Friends of Ashtead Youth Club Charity Annual Report 21/22
Refec�ons from our Youth Worker
Refec�ons from the Chair of our Charity
An Inclusive Community
It has been an amazing year, where we have further established our weekly youth clubs, delivered School holiday schemes, seen our first D of E group complete their Bronze Award. The Rally Kar�ng has been popular once again and all of this has taken place with the support of our local community who con�nue to generously support our work.
difficult �me. It has given young people the opportunity to reconnect with friends and to meet new people. I have been fortunate to see the great work that Richard, Ollie and our young volunteers do on Thursday evenings, and I know that the young people who a�end the Youth Club have had an amazing �me.
We are proud of our Club’s inclusive ethos, where any young person who wants to come along is welcomed.
Many of our members are happy just �cking along and take a role in making our community inclusive. Other members need a li�le more support to feel happy and comfortable with us.
Youth Clubs
Working in Partnership with East Surrey YMCA
We run two Youth Clubs on Thursday night every week. Both remain popular with a regular 50 plus young people a�ending each week. Young people enjoy the opportunity to socialise with their friends and enjoy team sports, we are ac�vely working with our membership to expand the programme in whatever direc�on they are interested in. Our Youth Workers are supported by a team of senior members who help run the evenings and work alongside other members.
Developing Young Leaders
Developing Young Leaders Our Community Approach Our team of young leaders form a We are living in a challenging vital part of our staff team and are social and financial context. invaluable in delivering the work Through suppor�ng a range of with our membership. groups from within the community, there is o�en One of our team par�cipated in something going on almost every the Ashtead Rotary sponsored day of the week. Rotary Youth Leadership Training In addi�on to our own work, this Course, developing their skills and confidence which culminated in would include, Mar�al Arts, Clubs for young people and him presen�ng his development young adults with addi�onal journey to the whole club needs, out of school child-care membership and we host groups offering wellbeing opportuni�es for our adult community.
We are very fortunate to be teamed up with the well-established Youth Work team at the YMCA. This partnership affords us the benefits of our youth work team being part of a much larger organisa�on, suppor�ng professional standards, accountability and a connec�on with experienced and knowledgeable managers. We are looking forward to developing our partnership further over the next year.
for everybody (a Universal Service), staff will naturally spend a li�le more �me and energy with those youngsters who can most benefit from our exper�se. This is so we are able to support them as they make their way through their transi�on from childhood to becoming a young adult (Early Help and Targeted Support).
How we manage our money
Our income comes from groups who use the building, formal grants, local grants, fundraising and dona�ons from individuals.
Recognising Young People’s Achievements
It is a stated aim of our charity to ac�vely deliver a programme that supports young people’s growth and development in order that they become socially mature and ready for the workplace. We have a variety of approaches that range from posi�ve encouragement on a day to day basis, we are very excited to be developing formal recogni�on through the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award run in partnership with Ashtead Rotary and the Pheonix Project.
| and dona�ons from individuals. | |
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| Between April 21 and March 22 | |
| Our income amounted to | £26927 |
| Our expenditure amounted to | £10010 |
| Breaking down to: | |
| Youth Work Stafng | £0 r/f 22/23 |
| Youth Work Ac�vi�es | £3439 |
| Buildings costs | £541 |
| Cleaning materials | £310 |
| Minibus costs | £1824 |
| Administra�on inc Insurance | £3990 |
| Our reserve as of 1/4/22 was £16818 |
Our Commi�ee
Our Supporters
We are very apprecia�ve for the Trustee’s support of local organisa�ons and Glen Jordan – Chair & Finance individuals. Most recently this has Ian Parkinson – Premises & IT included Ashtead Rotary Club, Richard Leary – Youth Work & Ac�ve Surrey, and Ashtead Partnerships Churches Tea Tent. Colleagues Chris Townsend – SCC Our Village Day Raffle was supported by many local Mary Cooper – MVDC businesses, to whom we are very Gareth Evans – Rotary grateful.
Our plan for the next year…………
We are very happy with the way we have developed since taking over the Youth Club from Surrey County Council in 2021. Our priori�es over the next year will include:
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1) Con�nuing to deliver a consistent developmental Youth Service with our young people. This will include weekly Youth Clubs, the D of E Award and Rally Kar�ng Project.
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2) Further develop the capacity of the Commi�ee so we have the people resources to grow the charity and scope of services we offer.
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3) Con�nue to improve the quality of the building fabric and range of community groups that can work with us to meet the wider needs of the Ashtead Community.