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Annual Report for 202212023
This is the thirteenth Annual Report of Bolton Neuro Voices. It records our first year of full activity since
the lockdown in March 2020. The 2021122 AGM was held on 8 June 2022 and attended by 19 people.
The report for the year was submitted, as required, to the Charity Commission and acknowledged.
Our membership is made up of 5 local neuro groups., Bolton West Stroke Support Group, BurylBolton
MEICFS Support Group, Manchester and District MND Association, Bolton and District MS Society and
Parkinson's UK Bolton - plus 33 individual members. There is also a small Facebook group.
Aims and Objectives
Bolton Neuro Voices was set up to improve the quality of neurological health and care services in
Bolton, to create a forum in which local groups could work together and to extend membership to
individuals and carers who have no local support group. In particular, we wanted to facilitate
improvements in quality of life, ensure access to information and provide continued monitoring of local
services. Our services are open to everyone with a neurological condition who can participate safely.
They therefore meet the public service obligation.
Activities in 2022123
Our main regular activities are weekly hydrotherapy sessions at the Sir Jason Kenny Leisure Centre
and weekly dry exercise sessions at the Bolton Arena Leisure Centre. Our Three Hydrotherapy
Continuation Programmes ran for a total of 28 weeks with average attendances of between 16 and
29. They are designed by our physiotherapist colleague, Susan Pattison, and supported by a
co-ordinator, a lifeguard and dryside volunteers. We were also grateful for additional support provided
by physiotherapy students from the University of Bolton. The same team ran the annual 5-week
Hydrotherapy Course for New Users in March 2023. Twenty-three people took part and ten were
able to transfer to the Continuation Programme. Our Arena Exercise Programme ran for a total of 35
weeks over three terms with an average attendance beMeen 5 and 10. It is able to cope with a wider

range of disabilities than the hydrotherapy programme and is much appreciated. It is led by two Arena
trainers and shepherded in this, as over many years, by our trustee, Moyra McDermott. The cost to
users of these services is kept to about £3 per session through the generous support of our donors.
Supportive social contacts are an important feature of our exercise activities and these are
strengthened by our Summer (40 diners) and Christmas (59 diners) Lunches held at Ridgmont House,
Ho￿lch. The staff there are hugely welcoming and supportive and the events are greatly enjoyed.
These events also allow us to invite our donors and volunteers as guests and so show our appreciation
of their support for Bolton Neuro Voices.
The attached Finance Report shows an annual income of £11684 of which £4599 came from
donations while the remainder is made up of user contributions, payments for social events,
subscriptions and fundraising revenue. The trustees reviewed our reseNes and agreed that we
could safely meet all ongoing costs and the cost of the 2023 Hydrotherapy 5-week Course
without applying for outside funding. In fact we had several generous donations which have
allowed us to meet significantly increased charges while still maintaining adequate reserves.
The Committee {Trustees) were Marie Oxtoby (Chair), Graham Brushett (Vice Chair), Annette Stuart
(Treasurer), Moyra McDermott, Moyra Lewis, Marie Boardman, Neil Germaine and Kathleen Delaney,
They had one face to face meeting plus many consultations via email and telephone. They reviewed all
BNV policies (Safeguarding, Data Protection, Volunteers, Equal Opportunities, Health and Safety and
Risk Assessment and updated them as required. Our Volunteers, essential to our hydrotherapy
services, were Lydia Bathina, Sue Larmett, Christine Lee, Marie Parkinson, Thaira Qureshi and
Denise Shakespeare.
As Chair, I would like to thank most sincerely all members of the Committee, our volunteers, our
physiotherapist, Susan Pattison and her colleagues, Anna Ziemer of Bolton University and all our
members, carers and donors for their continued and much valued support for Bolton Neuro Voices.
Marie Oxtoby,
Chair, May 2023
Working together
to Improve the quality of life of Bolton people with neurological conditions
Bolton Neuro Voices CIO registered number 1178772

||**BNV FINANCIAL SUMMARY FROM 1/04/22**|**to 31/03/23**|||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Apr-22|May-22|Jun-22|Jul-22|Aug-22|Sep-22|Oct-22|Nov-22|Dec-22|Jan-23|Feb-23|Mar-23||
|**Code**||**2022/4**|**2022/5**|**2022/6**|**2022/7**|**2022/8**|**2022/9**|**2022/10**|**2022/11**|**2022/12**|**2023/1**|**2023/2**|**2023/3**|**Total**|
||**Income**||||||||||||||
|ICD|Core Donations|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|25.00|0.00|50.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|75.00|
|ISUB|Membership Subscriptions|0.00|30.00|25.00|130.00|10.00|130.00|20.00|30.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|375.00|
|IHD|Hydrotherapy Grants/Donations|124.00|0.00|0.00|40.00|0.00|0.00|500.00|0.00|284.80|0.00|600.00|0.00|1,548.80|
|IUSER|User Contributions (Continuation)|70.00|1,005.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|910.00|35.00|0.00|0.00|360.00|0.00|15.00|2,395.00|
|IUSERN|User Contributions (New Course)|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|175.00|400.00|575.00|
|IAREND|Arena Grants/Donations|20.00|20.00|20.00|170.00|20.00|20.00|20.00|20.00|520.00|20.00|30.00|30.00|910.00|
|ICOND|Continuation Donations|1,075.00|180.00|445.31|225.00|75.00|75.00|585.00|75.00|75.00|100.00|75.00|80.00|3,065.31|
|IARENU|Arena User Contributions|0.00|245.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|240.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|315.00|0.00|0.00|800.00|
|IOTH|Other|0.00|0.00|820.00|20.00|0.00|0.00|200.00|700.00|200.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|1,940.00|
||**Total Income**|**1,289.00**|**1,480.00**|**1,310.31**|**585.00**|**105.00**|**1,400.00**|**1,360.00**|**875.00**|**1,079.80**|**795.00**|**880.00**|**525.00**|**11,684.11**|
||**Expenditure**|||||||||||||.|
||**_BNV Core Funds_**||||||||||||||
|CEADMIN|Stationery/Printing/Postage|-92.37|0.00|0.00|0.00|-26.33|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|-16.32|0.00|0.00|-135.02|
|CEINS|Insurance|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|-256.51|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|-256.51|
|CEMEET|Meeting expenses|0.00|0.00|-77.50|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|-77.50|
|CEMISC|Miscellaneous|0.00|0.00|-840.00|-16.74|-79.95|-16.00|0.00|0.00|-1,475.00|-112.25|0.00|0.00|-2,539.94|
||**_Sub-Total - Core Funds_**|**-92.37**|**0.00**|**-917.50**|**-16.74**|**-106.28**|**-16.00**|**-256.51**|**0.00**|**-1,475.00**|**-128.57**|**0.00**|**0.00**|**-3,008.97**|
||**_BNV Hydrotherapy_**||||||||||||||
|HEPHYEX|Physiotherapist Expenses Continuation|0.00|-111.30|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|-111.30|0.00|-55.65|0.00|-55.65|0.00|-333.90|
|HEPHYEXN|Physiotherapist Expenses New Course|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|-319.90|-319.90|
|HEPHYS|Physiotherapy Services (Continuation)|0.00|-495.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|-450.00|0.00|-225.00|0.00|-270.00|0.00|-1,440.00|
|HEPHYSN|Physiotherapy Services (New Course)|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|-2,520.00|-2,520.00|
|HEPOOL|Pool Hire (Continuation)|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|-387.14|-991.64|-302.24|-139.24|-152.82|-203.76|-2,176.84|
|HEPOOLN|Pool Hire (New Course)|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|-324.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|-324.00|
|HEMISC|Miscellaneous|-1.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|-19.09|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|-20.09|
|HEVOL|Volunteer Expenses (Continuation)|-30.90|-105.90|0.00|-221.60|-50.50|0.00|0.00|-43.80|-222.40|-38.50|0.00|-8.00|-721.60|
|HEVOLN|Volunteer Expenses (New Course)|-17.50|-45.20|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|-17.00|-79.70|
||**_Sub-Total - Hydrotherapy_**|**-49.40**|**-757.40**|**0.00**|**-221.60**|**-69.59**|**0.00**|**-948.44**|**-1,359.44**|**-805.29**|**-177.74**|**-478.47**|**-3,068.66**|**-7,936.03**|
||**_Arena_**||||||||||||||
|EARENA|Arena Costs|0.00|-410.00|0.00|-350.00|0.00|0.00|-300.00|0.00|-300.00|0.00|0.00|-500.00|-1,860.00|
|EARENAM|Arena Miscellaneous|-1,000.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|-1,000.00|
||**_Sub-Total - Awards for All_**|**-1,000.00**|**-410.00**|**0.00**|**-350.00**|**0.00**|**0.00**|**-300.00**|**0.00**|**-300.00**|**0.00**|**0.00**|**-500.00**|**-2,860.00**|
||||||||||||||||
||**Total Expenditure**|**-1,141.77**|**-1,167.40**|**-917.50**|**-588.34**|**-175.87**|**-16.00**|**-1,504.95**|**-1,359.44**|**-2,580.29**|**-306.31**|**-478.47**|**-3,568.66**|**-13,805.00**|
||||||||||||||||
||**Surplus / Deficit**|**147.23**|**312.60**|**392.81**|**-3.34**|**-70.87**|**1,384.00**|**-144.95**|**-484.44**|**-1,500.49**|**488.69**|**401.53**|**-3,043.66**|-2,120.89|
||||459.83|852.64|849.30|778.43|2,162.43|2,017.48|1,533.04|32.55|521.24|922.77|-2,120.89||
||Balance Brought forward|10,646.68|10,793.91|11,106.51|11,499.32|11,495.98|11,425.11|12,809.11|12,664.16|12,179.72|10,679.23|11,167.92|11,569.45|10,646.68|
||Balance Carried forward|10,793.91|11,106.51|11,499.32|11,495.98|11,425.11|12,809.11|12,664.16|12,179.72|10,679.23|11,167.92|11,569.45|8,525.79|0.00|