1 ## ANNUAL REPORT April 2020 – March 2021 HEXHAM COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION Presented Wednesday 10th July 2019 [COMPANY NAME] | [COMPANY ADDRESS] **Hexham Community Association Annual General Meeting** SUMMER 2020 **Welcome to our AGM Meeting 2020/2021** You are all welcome to Hexham Community Association AGM for 2020. Hexham Community Association brings together residents from the Hexham Estate and North Whitley area, charities and the local authority to work together to help to improve education opportunities, and carry out activities for the welfare, recreation and leisure for the people who live in the local area. The local area is recognized as an area of deprivation and need. The association is run entirely by volunteers and undertakes activities from the Hexham Community Centre. **The Committee** Your committee for the previous year was: - Angela Bovell – Ag. Chair - Elizabeth Marian Kargbo – Trustee - Sebora Kamara – Trustee & Treasurer - Simon J Maziku - Secretary - Edward Corriera – Trustee ## **Achievements and challenges** During the past year the activities of Hexham Community Association were seriously affected by COVID 19. However, the association was able to accomplish the following: - Funding was provided by Berkshire Community Foundation, The Lottery and CAF to provide support for the over 50s struggling families in Hexham and Staverton Road who were seriously affected by COVID lock down. ## **Residents Receiving food aid** **Meals preparation for >50s Delicious fruit meals for >50s** **Food parcels for a struggling family Food parcel for Over 50s** **Foo** **d parcels for Over 50s** **Food parcels for a struggling family** ## **Challenges** - The Association is still functioning under a reduced budget of £10,000 from the Council - The Association Still struggled to recruit volunteers. This has had an impact on the extent to which the programmes can be extended to many more residents. - Bookings for use of facilities at the Community Centre has decreased considerably compared to the previous year. This has been due to complaints from the neighbours’ about noise. This has been resolved through the intervention of the council. We now have a better customer services approach, better facilities and a very clean environment. The trustees want to also take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers for the wonderful job they have done over the year. ## **FUTURE PLANS** 1. Extend programme to Staverton Road 2. Advertising activities of Hexham to the wider community 3. Getting residents to be more active 4. Community sports between the estates 5. Cultural shows 6. Expansion of yoga classes in collaboration with New Life Kingdom International Ministries charities 7. Wellbeing project for over 50s in collaboration with New Life Kingdom International Ministries charity 8. Re- establishment of Skills and Fitness project for 8-13 years 9. IT training for the unemployed, . Signed Angela Bovell Ag. Chair li ents accounts Receipts and pa CC18a 01 -19 To 31.Ilar.20 Section A Receipts