LivingRoomsA CHAIRMAN'S ANNUAL REPORT- 31 MARCH 2024 Our year 8nding 31 March 2024 saw us move into our fifth year of operations al The Living Rooms - Northallerton {TLR) which we will complete on 5 December this year. However. this has been only our second full year of operations without Covid-19 restnctions. TLR has continued lo serve and SUprt those in most need in Northallerton and the surrounding areas by being a community hub in the centre of town. open to all. We particularty support those with poor wellbeing and mental health and the lonely, isolated and social excluded. by being a plac8 of welcome. care and ISpItality - at the core of whi¢h 1$ our Renew Wellbeing service where it's 'ok nol to be ok., We are extremely grateful for the continuing support of th8 ONE Northallerton Churches and the fruitful partnerships w8 enjoy with other compatibl8 organisations both slalulory and voluntary including Jubi1è8 Debt Advice. Hamblelon Foodshare. Hambleton Community A¢tion. North Yorkshire Council. Ihe NHS and many more. During this year we Vre open 5 momings per week for wellbeing sessions, having increased from 4 momirys for much of last year and further increases in opening hours Is under review. As a result. we hosted 2,374 individual visits in wellbeing sessions, an increa58 of almost 50% on the previous year providing eviden¢8 of the increased demand. Our amazing team of over 35 volunteèrs made this possible by contributing some 4,116 hours of their time, an uplift from last year of almost 200A. All of this was organised by our two dedicated part lime staff. Jo Swain our Hub Cwrdinator and Chloe Hickford our Renew Wellbeing Co-ordinator. We truly appreciate and thank all our volunteers, without whose dedication, commitment and heart for TLR we would simply not be able to operate. Our gratitude and thanks also go lo Jo and Chloe for their passion and service in managing th8 day-l04ay operations of TLR. We receive so much appreciation from visitors and one card V recently re¢eiv8d just typifies this. it read 'To The Living Rooms, Ihank you lor supporting me and including me in everything. I don t know what I would do withoui your supwt.. Pleas8 see the following, recorded recently al TLR.. hll s.'Illhelivin roorns.or .uklabouV - 'What our Visitors and Volunteèrs say., which can be found at the foot of that page. Our culture al TLR is that every individual counts and is of immense value and although we sèrv8 many, we are 'there for the one!. One of our major events last year was to participate in the Great North Run in Newcastle, in September. Whal a wonderful success that was despite the torrential rain at Ihe end of the day. 11 raised the profile of TLR and over £13.000 in fundsl A huge thank you to our team of 33 runners and ev8ryone else who participated and organised the even( many of whom were new to TLR.
An important new initiative was launched lasl year. our new wellbeing programme for young people from 11-18 years old. called 'Unwind'. a name chosen by the youth. This stsrted in November and at present runs one aftemoon per week. Since then. 15 sessions have been run with a total of 78 visits. made possible by 188 hours from volunteer hosts. W8 anticipate this growing during the corning year, working with local youth organisations and schools. This will be a key aim in our development going forward along with th6 hope of starting new wellbeing programme for men. Mental health issues with young people are widely known and we believe our offering will play a part in providing support and care. Our finances improved Sn¢antty this year with an income of £66.916 leading lo a surplus of £21,369 and as a consequence our year end cash balance increas8d to £63,078. For full details please see the Financial Report and Accounts. We are very gralefLJI for all grants and funds received. in particular from The North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioners and North Yorkshire Counal. Also, we are thankful for the valuable donations from local voluntary organisations. local churches and the 'FrierKI of The Living Rooms. programm8. Changes lo our Trustee Board during this period have been Ihat Alan Bush has retired and Rev lan Ring and Rachel Smith have joined. We sincerely thank Alan for his contribution and look forward to benefitting from our new Trustees. We thank all our Trustees past and presènt for their lime and dedicated service to TLR - which is greatly valuèd. Our volunteer treasure Mark Griffilhs has also stopped down and we thank Mark for his valuable contribution. W8 ar8 very pleased that lan Butler has joined us as our volunteer treasure and has already become a much-valued part of our team at TLR. The work at TLR is motivated by our faith in God and our desire to serve our community by showing his love in our actions. We rèmain committed to work hard to maintain the high standards expècted by our community and the statutory and voluntary se¢lor organisalions with whom we partner. 11 continues to be an honour to serve you all and our community in my capacity as Chair of Truslees. On behalf of the Trusl8es. I wish to express my sincere thanks lo all our volunleers. partners and staff. Steve Cowie Chair of Trustees W.the11vin rooms.or .uk 31 March 2024
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THE LIWING ROOMS BANK RECONCIUATION to 3110312024 {Flnancial Yejr from 0110412023) Balance per bank statement as at 3110312024 Petty cash balan 63,062.68 15.59 Less Exps not yet debtted Add deposlts not credited 0.00 Reconclled balan of funds as at 3110312024 63,078.27 Bank Deposlt account as at nla 0.00 Total funds 63,078.27 Check: Bal b1fV Inclexp rewrt New bal 0110412023 Dlff 41,708.91 21,369.36 63,078.27 0.00 mlners Re I have completed my examination arKI am satisfied that the records a a true and accurate record. I have not had access to petty cash funds and cannot confirm petty cash balances held. However, I have no cOnmS and have come across no matters to which attention shoul wn. Bill Harker 3rd May 2024 l AJ 3 rtA