## **’ - Trustees Annual Report for the period 01.04.2023 to 31.03.2024** 

**In 2023/24, the charity has continued to run basketball camps for young people in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea during October 2023 half term and February 2024 half term’s, respectively with funding from the John Lyons Charity. These camps were well attended and assisted local families affected by the cost of living crisis with free activities for their children run by experienced National League Basketball Coach’s. Additionally, we ran an additional basketball camp in October Half Term at Cambridge Estate financed by Cambridge CRE.** 

**The program has continued to significantly benefit local children and young people by enabling the continuation of holiday activities during critical half-term periods. In light of the ongoing cost of living crisis, many local families found it challenging to afford vacations during these times, making it essential to provide accessible activity options. The camps garnered substantial participation, surpassing 300 unique visits across the two half-term periods.** 

**Alongside this provision, we expanded our One London Basketball programme with new community session in Westminster and Hammersmith with weekly programme of community basketball sessions.  at various locations. Children and young people aged 8 – 18 were able to access sports provision in their areas and had the opportunity to participate in community basketball games on Friday Nights at Kensington Leisure Centre, next to Grenfell. These new sessions complemented existing community sessions in North Kensington and were run by experienced Level 2 coaches who are all DBS checked and have received safeguarding training.** 

**In 2023/24, we continued our project for older residents to participate in sport with our weekly walking cricket sessions with support from the MCC Foundation. The activity outcomes are to break down social isolation and wellbeing for older adults aged 55+. Having fun socialising and exercising whilst playing sport is a wonderful way to release endorphins that help prevent loneliness and low mood. The sessions encouraged older residents to get more active by taking part in fun, sociable and friendly sport specifically designed to be accessible to all fitness and ability levels. These sessions continued to be well attended and through collaboration with the participants, we are looking to increase the range of activities available to older residents through the development of new partnerships.** 

## **Charity name: THE WESTSIDE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION** 

**Charity registration number: 1199790** 




## **Income and Expenditure Statement from 01.04.2023 to 31.03.2024** 

## **Income** 

||**Income**||
|---|---|---|
|Hyde Park Place Estate Charity||£5,000|
|Cambridge CRE||£5,000|
|John Lyons Charity||£4,800|
|Hammersmith United Charities||£9,000|
|Donations||£1,000|
|**Total Income**||**£24,800**|
||**Expenditure**||
|Facility Hire||£9.217|
|Coaching Costs||£3,743|
|CRE Camp Costs||£2,439|
|Marketing||£473|
|Equipment||£218|
|IT Costs||£296|
|Admin||£351|
|Refreshments||£405|
|**Total Expenditure**||**£17,142**|



Report prepared by Frances Edwards 

30 Jan 2025 

## **Charity name: THE WESTSIDE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION** 

**Charity registration number: 1199790**