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2024-08-31-accounts

Annual Report – (1[st] September 2023 31[st] August 2024)

Charity Details:

Registered Address: 14 Middlesbrough Road, South Bank Middlesbrough TS6 6NR Telephone: 07307 848057 Email: info@rubiescharity.org Website: www.rubiescharity.org Social Media: @Rubies Charity

Registered Charity Number 1177332

Our Board of Trustees

Chair: Ruth Fox Trustee: Caroline Singleton (Treasurer)

Trustee: Vanessa Kirby Trustee: Janet Tuner (Safeguarding Lead) Trustee: Tracey Brittain Trustee: Jade Wadrop (re-appointed April 2024)

Our Aims are to support girls to:

Our Values:

All projects, services and support are completely free to girls.

A message from our Chair of Trustees

Celebrating Another Year of Rubies!

This year has been a testament to the incredible work of our staff and volunteers who tirelessly support - girls in realising their true worth. Their dedication to improving self esteem and resilience among the girls we work with is truly remarkable and the positive feedback we receive from the girls speaks volumes.

– As an organisation, Rubies has expanded significantly increasing our staff, the number of groups and schools we collaborate with, and the girls attending our programmes. Naturally this growth has prompted us to seek new, larger premises. While we have yet to find the perfect space, our search continues with determination.

We are extremely grateful to our funders and donors. Without their support, hundreds of girls would miss out on the essential services we provide. We also deeply appreciate our phenomenal volunteers, whose enthusiasm and commitment drive our efforts in schools and evening group sessions. Each volunteer’s contributions are invaluable, and we cherish their dedication.

We look forward to seeing what the coming year has in store for us.

Ruth Fox

Schools Work

During this year we worked with 383 girls in 20 primary and secondary schools across Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland.

320 Year 6/7 girls took part in our Self-Esteem courses:

We also launched our brand new Empowerment Courses with a pilot project in 6 secondary schools. The Empowerment Courses are based on a model called Philosophy for Children and are designed to support girls to develop their confidence and communications skills.

63 Year 8-10 girls took part in the pilot Empowerment programme which was funded by Comic Relief.

Gems

4 girls took part in our second gems course in the spring of 2024. They met together for 8 - weeks and enjoyed food and activities to support them with self esteem and wellbeing. There are more Gems courses planned for 2025.

GLOW Girls Groups

71 girls have attended GLOW this year!

We currently have 3 GLOW groups that meet every week in South Bank & Easterside to provide girls with the opportunity to build confidence and self-esteem.

Over the past year we’ve had several exclusive screenings just for us at Middlesbrough Cineworld and the FA kindly gave us tickets to watch the Lionesses v Scotland at the Stadium of Light in September 2023.

GLOW continues to go from strength to strength and we are so pleased that some girls have been attending weekly for 2 or 3 years. Every week we provide free food and a range of activities and know it is a safe place for girls to meet friends and access emotional and practical support.

Counselling Project

Thanks to on-going funding from the Lottery’s Awards for All programme Liz, our CEO, has been able to provide medium / long term counselling for 7 girls this year. So far some girls have been able to access 50+ sessions, which makes our service quite different to many local providers who can only support young people for 10-12 weeks.

We also secured additional funding from the Lottery in July to employ a second counsellor in the coming year so that we can offer this free therapeutic support to a larger number of girls.

Staff Team

We now have 9 members of the staff team, with some of our volunteers also stepping up to take on paid sessional work in schools and GLOW groups during busy times.

As a team we took the plunge and joined the North Sea Dip in Saltburn on 1st Jan 2024 which raised over £500. Some of us are planning to do it again in 2025!

In July 2024 some of our amazing part time staff celebrated their graduation from Teesside University including: Alisha Threadgill (Education Studies), Sarah Middleton (Psychology and Counselling) and Rachel Buckley (Childhood and Youth Studies).

Trustee Board

We were delighted to welcome Jade Wadrop back on to our Trustee Board in April 2024. Jade has been a supporter of Rubies for many years and we’re glad to have the youthful perspective she brings to our board.

The past year has been challenging for us, just like many charities, in terms of resources and capacity and the trustees have been a great support to the staff team as we’ve worked to overcome problems with premises and the increasing complexity of girl’s support needs.

Volunteers

24 wonderful women gave up their time to support Rubies in schools, GLOW girls groups and behind the scenes this year. This equates to more than 2000 hours of support! We are really thankful for all our volunteers and for their dedication and commitment to our work supporting local girls.

In May 2024 we were proud to celebrate with Abbie and Rachel, 2 of our long term volunteers as they were recognised at the Teesside University Volun-Tees awards. Rubies was also commended for the support we provide for our student volunteers.

We are always looking for new volunteers for a variety of roles - please do get in touch for more information.

In August 2023 we held a thank you event on the Teesside Princess to recognise all the time and support that our volunteers have given over the past 12 months and afternoon tea & bingo was enjoyed by all.

- Volunteer Pro�le Barbara Johnson

“I have been a volunteer at Rubies for nearly 3 years now and the ladies were so welcoming and made me feel part of the team very quickly. Working at GLOW at times has been very challenging but the ongoing results with the girls make it very worthwhile, seeing them overcome their difficulties in life and how they appreciate what we do for them.

- Being part of the self esteem courses has been amazing. To experience how the girls learn how to understand their emotions and feelings has been really inspiring. They always enjoy the activities and we have lots of fun!

Rubies gives the girls the belief that they can achieve their goals in life and recognise their worth.

Rubies has taught me how valuable the support is for these girls and I hope it continues for many years to come”.

Fundraising

We were pleased to be awarded 3 year funding from Children in Need for core costs which will help us to develop our infrastructure and employ a part-time administrator.

We would like to say thank you to the following funders for supporting our work this year:

We’re also really grateful to:

Plus many churches and individual supporters for their donations, sponsored events and regular giving.

Annual Accounts (I. September 2023 - 31" August 2024)

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Rubies On accounts for the year endèd 3118124 Charlty no (if any 1177332 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust.) for the year ended 31108 12023. Responslbilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {"the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charrty Commission under section 14515)Ibl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which 9IV8s me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Ad or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no ¢oncems and have ￿rne across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to 6nable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Indepondent oxaminer'8 8tatsment Slgn8d: Date: Name: LCÉ Relevant professlonal qualificationls) or body (If any): AAT Diploma in Charity Accounting (The Institute of Chartered Accounlantb in England and Wales) Address: 44 Nuneaton Drive Hemlington TS8 9PR IER October 2018

Seetion B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of con￿rn (see CC32, Independent examination of charity aGGounts: directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Glve here brief detslls of any items that the èxaminer wlshes to dlsclose. IER October 2018

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl mambers of Rubies On accounts for tho yfjar ended 3118124 Charfty no lif any) 1177332 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (1he Twst") for the year ended 31108 12023. RMponsibilltl89 and As the charity trustees of the Tru8t, you are responsibl8 for th• preparation ba81s of report of the accounts in accordance with th8 requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {￿he Acr). I report in re8PaCt of my examination of the TN8t'8 account8 carried out under 8ethon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrylng out my examination, I have follovKd the appli¢abl8 Dirnctions givén by the Charlty Commi8slon under section 145(5){b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matter8 have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me ¢gU8e to bèlieve that in, any matorial re8peGi'. accounting record8 were not kept in accordance wlth section 130 of the Act or the accounts do nol accord with tho accounting record8 Ind8p•ndent oxamln6rf8 ststsmènt I have no con¢em8 and have come acro86 no other rnatters in Gonnectlon with the examination to which attention should be drawn In order to enable proper understandin9 of the accounts to be reathed. Slgn•d: Date: Name: L( R•levant prof•sslonal quallflcatlonl8) or body Ilf any): AAT Diploma In Charity Accounting (The Insti￿t& of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) Addres•: 44 Nuneaton Drive Hemlington TS8 9PR IER Octobar 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner r￿8 to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination ol tharity accounts: directions and guidan¢8 for examiners). Glve her• brfef detalls of any Items that the examiner wlsheg to dl8cIoso. IER October 2018