EAST GRINSTEAD STREET PASTORS CIO Charity No. 1181647 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1[st] January to 31 December 2023 v2
| **Unrestricted ** | Safer Streets | Restricted | Total | ||||
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| Funds | Grant | Funds | |||||
| £ | £ | £ | |||||
| INCOM | E | ||||||
| Donatio | ns includi | ngDirect G | iving | £120.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £120.00 |
| Street D | onations | £5.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £5.00 | ||
| Gift Aid | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | |||
| Safer S | treets Gran | t(Sussex | PCC) | £0.00 | £5,000.00 | £0.00 | £5,000.00 |
| £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | ||||
| Fundrai | sing | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | ||
| Uniform | & Equipm | ent Donati | ons | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Donatio | ns from Ch | urches | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | |
| Total re | ceipts | £125.00 | £5,000.00 | £0.00 | £5,125.00 | ||
| EXPEN | DITURE | ||||||
| DBS FE | ES Safeg | uarding | £145.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £145.00 | |
| M Hope | expenses | for EGSP: | |||||
| Stoptops' a | nti-spiking | covers | £11.47 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £11.47 | |
| portable sp | eakers - tr | aining/present'n | £119.99 |
£0.00 | £0.00 | £119.99 | |
| SP Unifor | m & equipm | ent | £294.79 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £294.79 | |
| ZOOM sub | scription 2 | 023-24 | £143.88 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £143.88 | |
| Lollies | £0.00 | £3.00 | £0.00 | £3.00 | |||
| AT online t | raining | £0.00 | £121.38 | £0.00 | £121.38 | ||
| rainponch | os for clien | ts | £0.00 | £12.00 | £0.00 | £12.00 | |
| SP Unifor | m & equipm | ent | £31.80 | £709.28 | £0.00 | £741.08 | |
| ID Cards fr | om AT | £0.00 | £11.00 | £0.00 | £11.00 | ||
| HDMI cabl | e | £0.00 | £28.68 | £0.00 | £28.68 | ||
| Trainin | gand Conf | erence | £140.00 | £80.00 | £28.60 | £248.60 | |
| Paul Fo | x expense | s for EGSP | (trainingmtg) | £21.40 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £21.40 |
| Accoun | tant Prese | nt | £29.99 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £29.99 | |
| Accoun | t Fees | £60.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £60.00 | ||
| Zoom S | ubscription | 2022-23 | £86.33 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £86.33 | |
| Ascens | ion Trust In | surance | £114.84 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £114.84 | |
| Teleph | one | £146.84 | £27.46 | £0.00 | £174.30 | ||
| Donatio | n to West | Street Bapt | ist | £500.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £500.00 |
| Station | ary | £24.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £24.00 | ||
| Ascess | ion Trust L | icence Fee | £1,354.50 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £1,354.50 | |
| 10thAn | niversaryE | xpenses | £497.50 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £497.50 | |
| Street P | astors Exp | enses | £30.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £30.00 | |
| Expend | iture sub- | total | £3,752.33 | £992.80 | £28.60 | £4,773.73 | |
| Asset a | nd Invest | ment Purc | hases | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 | £0.00 |
| Totalp | ayments | £3,752.33 £992.80 £28.60 £4,773.73 |
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| Net of | Receipts/( | Payments) | -£3,627.33 £4,007.20 -£28.60 £351.27 |
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| Transfers between funds(Note 1) | |||||||
| £3,579.71 | -£3,579.71 | £0.00 | £0.00 | ||||
| Balanc | e Brought | Forward | £14,369.39 | £428.91 | £2,300.78 | £17,099.08 | |
| Curren | t Balanc | e | £14,321.77 | £856.40 | £2,272.18 | £17,450.35 |
Note 1: Transfer relates to expenditure of awarded Safer Streets Grant being allocated under 'Unrestricted Funds' temporarily, whilst awaiting receipt of grant payment.
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East Grinstead Street Pastors CIO (EGSP), Charity no: 1181647 Annual Report 2023
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Overall, it was another steady year for East Grinstead Street Pastors (EGSP).
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We continue to patrol, in teams, to listen, help and care for vulnerable or distressed people on the streets of East Grinstead. Patrols were mostly still on Saturday evenings, typically from 9pm to between midnight and 1.30am Sunday morning. Some patrols were in the afternoon. These afternoon patrols focused on the areas that teenagers gather in the town between school and going home.
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Our Street Pastor (SP) patrols in East Grinstead town centre area reach quite large numbers of people to a small or moderate degree, estimated to be about 350 over the year. In addition, we have a more in depth helping/supporting/caring/listening interaction with a smaller number of people – estimated at about 50 over the period.
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A couple of examples from patrols give a flavour of our work:
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a. Many bottles of water were given out to people who had consumed lots of alcohol but little water.
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b. We have referred a number of people on to other charities or agencies that have a specialism in their particular situation or needs, and have details of often-needed organisations available with us when patrolling, for when needed.
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c. We often arrange our patrol route to include the town station, timed for when the later Saturday night trains are arriving, so that any vulnerable people waiting for taxis or lifts, particularly women and girls on their own, feel more comfortable and protected from potentially predatory people. Sometimes ladies who have shed their shoes on the train after a day out in London or at Lingfield Races can’t get them on again, so are grateful for a pair of our flip-flops.
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d. We have helped people make phone-calls to family/friends to request lifts home, e.g. when their phone batteries are dead; (we carry a phone power pack with us, to enable them to temporarily use their phone and its contacts).
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e. flip flops given to a number of women struggling to stand up or walk in their heels because of intoxication. That clearly helped them walk again, and so get to their transport or head home on foot.
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f. We use a dustpan, brush, gloves, and container for sharps, to pick up broken glass, glass bottles etc. to remove them as potential weapons and also to protect feet of women walking barefoot, having taken their uncomfortable shoes off, or lost one in a venue.
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g. We are told by the public, retailers, and pub staff that we are often a positive and calming influence on the streets just by our team being present and very visibly patrolling in uniform. This is in addition to the more in-depth caring/helping/listening/supporting we do with individuals.
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h. We also understand from others that our presence is also a discouragement of anti-social behaviour.
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i. We actively participate, as invited observers, in local ‘Pub Watch’ meetings of the managers of local pubs/licenced premises, with the local Police and Council licencing and anti-social behaviour Officers.
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Numbers of active Street Pastors: 9, with 4 male and 5 female.
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Number of Prayer Pastors receiving prayer requests ‘live’ by text to give us prayer support during our patrols: 27. These requests typically ask for prayers for specific anti-social incidents or people in difficulty or other circumstances that are developing in the town.
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Refresher training was undertaken by several SP’s in Oct and Nov 23. This was delivered face-to-face, and as an interactive session, by an Authorised Representative of our parent charity, Ascension Trust, alongside SPs from other areas.
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The Finances have been sound. Funds have been assisted this year by a grant from the Home Office’s Safer Streets / Violence Against Women and Girls initiative, via the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office. The PPC team encouraged us to apply for this grant, as they wanted to support the voluntary work SPs do in various Sussex towns. This grant was very helpful to our operations.
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Complaints: We have received no complaints. On the contrary, the feedback we receive from people out on the streets on a Saturday night and during our afternoon patrols has been positive and encouraging. Many people are aware that we do our patrols on a volunteer basis and often thank us for doing it. Many tell us positive stories about how we have helped them or one of their friends in the past when they were ‘not at their best’ on a night out.
East Grinstead Street Pastors