BISHOPTON COMMUNITY CENTRE BCC CIO AGM Chairperson Report March 2024 to April 2025 Th15 report CO¥ets the period April 2024 to May 2025. At the end VR take Ihe opwtunlty to reflect on the perlod from May 2025. then later In the A8enda we wlll look a￿d to our thou8hts that will shape plans ar#J f￿u$ the comin8 ye￿. We were txtsy fmm early in 2024 when arn[￿85t ot￿1 thing5 we upgraded the kitchen area. k)stalled a nÉw bc4ler and Hlve ￿teffl. a new Flre afvj Securty $￿ern and made ￿jge pro8ress ￿ the Secret Garden. prolect. as as revknln8 our bookthry w(Kesses Ind govemance. DUMB Spfin8 2024 saw steady Nmbers at the Warm Hub, aknng With similar i Green Thefaw: a gr￿P funded and led by Forest of Hearts who. SIn￿ belry awarded the £￿traCt. taken on att(Mn￿thshed a large arn￿nt on the Secret Garden,. We also took the opportunity to wcxk with them to tKly the paths and planters leadi￿1 up to the bullOln8. We worked on Ouf Volurteer Polky. wilh help from Rachel and Karen at CAV& and prod￿ed a handtthk that we sh¥ed wrth a new ￿lunteer ￿ had apwOX￿ us to try oirt a Le80 dub. Initially it proved very popular, with support from Trustees to the session5, Saturday aftemorm was best time available withln cMJr ￿gUlar bookin8& h(Me¥er this sk)t may been a barner to contsnued success. It was chosen to pause the se55ion5 over the 5ch¢)ol holiday5 With a view to W0￿￿tIng and relaunthir¥a in the Autu￿￿. Unf¢xtunalely. Ihe volunteer was urth to lead the sessi￿5 and. without wffKient resource. it didn't continue. Simon, the Landlord at the Squirrel a great suppcKter of the commuNty and our Community Centre sadly died early in the summer. We are grateful to his parents VAK) generously d(mated proceeds from the collettion at his fuwal to BCC. This. alon8 wrth donatlons received fdltr*in8 the passkn8 of C¢)mmunlty members who have been a part of the WRAP Café held here every Friday. will be wi t(r*ards a memorial area In the garden. A number of community e￿￿ntS were planned and held to get input f(x. and ultimately to open. the garden. Hi8hli8hts include(l a vlsit from wr then Deputy Mayor Dani Hunter vkno chose the wnnlng children's de4ns for our new mural and further SUB8￿1n8 how these might be comts'ned. The Mural was conwleted and. durin8 a w￿kShOp led ty Ali Glover from Paint Stratfofd. knspirat#)nal & importaffl words were chosen and added to the mural. An¢Xher event was for Mlke Strophalrfs rfiren)eni. the f￿fider of WRAP and one of the itiators of the garden proRrt.. Manuela p￿e@hellO. our MP. Joined f￿ this cel**ation sh¢Min8 8feat Interest and supwt. BISPIOPTON COMMUNITY CENTRE Events kept cc*nln8 arbd a fbnal Me was a F¥ewel Present•tkn for Rachel Knl8ht the first Community ￿lIder for 8¢shopton and Clopton. The ￿cle communrty was sad to see hef leave and c￿1 gratltL#Je was passed on durlng thls infofmal cefemony. She was pleased to leave a legacy by the openlng of the community notlceboards lo keep everyone apprlsed of events and support in our areas. These were alrrrf>st immediately effects.ve with ￿tsce5 trom each area 8ewatin8 interest in Ihe other. As the Autumn began the studerrts from the Wekombe Hills hub were not able to us at the Monday sesslons as they had before the holidays. A dlsappolntin8 chaNde that 8reatty reduced overall numbers arKI the energy once experbenced by all attending The FTh)dbank thanged their distribution l(Kus and changed fr(xn using their van situated . Ihe Car Park and are now based ￿(e M a Monday aftefnoon. a move that has proved successful and contlnues to suprK)rt those in most wlthln our conNnunlty. We extend huge thanks to all (￿r fflends from a myrlad of supp)rt organlsatlons as we work together to meet the needs of wr comrnunity. Namely OrbiL CAVA VASA, Stratford Town Trusl, Act on E￿rgy, Forest of Hearts and our Poke CM)munity Support Officers. A number of ￿￿e(ts are whlch I'll cArtllne. In Octobef we welcmd Abl Hall as Communty ￿lI￿er and dwln8 the first months her support helped us to make muth needed proSre￿ wfth our Sodal Medl• Fyesence. spreadxig the word almxrt the Centre and activities held here. She also redeveloped a leaflet to spread the Tword about the McK￿aY hub ènd these wefe delNered to hts￿$ In ihe new 'shopton estate and some specrfK roads ffi the exlstin8 estate. Foll¢y••lre the extreff*fy successful Halloween event In 2023 we put ￿ a '8ettin8 ready for trick or treating. event in 2024. again wrth free. very powlar facepainting. We are fortunate and grateful to have ¥dunteer supwt for events frcwn the Timebank. Ken Kennett WKAP aThl thank all of these Indivklual mmer activitles In 2025 Induded a children's book club. a puppet makln8 workshop and uniform swap in collaborat￿￿ with the T￿n Trust C(￿nmunItY Hub. Shakespeare LN)ns have run BINGO on the first MorKlay of the month durw* the Autumn and we continue to wekorne fr*nds from support organisatsons. The Community Builder proiert is at)out half way thru*h ltrs current IteratiC￿ and we (￿linUe to w￿k with Ken Kennett. Stratlord District Council. Stratford Town Trust and the Town Council lo ensure it meels the needsol our communities. Another communlty de¥tlopment project Is prOgre￿Ing from earty meetlnes. and wlth support and guklance from Chris Freeman èt CAVA. this project is now in the stage where funding applicab.ons awe being written to submit wi 2026. This proJecL rf funding applications 81SHOPTON COMMUNITY CEPITPE are successful. will See a 'Faollty Managerf type role in place to support the trustees in [(￿lInU1n£ to run and devek)p the centres. We were grateful to receive funding Ir(xn Stratfofd Town Trust to improve our mobility access and tollets. Thls prolect stalled due to complutKms t￿t thanks to flexibility from tr Trust we are movir4 forward with this. Watch this space. Followi￿ the'stratford Centres Togetherf meetings, some much needed buildin8s, fire & security expertise were 8f4en to us land Bratefully received) ty Richard at the Town Trust. We sent an e-mail to BishoptM Primary School next door lo request a meelin8 to dlscuss the Fire access. This 'discussion' has sirKe grot*m legs and became about Ihe surtability ol the existing Fire Door not our original c¢)fflments. WItlKMrt 80in8 into the details of this we are pleased that a rneeting has been convened bv Warwickshlre cr￿nty C￿ncIl and will take place in December to br1￿ varlous part*s together with a view to finding a resoluti￿. We are grateful for ongoing support fr(Mn the County c￿r￿lI and indeed frKmer c(wJnollor Jenny Fradgeley and Incomin8 C￿￿1110r Steve Alboffl for support as these discusslons have continued. Durln8 2025 our resilien￿ as a ynan CIO has been tested. The 'threaf to ary small group of volunteers is alway5 their own resources. We have eKh laced personal challenges that have uftimately effected abilities to fulfil our I￿801￿4 responsibilitiVJ. Most notabty. during the year Penny stepped down as chair to rightly f4XU5 on family. That iough decisIM has allowed a period of 'soul searchin8' for all of us and a refocus￿ e. the ao and ultsmately ￿rSelves, the TrusteéL We have been delighted In recent months to **koff* Pemv b•ck to the fold as an actlve tfU5tee. her support as we look forward, arKI reflect on the last 18 months has been Invaluable. Not to mentlcm Ihrowlr* herself Into rhe Halloween plannin8 when we declded to commit to an annual Trustees Halloween evenL As you can appreclate a busy and eventful 18 months lrttle CIO. We are incredi1* 8rateful to everyone who has suFywted us in whatever way. Our aims have been sinwe: to supP￿t CMJI ctyTrmunty and we ¢¢)uldn't do wlthout cOmm￿lty. ## BISHOPTON COMMUNITY CENTRE CIO Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 |**INCOME**
Rental of Hall
Grants & Donatons
Total
**EXPENDITURE**
Rates
Water Rates
Gas/Electricity
Insurance
Telephone/Broadband
Music Licence
Maintenance
Consumables
Cleaning
Tutoring
Warm Hub
Secret Garden
Kitchen Grant paid
Miscellaneous
Hall Wizard repayment
Furniture & Fitngs
**BALANCE SHEET**
Fixed Assets
**Net Current Assets**
Cash at Bank
Pety Cash
Receivables
Prepaid Expenses
Accrued Expenses
Grants received not spent
Net Assets b/f
Income/(Loss)
Adjustment for|Mar-25
9854.41
9550.00
19404.41
99.80
197.03
2151.61
1102.11
793.39
648.00
3063.57
0.00
4482.00
0.00
674.88
1869.27
3479.98
1615.33
280.00
4860.69
25317.66
0.00
28696.91
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
28696.91
34654.91
-5958
28696.91|Mar-24
8913.61
36240.00| |---|---|---| |||45153.61| |||657.71
163.22
1125.76
1100.08
503.36
17711.27
1538.38
2846.72
505.57
1797.81
0.00
0.00
10866.30
0.00
0.00| |||38816.18| |||0.00
34610.21
44.70
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00| |||34654.91| |||28565.98
6337.43| |||34903.41| Accruals/Prepayments -248.50 28696.91 34654.91