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|~<br>Supportin|~<br>Supportin|g<br>an|d nurturing<br>ne|d nurturing<br>ne|w community<br>initiatives|w community<br>initiatives||
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|~<br>Enabling||good|volunteering||practice and opportunities.|||
|~<br>Representing|||and providing||a voice for|the community<br>and voluntary<br>sector in County Durham.||
|Our Values||||||About Us||
|Objectivity,<br>honesty||||& integrity||Providing<br>Expertise and Advice: We support||
|||||||community<br>organisations<br>to do their work||
|Do the right thing||||||effectively,<br>by providing<br>advice, training,||
|Sst high|standards||for the sector|||resources,<br>and help to tackle challenges,<br>and <br>realise their aspirations.|to|
|Encourage a||can-do||culture||Supporting<br>new Initiatives:<br>We work with<br>networks<br>and communities<br>of interest to track||
|Accountability||and|responsibility|||opportunities<br>and challenges<br>for the sector, and<br>to innovate<br>and test new approaches<br>which||
|Professional||pride||||strengthen<br>our social and community<br>infrastructure.||
|Enabling|Leadership|||||Enabling<br>good Volunteering:<br>We provide||
|||||||brokerage<br>and resources to develop<br>volunteering||
|Learning|the|lessons||and sharing them.||opportunities<br>and good practice<br>in volunteer||
|||||||involving<br>organisations.<br>We champion||
|Listening,|reflectlng|||||volunteering<br>across all sectors<br>in the County,|and|
|||||||support people who are new to volunteering<br>to||
|Analysis|and|problem||solving.||find the right opportunities<br>for them.||
|||||||Providing<br>a Voice: We apply our knowledge|and|
|||||||expertise<br>within the VCS into sector led networks,||
|||||||and multi-agency<br>partnerships<br>in County Durham,||
|||||||the north east and nationally.<br>We achieve this,||
|||||||through<br>effective leadership,<br>and representing||
|||||||sector interests<br>and the issues which affect||
|||||||communities<br>in County<br>Durham.<br>Through||
|||||||championing<br>the interests ofour local VCS, we||
|||||||can influence<br>and help shape public sector policy,||
|||||||and the design and commissioning<br>of local||
|||||||services.||





|ofoutcome|s<br>t|hat provide|hat provide|<br> clear public benefits:|,||
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|Objective|1 -|Supporting||Community<br>Organlsations:<br>Keeping<br>in touch, support<br>and|help|for community|
|organisations||and|groups,|particularly<br>for volunteer<br>led groups.|||
|Priorities|||~|Keeping<br>in touch<br>with volunteer<br>led community<br>groups,<br>and|providing<br>a range<br>of||
|||||information,<br>updates<br>& news, advice, and guidance.|||
||||~|Supporting<br>groups<br>with funding<br>and training,|||
||||~|Providing<br>opportunities<br>for networking<br>and training,<br>plus on-going||support<br>for the|
|||||wider Voluntary<br>&Community<br>Sector.|||
||||~|Supporting<br>community<br>groups<br>providing<br>informal<br>mental<br>health|support<br>through<br>the||
|||||Cree network|||
||||~|Assistin<br>local<br>rou s<br>lannin<br>for communit<br>led housin<br>initiatives.|||
|Achievements|||~|789 VCS groups<br>and organisations<br>were supported<br>with<br>information,<br>advice,<br>and|||
|||||guidance.|||
||||~|DCA's Share and<br>Learn<br>Network<br>for community<br>organisations|and|groups<br>moved|
|||||on-line<br>and continued<br>to provide a fully subscribed<br>programme|of|networking<br>and|
|||||training<br>activities.<br>Membership<br>of the network<br>increased<br>to 273 organisations<br>and|||
|||||groups.<br>The<br>network<br>has<br>a closed<br>Facebook<br>page<br>that<br>membership<br>of116organisations.|now|has<br>an<br>active|
||||~|448 people participated<br>in practical,<br>on-line workshops<br>(community<br>development).|||
||||~|Working<br>with colleagues<br>in the VCS, DCA continued<br>delivery|of an|action plan for|
|||||training,<br>particularly<br>promoting<br>safeguarding<br>and<br>risk awareness||for staff<br>and|
|||||volunteers<br>working<br>remotely.<br>DCA<br>also<br>contributed<br>to<br>Adult||Safeguarding|
|||||Awareness<br>Week in November<br>through<br>a series ofon-line activities and events.|||
||||~|DCA launched<br>our Community<br>Hubs Programme<br>and provided|tailored<br>support<br>for||
|||||a cohort<br>of 47 community<br>organisations<br>through<br>consultancy,<br>case<br>work<br>and|||
|||||training<br>for volunteer<br>trustees<br>to put governance<br>and business|planning<br>into place.||
|||||We also provided<br>funding<br>advice and access to small grants.|||
||||~|24 organisations<br>in the Cree network<br>were supported,<br>20 of|which|we helped<br>to|
|||||lan for and secure Winter Resilience<br>Fundin<br>su<br>ortin<br>330|Cree|members<br>.|





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|OBJECTI|VES AND ACTI|VES AND ACTI|VITIES|VITIES|
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|Objective|1 - Supporting||Community<br>Organisatlons<br>(continued):<br>Keeping<br>in touch, support<br>and help for||
|community|organisations||and groups,<br>particularly<br>for volunteer<br>led groups.||
|Public|benefit|~|As a broker and information<br>point for|the VCS, DCA was able to ensure the sector|
||||had<br>rapid access to relevant,<br>timely|guidance<br>and<br>advice as national<br>and<br>local|
||||Covid<br>regulations<br>were<br>introduced<br>and adjusted.<br>Working<br>with<br>Public<br>Health<br>on||
||||communications<br>and messaging,<br>DCA supported<br>and advised<br>community<br>services||
||||about<br>how they could manage<br>safely|and ensure<br>their continuing<br>compliance<br>and|
||||safety within<br>new and rapidly<br>changing|guidelines<br>and regulations.|
|||~|Advice,<br>guidance,<br>and<br>interventions|helped<br>to sustain<br>community-based<br>services|
||||delivered<br>by volunteers<br>and community|buildings<br>managed<br>by local people,<br>helping|
||||to adjust<br>and<br>modify<br>the ways<br>in which<br>they<br>continued<br>to support<br>vulnerable||
||||beneficiaries.||
|||~|Peer to peer<br>networks<br>for volunteer|trustees<br>were<br>expanded<br>and<br>supported,|
||||ensuring<br>greater,<br>shared<br>learning,<br>problem<br>solving<br>and<br>confidence<br>building<br>to||
||||manage<br>through<br>lockdown<br>and survive|through<br>recovery to sustain<br>their offer.|
|||~|Knowledge<br>and understanding<br>ofthe|current<br>funding<br>climate were improved<br>within|
||||the Voluntary<br>and Community<br>Sector.||
|||~|Volunteers<br>and<br>front-line<br>staff were|able to work<br>together,<br>across<br>sectors,<br>to|
||||develop<br>good practice<br>and<br>help<br>them|to provide<br>stronger<br>support<br>for their clients|
||||and user groups.||
|||~|Lessons learned<br>and intelligence<br>were shared<br>and disseminated,<br>to ensure a clear||
||||view of infrastructure<br>issues<br>arising|through<br>the<br>initial<br>crisis,<br>and<br>then<br>through|
||||longer<br>term adjustments<br>to different<br>ways of working<br>and the tools required<br>e.g. ,||
||||di<br>ital services and reach for the most|vulnerable<br>and isolated<br>eo le.|



|vid vaccination|and t|esting programmes,<br>and local community<br>action)|esting programmes,<br>and local community<br>action)|esting programmes,<br>and local community<br>action)||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Priorities|~|Consolidating<br>our<br>on-line<br>Volunteering<br>Platform<br>for<br>recruiting<br>volunteers|||and|
|||promoting<br>opportunities,||||
||~|Tracking<br>and<br>supporting<br>mutual<br>aid<br>groups<br>with<br>advice,<br>funding<br>and access to||||
|||resources and training,||||
||~|Supporting<br>organisations<br>working<br>with volunteers,<br>with|advice and training.|||
||~|Collaboration<br>with<br>partners<br>to coordinate<br>a voluntary<br>support<br>offer for||people||
|||struggling<br>under Covid restrictions,||||
||~|Establishing,<br>recruiting<br>and<br>managing<br>a<br>volunteer|bank<br>to assist<br>with||Covid|
|||vaccination<br>and testing programmes.||||
||~|To ensure<br>that volunteer<br>involving<br>organisations<br>have|the resources<br>and skills||they|
|||need to support<br>volunteers<br>and their beneficiaries<br>safely and<br>in full compliance|||with|
|||their legal obligations.||||
|Achievements|~|1,270 new volunteers<br>were supported<br>via the Centre|for Volunteering,<br>with|advice,||
|||information,<br>and guidance,<br>an increase of381 from the|previous year.|||
||~|365 volunteers<br>were recruited<br>and received<br>induction|training<br>between<br>January||and|
|||March 2021, specifically to support the vaccination<br>and|testing programmes.|||
||~|We migrated<br>training<br>and<br>support<br>sessions<br>on-line|and<br>provided<br>good|practice||
|||support<br>for organisations<br>which<br>are<br>run<br>by,<br>and<br>support<br>volunteers<br>in:||remote||
|||working<br>practices,<br>safeguarding,<br>volunteer<br>recruitment<br>(in<br>a<br>pandemic)|||and|
|||supporting<br>younger<br>volunteers.<br>Specific<br>developmental<br>sessions<br>included||||
|||volunteers<br>and the law and safeguarding.||||
||~|The Volunteer<br>Co-ordinators<br>forum<br>ended<br>the year|with<br>a membership|of 270||
|||organisations<br>that work with volunteers.<br>We organised|and hasted 4 meetings|ofthe||
|||Forum on-line,<br>attractin<br>increased<br>artici<br>ation from the membershi<br>.||||





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|Objective|Objective|2:|Volunteering<br>(continued):<br>Support<br>for volunteers<br>and<br>the volunteedng<br>infrastructure<br>in|Volunteering<br>(continued):<br>Support<br>for volunteers<br>and<br>the volunteedng<br>infrastructure<br>in|Volunteering<br>(continued):<br>Support<br>for volunteers<br>and<br>the volunteedng<br>infrastructure<br>in|Volunteering<br>(continued):<br>Support<br>for volunteers<br>and<br>the volunteedng<br>infrastructure<br>in|
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|County<br>Durham<br>(groups<br>and<br>organisations<br>that<br>work<br>with<br>volunteers,<br>mutual<br>aid<br>groups,<br>individual<br>volunteers<br>supporting<br>the Covid vaccination<br>and testing<br>programmes,<br>and local community<br>action)|||||||
|Achievements||||~||During<br>national<br>Volunteers<br>Week<br>in June 2020, DCA organised<br>a series of on-line|
|||||||networking<br>activities and training,<br>with a particular focus on volunteer<br>trustees.|
|||||~||We continued<br>to inform<br>and<br>consult<br>with<br>the VCS Safeguarding<br>Network<br>and|
|||||||providing<br>representation<br>on both the Children<br>and Adult<br>Safeguarding<br>Boards<br>in|
|||||||County<br>Durham.<br>Contributions<br>from the Network<br>are fed through<br>to Safeguarding|
|||||||Board meetings<br>and training<br>events,<br>helping to inform and shape resources.|
|||||~||We sustained<br>contact<br>and<br>support<br>for 108 mutual<br>aid<br>groups<br>across<br>County|
|||||||Durham,<br>picking<br>up<br>messages<br>from<br>their<br>contacts<br>with<br>vulnerable<br>people,|
|||||||assisting<br>with<br>micro<br>grants<br>to<br>purchase<br>supplies<br>(food<br>and<br>activities<br>for|
|||||||households<br>in need)<br>and<br>with<br>advice<br>and<br>information<br>about<br>seams<br>and<br>scam|
|||||||alerts.|
|Public|benefit|||~||As a result of this work,<br>volunteer<br>involving<br>organisations<br>in County<br>Durham<br>are|
|||||||more effectively<br>networking,<br>sharing<br>good practice, and offering<br>mutual<br>support<br>for|
|||||||tackling and finding<br>solutions to problems.|
|||||~||There<br>is an increased<br>and more diverse<br>range<br>of opportunities<br>for volunteering|
|||||||and<br>an increase<br>in the<br>diversity<br>and<br>range<br>of people<br>volunteering<br>their<br>time<br>because offurloughs<br>or unemployment.|
|||||~||There are improved<br>pathways<br>for volunteers<br>to access opportunities,<br>develop<br>their|
|||||||experience<br>and<br>make<br>contributions<br>that are both<br>valued<br>and<br>add value<br>to civil|
|||||||society.|
|||||~||There<br>is now a robust<br>and efficient<br>system<br>of communication<br>and collaboration|
|||||||between<br>front line staff in the NHS and VCS with respect to recruitment,<br>support,|
|||||||and placements<br>for volunteers.|
|||||~||Volunteer<br>led groups<br>and organisations<br>have support<br>and ready access to advice|
|||||||and help when<br>they need<br>it.<br>They are better informed<br>and have the resources to|
|||||||hand that hei<br>them to ensure that their volunteers<br>are well trained and su<br>orted.|
|Objective<br>through<br>the||3 - Voice: <br>range<br>of|||Representing<br>and<br>championing<br>the VCS (Voluntary<br>8 Community<br>Sector) voice,<br> strategic<br>multi<br>sector partnerships,<br>and<br>through<br>continuing<br>reviews<br>of partnership||
|working across the||||sector.|||
|Priorities||||~||Health<br>and<br>wellbeing<br>-<br>to<br>sustain<br>and<br>ensure<br>a<br>social<br>and<br>community|
|||||||infrastructure<br>is in place as we emerge from lockdown,|
|||||~||Consulting<br>the VCS organisations<br>and service<br>providers<br>to build<br>stronger<br>local<br>connections<br>with<br>Primary<br>Care<br>Networks<br>and<br>supporting<br>planning<br>for revised|
|||||||Social Prescribing<br>models post Covid.|
|||||~||Consulting,<br>surveying,<br>and analysis<br>of intelligence<br>gathered<br>from the VCS and|
|||||||disseminating<br>it through<br>partnerships.|
|||||~||Representing<br>community<br>and voluntary<br>sector interests as a member of the Covid|
|||||||Community<br>Cell and various<br>Task groups<br>(Funding<br>and Volunteering)<br>and as a|
|||||||member<br>of the Board of the County<br>Durham<br>Partnership.<br>This enables<br>DCA to|
|||||||collaborate<br>with<br>public<br>sector<br>colleagues<br>to<br>promote<br>joined<br>up<br>policy<br>for|
|||||||commissioning<br>and<br>funding,<br>engaging<br>with<br>communities<br>of interest<br>in<br>the|
|||||||development<br>of new funding<br>programmes,<br>and<br>influencing<br>the provision<br>of key<br>services by engagement<br>with Heads ofServices.|
|||||~||Consulting<br>and surveying<br>VCS service providers<br>to gather<br>and share intelligence|
|||||||about<br>needs<br>and<br>issues<br>arising<br>from<br>support<br>work<br>in<br>the<br>community.|
|||||||Disseminating<br>important<br>information<br>and<br>best<br>practice<br>through<br>multi<br>sector|
|||||||partnerships.|
|||||~||Ensuring<br>that the VCS is fully engaged<br>with co-production<br>on responsive<br>services|
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|OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES|OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES|OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES|
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|Objective 3 —Voice (continued):<br>Representing<br>and championing<br>the VCS (Voluntary<br>& Community<br>Sector)|||
|voice, through|the|range ofstrategic<br>multi sector partnerships,<br>and through<br>continuing<br>reviews of partnership|
|working across|the|sector.|
|Priorities|~|Ensuring<br>that<br>Advice<br>in County<br>Durham<br>and<br>'Better Together'<br>are mobilised<br>to share|
|||insights<br>and experience, as networks<br>ofcountywide<br>VCS and specialist providers.|
||~|Chairing<br>and<br>supporting<br>the<br>review<br>and<br>development<br>of the Advice<br>in County<br>Durham|
|||multi-agency<br>network as the 'go to' practitioner<br>network<br>for all agencies to come together|
|||and join up services.<br>Network<br>members<br>provide<br>advice and one to one casework<br>support|
|||across Coun<br>Durham.|
|Achievements|~|During the year, DCA continued<br>to Chair the Better Together<br>Network,<br>including<br>two policy|
|||Forums,<br>and the Advice<br>in County<br>Durham<br>Partnership.<br>We also continued<br>to contribute<br>to|
|||the County<br>Durham<br>Partnership<br>Board from a VCS perspective.<br>These roles have helped|
|||to inform strategic<br>agendas<br>for partnership<br>working<br>in County<br>Durham,<br>and for emerging|
|||new models ofcommissioning<br>services.|
||~|DCA designed,<br>coordinated,<br>wrote<br>up and disseminated<br>three surveys<br>in the early part of|
|||the year, to track how the sector was faring<br>under<br>Covid restrictions<br>and any contingency|
|||planning,<br>which could be shared<br>with the Voluntary<br>Emergency<br>Liaison Group (VELG).|
||~|Representing<br>the sector on the Regional<br>Funders<br>Network,<br>we helped<br>inform<br>and shape|
|||funders<br>approaches<br>to<br>supporting<br>the<br>sector<br>through<br>the<br>Covid<br>crisis.<br>Working<br>in|
|||collaboration<br>with<br>the<br>County<br>Durham<br>Community<br>Foundation,<br>we also administered<br>a|
|||micro grants scheme to support<br>mutual<br>aid groups<br>with supplies,<br>and a small grant scheme|
|||for community<br>buildings.|
||~|Developed<br>ideas and a paper for a Connector<br>Model for commissioners,<br>to target<br>funding|
|||into the VCS more effectively,<br>and proofed the strategy to be responsive<br>to Covid impacts.|
||~|We represented<br>VCS interests<br>in both the Funding<br>and Volunteering<br>Covid Task Groups,|
|||working<br>with<br>partners<br>from the<br>local authority<br>and<br>health<br>to coordinate<br>communications,|
|||resources<br>and reach into communities<br>and responding<br>to local needs. We also represented|
|||the VCS into the Covid Community<br>Cell for County<br>Durham,<br>providing<br>regular<br>updates<br>on|
|||issues and impacts for the sector.|
||~|Co-ordinating<br>and managing<br>information<br>exchanges<br>for the VCS and health<br>8 social care|
|||providers<br>about good practice<br>particularly<br>in rural areas,<br>regarding<br>social isolation,<br>health,|
|||and wellbeing<br>services.|
||~|DCA brokered<br>3 sets of funding<br>via Service Level Agreements<br>commissioned<br>by Stanley|
|||Town<br>Council,<br>Derwentside<br>Area<br>Action<br>Partnership<br>and<br>Spennymoor<br>Area<br>Action|
|||Partnership<br>on behalf ofa partnership<br>oforganisations<br>(Citizens Advice and Money Advice)|
|||to collaborate<br>in<br>providing<br>money<br>and<br>debt<br>advice<br>services<br>in<br>Stanley,<br>Consett<br>and|
|||Spennymoor.|
||~|Led by DCA, the Advice<br>in County<br>Durham<br>Partnership<br>also carried<br>out risk assessments|
|||and development<br>of a governance<br>model for the Advice<br>Partnership,<br>so that partners<br>are|
|||robust<br>enough<br>to manage<br>future<br>investment<br>opportunities,<br>together<br>with<br>any<br>future|
|||resultant<br>conflicts of interest that ma<br>arise.|
|Public benefit|~|Voluntary<br>and<br>community<br>sector led partnerships<br>are collaborating<br>to shape<br>community|
|||services so they can be responsive<br>to the impacts<br>of the Covid pandemic.<br>This<br>in turn|
|||ensures<br>that the voluntary<br>sector is actively<br>engaged<br>and<br>represented<br>within<br>key public|
|||sector led networks.|
||~|Collaborative<br>coalitions<br>are working<br>to influence<br>the design<br>and<br>delivery<br>of public service|
|||contracts.|
||~|Front line VCS organisations<br>are better<br>informed<br>and trained<br>about the issues<br>that affect|
|||them and the people they work with.|
||~|Funding<br>and<br>investment<br>into the VCS are becoming<br>more responsive,<br>streamlined,<br>and|
|||targeted,<br>and is more enabling<br>in terms of sustaining<br>a community<br>infrastructure<br>through|
|||the pandemic.|
||~|The VCS in County Durham<br>has a strong representational<br>base that is influencing<br>the ways|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
||||Notes|fund<br>f|funds|funds<br>f|funds|
|INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS||FROM||||||
|Charitable<br>activities|||4|||||
|Core||||52,585||52,585|42,585|
|Support<br>&Advisory|||||373,377|373,377|336,867|
|Community<br>Development|||||351,478|351,478|200,465|
|Other trading<br>activities|||2|19,091||19,091|34,876|
|Investment<br>income|||3|308||308|1 902|
|Total||||71,984|724,865|796,839|616,695|
|EXPENDITURE ON||||||||
|Charitable<br>activities||||||||
|Core||||29,296||29,296|113,381|
|Support<br>&Advisory|||||350,627|350,527|376,956|
|Community<br>Development|||||274,758|274,758|127,176|
|Total||||29,296|625,285|654,581|617,513|
|Net gains on investments|||||||900|
|NET INCOME||||42,688|99,570|142,258|82|
|RECONCILIATION<br>OF FUNDS||||||||
|Total funds brought|forward|||250,750|67,322|318,072|317,990|
|TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD||||293438|166,892|460,330|318,072|





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|BALANCE SHEET|BALANCE SHEET||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|31 MARCH 2021|||||
||||2021|2020|
|||Notes|6|E|
|FIXEDASSETS|||||
|Intangible<br>assets||11||4,500|
|Tangible assets||12|5989|8,656|
||||5,989|13,156|
|CURRENT ASSETS|||||
|Debtors<br>Cash at bank and|in hand|13|8,412<br>~543 005|6,699<br>357326|
||||551,417|364,025|
|CREDITORS|||||
|Amounts<br>falling due within one year||14|(97,076)|(59,109)|
|NET CURRENT ASSETS|||454 341|304916|
|TOTAL ASSETS|LESSCURRENT||||
|LIABILITIES|||460,330|318,072|
|NET ASSETS|||~460 330|318072|
|FUNDS||16|||
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||293,438|250,750|
|Restricted funds|||166892|67,322|
|TOTAL FUNDS|||460,330|318072|





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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Notes|F|E|
|Cash flows from operating|activities|||||
|Cash generated<br>from operations|||1|~185371|~28 647)|
|Net cash provided<br>by/(used|in)|operating|activities|185,371|~28,647)|
|Cash flows from investing|activities|||||
|Sale of fixed asset investments<br>Interest received||||308|1,000<br>1,902|
|Net cash provided<br>by investing||activities||308|2902|
|Change<br>in cash and cash|equivalents|||||
|in the reporting<br>period<br>Cash and cash equivalents|at|the||185,679|(25,745)|
|beginning<br>ofthe reporting|period|||~357326|383071|
|Cash and cash equivalents|at|the end||||
|ofthe reporting<br>period||||~543 005|357326|





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|ACTIVITIES||||
|---|---|---|---|
|||2021|2020|
|||5||
|Net income for the reporting|period (as per the Statement of|||
|Financial Activities)||142,258|82|
|Adjustments<br>for:||||
|Depreciation<br>charges<br>Losses on investments<br>Interest received<br>(Increase)/decrease<br>in debtors<br>Increase/(decrease)<br>in creditors||7,167<br>(308)<br>(1,713)<br>~37967|9,572<br>(900)<br>(1,902)<br>3,073<br>~38,572|
|Net cash provided<br>by/(used|In) operations|185,371|~28 647)|



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|---|---|---|---|---|
|||At 1.4.20|Cash flow|At 31.3.21|
|||E|E|E|
|Net cash|||||
|Cash at bank and|in hand|357,326|185,679|543,005|
|||~357326|~185679|~543005|
|Total||~357326|~185 679|543,005|





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|OTHER TRADIN|G ACTIVITIES|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||2021|2020|
|||||E|E|
|Consultancy||||18,475|28,287|
|Training<br>and office services||||616|6589|
|||||19,091|34,876|
|INVESTMENT INCOME||||||
|||||2021|2020|
|||||6||
|Deposit account|interest|||308|~1902|
|INCOME FROM|CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES|||||
|||||2021|2020|
|||Support 8|Community|Total|Total|
||Core|Advisory|Development|activities|activities|
||||E|E|E|
|ACRE|42,585|||42,585|42,585|
|Durham<br>County|Council|170,000||170,000|172,170|
|Durham<br>Police,|Crime &|||||
|Victims Commissioner||10,000||10,000|10,000|
|Tudor Trust||29,290||29,290|29,177|
|Esmee Fairbairn||||||
|Foundation|||||19,489|
|Communities<br>Fund|||98,049|98,049|120,507|
|Big Lottery Fund|I|||||
|European<br>Social|Fund||||1,866|
|Stanley Town Council||57,500||57,500|87,500|
|Soil Association|||4,000|4,000|8,051|
|Community<br>Activities||4,144|6,290|10,434|15,006|
|Durham<br>County|Council|||||
|Covid 19support|10,000|||10,000||
|Durham<br>County|Council|||||
|Spennymoor<br>AAP||21,713||21,713||
|County<br>Durham|CCG|64,236|24,000|88,236|56,000|
|MHLDF|||106,000|106,000||
|VONNE||11,494||11,494||
|Groundwork<br>UK|||84,239|84,239||
|County Durham||||||
|Community<br>Foundation||~5000|~28 900|~33900|17,566|
||~52 585|373377|~351 478|~777 440|~579917|





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||||Direct|Support||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Costs<br>f|Costs<br>f|Total<br>f|
|Charitable<br>activity costs|||571,671|82910|~654581|
|||||2021<br>f|2020<br>F|
|Staff costs||||407,378|382,748|
|Consultancy||||45,090|30,735|
|Meeting expenses||||34|4,431|
|Stanley Town Council||||57,500|87,500|
|Grants to small communities||||39,956|2,716|
|Spennymoor|Town Council|||~21713||
|||||~571 671|~508 130|
|SUPPORT|COSTS|||||
|||||2021|2020|
|Marketing<br>and promotion||||1,623|6,990|
|Cleaning<br>and welfare||||1,849|4,913|
|Electricity and gas||||4,648|3,255|
|Repairs and|renewals|||2,332|2,302|
|Insurance||||2,743|3,321|
|Rents payable||||27,109|27,941|
|Water||||844|919|
|Travel costs||||251|9,558|
|Staff training||||1,216|12,340|
|Printing,<br>postage and telephone||||5,918|8,825|
|Computer costs||||11,601|5,035|
|Publications|and subscriptions|||1,600|4,025|
|Sundries||||373|969|
|Independent<br>Legal fees|examiners|fees||3,360<br>10,276|4,740<br>5,668|
|Depreciation|oftangible|fixed assets||7,167|9572|
|||||~82910|109,383|





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|||2021<br>E|2020<br>f|
|---|---|---|---|
|Depreciation|-owned assets|2,667|5,072|
|CRM system|assets amortisation|4,500|4,500|
|Independent<br>examination<br>fee<br>Operating<br>lease rentals||3,360<br>27,109|4,740<br>28,986|



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|Staff costs we|re as follows:|||
|---|---|---|---|
|||2021<br>f|2020<br>E|
|Salaries and wages<br>Social security costs<br>Pension costs||362,817<br>30,321<br>14,240|340,271<br>27,641<br>12,895|
|Restructuring|costs||1 941|
|||~407 378|382,748|



||2021|2020|
|---|---|---|
|Executive director|1|1|
|Field workers|13|12|
|Administration|1|1|
||16|14|





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|FOR|THE YEAR ENDED|31 MARCH 2021|31 MARCH 2021|31 MARCH 2021|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|10.|COMPARATIVES|FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES|||||
|||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|||||fund<br>f|funds<br>f|funds|
||INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS||FROM||||
||Charitable<br>activities||||||
||Core|||42,585||42,585|
||Support<br>&Advisory||||336,867|336,867|
||Community<br>Development||||200,465|200,465|
||Other trading<br>activities|||34,876||34,876|
||Investment<br>income|||1 902||1,902|
||Total|||79,363|537,332|616,695|
||EXPENDITURE ON||||||
||Charitable<br>activities||||||
||Core|||71,906|41,475|113,381|
||Support<br>&Advisory|||21,353|355,603|376,956|
||Community<br>Development|||20,122|107,054|127,176|
||Total|||113,381|504,132|617,513|
||Net gains on investments||||900|900|
||NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|||(34,018)|34,100|82|
||RECONCILIATION|OF FUNDS|||||
||Total funds brought forward|||284,768|33,222|317,990|
||TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|||250 750|67,322|318072|
|11.|INTANGIBLE FIXEDASSETS||||||
|||||||CRM|
|||||||system|
|||||||assets|
|||||||f|
||COST||||||
||At 1 April 2020 and|31 March 2021||||~18000|
||AMORTISATION||||||
||At 1 April 2020|||||13,500|
||Charge for year|||||4,500|
||At 31 March 2021|||||~18000|
||NET BOOK VALUE||||||
||At 31 March 2021||||||
||At 31 March 2020|||||4,500|





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|12.|TANGIBLE FIXEDAS||SE|TS|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||Fixtures||
||||||Short||and||
||||||leasehold<br>f||fittings<br>E|Totals<br>6|
||COST||||||||
||At 1 April 2020 and 31||March 2021||~9539||~52 955|62,494|
||DEPRECIATION||||||||
||At 1 April 2020||||8,944||44,894|53,838|
||Charge for year|||||595|~2072|~2667|
||At 31 March 2021||||~9539||46,966|56605|
||NET BOOK VALUE||||||||
||At 31 March 2021||||||~5989|~5989|
||At 31 March 2020||||595||8061|8,656|
|13.|DEBTORS:AMOUNTS||FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR||||||
||||||||2021|2020|
||||||||6|6|
||Other debtors||||||1,106||
||Prepayments<br>and accrued|||income|||~7306|6,699|
||||||||~8412|6699|
|14.|CREDITORS: AMOUNTS|||FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR|||||
||||||||2021|2020|
||||||||F|6|
||Accruals and deferred|income|||||~97 076|59109|



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|Deferred|Income|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||2021|2020|
|||||6|6|
|Balance|at 1 April|||54,189|89,169|
|Amounts<br>Amounts|released <br>deferred|to incoming<br>in the year|resources|(64,189)<br>~63952|(89,169)<br>54 189|
|Balance|at 31 March|||63,952|54 189|





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|15.|ANALYSIS O|F|NET|A|SS|ETS BETWEE|N FUNDS||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||2021|2020|
||||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
||||||||fund|funds|funds|funds|
||||||||6|E|E|f|
||Fixed assets||||||5,989||5,989|13,156|
||Current assets||||||384,525|166,892|551,417|364,025|
||Current<br>liabilities||||||~97076)||~97076)|~59,109)|
||||||||~293 438|~166 892|~460 330|~318 072|
|16.|MOVEMENT|IN|FUNDS||||||||
||||||||||Net||
||||||||||movement|At|
|||||||||At 1.4.20|in funds|31.3.21|
|||||||||F|E|E|
||Unrestricted|funds|||||||||
||General<br>fund|||||||250,750|42,688|293,438|
||Restricted funds||||||||||
||Community<br>Growing|||Development|||||||
||Fund|||||||2,091|(2,091)||
||Community<br>Hubs Project|||||||40,353|(4,402)|35,961|
||Food Durham|Strategy|||&|Governance|||||
||Development|||||||22,073|(22,073)||
||County<br>Durham<br>Volunteer<br>Sustainable<br>Food Places|||||Gateway<br> Phase 3||2,805|(2,805)<br>1,217|1,217|
||Sport England|TIF Fund|||||||646|646|
||MHLDF Right|Care Right||||Place|||||
||Support||||||||106,000|106,000|
||Covid-19 Vaccination|||Centre|||||~23078|~23078|
|||||||||67,322|~99570|166,892|
||TOTAL FUNDS|||||||~318 072|~142 258|~460 330|





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|Net movement<br>in funds,<br>included<br>in the above ar|e as follows:|||
|---|---|---|---|
||Incoming|Resources|Movement|
||resources|expended|in funds|
||F|||
|Unrestricted<br>funds||||
|General<br>fund|71,984|(29,296)|42,688|
|Restricted funds||||
|Durham<br>County Council Infrastructure|180,000|(180,000)||
|Community<br>Growing<br>Project|29,290|(29,290)||
|Community<br>Growing<br>Development||||
|Fund||(2,091)|(2,091)|
|Voluntary<br>& Community<br>Sector||||
|Engagement|64,236|(64,236)||
|Veg Cities<br>Advice Services<br>in Stanley|6,000<br>57,500|(6,000)<br>(57,600)||
|Community<br>Hubs Project|98,049|(102,451)|(4,402)|
|Food Durham<br>Strategy<br>&Governance||||
|Development||(22,073)|(22,073)|
|County<br>Durham<br>Volunteer<br>Gateway||(2,805)|(2,805)|
|Safeguarding<br>Training<br>Fund|11,494|(11,494)||
|Community<br>Led Homes Enabler Hub||||
|Project|84,239|(84,239)||
|Covid-19 CDCF Guidance<br>8 Advice<br>Covid-19 CDCF Volunteering|5,000<br>3,900|(5,000)<br>(3,900)||
|Spennymoor<br>Advice Hub|21,713|(21,713)||
|Sustainable<br>Food Places Phase 3<br>CDCF Winter Resilience<br>Fund|4,000<br>25,000|(2,783)<br>(26,000)|1,217|
|Sport England<br>TIF Fund|2,434|(1,788)|646|
|MHLDF Right Care Right Place||||
|Support|106,000||106,000|
|Covid-19 Vaccination<br>Centre<br>NAVCA VCS Emergencies<br>Partnership|24,000<br>~3000|(922)<br>~3000)|23,078|
||~724 855|(625,285)|~99570|
|TOTAL FUNDS|~796 839|~654581)|~142 258|





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||||||Net||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||movement|At|
|||||At 1.4.19|in funds|31.3.20|
||||||6|6|
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||||||
|General<br>fund||||284,768|(34,018)|250,750|
|Restricted funds|||||||
|Hallmark<br>Scheme||||278|(278)||
|County<br>Durham<br>Food||Partnership||1.231|(1,231)||
|Durham<br>County Council|||Infrastructure|460|(460)||
|Fuel Poverty Fund||||18,631|(18,631)||
|Wellbeing<br>for Life||||1,811|(1,811)||
|Community<br>Growing|Project|||1,932|(1,932)||
|County<br>Durham<br>Volunteering|||||||
|Celebration||||13|(13)||
|Community<br>Growing|Development||||||
|Fund||||2,490|(399)|2,091|
|Reaching<br>Out Across||Durham||1,577|(1,577)||
|Durham<br>Local Food|Hub|||1,070|(1,070)||
|Healthy<br>Communities||-Gilesgate|||||
|Edible Estates||||3,729|(3,729)||
|Community<br>Hubs Project|||||40,353|40,353|
|Food Durham<br>Strategy||&|Governance||||
|Development|||||22,073|22,073|
|County<br>Durham<br>Volunteer|||Gateway||2,805|~2805|
|||||~33222|34100|67,322|
|TOTAL FUNDS||||317,990|82|318072|





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|Comparative<br>net mov|e|m|en|t<br>in funds,<br>incl|uded<br>in the abov|e are as follows:|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||Incoming|Resources|Gains and|Movement|
||||||resources<br>E|expended<br>f|losses<br>F|in funds<br>E|
|Unrestricted<br>funds|||||||||
|General<br>fund|||||79,363|(113,381)||(34,018)|
|Restricted funds|||||||||
|Hallmark<br>Scheme||||||(278)||(278)|
|County<br>Durham<br>Food||Partnership||||(1,231)||(1,231)|
|Durham<br>County Council|||Infrastructure||180,000|(180,460)||(460)|
|Fuel Poverty Fund||||||(18,631)||(18,631)|
|Wellbeing<br>for Life||||||(1,811)||(1,811)|
|Community<br>Growing|Project||||29,135|(31,067)||(1,932)|
|County<br>Durham<br>Volunteering|||||||||
|Celebration|||||3,647|(3,660)||(13)|
|Community<br>Growing|Development||||||||
|Fund|||||2,091|(2,490)||(399)|
|Reaching<br>Out Across||Durham|||1,866|(3,443)||(1,577)|
|Durham<br>Local Food Hub|||||19,489|(21,459)|900|(1,070)|
|Healthy<br>Communities||—Gilesgate|||||||
|Edible Estates|||||17,566|(21,295)||(3,729)|
|Crook Hall Community||Development|||||||
|Project|||||(356)||||
|Voluntary<br>& Community|||Sector||||||
|Engagement|||||56,000|(56,000)|||
|Community<br>Learning|||||2,754|(2,754)|||
|Club Durham<br>Programme<br>SFC Co-ordination<br>Fund|||||5,200<br>5,632|(5,200)<br>(5,632)|||
|Veg Cities|||||2,896|(2,896)|||
|Advice Services<br>in Stanley|||||87,500|(87,500)|||
|Community<br>Hubs Project|||||66,579|(26,226)||40,353|
|Food Durham<br>Strategy||& Governance|||||||
|Development|||||48,202|(26,129)||22,073|
|County<br>Durham<br>Volunteer<br>Gateway<br>Safeguarding<br>Training<br>Fund|||||3,405<br>5,726|(600)<br>~5726)||2,805|
||||||537,332|{504,132)|900|34,100|
|TOTAL FUNDS|||||616,695|~617513)|900|82|



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