## **Tŷ Croeso Clydach    Charity No. 1177598** 

## **Legal and administrative information** 

Charity Address: 97 High Street, Clydach, Swansea SA6 5LN 

## Organisational Structure 

The charity is administered by and run by volunteers.  The current Board of Trustees is made up of a number of these volunteers.   The board meets approximately three times in the year.  In addition, there is an annual meeting open to all volunteers and friends of the project. The Trustees are: Alan Cram, Pamela Cram, Eurig Davies, Gaynor Ellis, Ashley Thomas, Tina Thomas, Jane Hallett, Amina Jamal, Myfanwy Richards, Fiona Gannon, John Richards, Gill Vossey (from April 2023). 

## **Objectives** 

To provide resources and activities which promote well-being of body, mind, and spirit. 

To host activities which serve the needs of those experiencing personal or family difficulties. 

To support activities which promote local culture, including the Welsh language; sustainability; and justice. 

## **Tŷ Croeso Policies** 

In pursuit of our objectives, we work with other agencies in the area when appropriate. 

We will respect all individuals involved in any way in Tŷ Croeso Clydach, putting in place appropriate policies regarding confidentiality, data protection and safeguarding. 

We aim to be sensitive to environmental issues and aware of the needs of minorities, global communities, and future generations. 

## **Review of the Year** 

The **Foodbank** continued to provide the regular food parcels through the Swansea Trussell Trust Food bank scheme and responded to ‘drop-ins’ with small supplies of food if appropriate plus toiletries and period products.   Numbers attending with vouchers fluctuated widely, averaging 11 adults and 4 children per week. We continued to receive very generous donations of food, cash, toiletries etc. from individuals and organisations. 

Our **Welsh conversation** group continued online with an average of 6 people joining in, and a new face to face group was formed attracting an average of 8 people. 

Our **Seated Exercise group** with an average of 3 attending. 

We held nine **Repair Café** sessions during the year.  The sessions remain limited to appointments only and were attended by an average of 3 clients, with an average of 3 volunteers. These sessions also acted as a PAT testing service for our Charity Shop. 

Our contact with **care homes** lapsed during 2023.  However, in early 2024 we were asked to visit one of the care homes on a regular basis to provide a hymn, story, and prayer session.  Two such sessions were held in this year and attended by many of the residents, some of their visitors, a few staff, and about 8 Ty Croeso Clydach volunteers/supporters. 

Grants were made from our **Charity Shop** proceeds to: a local community hub to provide an school holiday outing for families; a secondary school towards their welfare fund and to fund a cookery club; local heritage centre for heritage walks leaflets; a village family fun day to bring people together following Covid and the closure of the village school; a gardening project for the same village;  four primary schools for outings and projects, and specialist equipment; a Men’s Shed setting up in a nearby community; a recently formed choir; and our own Foodbank branch in support of an asylum seeking family. 

**This report was approved at the Trustees meeting on April 29th 2024 and presented to the AGM in November 2024.** 



|0t104123Through3U0312|4(inPounds)|
|---|---|
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|Category Description|3Ll03l24|
|Ir{coitE||
|CommunityServices:||
|Seated Fxercise|429.00|
|Siop Siarad|240.87|
|TOTALCommunitySeryices|669.87|
|Donations:||
|FoodBank|1,535.30|
|Donations-Other|5,700.46|
|TOTALllonations|7,235.76|
|GiftAid|622.90|
|Sales|12,588.43|
|TOTAL INCOME|21,t16.96|
|EXPET{SES||
|Adveftising&PromoUons|20.00|
|Bus. Erpenses:||
|Legal-ProfFees|109.80|
|VolunteerExpenses|30.00|
|TOTAT Bus.Expenses|139.80|
|ChairExercise|1,100.00|
|Cleaning:||
|Charity Shop|148.50|
|CleaningOther|s96.00|
|TOTALClening|744.50|
|Foodbank|721.63|
|Grants|10,023.83|
|Insurance|646.35|
|Misc|7.00|
|Office&Shop Supplies|180.70|
|Rent:||
|Charity Shop|2,400.00|
|TyCroeso|3,600.00|
|TOTALRent|6,000.00|
|Utilities:||
|Electricity|505.07|
|Water|184.56|
|TOTALUtilities|689.63|
|TOTATEXPENSES|20,273.44|
|TOTAT INCOITIE-EXPEilSES|u3.52|