2023-05-02-accounts - Bolton Community Development Partnership

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Bolton CDP

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT

Bolton CDP Annual Report 2023.

Bolton CDP Annual Report 2023

Table of content Page Reference and Administrative details ………………………………………….2 Objectives and Activities ………………………………………………………...3 Achievements and Performance…………………………………………….….5 Skills For Life ……………………………………………………………...…. …6 Youth mentorship Program……………………………………………………...6 Food bank for community…………..…………………………………………..10 The Grand Ma Cooking project ………………………………………………...11 Volunteering……………………………………………………………………...12 Partners……………………………………………………………………….….12 Financial report ………………………………………………………………….16

Bolton CDP Annual Report 2023

Reference and administrative details Bolton Community Development Partnership

Working name : Bolton CDP

Registered Charity No : 1183206

Address: 26 Padbury Way Bolton BL2 5DQ

Trustees: Tony Shepherd (Chairman)

Sukky Obodeyi James Hartnell

Director: Dr Oboh Achioyamen

Bank : Santander

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Objective and Activities

Bolton CDP is focused on developing capacity of members of ethnic minority to:

play active roles and contribute positively to leadership opportunities at all levels of society.
play active roles in entrepreneurship to develop local economy and raise local aspirations and wellbeing.
develop confidence and access opportunities through volunteering.
create awareness and advocacy to promote health and wellbeing of members of the ethnic minority groups.
Enabling them to be engaged with the wider community.

We achieve these objectives by:

supporting members of ethnic minority to setting up and developing community groups
Providing information, training, workshops, and advocacy
Collaboration and partnership

When planning activities Bolton CDP had considered charity commission’s guidance on public benefit.

How we do what we do :

Bolton CDP is dedicated to making sure that citizens are the centre of community development. We achieve this by utilizing the principles of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD). The figure below shows how we utilize ABCD principles in carrying out our community engagement :

Utilising ABCD Principles to develop sustainable community led projects

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What are the What components of community Assets?

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Achievement and Performance:

The year has indeed a year of enormous challenge for the whole world due to the challenging post pandemic economic crisis faced by families, which is even worse with families from the ethnic minority communities especially the Africa ethnic minority background. This s made worse because a lot of them did not have access to mainstream benefit support systems, instead they must rely on the meagre support they can get from there faith groups and community associations.

Bolton CDP was able to work with partner community associations and faith groups to develop projects that was designed to help reach out to members of the ethnic minority groups to them build towards post pandemic and most of all give them hope.

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Youth Training Program

This project is aimed at the need for new migrants coming into Bolton and greater Manchester, to learn new skills, to build their confidence and enable them to integrate into their new community. This project has been crucial during the pandemic because so many members of the community lost their jobs and some of them needed to learn new skills for them to get jobs that would enable them work from home so that they can be able to provide for their families.

Some of the projects done under the Skill for Life are:

Gambling awareness Project:

It has been an exciting time during the training’s sessions with young people across Bolton and Manchester. It was an opportunity to talk about the factors leading young people to gambling, how it has affected members of the African community in greater Manchester and how to access support. There was opportunity for role plays. It was exciting. The participants enjoyed the sessions and look forward to more sessions.

Bolton CDP is grateful for the National Lottery for the support provided.

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Young people mentorship project:

We had a great time with the young people in Halliwell. It was a time of learning and mentorship. There was also time for meal and making new friends. We like to say a big thank you to funding partners and Bolton NCC for a remarkable collaboration in making these events happen.

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Youth sports activities project:
Bolton CDP in collaboration with NCC Bolton to engage the youth within the Halliwell area. This project is aimed at engaging the young people especially from the BAME background through sports, mentorship, and climate change related issues.

It was a great time and hope to continue the project with kind support of partners.

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Youth Engagement program with Love world church.

The aim of this project, which is to engage and empower Youths and to improve wellbeing, psychologically, emotionally, mentally, and otherwise. through the arts.

We had interactive and skill acquisition sessions, which included voice. training and during which the youths were taught how to sing according to Key, Diction and Tonality. They also learn about the scientifically proven. benefits of Singing.

The event outcomes, which are to Improve wellbeing, engage the Youths. Mentally, Physically, Emotionally, Psychologically, and otherwise, positively. Rebuild self-confidence, self-worth, self-esteem, self- accomplishment, and Actualization. Promote Positive transformation was realized.

The Youths showed so much enthusiasm and were very excited and happy. about the event and look forward to more of this kind of opportunity.

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Foodbank

We are grateful to be able to partner with Love world church Bolton to work together to support the community by providing food bank support. We have been able to reach out to more people.

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Grand Ma cooking project tester sessions

The Grand Ma Cooking project is a project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The cooking project is focused on young grandmothers from African background sharing their stories with young 11

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Africans in Bolton, on the impact migration had on their favourite traditional African foods and how they have been able to adjust. This tester session is part of the series of tester sessions where the participants try out new recipes learnt from the stories shared by the grand mums. All the tester sessions were packed with fun, and the participants enjoyed them. They eagerly look forward to the next tester session. Thank you so much to the Heritage Lottery Fund for making these sessions possible.

Volunteering

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Bolton CDP have been able to achieve its pillars of engaging the ethnic minority groups through leadership development, entrepreneurship, and volunteering. Bolton CDP has had the privilege to work with dedicated and passionate volunteers to help make it all happen. We have had more than 100 volunteers to support with all the during the year.

Partnership and Collaboration

A big thank you to friends and partners of Bolton CDP for their generous and continued support. Together we are reaching hard to reach communities.

Our current partners are:

Bolton Council Bolton CVS University Of Manchester Precious Gems African Council UK Big Lottery Urban health 360 Strategic Transitions Christ Embassy Bolton New Covenant church Bolton Manchester Council Barrow Trust National Lottery Community Fund. Ground Works GMCVO Garfield Trust Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) Youth Time Together 4 Planet Heritage Lottery Fund Local Connections

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Financial report

BALANCE SHEET FYE 31st MARCH 2023
	2023	2022
Fixed Assets
Tangible Fixed Assets	594.93	126.58
Total Tangible Fixed Assets	594.93	126.58
Current Assets
Cash at Bank/Hand	1,993.86	2,259.02
Other debtors	27,884.00	473.42
Total Current Assets	29,877.86	2,732.44
Creditors due within one year	0.00	600.00
Net Assets	30,472.79	2,259.02
Funds of the Charity
Restricted Funds	30,438.60	2,024.83
Unrestricted Funds	34.19	234.19
	30,472.79	2,259.02

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BOLTON CDP

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INCOME (A) 2022/2023
£ Restricted Funds £ Unrestricted Funds Total Funds Total Funds
2022/2023 2021/2022
Grants 45,884.00 0.00 45,884.00 55,047.00
Donations 0.00 0.00 0.00
TOTAL INCOME ( A) 45,884.00 0.00 45,884.00 55,047.00
EXPENDITURE (B)
Rent and Rates 4,000.00 0.00 4,000.00 8,000.00
Workshops 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,500.00
Sessional workers 6,464.00 0.00 6,464.00 14,300.00
Volunteers’ expenses 2,420.00 200.00 2,620.00 2,300.00
Food Parcel Support 500.00 0.00 500.00 2,400.00
Youth programme activities 1,500.00 0.00 1,500.00 9,980.00
Training and skills development 1,200.00 0.00 1,200.00 6,000.00
Insurance 247.98 0.00 247.98 600.00
Consultancy/Overheads 1,138.25 0.00 1,138.25 500.00
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 17,470.23 200.00 17,670.23 54,580.00
NET INCOME/EXPENDITURE 28,413.77 -200.00 28,213.77 467.00
TRANSFERS BETWEEN FUNDS - -
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS FOR YEAR 28,413.77 -200.00 28,213.77 467.00
TOTAL FUNDS AT START OF YEAR 2,024.83 234.19 2,259.02 1,792.02
TOTAL FUNDS AT END OF YEAR 30,438.60 34.19 30,472.79 2,259.02
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