2024-12-31-accounts

EST 2017 DCF Trustees, Annual Report 71ATIIII 2024

Table of Contents

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Charity Details

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Administrative and Management

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Project delivery

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Youth Steering Group Fundraising & Donations

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Community Collaborations 2024 Impact

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Financial Summary

Thank you

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Charity Name Duffus Cancer Foundation Working Name Duffus Community Foundation

Registration Number 1173774 Postal Address 23 Whitestone Way Weatherill House Business Centre New South Quarter Croydon CR0 4WF Brian Duffus (CEO) Trustees Geoff Gostt (Chair) Rebecca Duffus Shannel Miller-Gayle Anneline Flood Mikala Ayres Carl Roberts Kathryn Vincent

We make a positive difference to children & young people's wellbeing through groupwork and 121 activities. Our group programmes support young people to meet others and learn tools and techniques to boost wellbeing. We empower young people to share their ideas and shape provision around their interests and requirements.

DCF also work in schools delivering our resilience programme through 121 befriender support that gives young people some of the tools needed to navigate life's challenges.

Projects include:

Your Space youth group Croydon Schools 121 Befrienders Merton School 121s

COOP Outdoor Activities

Unity Junction Community Hub

V i s i t o u r w e b s i t e b y c l i c k i n g h e r e

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What we strive to achieve

Core Values:

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The five areas focus on: having an internal and external family approach within the team and with our beneficiaries; demonstrating and delivering an inclusive and fair service; supporting and embracing difference; working towards improving young people’s personal development; providing our youth with many opportunities to have a voice and to impact change.

Practice Outcomes

We work to achieve the following outcomes:

• Support young people to have fun and experience positive feeling

• Improve confidence & self-esteem

• Improve resilience & independence

• Support positive communication & relationships

Unity Junction Aims & Objectives:

In October 2024, we opened and piloted our own community space in Sutton, called Unity Junction. The aim was to provide a space that youth and adults could access. The vision is to:

• Provide a safe space for Young People to learn & socialise

Promote inclusion and reduce social isolation

• Promote positive wellbeing

• Provide advice & information to the public and collaborate with community partners.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT

Governing Document

Duffus Cancer (Community) Foundation (DCF) is a charitable organisation which first met as a committee on 30th January 2017 and registered as a charity on 11th July 2017. It is governed by its constitution as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

Organisational Structure

The Board of Trustees meets monthly 10 times a year and monitors financial performance and strategic planning facilitated by the CEO. The Youth Steering Group, which consists of young people (accessing/who have accessed our service) and young volunteers, meets monthly/quarterly. Other ad-hoc sub-committees are formed as required.

Staffing

During this period, DCF had a paid part-time youth worker, working on the Croydon Relief In Need School Programme and one paid part-time youth worker working on our Merton School Programme until the end of May. In addition to this, we had a full time CEO leading on strategy, staff performance and youth provision and one staff member leading on communication and community youth provision across DCF.

In our community programmes, we had eleven sessional volunteers and a further ten volunteers who supported with fundraising, events, marketing and film making.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities for fulfilling objectives as a registered charity fall on the DCF Board of Trustees, as outlined above.

Staff/Volunteer Induction and Training

All new staff and volunteers undertake an induction and training programme. Existing staff/volunteer training requirements are reviewed via Planning Meetings and 121s/Supervision sessions.

Trustees are also encouraged to have any additional training as is relevant to their roles and requirements. In 2024 we appointed three new trustees and two Ambassadors.

Risk Management

All major risks are identified and reviewed by Trustees on a monthly/bi-monthly basis. During this process, systems and procedures are put in place to manage any risk.

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CHARITY PROJECTS

~~eS~~ Your Space Youth Group & Trips ~~——_~~ —

In 2024, our monthly community youth group had 58 young people attend the youth groups and half term trips. This included bowling, rock climbing, karaoke, art sessions, trampolining, a theatre trip, a cinema trip and more. The core funding for our monthly sessions and trips came thanks to Caterham Roundtable.

Croydon School 121s

COOP Outdoor Activities

For 2024, we supported 60 young on our 121 mentoring programme in Croydon from Jan-Dec, across Primary & Secondary Schools. We received positive feedback from students, schools and parents regarding the support delivered on this programme. This project was funded by Croydon Relief in Need.

Merton School 121s

Our COOP fund allowed us to take our young people on trips to enjoy outdoor experiences. We delivered 9 experiences including a day trip to Littlehampton, a Mindful Cupcake workshop, Crazy Golf, Paddleboarding, a Canal boat ride, Camden Market, an Easter Scavenger Hunt, Christmas Markets, and Winter Wonderland.

For 2024, we supported 24 young people on our 121 mentoring programme in Merton (Jan-June) across two primary schools and one secondary school. This project was funded by Merton Giving Fund. = A 3 —S -

Unity Junction Community Hub

October 2024 saw the opening of our own community space in Sutton. From a youth perspective, we delivered after school club group drop-ins and events. We also provided hire opportunities to other charity and community groups which contributed to our space providing access to 385 young people between October to December.

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DCF YOUTH STEERING GROUP

Our Youth Steering Group had a successful 2024. They worked on a campaign which involved giving back to their community by volunteering their time once a month to other local community groups.

The Steering Group also supported DCF with grant applications, volunteering on fundraising events and supporting our junior members.

The above picture shows members of our Steering Group, alongside board members and community partners at the Civic Mayor’s Gala Fundraiser.

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FUNDRAISING & DONATIONS

In 2023/24 we were the Croydon Civic Mayor’s chosen Charity of the Year. During this time the Mayor carried out a number of fundraising events which raised an incredible £13,500 for DCF.

In the summer of 2024, we hosted a Quiz Night for over 70 participants which raised just over £1,900.

On our 7th birthday we received £400 from our longstanding supporters, Bibra.

Siblings, and friends of the charity, Samra and Yubal raised over £400 for DCF after engaging in 5 & 10k runs to help raise funds to support our community programmes.

Our CEO worked hard to build partnerships to help sustainability. Caterham Roundtable provided us with £7,774 to assist with our Your Space delivery.

We received additional funds and public donations from the Giving Lottery, People’s Fundraising, monthly donor sponsors, one off donations and through Facebook and easyfundraising, which helped to raise just under £5000

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COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS

Jigsaw 4 U collaboration taking young people to Crystal Palace games.

Manju Shahul Foundation were supported by our Youth Steering Group.

Caterham Round Table supported our community delivery.

Asian Resource Centre Croydon, fundraiser for the Mayor’s charities.

Partnership with Not Just Travel, agency for discounted holidays for members.

Start Up Croydon provided us with digital media creation and Croydon Vision supported with venue and transport facilitation.

Partnership support from Coversure Insurance, Donnelly Finance, Newbridge Talent and Installation, Refurbishment Solutions Limited for fundraising event.

Newbridge Talent Associates and Donnelly Finance, delivered business workshop.

Collaborations with local artist Scene in London and art charity UYC Academy.

From Sutton, we partnered with Time Out Youth Project and Sutton Volunteer Centre.

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OUR IMPACT IN 2024

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School Support:

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young people accessed our Croydon 121 mentoring support programme

young people accessed our Merton school 121 befriender support programme.

W e l l b e i n g i s m e a s u r e d u s i n g t h e a c c r e d i t e d S t i r l i n g W e l l b e i n g S c a l e o r t h e W a r w i c k - E d i n b u r g h M e n t a l W e l l - b e i n g S c a l e ( W E M W ) .

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Have fun & experience increased positive feeling

showed increased use of coping strategies in everyday life

Have developed a better understanding of mental health & resilience

Community Support:

193

young people accessed our community support across Croydon & Sutton, with a further 250 attending our community space.

“ I U S E D T O N O T B E A B L E T O R E S I S T R E T A L I A T I N G A G A I N S T P E O P L E W H O I R R I T A T E D M E B U T N O W I D O ”

" O N B E H A L F O F H A R R I S C R Y S T A L P A L A C E , I W O U L D L I K E T O E X T E N D O U R H E A R T F E L T A P P R E C I A T I O N F O R Y O U R U N W A V E R I N G S U P P O R T A N D F L E X I B I L I T Y I N W O R K I N G W I T H O U R S T U D E N T S A N D T H E L O C A L C O M M U N I T Y . Y O U R D E D I C A T I O N A N D C O M M I T M E N T H A V E M A D E A S I G N I F I C A N T I M P A C T O N T H E L I V E S O F M A N Y ”

“ I L I K E D L E A R N I N G H O W T O H E L P M Y S E L F W I T H H A N D L I N G M Y A N G E R B Y U S I N G T H E T R A F F I C L I G H T S E X E R C I S E S ”

“ C O M I N G T O D U F F U S I S S O F U N ! I ’ M R E A L L Y E N J O Y I N G T H E S E S S I O N S A T S C H O O L ”

“ I L I K E D T A L K I N G A B O U T M Y F E E L I N G S , P L A Y I N G N E W G A M E S A N D L E A R N I N G W H Y I ’ M U N I Q U E ”

M Y C H I L D B E C A M E M O R E C O N F I D E N T A N D A L O T H A P P I E R I N H I M S E L F ”

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FINANCIAL SUMMARY

INCOME 2024 Donations 28,830 Grants 88,175 TOTAL 117,005

EXPENDITURE 2024 Charitable activities 90,167 TOTAL 90,167 NET INCOME/ 26,838 (EXPENDITURE)

The year ending 31st December 2024 showed a net income of £26,838. Our total income was £117,005 compared with expenditure of £90,167. Net funds for the charity now stand at £48,991.

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FINANCIAL SUMMARY

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STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES

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BALANCE SHEET

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HOW TO REACH US

DCF

23 Whitestone Way, Weatherill House Business Centre, New South Quarter, Croydon CR0 4WF

www.duffusfoundation.org [e-mail]

07856482888 ees [ml]

We are so grateful to our staff, volunteers and trustees who work tirelessly to continue our Founder Leroy's legacy and improve young people's wellbeing.

We would also like to thank the donors and organisations who support us, enabling us to make a positive difference to more young people's lives:

Twist Media

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