May 2024 Page 1 of 1 I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attentlon which gNe me no cau80 of eoncem arKI that the accounts give a fair and true reflection of the activities of BYC. SIGNED: NAME: INDEPENDANT EW41NATION ATE OF EXAMINATION: