Great Clifton Community Youth Group Annual Report 2024 (230401 - 240331)
Background.
Great Clifton is an ex-mining village with a population of 1100 and very little community life. Most of the time since 2018, the Youth Group has provided weekly football sessions, and, on most years, made a major contribution to the annual village Fun Day.
Activities
Football.
We have failed to find a new football trainer to run weekly sessions; attempts to involve older youths in organising teams that could play away matches also failed. All we have done is to replace broken parts of the goalposts, make sure that the grass is cut, and, in winter, occasionally switch on the floodlights. However, an application was made to Cumberland Council for funding for sessions run by the Football Fun Factory franchise. The application was successful and sessions should start in October 2024.
Youth club.
Two local mothers led the opening of the village hall as a youth club. Initially, sessions were from 17.30 to 19.00 on Mondays during school term time, open to ages 6 -18 yrs, admission £1. The first sessions were on 20 and 27 November 2023 and attracted 43 and 46 children. This was unmanageable so the sessions were split: under 12s from 16.00 to 17.30 on Wednesdays and over-12s on Thursdays from 17.00 to 18.30. On the Wednesdays about 20 under-12s would attend and play with the numerous toys that had been donated, and take part in supervised activities. In addition to the main volunteers, two women and one man, typically two more mothers and one father gave a hand. The over-12s were more difficult: there was concern that they would damage the hall, some parents discouraged their children from attending, and we did not attract more adult volunteers, so the over-12s sessions were stopped after 16 May 2024.
Fun Day.
The Youth Group led the planning and organization of the village Fun Day on 26 August 2023. Attractions included a pet dog show, children's races, a tug-o-war, inflateables (an indoor bouncy castle and outdoor pole joust), karaoke, a raffle, a bric-a-brac stall, and food, including hot dogs. The weather was very wet.
Finance
The GCCYG was kept alive by a grant of £2,500 from the Francis C Scott Charitable Trust. Previously, the main expense had been the cost of the weekly football sessions. After the youth club sessions in the village hall started, the rent for the hall become the dominant recurrent expense at £24 per session. We are preparing for major expenditure to renovate the old rugby club floodlights so that football can be played after school in winter.
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Great Clifton Community Youth Group, Registered Charity 1181409. Accounts 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2021
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| Category | Items | Cheque n | Transfer | In | Out | Balance | |||
| or event | date | ||||||||
| Initial balance | 230401 | £1,186.09 | |||||||
| Income | Received from | ||||||||
| Grant | Francis C Scott Trust | 240126 | £2,500.0 | ||||||
| Donation | Holmen Iggesund | For Fun Day | 230510 | £100.00 | |||||
| Fun Daytakings | 230829 | £141.65 | |||||||
| Total income | £2,741.6 | £3,927.7 | |||||||
| Expenditure | Paid to | ||||||||
| Football | Itsa Goal Posts Ltd | Goalposts | 231121 | £144.81 | |||||
| Fun Day 26 August 2023 | A & R Bouncy Castles | Deposit for inflatables | 134 | 230721 | £60.00 | ||||
| Firpress | Flyers | 135 | 230821 | £38.50 | |||||
| A & R BouncyCastles | Inflatables | 136 | 230823 | £190.00 | |||||
| Great Clifton Village Hall | Rent for Fun Day | 137 | 231004 | £72.00 | |||||
| Fun Day3 August 2024 | A& & R BouncyCastles | Deposit for inflatables | 143 | 240203 | £50.00 | ||||
| Youth Club in Village Hall | Great Clifton Village Hall | Rent | 138 | 231107 | £12.00 | ||||
| (R Huxley, C Rogers) | Cash for food etc | 140 | 231014 | £100.00 | |||||
| Great Clifton Village Hall | Rent(240113) | 142 | 240124 | £48.00 | |||||
| Great Clifton Village Hall | Rent | 144 | 240309 | £48.00 | |||||
| Paperwork | Gov UK | DBS certificate for Rachael Hu | 139 |
231114 | £18.00 | ||||
| Total expenditure | £781.31 | ||||||||
| Balance | £3,146.43 | ||||||||
| J.A.Coles | |||||||||
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