_Trinity Safe Space Charity number: 1194939_ Annual Report 2024 - 2025 **Who are we?** In response by the faith sector in Halton, to the migration of Syrian refugees, people seeking asylum and an increase in numbers of vulnerable migrants into the borough, Trinity Safe Space, Widnes began its weekly drop-in in January 2019 with Trinity Safe Space, Runcorn following in September 2019. Both are managed by multi-faith volunteers and are now, since becoming a charity in June 2021, overseen by a Board of Trustees who meet quarterly. These are places where asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants meet, communicate with each other, improve their English, feel safe, supported and cared for; where many of their needs are met through signposting to external help or through advice and guidance from visiting organisations such as CHAWREC and Axess Sexual Health practitioners, and where they are given essential items, information about the local area, support to register with health and other services and have the opportunity to socialise. Our objective is to integrate asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants into the local authority area, services, organisations and communities of Runcorn and Widnes and to make them more independent, wherever possible. There are currently no other groups in Runcorn and Widnes able to offer this multi-lingual, multicultural support (other than our significant partner, A Better Tomorrow, Halton). Trinity Safe Space’s Trustees, in partnership with other organisations, do this by providing crucial items; by coordinating several organisations, ensuring they are available to communicate with service users; by creating and sustaining links with other areas and support sources, and by positively influencing key people. Trinity Safe Space became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) in June 2021 - its objects are as follows: 1. The relief of financial hardship amongst those seeking asylum, those granted refugee status and their dependants, and who reside in Halton, particularly by the provision of information, advice and guidance, utilising the expertise of partner organisations and the provision of material support where necessary 2. The advancement of the education and training of those seeking asylum, those granted refugee status and their dependants in need thereof, so as to develop them in life and assist them to adapt within and be assimilated into a new community, particularly by the provision of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Cultural Awareness, information on school/college/university admissions and vocational training ## **Our mission** by Unknown Author is Trinity Safe Space’s Mission Statement is, ‘We are part of a welcoming organisation, licensed under inclusive of all people regardless of age, gender, nationality, religion or sexuality, in a location where all attendees can feel safe and cared for. We work with other organisations so that asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants can access the type of help and support they want and need. We will give our time, support and resources to enable asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants to build their lives and become independent members of the community’. **Our partners** Our most significant partner is A Better Tomorrow, Halton CiC, which was formed as a vitally important and successful community group in its own right, in 2018, by Ashraf Hamido, to address some of the challenges faced by people moving into the Borough, in a practical and sensitive way, through working closely with others. We purchase very effective services from A Better Tomorrow. Ashraf is also an Associate Member of our Trustee Board. Our other partners are: - Halton Borough Council Housing Solutions Halton People Into Jobs Churches Together in Frodsham the Hurst Methodist Church, Kingsley Halton Safeguarding Faith Forum the Studio, Widnes Runcorn and District Foodbank Widnes Foodbank SHAP Ltd Housing housing teams and associations faith sector members the Kingsway Bike Club Cheshire Constabulary the Hygiene Bank – Widnes Healthwatch Halton Axess Sexual Health Halton Citizens Advice Bureau - Runcorn and Widnes Halton and St Helens VCA the Reader the Foundry Community Church, Widnes Recharge and Restore the British Red Cross Refugee Women Connect Halton Integrated Care System (formerly the Clinical Commissioning Group) Halton’s Children’s Centres/Family Hubs Halton Libraries Phil Cooke – optician Runcorn Community Shop Cheshire Halton and Warrington Race Equality Council (CHAWREC) Sam’s Diamonds Cancer Charity Digital Arts Box CIC Tesco supermarket, Widnes Serco Migrant Help. ## **What do we do?** by Unknown During the year 2024—2025, Trinity Safe Space has provided many services: - two drop-ins Author is licensed under meeting weekly with refreshments; non-accredited English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) sessions; access to interpretation via A Better Tomorrow and online; help, information and support to vulnerable people; signposting to other organisations. 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Any urgent requests for help are sorted out by us or A Better Tomorrow, Halton, as soon as we can. by People are referred, where necessary, to other local organisations, for example Unknown the Halton Citizens Advice Bureau and Housing Solutions. Author is licensed under ## **Non-accredited ESOL** We continue face-to-face sessions in Runcorn and Widnes, with one tutor, after using technological means of teaching during the Covid pandemic. The main vision for the ESOL sessions is that all residents for whom English is not a first language can access high quality English language so that they can acquire the language skills to enable them to participate in daily life. These language skills are central to giving people a democratic voice and supporting them to contribute to the society in which they live. Students have been divided into beginners and next level. Rules, standards, procedures (including safeguarding) and methods were set out and a curriculum put together so the teacher and any volunteers who are doing one to one practice could follow. During the year, the beginner group completed the first few modules and missing knowledge gaps were filled throughout, ensuring progression. The teacher spends time making sure everyone in the classes understands everything in the lessons and uses resources which make the lessons fun as well eg games with sounds. The next level group mixed and matched situations from other modules to practise and extend their knowledge and competence. As the course follows a “roll-on, roll off” model and is voluntary attendance, revision and plenty of practice play an important part in the lessons. All students were very enthusiastic. Some progressed onto college courses, and all grew in confidence and competence. Spoken and written English are noticeably the most difficult, especially for the Arabic, Farsi/Persian, Tigrinya and some other languages’ speakers as their sentence structure and grammar is very different and their written languages do not use the same script, with some reading from right to left. ## Outcomes for ESOL students - General improvement of language and communication skills - Increased confidence to transfer learning into everyday situations - Reduced isolation in communities through relations with other students, teachers, and volunteers - Improved integration of families in local communities and their ability to access services, leading to more community cohesion - Better mental health, wellbeing and self-esteem The classes in Runcorn traditionally have larger numbers of students attending than those in Widnes. We were fortunate to be able to continue an extra class which particularly concentrated on medical terminology, how to make appointments and how to describe signs and symptoms of diseases, particularly cancer. Funding from the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance Community Engagement VCSE Small Grants Programme was used to fund this. Some individual sessions have also been delivered using volunteers, to help students progress. We continued to liaise with residents at a local hotel on the outskirts of Runcorn, which, during this year, housed a mix of men, women and children. Some of them attended our Runcorn drop-in or made requests for clothes and baby items. Since the Covid pandemic, we have continued to liaise with partners through strategic groups to ensure we can feed in any comments from residents we are in contact with, to make their lived experience better, and we continue to have a supporting role with some who have moved from the hotel into Halton. We occasionally provided some residents with items requested, and signposted them to sources of information, advice and guidance. ## **Storage** by Unknown We have been and continue to be blessed with many donations of goods, over the time weAuthor is licensed under have been in existence, ranging from large items of furniture, bedding, curtains, clothes, shoes, pots, pans, crockery, bicycles, prams, baby items, toys to food. Storage continues to be an issue for us, as we have very little. We keep some items in Widnes Safe Space. ## **Funding applications and donations** by Unknown Author is licensed under As well as the grants mentioned above, Widnes Rotary gave us some funding which allowed us to pay travel expenses for people to get to and from foodbanks and we received a significant amount of money from the Household Support Grant, via Halton Borough Council, to purchase food vouchers from Aldi and Asda, cooking utensils and emergency food. Halton Children’s Centres/Family hubs have helped with children’s clothes and baby essential items, which are otherwise a drain on our resources. Both Foodbanks continue to honour vouchers we give out to our beneficiaries and to adapt their food parcels to be more culturally appropriate. The Hygiene Bank - Widnes also gave us donations of toiletries, sanitary products and household essentials. Towards the end of March 2023, we received some funding from the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance CVS Partnership Improving Communities awareness of Cancer VCSE Small Grants Programme with which we raised awareness within our clientele of the signs and symptoms of different cancers, through a very experienced and positive survivor, who has set up her own charity, ensuring they understood these through the use of interpreters, and encouraged early diagnosis and treatment, offering support from “buddies” to help them on their journey. Some of the spend from this paid for the interpreters and travel expenses, and the rest was spent on extra ESOL sessions, during 2024 – 2025, concentrating on medical issues, especially cancer. We continue to receive individual donations of money from our supporters every month. Money has been given to us from Frodsham Methodist Church, some Frodsham residents and the Hurst Methodist Church in Kingsley donated money and goods. St Wilfrid’s Catholic Parish Widnes’ Tuesday Club and their Union of Catholic Mothers gave us money as did Runcorn’s Women’s Institute. Several churches’ congregations donated clothes, toiletries, trainers and small electrical goods; Manchester City Council gave us a donation in lieu of our Chair of Trustees representing the Greater Merseyside’s VCFSE on a northwest strategic board which discusses asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants, Tesco Supermarket has given us over stocks or stock that has been replaced by a new line, and cash donations have been given from the sale of many CDs. We are very grateful for everything we received. ## **Income and** e **xpenditure** For a summary of our income and how we have spent our grant funding and donations, from April 2024 to March 2025 please see our accounts. As we have no paid employees and do not have buildings’ costs or overheads, the income we have is used solely to purchase goods and some services to benefit our service users. **----- Start of picture text -----**
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**Personnel Description** **Number** |||| |---|---|---| |Contacts of
ours|Asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants in
Halton with whom we have had contact (not
including those in hotel)|760| |Non
accredited
ESOL|Asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants in
Halton receiving lessons face to face|46 new
asylum
seekers
atended
and 40
returners.
27 new
refugees
atended
and 20
returners.
12 new
vulnerable
migrants
atended
and 4
returners.| |Those
receiving
contnued
support|Asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants in
Halton|297 new
asylum
seekers
and 80
returners;
2 new
refugees
and 17
returners;
5 new
vulnerable
migrants
and 15
returners| |Trustees|Volunteers on the Board of Trustees from April 2023|8 plus 1| |||Associate| |---|---|---| |Non-
accredited
ESOL staf|Tutor who led sessions and volunteers who helped|1 and 3| |Volunteers|Volunteers who carried out other TSS related
actvites including ABT (excluding trustees who also
volunteer in drop-ins and other areas)|50| |**Deliveries/**
**calls**|**Descripton**|**Number**| |Essental
items|Clothes, toiletries, shoes/trainers, sanitary products,
school uniform, bedding, baby items, towels,
curtains, small electrical items, crockery, cutlery and
other essentals|Too many
to count| |Bicycles|Bicycles bought or donated then delivered to
individuals|38
bought
and 4
donated| |Mobile
phones|Good value smart phones bought or donated and
then given to individuals|6
bought 4
donated| |Data top
ups|Money to buy data top-ups or top ups on cards – the
number of these given to individuals|8 data
top-ups of
£10 each| |Sim cards|Sim cards donated to us then given out|48| |Calls or
messages|Welfare calls or messages made or sent to
individuals by TSS volunteers and ABT staf and
volunteers - weekly average based on 2 hours a
week|15 a week| ## **Review and future plans** We completed a review of the year before April 2025 which included detailed monitoring reports for the last of the Faith New Deal funding, the Our Halton Community Grant funding and the usage of the general monies. We are currently looking for funding to continue many of the components of the PARTNERs Project in a community/family hub. We were successful in securing Our Halton Community Grant funding for another year and some Household Support funding to buy food and cooking utensils. ## _Contnue to work collaboratvely with partners_ We value our collaboration with our past, present and any future partners and will strive to continue to work/volunteer together for the good of those we serve. ## **Special thanks** by Unknown Author is licensed under Special thanks go to Halton Borough Council’s Our Halton Community Grant Scheme, for funding the Trinity Safe Space Charity for support to its attendees, Cultural Awareness, the purchase of food and other items, and the non-accredited ESOL sessions, during the year 2024—2025. Special thanks to both Foodbanks for their flexibility and ongoing support; Halton Widnes Rotary; the Household Support Fund, for funding us or donating items; Citizens Advice Bureau - Runcorn and Widnes for close partnership working and support; the Hygiene Bank – Widnes for donations; SHAP Housing Association for finding and delivering household items for us and supporting our drop-ins with one of their staff members; the Walton Lea Project for their welcoming at ude and selling us some very reasonably priced bicycles; the Kingsway Bike Project for the ongoing, very reasonable sales and remediation of bicycles and the friendly atmosphere they create; Mattocks Grindley Limited Accountants for their Independent Examination of our accounts; the Merseyside Coordination Group for Refugees and Asylum Seekers for their excellent support, information and advice, and all the individual donors who have supported us with money and/or goods and continue to do so regularly. Special mention and thanks go to Ashraf Hamido, Luigina Designoribus, the volunteers from A Better Tomorrow, Halton and within Trinity Safe Space, and to the Catholic Parish of St Wilfrid, Widnes and Halton Lea Library for housing the drop-ins and providing such a warm welcome - we would be lost without you! Special thanks go to all our partners too, for their collaborative working, support, advice, referral routes and information shared. You have helped us assist and encourage our vulnerable people to become better assimilated within Halton. Lastly, but by no means least, a big thank you to all our participants— staff, volunteers, and service users— for your willingness to take part and contribute richly. ## **Our vision for the future** by Unknown Author is licensed under That Trinity Safe Space will continue the vital work of helping asylum seekers, refugees and vulnerable migrants to become assimilated into the Halton communities, to have increased self-confidence and relevant knowledge, and with the on-going support of our partners, funders and donors, we will realise our ambitions. We hope we can count on you to help us! If you would like further information, please visit the following: website www.trinitysafespace.org Facebook page www.facebook.com/trinitysafespace/ Email for bank account details for donations or general information TSSHalton@gmail.com ## **Case study to demonstrate collaborative working with a local community arts venue, staff and volunteers** During our government funded PARTNERS Project last year, where there was a successful collaboration with the Studio, (a local community arts venue), its staff and volunteers, there were joint events and support during our adult activities. During this year, there were two more world music events which were attended by our beneficiaries who were given free tickets, paid for from PARTNERS Project funding, and local people. One was an evening of music from a variety of countries and the second was a very spiritual musical evening delivered by two men playing a sitar and drum. Both were very much appreciated by the audience. In January 2025, some attended something they would have never experienced or heard of in their lives – the annual Wassail ceremony at the Studio, which celebrates an ancient custom pronouncing a blessing on a cider apple tree so that it will bear fruit that year. There was dressing up, singing, craft activities and a procession culminating in pouring cider onto the tree. They were fascinated and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Later on in the year we were very privileged to be part of a theatre production at the Studio, called Afloat, acted by people from an organisation which supports refugees and people seeking asylum, simulating a journey, fleeing from one country to another. This was followed by a question-and-answer session with the actors and production team in which our beneficiaries took part. It was a very powerful and emotional experience. We look forward to continuing our joint working in the future. ## **Accounts** We have no employees so the funding and donations we receive pay for services and items people need. ## TRINITY SAFE SPACE - Annual Accounts 2024 2025 Opening balance (from 2023-24) = £18,808.37 (includes carry forward: Cheshire & Merseyside Cancer Alliance = £1220 from 2023-24) |**Income 2024-2025**|**Amount**| |---|---| |Opening balance|18808.37| |Our Halton Grant|10000.00| |OHG for ESOL|10000.00| |OHG for bikes|5000.00| |Household Support Grant|3000.00| |General|7751.20| |Cash|190.00| |**Total**|**£54749.57**| ## **Total expenditure for 2024 -2025** |**EXPENDITURE**|**Total**|**OHG**|**HSG**|**General**|**CMCA**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |A Better Tomorrow|11980.00|10000.00||1980.00|| |ESOL|11645.00|10000.00|||1645.00| |Clothing|2245.12|||2245.12|| |Food|516.50||3000.00|516.50|| |Travel|2290.00|||1935.00|355.00| |Room /Presbytery hire|5577.12|||4383.52|1193.60| |Bikes|5983.58|5000.00||983.58|| |IT/Mobiles (phones, top-ups, website,
domain name)|1011.86|||1011.86|| |Resources / Stationery (paper, cartridges,
English books)|840.80|||840.80|| |Household items|739.91|||739.91|| |Insurance|255.84|||255.84|| |Accountants’fees|720.00|||720.00|| |ICO|40.00|||40.00|| |**Total**|**43845.73**|**25000.00**|**3000**|**1562.13**|**3193.60**| ## **Our Halton Grants 2024-25 INCOME £25,000** |**EXPENDITURE**|**Total**|**OHG**| |---|---|---| |A Better Tomorrow|10000.00|10000.0
0| |ESOL|10000.00|10000.0
0| |Bikes|5000.00|5000.00| |||| |**Total**|**25000.00**|**25000.0**
**0**| ## **Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance via Halton & St Helens VCA INCOME £2,000 + carry forward from 2023-24 £1220. Total + £3,220** |**EXPENDITURE**
ESOL healthy living lessons
Travel costs
Room hire
**Total**|**Amount**| |---|---| ||1645.00| ||355.00| ||1193.60| ||| ||**3193.60**| £26.40 carried forward to 2024-25 |**Household Support Grant 2024- 25**
**INCOME**
**£3,000.00**|**Household Support Grant 2024- 25**
**INCOME**
**£3,000.00**| |---|---| |**EXPENDITURE**|**Amount**| |Supermarket vouchers|3,000.00| ||| |**Total**|**3,000.00**| ## **General 2024 – 25** **INCOME £7941.20 Carry Forward from 2023 -24 accts £18808.37** |**EXPENDITURE**|**Amount**| |---|---| |ABT|1980.00| |Clothing|2245.12| |Food|516.50| |Travel|1935.00| |Room /Presbytery hire|4383.52| |Bikes|983.58| |---|---| |IT/Mobiles (phones, top-ups, website, domain name)|1011.86| |Resources / Stationery (paper,cartridges, English bks)|840.80| |Household items|739.91| |Insurance|255.84| |Accountants’fees|720.00| |ICO subscription|40.00| ||| |**Total**|**15652.13**| ## **Balance carried forward to 2024 – 25 £11097.44** Pauline Ruth – September 2025 This report has been agreed and ratified electronically by the Board of Trustees in October 2025 . A final and sincere thanks goes to them for their vision, commitment, dedication and support to achieve our mission of service to others. by Unknown Author is licensed under ## **Trinity Safe Space Trustees during 2024 – 2025** - Gillian Beswick - Pastoral Lead, Farnworth Methodist Church - Deacon Tim Coleman Methodist Minister, Halton Trinity Methodist Church - Christine Godwin - Vice Chair of Governors, St Gerard’s Catholic Primary School, Widnes - Revd Mark Harwood Methodist Minister, Trinity, Farnworth – Widnes and Cronton Methodist Churches - Yvonne Hedgecock **Treasurer** . Senior Steward, Trinity Methodist/URC Church, Widnes Pauline Ruth **Chair** . Chair of Halton Safeguarding Faith Forum, Safeguarding Representative for the Catholic Parish of St Wilfrid’s, Widnes Peter McCann St Wilfrid’s Catholic Parish, Widnes, Buildings Committee and Vision Group member David Scott Engineer - worked with asylum seekers and refugees in several countries Janet Woods Volunteer, Trinity Methodist/URC Church, Widnes Revd Gill Younger **Vice Chair** . Curate-in Charge, All Saints C of E Church, Daresbury ## **Associate member** Ashraf Hamido Desouki Managing Director and Manager, A Better Tomorrow, Halton ## **Our sincere thanks go to our specific funders/donors:** the Hygiene Bank – Widnes Family and friends of Patrick “Paddy” Ruth Frodsham Methodist Church The Hurst Methodist Church, Kingsley St Wilfrid’s Catholic Parish, Widnes Tesco supermarket, Widnes CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WAIES Recei tsand ents accounts CC16a Forth? 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Ihog• grantgd fèfug89 8lalus and thelr dependants, and wlw r8slde in Hahon. parb"cularty by the proviswi of informatth. advtt And guidance, ublising the gxp&t'se ol partner tr98n1￿1￿)n$ and pro￿￿ of mat8nal support vthefe n8c6ssary 2. The adwdnc8ment of the tducatson 8nd training ol thos8 seeking a$￿UM. I￿1$e gr8nbJ mfug•• gtolu$ ond thelr dawndants in need tharaof. ao as tr• develop them in Irf• 8nd assist Ihgm to adapt within 8nd ba 8ssimilatad into a n¢w communty. partKularfy by tho pro￿￿C￿ of ErKJllsh for Sp88kers of Other LawJuag•s IESOLI, Cultural Awar8n88s, inf0m0￿n on 8cknvcc1l￿unWsIty admis8*NB 8ThJ vocational tr8inin9 GHEATTI¥E Our mlsslon Trinity Sale Space's Mlssim Slatement is. Mle ￿￿ part of o *￿COMIrV organisation. Indusive ol all people reg8rdles6 of age. gendor. nationality, rel*JK)n or sexualty, In a loeatlon where 811 atten(lees can feel safe and eared for. We work th other organisats.ors so thal 8sylum seekers. r•fuw$ an(J vulnerable rnigrants can attèss the typè of *glp an(J Support they want and need. We give our time. supwl arKI resources lo enable asOum s68k9r$. rofugees and vulnerable migrants to buld their INès and become independent rntmbws of the c￿MMUnIty. TRINITY SAFE SPACE Trustee$. report Contlnued Ourpartn•rs Our most signrf￿nI p#rtnèr Y8 A Better Tomorrow. Hall￿ Cic, formod as a wtally important and successlul community group in it¥ own rb3hL M 2018. by Ashral ￿￿￿￿10. to athjress some ol the ChaI￿ng&S faced by peop￿ Mo￿n9 into the B￿Ough, in a praclul aThY sensrtive way. through wortlng CJOS&￿ V+ith othèrs. We purchasg very effective seNc6s frc¥n A Bett8r Tomorrow. Ashraf is aL80 an Assocwt8 Memb8r ol OL*r Trustee Board. Our olh8r partn8rs 8rn'.- H8tton Borough Council Housing Soluth)ns H8Kon People into Jobs Churchas fogather in FrodBham Hurst Methodisi Church, Klng618y Halton S8leguarding Fath FONM the Slu¢Jio, Widnès Runcom and Dlstrict Focrflbank WM8n•s FO￿%￿nk SHAP Ltd Housing hou8lng teams and 088cthlb)n8 laith sector m¢mb¢rs St WiWrid'¥ RC Parish, Widnes the Kkng8way 81ke Club Cheshlre COnSta￿lary Ihe HyJien6 B8nk- Wid HeBlthw8tch H8llon Axess Sexual Health Halton c￿zan9 Advice Bureau- Runcom 8nd Wkln¢8 Hstton and St Hekns VCA the Reader the Foundry Community Churth. WldMs Rechar￿ atyj R•stOfe the Br￿sh Red Cross Refvgee Women Conne¢t HaKon Integrated Care S￿teM Iform•rty thg Clinical CcrfNnk45ining Group) Haknn's Chthjren's CentreslFamly Hubs Hatton Librar185 Phil Cooke- optician Runcom Comrnunity SFh)p Cheshire Halton and Warrirwn Roce EquaUtyc0￿￿l ICHAWREC) Sam's Dlamonds C8FKXF Ch8rity Digit81 Arts Box CIC Ser grant Help. TRINITY SAFE SPACE TrustO0S' rnPQrt continued Wh•t do we do? DLtring the 5*8r 2024-2025. Tiinty Safe Sw h&8 pmvthd many services.. dro￿n$ meeting ￿eklY wilh refre5hments'. nrykaccredlted Engllsh for Speakers of Other Languages IESOLI $e$s￿)n$., access to interpretatvjn a A Better Tomorrow and onllnè: halp. snlormation and SLtrPWt to vulnèrable people.. svJnpostin9 to othèr organisakn'ons. We listen. ￿ hear, and we provido human contacL W• gwè prdth'cal help - we have given out food, essent￿1 items such as tolatri￿. trfwg. fumiture. b8dding. doth&¥ and 8hoes. hwsehokj h•ms, toy&. ilem3 fcw bab*s, and cwn11￿ mtyg. many of havo be￿ kindly donated by our supporters. Funding r￿1ved from Hallon's Our H81ton Community Grant &nabl￿j u$ to purchase the servicos of A Batter Tomorrow. Hallon. to FWOVKl• Intèrpretatic￿, culiural awarene89 tr8rniNg aTKI 8UPPOrt for attendees at both dropins. A further Our Halton Commuty Gr•nl w88 U88d lo pmwda lh8 non 8c¢redited ESOL 8eg8ions in Rur*om and Widne8. We had to move drowns- to Hatton Lea L*Jrary 41 Runcrm lo Sl Mtha81's Roman CatholK pre8b￿ry in Widnes. paWng rantal ryjsts for both now. Wellare ¢o11$ me58ages c¥)ntlnue to ￿ m•de or Bent to ￿ntacts r•guLqAy. by A 8eiter Tomorrow. Halton. 8nd Trinty Sal& Space ¥o￿nI00r$. to ertsure th*y ¥re safe aThJ Any ￿r￿n1 wuests for help sort•d out by us or A Battar Tomorrow, Hatton. as SOC￿ as ￿ ¢8n. Referia15 People a￿ referred. ¥the￿ r*cessary. k) other organiryalions, for ￿mpIo Ihg Hallon Cit¢zens Advic8 Bureau and Housing Solutsons. TRINITY SAFE SPACE Trustees. report continuod We conttnue lac8•tfrfac• S￿6)rts In Rune￿) and Wklnos. ￿ ong W. aftw U￿ng technokoical maan8 of tsaching during th6 Covid pand8mic. The main ￿5￿)n lor the ESOL session5 is that all residents lor whom English 15 not a first Language can access h￿h qualty English larwJu898 80 thal they can acquire the language skllls to enablo Ih6m lo part￿lpatts in daily Its Those language skills are central to gsving P8OFde a deMOu8t￿ voka and $UPFthkng Ihem to c*)ntrlbule to Ihe 3odgty In they live. Students have b8en into beginnars [￿xI lovd. Ru19$, slandards, procedures 15ndudlng $8fe9U8rdingl and methods were s•t out and a curitulum wi tL%èther 80 the teKher and any volunteers who are dolng one to on• practlee Co￿1 fc40w. During ¢h& yg8r. btylnrw group coMple￿j tho fff¥l f8w m¢yJutO9 8nd mthsln9 knowltyjgo ￿1* filled throughouL ensuring prC43reSs￿. Th t&athw spaThJs tim• rnaking sure ever*Me in the classes undgrsiands ov•Wlng kn the knsons and US￿ rèsourw *fiich mak8 lh8 le830ns lun as well 89 games th 8ound5. The n6xl level gr￿Jp mlx8d and m8td*d situati¢Jns frtyn 0th8r modules to prath.se and 8xtend Iheir knowAedge 8ThJ competence. As th8 ctyjrst frJlb>•ts 8 roll oif modd and Is voluntary attèndance, re￿$lon and ￿enty of practKe play an imF*Jtsnt In th¢ lessons. Nl 3tudents were very anthu$igStl¢. Some pYogr8ssed cfflto c(thge cour888, and ￿ grw In C£￿￿￿0￿ 8r#J comwen¢e. Swk8n and EngllBh are nooceabty the most dmncult. 8spxWtyfor Iho Ax8bt. FarnVPer3lan. Tlqrinya and some other languages, speakers as their s•nt8nco slruetur* and grammar 15 very different and thelr written languages do Thjt us• th• s8m• 8￿p( soma from rw to left. o)mes f ESOL studen General improvement of Lgnguago and communirAtbn sk1￿$ Intyeased confidence to tronsfer10oming into everyxlay situath)r Roduced is018tion in c¥xnMun￿eS through relathjns wih other siujenls. ts&th•rs. and vdunleers Improved int8gration of famili•$ in kxol ¢cffimur¥ties and their abilty to ￿ sarvices, ￿dIng to more community cohesion Better mental health, weltt)eing sew-esieèm The d8ss8s in RUn￿rn trayitionalty h8¥e bryer nth7)l￿S ol st￿Jents 8ttending than ttwe in Widnes. We weie fortufiatg to ￿ abkn to conts.nue an extra dass whKh parts"cularfy concentrated on medTrc81 terrninology, )w to make appointrnenls and how lo ¢Jesc•be sSgrts and syMptr￿)$ of disèases, p8rtOcularty cancer. Funding Irorn the cheshi￿ and Merseys*Je Cancer Communty Ersag8rnenl VCSE Small Grants Pr(NJramme was used to fund this. Some indivldual ses5ion5 have also been volunteers. to h* thdents progress. We contsnued to liak%e wth residents at a thal hotel on the outskirt5 of Runcom. ￿1¢h. during this year, housed a mix of man, women and thiklren. SA)me of them attended our P￿0)rn drop-in or made requests for dothes and baby iterns. Sinr* th8 cO￿d pandgmic. we have (thts"nu*J to loise wth partne[5 through Strategic groups to 8nsure ￿ can [￿1 in any ￿mments from resKlents are in contact with, to make their lived eXper￿n￿ better, aFKI we con1ynue to have 8 supporting role with some who have moved from the hotel into Halton. We occasionÈNy p¥Y)wded ￿rne res￿￿ts with iterns requested, and signposted them to sources of inforrnab"on. aom.ce and guidance. TRINITY SAFE SPACE Trustees. report Continued Storage We have been and continue to bè blessed many donations of goods ow the time wa have bean In exislence. ranging from 18ryJe items of fumiturè. be(Iding. Curt￿n8. cbthes. shoes. pots, pans, crock•ry. bicyd8s, prarns. baby itèrns, toys to fcod. Siora9è r#)ntinuos to bo an k86u• for us. as have very IrtU•. We kept some items in WKlne8 &ife Spxe. Submit AppJiGItlo Fundlng applkatlon¥ don•tlons As well as the grants rnenlionod Above. Widnes Rotsry gave us gome funding whrch ￿lOW•d u3 to pay trav81 expenses for people lo gel to aThJ from foc¢Jbank8 and a SbgnifKant amtyjnt of mon8y from th Housahold Support Grant, vla Hallon Borough Councll, to purchas• fcKAI yo￿h￿rS from AIYI and A5da, cookbng Uten￿LI and emtrrgency fcM>l. Hamon ChihJr*n's CentreslFamity hubs havè h8lF*d thiklren's dolhes and baby essential Itoms. are othemse a drain on our resources. Both Foodbanks continu& to honour V0￿her$ we gNè oul to our bèné￿aTws 8nd to adapt Ihtir food pa￿￿$ to b8 morè ¢urturalty appr¢priate. Thg M￿len& Bank - Widnas 81s0 gavo u$ donatK)ns of tryletn"es. sanitsry products and htyJ8¢hokl e9sent&g19. Towards tha •rKI of MAr¢h 2023, w8 re￿Ned some luThJwJ from the Ch*h¥e aThJ M•wide Cgnegr liance CVS P8rtnorsNp Impmwng CommUntt￿$ ow8ren6ss ol Can￿1 VCSE Sm811 Grant8 Programme th ￿kh we raised awarer￿S *A4thm our d"•ntdo of the s*Jns aThJ symptom$ of dKf8ront cancers, thr￿gh a very •xpgrknc8d and positNe 8urwvor. who ho8 set up h8r ovm charlty. *nwring Ihay understood thésa through thè use of Int￿reters. and •ncrJurag8d •aty dkqgnos* and treatment, off8ring sYPPCKt Irom "buddies. to help them ￿ thwr joumey. Some of the sp8nd from thi8 paid lor the interpretèrs and tra￿1 8xpenses, and the r08t waa $￿t on •th ESOL 2024- 2025. txrfUntr8￿￿ on rnedlcal issues. eSp￿1811Y canc8r. Wa ¢ontinu• to receive indmdual donalon$ 01 mcthy from ow SUFWters ev•ry month. Mrw has be8n gN&n lo us from Frodsham Methc¥Jist Churth. s(4n¥ Fr￿lshaM r88i(lenls and thè Hurgt Methodist Church Sn lfjngsley L*)n8tsd money 9oods - a special thank lo SbJart and jul￿ Clark from thelr congregation for their very gengrous p8rs Transhrn b¢lwgen funds Ca¥h lund balwu• brouglrt fonvanl Ca•h fund bala￿•* ¢athod forward 256 256 5,577 1.194 720 15.658 (7,717) 720 46.852 {8.911) 1,140 59,652 (26.610) 31.194 {1.1941 18,808 9.897 45,418 18.808 9.187 710 12 TRINITY SAFE SPACE at 31 March 2025 2024 Total Tdal TaNJlblg Curr•nt AsMts Oebtorn and prO￿y￿ents C86h al bank and in haTh Totsl curr•nl ••Mts 9.187 9,187 710 710 9.897 9.897 18.808 18.808 Cumnl Ihbllltl••: •mount• falllng du• Tivlthln +)n• >wr cr8d￿0￿ acLnAs Total eurr•nt Ilablllll•• N•t ¢urr•nt u••t• I IM•blllll••) 9.187 710 9,897 18.808 Total a•••ts l••s ¢ury•nl Il•MItI•• 9.187 710 9.897 18.808 Cr•dftorn: •mouThts f•lllng du• •ft•r OM y•v N•t a•••l• 9,187 710 9,897 18.808 Fund• Regtrtted FuThJs Unr88thctod fund8 Totsl Fund• 710 710 1,gJ4 18,9)4 18,808 9,187 9.187 710 9.897 Tho financial statements 8pNov•d al a meoling In￿188￿ hold on and slgngd on Its beh8M by.. obJoiJ202ts Yvonne Hedgoc¥<* Trustee 13 TrINITY SAFE SPACE Fur#ts hehj by clwty we •lher. 14 TRINITY SAFE SPACE for th• y•ar •ndlng 31 March 2025 2024 Total ffijnds Total l)Jr Halton Grat* A B¢tt•r Tomoff ¢)Jr Halton Grart. ESOL (Thjr Halton Grart. Bike pYoi8Ct Hahon BC.. Housohold Suppcyt Grwrt Hotton St Hgien8: Caw [knn8t￿￿S lo,￿7 10.l#XJ lo,￿10 10.th)0 s.￿0 70,c( 4.824 7,941 7.941 7.941 37.941 10.218 33,042 2a Mov•m•nts ol r•Jtrfc￿ ￿1 Opth RfAxlpts g•n•r•l fvnd• Trar*tsr8 Clo8lryJ Bolancg ¢J•n•ral Fund 16.W4 7.941 15.852 9.193 R••trlct•d Fund• C8ncor AJlSanc4 OHG.. Blkes OHG.. ABT OHG.. ESOL HaAon BC.. HSG R•slrf¢t•d lund tots 3,194 10.IJ)J 10.C(KJ 10.rANJ 31.194 710 3 Tru•t•• r•mun•v•tlon and •xp•n••• Totsl amount Pold No tru8tee8 rocdv&Y any expms d￿r4d t￿ Fwkxl. IW24.' Nono) 4 R•lit•d party tran8adlon• Thèrè were related party transac15ons to rty(xt durnw tha 9CCOL￿￿9 pwknl. We have no emF4oyees so the fUrMI￿ and rgCofv8 poylry and Items no9d. 15