## ## ## |||BOSH; BRISTOL OUTREACH SERVICES FORTHE HOMELESS|BOSH; BRISTOL OUTREACH SERVICES FORTHE HOMELESS| |---|---|---|---| ||||Details| |||For the Period|10February 2020 to 19February 2021| |Accountants
Independent|I
Examiner|Accountable|| |||7 Unity Street|| |||Bristol|| |||BS1 5HH|| |Chair||Miss Julie Dempster|| |Trustees||Miss Julie Dempster|| |||Dr June Carson|| |||Miss Rosalind|Durrant| |Principal address||64 Bond Street|| |||Broadmead|| |||Bristol|| |||BS13LZ|| ## ## |Type|of|governing|governing|document|document|document|CIO Foundation
Model Constitution|||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |How the||charity is constituted|||||CIO|||||||||||||||| |Trustee selection methods|||||||Appointed
by trustees|||||||||||||||| ||Nature||ofthe|Governing|||The charity is governed
by its Foundation
constitution.||The trustees||have overall|||||control||and responsibility||||| |Document|and constitution||||of|the|for policymaking
and major decision-making.|||||||||||||||| ||||||charity|||||||||||||||||| |The methods adopted|||||for|the|Apart from the first charity trustees,
every trustee appointment|||must|be by resolution||||||passed at|||a properly||| |recruitment||and appointment||||of|convened
meeting
of the charity trustees.
In selecting||individuals||for||appointment||||as appointed|||||charity| ||||new trustees||||trustees,
the charity trustees
must have regard
to the||skills,|knowledge,||||and|experience||||needed|||for the| ||||||||effective administration
ofthe CIO.|||||||||||||||| ||||||||No third party has a right to appoint a Trustee.|||||||||||||||| ||||||||There are no individuals
who are related parties.|||||||||||||||| |BJECTIV|ES|AND ACTIVITIES||||||||||||||||||||| |Objectives as set out in||||||the|To relieve the needs of persons
who are in need
by virtue of|||being|homeless||||or rough|||sleepers|||of|Bristol| |||governing||document|||through
the provision
ofsupport,
advocacy,
and basic|necessities for||||survival.||||||||||| |Summary|||ofmain|activities|||We confirm that the trustees
have had regard to the guidance|||issued||by||the Charity|||Commission||||on|public| |undertaken||for|the public||benefit||benefit,
in deciding
on the activities ofthe CIO. Summary
of activities|||||undertaken:||||||||||| ||||||||Outreach|||||||||||||||| ||||||||At the beginning
ofthe year, BOSH provided
outreach|on the streets|||three times a week. In||||||||addition|||to this,| ||||||||a twice-weekly
cafe service was
run
from Docklands||Youth|Centre,|||where||clients||could||access|||sports| ||||||||facilities
including
indoor
basketball,
five-a-side
football,
table tennis|||||||& pool.||Sports||are known||||to be| ||||||||beneficial for enhancing
mental
health and wellbeing.|||||||||||||||| ||||||||Food delive
service|||||||||||||||| ||||||||BOSH also started
an emergency
food parcel delivery||service for vulnerably||||||housed|||clients,||who||were| ||||||||shielding,
due to Covid-19.|||||||||||||||| ||||||||We also provided
advocacy,
support,
talking therapies,||floating
support,|||||welfare||benefits|||& housing|||| ||||||||referrals.|||||||||||||||| ||||||||We aim to empower
the disadvantaged
&discriminated.|||||||||||||||| ||||||||We believe that everyone
should
have a home & live in||safety|to enable||||them|to|rebuild||their lives to fulfil||||| ||||||||their hopes and ambitions.|||||||||||||||| ||||||||Collaboration|||||||||||||||| ||||||||BOSH works closely with other agencies,
both statutory||&voluntary,||to||provide the best possible||||||||outcome|| ||||||||for our clients.|||||||||||||||| ## ## ## ||Summary|Summary|ofthe|main|Outreach
on the streets||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |achievements||during the year|||BOSH daily outreach
services were
regularly
attended
by|at least 90 clients who were|able||to access||| ||||||advocacy, support,
food, sleeping
bags, clothing,
and other|necessities for survival
on the|streets.||||| ||||||BOSH Cafe||||||| ||||||Prior to lockdown
1, we ran a weekly cafe from Docklands|Youth Centre, for the homeless.||They||could|| ||||||enjoy a Sunday
lunch and join in with various activities
including
music, pool, indoor basketball|||and five-a-|||| ||||||side football.||||||| ||||||Increased outreach||||||| ||||||As lockdown
1 started, we continued
to work, providing
daily|food and outreach services to|rough||sleepers||| ||||||and the vulnerable
housed. We had over 50,000client engagements
in those 12months,
working||||alongside||| ||||||Avon &Somerset Constabulary
officers and partner agencies.||||||| ||||||Hundreds
of clients were successfully
accommodated
during
the government's
'Everyone||In' scheme||||but| ||||||there were many
still left on the streets who needed
support.||||||| ||||||Lived Ex erience Volunteers||||||| ||||||We successfully
recruited
and trained
volunteers
with
lived|experience,
training
ranges
from||in-house
to|||| ||||||external substance
misuse,
mental
health first aid, first aid,|safeguarding,
food hygiene,
housing|||law,||and| ||||||more.||||||| ||||||Food Parcel Delive
Service||||||| ||||||We were given the use ofa van during
the pandemic
which enabled
us to increase the services|||we offered|||| ||||||to include a food parcel delivery
service to the vulnerably|housed.
In the first 6 months|of the||year,||we| ||||||delivered
114food parcels and ran 76 food bank provisions|from StJames Park.|||||| ||||||The dedication
of the team
is such
that our vital services|continued
throughout
the pandemic,||||whilst|| ||||||ensuring
social distancing
and Covid-19 regulations
were followed
during
this difficult time.||||||| |FINANCIAL|REVIEW||||||||||| |Statement|ofthe|charity's||policy|The cash at bank and in-hand
balance at the period end was F21,388.||||||| ||||on reserves||||||||| ||||||The trustees
have resolved
to establish
reserves
to provide
for future
activities
and to
provide
funding
for the expected expenditure
for six months
ahead
in the sum off5,000.||||||| |FUTURE PLANS|||||||||||| |||New premises|||Due to our work throughout
the pandemic,
we have been|offered the use of a building
to continue|||||and| ||||||expand
our work with the homeless
community.||||||| ||||||We are very excited at the thought
of moving
into our new premises
and are very much looking|||forward to|||| ||||||being
able to offer life skill classes, computer
use, phone|charging,
one-to-one
support|sessions,||||and| ||||||increasing
our work with partner agencies to achieve the best possible outcome for our clients.||||||| ## ## |Receipts (Unrestricted|funds)|funds)||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations||||||67,302| |Grants||||||15,000| |||||||82,302| |Purchases||||||| |Wages and salaries||||6,880||| |Outreach||||20,477||| |Volunteers
—Travel and subsistence||||2,262||| |Premises
and carpark|rent|||20,854||| |Motor expenses||||3,274||| |Computer
software, consumables,|||and maintenance|511||| |Insurance||||89||| |Printing,
postage, and|stationery|||674||| |Advertising
and marketing||costs||2,500||| |Training
seminars
and|workshops|||414||| |Telephone
and internet||||1,022||| |Professional fees||||12||| |Subscriptions
and memberships||||24||| |Sundry expenses||||1,141||| ||||||60,134|| |Subtotal|||||22,168|| |Asset purchases||||||| |Office equipment|||||1,324|| |Surplus||||||20,844| ## |||Notes||| |---|---|---|---|---| |FIXEDASSETS||||| |Tangible Assets||||1,324| |CURRENT ASSETS||||| |Cash at bank and|in hand||21,388|| |CURRENT LIABILITIES||||| |Other creditors|||186|| |NET CURRENT ASSETS||||21,202| |TOTAL ASSETS|LESSCURRENT LIABILITIES|||22,526| ## ##