| Naomi | Rosling | 02/07/2019 | |
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| Andrew | Chandler | 06/OB/2019 | |
| Eric Shapland | 12/11/2019 | 21/09/2021 | |
| Hedley | Mayor | 10/11/2020 |
| he following | table summarises our key activities t |
o provide a public be |
nefit during this reporting period: |
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| Purpose | Who is itfor | What did we achieve | |
| Allotment | To help improve mental health |
Open to everyone | During most of2020-2021 |
| and wellbeing, loneliness and |
numbers were limited to seven per |
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| isolation; to encourage | session, with clear time slots, to | ||
| friendships from varied social |
ensure social distancing in line |
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| and ethnic backgrounds; to offer |
with Government guidance. |
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| gentle activity to those who | Attendees were of all ages, but |
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| need rehabilitation following |
approximately three quarters |
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| surgery, or receiving treatment. | women. Estimated attendances: | ||
| Sharing knowledge, teaching |
308,over 29sessions. | ||
| and encouraging people to try |
| Purpose | Who is itfor | Who is itfor | What did we achieve | ||
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| new and different produce by |
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| offering fruit, vegetables and |
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| flowers produced at the |
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| allotment totake home. | |||||
| Book Club | To improve wellbeing through |
a | Open to | Sessions were carried out remotely | |
| creative outlet and social | everybody from |
each month from December 2020. | |||
| interaction and bring people |
18yrs and older. | Attendees includes two carers and |
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| together remotely during |
several who were extremely | ||||
| lockdown. Benefits are: boosts |
vulnerable and/or isolated |
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| mood, it's stimulating and fun, |
(shielding). Approximately 40 |
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| people learn new things and can | attendances over 4sessions, all |
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| make friends. | women. | ||||
| Circles ofSix | Small socially distanced groups |
Smaller groups | These in person sessions were | ||
| to replace Picnics in the Park | were aimed at | limited due to Government social |
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| (see below) and support to | single people, | distancing recommendations and |
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| those isolating for months, | carers, recently | requirements and only operated |
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| depressed and lonely, and who |
widowed. | A | during October - December 2020, | ||
| would possibly benefit from | majority | ofthe | when they were paused due to | ||
| such an activity to increase their | people are older | rising local infections (seeTea at | |||
| feelings ofwellbeing. | and living | alone. | 2).Approximately 42 attendances |
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| over 7sessions, mostly women. | |||||
| Lockdown | In the autumn of2020 we |
Available | to | The toolkit was widely promoted | |
| Toolkit | compiled a list ofhelpful |
everybody. | in and beyond our local | ||
| information and ideas on how |
to | community via our website and |
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| overcome the challenges of | social media. | ||||
| lockdown, including suggested |
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| activities, details oflocal food | |||||
| and other suppliers who deliver, |
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| how toget help and details of | |||||
| how best to help others. | |||||
| Mindfulness | To equip children with skills to |
Children | and | Following on from our pilot at |
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| in schools | help them manage feelings and | young adults | Cranbrook Primary School, we |
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| difficulties more effectively, thus |
aged between 5— | funded mindfulness training for |
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| improving their wellbeing. To |
19years | old. | the member ofschool staff who | ||
| help improve the capacity to | had been involved in the pilot and |
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| focus in school, and therefore | her subsequent completion ofthe |
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| improve access to education. | Teach Paws bcourse. This has | ||||
| Teachers learn the technique | to | enabled her to roll out the |
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| help them manage stress and | mindfulness training to the whole |
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| help the children manage their |
of KS2 in-house, reaching some |
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| own. | 270children. We now plan to offer | ||||
| the same package as that which | |||||
| was offered to Cranbrook Primary |
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| in two further schools (one | |||||
| primary and one secondary) in our |
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| area during 2021 - 2022. |
| Purpose | Who is it for | What did we achieve | |||
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| We plan in due course to offer | |||||
| training and support to all ofour |
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| local schools who wish to develop | |||||
| mindfulness. | |||||
| Pick up the | WITW Jigsaw Library to provide | Open to | This project was only launched | in | |
| Pieces | enjoyable and rewarding | everybody, with |
March 2021. | ||
| occupation for people who are |
local delivery or | ||||
| isolated, unwell or recuperating |
collection of | ||||
| from illness. | jigsaws. | ||||
| Picnics in | To support to those isolating for | Open to anyone | These in person sessions only | ||
| the Park | months, depressed and lonely, |
who feels they | operated during June-October |
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| and who would possibly benefit |
would benefit | 2020when Government social |
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| from such an activity to increase | from the activity. | distancing recommendations and |
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| their feelings ofwellbeing. | requirements were eased. |
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| Approximately 120attendances |
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| over 15sessions, mostly women. | |||||
| Seasonal | To help people feel included, | Those who were | These initiatives during Easter and |
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| Gifts | valued and remembered at an |
in the greatest | Christmas 2020 were both during |
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| unprecedented time ofsocial |
need;these | lockdowns, to let some isolated | |||
| isolation, felt hardest by certain |
included single |
members ofthe community know |
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| members ofour community. |
parents families | they were not forgotten. SO |
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| Gifts were donated. Local |
where there was | people reached over two | |||
| primary school children made |
a sick child in the | occasions. | |||
| the cards, and thank you letters | household, or |
an | |||
| and comments from the |
adult living alone |
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| recipients were fed back. | who might be | in | |||
| economic / social | |||||
| / psychological | |||||
| need. | |||||
| Tea at Two | Online groups to replace Circle | Aimed at single | Sessions were carried out remotely | ||
| of Six(see above) during 2021 | people, carers, | with support provided as required |
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| lockdown and support |
recently | to familiarise attendees with |
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| individuals who were isolating |
widowed. A |
online conferencing. We ran three |
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| for months, depressed and/or |
majority ofthe | groups each week from early | |||
| lonely, and who would possibly |
people are older | January 2021 until rnid-May 2021. | |||
| benefit from such an activity to | and living alone. | Approximately 168attendances |
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| increase their feelings of | over 30sessions, mostly women. | ||||
| wellbeing. | |||||
| Wellbeing | To provide access to regular, | Open to | In order to make this possible in |
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| Walks | low impact physical activity to |
everybody. There |
accordance with Government |
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| all local residents in a social and |
is a range of | guidance, we put in place several |
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| safe environment. Walks are |
physical | new control measures including |
a | ||
| accessible to people with limited | fitness/ability | and | booking system, adapted routes |
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| mobility or pre-existing medical |
motivation tojoin | for social distancing and dispersed |
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| conditions / injuries. |
the walks. For | start locations to avoid the centre | |||
| this, the | oftown. We also had to recruit |
| project Costs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allotment | (205) | (205) | |||
| Drop in Costs | (100) | (100) | |||
| Group of | Six | (112) | (112) | ||
| Juice | (1,600) | (1,600) | |||
| (2,017) | (2,017) | ||||
| Net Profit from Projects | 238 | 238 | |||
| Total Net Income | 5,772 | 2,395 | 8,167 | ||
| Costs | |||||
| Coordinator/Administrators | (1,536) | (1,536) | |||
| Insurance | (274) | (274) | |||
| G mail | (178) | (178) | |||
| Printing | (186) | (186) | |||
| Adverts | (300) | (300) | |||
| Venue hire | etc | (143) | (143) | ||
| Training/ | Resources | (130) | (130) | ||
| Safeguarding | (639) | (639) | |||
| Phone | (50) | (50) | |||
| Website Costs | (29) | (29) | |||
| Sundry | (387) | (387) | |||
| (1,557) | (2,295) | (3,852) | |||
| Net surplus for the | period 24June 2020to31March 21 | 4,215 | 100 | 4,315 | |
| Wellbeing in The |
Weald | ||||
| Balance Sheet | |||||
| As at 31March 2021 | |||||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | Total | |||
| 6 | E | 6 | |||
| Funds Transferred | (see note 1) | 6,808 | 8,311 | 15,119 | |
| Net surplus for the | period 24 June 2020to 31March 21 | 4,215 | 100 | 4,315 | |
| Total Reserves | 11,023 | 8,411 | 19,434 | ||
| Represented by: |
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| 6 | |||||
| Cash at Bank | 19,409 | ||||
| Petty Cash | 25 | ||||
| 19,434 |