## **Chairman’s report Avon Valley Partnership Youth and Community Trust. (also known as Avon Valley Community Matters)** The Charity was created to become an outreach arm of Avon Valley Churches. The Year 2022 was one of saying goodbye to a prominent person, but also one of exciting developments. At the end of May 2022 we said farewell to our Chairman, Rev Canon Gary Philbrick as he started two new jobs; Assistant Archdeacon for the Winchester Diocese and Chaplain to Winchester Cathedral. The whole community joined together to say farewell to Gary at the Burgate School at the end of May 2022. The Avon Valley Churches then started the recruitment process for our new Rector who is also chair of the charity. We have representatives on our Board of Trustees from St Mary’s Church Fordingbridge, Sandleheath Uniting Methodist Church and The Church of Holy Ascension Hyde. We are still hoping to recruit trustees from Hale & Woodgreen and St Mary’s Church Breamore. The Charity continued to move forwards. We were unsuccessful in recruiting a Children and Families worker, but one of our trustees developed her vision for our All Inclusive Superstars Playgroup with sensory activities for families with children aged 0-5 years especially welcoming those with neuro diversity. We have been able to recruit some wonderful volunteers to assist with this outreach work. Our Friendship group for those who are bereaved, lonely or isolated continued to meet twice a month in a local pub in Fordingbridge. We also arranged a bus trip to Sidmouth which was very successful. In partnership with the local GP surgery, we continued to offer a bereavement counselling service for those benefitting from face to face counselling. Our strategic vision continued to include opening a Charity Shop in Fordingbridge to raise a sustainable income to fund our outreach work into the community. This became a real possibility in November 2022 when the Trustees were approached to see if we were interested in taking over the management of an existing shop. The opening of the shop will be a priority in 2023. Rev Kate Wilson (Trustee & acting Chair) ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR END 31st DECEMBER 2022 AVON VALLEY PARTNERSHIP YOUTH AND COMMUNITY TRUST CHARITY REGISTRATION No.. 1180169 AVON VALLEY PARTNEASHIP YOUTH ANDCOMMUNITY TRi¢ST CONTENTS Pa8e3 LEDI andAdmirnstrbtNe IDform&don P4y4 lTrdeppnd*nt Ex•miAer's Pepon onthe èccoynii Pay55to6 siatementol RE<*lpt5 •nd Pjymerli St4ten*MolAS>rtt ind Li•bllbti Pay9toiO Note5 toth• Accr￿ AVON VAiLEY PARTNERSHIP YOUTH AND COMMUNITY TRUST REPORTOF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED31ST DECEMBER 2022 LEfjALAND ADMIIIISTAATIVE INFOBMATION CHARITY NUMBER 1180169 STARfoF FINANCIAL PEAIOD I lanwry2022 ENO OF Flf4ANCIAT PERIOP 31 O•cernb•r2021 TRUSTEES AT31 DECEMBEIt 2022 AevKMIw GHèwsum AévG Phiibd¢klrnsiin•4 31105n21 5MLe*¢ 08JECTS Thq rellef ollh05e In need. bv rtason of YQUih. Jie. 111.hElth. dhMbSllty, fln*ndkl hJid5hlpor Holi ￿th WoDdS￿l￿. F￿din￿b[lOv, Hydi by inymiinj ts the In t￿lF dhcfqtlon 5halld•torrfne. 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(also known as Avon Valley Community Matters) The Charity was created to become an outreach arm of Avon Valley Churches. The Year 2022 was one of saying goodbye to a prominent person, but also one of exciting developments. At the end of May 2022 we said farewell to our Chairman, Rev Canon Gary Philbrick as he started two new jobs,. Assistant Archdeacon for the Winchester Diocese and Chaplain to Winchester Cathedral. The whole community joined together to say farewell to Gary at the Burgate School at the end of May 2022. The Avon Valley Churches then started the recruitment process for our new Rector who is also chair of the charity. We have representatives on our Board of Trustees from St Mary's Church Fordingbridge, Sandleheath Uniting Methodist Church and The Church of Holy Ascension Hyde. We are still hoping to recruit trustees from Hale & Woodgreen and St Mary's Church Breamore. The Charity continued to move forwards. We were unsuccessful in recruiting a Children and Families worker, but one of our trustees developed her vision for our All Inclusive Superstars Playgroup with sensory activities for families with children aged 0-5 years especially welcoming those with neuro diversity. We have been able to recruit some wonderful volunteers to assist with this outreach work. Our Friendship group for those who are bereaved, lonely or isolated continued to meet twice a month in a local pub in Fordingbridge. We also arranged a bus trip to Sidmouth which was very successful. In partnership with the local GP surgery, we continued to offer a bereavement counselling service for those benefitting from face to face counselling. Our strategic vision continued to include opening a Charity Shop in Fordingbridge to raise a sustainable income to fund our outreach work into the community. This became a real possibility in November 2022 when the Trustees were approached to see if we were interested in taking over the management of an existing shop. The opening of the shop will be a priority in 2023. Rev Kate Wilson {Trustee & acting Chair) AVON VALLEY PARTNERSHIP YOUTH ANDCOMMUNITr TRUST REPORTQF THE TflUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENLEO 315T DECEMBER 2012 Thel