ENPALS TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023
The Garden Room was opened in Sept 2022 and the trustees look forward to seeing the room being used by library activities making uses of the extra space now available to expand the numbers of attendees that could be now attend .
The Christmas Fayre was well attended and thanks to local businesses a raffle raised funds for Enpals to increase the rather depleted funds after the garden room project.
Following the closure of the Fox Café in Redhill Park Enpals offered the room as a “warm Space “ for a tea & chat fortnightly from January 2023 ….unfortunately this was poorly attended despite Bournemouth Evening Echo publicity and efforts by the library staff .This was discontinued in the Spring of 2023.
Trustees have worked closely with library staff to support their activities throughout the year but at times trustees other commitments prevented active support at the event ….to this end a further trustee was appointed , Lionel Barnes bringing the number now to 5 trustees….it is hoped that this will enable at least 1 trustee to attend and help at every library event.
Feedback from library users via library staff showed that many were unaware of the garden room and it’s connection to the library as it was perceived as a separate building ….Trustees agreed to fund the external signage for the room “ The Library Garden Room” as well as a notice board for future events located by the garden entrance and also an A board that could be place outside the library to promote that day’s activity.
Recently solar lighting has been installed to allow visitors to safely access the room after dark.
Thanks to Paul Collin’s green fingers there have been plant sales throughout the year and coupled with book sales have also provided income to Enpals.
A family Art Club started in September and Enpals gave a grant for artist materials to enable the activity to take place without cost to the library or the attendees.
Chris has run successful Lego & Pokemon clubs at throughout the Spring and summer for young people and this is now a monthly event .
The Garden Room has been used by external groups during normal library hours and it is hoped this use will increase as a community venue for local groups however we are still awaiting clarification from BCP as to the Liability Insurance requirements for out of hours use . A simple enough question it seems but a definitive answer is still awaited as well as the mechanism for a group to be included on BCP insurance at a nominal charge .
A further issue has bee highlighted by users and that is the lack of a toilet with disabled access restrict possible usage and Enpals have received an estimate of £8000 to build a facility onto the existing staff facility with access directly from the library garden .
The trustees have approached JP Morgan and with Lionel’s help we have applied for a grant from their Social Responsibility Fund as well as contacting Talbot Villlage Trust for assistance .
My thanks to all the trustees who have kept Enpals in operation and their help at many of the events throughout the year .
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INCOME | |||||||
| 2 | DATE | DETAILS | FUND RAISING EVENTS | EP BOOKLET | LIF MONEY | DONATIONS | LOTTERY | |
| 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | Oct-22 | BH Coastal lottery | 18.00 | |||||
| 5 | Nov-22 | BH Coastal lottery | 22.50 | |||||
| 6 | Nov-22 | Plant/Book Sale | 12.75 | |||||
| 7 | Dec-22 | BH Coastal lottery | 20.00 | |||||
| 8 | Dec-22 | Xmas Event | 169.00 | |||||
| 9 | Jan-23 | BH Coastal lottery | 20.00 | |||||
| 10 | Jan-23 | Reader Donation | 15.00 | |||||
| 11 | Feb-23 | BH Coastal lottery | 22.50 | |||||
| 12 | Mar-23 | BH Coastal lottery | 16.00 | |||||
| 13 | Apr-23 | BH Coastal lottery | 16.00 | |||||
| 14 | May-23 | Art Exhibition Donation | 40.00 | |||||
| 15 | May-23 | BH Coastal lottery | 16.00 | |||||
| 16 | Jun-23 | BH Coastal lottery | 20.00 | |||||
| 17 | Jun-23 | Donations & Plants | 79.71 | |||||
| 18 | Jul-23 | BH Coastal lottery | 16.00 | |||||
| 19 | Aug-23 | BH Coastal lottery | 20.00 | |||||
| 20 | Sep-23 | BH Coastal lottery | 16.00 | |||||
| 21 | Sep-23 | Bake Of | 62.23 | |||||
| 22 | ||||||||
| 23 | ||||||||
| 24 | ||||||||
| 25 | 243.98 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 134.71 | 223.00 | 601.69 |
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EXPENDITURE | ||||||||
| 2 | DATE | DETAILS | **EVENT EXPENSES ** | DONATIONS | INSURANCE | GARDEN ROOM | MISC | ||
| 3 | Jan-23 | Kettle | 21.00 | ||||||
| 4 | Jan-23 | Lockable Notice Board | 49.95 | ||||||
| 5 | Jan-23 | A Board | 44.24 | ||||||
| 6 | Jan-23 | Fan Heater | 24.99 | ||||||
| 7 | Apr-23 | Garden Room Sign | 48.00 | ||||||
| 8 | May-23 | Garden Notice Board | 26.30 | ||||||
| 9 | Sep-23 | Art Club Supplies | 78.03 | ||||||
| 10 | |||||||||
| 11 | |||||||||
| 12 | 78.03 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 193.48 | 21.00 |
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BALANCE SHEET | ||||||||
| 2 | Income | Expenditure | |||||||
| 3 | OpeningBalance | 459.25 | |||||||
| 4 | Fund RaisingEvents | 243.98 | Event Expenses | 78.03 | |||||
| 5 | EP Booklet | Donations | |||||||
| 6 | LIF Money | Insurance | |||||||
| 7 | Donations | 134.71 | Garden Room | 193.48 | |||||
| 8 | Lottery | 223.00 | Misc | 21.00 | |||||
| 9 | |||||||||
| 10 | Totals | 1060.94 | 292.51 | ||||||
| 11 | |||||||||
| 12 | BANK | 768.43 | |||||||
| 13 | |||||||||
| 14 | 1060.94 | 1060.94 |