## **One to One AGM** 

## **Annual Report** 

## **8[th] January 2024 - 7pm at One to One office.** 

## **1. Introduction** 

This report covers the period from the 9[th] January 2023 to the 8[th] January 2024. It has been another challenging year. Covid-19 restrictions were lifted and we find that the whole of the care sector, including ourselves, has struggled to find staff. Response to ads for befrienders went from 100’s of requests for application packs to single figures. 

## **2. Funding/income** 

2.1 Durham County Council’s cap on hourly rates paid to care providers is still in place but has been increased to £16.21 per hour. DCC require us to renew our place on their Panel of Approved Providers annually in order to continue to receive referrals from them. 

2.2   We are currently funded by the National Lottery Community Fund until the 31[st] August 2025. Due to an underspend our grant was extended to the above date, the hours of the office staff were increased by half a day meaning that all 3 are now working 2 and a half days a week. 

## **3. Service users:** 

3.1 During Covid we kept in touch with services users, carers and befrienders in the hope that they were doing well and that we could continue with their befriending sessions once we get back to normal. This year we find that we have lost befrienders and service users due to the crisis and have found it hard to recover but we are slowly gaining ground. We are stepping up our efforts to recruit more befrienders but we are finding it to be very hard going. Only perseverance will bring us the results we need in the coming year. 

## **4. Office staff, befrienders, trustees and volunteers** 

4.1 Befrienders: We employed 18 befrienders and staff at the time of last year’s AGM and today we employ 13. This is down due to 3 retiring and 2 leaving due to Covid related bereavement and illness. 

4.2 Trustees: 

Our trustees new posts are; 

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Mike Russell
Manager
One to One

ONE TO ONE
Accounting Statement
Receipts and Payments Basis
For the Year to 3 1st March. 2023
Recei
2023
Gifts. donations and other vo5unt8ry receipts
46.903
Receipts from Trading a￿1VItieS
63.288
R¢c¢ipts earned from &s5¢ts
Total Recei
110 191
Pa
Pa￿nentS directly for charitable purposes
Payments for publicity and fundraising,
management and administration
93,388
ments
93,388
Net Ke
nts
Cash funds Last Year End
Cash Funds This Year End
The Charity has resiricted funds
The Charity has no endowment funds
The Accounting Statement and the Statement of Asser% and Liabilitie5 has been prepared on the
"Receipts and Payments" b&si5 and cornply with the requtrements of S.42(3) of the Charities Act
1993
Signed on behalf of the TNstees
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