GSP Annual report 2021
- A very lean year
Covid-19 has affected our world and our social patterns very deeply, most of all times and places where we meet together in any number and in any closeness, and while meeting in families and in small numbers has sometimes been possible, night club life has suddenly and completely stopped. The circumstances in which Street Pastors in Gloucester have operated and are needed do not currently exist. This has been the case for most of 2020, and all of 2021.
I think that, like the people who go out to the clubs, we too have missed the bustle and noise and exuberance of Saturday nights on the streets.
Our statistics for the year 2020 are a sad indication of a couple of months only of work at the beginning of 2020, and a few early evening patrols in the Autumn.
13 pairs of flipflops
265 bottles picked up or swept up
(Dorothy Dwight could have done that herself over a couple of nights!)
A total of only 14 patrols. Over the months we have in fact scheduled quite a few more than that, which have been cancelled or postponed because of pandemic rules.
But we did help 106 people, supported some vulnerable people, and calmed some aggressive situations.
So the report this year is short.
There are many people to thank because the organisation has continued to run with enthusiasm and efficiency and hopeful looking forward. Thanks to Robert our coordinator, Sue our administrator, Ron our treasurer, Major Gareth and the Salvation Army for being ever ready to host our patrols.
Thanks too to Tom Beattie and to Ade Jones. Both have seen more than a decade of service as GSP’s and both continue with other organisations that serve the disadvantaged in Gloucester. They have blessed us, and we wish them God’s blessing as they continue His work.
We thank God for three new people coming to join the ranks – Bruce, Karen and Carrie.
We pray for the world which is still in distress, most countries still under some form of lockdown. We pray for our young people whose friendship groups and social life remain very limited.
The Management Committee has met regularly, often with hopes for getting back to work, hopes that have been regularly dashed by the pandemic.
And we look forward in hope rather than certainty that the coming year will see a return to all the good parts of normality on the streets of Gloucester.
Alastair Sammon
Chairman
July 2021
Independent ExamineV8 Report to Trustees of Gloucester Street Pastors I report on the accounts of ts Gloucester Street Pasto[5 for the year ended 31st December 2020 set out on the following pages. Respective responsibilities of the Trustees and examiner Trustees are responsible for ts preparation of the accounts. The Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an irKlependent examination is needed. It is my responsibilty to: Examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act Follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act State whether particular matters have come to my attention Basis of th• independent examinerfs report My examination was Caled out in accordan with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. That examination includes a review of the accounts'ng records kept by the Trustees and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes a consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as Trustees cOnmirj any such matters. The prOdureS undertaken do not provide all the eviden that would be required in an audit, and consequentty no opinion is given as to wlEther the accounts present a Yrue and fair viev/ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statsment. Independent examinerfs statement In connection with my examination. no matter has o)me to my attention: 1) Which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act" and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records dnd comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have, not been met. 2) To which. in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. David A Matthams Independent Examiner 2021
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