## **Men’s Shed Horsham**
## **Chairman’s Report 2020/21**
## **Introduction**
The objective of this report is to provide members and other interested parties, including the Charity Commission, with an insight into the development and running of MSH. Although 2020 was a difficult year due to Covid restrictions, I am pleased to report that MSH is becoming financially self sustainable through members subscriptions, activities undertaken for the community and items sold that were made by members. Although finances are mentioned, they are subject to a separate report which is appended to this report and was prepared by our Treasurer.
## **Background**
For information relating to the background of MSH, please reference previous reports
## **Membership**
Covid has had a direct effect on membership with a number of older members deciding not to return to the Shed. The main reasons relate to fear of catching Covid, general anxiety about leaving their homes and illness. Although we have seen a ten to fifteen percent drop in members the overall core membership remains robust. Of the 45 members 25 remain active attending the Shed on a regular basis.
With the arrival of Covid and the associated government restrictions, the Shed closed for a significant period. The closure provided a time of reflection and one of the major changes that was introduced related to restricting the number of members allowed into the Shed at any one time. Opening times were reduced from four to three days per week
The Shed continues to attract a variety of men with differing backgrounds and skill sets.
Last year’s report stated
“A number of support groups have approached MSH including the Alzheimer’s society asking if their members can join the Shed. There is a genuine concern over this issue as at present the Shed is not resourced to cater for those with such conditions. Setting a half day aside for those suffering with Alzheimer’s would be achievable, subject to having sufficient carers in attendance”.
Due to the restrictions there has been little activity in this area; however we remain sympathetic to the needs of others.
## **Management/Supervision**
I am pleased to report that the Shed have appointed an administrator on a voluntary basis. The appointment has proved very beneficial and has taken a lot of pressure of others who were less able to undertake administration duties. Two other members volunteered to become Supervisors which has helped tremendously in the day to day management of the Shed
## **Projects/Shed Activities**
Despite the closure of the Shed for a significant period during the year a number of successful projects were undertaken.
HDC opened a “Drop in” Wellness Centre; MSH was approached to see if members could help with decorating and final finishes. This was undertaken and completed within defined timescales.
A significant proportion of time was given over to the production of goods to sell at the local Christmas market. The event was extremely successful in raising money to assist MSH in its financial obligations.
## **Training/Mentoring**
All new members are provided with an induction session and evaluated on their experience and ability to use certain machinery. A number of experienced members familiar with woodwork equipment undertake the assessment and those deemed capable of operating machinery are recorded in the Skills Register.
## **Social Dimension**
The social dimension of the Shed remains a top priority. New members are eager to get involved and participate in activities and social events. Despite being in lockdown for a significant part of the year, members have managed to remain in contact via social media. There is also a desire of members to keep in touch with those who are unwell or living on their own.
## **Maintaining and Health and Sustainable Environment**
Having summarised the background and current status of MSH I believe that to enable it to move to the next stage of its development the following recommendation should be given serious consideration. Feedback and support from interested parties is essential to enable the proposed action to be taken.
## **Recommendations contained in 2019 Report along with 2020 comments**
“ _That the Trustees and Steering Group review MSH aims and objectives with a view to establishing a working model that will allow the Shed to both develop and be sustained; (this may require an extended meeting whereby all aspects are reviewed)”_
**Comment** – Due to the Pandemic, this objective that has been carried over to 2021.
## **Recommendation 2**
_“Employ a Shed Manager/Supervisor. As stated in the report it is essential for the future of MSH that a person is employed to cover the three days when the Shed is open. At one point it was thought that the appointment of an administrator would suffice, however on reflection, this would be too limiting and therefore the wider role would provide greater coverage and allow existing volunteers to develop other areas of the Shed’s activities._
_Advantages of appointing a manager/supervisor_
_1. The person would have a job profile and would therefore be obliged to undertake certain duties/activities that are done on a voluntary basis._
_2. Allow flexibility for others to develop other aspects of MSH_
_3. Remove the pressure on current volunteers regarding opening/closing duties._
_4. Having certain administration tasks fulfilled e.g. induction, project control and membership issues_
_5. Having a “go to” person regarding enquiries etc._
_Clearly a job profile will need to be written and the funding arranged. A figure of £6k per annum should be sufficient to attract a person for an 18 hr week and this should not be beyond the capabilities of MSH to raise such an amount.”_
**Comment** – This objective has been achieved via a different approach to the overall management and running of the Shed. Further Supervisors have been appointed along with an administrator. This has proved to be very satisfactory without the need to appoint a paid manager/supervisor.
## **Recommendation 3**
_“Place a greater emphasis on the training and mentoring of members. It is clear when observing the training activities which are currently undertaken on a Wednesday that members get a great deal of enjoyment from the process. A review of the programme and the possibilities of future courses need to be considered. Relating to recommendation 1, the current arrangements for organising the training are somewhat adhoc and more focus approach would pay dividends.”_
**Comment –** The mentoring of members continues, however organised training has been restricted due to the Pandemic.
## **Recommendation 4**
_“That the social side of MSH be considered and developed. At present the social aspect of the Shed is mainly confined within the Shed, only one external visit has happened, being a trip to Brooklands. As one of the objectives of the Shed is to develop the bonding and relationships amongst members, we have not taken_
_advantage of this aspect. It is appreciated that arranging such events takes time and effort. However if a member was prepared to undertake this responsibility then it would add a further much needed dimension to MSH.”_
Comment – This remains a key objective and the plan is to place a greater emphasis on this aspect of Shed life during 2021
B Pickstock
Chairman MSH
**November 2021**
|**Mens Shed Horsham**|**Mens Shed Horsham**||**No (if any)**||
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|**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**
**from**|01/04/2020|**To**|31/03/2021||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
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Donations|**419**||**-**||**-**||**419**||**252**|
|Membership|**1,050**||**-**||**-**||**1,050**||**1,325**|
|Sold Merchandise|**2,482**||**-**||**-**||**2,482**||**3,763**|
|Other|**140**||**-**||**-**||**140**||**12**|
|Grants|**1,200**||**-**||**-**||**1,200**||**1,450**|
||||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**5,291**||**-**||**-**||**5,291**||**6,802**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||||||
||**-**|||||||||
||**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||||||
||||||||||**6,802**|
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CommunityWork|**80**||**-**||**-**||**80**||**- 20**|
|Repairs|**355**||**-**||**-**||**355**||**639**|
|Fees|**1,322**||**-**||**-**||**1,322**||**150**|
|IT|**72**||**-**||**-**||**72**||**211**|
|Office Expenses|**550**||**-**||**-**||**550**||**283**|
|Lease|||**-**||**-**||**-**||**1,800**|
|Expenses(Other)|**370**||**-**||**-**||**370**||**2,477**|
|Insurance|**783**||**-**||**-**||**783**||**828**|
|New Equipment|**2,106**||**-**||**-**||**2,106**||**1,404**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**5,638**||**-**||**-**||**5,638**||**7,773**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||
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||**-**|||||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||||||
||||||||||**7,773**|
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||**- 347**||||||||**- 971**|
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||**-**||||||||**-**|
||**- 347**||||||||**- 971**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
11/11/2021
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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||Ben Pickstock (Nov 12, 2021 12:06 GMT)
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
11/11/2021
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## CC16a 2020-2021
Final Audit Report
2021-11-12
Created: 2021-11-11 By: Vinod Wagjiani (v.wagjiani@gmail.com) Status: Signed Transaction ID: CBJCHBCAABAALQiTQ6U5W-x5l7mSiA3T2BAQDBcjlutf
## "CC16a 2020-2021" History
Document created by Vinod Wagjiani (v.wagjiani@gmail.com)
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Document emailed to Ben Pickstock (chairman@mens-shed-horsham.org.uk) for signature 2021-11-11 - 9:07:03 AM GMT
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