## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the 2024**
## **start date 01/05/2023 To 30/04/2024 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Building Self-Belief CIO**
## **Charity registration number: 1178101**
_Statement of Recommended Practice FRS 102 (SORP) Bulletin 2 (1 Jan 2019) reference paragraphs indicated_
## **Objectives and activities**
## **Purposes as set out in governing document (1.17)**
See constitution section 3 (24 April 2018)
To advance in life and help young people by providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals.
## **Details of the issues we seek to tackle (1.36)**
The issues the charity seeks to tackle are described in the Business Plan. Young people in the North East (and especially in areas of the lowest deciles of Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) of which there are many across the North East) have a poor expectation of future employment. This is reflected in their engagement with school work, contribution at home and in their local community, and mental ill-health, and many of the young people who benefit from our programmes have been referred in because they do not engage with school work, do not do homework, and do not make friends easily.
We are delighted to confirm that the programmes are delivering on our purposes (see below in section on achievement).
## **How the achievement of the aims furthers our legal purpose (1.36)**
By developing people to become enthusiastic contributors to their local community, both the beneficiaries and volunteers, we develop their skills, capacities and capabilities (including mental resilience to the ups and downs that life will inevitably throw at them) and support them to build th communities they would wish to live in.
## **Criteria or measures used (1.36)**
The charity reports on participation, individual mental health and resilience (RCADS and RSE) and how this improves, and performance assessment from the schools and parents or guardians of the beneficiaries.
The charity presents a Social Return on Investment Ratio (SROI Ratio) and value for each programme.
www.buildingselfbelief.org info@buildingselfbelief.org
Office 69, Viewpoint Derwentside Business Centre, Consett, Co Durham. DH8 6BN Charity number: 1178101
## **Main activities undertaken (1.17, 1.18, 1.19)**
Programmes for young people that foster emotional wellbeing, self-belief and create an enjoyment of lifelong learning and community participation. The charity has run programmes in academic and community settings, including: arts, emotional wellbeing, employability, heritage, environmental, digital, family poverty and youth club based support. All these activities support the purposes for public benefits and are represented in the accounts.
## **Significant activities undertaken (1.36, 1.41)**
Programmes in junior schools which develop an understanding of the history, context and life of the place and instil pride in the place where they reside and the family and neighbourhood. This also instils a desire to learn and to perform in school as well as to take part in extra-curricular activities.
Programmes in secondary schools where young people are identified by the school for a programme to address a particular issue, for example general disengagement, employability or disability/ longterm illness in the family. The young people refocus on their academic performance as a route to employment and their contribution to the community to hold onto a worthwhile purpose, and learn life skills. Remedial learning is identified and referred back to the school.
Community garden encourages a connection with nature, mental well-being and respect for others and nature, and the enjoyment of making a contribution. The community garden is a social investment (1.38) in the Consett community.
## **Contribution made by volunteers (1.38)**
BSBCIO has also engaged in a major volunteering and community programmes, driven by young people, that bring communities together in common action.
The charity has expanded our regular volunteering base, driven by a ‘Know Your Neighbourhood’ initiative. These volunteers are young people as well as adults who support our youth based community activities. We are also in our fourth year of a formal partnership with Newcastle University to provide a student placement to provide them with invaluable work experience that relates to their academic studies in Psychology. These projects have added considerably to our capacity to support the young people we serve and the communities in which they live.
## **Trustee Statement (1.18)**
The Trustees are compliant with the guidance issued – all activities have been for the public benefit and in line with our charitable purposes.
## **Achievements and performance**
## **Main achievements and the difference the charity’s work is making to beneficiaries and society as a whole (1.20)**
To date, over 4,000 young people have now benefitted from our programmes since our establishment in April 2018. This support is focussed upon areas in the North East of England according to the National Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD).
www.buildingselfbelief.org info@buildingselfbelief.org
Office 69, Viewpoint Derwentside Business Centre, Consett, Co Durham. DH8 6BN Charity number: 1178101
Quantitative feedback is used to measure the impact of our work. To date, this feedback demonstrates over 90% of the young people that we support remain engaged throughout our programmes. This results in positive improvement scores around mental health indices. Qualitative feedback from case studies, documentary films and school feedback demonstrates improvements in social isolation, attendance, educational engagement and performance from young people about how they have developed and strengthened their self-belief and as a result, their expectations around their future life chances.
We also provide evidence impact reports for our school based partners to use, as well as advice about how to provide longer term support for the young people. All of our work is focused upon engaging young people in building stronger communities and improving their future life chances.
## **Plans for future periods (1.49 – 1.50)**
The charity is meeting the desperate need in a number of different ways:
## **Online**
- Programmes to schools: an online provision enables schools to access the resources to run their own programmes, either in part or in whole, with expert support and quality control through ourselves.
- Programmes to individuals: individuals, families, and other young-people’s organisations can access the resources to inspire them (there is a substantial collection of interviews and podcasts which illustrate career paths, the steps needed to reach them, and the twists and turns likely to be encountered on the way.
## **Community garden**
- The community garden is opening up opportunities to run forest school and also horticultural experience. We are considering using it for formal teaching qualifications.
## **Franchise model**
- We are still considering the best way to expand whilst at the same time maintaining quality. The programmes address a rage of mental ill-health and community/ personal disengagement so identifying the right participants and then maintaining supervision to an appropriate extent remains a challenge.
## **Junior school programmes**
- These programmes continue to be a great success. We are maintaining our delivery of community heritage based programmes, and extending this work in to environmental based programmes, at the request of our partners. We are also working closely with local Headteacher networks in order to facilitate longer terms planning to meet the needs of the children.
www.buildingselfbelief.org info@buildingselfbelief.org Office 69, Viewpoint Derwentside Business Centre, Consett, Co Durham. DH8 6BN Charity number: 1178101
## **Secondary school disengagement programmes**
These programmes are the main programmes that we run, taking a variety of forms to meet the needs of different environments. We now have specific success with employability and a growing number of schools which invite us back every year for multiple programmes.
## **Refugees**
- Because the charity works with young people at transitional stages of life, we believe one area of growth might be to work with refugee families and other displaced people (such as families moving for work).
## **Interns and research**
- We now host interns from three of the north east universities during their psychology undergraduate course. These students gain valuable experience about working with people in most need, in an environment that enthuses them.
- We are increasingly involved in research with these institutions and others, to inform the government of the needs and steer provision where it is most needed. In the North East, the priority is generally not the same as in London.
## **Apprenticeships**
- The charity continues to host apprentices to understand office work and administration. The apprentices have each shown aptitude and enthusiasm for particular aspects of the work, and we keep them on and into employment.
## **Financial Review**
## **Financial Position (1.21 – 1.24)**
The charity has significantly increased its income and expenditure across the period. This has significantly grown since our foundation in April 2018. Our staff costs have grown in line with our charitable programmes, and we are looking to cement this growth, with Apprenticeship Levy support in the future. We have been able to access multi-year grant funding support that has us to plan on a longer term footing.
Charity’s financial position (1.21) is reported in the accounts in Section B Balance Sheet
## **Reserves (1.22, 1.48)**
We aim to hold 6 - 12 months’ projected operating costs in our accounts, where we are able to accumulate this. We currently show (Accounts Section B) that we hold 2-3 months of operating expenses (total expenses includes charitable activities’ costs) although if we only include wages and office expenses then we hold just over 6 months’ expenses (56% of the year) which is compliant with the Trustees’ wishes. Although 94% of the reserves are held in restricted funding accounts, the restriction on this funding is that it is to be used for these expenses.
In line with fair treatment of workers and volunteers we pay/reimburse our volunteers / workers on time.
www.buildingselfbelief.org info@buildingselfbelief.org
Office 69, Viewpoint Derwentside Business Centre, Consett, Co Durham. DH8 6BN Charity number: 1178101
The charity is in a strong position in terms of both the need for its services and the community trust and partnerships that is has built up. Grant funding remains strong as we transition from small to medium-sized. As with many charities, we would wish for more unrestricted funding although the recent grants of core funding have relieved this somewhat.
## **Principal sources of funding (1.47)**
Grants to run programmes from awarding trusts, with a particular focus upon supporting young people and the communities in which they live. Fundraising via direct personal donations, CAF donations, crowd funding, sponsorship and group donations.
## **Performance against objectives set (1.41 - 1.45)**
The charity is responsive to the need, and the need continues to be beyond what the charity is able to achieve at this stage. However the charity is doubling in size each year and this is considered a safe pace of growth enabling the charity to maintain quality and explore growth strategies without over-stretching.
The charity continues to demonstrate an SROI ratio above 10:1 (benefits to investment) and progress with the beneficiaries and local community, measurably improving mental well-being and observably improving contribution to the community and performance in their school work and extra-curricular activities.
The growth of the charity has changed the range of funding sources available to the charity, and this has been a learning curve. Having access to core funding has enabled the charity to be much more responsive – previously we would have to negotiate to deliver a programme and then seek funding, delaying the start of the programme. Now we are in a much stronger position to negotiate a programme and then deliver using core funding for key pards of delivery.
## **Structure, governance and management**
## **Charity Constitution and Incorporation (1.25)**
The Trust governing document is a Constitution, following the Charity Commission template. The charity has a Foundation model, with all trustees as members and all members as trustees, and the charity is incorporated as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
## **Appointment of Trustees (1.25)**
See Constitution paragraph 10.
Trustees are appointed by the Board of Trustees by invitation. Applications are welcome although to date the charity has not had the need to advertise.
The Board identifies key skills/ lived experience/ connections required and then seeks out suitable Trustees, so the Trustees represent a wide range of experience, skills and lived experience. The Board shall continue to seek complementary and diverse contributions rather than more people with the same experience and skills, and invites non-board members to contribute with advice and through consultation where this is appropriate.
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The constitution describes (para s 9 – 11) how Trustees are selected, appointed and the information given to new Trustees (SORP 1.51). Where the information pack changes, existing Trustees are updated alongside the new trustees.
## **Wider context in which the charity operate (1.51)**
The charity has, been and continues to be, a contributing member of the Voluntary Organisations’ Network North East (VONNE) and Digital UNITE. It participates in both formal and informal networks of charities and young people’s supporting organisations (including schools and work capability organisations) to ensure that the charity’s contribution is relevant and up top date. We work with many charity, school, business and Community Association partners on a regular basis.
The charity is proud to be asked to represent County Durham, the North East, and even some grant awarding charities to demonstrate the effectiveness of the applications of funds to the betterment of the region.
## **How the charity makes decisions (1.51)**
The trustees are also volunteers and engaged with the charity’s activities, so we have a good understanding of the day-to-day activities of the charity. However the Trustees’ role is to make strategic decisions about the direction of the charity, and operational decisions are reserved to the executive (Chair, Chief Executive, fundraising manager and programme facilitator).
## **Reference and administrative details**
## **Reference and administrative details provided (1.27)**
|Charity name|Building Self-Belief CIO|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity
uses|BSBCIO|
|Registered charity number|1178101|
|Charity’s principal address|Office 69, Viewpoint
Derwentside Business Centre
Consett
County Durham
DH8 0RP|
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Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year
Dr Hugo Minney Chair Whole Year
Isabelle Wherritt Whole Year
Lucy Reed Whole Year
Kate Louise McGuigan Whole Year
Gary Randolf Jones Whole Year
Andrea McGuigan Whole Year
Clare Louise Dellar Whole Year
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The charity does not have corporate trustees.
www.buildingselfbelief.org info@buildingselfbelief.org
Office 69, Viewpoint Derwentside Business Centre, Consett, Co Durham. DH8 6BN Charity number: 1178101
## **Day-to-Day Management (1.52)**
Executive team consists of Christine Thomas (Chief Executive), Peter Thomas (Senior Manager and Programme Facilitator) and Hugo Minney (chair). All of these served for the whole period of the report. Professional advice is taken ad-hoc as needed.
We are committed to providing a pathway to employment for young people and have two Level 3 Apprentices supporting both our office based and programme delivery.
Accounts are audited by Valued Accountancy. The charity does not have a permanent legal advisor and does not invest so it does not seek investment advice.
## **Exemptions from disclosure (1.28 – 1.31)**
The charity does not claim any exemptions from reporting.
## **Funds held as a custodian (1.32)**
The charity does not hold funds as a custodian trustee.
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|
~~3:36 pm, 18 Dec 2024~~
_BSBCIO Trustee Annual Report 2024.pdf_|
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- Plans for future periods (page 3)
- Day-to-day management (page 8
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Charity No 1178101
Building Self Belief CIO
Company No CE013907
Annual accounts for the period
01/05/2023 To 30/04/2024
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## **Section A Statement of financial activities (including summary income and expenditure account)**
|S01
S02
Other trading activities
S03
S04
S05
S06
S07
**Expenditure (Notes 6)**
**Expenditure on:**
S08
S09
S10
S11
S12
S13
Tax payable
S14
S15
Net gains/(losses) on
investments
S16
S17
**Extraordinary items**
S18
S19
S20
Other gains/(losses)
S21
S22
**_Reconciliation of_**
**_funds:_**
S23
**Net income/(expenditure) before tax for**
**the reporting period**
Raising funds
Separate material item of income
Other
Other
**_Total_**
**Income (Note 3)**
**Income and endowments from:**
Charitable activities
Donations and legacies
Investments
Total funds brought forward
Gains and losses on revaluation of fixed assets for the
charity’s own use
Charitable activities
Wages and salaries
**_Total_**
**Net income/(expenditure) after tax**
**before investment gains/(losses)**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Transfers between funds**
**_Net movement in funds_**
**Other recognised** **gains/(losses):**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
F01
F02
F03
5,244
6,087
-
-
444,614
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
**Total funds**
**Prior year**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
F04
F05
11,331
15,158
444,614
201,420
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
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||5,244
450,701
-|455,945
216,578|
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3,352
-
4,014
260,035
-
933
138,211
-
957
18,275
-|3,352
1,679
264,049
108,234
139,144
75,808
19,232
12,155|
||5,904
419,873
-|425,777
197,876|
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||660
-
30,828
-|30,169
18,702|
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-
-|-
-|
||660
-
30,828
-|30,168
18,702|
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-|-
-|
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-
30,828
-|30,168
18,702|
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-|-
-
-
-
-
-
-|
||660
-
30,828
-|30,168
18,702|
||5,575
52,291
-|57,866
39,164|
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_**Total funds carried forward**_
S24 4,915 83,119 - 88,034 57,866
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Charity No 1178101 Company No CE013907
Building Self Belief
## **Section B Balance sheet**
|Guidance Note
**Fixed assets**
**Intangible assets (Note 15)**
B01
**Tangible assets (Note 14)**
B02
**Heritage assets (Note 16)**
B03
**Investments (Note 17)**
B04
**_Total fixed assets_**
B05
**Current assets**
**Stocks (Note 18)**
**Debtors (Note 19)**
B07
**Investments (Note 17.4)**
B08
**Cash at bank and in hand (Note 24)**
B09
**_Total current assets_**
B10
**Creditors: amounts falling due within**
**one year (Note 20)**
B11
**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**
B12
**_Total assets less current liabilities_**
B13
**Creditors: amounts falling due after**
**one year (Note 20)**
B14
**Provisions for liabilities**
B15
**_Total net assets or liabilities_**
B16
**Funds of the Charity**
**Endowment funds (Note 27)**
B17
**Restricted income funds (Note 27)**
B18
**Unrestricted funds**
B19
**Revaluation reserve**
B20
**Fair value reserve**
B21
**_Total funds_**
B22|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
F01
-
-
-
-|
**Restricted**
**income**
**funds**
**£**
F02
-
-
-
-|**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total this**
**year**
**£**
**£**
F03
F04
- -
- -
- -
- -|**Total last**
**year**
**£**
F05|
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-
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-
83,119|- -
- 2,021
- -
- 92,224||
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-|
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83,119
- 4,915
-|-
-
-|
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_**The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.**_
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## _**The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.**_
## _**The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.**_
## _**These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.**_
Signed by one or two trustees/directors on behalf of all the trustees/directors
Signature of director authenticating accounts being sent to Companies House
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Date of
Print Name approval
dd/mm/yyyy
Hugo Minney (chair) 14/11/2024
Date
Signature
dd/mm/yyyy
10:23 am, 14 Nov 2024
BSB Accounts 2024 - Revised 4 November
2024.2.pdf Print name
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**Section C Notes to the accounts**
## Note 1 **Basis of preparation**
## _**This section should be completed by all charities** ._
## **1.1 Basis of accounting**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevnat note(s) to these accounts
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with:
|• and with*
• and with*|
the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities
preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable
in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014
the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of
Ireland (FRS 102)|
|---|---|
- and with the Charities Act 2011.
The charity constitutes a public benefit
## **1.2 Going concern**
_**If there are material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charity's ability to continue as a going concern, please provide the following details or state "Not applicable", if appropriate:**_
An explanation as to those factors that support _**N/A**_ the conclusion that the charity is a going concern; Disclosure of any uncertainties that make the _**N/A**_ going concern assumption doubtful; Where accounts are not prepared on a going _**N/A**_ concern basis, please disclose this fact together with the basis on which the trustees prepared the accounts and the reason why the charity is not regarded as a going concern.
## **1.3 Change of accounting policy**
The accounts present a true and fair view and no changes have been made to the accounting policies adopted in note { }.
Yes* No*
## _**Please disclose:**_
_**(i) the nature of the change in accounting policy;**_ **N/A** _**(ii) the reasons why applying the new accounting policy provides more reliable and more relevant information;**_ **N/A** _**and**_
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_**(iii) the amount of the adjustment for each line affected N/A in the current period, each prior period presented and the aggregate amount of the adjustment relating to periods before those presented, 3.44 FRS102 SORP.**_
## **1.4 Changes to accounting estimates**
No changes to accounting estimates have occurred in the reporting period (3.46 FRS102 SORP).
Yes* No*
## _**Please disclose:**_
_**(i) the nature of any changes; (ii) the effect of the change on income and expense or assets and liabilities for the current period; and (iii) where practicable, the effect of the change in one or more future periods.**_
## **1.5 Material prior year errors**
No material prior year error have been identified in the reporting period (3.47 FRS102 SORP). Yes*
No*
## _**Please disclose:**_
_**(i) the nature of the prior period error; (ii) for each prior period presented in the accounts, the amount of the correction for each account line item affected; and (iii) the amount of the correction at the beginning of the earliest prior period presented in the accounts.**_
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|**Section C Notes to the accounts**|**(cont)**|
|---|---|
|**Recognition of income**
These are included in the Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) when:
the charity becomes entitled to the resources;
it is more likely than not that the trustees will receive the resources;
the monetary value can be measured with sufficient reliability.
Gift Aid receivable is included in income when there is a valid declaration from the
donor. Any Gift Aid amount recovered on a donation is considered to be part of that gift
and is treated as an addition to the same fund as the initial donation unless the donor or
the terms of the appeal have specified otherwise.
There has been no offsetting of assets and liabilities, or income and expenses, unless
required or permitted by the FRS 102 SORP or FRS 102.
**Contractual income and**
**performance related**
**grants**
**Offsetting**
**Grants and donations**
**Note 2 Accounting policies**
This is only included in the SoFA once the charity has provided the related goods or
services or met the performance related conditions.
The cost of any stock of goods donated for distribution to beneficiaries is deemed to be
the fair value of those gifts at the time of their receipt and they are recognised on
receipt. In the reporting period in which the stocks are distributed, they are recognised
as an expense at the carrying amount of the stocks at distribution.
Donated goods for resale are measured at fair value on initial recognition, which is the
expected proceeds from sale less the expected costs of sale, and recognised in 'Income
from other trading activities' with the corresponding stock recognised in the balance
sheet. On its sale the value of stock is charged against 'Income from other trading
activities' and the proceeds from sale are also recognised as 'Income from other trading
activities'.
Goods donated for on-going use by the charity are recognised as tangible fixed assets
and included in the SoFA as incoming resources when receivable.
Donated goods are measured at fair value (the amount for which the asset could be
exchanged) unless impractical to do so.
**Government grants**
The charity has received government grants in the reporting period
**Legacies**
**Tax reclaims on**
**donations and gifts**
Legacies are included in the SOFA when receipt is probable, that is, when there has
been grant of probate, the executors have established that there are sufficient assets in
the estate and any conditions attached to the legacy are either within the control of the
charity or have been met.
Gifts in kind for use by the charity are included in the SoFA as income from donations
**2.2 INCOME**
**Donated goods**
In the case of performance related grants, income must only be recognised to the extent
that the charity has provided the specified goods or services as entitlement to the grant
only occurs when the performance related conditions are met (5.16 FRS 102 SORP).|Yes*
No*
N/a*
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No*
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|**Grants with performance**
**conditions**
This is included in the accounts when receipt is probable and the amount receivable can
be measured reliably.
Insurance claims are only included in the SoFA when the general income recognition
criteria are met (5.10 to 5.12 FRS102 SORP) and are included as an item of other
income in the SoFA.
Membership subscriptions which gives a member the right to buy services or other
benefits are recognised as income earned from the provision of goods and services as
income from charitable activities.
Membership subscriptions received in the nature of a gift are recognised in Donations
and Legacies.
**2.3 EXPENDITURE AND LIABILITIES**
Donated services and facilities are included in the SOFA when received at the value of
the gift to the charity provided the value of the gift can be measured reliably.
**Liability recognition**
Liabilities are recognised where it is more likely than not that there is a legal or
constructive obligation committing the charity to pay out resources and the amount of
the obligation can be measured with reasonable certainty.
**Grants payable without**
**performance conditions**
**Deferred income**
No material item of deferred income has been included in the accounts.
**Income from membership**
**subscriptions**
**Income from interest,**
**royalties and dividends**
The charity has incurred expenditure on support costs.
This includes any realised or unrealised gains or losses on the sale of investments and
any gain or loss resulting from revaluing investments to market value at the end of the
year.
Support costs include central functions and have been allocated to activity cost
categories on a basis consistent with the use of resources, eg allocating property costs
by floor areas, or per capita, staff costs by the time spent and other costs by their
usage.
Support costs have been allocated between governance costs and other support.
Governance costs comprise all costs involving public accountability of the charity and its
compliance with regulation and good practice.
Donated services and facilities that are consumed immediately are recognised as
income with an equivalent amount recognised as an expense under the appropriate
heading in the SOFA.
when receivable.
**Investment gains and**
**losses**
Where there are no conditions attaching to the grant that enables the donor charity to
realistically avoid the commitment, a liability for the full funding obligation must be
recognised.
**Settlement of insurance**
**claims**
**Governance and support**
**costs**
**Redundancy cost**
The charity made no redundancy payments during the reporting period.
Where the charity gives a grant with conditions for its payment being a specific level of
service or output to be provided, such grants are only recognised in the SoFA once the
recipient of the grant has provided the specified service or output.
**Volunteer help**
The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described
in the trustees’ annual report.
**Donated services and**
**facilities**
**Support costs**|
Yes*
No*
N/a*
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No*
N/a*
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|The charity accounts for basic financial instruments on initial recognition as per
paragraph 10.7 FRS102 SORP. Subsequent measurement is as per paragraphs 11.17
to 11.19, FRS102 SORP.
**Provisions for liabilities**
A liability is measured on recognition at its historical cost and then subsequently
measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the
reporting date
**Basic financial**
**instruments**
The charity has creditors which are measured at settlement amounts less any trade
discounts
**Creditors**|Yes*
No*
N/a*
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No*
N/a*
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No*
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2.4 ASSETS
Tangible fixed assets for These are capitalised if they can be used for more than one year, and cost at least
use by charity
Yes* No* N/a*
They are valued at cost.
The depreciation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 14.
The charity has intangible fixed assets, that is, non-monetary assets that do not have
Yes* No* N/a*
Intangible fixed assets physical substance but are identifiable and are controlled by the charity through custody
or legal rights. The amortisation rates and methods used are disclosed in note 15.
Yes* No* N/a*
They are valued at cost.
The charity has heritage assets, that is, non-monetary assets with historic, artistic,
Yes* No* N/a*
scientific, technological, geophysical or environmental qualities that are held and
Heritage assets
maintained principally for their contribution to knowledge and culture. The depreciation
rates and methods used as disclosed in note 16.
Yes* No* N/a*
They are valued at cost.
Fixed asset investments in quoted shares, traded bonds and similar investments are
Investments valued at initially at cost and subsequently at fair value (their market value) at the year Yes* No* N/a*
end. The same treatment is applied to unlisted investments unless fair value cannot be
measured reliably in which case it is measured at cost less impairment.
Investments held for resale or pending their sale and cash and cash equivalents with a Yes* No* N/a*
maturity date of less than 1 year are treated as current asset investments
Yes* No* N/a*
Stocks and work in Stocks held for sale as part of non-charitable trade are measured at the lower or cost or
progress net realisable value.
Goods or services provided as part of a charitable activity are measured at net Yes* No* N/a*
realisable value based on the service potential provided by items of stock.
Work in progress is valued at cost less any foreseeable loss that is likely to occur on the Yes* No* N/a*
contract.
Debtors (including trade debtors and loans receivable) are measured on initial
recognition at settlement amount after any trade discounts or amount advanced by the Yes* No* N/a*
Debtors
charity. Subsequently, they are measured at the cash or other consideration expected
to be received.
The charity has investments which it holds for resale or pending their sale and cash and
Yes* No* N/a*
Current asset cash equivalents with a maturity date less than one year. These include cash on
investments deposit and cash equivalents with a maturity of loss than one year held for investment
purposes rather than to meet short-term cash commitments as they fall due.
Yes* No* N/a*
They are valued at fair value except where they qualify as basic financial instruments.
POLICIES ADOPTED
ADDITIONAL TO OR
DIFFERENT FROM
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## **Note 3 Income**
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Restricted
Unrestricted income Endowment
Analysis of income funds funds funds Total funds Prior year
£ £
Donations Donations and gifts 5,244 6,087 - 11,331 15,158
and legacies: Gift Aid - - - - -
Legacies - - - - -
General grants provided by government/other
charities - - - - -
Membership subscriptions and sponsorships
which are in substance donations
- - - -
Donated goods, facilities and services - - - - -
Other - - - -
5,244 6,087 - 11,331 15,158
Charitable
activities: - 444,614 - 444,614 201,420
- - - - -
- - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total - 444,614 - 444,614 201,420
Other trading
activities: - - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total - - - - -
Income from Interest income - - - - -
investments: Dividend income - - - - -
Rental and leasing income - - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total - - - - -
Separate - - - - -
material item - - - - -
of income - - - - -
- - - - -
Total - - - - -
Other: Conversion of endowment funds into income
- - - - -
Gain on disposal of a tangible fixed asset held
for charity's own use - - - - -
Gain on disposal of a programme related
investment - - - - -
Royalties from the exploitation of intellectual
property rights - - - - -
Other - - - - -
Total - - - - -
TOTAL INCOME 5,244 450,701 - 455,945 216,578
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## **Other information:**
**All income in the prior year was unrestricted except for: (please provide description and amounts)**
**Where any endowment fund is converted into income in the reporting period, please give the reason for the conversion.**
**Where any endowment fund is converted into income in the prior period, please give the reason for the conversion.**
**Within the income items above the following items are material: (please disclose the nature, amount and any prior year amounts)**
**This year: Where sums originally denominated in foreign currency have been included in income, explain the basis on which those sums have been translated into sterling (or the currency in which the accounts are drawn up).**
**Last year: Where sums originally denominated in foreign currency have been included in income, explain the basis on which those sums have been translated into sterling (or the currency in which the accounts are drawn up).**
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 5 Donated goods, facilities and services**
|**Premises**
**Seconded staff and materials**|**This year**
Donated facilities and services are valued at
market value or by comparison to market value in
other similar situations. There were no donated
goods. The contribution of unpaid volunteers,
both interns and others, is recognised in the
annual report but has not been assigned a
market value
|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
122,073 81,239
61,036
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|---|---|---|
|||183,109 81,239|
|||
**Last year**
Donated facilities and services are valued at
market value or by comparison to market value
in other similar situations. There were no
donated goods. The contribution of unpaid
volunteers, both interns and others, is
recognised in the annual report but has not been
assigned a market value|
|**Please provide details of the**
**accounting policy for the recognition**
**and valuation of donated goods,**
**facilities and services.**|||
|**Please provide details of any**
**unfulfilled conditions and other**
**contingencies attaching to resources**
**from donated goods and services not**
**recognised in income.**
**Please give details of other forms of**
**other donated goods and services**
**not recognised in the accounts, eg**
**contribution of unpaid volunteers.**|||
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## **Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 6 Expenditure**
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This year Last year
Restricted Restricted
Unrestricted income Endowment Unrestricted income Endowment
Analysis funds funds funds Total funds funds funds funds Total funds
Expenditure on raising funds: £ £
Incurred seeking donations - - - - - - - -
Incurred seeking legacies - - - - - - - -
Incurred seeking grants - - - - - - - -
Operating membership schemes and social
lotteries - - - - - - - -
Staging fundraising events - - - - - - - -
Fudraising agents
- - - - - - - -
Operating charity - - - - - - - -
h
Operating a trading company undertaking
non-charitable trading activity - - - - - - - -
Advertising, marketing, direct mail and
publicity - 3,352 - 3,352 - 1,679 - 1,679
Start up costs incurred in generating new
source of future income - - - - - - - -
Database development costs - - - - - - - -
Other trading activities - - - - - - - -
Investment management costs:
- - - - - - - -
Portfolio management costs
- - - - - - - -
Cost of obtaining investment advice
- - - - - - - -
Investment administration costs
- - - - - - - -
Intellectual property licencing costs
- - - - - - - -
Rent collection, property repairs and
maintenance charges - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
Total expenditure on raising funds - 3,352 - 3,352 - 1,679 - 1,679
Expenditure on charitable activities:
Direct charitable expenditure
4,014 260,035 - 264,049 1,623 25,372 - 26,995
In kind donations
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
Total expenditure on charitable activities
4,014 260,035 - 264,049 1,623 25,372 - 26,995
Separate material item of expense
Wages and alaries - 126,273 - 126,273 16,757 56,325 - 73,082
Employer pension contributions - 5,902 - 5,902 1,101 - - 1,101
Employer Nic 933 6,037 - 6,970 1,625 - - 1,625
Total 933 138,211 - 139,144 19,483 56,325 - 75,808
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General admin expenditure 957 18,275 - 19,232 2,080 10,075 - 12,155
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - -
Total other expenditure 957 18,275 - 19,232 2,080 10,075 - 12,155
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 5,904 419,873 - 425,777 23,186 93,451 - 116,637
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 11 Paid employees**
_**Please complete this note if the charity has any employees (transactions with Trustees dealt with in Note 28)**_
## **11.1 Staff Costs**
|**Total staff costs**
**Social security costs**
**Other employee benefits**
**Pension costs (defined contribution scheme)**
**Salaries and wages**|**This Year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
126,208 73,082
7,034 1,625
5,902 1,101
- -|
|---|---|
||139,144 75,808|
_**Please give details of the number of employees whose total employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) fell within each band of £10,000 from £60,000 upwards. If there are no such transactions, please enter 'true' in the box provided.**_
**No employees received employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) for the reporting period of more than £60,000**
|**£100,000 to £109,999**
**Band**
**Please provide the total amount paid to key management**
**£60,000 to £69,999**
**£70,000 to £79,999**
**£80,000 to £89,999**
**£90,000 to £99,999**|**This year**
**Last year**
1 -
- -
- -
- -
- -
**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
108,986 65,203
**Number of employees**|
|---|---|
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## **11.2 Average head count in the year**
**The parts of the charity in which the employees work**
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Number Number
Fundraising 1 -
Charitable Activities 3 2
Governance 1 -
Other - -
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**Note 12 Defined contribution pension scheme or defined benefit scheme accounted for as a defined contribution scheme.**
## _**12.1 Please complete this note if a defined contribution pension scheme is operated.**_
|**Amount of contributions recognised in the SOFA as an expense**
**Please explain the basis for allocating the liability and expense of**
**defined contribution pension scheme between activities and**
**between restricted and unrestricted funds.**|**This year**
**Last year**
**£**
**£**
5,902 1,101
The funds are applied to all available funds
with any residual amounts being paid from
unrestricted.|
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 14 Tangible fixed assets** _**Please complete this note if the charity has any tangible fixed assets**_
## **14.1 Cost or valuation**
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Freehold land & Other land & Plant, machinery and Fixtures, fittings and Total
buildings buildings motor vehicles equipment
£ £ £ £ £
At the beginning of - - 2,897 857 3,754
the year
Additions - - - - -
Revaluations - - - - -
Disposals - - - - -
Transfers * - - - - -
At end of the year - 2,897 857 3,754
14.2 Depreciation and impairments
**Basis SL or RB (Straight SL or RB SL or RB SL or RB SL or RB
Line or Reducing
Balance)
** Rate
At beginning of the - - 2,897 725 3,622
year
Disposals - - - - -
Depreciation - - - 132 132
Impairment - - - - -
Transfers* - - - - -
At end of the year - - 2,897 857 3,754
14.3 Net book value
Net book value at the - - - 132 132
beginning of the year
Net book value at the - - - - -
end of the year
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**Section C Notes to the accounts (cont)**
## **Note 19 Debtors and prepayments**
## _**Please complete this note if the charity has any debtors or prepayments.**_
## **19.1 Analysis of debtors**
**Trade debtors Prepayments and accrued income Other debtors**
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This year Last year
£ £
- -
- -
2,021 -
Total 2,021 -
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## **BUILDING SELF BELIEF CIO**
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF BUILDING SELF BELIEF CIO**
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the financial statements of Building Self Belief CIO (the charity) for the year ended 30 June 2023.
## Responsibilities and basis of report
As the Trustees of the charity you are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act).
I report in respect of my examination of the Charity's financial statements carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 act.
## Independent examiner's statement
Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared financial statements in accordance with Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but as not been withdrawn.
I understand that this has been done in order for financial statements to provide a true and fair view in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Practice effective for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the 2011 Act; or
2. the financial statements do not accord with those records; or
3. the financial statements do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations in 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
18 / 12 / 2024 Dated: .......................
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## **Annual Report**
**Building Self-Belief CIO 2023 - 2024**
Building
Stronger
deaths from drug misuse compared to **11.7 /100,000**
Communities
**50/10,000** in England
*Data from County Durham Community Foundation
**We have significantly improved the mental health, self-esteem and life chances of more than**
## **Contents**
**3 500 ,**
**vulnerable young people across the region**
## **Over £50,000**
**in Emergency Household Support allocated to families in severe financial need**
Welcome from our Chief Executive….........................................................................1-2 Our 5th Birthday..........................................................................................................3-4 Our Wellbeing Programme Boldon Teenage Girls Mental Health Programme…..............................................6 North Durham Academy Teenage Boys Wellbeing & Mental Health Programme….........................................................................................................8 Wellfield Teenage Girls Health and Mental Wellbeing Programme…....................9 Our Environmental Programme …...............................................................................10 Blessed John Duckett Eco-Ambassadors Programme…....................................11 Benfieldside Community Garden……............................................................12-15 Our Heritage Programme…..........................................................................................16 Community Heritage Project, The Consett Iron Company..........................…17-19 Our Employability Programme…..................................................................................20 Cardinal Hume ‘Bridging the Gap’ Youth Employability Programme ….........21-22 Consett Academy ‘Bridging the Gap’ Youth Employability Programme…...........23 Norham High School ‘Bridging the Gap’ Youth Employability Programme..........24 New Projects............................................................................................................….25 The Point North – Know your Neightbourhood Project.................................26-27 Our Awards..............................................................................................................28-30 Our Team.....................................................................................................................31
**Supported over 100**
Our Newest Members..................................................................................................32 Thank you & Our Next Steps........................................................................................33 Our Income & Expenditure...........................................................................................34
**community partner organisations**
**Welcome from our Chief Executive**
I am delighted Building Self-Belief CIO has continued to make a real and lasting difference to the life chances of young people and their communities across the North East. With the NHS reporting that in 2023, one in five young people in England, aged between eight and twenty five, are facing challenges around their mental health, our services have never been more required.
The impact of our work continues to be far reaching, with over 3,500 young people across the region who have now been directly supported by our services. We were also delighted that our endeavours have been recognised through The North East Charity Awards, The Durham Youth Awards, Investors in the Environment and also the Durham County Council Environment Awards.
“ **[It has been incredible supporting young people ] across the region to flourish and contribute so much towards the communities in which they live. Every year the charity is growing stronger and having a greater impact and we look forward to many more years of continued success”**
It has also been fantastic to see the growth in the number of our regular volunteers, of all ages, through programmes such as the Point North – Know Your Neighbourhood and Consett Heritage Project, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The power that community volunteering has to inspire individuals and empower them to make a difference at a local level has been wonderful to see.
Our Youth Panel work goes from strength to strength and we continue to develop new community partnerships across the region for our Wellbeing, Employability, Heritage and Environmental programmes. Our youth clubs remain exceptionally well attended and we also extended these services to providing additional budgeting and employability support for adults. As many of our local communities faced a winter of difficult financial choices these services provided a warm space in the evening, hot food and drink and winter clothing if required, for those in attendance.
The level of need that we are faced with across County Durham, in particular, has been borne out by our allocation of over £50,000 worth of emergency household support to local families. The families identified their needs and we bought white goods, beds and food vouchers. It was a great boost for us to be able to provide the actual support, rather than just signpost them to other services and we would particularly like to thank Point North for their support with Household Support Fund, for making the process so straightforward.
Having secured a 25 year lease on our community garden, we have worked tirelessly over the past year to make it a usable space. Over the coming year we have exciting plans to improve it even further.
We remain committed to engaging with our funders, volunteers, and the young people that we support in building stronger communities for the future.
_Meet_
## _Christine Thomas_
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## **Our 5th Birthday**
As part of our 5th birthday Annual General Meeting celebrations, Building Self-Belief invited young people that we have supported, programme volunteers, staff, trustees, funders and supporters to the Derwent Manor, County Durham, in September 2023.
We were delighted to be able to use the occasion to showcase the impact of our vital youth and community based work across the North East. There was a huge display of ‘Consett Voices’, as part of our Consett Heritage project and updates on our youth programmes and community partnerships across the region, including our new community garden project.
We were delighted to welcome old friends and new, including supporters who have been with us since our foundation, who continue to support our growth. Together, we look forward to supporting many more young people in building stronger local communities, as they develop the skills required for successful and happy lives in the future.
## **“**
I loved the event and all that you and your team are doing. So inspiring, so necessary and such a gap to be filled! Thank so much for the invitation, the lovely flowers, card and chocolates too! We should definitely keep in touch and I am happy to chat further and offer any thoughts should you feel the need.”
## _our TrusTees_
## _riChard swarT, depuTy LieuTenant of durham_
In 2018, we were delighted to have Lord Lieutenant Sue Snowden to launch the charity, our plan was to have her with us for our 5th birthday. Unfortunately, she was unwell, and her Deputy Lieutenant Richard Swart attended in her place. Richard Swart made a great deal of effort in both his research of the charity, his heartfelt speech, plus how much time he took to interact with the attendees at the event itself, his contribution added a great deal to the success of the event. 3
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An amazing event and wonderful to learn about the difference the charity has made to young people across the North East over the past year. I’m proud as a trustee to support the charity and to have been a part in the research evidencing the need for the charity’s work. It was great to learn about BSB’s plans to continue supporting young people’s job prospects, self-belief and wellbeing over the year to come!”
- Isabel Wherrit, Young Trustee 4
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## **Teenage Girls Mental Health Programme Boldon School, South Tyneside**
Funded by The Shears Foundation, we successfully delivered a twelve-week wellbeing programme, to support the young people in improving their emotional wellbeing.
A unique selling point of all of our programmes, but in particular our wellbeing programme is that we include a creative element that is directed by the young people in the group that we are working with. It was instantly clear with our teenage girls group that social media plays a huge part in their lives. After our first session with the girls, the first thing they did was set up a group chat. This is the positive element of social media, it gives them an instant means to connect and support each other. Nevertheless, as the sessions progressed, the issues linked to social media also emerged. The girls also loved the art sessions - rock painting and drawing – so as a collective, we decided to combine the two and create a poster about staying safe online. This also coincided with Safeguarding Week!
Our sessions with the girls gave us an opportunity to discuss the positives and the negatives, and we hope that having such conversations act as trigger warnings for them within the context of their online activities. Having the face to face discussions was significant because in many ways they are more confident online, so having such conversations in front of each other – and us - gave them a better and more realistic perspective on some of the things that they have experienced.
The girls created an online safety poster that has been shared with hundreds of other young people locally.
_Be BoLd, Be Brave, Be BeauTifuL BuT stay safe onLine!_
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**“**
**I loved everything about the programme. The sessions on body image really helped, they made me realise that everyone is different and that we shouldn’t be worrying about small things that don’t really matter. I feel more confident about how I look, and I am less bothered about what people say about me. Going for the meal helped me realise that I am actually fine eating in front of people.”**
**- Wellbeing Student, Boldon School, South Tyneside**
## **Teenage Boys Wellbeing & Mental Health Programme North Durham Academy, Stanley**
Our twelve-week wellbeing programme, funded by Point North the Stanley Community Fund, successfully improved the wellbeing of a group of year 9 boys, from various domestic circumstances, including blended families, minimal parental contact or being looked after and recent bereavement.
The children engaged in employability, community and team building based activities that their personal circumstances are a barrier to. They particularly enjoyed the karting team building experience that they opted to organise and they were very excited at having the opportunity to do this all together. They were also able to gain confidence and independence by having to order their own food at Nando’s and eat in a formal setting.
The boys also loved the expressive art sessions such as rock painting, which gave them the creative freedom to express their emotions, thoughts and feelings in a creative way. We discussed sensitive issues such as the high suicide rates in young men in the area, and the different ways to get help if they needed it – in the first instance making sure they had people who they could talk to if they needed some immediate support. They fully appreciated how important it is to develop their emotional intelligence, the importance of being comfortable when discussing their emotions and exploring the range of support available if required.
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## **Teenage Girls Health & Mental Wellbeing Programme**
## **Wellfield Community School**
This four-month project was kindly supported by Point North - EDF Trimdon Grange Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund.
The children from Wellfield School, County Durham, specifically identified ten young people with low self-esteem, particularly linked to anxiety at school and in external social situations.
Many of our discussions were linked to managing social situations inside and outside of school. As a group, they loved drama and they opted to see ’Sister Act’, at the Sunderland Empire. This combined their love of the theatre, with giving them an opportunity to enjoy themselves in a crowded space – and realise that it can be very worthwhile to challenge themselves. They all totally loved the theatre experience.
Overall, we really enjoyed our sessions with the girls, and we are so pleased by how much progress they have made as well as the friendships that have been formed over the course of the programme. The girls were extremely grateful for the opportunity and wished that it could have continued. We will be keeping in touch with them, and if future opportunities arise within the charity and the community, they will be getting involved.
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Our Environmental Programme
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## **Tow Law Eco-Ambassadors Programme**
The project in County Durham, funded by the Energy Saving Trust Foundation’s Youth Climate Action Fund and part-funded by Airbnb, was developed in collaboration with children from Tow Law Millennium Primary School and Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School. This initiative aims to empower young people to protect and enhance their local environment. It culminates in a community celebration event and the production of a documentary film designed to educate the broader community on pressing environmental issues.
These awards are part of the first round of national funding from the Youth Climate Action Fund, which builds on the success of a pilot project launched in the West Midlands last year.
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## **Benfieldside Community Garden**
After a year of campaigning, we are delighted to have secured a 25 year lease on a community garden in Blackhill, Consett. Our aim is to work with local volunteers to turn the space into a fabulous social asset for the community.
We have already worked extensively to clear the site, planted a sensory garden with seating area, established a fruit growing zone, held storytelling and community gardening events and renovated a once hidden Giant’s Foot!
We were kindly supported in our initial efforts by local Councillors Kevin Earley and Stephen Robinson through the Derwent Valley Area Action Partnership for new oak planters in our Growing Zone.
We are delighted to have now received longer term support for paths, water installation and a summer house from The National Lottery Community Fund.
We are very excited to see what the next year shall bring!
**“** I want to educate people in this project about how to help our world to become a greener and healthier place to live.”
- Eco Ambassador
**“** I think I’ll be really good at thinking of ideas to help to protect our Earth and I look forward to helping others to get involved”
- Eco Ambassador
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## _Good To grow_
Benfieldside Community Garden is now proudly featured on the Good to Grow map, part of a UK-wide network supporting community food growing. We’re excited to participate in their events, which started from our Good to Grow Week in April, which celebrated the new growing season and brought volunteers together to help our local garden.
Good to Grow 2024 came at the perfect time for our
garden. After extensive work to clear the site, we were ready to plant, creating a new herb garden with sage, mint, rosemary, and lavender, and establishing a 'Fruit Zone' with blueberry bushes, fruit trees, and mulch, generously donated by Clive Rudd. We've also added two new flower beds and are grateful for the community support that’s helped us along the way. Our connection with regional networks, like Durham Community Action, has been invaluable in making this progress possible.
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I wanted to say how nice it is to see the garden back in bloom. I have lived here a long time and gave up using the garden because it had been left to be a miserable place. Nobody took action in the community even though we all complained. Fast forward to 2024 and the garden is beautiful again, children are playing in it and there are lots of dog walkers. It’s exactly what a community garden should be. It is without a doubt with massive thanks to Building Self-Belief and every other volunteer and charitable grant... I am certainly grateful for all you’ve all done. Community is important to us all. Thank you’
- A Blackhill resident
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Our Heritage Programme
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## _The restoration of the GianT’s foot_
We had been told that there was some kind of artwork underneath what had become a thick layer of weeds. Some members of the community thought it was an oak leaf, others said it was a Giant’s Foot. After hours and hours of hard work, we cut back the weeds, and finally uncovered the mystery. It was a huge Giant’s Foot, with an oak leaf for a big toe and an acorn for a heel. We posted images of the renovated foot on Facebook, and in one of the comments, a local man said that he had created the original foot in 1996 as a part of a project sponsored by The Acorn Trust. Mystery solved!
Benfieldside along with Consett and Corbridge are all said to have been named after three mythical giants mentioned in the epic poem Ode to the River Derwent by John Carr 1732-1807:
In elder time giants uprear’d Their heads, and affronted the skies; Cor, Ben, Con, terrific appear’d, With names of anomalous size. A hammer in common they had, And the use of it easy to all; Each whistled, each brother was glad To throw it three leagues at his call
Peter told the story with the help of an image of one of the giants. The children then had a great deal of fun, planting heather and lavender in the foot, and then filling up the spaces with white pea gravel to create a contrast with the land. The oak leaf was painted metallic green and the acorn brown. This combined with a bright white outline of the foot itself has restored a striking feature to the community garden. It is so bright, someone commented that you could see it from space! Most importantly to us, having the Giant's Foot in the garden is a great way of keeping local folklore alive.
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## **Community Heritage Project The Consett Iron Company**
## **A ‘Consett Youth Banner’ Designed by local children as part of the project**
In March 2023, we began a two-year community heritage programme, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. This has seen us co-ordinate a range of local heritage initiatives, bringing together all generations, around the 160th anniversary of the 1864 foundation of Consett Iron Company.
## _our heriTaGe evenTs_
As part of this we recently held a Q and A event with Brian Harrison, a local historian, to share an evening of fabulous facts and stories about Consett’s heritage. We also worked alongside the amazing children at Moorside Primary Academy on a Consett steelworks project and we continue to exhibit across the area, recording podcasts and interviews, and working with young and old alike to record and share Consett’s amazing industrial past. Plans are now afoot for our final celebration event to be held at the newly refurbished Durham Redhills in 2025.
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## _our podcasTs_
We are extremely grateful to all of our podcast interviewees, including Brian Harrison and Joan Colling, seen here visiting our offices, who shared their personal insights with us regarding Consett’s industrial past.
## _our fundraiser_
Let’s celebrate Consett’s industrial heritage by raising enough money for a Ray Lonsdale, steel statue for our town! Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could work together as a community and raise the funds for Ray to create a fabulous statue to represent the history and spirit of Consett Steel?
We have a plan from Ray about how much this will cost, and have decided that combined with applying for grants, we will also set up this Crowd Fund as a way for the people of Consett, and anyone who has strong links with the town, to contribute.
We will hold a public consultation about how the statue will look, and where it will be located. Any amount large or small will help us. It may take years, it may take months, but we thought we would make a start and have a statue in the town as soon as possible! Who is with us? Will you help John to realise his dream for Consett?
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## **‘Bridging the Gap’ Youth Employability Programme Cardinal Hume Catholic School, Gateshead**
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**Volunteering enables you to challenge yourself whilst helping others. It gives you that opportunity to ‘pay it forward’ and give something back to your community.”** - Julianna
Grant funding from The Hedley Foundation, helped us to complete a youth employability programme to increase youth aspirations and their future life chances. This programme was designed to broaden their employability skills, links to local employers and actively engage the skills that they subsequently developed. They covered topics that included developing a CV and LinkedIn profile, communication skills, interview, presentation and marketing techniques.
The young people were interested in fashion, design, computing, social media, accounts and marketing. Consequently, we matched the group up with JUMP marketing agency and Solstock Fashion and Photography in Newcastle. Both of these companies specialise in the cross over between business creativity and technical innovation. Their teams of photographers, designers and developers collaborated with us to support work experience visits by the group.
During the visits, the group discovered just how many different roles and jobs there are in such companies – including IT, photography, programming, graphic design, sales and marketing. It made them realise how much effort goes into the branding and marketing of companies.
**improve your own self-confidence, do things that you never thought you were capable of. ” “ With volunteering, you can push your social boundaries,**
They also gave the children some great marketing ideas which they used to create a fantastic volunteering challenge booklet called #HaveaHeart #PlayYourPart for our Point North – Know Your Neighbourhood volunteering programme.
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## **‘Bridging the Gap’ Youth Employability Programme Consett Academy, Consett**
The Consett Academy Employability Programme, delivered by Building Self-Belief and sponsored by Newcastle Building Society, aims to enhance students' employability skills by focusing on CV development, LinkedIn profiles, and workplace marketing and social media. As part of the programme, students visited Newcastle Building Society's head office for mock interviews. This aligns with the Society's campaign to keep their services on the high street, which ties into our youth consultation on developing the Consett Area through the creation of a Neighbourhood Plan.
A group of Year 12 students from Consett Academy is leading this consultation, engaging local youth to gather input on how we can improve the Consett Area for the future. We're asking the community: How should the Consett Area look by 2036? What steps can we take to foster positive growth?
## **‘Bridging the Gap’ Youth Employability Programme Norham High School, North Shields**
This programme supported teenagers from the Meadow Well community in North Tyneside. This area is in the bottom 10% of National Deprivation, with Chirton Ward in the bottom 1% for family income, crime, educational opportunity, health & employment.
Our programme focussed upon delivering workshops and community experiences, for the least socially engaged, that measurably improve mental health, resilience, aspiration, employability & communication skills.
It culminated in a fantastic London residential visit that was planned by the children themselves and utilised the organisational skills that they had developed across the programme. It was kindly supported by 1989 Willan Charitable Trust through The Tyne and Wear & Northumberland Community Foundation.
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As part of the sessions, we discuss the importance of volunteering and how impressive this is to employers – especially when young people are channelling their energy into a good cause.
Three of our students – Jamie Watson, Thomas William and Jake Kingshot - as well as volunteering for our sessions, completed a gruelling 70.3 mile Iron Man contest in aid of a great cause, Teenage Cancer Research.
## **The Point North - Know Your Neighbourhood Project**
The Point North – Know Your neighbourhood Project is an 18 month
project that is focused upon encouraging local volunteers to regularly get involved with our youth and community based programmes. We now have a bank of over 30 regular volunteers who have been invaluable to our service provision.
## _our youth Clubs_
Without the dedication of our incredible youth panel members and young people, who volunteer their evenings, our youth groups around Consett would not be possible.
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My son had a lovely time - he can’t wait to come back this week! - Parent of Eden Miner’s Youth Club
## _diGiTaL inClusion prograMme_
Our Digital Inclusion project was delivered as part the Know Your Neighbourhood Project which saw young volunteers supporting those attending the session to work on any areas of digital literacy or help with any practical uses of their technology that they may need.
The sessions include workshops on how to use and access emails through mobile phones, help with setting up and using social media accounts like Facebook and X (formerly known as Twitter), as well as using online banking, NHS apps, podcasting and other entertainment apps.
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Developing positive partnerships with other institutions is something we do exceptionally well. Without these partners, this project would not be possible
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## **Cranfield Trust Award**
Building Self-Belief are delighted to have received the Masonic Charitable Foundation and Cranfield Trust Award.
Local Durham Freemasons, Paul Quinn and Duncan Maw visited the office to present a certificate to celebrate the partnership, expertise and support it has provided to help the charity and ultimately the young people that we support.
## **Sunderland Counselling Service Award**
Our CEO Christine Thomas was delighted to be a guest at Sunderland Counselling Services AGM on 30th November 2023 and to help them celebrate their 40th anniversay. Their remit for selecting the recipients of their 40th Anniversary Award was to select a charity from each of the North East areas that they serve.
We are delighted to be the recipient of the award for County Durham. We used their award of £10,000 towards providing services to hard-to-reach communities - in this case delivering a youth club at Tow Law with hot food, and a job club to support adults back to work. SCS’s Chair, Eileen Watt, told Christine how rewarding it was for them as a board to have the opportunity to select five charities to give a grant to and how liberating this felt to be able to help other charities in such a meaningful way.
## **Investors in the Environment Bronze Award**
Building Self-Belief are absolutely delighted to have been awarded the investors in the Environment Bronze Award. There is a great deal of ‘talk’ about green initiatives, but to achieve this award, you have to implement the policies, not just write them down. We now have our Travel Policy, our Waste Management Policy and our Environmental Policy. We have also incorporated our approach to green initiatives into our induction process for trustees, staff and volunters
Our Apprentice Shauna Nixon is our official ‘Green Champion. Shauna completed a great deal of the training and tasks, she also collated the necessary information. Shauna will be continuing in this role, and we are looking forward to continuing with our green initiatives
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Building Self-Belief is committed to integrating young people within their community and frequently this is via environmental projects, such as their Tow Law Eco-Youth Ambassadors’ project in County Durham, and their restoration of Benfieldside Community Garden to use as a community space. Building Self-Belief have a great buy-in from colleagues across the organisation, from Management to Volunteers, to develop their environmental management system. They have made good headway with promoting sustainable travel within their organisation, and going forward, this can be developed into a formal sustainable travel plan.”
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## **Durham County Council Environment**
Building Self-Belief were absolutely delighted that our Eco Ambassadors from our North Durham Academy a Greener Future for Stanley garden project won this prestigious award. Being Highly Commended in the Environment Awards is a fabulous way to honour the hard work and significant contributions of the young people involved in this project.
## **County Durham Youth Council Award**
A huge congratulations to our young superstars Archie and Tommy who won the County Durham Youth Council Award for their amazing volunteering at Benfieldside Community Garden.
Additionally, congratulations to Maya for her amazing volunteering across our youth and community programmes for which she has received a Durham Youth Council Award, alongside a North East Charity Award nomination for September 2025!
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**Our Newest Members**
## **Our Team**
Building Self-Belief CIO would be nothing without our amazing team. These are the individuals who led our work in 2023/2024, by pushing for positive change within our community and making what we do possible.
Christine Thomas Hugo Minney FRSA PhD FRSA _Chief Executive Chair_
Hugo Minney
Peter Thomas _Founder & Senior Manager_
Andrea McGuigan _Trustee_
Claire L Dellar _Trustee_
Lucy Reed _Trustee_
Gary Jones _Trustee_
Kate McGuigan _Young Trustee_
Shauna Nixon _Apprentice_
Issy Wherritt _Young Trustee_
Holly Taylor _Research Assistant_
Sarah Brown _Research Assistant_
Ella is joining the Building Self-Belief team as the new Level 3 Business Administration apprentice. She is truly delighted to be able to support this charity in numerous ways, along with gaining valuable experience and meeting various new people along the duration of the next 18 months. Ella has a great passion for helping younger people, with many experiences of voluntary work at her local kids club, where she was able to greatly assist and support the young children.
Ella Ashburn _Apprenticeship_
Bethany Stephens - Gillingham _Work Placement_
Sarah Patterson _Work Placement_
Beth Mein _Work Placement_
Lewis Tilney Ethan Romaines Autumn Mulcock _Work Experience Work Experience Work Experience_
Alexis Smith _Work Experience_
Aimee is currently studying a BSc (Hons) Psychology degree at Newcastle University, with a passion for developmental and educational psychology. Alongside her studies, Aimee volunteers as a peer mentor, helping young people with diverse needs to improve their self-belief and reach personal goals. These experiences have sparked a keen interest in child development and the impacts of deprivation on wellbeing and self-esteem.
Aimee Wager _Newcastle University Internship_
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## **Our Next Steps Our Income & Expenditure**
This is a summary of BSBCIO’s 2023/2024. A full copy of our accounts is available on request.
## **Thank You**
A huge thank you to all of the young people we have supported, our community volunteers, grant funders and personal fundraising activities that have played such a huge part in our journey this year. Such generous support remains an inspiration to us.
**Total Expenditure: £425, 777**
**Total Income: £455, 945**
2024 **Growth** 110% Total Income
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank our Trustees for their continued support and dedication, particularly our Chair, Dr Hugo Minney, who gives invaluable advice and support.
**Where does our money come from?**
## **Our Next Steps**
Building Self-Belief is delighted to have been selected to be part of the Digital Leaders Programme. We can't wait to get going on our digital training.
We can't wait to run some Forest School sessions at Benfieldside Community Garden. We will be using part of our National Lottery funds for staff training and fabulous resources.
We shall continue to extend the reach of youth based programmes to new communities across the North East.
We look forward to continuing to build a solid community volunteering base as part of our Point North - Know your Neighbourhood programme and beyond.
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## **Stay in touch**
## @BSBCIO
## @BSBCIO
## @BSB_CIO
## 0191 406 6377
https://www.buildingselfbelief.org/
info@buildingselfbelief.org
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