“To provide young people in the South Whitehaven area with support, guidance, and positive activities, to help them to reach their potential and become valued members of the community”.
BACKGROUND
South Whitehaven Youth Partnership (SWYP) launched the 1st of April 2020 and has been running successfully over the past three and has overcome difficulties and years many challenges. SWYP has become one of the main providers of youth work in Copeland, working with 400 young people aged 8-19 years across the South Whitehaven area; an area clearly recognised with high levels of poverty and deprivation on national measures. (Government IMD 2019 & Cumbria Observatory 2021)
SWYP delivers high quality youth work for children and young people living in Mirehouse, Woodhouse, Kells, Greenbank. There are also young people attending from surrounding areas such as Hensingham and Moresby. Delivery takes place through youth clubs, detached youth work, one-to-one support and school holiday provision.
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TRUSTEE REPORT
I am writing this report on behalf of my Trustee colleagues Elton Bowman; Jo Osbourne; Mandy Taylor and Suzanne Wilson.
We continue to be very pleased with the work delivered and the exceptional progress made by our still young project, founded in April 2020. We can see that our Project Manager, Jacq Cardy, and her excellent staff have done a brilliant job in establishing SWYP as a valued part of the neighbourhood it serves, popular with parents, carers and young people – 434 registered members - and as a trusted partner of many key agencies active in the patch.
We have an exciting and attractive timetabled weekly offer for our Mirehouse and Woodhouse centres with a focus on themes to meet identified needsimproving self-confidence; self-esteem; healthy eating and so on. They are innovative and imaginative in helping young people celebrate or enjoy life according to the season and we were particularly pleased with the first full summer programme the team delivered. 165 young people attend with us on 10 or more occasions which is an accepted measure of full engagement in a project and we are really pleased to report this number. We have expectations that young people who benefit from the project should contribute back to the community and the social action projects they have undertaken have been beneficial for all parties.
As trustees we are insistent that project delivery is of a high standard. Jacq brings experience and a professional youth worker’s rigour to the leadership role and has recruited an excellent and committed part-time team around her which ensures good quality delivery which the community can trust. Adrianne, Kelly, Rebecca, and our apprentice, Toni-Anne, have engaged in a lot of training and development since their appointments and we value their work and commitment highly.
The trustees are very grateful to our key funders. In this period these have been Copeland Community Fund, Cumbria Community Foundation, Frances C Scott, Sellafield Ltd., Reaching Communities (Lottery) and Coalfields Trust.
Over and above this we have smaller funds made available usually for specific project work from many local key partners which both shows the level of trust the staff have developed amongst local partners and the quality of work they deliver. Well Whitehaven, Hadfield Trust, Cumbria County Council (CCC) Local Area Committee and CCC Summer HAF, Whitehaven Town Council, Emma Williamson and the West Cumbria Community Action Trust and Louise Walmsley, a local councillor have all contributed As no funding for youth work comes from central government – Westminster - into Local Authorities and therefore not into these communities grant funding and donations are essential to survival. Our special thanks should go to the Howgill Family Centre who, in a true spirit of partnership, facilitated a quick use of their empty building when we had to leave our Woodhouse base for 3 months for immediate repairs to be completed. It enabled our project to continue uninterrupted and we were very grateful to the staff and trustees involved.
We are confident about the future success of the project; the need is clear amongst the young people we work with and they are enthusiastic about what we provide. We need to continue to develop provision and respond to what young people require but with continued community and funder support the future is very bright.
Mike Priestley – Chairman South Whitehaven Youth Partnership.
YOUTH WORK JOURNEY
Quarter 1 – April – June:
In April we held our first Easter treasure hunts members of the Junior Youth Club walked/ran across their estate finding clues, focussed around local hots spots , this was a great form of physical exercise and encouraged members to see the positives within their own community. Later in April young people planted sunflower seeds as part of gardening week, Morrisons community champion Sharon Graham provided all pots, soil and seeds needed, which were greatly appreciated.
During this quarter we looked at encouraging positive self-esteem, this can be difficult at any age but even more during childhood and teenage years. As part of Teen
self-esteem month, we introduced a positive thoughts box in youth club session – this could be about yourself or others with the aim of making people smile.
As part of Digital Take over Day, young people attended 2 sessions at The Beacon in Whitehaven, young people explored all the exhibits and tested out the new digital upgrades. Young people were also encouraged to give ideas on future exhibits and asked to share their experiences on social media #takeoverday
Quarter 2 – July – September:
This quarter was filled with fun, we held our first ‘normal’ summer programme and were able to offer the full SWYP experience, the daily sessions ran across 5 weeks with a varied youth work programme, from crafts, games, to lots of outdoor sport and physical exercise. As part of the summer programme we also had visit from Pet encounters, who brought along a selection of animal which included Tortoises, Hare’s and an iguana which made a perfect photo opportunity.
During the summer we had a visit from the High Sherriff who was launching his Better Tomorrows programme, a programme aimed to encourage more people in Cumbria to become qualified/trained youth workers. The launch was visited by ITV Look North and everyone was excited to see themselves on TV.
As part of a social action project, young people from Woodhouse held a fundraiser, they decided to hold Tombola, they helped to gather prizes and, on the day, helped to set up and sell tickets, many people came to support and the group raised £80 for South Whitehaven Youth Partnership.
The summer ended with 2 theme park visits, the junior members enjoyed a day at Lightwater Valley in Yorkshire, this was the final day of their summer programme. The senior youth club members enjoyed a day at Blackpool pleasure Beach, as part of the Give’n’Get programme, where young people gain points for informal workshops and social action projects. This was the first time SWYP have been able to offer day trips, due to the pandemic and for some members this was their first time going outside of
Cumbria. As a team, we decided to mix youth club session, meaning that trips would be joint, so both the Mirehouse and Woodhouse trips would be mixed, this would help with funding and staffing, everyone had a great day and new friendship were formed, which was an additional highlight , making this an even bigger success.
Quarter 3 – October – December:
Young people from the Mirehouse youth junior and senior youth clubs, each submitted an application to the Well Whitehaven new ideas fund.
The junior youth club choose to plan and deliver a community Halloween disco and lantern parade, as part of the application they asked for a funds to purchase a speaker, loot bags, food and additional room hire. members.
They had a great turn out, however the lantern parade was cut short due to the weather but everyone had a great time and a big well done to the junior youth club. The senior youth club wanted to make the youth club more comfortable and due to being a multiuse room the decided to purchased inflatable sofa’s and storage. They also wanted somewhere to display artwork and information on what they have been doing in youth club, as there is no notice boards in the community centres main room, the group asked for funds to purchase notice boards for each group. The group were successful and were proud of their achievements.
After the success of the tombola, staff decided to hold a prize bingo to funds, the team worked hard in getting all the prizes donated from local business, the community came along and supported SWYP and the event raised £570, which is a fantastic amount.
In December we heard the St Peters Community Hall was closing due to health and safety, the roof of the building had been leaking causes water ingress throughout the building causing concerns with the electrics. This was a big shock to the team as this was our main base and where we deliver Woodhouse youth club sessions. Staff and Trustees worked together and after many suggestions from the community, we secured temporary accommodation from Howgill Family centre who had an unused building on Kells, the space was perfect and we were able to restart youth club sessions, resulting in only one youth club session being cancelled. Cumbria Community Foundation funded SWYP to buy new furniture, games, crafts which allowed us to continue to
deliver high-quality youth work provision and provide a safe space for young people. The move also had a positive more community members were made aware of their local youth project and we saw new members joining our youth club sessions.
Christmas is a time for celebration……..
Bags, Bags and more Bags…… For Christmas delivery we were part of the Winter Holiday Activities Fund (HAF) we provided a remote offer which included 4 days of
activities and 4 days of food to make healthy nutritious meals. This is aimed at children and young people on free school meals or vulnerable. We delivered this Copeland wide and staff delivered 100 bags from Parton down to Millom, families were very grateful to receive support at one of the hardest monetary times of the year.
Keeping with the bag theme we were asked by West Cumbria Community Action Trust to put a bag together for older adults in the community – we decided to get the whole of the project involved in the planning of this – All junior members made pictures to make into calendars,
the senior members helped with ideas of what to put in each bags and also helped to make up each bags, in total young people made 80 bags. Young people also made suggestions of people they knew in the
community who they thought may be lonely and would like a bag, we thought this was a lovely gesture.
Quarter 4 – January – March:
Alongside the youth clubs restarting after the Christmas break, the Senior youth club members, opted for a day trip to Newcastle instead of a party for Christmas, to go Inflatanation and Metro Centre. Each young person also received a shopping voucher from the anonymous donation received in December, everyone had a great time and enjoyed spending their vouchers.
In February we also saw three groups complete their Youth Development Fund (YDF). The YDF is a big part of our delivery, it is aimed at the senior youth club members (age 13+) and enables young
people to plan a cultural activity while also learning life skills along the way. 2 groups (one Mirehouse and one Woodhouse) choose to go to Maryport Aquarium, although its close none of the young people had been before, they then enjoyed a meal at the Lifeboat and then enjoyed racing around the Maryport Go Karting track.
The third group planned a visit to Sealife centre in Manchester, enjoyed the thrills in play factor and enjoyed a meal in the Trafford centre. During the YDF process young people have to work out costings, phone companies for prices, book activities and transport. They then prepare and present a presentation to a panel. Alongside completing skills sheets, young people also work towards an ASDAN qualification, which will help improve future job prospects Overall it has been a fantastic year, as part of our monitoring system we record young peoples progress and development, below is an overview of 2021-22.
SWYP STATISTICS
The demand for a youth provision that meets the needs of young people is vital within this area of South Whitehaven, this was highlighted during 2020-21, during a global pandemic when engagement was a potential issue, South Whitehaven Youth Partnership:
434 100 CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
20
ACCREDITED Attended SWYP and engaged with OUTCOMES youth workers.
WINTER HAF - YOUTH CLUB IN A BAG
ASDAN Awards achieved by young people through the YDF.
Number of Youth Club bags given to young people aged 8-16 years 3
330
155
YOUTH CLUB SESSIONS
YOUTH CLUB TRIPS
DIGITAL YOUTH CLUBS
Number of face-to-face youth club sessions delivered in Woodhouse and Mirehouse
Number of online youth club sessions delivered via Zoom.
One junior youth club trip to Lightwater Valley and 2 senior trips - Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Inflatanation Newcastle. 20
45
RECORDED OUTCOMES
FIT. FUN.FED
Delivered over the summer holidays with 94 participants taking part.
Through Workshops and Case Studied, focussed around the individuals learning and development.
WITH THANKS ...
SWYP YOUTH WORK TEAM
Jacq Cardy Project Manager
Adrianne Bell Lead Youth Worker
Shannon Rush Kelly Bell Rebecca McGregor Toni Anne Wardle Youth Worker Youth Support Youth Worker Apprentice Youth Worker Worker
FUNDERS
Independent Examiner's report lo the tru8to0s of South Whltohaven Youth Partnershlp I report to the trustees on my 8xamination of the accounts of South Whltehaven Youth Partn8rship for thè year 8nded 31•1 March 2022 Ro8pon81bllltlo8 and ba818 of th• rnport As the charlty trustees you are responslble for the preparatlon of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (The Ad) I report In respect of my examinatlon of Ihe Charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in CArrylng out my examlnatlon I hav8 follow8d all the appllcable Directions given by the Charity Commission under sgction 145{5)(bl of th8 Act. Ind•p•ndont •xamln•r's stat•ment I have compl8ted my ex8mlnatlon. I confim that no materlal matter8 have come to my attention in connection with the examinatlon giving me cause to belleve that In any materlal r68pecl: 1. Accounting ffjcords were not kept In respect of the Charity as requlrod by section 130 of the Act., or 2. Thg accounts do not accord wlth those records, I have no concems and have come across no other matters Sn connectlon wllh the examination to which attention should be drawn In Ihl8 report In order to enable a proper understsndlng of the accounts to be reached. Examinerfs signaturè Name: Professional Qualification: Address.. Date Sarah E Lamb Bsc FCA Chart8r8d AcLx)untant 23 Park Drive, Whit8haven, Cumbria, CA28 7RY 20th January 2023
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Independent Examiner’s report to the trustees of South Whitehaven Youth Partnership
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of South Whitehaven Youth Partnership for the year ended 31[st] March 2022
Responsibilities and basis of the report
As the charity trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (The Act)
I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent examiner’s statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
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Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
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The accounts do not accord with those records.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
| Examiner’s signature | |
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| Name: | Sarah E Lamb Bsc FCA |
| Professional Qualification: | Chartered Accountant |
| Address: | 23 Park Drive, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 7RY |
| Date | 20thJanuary 2023 |