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|What is Independent|Advocacy?|||
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|Background to PCAS|and what we do|||
|Mission Statement
and Aims||||
|Benefits ofAdvocacy||||
|Welcome from the Chair (Doreen||Ellis)||
|Welcome from Clare|Harris (Vice Chair)|||
|Welcome from Peter|Quinn (Treasurer)|||
|Welcome from Simon|Harris (Trustee)|||
|Welcome from the Manager|||8 - 10|
|Evaluation
Administrator||||
|Evaluation
Statistics|||12-16|
|Our Advocates —The|Effect ofCovid on myself &my Clients||16-19|
|Advocates Case Studies|||20- 32|
|Structure,
Governance|and Management||33|
|Trustees and Principal|Officers||34|
|Financial
Review|||35|
|PCAS Contact details|||36|
|Independent
Examiner's
Report|||37|
|Financial Statements|||38-47|
|Statement ofDisclosure|||48|
|Thanks to our Funders|and Donors||49|
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|Initials &number
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|Gender
Female||||||
|31years||||||
|Disability
Learning
Disability||||||
|Length oftime from identifying
issue to outcome
Work ongoing||||||
|The issue||||||
|Client was referred to PCAS for support with issues in her life that were being affected by||her learning||disability||
|(accessing local services, management
offinances,
understanding
correspondence
etc.)||||||
|During this time the focus changed to support for the client with a child protection processes|||regarding|two||
|children
under Syears ofage and an unborn
baby, the two children were placed on a child protection||||plan and||
|there were separate
proceedings
for the unborn
baby. In due course, the Local Authority||issued
a ietter before||||
|proceedings.||||||
|The steps taken to address the issue||||||
|The first and most important
step was to explain to the client the gravity ofthe situation||and|to help the client|||
|to access legal advice and representation,
I contacted a firm ofSolicitors on her behalf, who|||I believed|would|be|
|best placed to advise and represent
her and an appointment
was duly organised.||||||
|The Local Authority
was recommending
to the Family Court that the children be removed||from the client's care||||
|and following the first Family Court hearing, the two children were removed to a foster placement.||||||
|The new born baby was also removed to a foster placement
soon after birth.||||||
|The ongoing work was focused on supporting
my client at legalmeetings
and child protection|||meetings, to help|||
|her to participate
as fully as possible and to ensure that her views and thoughts
were known|||and recorded.|||
|It was also necessary for me to make a challenge
on the client's behalf under the Human||Rights Act, about one||||
|decision made by the Local Authority.
The challenge
was upheld
and the LocalAuthority|had||to change|the||
|stance that was being taken over one aspect ofthe interaction
between
client and her newborn
baby.||||||
|The outcome||||||
|The client is currently
awaiting the outcome offinal resolution
Family Court hearings
which are scheduled to be||||||
|heard
in the coming months.||||||
|My work continues
in helping
client to prepare for and participate
in meetings,
understand||the purpose ofthe||||
|meetings
and then afterwards
to understand
what has been said and ofcourse, to make|sure her views are|||||
|heard. Work also includes
liaison with client's legal team and children's
services.||||||
|The challenges
and how they were met||||||
|The main challenge
was helping the client to understand
complex information
and then to retain that||||||
|information,
this required
giving the same information
many times and finding ways to rephrase
information|||||to|
|help client understand.||||||
|Covid-19 restrictions
have had and continue to have a huge impact, with meetings
being|held||remotely|and||
|client having to adapt which was very difficult for her though
she engaged
really well and||participated||in all||
|meetings.||||||
|Conclusion||||||
|This case is ongoing and therefore
support for the client is ongoing||||||
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|Trustees||
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|Chair|Doreen
Ellis|
|Vice Chair|Clare Harris|
|Treasurer|Peter Quinn|
|Trustee|Judith Webster|
|Trustee|RussellJones|
|Trustee|Simon Harris|
|Trustee|Deborah Campbell|
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|Staff - PCAS|Staff - PCAS|||
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|PCAS Manager/Advocate|||Simon Arthur|
|Assistant|Manager/Shropshire|Advocate|Glenda Crawshaw|
|Shropshire|Advocate||Wendy Timmis|
|Shropshire|Advocate||Jackie Copson|
|Shropshire|Advocate||Lynne Davis|
|T 8cWAdvocate|||Ann Shaw|
|T&WAdvocate|||Maura Atterbury|
|Evaluation|Administrator||Allisone Arthur|
|Volunteer|||Paul Newman|
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|||||funds|funds|2021|
||||Notes|6|||
|Donations and||legacies||4,017||4,017|
|Charitable
activities||||2,150|168,248|170,398|
|Investments||||192||192|
|Other income
Transfer offunds from antecedent||||2p925
52,891|14,375|2,925
67,266|
|Total incoming||resources||62,175|182,623|244,798|
|Resources ex||ended|||||
|Charitable
activities|||7|6,263|145,785|152,048|
|Other|||10||5,000|5,000|
|Total resources||expended||6,263|150,785|157,048|
|Net incoming|resources before transfers|||55p912|31,838|87,750|
|Gross transfers||between funds|||||
|Net income for the year/|||||||
|Net movement||in funds||55,912|31,838|87,750|
|Fund balances||at31March 2021||55,912|31,838|87,750|
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||||Notes|6|6|6|
|Fixed assets|||||||
|Tangible assets|||12|354||354|
|Current assets|||||||
|Debtors|||||||
|Cash at bank and|in|hand||55,558|171,388|226,946|
|Creditors: amounts
one year||falling due within|||(139,550)|(139,550)|
|Net current assets||||55,558|31,838|87,396|
|Total assets less current liabilities||||55,912|31,838|87,750|
|Income funds|||||||
|Restricted funds|||14|||31,$3$|
|Designated
funds||||||30,000|
|Unrestricted
funds||||||25,912|
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|3|Donations|and legacies|and legacies|2021|
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||Donations|and gifts||4,017|
|4|Charitable|activities||2021f|
||Services|provided|under grants|167,415|
||Services|provided|under contract|2,983|
|||||170,398|
||Analysis|by fund:|||
||Unrestricted
funds|||2,150|
||Restricted funds|||168,248|
|||||170,398|
|5|Other Income|||2021|
||Job Retention Scheme|||2,925|
|6|Transfer|offunds from antecedent||2021|
||Fixed assets at net||book value|565|
||Cash|||182,447|
||Current
liabilities|||(115,746)|
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|Chffbl|||
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|atae|activities|Counselling|
|||&Advocacy|
|||Services|
|||2021|
|||f|
|Staffcosts||139,163|
|Depreciation|and impairment|210|
|Rent||5,861|
|Insurance||451|
|Telephone||3,948|
|Postage and|stationery|1,633|
|Sundry||671|
|Repairs and|renewals|76|
|Subscriptions||35|
|||152,048|
|Analysis
by fund|||
|Unrestricted||6,263|
|Restdcted||145,785|
|||152,048|
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|Other expenses|2021|
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||E|
|Accountancy|5,000|
||5,000|
|Taxation||
|||Fixtures, fittings &Equipment|
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|Cost||E|
|At 31May 2020|||
|Additions
At 31March|2021|564|
|||564|
|Depreciation|||
|At 31May 2020|||
|Depreciation|charge forthe year|210|
|At 31March|2021||
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|Carrying amount|||
|At 31March|2021|354|
|At 31May 2020|||
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|Creditors: amounts|falling due within one year|2021|
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|Other creditors||320|
|Accruals||2,240|
|Deferred income||136,990|
|||139,550|
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in funds|Movement
in funds|||
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||Transferfrom|Incoming|Resources|Transfers|Balance at 31|
||antecedent|resources|Expended|between|March 2021|
|Garfield Weston|1,157|12,500|(7,605)||6,052|
|Lloyds|1,044|20,165|(20,058)||1,151|
|Shropshire|12,109||(-)||12,109|
|Henry Smith|2,186|23,750|(23,014)||2,922|
|Private grant|(2,890)|83,333|(76,661)||3,782|
|Others|769|28,500|(23,447)||5,822|
|Restricted funds|14,375|168,248|(150,785)||31,838|
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