2023 - 2024 ANNUAL REPORT PREPARED BY Amelia Jackson Chairperson
Turtle CYP Annual Report
It has been a very busy year for Turtle CYP and our fantastic team have once again gone from strength to strength. Setting a fine example of what Community enrichment means.
Turtle CYP, previously known as South Gloucestershire Playscheme, started by running free playschemes for children in the school holidays at venues across South Gloucestershire. Since then, we have grown to provide the Cygnet Parenting Support Programme and NOCN accredited Youth Work training and our latest edition - a thriving afterschool club called the Terrapins. 🐢
The playscheme offers free play sessions for children from 5 – 11 years of age. We support local children to play and learn in the presence of others in a safe and child-friendly environment. We run play sessions during the school holidays and half term family fun days for all to enjoy. Each child that attends the playscheme also receives a free lunch, as part of our core values.
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Having engaging, qualified and professional Youth Workers delivering our playscheme is the corner stone of what we do. This is why we deliver Level 2 Award in Youth Work Principles and Level 3 Diploma in Youth Work Practice courses, which are accredited by the NOCN – National Open College Network.
We are proud to provide the Cygnet parenting support programme for parents and carers of autistic children and young people aged 5-18. Parents of autistic children face the usual positive and difficult challenges of parenting and quite a few more. Attending Cygnet gives parents and carers an opportunity to develop their understanding of autism and look at practical solutions to support their child. Our name change reflects just how diverse an organisation we’ve really become and is a great way of showing our expansion and our reach.
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Delivering these programmes is something we hold very close to all of our hearts, and demonstrates our charitable purposes very clearly, we have seen the need grow every year and have such included additional days, venues across the United Kingdom and created courses and opportunities to support all.
Director Ternaya Cummings has adapted and discovered ways to ensure a positive future for play work, for not just our organisation but many others through our work. Our Playscheme Manager Barbara Ball ensures the inclusion of those with additional needs and neurodivergents and continually finds ways to support those families. In addition, through liaising we have developed strong partnerships and beneficial connections for the whole community and extended our reach and impact to all.
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Finance is always a difficult matter for charities; however, we have the majority of our funding through grants and the remainder comes from charitable donations, fundraising and the training programmes. The training programmes have proven to be a huge financial asset.
Every year we apply to lots of different sources for funding. We feel it’s important to ensure that there is no cost to the families that attend our scheme and provide a variety of beneficial activities. We would like to say a huge thank you to the following funders that have given us funding this year: Almondsbury Charity, Bradley Stoke Town Council, Patchway Town Council, The Mayor of Patchway Town Council, Councillor Scott of South Gloucestershire Council & Patchway Town Council, Councillor Shambu of Charlton Hayes Parish Council, Charlton Hayes Parish Council, Stoke Gifford Parish Council, The National Lottery Awards forEveryone, Yate Parish Council, South Gloucestershire Council via the Department for Education through the Holiday Activities and Food Programme and the Cost Of living Fund, South Gloucestershire Council - Cygnet, High Sherif of Gloucestershire, Tesco – Groundworks, ASDA, Youth Focus South West – Bursaries from NYA via Spark Somerset, The Toy Trust & SMV Merchants.
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We continue to have a strong Trustee Board with members offering a variety of different skills that are an asset to our organisation. However, we are struggling to recruit new bodies, which is something we will be focusing on moving forward to ensure longevity & support for the charity. We advertise Trustee vacancies to our users and give everyone the opportunity to have a voice regarding the future prospects for Turtle CYP.
We managed to meet our objectives for the year by continuing to offer our Playscheme in priority neighbourhoods and increasing awareness of our playscheme. We saw an increase in BAME children as well as those with additional needs, which we see as an achievement as we were able to work with them and make required accommodations where necessary with ease.
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We got to end the financial year on a positive note, but again this is a huge thank you to our funders and our training opportunities so that we have some reserves to help us continue to offer our services and support families despite the cost-of-living crisis still persisting. We always appreciate any support that can be given, please do get in touch.
Thank you.
Amelia Jackson, Chairperson amelia@turtlecyp.co.uk https://www.turtleCYP.co.uk/
Financial Activities April 2023- March 2024 Total INCOME Youth Work Tr8ining- various funders South Glos Council- Cygnet South Glos Council- HAF National Lottery ASDA- Coronation Event Wellspring Coniston Community Center Donations Stoke Gifford Parish Council South Glos MAF Cllr Scott P8tchway Town Mayor Patchway Town Council Bradley Stoke Town Council High Sherriff of Glos Almondsbury Charity South Glos Council- Cost of Living Grant SMV Merchants Charlton Hayes Parish Council Charlton Hayes MAF Cllr Scott Cllr Shambu £53,286.70 £11,902.54 £29,414.00 £10,000.00 400,00 £ 2,996.00 £ 1,100.00 586.56 £ 5,000.00 250.00 250.00 £ 4.000.00 £ 5,000.00 £ 2,500.00 £ 1,500.00 £ 7,600.00 £ 3,000,00 £ 250.00 £ 500.00 Total Income £139,535.80 TOTAL £139,535.80
Expendltures Dues and subscriptions NOCN Fees Quickbooks one.com Scrapstore Microsoft subscription CVS South Glos membership Insurance £ 3,775.20 £ 701.52 191.22 40.00 79.99 £ 100.00 É 843.17 £ 5.371.10 TOTAL Payroll expenses Pension Taxes Wages £ 2.175.99 £ 12,523.34 £ 65.789.44 Total Payroll Expenses £ 80,488.77 Room Hire DBS for staff and volunteers Storage Lunch forchildren Uniform Phone I IT Resources l Equipment Activity Providers Staff Training Assessor I IA Fees Cygnet Tutor Refreshments Expenditure Total Expenditures NET OPERATING INCOME £ 7,359.15 374.00 750.00 £ 11.792.00 £ 1,684.84 726.02 £ 11,145.79 £ 3,000.00 1,200.00 5,943.92 £ 4,030.79 £ 2,926.88 £ 51,113.39 £136,973.26 £ 2,562.54 NET INCOMEIIEXPENDITURE) £ 2,562.54
Balance sheet As ol l(1rch 31. 2024 Total FIXED ASSET Total Fixed Asset CASHAT BANKANDIN HAND Co-op Current Account Co-op Old Current Account Total cash at bank and in hand £44.606.84 £82.54 £44,689.38 DEBTORS 1140 Grants receivable Total Debtors £0.00 £0.00 CURRENT ASSETS Total Current Assets NET CURRENT ASSETS £0.00 £44,689.54 CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE IN ONE YEAR Trade Credltors 2000 Accounts Payable Total Trade Credltors £ 1.204.22 £ 1,204.22 Total Creditors: amount8 falling due in one year £ 1.204.22 NETCURRENT ASss (LIABI LITI ES} TOTALASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES £43,485.32 £43.485.32 CHARITY FUNDS 3203 Restricted Funds 3206 Unrestricted funds Total Charity Funds £26,852.74 £16,632.58 £43,485.32